SUPERDISK DRIVERS PLUS FAMILY OF LAN ADAPTERS

1989 · western · operating-system · driver · diagnostic · Western Digital Corporation

WESTERN DIGITAL ** SuperDisk ** LOCAL AREA NETWORK SOFTWARE DRIVERS FOR "PLUS"-FAMILY StarLAN, ETHERNET AND ETHERNET TWISTED PAIR ADAPTER BOARDS Version 1.6 June 1989 This Disk Copyright Western Digital Corporation 1989. All Rights Reserved. == CONTENTS == The following files are located in the main (root) directory of SuperDisk: File Contents README.DOC This file. JUMPERS.DOC Jumper settings for Western Digital LAN adapter boards. SYSMAP.DOC A map showing how computer system resources are usually used. This will help you configure a LAN adapter board. INSTALL.BAT Batch file to copy this diskette to another disk. To avoid possible conflicts, it puts the contents in a subdirectory named "WDPLUS" that it creates. (See Note 1). @6FC0.ADF Configuration file for Ethernet Micro Channel (*) adapters (on 3-1/2 inch diskettes only). @6FC1.ADF Configuration file for StarLAN Micro Channel adapters (on 3-1/2 inch diskettes only). xxx.LAN, NetWare v2.1 driver files that are required xxx.OBJ to be in the root directory. Drivers for each LAN operating system are located in separate subdirectories as follows: Subdirectory Contents NETWAR20 <DIR> Novell Advanced NetWare (*) v2.0a NETWAR21 <DIR> Novell Advanced NetWare, SFT NetWare, and ELS NetWare Level II v2.1 and later versions NWPATCH <DIR> Patch Utility for NetWare Drivers NETBIOS <DIR> Western Digital NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program for use with NETBIOS-based software such as the IBM (*) PC LAN Program and Microsoft MS-NET (*) 3PLUS <DIR> 3Com 3+ (*) DECNET <DIR> DEC DECnet-DOS (*) and DEC PCSA (*) LANMAN <DIR> 3Com 3+ Open, Microsoft LAN Manager, and NDIS driver (DOS and OS/2) On all 3-1/2 inch diskettes and 5-1/4 inch diskettes labeled Diagnostics: UNIX53 <DIR> UNIX (*) V.3 streams In addition to the driver itself, each subdirectory contains: o an INSTALL.DOC or USER.DOC file that explains how to install and use the software; and o a RELEASE.DOC file that states the current version, release date, and any improvements that were made in this version of the software. Note 1: The INSTALL program only copies files to the target drive. If you are installing NetWare then you MUST use the Driver disk itself. Novell requires a certain volume label on the driver disk, and this label is not copied to the target disk (whether it is a floppy or hard disk). DISKCOPY should be used if you need additional Driver disks for Novell installations. The 5.25 inch SuperDisk set includes a Diagnostic Disk. Included on the Diagnostic disk is a network utility called NADD which is used to identify LAN boards in your PC. Please refer to the README.DOC file on the 5.25 inch SuperDisk Diagnostics disk for more information. These programs are on the single 3.5 inch Micro Channel SuperDisk. All of the drivers on the SuperDisk function with both XT/AT bus systems and Micro Channel bus systems: StarLAN: StarCard PLUS (WD8003S) StarLink PLUS (WD8003SH) StarCard PLUS/A For Micro Channel (WD8003ST/A) Ethernet: EtherCard PLUS (WD8003E) EtherCard PLUS With 32K RAM Buffer Boot ROM Socket (WD8003EBT,8003EB) EtherCard PLUS/A For Micro Channel (WD8003ET/A, WD8003E/A) Ethernet Twisted Pair: EtherCard PLUS TP (WD8003WT) == DRIVERS AVAILABLE FROM BULLETIN BOARD == Western Digital operates a Technical Support Electronic Bulletin Board for its resellers and customers. This Bulletin Board contains documentation, diagnostic software, and drivers for use with Western Digital products. You can call it at (714) 756-8176 using a 1200 or 2400 bps modem. In addition to the latest versions of drivers and other software on SuperDisk, the Bulletin Board contains: o A Micro Channel board driver for Western Digital's ViaNet 3.06 LAN Operating System o SCO (*) XENIX (*) drivers o Sun PC-NFS (*) driver == OTHER AVAILABLE PRODUCTS == Most other LAN operating systems provide drivers to use with Western Digital "PLUS"-family LAN adapters. Some of these products that are available from Western Digital are: Software Description PC/TCP A complete set of TCP/IP protocols that allows PCs to communicate with minicomputers, mainframes, and engineering workstations using the DoD standard TCP/IP protocols. PC/TCP (*) features include file transfer, remote host login and 3270/VT100 terminal emulation, remote program execution, electronic mail, and a NETBIOS interface. ViaNet Western Digital's fully distributed LAN operating system that lets all PCs be servers as well as work- stations. It makes all network resources available to every user, and operates with the DOS 3.1 operating system and file structure on every PC. ViaNet also allows UNIX and DOS systems to interoperate on the same network.