From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: SDLC,Token Ring and Ethernet
Organization: CARD
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 00:29:49 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.103900.1486@infodev.cam.ac.uk>                                                                                                  
RM113@phx.cam.ac.uk (Rupert Moss-Eccardt on ely.cl.cam.ac.uk) writes:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                      
>I have a PS/2 Model 80 running OS/2 1.30.1                                                                                                           
>In it I have a Token Ring Adapter/A for Lan Requester,                                                                                               
>an IBM Adapter/A for Ethernet Networks for TCP/IP and                                                                                                
>a Multi-Protocol Adpater for a dial-up SDLC link.                                                                                                    
>                                                                                                                                                     
>My problem is that I can't get the SDLC card to work.  If I have all three                                                                           
>cards installed, then I get a SYS1201: SDLCDD.SYS was not installed message.                                                                         
>I have configured the TR card as an alternate adapter and the Multi-Protocol                                                                         
>card as both SDLC_1 and SDLC_2.  Nothing seems to fix it.                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                     
>Is it possible to use all three cards in the same machine and if so, how?                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                     
Could be:                                                                                                                                             
This problem is encounter only when using the                                                                                                         
6451114 version of the MPA.  This is a new version of the MPA.                                                                                        
The register information is not the same as the older versions.                                                                                       
It was determined that some registers did not operate as                                                                                              
was expected/documented.                                                                                                                              
To get a fix call IBM and request this fix:                                                                                                           
 ptr=AR12587    MODULE= SDLCDD.SYS  CSD=   >WR05050                                                                                                   
 reference ES APAR JR05679.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                      
If this does not fix it try this:                                                                                                                     
  Run  diagnostics with the wrap plug( on the MPA adapter), then                                                                                      
  does a ctl-alt-del, and the let the system come back up.  Comm mgr                                                                                  
  may work.                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                      
Or:                                                                                                                                                   
Try putting SDLC statements in config.sys after and before the ethernet/token                                                                         
ring statements.                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                      
Or:                                                                                                                                                   
Try adding these switches to your SDLCDD.SYS line:                                                                                                    
 DEVICE=C:\CMLIB\SDLCDD.SYS S 0                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                      
Or:                                                                                                                                                   
Try running REINST against your existing EE config file.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                      
One of the above should get you going.                                                                                                                
Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
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