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Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« on: January 21, 2006, 02:29:57 PM »
I've just bought a 3Com network card for my A1200 I found in the loft.  The computer works fine and I have transferred files using Amiga Explorer fine.

I have installed the software that came with the card (cardreset and cardpatch) along with the 3c589 device driver.  I have also installed Miami network program on the Amiga.

When I try and setup the card to access my network, I try and set the device to networks/3c589.device as per the Miami instructions, but I get an error message saying the device can not be found and that the device may be in use.

What have I done wrong ?
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2006, 02:47:18 PM »
Comes up as unknown in PrepCard.  Does this mean it's knackered or is it a driver not installed properly ?

Ive put C:cardpatch in my s:startup-sequence and c:cardreset in s:user-startup
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2006, 03:32:19 PM »
Done that.  Still unrecognised.
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2006, 01:37:18 PM »
OK.  I've completely reinstalled the OS on the Amiga and started again.

I have put cardpatch and cardreset in C.  I have installed 3c589 using the installer.  I have also installed pccard.library using the installer.

Reboot.  PrepCard still reports Unknown card.
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2006, 02:12:06 PM »
Tried modemtest and it returned "Couldn't read FUNCID"

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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2006, 03:20:03 PM »
OK.  Plugged the card into my laptop and it works fine. I've also wiped my HD and reinstalled the WB disks.  My serial port works fine becuase I can transfer files from my PC to my A1200 using Amiga Explorer.

I'll install Miami and remove the Blizzard card from the trapdoor and see what happens.
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2006, 04:19:44 PM »
I would rather not buy anything as I know this works with freely available software.  And I know the card is not configured properly because the green light does not come on at all.

The card is instered correctly because PrepCard changes from No Card Inserted to Unrecognised when I put it in.
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2006, 07:11:36 PM »
The card is a 3Com 10 Mbps LAN card for 10BASE-T

The model number on the back is 3CCE589ET
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Re: Problems with 3com PCMCIA network card
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2006, 08:21:14 PM »
Right, I'm giving up on this.  It's taken too much time, just to transfer some files over.

Instead, I am looking to get a memory card to go in there instead.  If I got one, would I be able to plug it into the PC, copy files to it and then read it using CrossDOS or similar ?

If so, can anyone recommend where to buy a card from ?
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