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WESTERN DIGITAL
NETBIOS/OSI INTERFACE PROGRAM
FOR
"PLUS"-FAMILY StarLAN/ETHERNET PC ADAPTER BOARDS
RELEASE INFORMATION
Version 3.0 1 March 1988
The purpose of this document (file RELEASE.DOC) is to briefly
explain the contents of this diskette. The file WPLUSNBE.EXE
is the NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program, intended for use with the
following Western Digital LAN adapter boards:
EtherCard PLUS (WD8003E, WD8003EBT)
StarCard PLUS (WD8003S)
StarLink PLUS (WD8003SH)
Refer to the WD8003-NB NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program Installation
Guide (or file INSTALL.DOC) for an explanation of the command line
parameters that can be used with this program.
This version of the WD8003-NB NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program has
been qualified for use with the ViaNet PROFESSIONAL LAN Operating
System. Final testing has not been completed, but it is also
believed to be fully operational with:
o IBM PC Local Area Network Program
o Microsoft MS-NET
OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Please consider the following when using the NETBIOS/OSI
Interface Program:
o The ViaNet 3.06 Network Operating System will not function
with the NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program loaded.
o If your Western Digital adapter card is set to use IRQ3 (the
factory default setting) or IRQ4, you may experience problems
after exiting from BASIC or compiled BASIC programs. While
executing, some versions of BASIC manipulate interrupt vectors
3 and 4, and do not properly reset these vectors upon exiting.
This problem has apparently been corrected in later versions
of BASIC. If you plan to use BASIC programs on your computer,
you may wish to set the adapter card's IRQ level to 2, and
enter the following command when loading the NETBIOS/OSI
Interface Program:
WPLUSNBE /IRQ:2
If you are planning to use BASIC programs on your computer and
you find that another device in your computer is already using
IRQ2, set the adapter card's IRQ level to 7, and enter the
following command:
WPLUSNBE /IRQ:7
KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VERSION
The following problems have been noted with version 3.0 of
the NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program and are being fixed:
1. This version does not operate properly with The Network
Courier mail program by Consumers Software, Inc.
2. A network node running ViaNet PROFESSIONAL will occasionally
crash when ViaNet PROFESSIONAL is attempting to perform
dynamic session allocation. This only occurs when the
number of nodes using the server exceeds the number of
sessions that were configured at that server.
Solution: the node must be rebooted.
3. When running with the IBM PC LAN Program v1.2, a NET SEND
command sometimes fails with a "Network Busy" message.
Solution: retry the NET SEND command.
4. A "Drive Not Ready" message sometimes occurs under very
heavy loading. (This has not yet been proven to be a
problem with the NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program.)
Solution: retry.
MODIFICATION HISTORY
<< Version 3.0 -- Current version >>
o This version of the NETBIOS/OSI Interface Program uses an
improved communication protocol that makes it incompatible
with previous versions (2.1 and earlier) of the Program.
Version 3.0 or subsequent versions must now be used with
every adapter board in the network.
o Only 8K of the 32K RAM buffer on WD8003EBT adapter boards
is supported by this version.
<< Version 2.1 -- 17 November 1987 >>
The following improvements were made:
o The Program will reliably receive back-to-back frames from
an AT-class machine running at 6 MHz or higher.
o The Program returns an error to the caller if an invalid
command NCB is provided.
o Error code 0x09 ("No resources available") is returned when
a CALL command fails due to lack of available space in
internal buffers.
o The timeout on internal buffers has been shortened to
reduce the occurrence of error code 0x09 ("No resources
available").
o The "/v" and "/?" parameters function properly to display
the software version number and help information,
respectively, if the Program has already been loaded.
o The number of buffers has been increased to support more
user sessions.
o The Program no longer locks up during its initialization
when there is broadcast traffic on the network.