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[SMARTND]
 Type = NDIS_SNGL
 Title = "Madge FastMac DOS NDIS driver for Smart 16/4 Ringnodes"
 Version = 1.80
 DriverName = SMARTND$

[FILE]
 Name = SMARTND.DOS

[MaxFrameSize]
 Display = "Maximum Frame Size"
 Type = Decimal
 Range = 16-17814
 Step = 1
 Default = "1550"
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "This parameter defines the maximum frame size in bytes used by 
 the adapter.  The default DOS value is set to 1550 bytes, to provide low
 memory usage.  The maximum value when operating on a 4Mbit/s Token-Ring
 network is 4484 bytes, and the maximum on a 16Mbit/s network is 17814 bytes.


    Default = 1550"
		
[RxBufferSize]
 Display = "Receive Buffer Size"
 Type = DecNum
 Range = 0 - 65500
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "The SMARTND driver has a single receive buffer that it uses for
 holding received frames.  Increasing the size of this buffer can improve
 system performance.  If you have sufficient memory in your system, we
 recommend that you increase this parameter.


    Default = calcalated from the MaxFrameSize parameter"

[TxBufferSize]
 Display = "Transmit Buffer Size"
 Type = DecNum
 Range = 0 - 65500
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "The SMARTND driver has a single transmit buffer that it uses for
 holding frames being transmitted.  Increasing the size of this buffer can
 improve system performance.  If you have sufficient memory in your system,
 we recommend that you increase this parameter.


    Default = calculated from the MaxFrameSize parameter"

[MaxTransmits]
 Display = "Transmit Queue size"
 Type = Decimal
 Range = 0 - 100
 Default = "4"
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "This  parameter  defines  the  maximum  number  of  transmit 
 commands that the driver may queue at any one time.


    Default = 4"

[AutoOpen]
 Display = "Adapter Automatic-Open Option"
 Type = String
 Strlength = 3
 Set = Yes, No
 Default = "No"
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "If this flag is set to NO, the protocol software must explicitly
 open and close the adapter, otherwise, SMARTND will keep the adapter open
 automatically.


    Default = No"

[IOAddress]
 Display = "Select Adapter by I/O Address"
 Type = Hexadecimal
 Range = 0000 - FFFF
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "This parameter defines the I/O address of the Ringnode that the NDIS
 driver uses.  If the driver fails to find a Ringnode at this I/O location,
 an error will be reported.


    Default = automatically detected"

[Slot]
 Display = "Select Adapter by Slot Number"
 Type = DecNum
 Range = 0 - 254
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "This parameter defines the Slot number of the Ringnode that the NDIS
 driver uses.  It is only applicable to Smart 16/4 EISA, MC, MC32, PCMCIA,
 and PCI adapters.  For these adapters, the driver will report an error if
 there is no Ringnode at this Slot number.


    Default = automatically detected"

[BurntInAddress]
 Display = "Select Adapter by Burnt-In Address"
 Type = HexString
 Strlength = 12
 Range = 0000F6000000 - 0000F6FFFFFF
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help  = "This parameter defines the Burnt-In Address of the Ringnode that
 the NDIS driver uses.  It is only applicable to Smart 16/4 ISA Client PnP
 adapters.  For there adapters, the driver will report an error if there is
 no Ringnode with this burnt-in address.


    Default = automatically detected"

[SetIRQNumber]
 Display = "Adapter IRQ Setting"
 Type = DecNum
 Range = 1 - 15
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "If you are using the Smart 16/4 AT Plus, ISA Client Plus, PCMCIA, or
 Smart 16 Ringnode, use this parameter to configure the adapter's interrupt
 setting.


    Default for Smart 16 Ringnode = 3 (alternatives are 2 and 7)

    Default for other adapters = automatically detected"

[CopyAllData]
 Display = "Copy All Data Option"
 Type = String
 Strlength = 3
 Set = Yes, No
 Default = "Yes"
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "If this parameter is set to Yes, the driver copies  all  of the
 data to be transmitted into the transmit buffer before transmission.
 Setting the flag to No allows  the  driver  to avoid  copying the data.   
 Generally this setting gives the best performance, although some protocol
 stacks may not operate in this mode.


    Default = Yes"

[NodeAddress]
 Display = "Network Adapter Address"
 Type = HexString
 Strlength = 12
 Range = 400000000000 - 7FFFFFFFFFFF
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help  = "This parameter defines the value of the locally administered 
 address. If  set,  it over-rides  the burnt-in node address that the card 
 normally uses.
 Note that if AutoOpen = No (see the Adapter Open Control parameter) the
 protocol above SMARTND in the protocol stack  may also attempt to set the 
 node address. If this happens, the protocol, and not the SMARTND parameter, 
 takes precedence.


    Default = none"

[Force16]
 Display = "Force Adapter to 16Mbps"
 Type = String
 StrLength = 3
 Set = Yes, No
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "If this parameter is set to Yes, the adapter will operate on the
 ring at a Ringspeed of 16Mbps.  If set to No, the adapter will operate at
 its default or configured Ringspeed.


    Default = No"

[Force4]
 Display = "Force Adapter to 4Mbps"
 Type = String
 StrLength = 3
 Set = Yes, No
 Optional = Yes
 Editable = Yes
 Virtual = No
 Help = "If this parameter is set to Yes, the adapter will operate on the
 ring at a Ringspeed of 4Mbps.  If set to No, the adapter will operate at
 its default or configured Ringspeed.  Note that this parameter only has any
 effect on Smart 16/4 EISA, MC, MC32, PCMCIA, PCI and PnP Ringnodes.


    Default = No"


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