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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0303 9-22-87
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AST5250 GATEWAY WITH IBM'S TOKEN RING NETWORK
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The following requirements and procedures must be met in order
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to run the AST5250 gateway product under IBM's Token Ring
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Network without encountering any difficulties:
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1. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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-- The emulation software version required for the
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AST5251/11 plus emulator board must be 3.13 or
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greater.
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-- The emulation software version required for the
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AST5250/12 remote emulator board must be 4.02 or
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greater.
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-- The emulation software version required for the
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AST5251/11 enhanced emulator board must be 4.02 or
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greater.
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-- The AST5250 Gateway software maintenance release
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version 4.12.37 should be used. Production release
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of AST5250 gateway software versions 4.14 or greater
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will also work in this environment. If the user does
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not have any of these versions then Data Comm.
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Technical Support should be contacted immediately at
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(714) 752-7237 in order to obtain a copy.
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-- The IBM network support program should be version 1.0
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or greater.
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2. PROCEDURES FOR SPECIFIC IBM HARDWARE
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-- IBM PC's, XT's, and AT's require these two programs
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from IBM to be executed. First of all execute
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TOKREUI.COM and secondly NETBEUI.COM. These programs
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are required in order to make a connection with the
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network. Once these two programs have been loaded,
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run AST's KERNEL.EXE, GATE5251.EXE, and APS.EXE. All
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these programs can be included in a batch file, in
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the correct order, for automated execution.
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-- IBM P/S (Personal Systems) 50's, 60's ... require
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DXMAID.EXE to be executed. DO NO EXECUTE
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TOKREUI.COM and NETBEUI.COM on these machines.
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When DXMAID.COM is executed, the first question
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that will be asked is whether the user is
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configuring for a 3270 workstation. The second
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question asked will be whether the user is using
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the NETBIOS INTERFACE. Reply Y (Yes) to this
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question. This action will create the appropriate
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device drivers in the system's CONFIG.SYS file.
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Now re-boot the system. Once the appropriate
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device drivers are created in the CONFIG.SYS file,
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there is no need to run DXMAID.COM again. Now run
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AST's KERNEL.EXE, GATE5251.EXE, and APS.EXE. The
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AST programs can also be included in a batch file
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for automated execution.
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If all these requirements and procedures are met, then the
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user will not encounter any difficulties when attempting to
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run the AST5250 gateway product with IBM's Token Ring
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Network.
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