Re: [Freedos-user] PNP ISA network card locks during early boot with PS/2 mouse connected

2016-05-14 Thread Ralf Quint
On 5/14/2016 4:09 PM, Eric Auer wrote: >> Bottom line is that PnP doesn't work (properly) for ISA cards... > Indeed, back in the time PnP was only a nice idea. You needed that > ICU software and it still was more hassle than non-PnP ISA cards > where you would just set the jumpers manually but at

Re: [Freedos-user] PNP ISA network card locks during early boot with PS/2 mouse connected

2016-05-14 Thread Eric Auer
> Bottom line is that PnP doesn't work (properly) for ISA cards... Indeed, back in the time PnP was only a nice idea. You needed that ICU software and it still was more hassle than non-PnP ISA cards where you would just set the jumpers manually but at least the results were what you planned :-)

Re: [Freedos-user] PNP ISA network card locks during early boot with PS/2 mouse connected

2016-05-14 Thread Ralf Quint
On 5/14/2016 10:11 AM, John Hupp wrote: > So I still don't see a firm conclusion to be drawn. Do some > motherboard BIOS's not know what to make of the Realtek card? Are > these Realtek cards poorly made? Or specially designed to be > configured under Windows (though that wouldn't explain

Re: [Freedos-user] PNP ISA network card locks during early boot with PS/2 mouse connected

2016-05-14 Thread John Hupp
Well, I'm adding more facts without adding much more understanding. I removed the Realtek card and installed a 3Com PNP ISA network card instead. With a PS/2 mouse connected, it booted fine -- the ICU driver configured the 3Com and the mouse worked. So this seems to implicate the Realtek

Re: [Freedos-user] PNP ISA network card locks during early boot with PS/2 mouse connected

2016-05-14 Thread John Hupp
It does have 2 USB ports, though nothing is connected. The BIOS has no USB settings whatsoever, and there are no USB-related jumpers on the motherboard. I can use a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, but only if the PNP network card is not installed. In any case, the USB idea seems like a theory