Installation Notes for Windows 95

PicLan (C) Copyright 1992-1995 Modular Software Corporation. All rights reserved.

These installation notes concern loading PicLan v 1.1.0.21 onto a Windows 95 client. PicLan v 1.9.0.x includes enhanced support for Windows 95 which is discussed in other installation notes.

"Supported" Configurations

PicLan v 1.1.0.x "supports" Windows 95 in the following LAN configurations:

• Raw Ethernet or Packet-driver - no Windows 95 network.
• Raw Ethernet or Packet-driver - Windows 95 network running on a second network adapter.
• Novell real-mode IPX drivers.
• Windows 95 16-bit NDIS Drivers.

The method of integrating Piclan with 16-bit NDIS drivers has not been verified by Modular Software. Our thanks to Kirkland Information Systems for this information.

If you wish to run one of these configurations, simply add the PL-DEV.EXE command into the system AUTOEXEC.BAT after the appropriate LAN drivers load. In most cased, you should include the /NOEMS option with the PL-DEV command to prevent PicLan from using the EMS page frame which slows down Windows 95.

DOS-box Only Support

PicLan v 1.1.0.x will run inside of Windows 95 DOS-boxes without loading PL-DEV in the following situations:

• Configure Windows 95 for IPX/SPX support and specify an Ethernet frame type and network number (you cannot leave these settings on Auto or 0).
• Configure Windows 95 to use "real mode" NDIS or "real mode" ODI network drivers. There is a bug in "real and enhanced" protected mode NDIS drivers which prevent PicLan from communicating reliably.
• Configure the DOS box for "run applications without sensing Windows".

This configuration will support at most one DOS application. Windows applications are not supported in Windows 95 at all with the installation method.