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Drivers for Addtron AE-200LC.

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Anybody have the driver for this card? Google just turned up a bunch of foreign-languaged driver sites.:(

I think the driver file is ae200lc.zip.
 
When I ran "SETUP.EXE," it said that there is no card inserted in the slot. When I run "AUTOINST.EXE," after it searches for the card, it says that it can't find a AE-200 (not AE200LC) card.

And another thing, the setup utility says installation for a jumperless card, but this card has jumpers on it.
 
I did get the drivers onto a disk just fine. Problem is, how exactly do I install them. The only execeutable file is the diagnostic program.
 
Note that there's a subdirectory MSLANMAN.DOS and in it is an INSTALL.DOC file. That should explain the process.

Don't expect DOS networking setup to be as "automatic" as that of more modern Windoze. When MSLANMAN came out, networking was still fairly new.
 
I did read that install document. Now off to find the download for it.
When I do install that, is that all I need to complete this, or is it also going to install the drivers for the NIC?

This Dell System 310 used to be a server, so I'm trying to restore (some) network functionality to it. What I was mainly going to do is use that functionality to transfer programs and installation packages to it over the network.
 
If you're using MSLANMAN, you're offered a choice of "built in" NICs or you can specify a different one. Part of the installation is sucking in the appropriate driver. Just give it a try.

I think MSLANMAN is about 6 floppies. There's also MS Network Client for DOS, if you want something smaller.

Personally, if I wanted to install a retro OS and had a 486 or better, I'd just install WFW. Networking is a bit better integrated in it. The surprising thing is that the drivers don't include those for OS/2 or NT.
 
It was originally a DOS server, so I'd like to keep it that way.
Yep, it pulls the appropriate drivers off the driver disk after it installs the program. That explains why there's no installation program on the driver disk. I'll give it a whirl in a few......
 
And it seems that Windows XP doesn't do a good job of copying files to disks. (For the record) DOS is much better at this. Whenever the setup program copies the installation files to the hard disk, it complains about not being able to read certain files. I'll try again tomorrow.

When I do get it connected to the network and added to my Workgroup, will I be able to access it over the network like any other computer? And perform file transfer operations?
 
Just be sure to enable NetBEUI on your XP system. ISTR that the DOS system works as a client, not a server. Shouldn't matter too much if you're sitting in front of it.
 
Myself said:
And it seems that Windows XP doesn't do a good job of copying files to disks. (For the record) DOS is much better at this. Whenever the setup program copies the installation files to the hard disk, it complains about not being able to read certain files.
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I'm not sure if it's the way I originally extracted the files using those automatic extracting programs, bad floppy disks, or something else, but when I attempt to install the program, it only copies a small amount of files, then still says it has encountered an error copying the file. It also doesn't make a difference wheather the files are copied in Windows 95 or XP.
What's the culprit?
 
If you'd like, I'll attempt to duplicate your effort, but it sounds as if your floppies aren't formatting error-free and you're running into an issue.
 
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