Readme for Ethernet Pocket Adapter driver                     28 Jun 99

 Provided you have the PCB and an adapter ;-) installation is simple:
 just drop ETHER_PA.STX to your STING folder and reboot. When your
 system is ready, go to 'STinG Port Setup' CPX and select 'EtherNet'.
 Fill the fields with an IP Address and sub mask (ie 255.255.255.0)
 for this port and set the MTU to 1500 bytes. It is important for
 Ethernet traffic to have an MTU not more than 1500 bytes!

 Now select General. There is a bug to this CPX so you'll have to
 select RTL 8012 in 'Choose Hardware :' popup. The bug is that the
 CPX will not accept the first entry (should be "No Selection").

 Now for the MAC : It's necessary for the moment to give an Ethernet
 address for the driver, since RTL 8012 uses 6 registers to store
 the Ethernet address. These registers will be cleared after a reset
 of your adapter and the CPX will try to re-program them when you
 make it active, so an address should be saved in the MAC field.

 Unfortunately I still haven't found a way to read the 'hardwired'
 address of the adapter and store it in some variable. So the
 solution is to read the address of any other ethernet adapter in
 you LAN, add a number to it and store it in the MAC field.

 For example, my adapter on the PC has the address 00 00 E8 E5 B6 C1
 So for the ATARI I've used 00 00 E8 E5 B6 C2. Since ethernet packets
 do NOT normaly go out to the Internet, you have not to worry for
 conflicts! Next version will not have this limitation.

 Now press the 'Active' button, save settings and enjoy the speedy
 transfers.

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ETHER_PA's status and disclaimer

ETHER_PA follows STinG's status, that means that for the moment it is
FREEWARE.

ETHER_PA may be copied freely and can be distributed, so long as the
driver, the diagrams and the accompanying files remain unchanged and
complete. ETHER_PA may not be sold or included in software compilations
without the prior written permission of the STinG authors.

No software is bug free, so I can't and do not want to give any  guarantees
for ETHER_PA's correct operation.  That means I will  accept no liability
for any  damages resulting  from the use or  misuse of any of the  programs
in ETHER_PA's package.
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 Happy Etherneting,
 Vassilis
 papval@otenet.gr
