3Com 3C389 manual 2CHAPTER 1 Introduction

1-2CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

See the README.TXT files on the TokenDisk diskettes for information on 3C389 PC Card features not documented in the user guide.

Overview of Point Enablers, Socket Services, Card Services, and Super Client Drivers

Computers that support PC Cards have one or more PC

Card slots, known as A, B, C... or 1, 2, 3....

Communication between the LAN device driver and the PC Card is enabled by a software layer which may include one or more of the following programs:

■Point Enablers

■Card Services

■Socket Services

■Super Client Drivers

Figure 1-1 shows how these programs operate relative to each other. A dotted line means that the program has fulfilled a temporary function and is no longer operating or resident in memory.