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... and Windows CE

ORiNOCO Technical Bulletin 019 / B April 1999

Introduction

This bulletin is prepared to provide information for users of Hand-held Palmtop

Computers (H/PC) devices running under the Windows CE operating system, who

have a need for wireless connectivity using ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Cards.

Wireless connectivity within a ORiNOCO infrastructure allows the you, as a user of

the H/PC, to synchronize the unit with the software in your desktop PC, from any

given location within the range of an AP-1000/500I system that has a physical

connection to your desktop PC. You no longer need to return to your desk to get

close to the desktop to synchronize the unit, as the path between the H/PC and the

desktop runs via the ORiNOCO PC Card, the AP-1000/500 systems and the

infrastructure that connects the to the desktop computer.

So far, several vendors have provided an H/PC under Windows CE and, though all

devices have the same operating system, there are differences in implementation,

such as processor type and type of batteries used. These differences may make

the use of the current implementation of ORiNOCO/IEEE in these devices less

trivial, and in some instances, even not possible at all. The minimum HW

requirements are:

•

the presence of a type-II PC Card slot

•

sufficient battery power to drive the ORiNOCO card

The smallest members of this growing family of H/PC devices, for instance, do not

have a full size type-II PC Card slot but merely support type-II compact flash cards,

such as the Casio Cassiopeia E-10/11. Obviously this device cannot support a

ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card.

Even if these H/PC devices are fitted with a full size type-II PC Card slot, network

adapters such as the ORiNOCO PC Card may not always be supported. In this

bulletin we address some of the issues concerning the use of ORiNOCO in H/PC

devices under Windows CE.

Windows CE versions

Today you will find two major releases of Windows CE on the market:

•

CE 1.0

•

CE 2.0 (CE 2.10 and CE 2.11)

Windows CE 1.0 does not support the networking functions that would allow the use

of LAN device such as the ORiNOCO/IEEE PC Card. Therefore there is no

ORiNOCO support for Windows CE 1.0.

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - ... and Windows CE

Page 2 - Processor types

Page 3

Page 4 - Miscellaneous issues

Page 5

Page 6 - Appendix

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