# Card Services

Most portable computers are supplied with Card Services. Madge recommends that you use the Card Services supplied with your computer. If the computer you are using does not have Card Services, contact your supplier, or use the Madge Card Services software.

Most standard Card Services software requires that you load another piece of software, called Socket Services, separately. The Madge Card Services software also normally requires that you load Socket Services. The Madge Card Services software for OS/2, however, does not require the use of any separate Socket Services software.

The Madge Card Services software for:

- DOS is called MADGECS.EXE. It uses much less memory than standard Card Services software. If your computer has an Intel (or Intel-compatible) PCMCIA controller, you can use MADGECS even if you do not have Socket Services installed.

- OS/2 is called MADGECS.SYS. It provides a Socket Services interface as well as a Card Services interface for the PCMCIA Ringnode.

The Madge Card Services software provides a Card Services interface exclusively for the Smart 16/4 PCMCIA Ringnode. If you load this software, you cannot use any PCMCIA adapters produced by other manufacturers.

| For more information, about replacing Card Services see MADGECS.TXT. (When you have finished reading the topic, click on the browser's back button to return to this screen).

| For a list of command line options that you can use with MADGECS.EXE and MADGECS.SYS, type MADGECS /? [ENTER] For more information about running and configuring Madge Card Services, refer to the INFO utility.