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MBX Driver Version 6.0.0 + Update 20060112 Release Notes
January, 2006

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1. What's New in MBX Driver 6.0.0 + Update 20060112
2. System Requirements

1. What's New in MBX Driver 6.0.0 + Update 20060112
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*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
   all MBX products.

2. System Requirements
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*  MBX Driver Version 6.0.0 + Update 20060112 requires
   Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0/Server 2003.

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*     End of MBX Driver Version 6.0.0  + Update 20060112            *
*     Release Notes                                                 *
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6.0.0>MBX Driver Version 6.0.0 Release Notes
6.0.0>September, 2005
6.0.0>
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6.0.0>                        Table Of Contents
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6.0.0>1. What's New in MBX Driver 6.0.0
6.0.0>2. System Requirements
6.0.0>
6.0.0>1. What's New in MBX Driver 6.0.0
6.0.0>---------------------------------
6.0.0>*  To simplify repairs, Add/Remove Programs now lists a single product for the
6.0.0>   Suite, rather than separate entries for each component.
6.0.0>
6.0.0>*  Events are now logged to notify the user when the driver is running in demo
6.0.0>   mode and when demo mode expires.
6.0.0>
6.0.0>*  After the demo mode expires, most driver interface functions now return the
6.0.0>   MBX_LICENSE_QUOTA_EXCEEDED error code intead of the MBX_ACCESS_DENIED.
6.0.0>
6.0.0>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
6.0.0>   all MBX driver products.
6.0.0>
6.0.0>2. System Requirements
6.0.0>----------------------
6.0.0>*  MBX Driver Version 6.0.0 requires Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0/Server 2003.
6.0.0>
6.0.0>*********************************************************************
6.0.0>*     End of MBX Driver Version 6.0.0 Release Notes               *
6.0.0>*********************************************************************
6.0.0>
5.00.02>MBX Driver Version 5.00.02 Release Notes
5.00.02>April, 2004
5.00.02>
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5.00.02>                        Table Of Contents
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5.00.02>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.02?
5.00.02>2. System Requirements
5.00.02>
5.00.02>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.02?
5.00.02>------------------------------------
5.00.02>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
5.00.02>   all MBX products.
5.00.02>
5.00.02>2. System Requirements
5.00.02>----------------------
5.00.02>*  MBX Driver Version 5.00.02 requires Windows 2000/XP.
5.00.02>
5.00.02>******************************************************************
5.00.02>*         End of MBX Driver Version 5.00.02 Release Notes        *
5.00.02>******************************************************************
5.00.01>MBX Driver Version 5.00.01 Release Notes
5.00.01>September, 2002
5.00.01>
5.00.01>------------------------------------------------------------------
5.00.01>                        Table Of Contents
5.00.01>------------------------------------------------------------------
5.00.01>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.01?
5.00.01>2. System Requirements
5.00.01>
5.00.01>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.01?
5.00.01>------------------------------------
5.00.01>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
5.00.01>   all MBX products.
5.00.01>
5.00.01>2. System Requirements
5.00.01>----------------------
5.00.01>*  MBX Driver Version 5.00.01 requires Windows 2000/XP.
5.00.01>
5.00.01>******************************************************************
5.00.01>*         End of MBX Driver Version 5.00.01 Release Notes        *
5.00.01>******************************************************************
5.00.00>MBX Driver Version 5.00.00 Release Notes
5.00.00>December, 2001
5.00.00>
5.00.00>------------------------------------------------------------------
5.00.00>                        Table Of Contents
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5.00.00>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.00
5.00.00>2. System Requirements
5.00.00>
5.00.00>1. What's New in MBX Driver 5.00.00
5.00.00>-----------------------------------
5.00.00>*  The installation process has been streamlined. After the initial
5.00.00>   installation choices are made, no more user intervention is
5.00.00>   required.
5.00.00>
5.00.00>*  Corrupted installations can now be repaired without reinstalling
5.00.00>   the product.  See the Repair section of the help file for more
5.00.00>   information. 
5.00.00>
5.00.00>*  The Remote MBX Server did not properly handle slave path
5.00.00>   communications. Incorrect error codes and message sizes were
5.00.00>   reported. The problem has been corrected.
5.00.00>
5.00.00>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
5.00.00>   all MBX driver products.
5.00.00>
5.00.00>2. System Requirements
5.00.00>----------------------
5.00.00>*  MBX Driver Version 5.00.00 requires Windows 2000/XP.
5.00.00>
5.00.00>******************************************************************
5.00.00>*        End of MBX Driver Version 5.00.00 Release Notes         *
5.00.00>******************************************************************
4.20.03>
4.20.03>MBX Driver Version 4.20.03 (Service Pack 3) Release Notes
4.20.03>May, 2001
4.20.03>
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4.20.03>                        Table Of Contents
4.20.03>------------------------------------------------------------------
4.20.03>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.03
4.20.03>2. System Requirements
4.20.03>3. Removing Service Pack 3
4.20.03>
4.20.03>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.03
4.20.03>-----------------------------------
4.20.03>*  Memory leak problem in NETLIB.DLL. Calls to ncb_open() specifying
4.20.03>   a non-existent MBX device was causing a memory leak. The problem
4.20.03>   has been corrected.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>*  Adapter cards with built-in Peer Cop support (SA85-002, PCI-85,
4.20.03>   PCMCIA 416NHM21234) were experiencing erratic Global Data
4.20.03>   operations if Peer Cop support was disabled and device statistics
4.20.03>   information was read (through ncb_status or MbxDevStatistics
4.20.03>   functions calls). The problem has been corrected.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>*  Event log errors are no longer generated by the Perflib and
4.20.03>   MbxCtrs libraries when the Performance Monitor utility is run
4.20.03>   with no valid MBX devices.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>*  The device type text for the 416NHM21234 card has been changed
4.20.03>   to "PCMCIA 416NHM21234".
4.20.03>
4.20.03>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
4.20.03>   all MBX driver products.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>2. System Requirements
4.20.03>----------------------
4.20.03>*  MBX Driver version 4.20.00, 4.20.01, 4.20.02, or 4.20.03 must
4.20.03>   already be installed.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>3. Removing Service Pack 3
4.20.03>--------------------------
4.20.03>*  There is no uninstall option for this service pack. In order to
4.20.03>   revert back to the original version 4.20.00, the MBX Driver
4.20.03>   must be re-installed from the original CD. If you have other
4.20.03>   MBX Driver products installed on your system, they may have to
4.20.03>   be re-installed as well. All MBX Driver products should always
4.20.03>   be at the same version level.
4.20.03>
4.20.03>******************************************************************
4.20.03>*     End of MBX Driver Version 4.20.03 (SP3) Release Notes      *
4.20.03>******************************************************************
4.20.02>
4.20.02>MBX Driver Version 4.20.02 (Service Pack 2) Release Notes
4.20.02>October, 2000
4.20.02>
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4.20.02>                        Table Of Contents
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4.20.02>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.02
4.20.02>2. System Requirements
4.20.02>3. Removing Service Pack 2
4.20.02>
4.20.02>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.02
4.20.02>-----------------------------------
4.20.02>*  Plug-and-Play support for the new PCI-85 (416NHM30030 and
4.20.02>   416NHM30032) adapter cards has been added.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>*  Help file (including the PDF version) has been updated to cover
4.20.02>   the PCI-85 card support.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>*  Potential system freeze when closing an application with a
4.20.02>   pending I/O request to the driver has been corrected.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>*  Under certain conditions, when switching from on-line to off-line
4.20.02>   mode, the driver was unnecessarily logging a warning message that
4.20.02>   the adapter card interface has crashed. The problem has been
4.20.02>   corrected.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
4.20.02>   all MBX driver products.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>2. System Requirements
4.20.02>----------------------
4.20.02>*  MBX Driver version 4.20.00, 4.20.01, or 4.20.02 must already be
4.20.02>   installed.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>3. Removing Service Pack 2
4.20.02>--------------------------
4.20.02>*  There is no uninstall option for this service pack. In order to
4.20.02>   revert back to the original version 4.20.00, the MBX Driver
4.20.02>   must be re-installed from the original CD. If you have other
4.20.02>   MBX Driver products installed on your system, they may have to
4.20.02>   be re-installed as well. All MBX Driver products should always
4.20.02>   be at the same version level.
4.20.02>
4.20.02>******************************************************************
4.20.02>*     End of MBX Driver Version 4.20.02 (SP2) Release Notes      *
4.20.02>******************************************************************
4.20.01>
4.20.01>MBX Driver Version 4.20.01 (Service Pack 1) Release Notes
4.20.01>May, 2000
4.20.01>
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4.20.01>                        Table Of Contents
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4.20.01>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.01
4.20.01>2. System Requirements
4.20.01>3. Removing Service Pack 1
4.20.01>
4.20.01>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.01
4.20.01>-----------------------------------
4.20.01>*  Plug-and-Play support for 416NHM21234 card (PCMCIA) under Windows
4.20.01>   2000 has been added.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>*  Help file (including the PDF version) has been updated to cover
4.20.01>   the new Plug-and-Play support under Windows 2000.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>*  Corrected product uninstall. The original uninstall program
4.20.01>   fails to remove some product components under Windows 2000.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>*  Some cosmetic changes (improved messages) in the configuration
4.20.01>   editors for the non-PnP adapter cards.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>*  Improved version of the MBX Demo program.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>*  Some components have been updated to ensure consistency among
4.20.01>   all MBX driver products.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>2. System Requirements
4.20.01>----------------------
4.20.01>*  MBX Driver version 4.20.00 (or version 4.20.01) must already be
4.20.01>   installed on a Windows 2000 system.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>3. Removing Service Pack 1
4.20.01>--------------------------
4.20.01>*  There is no uninstall option for this service pack. In order to
4.20.01>   revert back to the original version 4.20.00, the MBX Driver
4.20.01>   must be re-installed from the original CD. If you have other
4.20.01>   MBX Driver products installed on your system, they may have to
4.20.01>   be re-installed as well. All MBX Driver products should always
4.20.01>   be at the same version level.
4.20.01>
4.20.01>******************************************************************
4.20.01>*     End of MBX Driver Version 4.20.01 (SP1) Release Notes      *
4.20.01>******************************************************************
4.20.00>
4.20.00>MBX Driver Version 4.20.00 Release Notes
4.20.00>September, 1999
4.20.00>
4.20.00>------------------------------------------------------------------
4.20.00>                        Table Of Contents
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4.20.00>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.00 (versus 4.01)? 
4.20.00>2. System Requirements
4.20.00>
4.20.00>1. What’s New in MBX Driver 4.20.00 (versus 4.01)?
4.20.00>--------------------------------------------------
4.20.00>*  Support for 416NHM21234 card (PCMCIA) has been added.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Peer Cop support for Peer Cop enabled cards (like dual-channel
4.20.00>   SA85 and 416NHM21234) has been added. Peer Cop extensions for
4.20.00>   NETLIB follow the 32-bit NETLIB specification.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Watchdog Timer support for Peer Cop enabled cards (like
4.20.00>   dual-channel SA85) has been added.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Configuration backup/restore of all MBX devices has been added.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  The MBX Driver now allows a practically unlimited number (up to
4.20.00>   65535) of simultaneous Data Master path communications. The
4.20.00>   eight physical DM paths are multiplexed by the driver among all
4.20.00>   logical DM paths currently opened by all applications. The PM
4.20.00>   paths are still limited to a maximum of eight. This change does
4.20.00>   not affect existing applications. New applications can take
4.20.00>   advantage of this capability by opening a large number of DM
4.20.00>   paths for greater performance and simpler message handling.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Improved performance in polled mode of operation. The overall
4.20.00>   CPU load is lower.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Improved recovery from error conditions.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  New MBX Driver Configuration editor. The MBX Driver
4.20.00>   Configuration editor is a common (shared) component of the MBX
4.20.00>   products. When configuring the driver for a host interface
4.20.00>   adapter device, the MBX Driver Configuration editor
4.20.00>   automatically dispatches the selected Host Interface Adapter
4.20.00>   Configuration editor. Both editors are well-integrated,
4.20.00>   allowing for seamless editing.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>   New features of the MBX Driver Configuration editor include:
4.20.00>
4.20.00>   - a Remote Server Configuration Tab.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>   - a Diagnostics Tab showing all MBX driver products installed
4.20.00>     on your system. Shortcuts to common diagnostic tools like
4.20.00>     MBX Demo, Event Viewer, and Performance Monitor are also
4.20.00>     provided.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>   - Help buttons that display context sensitive help information.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>   - an MBX Driver Control Tab in the Host Interface Adapter
4.20.00>     Configuration editors that allows setting up the startup type
4.20.00>     and monitoring the current driver status.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Improved on-line help.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  The content of the on-line help is also provided in the PDF
4.20.00>   document format. This file can be used to print complete
4.20.00>   product documentation with good quality output. The PDF file
4.20.00>   can be viewed or printed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader
4.20.00>   program. A copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader is included on the
4.20.00>   product CD and can be installed from there.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Improved product install/uninstall.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>*  Miscellaneous bug fixes.
4.20.00>
4.20.00>2. System Requirements
4.20.00>----------------------
4.20.00>*  MBX Driver Version 4.20.00 requires Windows NT 4.0. Versions
4.20.00>   prior to Windows NT 4.0 are no longer supported.