> ftp://ftp.ntnu.no/pub/NetBSD/i386-1.3_ALPHA/floppy/boot13_ALPHA-PCMCIADEBUG.fs

Produces lots more info during probing - unfortunately most of it
scrolls off the screen before I can read it, /kern/msgbuf is cool
I had to use a serial console last time I was debugging pcmcia stuff
:-)

we have:

pcic0 ar isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff: using irq 3
pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
pcmcia0: CIS version 2.0 or 2.01
pcmcia0: CIS info: 3Com Corporation, 3C589, TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 1a
pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x101, product 0x589
pcmcia0: function 0: network adapter, ccr add 2000 mask 3
pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 1: I/O card; irq mask 1; iomask 4, iospace 0-f; rdybsy_active wp_actve bvd_active io8 io16 irqlevel
pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 3: I/O card; irq mask 1; iomask 4, iospace 0-f; rdybsy_active wp_actve bvd_active io8 io16 irqlevel
[next bit is garbled but works out to next 2 lines]
pcmcia0:  function 0 CCR ar 0 offset 0: 0 2 ff ff, ff ff ff ff, ff
ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x400-0x40f: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet
ep1: MAC address 00:a0:af:df:7c:ba
ep1: 8KB byte-wide FIFO, (undefined) Rx:Tx split, utp/aui/bnc (default bnc)
pcmcia0:  function 0 CCR ar 0 offset 0: ff ff ff ff, ff ff ff ff, ff

Anyway, when I ifconfig ep1 I get:

# ifconfig ep1 203.12.250.4
pcmcia0: card irq 5
pcmcia0: function 0
[rats wasn't quick enough - couldn't even wake up the screen, reset time]
Ok, we got:

# ifconfig ep1 203.12.250.4
pcmcia0: card irq 5
pcmcia0: function 0 CCR ar 0 offset 0: 0 2 ff ff, ff ff ff ff, ff

[game over]

btw, anyone have any idea what this is?

sea0: board type unknown at address 0xc8000

is it likely to be interfering with anything?

is the fact that we appear to get 

pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 1
and
pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 3
with the same info, a problem?

Anyway thanks to everyone for their help.  
I may be of the air for a couple of days - builders comming in to
pcmcia0: renovate...  

--sjg