Rich, The check that is done to try and recognise if a Qubide is present is to look through the physical device definition blocks for the one that has "WIN0" as the physical device name, and then at offset $110 within the block it looks for a string of the form "n.nn" where 'n' can be any numeric character.
This worked fine on QL based systems, but I have no idea if this check would be valid on an Aurora system? If not and a different check can be identified it would be easy enough to change the check routine in Discover. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Mellor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] MultiDiscover and a CD ROM > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:07:33 +0100, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > 1. Is it a registered multi-discover (in case it's an option not > > available on the theoretically freeware Discovers which you still have > > to register at no charge to get full functionality) > > It is a registered multi-discover freshly downloaded from Dave's site. > > > 2. Is the CD a PC CD or a QXL.WIN CD? > > A PC CD-ROM > > > 3. The Qubide has to be a recent version, able to read "alien" disks. > > The facility to read DOS formatted cartridges was introduced in v1.53 > > but I don't know if CD-ROM access was also introduced at that version > > or later (V2.00 ROMs needed upgrade of 2 GAL chips on the Qubide, > > don't know exactly what the changes to those chips did to the Qubide). > > v2.01 ROMs are present. > > > 4. Might be worth checking if Thierry's ATAPI drivers will let you > > access IDE CD drives on Qubide, though you might need programs like > > QCDEZE or QXLWIN to fully use it. > > Might be an idea to try - anyone have any experience > > > Dave Walker does lurk on this list, hopefully he'll pop up with an > > answer specific to Discover. > > I emailed Dave - he appeared puzzled ! > > -- > Rich Mellor > RWAP Services > URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk > URL:http://www.rwapadventures.com > URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk > URL:http://www.internetbusinessangels.com > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
