Hi Bret,
The comparability issue is not in vied_cdd.sys
It is in the dectalk drivers itself.
I have the hardware driver for my cd and DVD rom drives, when vide_cdd.sys
is run, it references the hardware drive in its command.
Will dig up those alternatives, thank you.
Kare
On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, Bret Johnson wrote:
The driver providing an issue is one called vide_cdd
I found this reference to the file:
https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/VIDE-CDD.SYS
It doesn't mention any compatibility issues, but does say it's very small
compared to most other drivers which may be why it has problems (there might be
something missing that needs to be in there).
It also seems to indicate it's a "generic" IDE driver so should work with many
CD drives.
Do you know of a comparative substitute?
I think I would try OAKCDROM.SYS. I see it referenced a lot as a good driver
that works with many IDE CD drives. I just looked and the one I use on my
desktop computer is called AOATAPI.SYS, but I don't remember how I came to use
that one -- I set it up a long time ago and my memory is not that good. I
think you should be able to search the Internet and find a way to download both
of those. I rarely use CDs myself, but am adding support for USB CD/DVD drives
to my USB drivers.
Would that substitute have to work with only specific cdrom or
dvdrom drives?
I think either OAKCDROM or AOATAPI should work with most CD/DVD drives. As I
stated earlier, very early CD drives were proprietary and needed hardware-specific
drivers, but after IDE & ATAPI became popular things became pretty standardized
and generic drivers will work with most hardware.
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