Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:34:14 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] CT 110 Floppy
Hmmm... I didn't know this Pres. I'm stuck here in Florida, and all my old floppies, where I have those Toshiba Utilities stored, are back in CA. I'll be getting that new 20GB HDD at some point... I just assumed I'd be able to download any drivers I need from the Toshiba website again. I did a search on my present drive that has the W98 OS, and yes, I do have fdcmon.vxd. Guess I must have setup those Toshiba files. But you're saying that if I install a copy of W98, or perphaps W98-SE on the new 20GB HDD without the Toshiba utilities, I'm going to experience this sluggish performance you describe when trying to browse for files. Is that problem in all file utilities... Windows Explorer, File Find, My Computer? Matt >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:11:19 -0500 >From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Care to expand on this for us newbies, Pres > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to know what happened to the Win98 protected mode floppy > > > drivers that eliminated the "compatibility mode" > > >Gladly. > > >From the beginning, the Libretto was "designed" for Win95. Its floppy, >while >plugging into the PCMCIA socket and looking exactly like a PCMCIA device, >is >NOT PCMCIA! It is controlled directly by BIOS if and only if, plugged in >when booted. > >Therefore, without any special drivers, DOS or Windows will see the floppy >as the a: drive. Because there are no 32-bit protected mode drivers, you >will see under "performance" in the system properties tab that "one or more >devices are using compatibility mode... this reduces overall performance" >or >words to that effect. > >But there's a much worse side effect: without special drivers ( called >fdcmon.vxd which is a floppy-disk-not-present indicator ) every time you >need to browse for a file, Windows looks for the floppy that you DIDN'T >have >plugged in from boot, and waits... and waits... and waits to see it. Only >after the most part of a minute does it realize there IS no floppy and let >you browse into the he c: drive. > >So, as part of the "accessories" package of programs ( or is it >"utilities"- >I never can remember ) is the fdc monitor. It allows you to shove in the >floppy and have it recognized by PCMCIA, and also remove it gracefully, and >most important, not wait and wait for the floppy. But even having the >driver, Windows sees the floppy as "compatibility mode" meaning there are >older 16-bit drivers. Well, they work fine, it's just a psychological >thing. > >When Win98 first came out, they posted a "32-bit protected mode floppy >driver" which worked for Win98 and I believe Win95. But I stopped seeing it >on the Toshiba websites. It's just annoying that once there was a better >driver and I can't find it. > >Not to mention that the "hairy light bulb" is a better program, more >flexible, that Win98's built-in power management, but I don't know the >purpose of the "Win98 Power Management Driver" which adds a .vxd and a >profile, but I am not sure if you should use both the hairy light bulb and >Win98 or just one. > >Do any old timers remember the ORIGIN of the phrase "hairy lightbulb"? > >Thanks > >Pres Waterman W2PW >c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. >Long Island Ford and Kia dealer > >GO BILLS! > > > > >************************************************************** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- >Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be >addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text >on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ >Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest >************************************************************** > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
