Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:05:56 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Works! - HP M820E & Ricoh MP8040SE 4x4x20 CD-RW under DOS w/ Full Drivers
David, These CD-RW drives look VERY enticing! I see some on EBay currently at about $42 with another day of bidding. I wonder what they're going for on the street. Where did you get yours? For some reason I always thought that these L50 and L70s didn't have the power to run a CD-RW drive... but that was because of sheer ignorance and lack of research. Do they? >From your note here, it wasn't clear to me whether or not you're sure if these drives can be made to operate in DOS on the L50/L70s. If they can, and the cost of these drives is anywhere around or below $75, I'd love to get one myself. On another note... I'm not familiar with what you say are, "PCMCIA card & socket drivers, needed by the Librettos," though I recall you writing about this in the past. I know you must think I'm nuts (well... there's credible evidence to that end)... but I've always been able to get this EXP Traveler 2020 CD-ROM going in DOS by putting one simple line in the autoexec.bat file with the path to the one driver provided, plus a line in config.sys with switches to MSCDEX.EXE. Thinking about this, could it be that EXP and Toshiba worked together to develop this drive. When I bought it, EXP was offering a hefty rebate to anyone who could send them a receipe for a Libretto, and the Toshiba wesbite was posting the offer. Is it possible that EXP designed the PCMCIA card and driver to work with the Libretto's BIOS that enables the FDD drive to be recognized at boot? I'm a bit stumped on just what you were laying out for people with L50s and L70s to attempt. But I'll read over your note again, and keep an eye on this thread. If these drives can write CDs on a L70, and operate in DOS, and are not too expensive... I definately want one! Matt >Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:51:08 -0800 (PST) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Grab these while they last! > >Just got a HP M820E myself and someone here suggested that there were only >a >few people who still knew enough about DOS and drivers and settings who >could >get these things working under DOS. > >Well, guess I'm one of them. > >Here's the drivers in case you've got one and can't get these babies to >work >under DOS. > >Simple matter of understanding that the Librettos require C&S drivers to >get >the PCMCIA cards visible under DOS, then the appropriate HW drivers >specific to >whatever card you have installed after to get it all to work. > >Piece of cake with the C&S drivers & only a little pain to find the DOS >Panasonic DOS SCSI PCMCIA drivers here at work online (forgot my HP drivers >disk at home -- BUT! didn't forget my Libretto!! =). > >Anyways, if anyone has the same under other Libretto models like the L50/70 >series, would you test and see if there is another PCMCIA driver required? >(besides the ss365sl.exe file used specifically for the chipset on the >L100/L110 PCMCIA slots?) > >Thanks! >d =) > >-- > >1) Set the SCSI card included with these two CD-RW drives to 16-bit. > >2) Here's the only thing you'll need under the L100/L110. > > http://160.87.24.214/hpm820e2.zip (103KB) > > Everything needed to get the CD-RW to run under DOS on a Libretto >L100/L110. > Simply put all files on your HD (okay in root directory or in a folder). > > Finally, look at the included config.sys and autoexec.bat files and > put them into your own config.sys and autoexec.bat files, adjusting > paths to the included files as needed. > >-- > >3) Other optional files if you're interested in tweaking them to get other >devices to work on other models. > > http://160.87.24.214/hpm820e1.zip (330KB) > > Install disk for the HP M820E & Ricoh MP8040SE CD-RW drives only. > =Does not= include PCMCIA card & socket drivers, needed by the >Librettos. > > > http://160.87.24.214/cardwizard.zip (15MB!) > > A couple handfuls of CardWizard and CardSoft versions just in case you > happen to need them for more tweaking under DOS, Windows 3.1x, NT, etc. > > > http://160.87.24.214/cardsoft.zip (61KB) > > The only files you'll need to enable the PCMCIA slot for these CD-RWs > (and probably all other PCMCIA devices) under DOS on the L100/L110. > See included config.sys for the three changes to config.sys you need to > make to make it work on the L100/L110. > > (That's just: > device=c:\hpm820e\ss365sl.exe > device=c:\hpm820e\cs.exe > device=c:\hpm820e\csalloc.exe > > Modify paths as needed to point to where you have these files on your >HD.) > >d =) > >===== >adorable toshiba libretto >The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. >http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** 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. 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