>> > I was wondering if anyone knows (Marcel probably :-) how you can attach >> > other QXL.WIN files apart from the one you can make. >> >>Put WIN1 in C:\QXL.WIN, WIN2 in D:\QXL.WIN etc. > >Yes I know that (and I did), but I was asking if you can assign a .win file >(any QXL.WIN file, regardless of filename or disk - a la QPC :-). >I have a 20 Giger drive here and it seems pretty stupid to have to >partition the drive in order to get Win2_
Phoebus, I can't remember from memory but have a look on the CD-ROMs page on my website, there's a tip on there somewhere regarding the use of the SUBST command. [second thoughts, quick COPY and PASTE later....] from http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/cdroms/cdroms.html : "Some SMSQ systems such as the QXL only allow for one QXL.WIN file per drive, so you should not try to put multiple QXL.WIN files on one CD in different directories unless you are only aiming to reach QPC users for example, or if the intention is for the required QXL.WIN to be copied to the user's hard drive before use - e.g. a multilingual CD where the user could choose to copy a German, French, Dutch or English QXL.WIN file from the CD for their use. A workaround is possible to some extent using the SUBST command from DOS which is a SUBSTitution command, which allows assocation of a DOS path with a drive name letter, but seems not to work on some systems for CD-ROMs, only for hard drives. For example, the QXL sees drive J: as WIN8_ so you could try to put a second QXL.WIN in a separate directory on your hard drive (I have used the SMSQ drive names as DOS directory names to do this in the past just for convenience). SUBST J: C:\WIN8\QXL.WIN "so that when you do DIR WIN8_ on the QXL, it looks for WIN8_ (DOS drive J:) as the QXL.WIN in directory WIN8 on drive C: - this is similar in some ways to use of the DEV_USE command on QL systems. It is easy to tie yourself up in knots with this and best avoided if possible. Incidentally, SUBST J: /D will delete that redefinition of drive J: and if you want more information on SUBST type in HELP SUBST in DOS or SUBST /? in the DOS box in Windows 95. Also, be careful in case the QXL.WIN file copied from CD is labelled as Read Only by DOS/Windows in which case QXL/QPC etc will not be able to save files to it until the write protect flag is cleared from DOS/Windows." I hope this helps a little bit. Not used it for a while so can't offer any more explanation, sorry. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
