Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Hi bret, On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, Bret Johnson wrote: I looked up a little bit about DECtalk. It looks like the earlier versions used a serial port but the later versions plugged directly into an ISA slot. I assume you have one of the later versions? I can't imagine how one that works with

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-03 Thread Bret Johnson via Freedos-user
> 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. I looked up a little bit about DECtalk. It looks like the earlier

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-03 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
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

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-03 Thread Bret Johnson via Freedos-user
> 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

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-02 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
The dectalk driver is not loaded from config.sys. Its why finding a substitute is preferred. On Fri, 2 Feb 2024, tauro 111 via Freedos-user wrote: So your DECTalk driver refuses to be installed once the VIDE-CDD driver has been installed, did I understand you correctly? What about changing

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-02 Thread tauro 111 via Freedos-user
So your DECTalk driver refuses to be installed once the VIDE-CDD driver has been installed, did I understand you correctly? What about changing the order in which your CONFIG.SYS loads the drivers? Load first the DECTalk driver (no conflicts) and after that, VIDE-CDD. If they can't coexist at

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-01 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Humor is an individual thing. The package I use incorporates ms DOS 7.1 with a number of utilities updated from 6.22. I have scores of reasons for preferring the package, using a full sized USB keyboard as I am doing now to write this email is just one of them. Greater memory and hard drive

Re: [Freedos-user] What cd-rom drivers does FreeDOS use ?

2024-02-01 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
certainly, I use a number of adaptive technology tools due to the experience of sight loss. One of those tools is internal speech synthesizer card built by digital equipment corporation called the dectalk. For some reason developers of the software, the program has drivers to which other

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-01 Thread andrew fabbro via Freedos-user
On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Forcibly demand? > What an interesting choice of term..why not did the job for which i > contracted them? > He was making a joke as a way of asking why you would want to run MS-DOS 7.1.

[Freedos-user] What cd-rom drivers does FreeDOS use ?

2024-02-01 Thread Jose Senna via Freedos-user
Karen Llewellen said: > The driver providing an issue is one called vide_cdd Would you please tell what is the issue ? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-02-01 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Hi Bret, Sorry busy hands. The driver providing an issue is one called vide_cdd According to dectalk documentation ide cdroms made by asser and another company had challenges too, but the driver listed above presented the largest challenge. My units are not that old, but I am using this

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-01-26 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Forcibly demand? What an interesting choice of term..why not did the job for which i contracted them? On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, Rugxulo via Freedos-user wrote: Hi Karen, On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:18 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: As many may recall I run msdos 7.1 instead of

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-01-26 Thread Bret Johnson via Freedos-user
Karen: Do you know which of the two CD-ROM drivers you are having trouble with? It takes two drivers to install a CD in DOS. One is the hardware-specific driver that may come with the CD hardware itself, but there are also several of them (like OAKCDROM.SYS) that will work with different

Re: [Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-01-26 Thread Rugxulo via Freedos-user
Hi Karen, On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:18 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: > > As many may recall I run msdos 7.1 instead of freedos for several personal > reasons. Do the volunteers (engineers?) who help you set up your systems forcibly demand MS-DOS 7.1 exactly? We've discussed this

[Freedos-user] what cd rom drivers does freedos use?

2024-01-24 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Hi folks, Here is why I am asking. As many may recall I run msdos 7.1 instead of freedos for several personal reasons. I recently had a new machine built, just before Christmas, which also included my installing an external dectalk card, I have an ISA slot, the ling kind on this board. While