Karen lewellen wrote:
> i know that you can run cd roms in dos, in fact i have an
> interface, presently disabled, for the perpose. my
> question is, does it matter what type of hardware you use
> if it is going to be run under dos? my most recent v of
Hi Karen,
I use CD-ROM drives in DOS. DOS comes with an extension
for it which you have to load in your autoexec.bat. The
other thing you need is the driver from the manufacturer
for that model. The whole software thingy looks something
like this:
In autoexec.bat
C:\DOS\MSCDEX /DRIVENAME-AND-OTHER-ARGUMENTS
In config.sys
DEVICE= C:\CDROM\MTMCDAI.SYS /SOMESTUFF
The mscdex comes with DOS, the device.sys (the above is an
example only) comes from the manufacturer or off the web.
That part is all pretty simple, but I figured if you know
how it was to be set up then you would feel more
comfortable getting into it.
> wordperfect 6.1 comes in a cdrom setting rather than
> disks, so i'd like to install it if i can. knowing that
> most computer store people have no idea what DOS stands
> for anymore, i wanted to pick my cd rom drive before going
> shopping, ideas?
Most of the newer ones are IDE and work off the IDE (hard
drive) controller. The older ones often work off some
other interface which would be either on a sound card or
seperate card. If you get a non ide, you MUST have some
sort of card which will work with that particular
interface. This fact makes many of the older (otherwise
perfectly good) drives useless because the card has been
lost.
If you are buying a new one, it will plug in like any
hard drive. Make sure you have space for it. What I mean
is, if you are running your hard drive off a seperate
controller card, then you can only have one hard drive or
you won't have room for the CD. If your HDD controller is
on the mother board, then you probably have two seperate
channels, and each one has room for 2 drives, so you'll be
ok.
To sum up. Don't worry about the software. No problems
there. Just make sure the CD can be plugged into your
system.
Cheers,
Ole Juul
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