Hello Tom,
"Tom L. McCoy" wrote:
>
> Well, I got the drive. It's a laptop drive. I feel like an idiot..
> Anyway, it's an IDE, and I found on eBay an adapter that will
> match the 44pin plug to a 40, but it was already sold.
I didn't know they were any different than a desktop drive besides
size. How big is it anyways? Dimensionally, I mean.
> Thanks to you who have responded. I've also got a bid in on the
> Upgrading & Repair 10th ed. by Scott Mueller. When I get the
> parts all together and hopefully installed correctly, I'll post the
> results. After that, I wanna install more memory (currently 16m),
> a PCMCIA card reader, and a CDRW.
Good book. I have the 5th or 6th edition, and have thought about
getting the a newer one. I might do it today :-) I have also been
thinking about a cd-rw. I do notice that they are expensive. I also
need to research before I buy. If I am going to spend the money, I want
a good one.
>
> I also have a 486 (8m) that is running dos5, I would like to upgrade
> it to 32m and install a 56k modem and dos software that'll allow me
> isp access. It is my understanding that finding a modem that's not
> Win plug-n-play is difficult and/or expensive. Is this correct? Also, I
> installed and played around with Arachne software a while back and
> found it to be difficult, can someone recommend a dos-based browser
> and/or mail reader that's simple and reliable?
Plug and play is different than a Winmodem. Plug and play means that
that the computer will sort out the Iraqis and comma ports (aren't spell
checkers fun :-). I have a Hayes modem that will let me choose.... if I
could get the thing to work at all, between plug and play, and
configuring by jumpers. Winmodems are actually partially implemented in
software, rather than hardware, so you have to run Windows for it to
work :-(
I would give arachne another spin. I downloaded it about 3 weeks ago,
for the first time. I believe I read somewhere that they had been
working on the initial setup process. It didn't take me too long to get
my ISP dialed up. Using Arache is a bit different compared to Netscape,
which is what I normally use, but work very well.
Also, you might consider a newer version of DOS, as time allows. DRDOS
7.x, or one of the many other versions out there. I don't really keep
track of them. Many are downloadable or at least have demo that is
downloadable.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
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