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Tom, Here are a few suggestions: 1) Have you checked your BIOS settings. Have a look at the "advanced settings" and ensure that CC00 has not been enabled. AMI bios has a setting that does something to Adaptor ROM areas. To get into the BIOS settings you might have to…
#47189-
NEC-74 & DOS 6.0
Message #47729
Clifford, If the controller is a T128 you should use a memory exclude address when using expanded memory. For the T128 it is: X=CC00-CDFF Tom
#47347-
T128 not found
Message #47728
Tom, If you are using expanded memory you must put a memory exclude address to avoid conflict with memory used by the T128. For QEMM the command line would read: DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM X=CC00-CDFF DISKBUF=8 Regards .. Tom
micro-channel
Message #34629
Rich, Try NEC and their really neat micro channel SCSI card. Buy an external drive because in the long run it is easier. Works very well. Reagrds Tom
Larry, Could be the cable because out of the last 10 CDR series drives that I have sold I have had two faulty cables. Tom Milledge Australia
#NEC CDROM 74
Message #34627
Dear Sirs.. Can you tell me if NEC will be shipping the T130 with their drives and if so, when. Also what is the latest set of drivers for the T128 and can we get a copy of them. I am an NEC dealer is Australia. Regards Tom Milledge Ozword/Ozcar…
#NEC CDR-25 MSCDEX 35K!!
Message #34626
Eric, MSCDEX has a quirk with QEMM 6.02 where to load high, you should specify the /E command on your MSCDEX comamnd line. If you don't specify /E (use expanded memory) you might notice that QEMM reports, "unable to load high" even though it has run passed using OPTIMIZE. Another…
NEC CDR-25 MSCDEX 35K!!
Message #34625
Javier, I have used the NEC CD-ROM's and have no problems at all to load the driver (in config.sys) and the MSCDEX into high memory. You will of course require a 386Sx or better computer and a good product like QEMM 6.02. Could it be that you only have a…
I do not think that it is MSCDEX that is takink all the memory. I have seen some applications such as Baker & Taylor – Books in Print take all of the memory. Tom
Eric, Thanks. What happens when the application that you use "talks" directly to the cd-rom device driver or requires the MSCDEX to be loaded. Tom
Jean, I have tried Novell and other networks but for ease of use and simplicity with using CD-ROMs I think that you should be looking at Lantastic from Artisoft. Use IBM or compatibles. Have a look at the Artisoft forum GO ARTISOFT and get them to send you some magazine…
Caryl, I like NEC and reckon that their CDR-74 is reliable and very fast. I have used Sony and Philips but NEC is better. Tom
Jeong, I have sold and used Sony and many types of NEC but reckon that the CDR-74 is the best drive around. Unless desk space if really important I suggest that you buy an external. Internals seem to suck dust and give more problems. If you need to send it…
Chris, I have tried Optinet but have recently used CD-SHARE and found that it is much faster and cheaper. Have a look for a demo version on the Artisoft BBS. Tom
Sam, It is not possible to install a Cd-ROM at a Novell server. You would find it faster and safer to use it on workstation. With the SCSI card you should be aware that it uses a memory address CC00-CDFF and if your are using QEMM386 or EMM386 then use…
Lockup with CDSHARE
Message #30854
I have found that when using the program CD-SHARE with a Novell network, that when a workstation re-boots it will hang the CDSERVER. The problem is caused by Novell's abort timeout setting for their NETBIOS. In the SHELL.CFG file you should add a statement NETBIOS ABORT TIMEOUT = 100 And…