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I tried an experiment with the videos. Since the files in the \npvideo directory are .AVI files, I copied a few to my hard disk. I then ran a program by Ron Wodaski, VIDTEST, that runs AVI files and reports on the number of frames skipped. When run from the…
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#National Parks CDROM
Message #47702
I have the National Parks CD ROM too. It works ok on my Trident 8900CL at 800x600x256colors. What resolution with the ATI Ultra Pro are you running? Do you have the latest version (build) of the drivers? Try running with the standard windows VGA driver. Yes, it's a pain, but…
You might try calling the Trantor BBS at 510-656-5159. I don't know the baud rates, try 2400 baud 8N1. Paul
You do need another device driver to access the CD ROM drive. My CD ROM did not have and most will not, unless you order a multimedia kit, which usually includes a sound card, drivers, cable and a CD ROM. I paid extra for the cables and SCSI support drivers…
Yes, you do need an extra driver in order to access the CD Rom drive. Call Ultrastor or I believe Corel sells SCSI drivers for most SCSI cards and CD ROM drives. Call to make sure whatever you buy will work with your combination! Paul
Yes, you do need an additional driver in Config.sys for the CD ROM. Call Ultrastor to get one, or I believe Corel sells SCSI drivers. Paul
A cable for the Toshiba drive to the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (and probably other Media Vision cards) is $11.00 (including S&H) from Media Vision. Call 1-800-356-7886 to order. I almost had to order a cable from them, but my dealer finally came through with one! Paul
I have the Kodak Photo CD Access Software and Photo Sampler CD ROM, which is a single session CD. It works fine on my Toshiba 3401B. I can access it through DOS or Windows and have installed the Photo CD software with no problems. What level of TSCLDR.SYS do you…
SCSI CD ROM
Message #43192
Several people on the forum, including myself, have installed a Toshiba 3401B drive with the ProAudio Spectrum 16 card. Works great! The Toshiba 3401B is multisession and double speed. Paul
When I bought the PAS 16 and the 3401B, I also got the Cable/SCSI kit from Mediavision. This includes a 50 pin SCSI cable, sound cable, and SCSI drivers from Trantor. I use the PAS 16 card as the SCSI interface for the CD ROM drive. MPC sound comes via…
Well so far I haven't had any problems loading MSCDEX high with QEMM's loadhi. Takes about 15K with the /E switch. I use 4DOS 4.01D (the latest version). Since I have just the one SCSI device, the CDROM, connected to a Proaudio Spectrum 16 card, I've managed to avoid the…
>Jack is correct. However, as the saying goes "Third times a charm". You can >find a completely workable copy of the Macmillan Dictionary demo on the Feb. >issue. Vol, 3-2 of Nautilus. SOrry for the inconvenience. Well I guess it's time to subscribe to Nautilus! Actually I've enjoyed the January…
Regarding the jerkiness during playback of the .AVI files in Windows apps, there is a few things you can try. Some cost money! 😉 Close other Apps in Windows, esp DOS apps. Use a CD ROM Cache suchas CD Speedway. This may improve the playback the second time around. Use…
#Macmillan Dictionary
Message #41789
I just got the January '93 issue of Nautilus through their introductory offer. Eveything on it runs fine, except for the "corrected" version of the Macmillan's Dictionary for Children. It plays the opening speech, says something about the letter A, then I get a dialogue box. The title of the…
I recently bought a Toshiba 3401B drive and have been quite happy with it. I saw an article in PC Week that said Procom just announced a CD ROM drive with the same specs (200ms seek, 330K transfer). I didn't buy a SCSI card, instead I bought the ProAudio Spectrum…
> Are you using DOS5? COMMAND.COM or NDOS or 4DOS or >what? If the latter two, there is a known bug. I am using 4DOS with a CDROM (Toshiba 3401B) connected to a PAS 16 sound card. No problems so far. What is the known bug? Should I be worried?…
I take it the Time Almanac is DOS based and you are running it from a DOS window under Windows? Windows does impose an overhead on DOS applications running within it. This might be enough, even on your fast machine, to cause the problems you are seeing. Especially if there…