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Hi Ed, Sorry my reply took so long. Time constraints have reduced my Forum Perusal Frequency. It looks like you have most of the hard work done already. If you have the SB card on it's defaults, you should use IRQ5 for the T128. Heed the advice in the other…
Hi Kerry, PMJI, but you can call MS Consumer Sales Reps at 1-800-426-9400 for updates. Have a CC and software info handy in case they need it. HTH, John
Hi Bernie, The SBPro will only work with the CL/Matsushita/Panasonic CDR drive. I don't know of anyone else making one that is compatible. There are two different models of the SBPro, with a couple different 'versions'. The original SBPro uses two FM chips to give you stereo, while the newer…
Hi Adrian, I'm beginning to think we have found a new app for CD-ROM – Holidays around the World! If you put every non-business day for every city/state/country in the world, do you think there would be any day left that was functional everywhere? Do you think it would fit…
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Hi David, A lot of what you ask about depends a lot on what you are mainly using your system to do. It sounds like you have a nice enough system to consider using a 3rd party memory manager like QEMM 6.02. This will allow you to have XMS and…
Tim, Glad to be of help. I've been around here a while, and still have to "towel off" frequently! Ask away! If I don't have an answer, somebody will. I don't know where the *No Replies* message came from, either. It certainly isn't anything I did intentionally. Where exactly did…
Andrew, Is that version 2.20 or 2.21? And probably more pertinent, is it from the drive mfg, or MS? Just curious, as all I had heard as the reason for getting MS version 2.21, was so as not to need Setver. TIA, John
Tim, A little general advice first. Don't send messages in all capitals as that indicates shouting (or new users). It also makes the message harder to read. Also, you will find a lot of helpful and friendly people on CI$, so ask all the questions you want. The only dumb…
Peter, Especially when dealing with Win3.1 and CD's! Glad I could help. John
Peter, The only reason I know of for upgrading MSCDEX is if it's needed for the software – such as Windows 3.1. Win3.1 requires 2.20 or higher, and 2.20 needs Setver to run under MSDOS 5.0. There was a bad version of 2.21 on the MSL a while back, so…
Jim, I am not familiar with your hardware set-up, but you should not be WRITING to Drive D: at all. The ROM stands for READ ONLY MEMORY. I would think the first place you should look is for something trying to write to D:. Hope that helps. If you don't…
Victor, PMFBI, but there is a section in your SYSTEM.INI file with the settings for your SBP in it. All you have to do for Windows is to edit that section and put in the correct settings. Making it work with DOS programs is a totally different subject, on which…
Daniel, You are probably right – I have recently seen refurbished Hitachi CD drives bundled w/Interface card and software (17 programs, who knows how many CD's) for $299. Most repair places I know of charge $150 to look at ANYTHING! If they actually fix it, costs for parts would also…
Scott, Glad I could help. BTW, there is a person with MS Tech Support, named Harry Emil, usually found in the MSAPPS Forum, that seems very good at this sort of thing. You may want to give him a holler if you continue to have problems. Good Luck, John
Scott, From the info I've seen this problem is usually cause by too big a system.ini file for the process. If this is a file size limitation problem, it can be solved by either: 1) deleting all the comment and space lines in your system.ini file or 2) creating a…
Larry, Thanks, I'll give that a try. And yes, when it's working I have no problems with the speed or smoothness. My intended use is about like yours, I can't see where you would have any trouble from performance. John
Hi, Larry; I have the bundle you are looking at, and when everything works, it's great. I haven't been able to pin down my problem source yet, but it seems to be some kind of IRQ/DMA/Address conflict. My biggest problem is not being able to get through to Creative Labs…