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#NEC CDR74/adaptec 1542

    30-Sep-92 05:03:34
Sb: #27754-#NEC CDR74/adaptec 1542
Fm: Brian Hinkle 71477,612
To: Toby Pennycuff 70007,6267
Getting the NEC 74 to work under OS/2 was pretty easy. I'm not sure about the 37 though. What I've heard about that drive is not too good: Not MPC compatible, slow access time, 150 Kb/sec transfer rates etc. *IF* it is SCSI, (is it SCSI?) then you should be able to get it to work. (If the tone of this post makes you think I'm suggesting looking at the NEC 74 Gallery, your right :)). I'm not familiar with the new Cdrom_G.sys you mentioned. Is it available in the IBMOS2 forum or is it in the service pack? All I needed to do to get the NEC working off the Adaptec 1542b under OS/2 was edit the Cdrom.sys file and replace the string "TOSHIBA" with "NEC ". Then remove the /I from the Cdrom.sys line. I understand your problem with the documentation on this. I still don't know how to add a cache parameter to the CDFS.IFS line! Here's the relevent lines from my config.sys file. Cdrom2.sys is simply my edited version of Cdrom.sys. I understand the /N:# should corrospond to the SCSI ID of the cdrom drive. BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD IFS=F:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q DEVICE=F:\OS2\CDROM2.SYS /N:1 DEVICE=F:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS If you get a Trantor card with the Cdrom then the installation is even simpler. You won't need to edit cdrom.sys at all if you get the Trantor drivers from the IBMOS2 forum. Take care Toby. Brian Hinkle, Anaheim, Ca