#NEC-CD84/Problems Etc
I just installed CorelSCSI 1.2b on my system which is:
486/66 EISA
ULTRSTOR-24F SCSI/EISA controller
32MB Ram
ATI-MACH 32 video card
NEC CDR-84 CDROM
HP Scanjet-IIC
1.2gb Hard drive
3.4mb Hard drive
Mediavision Pro Audio Spectrum 16tp
Netware 3.11/Intel ETHEREXPRESS 16tp NIC
DOS 6.2
SYSTEM.INI [386Enhanced]: EMMEXCLUDE A000-FFFF
A couple of questions…
Prior to installation, I had Microsoft's SmartDrv double buffer statement in
the config.sys. I am using Norton's new SPEEDRIVE disk cache program. This
included the ability to cache the CDROM by the addition of a driver in the
CONFIG.SYS just after the CDROM drivers.
1) Now that I'm using COREL SCSI, can I still use the NORTON Cache program to
cache the CDROM?
2) Just after installation, Windows would not load in enhanced mode. I moved
the Corel CORELCDX from the top to just after the network drivers (per a thread
here…) and it seems to work. Should this prove stable (as much as a computer
can be.. grin)?
3) Previously the CDROM was on a Mediavision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 card with a
address of CC00. During the EISA setup on this computer, it asked for a
address so I gave it CC00. I thought the CDROM could use the same address as
the ULTRA-24F (currently D000-D3ff). Can you 'educate me?
4) Is the SCSI port on the Mediavison PAS16 still in existance (thereby a
source of conflict)?
Thanks much for your assistance.
Phil Timmerman
ps: Windows just crashed after saving this to a text file with a read access
error of some sort. Don't know what it was for sure