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#nec 74-1 compatibility

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#43896From: C. Paul GallagherMar 23, 1993 10:38 PM
Just got NEC 74-1 with bundle and ProAudioSpectrum 16 board and I am having a lot of trouble. Most often, the drive is not recognized when I boot the computer. Sometimes it kicks in right away, other times I have to boot computer 5-6 times. Another problem: Having a lot of trouble loading some CD's. Looks like the computer isn't recognizing subdirectories on the CD. For example, if I go to a subdir on the CD and type dir, I only get the listing of the root files and the prompt is changed to the root directory. MediaVision, Tiger Software, and NEC are fingerpointing and I am really not happy with this media. Anyone out there who can help out would be appreciated. 486/33 clone 8MB QEMM Stacker DOS 5.0 This CD is the BRANDNEW NEC 74-1 that will play the multi session photo CD's (whatever that means) I think the drivers are giving me problems but I don't know who or what to ask.
#43912From: Jack L. ChalkerMar 24, 1993 1:20 AM
I'm not MediaVision but several possibilities come to mind. First, check to see that your card isn't using addresses that conflict with IRQs or DMAs currently being used by other hardware/software. Second, make sure you have excluded the card's address range both in QEMM's load line and in SYSTEM.INI using EMMExclude=<range>. Try loading the driver/manager for the SCSI port BEFORE stacker, and also load MSCDEX before compression. Often these do not like to be compressed with Stacker or whatever. If all else fails, you're going to need MediaVision.