#Need CDROM For OS/2 2.0
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Robert,
Perhaps you missed the beginning of this thread … I have both the Adaptec
drivers which came with the GA release, the updated driver from the Adaptec
BBS, as well as the beta ASPI manager which was on the Adaptec BBS. The
problem (apparently) is that CDROM.SYS which came with the OS/2 GA release
only supports IBM and Toshiba CD drives and I have a NEC CDR73M.
I know that people have had luck running MSCDEX under OS/2 using a VDM,
unfortunately I have an OS/2 PM application which wants access to the
CD-ROM. That's what I'm fishing for … OS/2 support for my NEC CD drive.
I came here because I had heard on the IBMOS2 forum that Corel had a
universal CD driver which supported OS/2 2.0 (as well as DOS and Novell)
which layers atop an ASPI manager which they will sell without their
adapter. Kelly has previously indicated that this is the case.
More recently (while trying to find somebody who sell CorelSCSI) I've heard
that the CorelSCSI driver may not support PM applications. If you can be of
any help in this mess I would certainly appreciate it.
Thanks – josh
Josh,
CorelSCSI supports CD-ROM in OS/2 version 1.3 and 2.0. The CD-ROM appears
as a drive letter to the operating system and as such will work with any
OS/2 application. Presentation Manager is part of the OS/2 operating system
and there are no known problems with CorelSCSI and applications running
under the Presentation Manager. If you require any further information
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kelly Fraser