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VPC for OS/2 Sound question for windows

Started by marcbryant, 2012.01.11, 02:12:05

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marcbryant

Doug,
Did all that you said to do.  Only difference is boot time is shorter.  Did stumble on one thing in the config.sys file. DANIS506.ADD had the /BIOS parameter which was not in the config.sys file in the 1.2 verson.  I deleted the parameter rebooted and now the cd rom works better.  Not great, but after a few clicks it opens the file tree.  Tried opening the drive under windose in the VPC and it opens with no problem.  I then installed the DANIS506.ADD and DANATAP.FLT from the 1.2 version but no change.  But at least I can use the cdrom now.  Maybe there is a parameter that I should be using but I couldn't find her website.

thanks for the advice,

Marc

DougB

QuoteDANIS506.ADD had the /BIOS parameter
It has been petty standard to use /!BIOS (note the "!" that you don't have in the above) with the Danis driver, for many years. Rather than going back to older versions, I would suggest that the version that comes with eCS 2.1 is probably going to work best, but you obviously have some other problem. A couple of things, that I can think of:

You indicate that it is a newer drive (what is it? somebody may know if there is something odd about it). It may need an 80 wire interface cable, and, it may need a parameter on the Danis506.ADD line, to tell it to use, or not use, 80 wire mode.

Double check the MASTER/SLAVE jumper. The drive will probably work when it is wrong, but odd things can happen. It may also be jumpered for Cable Select (CS), which should also work, but some controllers don't like that.

Be sure that the motherboard is at one end of the cable, and the drive is at the other end of the cable. A second drive would go in the middle connector (if there is one).

QuoteTried opening the drive under windose in the VPC and it opens with no problem.
Now that is odd. I think that VPC actually uses the OS/2 driver to run the CD drive (but I may be wrong).

QuoteMaybe there is a parameter that I should be using but I couldn't find her website.
Dani no longer maintains her drivers. She did turn them over to netlabs, so they are being maintained. However, I think that you will find everything that you need in the docs that come with the driver (they are well written), but it may take a bit of digging to find appropriate information. You may find this page helpful, although it is not yet complete:

svn.netlabs.org/xata/wiki

marcbryant

The cd drive is an old one.  Bought it from a liquidator.  Brand new condition though and it worked perfectly with 1.2. It is set as master. I think I am going to get a SATA drive and give it a try. Oh, I went back to the Dani drivers on 2.1 with no parameters since it worked the best so far.  Will check out netlabs. Thanks 

DougB

QuoteI think I am going to get a SATA drive and give it a try

That is probably a good idea. Old drives (depending on how old, and what they are) just don't perform like the newer ones. Of course, the newer ones don't seem to last quite as long, however, you can probably buy 3 new ones, for what the old drive cost when it was new.

FWIW, I have a LG GH22NS50 SATA CD/DVD writer drive, and it works very well. As I recall, it was less than $25 (Canadian) about a year ago.