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Re: Introduction and questions (TP 360PE)
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:08:14 -0700 (PDT), Patrick West wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, James P. Grenert wrote:
>> A request and some questions:
>> * I originally had PCDOS 7.0 preinstalled, but my disk factory image for
>> disk 5 was trashed. Could someone please email me a zipped copy?
>I have the CD-ROM but it has only files for disk 5 not a disk image.
>Do you know what files you need?
>
I think that other than disk 1, you can zip them up. The boot disk requires LOADDSKF.EXE
or a similiar utility to create an image file.
>
>> * I can't get PCMCIA storage devices (a Maxtor 105 MB HD and a
>> Sandisk 20 MB ATA flash card) to work in either Windows or OS/2. The Easy
>> Playing software correctly identifies both cards, but they always come up
>> as Not Ready. Any suggestions?
>In OS/2 that means the hardware see them but the software drivers are not
>installed. Run install and select plug and play for pcmcia.
>
>DOS 6.3 needs card services which it didn't include. However PC DOS 7
>includes the Phoenix pcmcia card services.
>
Doesn't IBM have drivers for the 360PE specifically for DOS/Win3.1x?
>> P. S. The only other computer I own (except for some Commodore 8-bits from
>> my youth) is an HP 200LX DOS palmtop. I guess my taste for computers runs
>> toward the small side. :)
>
Ahh, someone else still has C64's? I guess I'm not too old to say their from my youth, though. <g>
I wish I could see a CP/M machine, though.
>I likewise have a HP200lx. I'm set up Sidekick for 2.0 on it. I have
>Sidekick 2.0 for PM on my warp 4 desktop and warp 3 laptop and can share
>the files directly.
>
Lucky. I had an HP Omnigo 100 running Geoworks, and ironically, not only is the machine dead,
but I can't access the PCMCIA card from my ThinkPad now (and I KNOW it works).
The only problem was transferring data.
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