DOS ain't dead - PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

RayeR

CZ,
24.08.2008, 23:29

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS (Users)

Hi,
does anybody have experiences with CF cards via PCMCIA adapter in notebook under DOS? I tried many drivers and also the latest release of APSoft Cardware 7.00.009 which is quite recent (2006, newer than my NB).

At the baginning it was looking good, Cardware successfully detected my PCMCIA controller TI1420 but then failed on step:

DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE /MS:2 /MC:2 /MD:2 /PI:ON [Enter=A,Esc=N]?A PCENABLE/386 Version 7.00 - Release 4-Jun-2006 (C) Copyright 1992-2006 by APSoft. All rights reserved. Disassembly or decompilation prohibited. Detect Card Services Level 5.02 (Executed in Protected mode) Detect DPMS Server Version 1.00 (Novell Version 1.44) installed ERROR: Unable to register as Card Services Client Return Code 0020h PCENABLE Installation aborted

and hanged on next. I had config.sys and autoexec.bat very simplified to avoid some possible collisions. Other drivers I tried didn't even detected my controller.

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Berlin, Germany,
24.08.2008, 23:40

@ RayeR

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

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> Detect Card Services Level 5.02 (Executed in Protected mode)
> Detect DPMS Server Version 1.00 (Novell Version 1.44) installed

Looks like your using some sort of EMM386. Did you leave an appropriate memory window?

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RayeR

CZ,
25.08.2008, 14:10

@ rr

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

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> Looks like your using some sort of EMM386. Did you leave an appropriate
> memory window?

I didn't use EMM at all. Install instructions says then don't care about window if emm not used.

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Berlin, Germany,
25.08.2008, 14:27

@ RayeR

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

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> > Looks like your using some sort of EMM386. Did you leave an appropriate
> > memory window?
>
> I didn't use EMM at all.

But then PCENABLE wouldn't show "Protected mode" or "DPMS", I think.

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RayeR

CZ,
25.08.2008, 18:32

@ rr

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

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> > > Looks like your using some sort of EMM386. Did you leave an
> appropriate
> > > memory window?
> >
> > I didn't use EMM at all.
>
> But then PCENABLE wouldn't show "Protected mode" or "DPMS", I think.

This is because it loads DPMS.EXE at first line (installed by cardware)

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RayeR

CZ,
26.08.2008, 12:10

@ RayeR

PCMCIA (CF) under DOS

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Lucho suggested me ATA.SYS driver from Datalight ROM-DOS, I tried it, it detected 2 drives but unfortunatelly they are inaccessible :-|

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.