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From: johnyg@microsoft.UUCP (John GEER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-ROM under Win 3.0 (HELP!!)
Message-ID: <59920@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 90 20:11:13 GMT
References: <1990Dec7.171717.29367@cs.utk.edu>
Reply-To: johnyg@microsoft.UUCP (John GEER)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1990Dec7.171717.29367@cs.utk.edu> lape@.cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape) writes:
>        I am in need of a device driver that works under Windows 3.0 correctly 
>and can use extended memory.  The piece of hardware in question is an Amdek 
>Laserdrive-1.  The device driver that comes with it works fine if I exit 
>Windows, but does strange things under Windows (like getting an invisible 
>cursor when looking at the directory under Programme Manager) to not working 
>at all.  The computer that this is running on is a Tandy 4000 with 4 megs 
>memory and VGA.  It is a 386 and Windows is running in 386 mode.  Using 



	Hmmm... this is very odd.  You should be using the HITACHIA.SYS
2.1 or 2.2 device driver (the Amdek is a HITACHI product) with MSCDEX
version 2.1 or 2.2.  Unless your version of the device driver is doing
DMA stuff, you should be working fine.  If you are using an early version
of MSCDEX, get a new one from your hardware manufacturer through their
product support.  MSCDEX v2.2 works great under Windows 3.0 enhanced.
Your Amdek should be running off of a HITACHI Bus card as well, no?  I've
even been able to load HITACHIA.SYS high, so unless your XMS is screwy
you are leaving out some information.  Oh, beware, you cannot load MSCDEX
high... this IS a limitation.  Also, don't be starting MSCDEX in your
windows initialization batch.  It should be started ONLY from boot-time
DOS.  If you have any trouble with this configuration, send me e-mail.    


- John Y.