Hi!
I just got two IBM Optical drives, complete with drivers, controllers,
operator's manual, and service manual.
Now for the questions:
-Are there updated drivers for these drives? The ones that cane with it run
the driver as a DOS shell, which takes up a bunch of memory, and slows down
the entire computer (also won't work with Windows).
- Does anyone have an ISA controller card for one of these drives? Both
controller cards I got are MCA, and I only have one MCA machine (The Model
80 runs OS/2, and I don't have OS/2 drivers), which is a P70. I have the
external drive (I got an internal and an external) on there, and it works,
but no way of testing the internal (I was going to use it on my Pentium).
- Sometimes, when I put in a disk, and try to read it, I get a "General
Failure" error. I take the disk out, put it back in, and it works. I think
there was a discussion about this before. Do I just need to clean the
disks?
-The drives that I have are 3363's, and the disks I have are 3363 200MB
Single Sided cartridges (IBM). Can I use other types of Optical disks, or
do I have to use the IBM 3363 ones?
Last question (for now...)
I've heard (I think it was on this list) that the 3363 is a WORM drive.
However, it allows you to delete files, but you don't get any added space
when the file is deleted (as if the file is still there). If the file is
actually gone, where did the empty space go, and is there any way to get it
back? Or is the file still there, and it being 'deleted' is it just an
optical illusion (no pun intended)?
ThAnX,
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-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill_at_usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
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Received on Mon May 24 1999 - 20:05:11 BST