i still have an addonics external CD reader. think it is a 1 speed. it connects through the parallel or serial port. i forgot which. i do not know if i threw the interconnect cable away or not. i used it in the past to load operating systems on laptops that did not have a floppy drive. you can load drivers with it.
i do still have the software on my computer for that machine. i do recall programs(pc anywhere?Norton???) would allow one to attach two computers together. i do not think i still have the software Laplink was another program. would allow data transfer through the serial ports. call them. they would probably have laplink ver 1 available for you. you can transfer the program to another computer, or perhaps transfer the data to another machine. At 04:10 PM 6/19/2008, you wrote: >If you are running DOS as the operating system on the laptop, I don't think >there is any solution but to > >1. replace the A: drive in the laptop >2. Move the whole operation to another DOS machine, preferably a desktop or >tower (for maintainability). > >USB floppies and other such all require Windows to be recognized. > >You might be able to mount the laptop's hard drive in a DOS machine with an >IDE adapter for mounting 2.5-inch hard drives in a 3.5-inch drive >mount/connector. But then you would have the problem of a video driver for >the DOS machine. It might not need a specialized one for simple 80 x 25 text >mode if that is what the console is using. > >At 02:22 PM 6/19/2008, Michael Drabick wrote: >>So I would find the autoexec.bat file on the mounted hard drive and find out >>which DOS sofrtware is being run at startup, then drag that file(and >>associated files) over to the working computer and run it in DOS mode???? >> >>I saw the PCMCIA cards but they showed win98 as the lowest operating system >>to run the card. I cant install any drivers without an A:\ drive on these >>computers can I? >> >>Mike >> >>Matthew Taylor wrote: >>>As a work around, you could pull the hard drive and USB mount it on another >>>computer with a working A drive. >>>On Jun 19, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Michael Drabick wrote: >>> >>>>A NEC Versa V/50 laptop has a disk drive that no longer works. This >>>>machine is used as an interface with a machine that does blood tests. The >>>>database used is DOS based and will only archive to the A:/ drive wich is >>>>not functioning. The database is full and it is set up that the only way >>>>you can get ride of old entries is by archiving them. >>>>Is there a PCMCIA card that will function as an A:/ drive. Or where could >>>>I find a graveyard of old computers to steal parts from. >>>> >>>>Mike >>>>-- >>>> >>>>*Mike Drabick >>>>HDH Construction Consultants, Inc >>>>200 Harry S. Truman Parkway >>>>Suite 220 >>>>Annapolis, MD 21401 >>>>410-571-1100 >>>>410-571-1177 Fax* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>************************************************************************* >>>>** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >>>>** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >>>>************************************************************************* >>> >>> >>>************************************************************************* >>>** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >>>** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >>>************************************************************************* >>> >> >>-- >> >>*Mike Drabick >>HDH Construction Consultants, Inc >>200 Harry S. Truman Parkway >>Suite 220 >>Annapolis, MD 21401 >>410-571-1100 >>410-571-1177 Fax* >> >> >> >>************************************************************************* >>** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >>** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >>************************************************************************* > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
