[CGUYS] DOS system Help
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEDEPA=0Description=usb+floppy http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEDEPA=0Description=PCMCIA+USB I doubt you can fit just any old floppy drive into a laptop. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Michael Drabick [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
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/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Michael Drabick [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Another possibility is to boot from a Linux CD and see if you can run the DOS stuff under WINE or qemu. Then the A:\ drive would be mapped to a folder on your hard drive. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
