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APA358 & NEC 3x CDROM & Warp Connect No Go !?

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From: Keith Bennett
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 00:00
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I'm trying to install Warp Connect using an Adaptec/Trantor APA 358
parallel to SCSI adapter and a NEC Multispin 3x external CD-ROM.

I seem to have the installation disk configured correctly with
T358SCSI.ADD present and with a BASEDEV=T358SCSI.ADD in the
config.sys. 

However, it still doesn't seem to see the CD.  It keeps asking for me
to insert the proper CD.  I tried F3'ing out to a command prompt, and
doing a DIR F: (E is my last hard drive).  I get the response:

SYS0026: The specified disk or diskette cannot be accessed.

The LCD On the CD drive indicates that while the DIR is in progress,
the drive is being accessed.  I tried another CD in the drive and it
was also unreadable.  I tried the Warp Connect in another machine's
CD drive and it was readable.  So it's not the Warp compact disk
itself, but the drive, adapter, software, or combination thereof.

The machine in question is a Dell Optiplex 466.  I don't think its
parallel port is enhanced, but I believe the APA 358 is supposed to
step down to normal parallel port support if necessary.

Any ideas to get this to work?  Thanks for any help.

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Keith Bennett                             Bennett Business Solutions, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD USA                     OS/2 & DOS Software Development
kbennett@cpcug.org                        (301) 871-7696
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From: kbennett@cpcug.org (Keith Bennett)
Subject: APA358 & NEC 3x CDROM & Warp Connect No Go !?
Date: 1995/12/02
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