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Julian Cameron wrote:
> 
> > Thanks to all the folks to reply. Between you, you have solved several
> > uncertainties I had as the line before the ES1868 failure was
> > Audiodrive not found. The machine when I originally got it was a Time
> > Computer Office spec 200mmx system with a cheapo ESS combined 2Mb
> > system ram audio video card. I have subsequently replaced this with  a
> > now aging matrox millenium and soundblaster 32 plug & play. The CD
> > audio cable now goes into the soundblaster, so if I understand
> > correctly there should be no cd problems if I "lose" the config line
> > which goes as follows:
> 
> Well that went down really well - NOT!
> 
> All that happenned was that I lost my cd-rom drive. The sytem still
> came up ES1868 failed Audiodrive not found even when I put "REM" in
> front of the line. When I put brackets around the line I also lost my
> cd-rom drive. Here is the 1ST part of the config sys to see if you can
> make any sense for me:
> 
> [MENU]
> MENUITEM=1,NORMAL WINDOWS 95 STARTUP.
> SUBMENU=2,GAMES OPTIONS.
> MENUDEFAULT=1,15
> 
> [1]
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\ESSUTIL\ES1868.COM /A:0 /I:0
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\CDROM.SYS /D:CD-ROM
> COUNTRY=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS
> 
> h a y u l p. What do I do now. My eventual aim is to get a PII/PIII
> compatible board + cpu but I don't want to do that until I know what
> I am doing by experimenting with the board I already have.

If you no longer have the soundcard just remove the line containing
ES1868.COM and be done with it!

> 
> Oh and can anyone recommend a very basic dos text editor so that if I
> really screw up I can at least start up with my system floppy disk &
> edit the files back to their original state.

Put your boot disk in the floppy drive and type:
    copy c:\windows\command\edit.* a:

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Richard Howlett

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