On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:44:00 -0500, Wiley Pinkerton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I consider myself a "pretty good" PC tech, but when it comes to DOS, I get lost.
>I'm trying to access a CD-ROM that is connected to a Toshiba laptop via a
>parallel port connection.  If I remember correctly, I have to write a batch in
>the autoexec file to access.  The BIOS sees the port, LPT1, I just don't know
>how to access after that.  My customer wants Win 98 but with a 360 MB hard drive...
>I don't think so.
>
>TIA
>
>Wiley Pinkerton
>
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Thanks all, problem solved.  My main problem was not useing our most valuable
tool...our head!  I was trying to make it too complicated when all I needed was
a driver.  A DOS driver but a driver any way.  Thanks Jim and Alex.

Wiley S. Pinkerton
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