Wiley,
        I have a parallel port CD-ROM, I enabled ECP to make it faster, then
installed
the included setup software with the drive which basically emulates the SCSI
interface via LPT1
When I started setting it up in WIN 95 initial release I was always having
system lockups until
I manually entered the /N parameter in the SCSI setting. With WIN 98, I
never experience any
lockups and it is working well. BTW it is a CDR and I also stopped using the
Adaptec DirectCD which
contributed to the lockups.
HTH

Alexander T. Estacio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wiley Pinkerton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:44 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Access External CD-ROM with Laptop


> 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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