mshiels@watmath.waterloo.edu (Michael A. Shiels) (09/24/88)
Does anyone know the locations for the patches for these versions of DOS?? I have been using DRIVPARM to give me 720K diskettes (using DD disks) in a 1.2M drive. -- Michael A. Shiels mshiels@watmath.waterloo.EDU UUCP: ...path...!watmath!mshiels
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (09/25/88)
In article <21083@watmath.waterloo.edu> mshiels@watmath.waterloo.edu (Michael A. Shiels) writes:
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...Does anyone know the locations for the patches for these versions of DOS?? I have
...been using DRIVPARM to give me 720K diskettes (using DD disks) in a 1.2M drive.
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I don't know how you get those 3.5" disks to stay in the 5.25" drive,
but if you want to make 3.3 see a 720k dribe using DRIVPARM, using
device=DRIVPARM {args}, change the = to three ^As.
Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
Technology Division ...!att!jonlab!mccc!pjh
Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334
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Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800bob@acornrc.UUCP (Bob Weissman) (09/27/88)
In article <166@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: > In article <21083@watmath.waterloo.edu> mshiels@watmath.waterloo.edu (Michael A. Shiels) writes: > ...Does anyone know the locations for the patches for these versions of DOS?? I have > ...been using DRIVPARM to give me 720K diskettes (using DD disks) in a 1.2M drive. > > I don't know how you get those 3.5" disks to stay in the 5.25" drive, > but if you want to make 3.3 see a 720k dribe using DRIVPARM, using > device=DRIVPARM {args}, change the = to three ^As. This seems a bit cryptic. If you have the "generic" Microsoft version of MS-DOS 3.30, you can get a free upgrade to 3.30A which fixes DRIVPARM and BACKUP and a few other things which I forget. Just call the Microsoft customer service number or contact them via CompuServe. The latter worked better for me (i.e., I got the upgrade after exchanging CIS mail with some Microsoft guy long after I had given up on getting it from the phone guy). -- Bob Weissman Internet: bob@acornrc.uucp UUCP: ...!{ ames | decwrl | oliveb | pyramid }!acornrc!bob Arpanet: bob%acornrc.uucp@ames.arc.nasa.gov
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (09/27/88)
In article <1019@acornrc.UUCP> bob@acornrc.UUCP (Bob Weissman) writes: ...In article <166@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: ...> In article <21083@watmath.waterloo.edu> mshiels@watmath.waterloo.edu (Michael A. Shiels) writes: ...> ...Does anyone know the locations for the patches for these versions of DOS?? I have ...> ...been using DRIVPARM to give me 720K diskettes (using DD disks) in a 1.2M drive. ...> ...> I don't know how you get those 3.5" disks to stay in the 5.25" drive, ...> but if you want to make 3.3 see a 720k dribe using DRIVPARM, using ...> device=DRIVPARM {args}, change the = to three ^As. ... ...This seems a bit cryptic. If you have the "generic" Microsoft version ...of MS-DOS 3.30, you can get a free upgrade to 3.30A which fixes ...DRIVPARM and BACKUP and a few other things which I forget. ... ...Just call the Microsoft customer service number or contact them via ...CompuServe. The latter worked better for me (i.e., I got the upgrade ...after exchanging CIS mail with some Microsoft guy long after I had ...given up on getting it from the phone guy). Bob, You're on a UNIX medium and you complain about a PCDOS fix being cryptic???? <giggle> Cryptic or not, it is the fix being promulgated by the gurus on the IBMNET of CompuServe. I'm running PCDOS 3.3 and the fix works fine. But of course if there is an OFFICIAL fix.... Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh Technology Division ...!att!jonlab!mccc!pjh Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334 1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800