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Name: JIM
Date: July 16, 2000 at 11:40:53 Pacific
Subject: CAN'T INSTALL CDROM DRIVE
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I HAVE A ZEOS 486 WITH A PHILIPS CM206 CDROM DRIVE.A FRIEND OF MINE INSERTED A DISC TO CLEAN OUT OLD FILES.ALSO UPGRADED TO DOS 6.2 AND WIN 95.NOW IT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE CDROM DRIVE.I DO NOT HAVE THE START-UP DISC FOR THE CM206.I HAVE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO START-UP THE DRIVE,I INSERT IT ON A 31/2 DISC,THE COMPUTER READS THE DISCS CONTENTS BUT WILL NOT LET ME OPEN ANY OF THE FILES TO RUN THEM.I AM NOT VERY GOOD WITH THE DOS SIDE OF A COMPUTER!I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET IT WORKING BUT DON'T KNOW THE PROPER COMMAND.I'M LOSING WHAT LITTLE MIND I HAVE LEFT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS!PLEASE HELP.


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Response Number 1
Name: J Reuter
Date: July 16, 2000 at 14:45:38 Pacific
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I send you the drivers, the installation should work fine. If not contact me by mail


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Response Number 2
Name: W0rm
Date: July 16, 2000 at 15:45:48 Pacific
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I have no brain. I use caps 24/7. I act like I'm mental. I need a way to start sentances. I have no common sense.


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Response Number 3
Name: Jim Della Vecchia
Date: July 17, 2000 at 10:50:11 Pacific
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I have a 486 dx66. I have installed dos6.2
i have a: drive 31/2" b: 51/4" and c:514+
I also have a 52cx cd-rom. My system can't
recognize it. I have a Delta rom do you have
any dos drivers I can download.


Thank you
Jim Della Vecchia
Dellav7@kuhncom.com


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Response Number 4
Name: Umm!
Date: July 17, 2000 at 14:34:29 Pacific
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Worm - You live up to your name. It would seem to me that English may not be JIMs thing! But then again its not yours as well!

Umm!


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Response Number 5
Name: Jim
Date: July 17, 2000 at 18:03:33 Pacific
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J.Reuter,Thank you for taking the time out to help!Please e-mail to ducks@coollink.net.


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