10 Mar
2001
10 Mar
'01
12:03 p.m.
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
10 Mar
10 Mar
10:41 p.m.
Is this a HardCard usable for PC-XT type systems?
If so you can lowlevel reformat the HD with a Debug command
PC-XT type HD-controllers had a Extended-BIOS rom that
usually resided at segment &HC800. The starting adres
of the utility was offset &H0005. In debug just jump there
and the uility will start.
Debug <enter>
-gC800:5
Sipke de Wal
----- Original Message -----
From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red(a)bears.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:03 AM
Subject: Plus HardCard II
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
11 Mar
11 Mar
6:12 a.m.
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Sipke de Wal wrote:
Is this a HardCard usable for PC-XT type systems?
I'm not sure. It's a later model than the first hardcard, and plugs into a
16-bit ISA slot.
If so you can lowlevel reformat the HD with a Debug
command
Debug <enter>
-gC800:5
I've been there. Here's what happens.
I can look at that area of memory and find the Plus BIOS copyright
information and what I expect to see. If I
-gC800:0005
It hangs the machine.
Single stepping shows instructions starting at C800:0005 are being
executed, until it gets to a 'JMP 189' or something similar to that (the
number might be wrong). Then it hangs there.
Dunno. Neither of my HCIIs are known operational, but they both fail in
this same way. DOS can read the disks, onec the machine is booted from a
floppy, but FDISK fails, format fails, writing appears to work but nothing
is ever written.
Quantum say I need this atdoshc2.sys to use the Hard Card, so I'm willing
to believe that nothing will work properly until I find that.
ok
r.
1:12 a.m.
I have disks for the hard card but I think they're for the original 20
or maybe the 40 Mb card. Do you know if they'll work? I'd never heard of a
80 Mb hard card.
I dug around and found two disks but I can't read them! I'll play with
them later and try to find out what's going on.
Joe
At 09:03 PM 3/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
2:37 p.m.
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
I have disks for the hard card but I think
they're for the original 20
or maybe the 40 Mb card. Do you know if they'll work? I'd never heard of a
80 Mb hard card.
Joe, there was also a 127mb HardCard. I can send the files if you'd
like.
- don
I dug around and found two disks but I can't
read them! I'll play with
them later and try to find out what's going on.
Joe
At 09:03 PM 3/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
12 Mar
12 Mar
12:46 a.m.
At 08:37 PM 3/11/01 -0800, you wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
Don,
Will the same files work for the other smaller hard cards? If so I'd
like a copy since I have a number of hard cards around that I've been
saving for future use. However I wasn't the one that originally asked for
the files, 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org> was the one that needed
them.
Thanks,
Joe
I have disks for the hard card but I think
they're for the original 20
or maybe the 40 Mb card. Do you know if they'll work? I'd never heard of a
80 Mb hard card.
Joe, there was also a 127mb HardCard. I can send the files if you'd
like.
- don I dug around and found two disks but I
can't read them! I'll play with
them later and try to find out what's going on.
Joe
At 09:03 PM 3/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
1:47 a.m.
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
Unfortunately, the 127 (I thought it was 105) MB model is a II XL which
does NOT use the same drivers. Somebody on list sent me a II XL disk
image, which I was unable to make work. The II XL stuff is still available
Joe, there was
also a 127mb HardCard. I can send the files if you'd
like.
- don
Will the same files work for the other smaller hard cards? If so I'd
like a copy since I have a number of hard cards around that I've been
saving for future use. However I wasn't the one that originally asked for
the files, 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org> was the one that needed
them.
Joe from Quantum's web site.
Apparently, the atdoshc2.sys IS the same driver for the old 8-bit 20 and
40 MB hardcards (though at an older revision).
According to a MS Knowledgbase article somebody sent me, version 1.31 is
for the 8-bit HardCards and version 1.4 is the desired version for the
16-bit HardCard IIs. I don't have any indication if the older version will
at least work with the newer card---the newer version is apparently needed
for proper operation with Windows.
I still need atdoshc2.sys. (:
ok
r.
10:06 a.m.
Bear,
I'm going out of town for the rest of the week but if you haven't gotten
the drivers before I return, I will try to recover the data on my two
driver disks. Failing that, I will install my hard cards in a machine and
see if the drivers are on the hard drives. Remind me next week if you
don't hear from me before then.
Joe
At 10:47 AM 3/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
Unfortunately, the 127 (I thought it was 105) MB model is a II XL which
does NOT use the same drivers. Somebody on list sent me a II XL disk
image, which I was unable to make work. The II XL stuff is still available
from Quantum's web site.
Apparently, the atdoshc2.sys IS the same driver for the old 8-bit 20 and
40 MB hardcards (though at an older revision).
According to a MS Knowledgbase article somebody sent me, version 1.31 is
for the 8-bit HardCards and version 1.4 is the desired version for the
16-bit HardCard IIs. I don't have any indication if the older version will
at least work with the newer card---the newer version is apparently needed
for proper operation with Windows.
I still need atdoshc2.sys. (:
ok
r.
Joe, there
was also a 127mb HardCard. I can send the files if you'd
like.
- don
Will the same files work for the other smaller hard cards? If so I'd
like a copy since I have a number of hard cards around that I've been
saving for future use. However I wasn't the one that originally asked for
the files, 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org> was the one that needed
them.
Joe
5:10 a.m.
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
At 08:37 PM 3/11/01 -0800, you wrote:
I am uncertain, Joe, and have no other HardCard to try it on. I'll
email you the package and perhaps you can check that out.
Oops! Sorry, Bear.
- don
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Joe wrote:
Don,
Will the same files work for the other smaller hard cards? If so I'd
like a copy since I have a number of hard cards around that I've been
saving for future use. However I wasn't the one that originally asked for
the files, 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org> was the one that needed
them.
Thanks,
Joe I have disks for the hard card but I think
they're for the original 20
or maybe the 40 Mb card. Do you know if they'll work? I'd never heard of a
80 Mb hard card.
Joe, there was also a 127mb HardCard. I can send the files if you'd
like.
- don I dug around and found two disks but I
can't read them! I'll play with
them later and try to find out what's going on.
Joe
At 09:03 PM 3/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
I'm looking for a copy of the setup/install disk for a Plus HardCard II
(80 MB if it makes a difference) or at least 'atdoshc2.sys' so I can use
one of these two hardcards I've got in a system.
'atdoshc2.sys' no longer seems available from Quantum's site.
Can anybody help?
ok
r.
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