DIYbanter - View Single Post - DOS based CD-Writer software ?

Fredxx[_3_]

On 13/02/2018 22:41, wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 22:09:10 UTC, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Johnny B Good" wrote in message ...
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:54:12 +0000, Andrew Mawson wrote:

OK wrong forum I know but there are a lot of knowledgeable people on
this forum

I need some software that will run under DOS 6.22 that will allow me to
copy files to a CD/DVD-ROM Drive. This is on a legacy CNC machine - I'm
replacing a dying Viglen PC where the only exchangeable media is 4.5"
Floppy for a Compac DC7600 SFF PC that I have which also has CD/DVD
read / write drive that would be very handy for data exchange.

NB this is running genuine DOS 6.22 NOT a DOS window under Windoze !

Any pointers very welcome !

The easiest way to go would be to pull out the hard disk drive and
attach it to the SFF PC via an IDE to USB adapter (dongle with its own
12v/5v PSU brick or else utilise a long since retired USB IDE HDD
enclosure, also with its own PSU - there may well be a few of the latter
gathering dust somewhere about the premises).

I rather doubt the drive will be so ancient as to need a two cable
Shugart connection or the even rarer single cable ESDI connection and
SCSI seems a less likely alternative to the 40 wire ATA (IDE) interface
(do-able but a damn sight more expensive than IDE) so the chance of the
drive being an IDE type for which you can still get hold of IDE to USB
adapters with relative ease is pretty high.

Obviously, you need to verify which interface is used by the internal
drive before embarking on a "Beg, borrow or steal" odyssey for an IDE to
USB adapter of one sort or another. You can post more details, if the
internal HDD *isn't* the more usual IDE type, for further suggestions and
guidance.

It's a SATA drive in the DC7600 but continuously pulling it out is not an
option - the PC will be buried in the bowels of the machine. It has numerous
USB connections and a 10/100 network port but it was previously running Win
7 pro and has been 'down graded' to DOS 6.22 to replace the original Viglen
that is on its last legs. The various ports are there - the issue is driving
them under DOS !

Andrew

Why don't you run win98 then? There's plenty of relevant software for it. It needs a lot of 3rd party patches installing, including one to run with 500M RAM, one to access 128G HDD, sane usb support etc. If you can run your app under a dos box wile running 98, all your options are open.... so I suspect you can't.

If it's for factory production, I can quite see why you wouldn't want 98. 95 is pretty stable.

Win 98, especially SE2 is far, far more reliable that Win 95. I would
lose count of how many crashes and reboots I would need for Win 95
during the working day.