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  • Page 1 CD-ROM Drive User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Part Number: MAN-CDDS Micro Solutions, Inc., provides this manual as is, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Micro Solutions, Inc., shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in con - nection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.1 Backpack’s Drive Letter................3.2 The NONSTOP Option................. 3.3 Playing Audio CDs..................3.4 Changing the Internal Drive ID..............3.5 Backpack Device Driver Parameters............4. Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions............Appendix A Troubleshooting..............A.1 Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions Error Messages........A.2 DOS Error Messages...................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    · Windows, Windows 95 or Windows NT. · Note: backpack is Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) Aware. If the parallel port is equipped with EPP and the computer BIOS has support for EPP, back- pack will detect this and use the feature to improve its performance.

  • Page 5: Installation

    Installation 1 Using Backpack...

  • Page 6: Drive Installation

    “Computer” on the back of the backpack drive. 4) Connect the backpack cable to the printer port on the computer. 5) Plug the backpack power unit into a wall outlet and attach the power ca- ble to the power connector on the backpack drive.
  • Page 7 DOS Installation Procedure: 7) Start your computer as you normally would. 8) Place your backpack master diskette into drive A. Make sure you have your DOS system prompt “A:\>“ before you proceed to the next step. 9) Run the SETUP program with the following command at the DOS prompt (A:\>):...

  • Page 8: Using Backpack

    Using Backpack...

  • Page 9: Backpack's Drive Letter

    If you are using MS-DOS of Windows 3: When your computer is powered up, the Microsoft CD-ROM extensions pro- gram will display a message on the screen to tell you the backpack letter. The message will look like this: Drive D: = Driver BPCDDRV$ unit 0 In this case, you will refer to the backpack CD-ROM drive as drive D: when you are accessing it through any software packages.

  • Page 10: The Nonstop Option

    C:\bpcdrom\cddrives¿ or Additional backpack CD-ROM statistics, including the parallel port mode that has been detected and used by backpack can be obtained by using the /x switch: C:\bpcdrom\cddrives /x¿ If you are using Windows: The CD-ROM drive will appear as an icon in Files Manager, or My Computer...

  • Page 11: Playing Audio Cds

    4) Restart the computer by holding down CTRL, ALT, and DEL. Note: If backpack is connected and powered on, but still reports the error “A backpack CD-ROM Drive was not found...” during boot, refer to the Trou- bleshooting section (Appendix A) of this User’s Guide. Do not install the NON - STOP option since it will only suppress the error and will not correct the con- flict.
  • Page 12 DOS prompt. You can also use the TRKPLAY.EXE utility under DOS. TRK - PLAY.EXE is supplied on your backpack master diskette in the \UTILITY di- rectory. TRKPLAY.EXE is found in the \UTILITY directory on Disk 2 if you are installing the backpack CD-ROM drive which includes the 16-bit sound board.

  • Page 13: Changing The Internal Drive Id

    Drive letter D: will be assigned to the drive with serial number 17 and drive let - ter E: will be assigned to the drive with serial number 35. There are two situations in which you may need to alter a backpack drive ID number: 28) If you are connecting two backpack drives to one computer and they hap- pen to have the same last two digits in the serial number.
  • Page 14 Drive ID numbers are used only for establishing the order of backpack drive letters; they serve no other purpose. Perform the following steps to change a drive ID number: Troubleshooting 7...

  • Page 15: Backpack Device Driver Parameters

    “BACKPACK Options.” If you use DOS or Windows The options described below can be used at the very end of the backpack CD- ROM’s device driver line in the CONFIG.SYS file.
  • Page 16 CD-ROM device driver in memory and must not be altered. This parameter does not assign the D: drive designation to back- pack. See Section 4.0 of this User’s Guide for modification of the backpack drive letter.
  • Page 17 If the parallel port chip in your computer cannot properly transfer data in bidirectional mode, it may be necessary to force the backpack into unidirectional operation on that computer’s parallel port. Unidirectional mode can be selected with a check box under Windows 95.

  • Page 18: Microsoft Cd-Rom Extensions

    This Section only applies if you are using MS-DOS or Windows 3 Microsoft CD-ROM extensions (MSCDEX.EXE) is an executable program for MS-DOS (version 3.1 or higher) that works in conjunction with the backpack device driver (BPCDDRV.SYS) to allow your computer to access CD-ROM discs as if they were DOS formatted disks.
  • Page 19 The /V option instructs MSCDEX to display a summary of memory usage. The /S option tells MSCDEX to patch MS-DOS to allow the sharing of CD- ROM drives on MS-NET based servers. /L:<letter> The /L option can be used for software that requires that the CD-ROM drive be identified by a particular drive letter.

  • Page 20: Appendix A Troubleshooting

    The backpack drive doesn't work. The message “A backpack CD- ROM drive was not found” appears when the computer starts. This will occur if the power to the backpack drive is not on when the computer is started. Make sure the backpack power switch is in the ON position and that the power unit is plugged in securely.
  • Page 21 After you install the backpack , the printer doesn't work properly. This can occur if the power to the backpack is not on. In some cases, the printer will appear to work even though the backpack power switch is off.

  • Page 22: Microsoft Cd-Rom Extensions Error Messages

    CD-ROM drive. Since the message is generic, there may be many causes for its appearance. Check for the following conditions. Make sure the backpack CD-ROM drive is still connected to the com- puter’s parallel port and still has the original power supply attached.
  • Page 23 CD-ROM drive attached to your system and with the power turned If the BPCDDRV.SYS device driver was loaded and the backpack CD- ROM was recognized during system boot, check the driver name specified with the /D: parameter with both BPCDDRV.SYS and MSCDEX and make sure the exact same name was specified.

  • Page 24: Dos Error Messages

    EMS memory no longer valid There is an error in the software or hardware providing expanded memory on your system. Check the software/hardware providing EMS services. Expanded memory allocation error There is an error in the software or hardware providing expanded memory on your system.

  • Page 25: Technical Support

    Technical Support Most questions about backpack and its operation are answered in this guide. To solve most problems: · Check the solutions and procedures in this User's Guide. · Check the README.TXT files on the backpack installation diskette. · Contact Micro Solutions' Automated Fax Response at 815.754.4600. Auto- mated Fax Response is available 24-hours daily.

  • Page 26: Appendix B Cd-Rom Tutorial

    CD-ROM Tutorial Program/Data CDs A CD-ROM drive works much like a floppy diskette drive or hard drive, except that you can’t write (save data) to it. Your CD-ROM drive is a “Read Only” de - vice. Once you have placed a CD-ROM disc into the CD-ROM drive, follow the “in- stallation”...

  • Page 27: Appendix C Installation Under

    CD-ROM will be available after restarting the system. Note: If the backpack is not available after restarting the system, make sure the following lines appear in the CONFIG.SYS file and the files referred to exist in the \OS2 directory of the hard drive: ifs=\os2\cdfs.ifs /q...

  • Page 28: Appendix D Hardware Warranty

    Hardware Warranty 1 Year Limited Warranty Micro Solutions, Inc. (MSI), warrants backpack to be free from hardware de- fects in workmanship and material under normal use for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase by the original consumer purchaser. During this war - ranty period, MSI will repair or replace, at its option, any component parts that in its opinion prove to be defective.

  • Page 29: Appendix E Software License Agreement

    Software License Agreement Terms and Conditions Micro Solutions, Inc. (MSI), licenses the enclosed CD-ROM software (“the soft - ware”) for your personal use. You assume all responsibility for the operation and results. MSI may from time to time revise this software. In doing so, it shall in- cur no obligation to furnish such revisions to you.

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