09-25-14 16:48 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: SyQuest EZFlyer 230   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <54269407.13287.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 09-24-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GA Ed,   
   GE Holger,   
    EV> I used DOSBOX a few days ago and it reads the SyQuest Drive FB.   
      
    HG> That's nice, congratulations.   
      
    EV> By reading the DOCS I learned to Press Ctrl-F4 after swapping   
    EV> cartridges.   
    EV> Doing that lets DOSBOX Use what's on another cartridge.   
      
    HG> By clicking ctrl-L in XTree I can shift to another drive or CD.   
      
    HG> With my first PC (AT) I received the XTree program that now in   
    HG> OS/2 is named ZTree. That's the only file manager I use. I have   
      
   I've used FreeCommander once in a while, and recently got a copy of   
   FreeCommander XE .   
   -snip-   
    EV> I was looking at the BACK UP set of carts and it looks like I was   
    EV> using the Back Up program that is in MS-DOS 5.0 or in IBM PC-DOS 7.0   
    EV> on that computer.   
      
    HG> If the .sys files in the root directory are io.sys and   
    HG> msdos.sys you have a MS-DOS 5 system. The .sys files for PC-DOS   
    HG> are named ibmbio.sys and ibmdos.sys. If you have the original   
    HG> PC-DOS 7 version they are dated 1994 and if you do have the   
    HG> updated version they are dated 1998.   
      
   Will take a look at what the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT has in it.   
   IIRC PC-DOS 7.0 didn't Erase the MS-DOS 5.0 files in the Directory,   
   it added its own file and I'd think put its files into CONFIG.SYS and   
   AUTOEXEC.BAT during 7.0's Install .   
      
    HG> MS-DOS v5 may not have support for cartridge drives.   
      
   Right now I can't remember if I got the SyQuest EZ-135 Drive B4 I found   
   the box at Salvation Army Thrift Store with IBM PC-DOS 7.0 .   
   I had to grab that box since I've heard lots of good comments about 7.0   
   in BBS messages I've read.   
      
    EV> If I'm correct I just need to use the Restore Option in the Backup   
    EV> Prg. if that is how it's done.   
      
    HG> Every back-up program must have a restore function since they   
    HG> may save files in their own way which probably isn't compatible   
    HG> with others.   
      
   "Everyone has a different twist to do the same thing", I remember   
   someone writting in the BASIC echo a long time ago.   
      
    HG>  * MR/2 2.30 * Software never has bugs. It just develops random   
    HG> features   
      
   And then those 'features' are included in the next edition of the   
   software, and the next, and the next, etc. , because no one knows how   
   to write some Code to either make the 'feature' useful or discard it.   
      
   In Windows 3.1 I didn't have to click Start to Shut it Down, IIRC   
   I would Right Click on the Left side of the Title Bar and select Close.   
   I think a Double-Click on the Right side of the Title Bar did the same   
   thing.   
      
   My OS/2 Version 1.2 book shows Right-Clicking on a blank space and   
   choosing the Shut Down option in a Drop Down Box.   
      
   I try not to use the Start Button if I can do something with a keyboard   
   shortcut.   But that's Me.   
      
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   ... Please forgive me, I have Senior Moments one after another...   
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