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COMMUTER DISK RELEASE NOTE
Version 4.10
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* New features in this release:
1.) Add /L option to load driver even when the drive has not
been partitioned yet. Usually, the driver will not load and
ask users to run CDISK.EXE install/partition/formate utility
first. With this option, experienced users can use DOS FDISK
utility to create drive partition then format the drive instead
of using CDISK.EXE utility provided by DataStor Technology.
We strongly discourage users to use this option unless there
is no other choices.
2.) Add /X option to let driver to config PCMCIA controller
chip instead of Card/Socket serive. This will save user's large
amount of useable memory in DOS environment. There are three things
users have be aware of - a.) IO address and interrupt settings are
not controlled by centrl resource manager, users may need to
find the available resources themselves, b.) it only supports
Intel 365 PCIC compatible controller chip (means all PCMCIA
chips except DataBook chip) c.) This is only supported in drivers
utilities DOES NOT have this capability.
V 4.00
1.) World's first PCMCIA format utility for Windows 95 to
support hard drive more than 528MB.
2.) This ver driver consolidate the pc_card.sys enabler driver
into disk driver. This will greatly simplfy the installation
procedure without rebooting the system.
3.) New command line opions (not valid for Parallel Port)
/P:XXX - to force PCMCIA base port address (XXX - Hex)
/I:XX - to force PCMCIA interrupt setting (XX - Decimal)
for example
/P:180 - force system to request address 180h
/I:12 - force system to request interrupt 12
V 3.20
This version add IDE drive slave support
V 3.10
This version re-sync with CD-ROM driver for better daisy
chain support
V 3.00
1.) This new verson driver combines the support of parallel
port and PCMCIA/ISA IDE interfaces.
2.) Fixed some compatibilty problems when user put a
pre-formatted drive in commuter drive. Now commuter disk
is fully inter-changeable with desktop drives, as long as
the desktop PC follows 63 Sec/Trk, 16, 32, 64, 128 or 256 head
translation LBA parameter.
V 2.00
New hardware - a DataStor Technology custom design ASIC
is shipped with this package, it consumes less power,
more reliable and more configurable. Benifits are:
- fully EPP, bi-direction and uni-direction parallel
port support, daisy chain specification compliant,
support up to 8 devices (hardware) plus printer
- device order can be mixed, no sequence limit
- plug and play, automatic ID assignment
- software programable trasfer rate
- built-in error checking for data reliability
New command line option:
/DX X = 0..7 - EPP wait state setting, default setting
is automatic momd, driver will figure out the right
delay for each system every time it loads.
* Big drive support:
Version 1.03 software breaks the IDE 528MB limit, now
Commuter disk supports drive capacity up to 8GB.
* Switches used in the command line:
/E - force EPP mode where is available
/U - force uni-directional 4 bit mode read (SPP mode only)
/S - force to slow down data transfer (SPP mode only)
/F - force to speed up data transfer (SPP mode only)
Syquest IDE drive support with /P option
* Under normal situation, the driver program will automatically
select the optimized transfer rate for your computer. There is
no need for you to set any of these switches. Unless you
experienced some data reliability problems (which may never
happen), then try /S or /U option.
Examples:
device=c:\commuter\cdisk.sys /U
will force slow mode data transfer.
or
device=c:\commuter\cdisk.sys /U
will force uni-directional mode data transfer for some badly
designed parallel port.
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* The driver 386SL.SYS must be installed for machines
equipted with Intel 386SL, 486SL or 82091AA CHIP,
others are not nessary.
+ 1. device=c:\commuter\386SL.SYS (INTEL EPP mode only)
2. device=c:\commuter\cdisk.sys