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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ P R O C O M T E C H N O L O G Y , I N C . │
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│ P C D S S E R I E S C D - R O M │
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│ D R I V E S │
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Diskette : PCDS Series Software Installation
Part # : DK0095 ( 3.5" diskette )
DK0096 ( 5.25" diskette)
Release : 1.04
Date : June 30, 1994
Volume : CD_DRV_PTI
Diskette Contents:
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INSTALL.EXE - Driver Installation Utility.
PCDS.001 - Compressed PCDS Software Drivers and Utilities.
README - This File.
README.EXE - DOS file display utility for README files.
DEVICE DRIVER INSTALLATION
==========================
The INSTALL.EXE program will modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
files to include the appropriate drivers. The installation program
will also uncompress the PCDS.001 file to generate the PCDS software
drivers and utilities and copy them to your boot device. The PCDS.001
file contains the following drivers and utilities:
PCDS.SYS - CD-ROM Device Driver.
MSCDEX.EXE - Microsoft(R) CD-ROM Extentions.
PLAYCD.EXE - Audio CD-Player Utility.
EJECTCD.COM - Utility to eject the drawer from the drive.
LOCKCD.COM - Utility to disable the eject button.
UNLOCKCD.COM - Utility to enable the eject button.
About PCDS.SYS Driver
──────────────────────
The PCDS.SYS driver is a dual purpose driver for use in AT-
type and XT-type PCs. The driver is Multimedia Personal
Computer (MPC) compliant in computers meeting the MPC
specifications. The PCDS.SYS driver directly controls the
CD-ROM drive via the Controller Card. It provides an
interface between the hardware and MSCDEX. MSCDEX translates
High Sierra and ISO 9660 CD-ROM discs into a format that DOS
can understand. MSCDEX talks directly to PCDS.SYS.
With the driver installed, the CD-ROM drive gets a DOS drive
identification letter, which to DOS looks just like any other
disk drive except that it will appear to be removable and
write protected. It may also look to DOS like a remote drive
when used by some applications.
About Multimedia Personal Computer Compatibility
─────────────────────────────────────────────────
Multimedia Personal Computer (MPC) is a standard for the
combination of sound, graphics animation and video on
personal computers. Installation of a CD-ROM drive alone
will not bring your computer up to the MPC standard. Other
items needed to become fully MPC compatible include the
following: an 80386sx processor or better, an MPC-compliant
sound board, a VGA video adapter, a color VGA monitor, at
least 2MB of extended memory, an extended memory manager, a
3.5" floppy drive (1.44MB capacity), a 30MB hard drive, a
101 key keyboard, a two button mouse, a Serial Port, a
Parallel Port, a MIDI I/O Port and a Joystick Port.
For MPC compatibility, you should have an extended memory
manager installed before running the CD-ROM drive
installation. HIMEM.SYS, which comes with your DOS 5.0 (or
greater) package, is an example of an extended memory
manager. Please refer to your DOS manual for installation
instructions of HIMEM.SYS.
Attention Windows NT Users
──────────────────────────
If you are using the Windows NT operating system, first
follow the directions in the "PCDS-DS CD-ROM Driver
Installation" section in this readme file, then go to
the "Windows NT CD-ROM Driver Installation" section and
complete the instructions as they are presented.
NOTE: The Windows NT operating system requires the PCDS-DS's
Controller Card to be set to IRQ 5.
PCDS-DS CD-ROM Driver Installation
───────────────────────────────────
The software installation disk included with the PCDS-DS
includes an automatic installation program that installs
the required driver onto your fixed disk drive and modifies
the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. To run the automated
installation, follow the directions below.
1. Turn your computer on, and wait for it to boot. You
should boot from your normal boot drive.
2. Insert the CD-ROM driver disk into Drive A, and type:
A:Install
This command installs the drivers on the drive that you
specified in the startup window.
If you are using the Controller Card's default jumper
settings, choose the Basic Installation. If you have
changed the Controller Card's base I/O address or wish
to customize the installation, choose Custom Installation.
NOTE: If you have changed the Controller Card's base I/O
address from its default setting, you must choose the Custom
Installation option and, when prompted, select the option
which reflects the Controller Card's base I/O address jumper
setting.
The existing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files will be
backed up as CONFIG.OLD and AUTOEXEC.OLD, and then the
installation program will install the drivers into the
current CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
3. When the installation is finished, press [CTRL]+[ALT]+
[DEL] to re-boot the computer.
Windows NT CD-ROM Driver Installation
──────────────────────────────────────
Before beginning this section you must have:
o Windows NT CD-ROM and Windows NT "Setup Disk For CD-ROM
Installation" diskette.
o Completed the instructions in the "PCDS-DS CD-ROM Driver
Installation" section.
o A blank diskette.
NOTE: The Windows NT operating system requires the PCDS-DS's
Controller Card to be set to IRQ 5.
To begin the Windows NT CD-ROM Driver Installation, follow
these steps:
1. Insert a blank, formatted diskette into your floppy
drive.
2. Copy all files from the Windows NT directory,
"\DRVLIB\STORAGE\SONY-31A\X86" on the Windows NT CD-ROM to
the diskette in your floppy drive.
3. Once the files are copied to the diskette, eject it.
4. Insert the "Setup Disk For CD-ROM Installation" boot-
diskette and reboot your computer.
5. At the "Welcome to Setup" window, press .
6. Select "Custom Setup" by pressing C.
7. To add the miniport device driver for the PCDS-DS (Sony
CDU31A) select "S" in the "Windows NT Setup" window. The
next window will present a driver selection box. Select
"Other..." and then insert the diskette that you created in
step 2.
8. Follow the directions as they are presented.
PCDS Command Line Options
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This section covers the PCDS.SYS command line options. The
default command line options should be adequate for your
use. However, if you would like to change some of the
software's functions, continue to read this section. This
section is included for the more advanced user. New users
should not attempt to change the following options without
first obtaining a working knowledge of the software and its
interaction with the CD-ROM drive.
The following describes the syntax of the command line
options:
LASTDRIVE = n
DEVICE = C:\PCDS\PCDS.SYS /B:xxx /D:name
The LASTDRIVE = n line defines the highest letter that MS-DOS
will recognize as a locally attached disk drive. The n value
can be any letter from C to Z. Most network computers, if
installed, will assign drive letters to remote volumes
starting after the drive letter defined as LASTDRIVE.
Example:
If you have a computer with two floppy disk drives
(drives A and B), a hard disk drive (drive C) with multiple
partitions (drives D, E, and F) and a CD-ROM drive (drive
G), LASTDRIVE = G would be appropriate.
PCDS.SYS Driver Switches
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The /V switch turns on the verbose mode of the driver. With
this switch on, the driver displays information about its
installation.
The /C switch turns on displaying of drive configuration at
boot time.
The /B:xxx switch specifies the base I/O address of the
Controller Card in hexadecimal. The available selections for
base I/O address are 320H, 330H, 340H and 360H. If the
/B:xxx switch is not specified, the driver defaults to 340H.
If the Controller Card is set to a base I/O address other
than 340H, the /B:xxx switch must be used with xxx
specifying the address selected on the Controller Card. For
example, if the base I/O address setting of the Controller
Card were set to 320H, then the /B:xxx switch must be
/B:320.
The /D:name switch is optional. If you need to change the
device driver name, you must specify the new name here.
Changing the name is rarely necessary. For example, if you
have another type of CD-ROM driver loaded along with your
PCDS.SYS driver, the driver will need a unique name for
MSCDEX to distinguish them. The default device driver name
is MSCD001.
The /K switch enables a sector caching mechanism to improve
the performance. The default setting for this switch is off.
CONFIG.SYS Example 1
LASTDRIVE = H
DEVICEHIGH = C:\PCDS\PCDS.SYS /B:320 /D:MSCD001
In the above example, appearing in your CONFIG.SYS file, the
drive letter H will be the highest drive letter that MS-DOS
will recognize as a locally attached disk drive. The PCDS.SYS
driver, which is located in the C:\PCDS subdirectory, will be
loaded with the base I/O address set at 320 and the device
driver name of MSCD001.
MSCDEX.EXE Command Line Options
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The loading instructions installed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file by the
automatic installation program look like this:
MSCDEX /D:MSCD001
The /D : MSCD001 switch in the above example is providing
the name of the CD driver to the MSCDEX.EXE driver. This
information must be supplied to the MSCDEX.EXE driver;
otherwise, you won't be able to access any CD-ROMs. This
name must match the name specified by the /D: switch of the
PCDS.SYS line in your CONFIG.SYS file.
If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file starts up a "shell" program such
as Windows, or if it runs another BAT file, make sure that
the line, which starts MSCDEX.EXE, is ahead of the line that
starts your "shell" or BAT file. If the line that starts
MSCDEX.EXE is not ahead of the line that starts the
"shell" or BAT file, MSCDEX.EXE has no chance to start the
CD-ROM drive once your "shell" or BAT file begins.
After installing the drivers, press [CTRL]+[ALT[+[DEL] to
re-start your computer and load the drivers.
Other MSCDEX.EXE Switches
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Other switches are recognized by the MSCDEX.EXE driver.
These switches can be used to modify the behavior of the
MSCDEX.EXE driver, and must be added to the MSCDEX.EXE
line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You can use the CD-ROM
drive without the options, but they can be used in certain
situations as described below.
The /S switch indicates to the MSCDEX.EXE driver to patch
MS-DOS so that it will work with MS-NET based servers. With
this switch on, load MSCDEX after the network redirector,
but before the network server software. This allows the CD-
ROM drives to be shared by the MS-NET based server.
The /M : n switch determines how many buffers the MSCDEX.EXE
driver is to allocate for a directory cache when it is installed.
The larger this value is, the more directory cache entries become
available. Typically, the greater the value, the better your CD-ROM
drive performance will be. By experimenting with the n value, you
can determine the optimum value for your computer. Each buffer
uses 2K of memory. The default value is 4 buffers, or 8K of memory.
The MSCDEX.EXE driver requires small amounts of additional
memory to run efficiently. This requirement should cause no
problems. If, after you have installed the MSCDEX.EXE
driver, you find some programs cannot be completely run
because there is not enough memory, you should review your
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to locate other entries
that consume memory you may not require and can therefore
remove. Typically, such drivers might be GRAPHICS or
FASTOPEN. The larger the value specified in the /M: switch,
the more memory will be consumed.
The /V switch tells MSCDEX.EXE to display additional
information about memory usage during initialization.
The /L : letter switch specifies the DOS drive letter to be
used for CD-ROMs. If your particular application requires
the CD-ROM drive to be assigned a specific drive letter, use
this switch; otherwise, the CD-ROM drive will be given the
next available drive letter.
The /E switch tells MSCDEX.EXE to use expanded memory, if
such memory is installed and available. This requires using
an Expanded Memory Manager driver such as those included
with some computers or with add-in memory boards (i.e., EMM
386 with DOS 5.0).
The /K switch indicates to the MSCDEX.EXE driver to scan for
the SVD (Supplementary Volume Descriptor) instead of the PVD
(Primary Volume Descriptor). When you specify the /K switch,
MSCDEX uses the SVD that identifies a JIS Kanji volume for
Japanese if it is present, otherwise, it uses the PVD.
EJECTCD, LOCKCD, And UNLOCKCD Utilities
────────────────────────────────────────
This section describes the four additional utilities
shipped with the PCDS-DS software installation diskette.
These utilities are copied to the C:\PCDS subdirectory by
default during installation. The installation also adds a
path to this subdirectory so that the utilities can be
executed from any DOS prompt.
EJECTCD Utility
────────────────
The EJECTCD utility is used to eject the CD from the PCDS-DS.
The LOCKCD utility is used to disable the PCDS-DS's Eject
Button. The UNLOCKCD utility will re-enable the PCDS-DS's Eject
Button. To use any of these utilities, simply go to the DOS prompt
and type:
EJECTCD
or
UNLOCKCD
or
LOCKCD
PLAYCD.EXE Utility
───────────────────
This utility lets you play ordinary audio CDs with your PCDS-DS.
The automatic installation program copies PLAYCD.EXE to a
directory called \PCDS by default.
To hear the music, you must connect either headphones or
amplified speakers to the PCDS-DS's front headphone jack. You
can also use the PXCDS-DSÆs rear RCA jacks to connect a stereo
amplifier. To use the program, go to the DOS prompt and type:
PLAYCD <<Enter>>
Note: If you get an error message like:
Device Driver Not Installed as: MSCD001 or MVCD001. No Valid
Driver Was Found.
then type:
PLAYCD /d:name <<Enter>>
where name is the name specified by the /D: switch in the
PCDS.SYS line in the CONFIG.SYS file.
The PLAYCD.EXE utility menu has a numbered box at the top of
the screen that shows the track numbers on your audio CD.
Use the up-down-left-right arrow keys on your keyboard to
highlight the desired button, then press to execute the
button's function. Press if you need help or additional
explanation of the selected function. Explanations and
instructions appear on your screen and are described briefly
in the following paragraphs.
Play Button
Use this button to start playing the audio track specified.
If you have already programmed in your own track numbers,
play will start from the first programmed track; otherwise,
play will start with the first track. Use the grey + or -
keys to move through the tracks.
Pause Button
Use this button to pause the CD in its current play position.
Press the button again to continue play.
Repeat Button
This button is used to repeat a program. Play will repeat
once the CD has reached the end of its assigned program.
Stop Button
Press this button to stop playback.
Eject Button
Select this button to eject the CD drawer.
Program Button
This button is used to select tracks in any order, so that
you may listen to the selections of your choice.
Power Button
Press this button when you want to exit the program. If
music is already playing, then it will play in the
background. It will not play programmed selections in the
background.
Time Button
The time is started when the play button is first pressed.
The time button allows you to toggle between three different
times:
1. Elapsed Time
2. Track Time
3. Time Remaining