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Executor 2 can read Mac formatted CD-ROMs, but it needs a way to read
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raw CD-ROM sectors to do so.
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If your computer has a SCSI CD-ROM and you have ASPI drivers
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installed, Executor should be able to use them to read Mac formatted
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CD-ROMs.
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If not, Executor needs to use the 16-bit version of the Microsoft
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CD-ROM Extensions to read raw CD-ROM extensions. That means that if
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you're running Windows 3.x, you'll need to install MSCDEX.
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If you're running Windows '95, you'll need to adjust your
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configuration so that you use the 16-bit version of MSCDEX (at least
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when you're running Executor), instead of the 32-bit version.
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The easiest way to configure your system is to have a Windows Guru do
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it for you. If you explain that Executor/DOS needs ASPI drivers or
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the old version of MSCDEX, a knowledgeable Windows person can probably
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examine your system and make the mods to your config.sys and
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autoexec.bat to do the right thing.
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If you don't have someone you can lean on, you may be able to get
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technical support from wherever you purchased your PC, or if that
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doesn't help, the company that made your CD-ROM drive may be able to
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help you out.
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The problem is that installing the old version of MSCDEX is a
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different process on different types of machines. For instance, on
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our Micron Millennia Transport laptop, we needed to add this line to
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C:\CONFIG.SYS
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DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SJCDAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000
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and then we needed to add this line to C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
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MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:40 /L:E
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The first line is responsible for loading the 16-bit CD-ROM driver,
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and that's the line that varies from system to system. The problem is
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that you need to know where your 16-bit CD-ROM driver is, and
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sometimes it can be hard to find. The "/D:MSCD000" portion of the
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DEVICE line tells DOS/Windows that the device driver will be known as
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"MSCD000".
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The second line actually loads MSCDEX, and says to look for the device
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driver "MSCD000", which we installed via the first line. The "/M:40"
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portion of the line asks DOS/Windows to buffer 40 blocks, and the
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"/L:E" portion tells DOS/Windows that we want the device to be logical
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disk "E:". In general, you can use the exact same MSCDEX line in your
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autoexec.bat as we have above, as long as you have the right 16-bit
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CD-ROM driver loaded in your config.sys file.
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NOTE: Even with those two lines added, we have to reboot our Micron
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Millennia Transport into MS-DOS mode before Executor can access Mac
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formatted CD-ROMs. You may also experience this restriction.
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This configuration problem will go away once Executor has been
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rewritten to be a Win32 program instead of a DOS program.
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If Executor 2 is telling you to read this file, and you'd prefer that
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it stop telling you about it, you can rename this file and Executor
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will stop.
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