External parallel cdrom drive & xt drivers

[genocho]

Hi,

Recently I buy and external cdrom drive manufactured by freecom. The drive is in parallel form, and I want to use them in a pc xt, but I try all the msdos drivers but nothing runs, all need 286 or superior machine type.

Anyone know any generic or freecom parallel drive drivers for Pc xt (8086-88) than can solve my problem???

Best Regards,

Genocho

 

[modem7]

No bites!

There's a remote possibility that the DOS drivers for MicroSolutions 'Backpack parallel port CD-ROM' may work with your Freecom.
Those drivers work on an 8088 based machine.
Worth a try.

1. Fetch the file http://members.dodo.com.au/~slappanel555/misc/Diskette_vers_2.06.zip
2. Unzip contents to a floppy/diskette.
3. Place diskette in PC that has parallel port CD-ROM attached, then on the floppy/diskette run INSTALL.EXE
4. After software installation, remove floppy/diskette.
5. Reboot PC.

 

[genocho]

Thanks,

I try the driver, installs, and when boot, the drivers says:

"A backpack cdrom driver was not found".........

Perhaps with an older version of drivers, but I have no idea to find it.......

Any other idea or drivers for solve the problem???

Best Regards,

Genocho