-=> KEN HRYNCHUK wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Needed a 16 bit DOS driver for my salvaged Acer 40X CD-ROM. Found
 WC> it after a bit of looking however that particular drives
 WC> manufacturer had changed hands TWICE since the drive was made!
 WC> Finally snagged the driver of some previously unknown to me
 WC> Taiwanese or Japanese web site! Driver works just fine :-)
 WC> There is no 16 bit DOS driver for this 32X H.P. CD-ROM drive.

 KH> I've found that some real mode CD-ROM drivers are fairly 'generic'.
 KH> Here's a link to an Acer driver that has worked well with every ATAPI
 KH> CD-ROM drive that I've tried it on:

 KH> ftp://ftp.acercm-eu.com/cd-rom/drivers/apicd214.exe

 KH> Hopefully, the link will still work; it's been quite a while since I've
 KH> used it.

Thanks much Ken I'll give it a whirl as nothing else seems to work
with the H.P. drive in 16 bit DOS.
If it doesn't work I'll either just snag a large drive next month
and use the 32 bit OEM driver which works fine or swap
the Acer drive for the H.P. as I've the correct driver for that model
in both 16 and 32 bit DOS.
Saved to url.txt
Oops, had a thought and did a dir/s \ on that driver file name 
and already have tried that driver and retain it on my local drive.
Thanks anyway, it's nice to know my choices were among
the best possible.
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