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Re: NCR 3170 & MS-DOS 6.0 Conflict

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On Friday, April 2, 1993 at 7:03:15 AM UTC-8, Greg Bandy wrote:
> Subject: NCR 3170 & MS-DOS 6.0 Conflict
> Date: Fri Apr 02 10:21:22 1993
> X-Mailer: NCR U.S. Group MAILplusPC v2.0
> NCR Corporation
> ____________________________________INTRA CORPORATION
> From: Greg Bandy
> Location: Richmond, VA
> To: NCR 3170 Users
> Subject: NCR 3170 & MS-DOS 6.0 Conflict
> 
> Has anyone else out there tried to upgrade their 3170 to DOS 6.0? I encountered
> the following problem.
> After a successful install, I couldn't get my A: drive to work. Whenever I
> tried to access it, I got an error message about an "Invalid drive switch", or
> something to that effect (Sorry I can't be more specific).
> Anyway, I called Microsoft Technical Support, and we wound up commenting out the
> following standard line in the CONFIG.SYS file:
> DEVICE=C:\SSL25\DRIVERS\FD82365.SYS
> This file makes the PCMCIA slot appear as a disk drive, if I'm not mistaken. 
> After a reboot, my A: drive worked fine.
> Can anyone out there tell me what the solution to this problem is? I don't use
> the PCMCIA right now, so it's not a crippling problem for me, but it does need
> to be addressed.
> Thanks,
> Greg
I upgraded to dos 6.22

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