DOS Help!

Paindriver · Post by **Paindriver** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:06 am

I need some help on installing:

-Mouse (Microsoft)
-Printer (Epson Dot Matrix)
-Zip drive (Iomega)

on a DOS only system.

If anyone knows of a good site for this please post.
I googled these individually but didn't get much help.

T.I.A.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:13 am

PM Norm, if he doesn't know nobody does......... he is the DOS Master.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:28 am

I can help ya with the Iomega zip...I used to install them on DOS systems a lot years ago.

What you need to do is download the DOS driver. "guest.exe", and put it in some directory such as C:\Iomega. Then load it in autoexec.bat, "C:\IOMEGA\GUEST.EXE"

Here's a few links,

http://www.iomega.com/support/documents/10304.html

http://www.iomega.com/software/zipdrivers.html

Download link for drivers if you don't have your cd-rom, http://download.iomega.com/english/dos_551.exe
It unzips several files, you can run install and it makes a directory DOSSTUFF.

The Microsoft Mouse used to have a floppy disk which loaded it in autoexec.bat and config.sys.
http://www.input-drivers.com/drivers/57/57020.htm
There's a read-me file in the zipped file.

Here's another for the mouse,
http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/msdosmouse.html

For the dot matrix printer...you often don't have to do much for them, in DOS it was the applications that often controlled the printer drivers within themselves, not the OS. Often hardware controlled printers like dot matrix, you just plug them in and you can print right away to them. Plug it in and try typing in at the C prompt "dir >lpt1" without the quotes. You should get a printout of your C directory.

Paindriver · Post by **Paindriver** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:44 pm

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat

What you need to do is download the DOS driver. "guest.exe", and put it in some directory such as C:\Iomega. Then load it in autoexec.bat, "C:\IOMEGA\GUEST.EXE"

This is what i was looking for. I knew i had to get some drivers, the problem was that i didn't know what to type in the autoexec.bat for each of the devices. Do i have to do the same for the mouse?...... create a directory on the drive such as
C:\MOUSE and put the mouse drivers in there, then type C:\MOUSE\MDRIVER.EXE in autoexec.bat?

Thanks for the help.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:29 pm

Originally posted by Paindriver
Do i have to do the same for the mouse?...... create a directory on the drive such as
C:\MOUSE and put the mouse drivers in there, then type C:\MOUSE\MDRIVER.EXE in autoexec.bat?

Thanks for the help.

I forget about mice...I think you also need to load .sys files in the config.sys. Actually if I remember the install program should do those for you, but there's always a readme file in mice driver bundles...that will tell you step by step how to install them.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:59 pm

Looks like YOSC has things under control here.

A couple of tips...

If you use an exe or com file for a mouse driver, just call it from autoexec.bat. I just put these files in the root of c: to make it easy, but any dir will do.

If you use a .sys file for any driver, then you want to add
device=whatever.sys in config.sys file.

Ditto on printing from Dos, no driver needed, as long as LPT1 is enabled in bios. (text files)