GAME PORT UPGRADE KIT FOR PORTABLE CD-ROM INSTALLATION MANUAL CDG-GAME CDG-IDE/G
INTRODUCTION GAME PORT ADAPTER The Game Port upgrade kit for EXP CD-ROM has two different configurations - • the CDG-GAME and the ‚ CDG-IDE/G. If your CD-ROM kit was equipped with the PCMCIA “CD-ROM+” card already, you just need the CDG-GAME option, otherwise, you need to purchase the CDG-IDE/G which includes a new PCMCIA “CD-ROM+” card to replace your old card. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. EXP CD-ROM model CD-420, 421, 620, 621, 820, 821, or CD-940E* 2.
INSTALLING THE CD-ROM WITH THE GAME PORT ADAPTER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 1. Connect the game adapter to your CD-ROM drive, and tighten the two screws on the game adapter. AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION 2. Connect a joystick or game-pad to game port This INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into your computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with the automatic installation. 3.
MANUAL INSTALLATION NOTE: 1. INSTALL.EXE is only for DOS/Windows 3.x Mode, DO NOT use it under Windows 95, unless you want to use this device under pure MS-DOS. Please see APPENDIX B for detail. 2. If the device is not working properly, please refer to APPENDIX D to see if your system’s PCMCIA driver has been installed correctly. You may manually install the device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Try the following procedure to complete the manual installation.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD-ROM+ card under Windows 95 for the very first time. When the next dialog box appears, select “Portable CD-ROM” or “Portable CD-ROM + Game “ and click on the OK bottom. If the dialog box does not appear, either you have to remove the old driver installed before or the PCMCIA driver is not activated, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support” or “Removing and Reinstalling the Driver”.
JOYSTICK CALIBRATION REMOVING OR RE-INSTALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER You can always change your configuration by removing the driver and reinstalling again. To remove the driver A.) If previously installed as “ CD-ROM Only”: With the CD-ROM drive connected, go to the Control Panel, click on System, then choose “Device Manager”, and under “hard disk controllers” click the “+” sign to expand the list and then highlight the “EXP PORTABLE CD-ROM”. Then click the “Remove” button. B.
GAME-PAD CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION APPENDIX A The following notebooks have been tested and has been confirmed as incompatible with the Game Port connected to the CD-ROM kit: NOTICE 1. The I/O address 200-207 of your computer must be available, or the Dell Gateway 2000 IBM Micron NEC TI Latitude LM Solo 2100 Thinkpad 760, Thinkpad 365CS Millennia Versa 2450 TravelMate 4000M Game port will not work properly. 2. It is not necessary to connect the Game Port Adapter every time you boot up your computer.
APPENDIX B This procedure will allow you to use the device in a pure MS-DOS environment for those applications that will not run in Windows 95. An MS-DOS mode icon is set up with a separate config.sys and autoexec.bat which will be run when the icon is used. The requirements are that your system’s PCMCIA controller has to be INTEL (PCIC) and compatible or the DOS PCMCIA socket drivers(contact your notebook manufacturer) are loaded before the EXP device DOS drivers.
• • • Click on the "Advanced" • Click the "MS-DOS mode" Click on "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration" Click on "OK". Then click "OK" again. This is the end of the DOS mode icon setup. • The Next steps are to configure the DOS mode session for the DOS drivers that are needed to run the CD-ROM/Game card. If you have a config.dos and autoexec.dos file on the "C" drive. Just put the lines that are missing in the corresponding boxes. If you do not have these files just continue without it.
APPENDIX C ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the CD-ROM and Game Port. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from the “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the “Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder). In this case, double click on the PCMCIA Controller, and a dialog box will be displayed as below.
APPENDIX D PCMCIA SOFTWARE(DOS/WINDOWS3.X) INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDG.EXE will call these PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, EXPCDG.EXE still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from thefollwing REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.
