It'll work no problem under all those conditions.
No drivers needed for DOS, that's the Promise promise. 🤣

For the other OSs, just go to the promise website to download the latest drivers.
Not sure about windows 3.11, but it'll work without the drivers.

tpowell.ca wrote:

It'll work no problem under all those conditions. No drivers needed for DOS, that's the Promise promise. :lol: […]
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It'll work no problem under all those conditions.
No drivers needed for DOS, that's the Promise promise. 🤣

For the other OSs, just go to the promise website to download the latest drivers.
Not sure about windows 3.11, but it'll work without the drivers.

wow fantastic! That's a great promise 🤣!!!!! definitely

Thanks so much!!!

The cards are fast under DOS too. Unlike the BIOS code for onboard controllers, the Promise ROM enables UDMA transfer modes for all connected devices by default.

NJRoadfan wrote:

The cards are fast under DOS too. Unlike the BIOS code for onboard controllers, the Promise ROM enables UDMA transfer modes for all connected devices by default.

Hello NJRoadfan,

Thanks SO MUCH for your comment! I'm so sorry, a heck of a weekend and I forgot to reply!!!

That's very good to know, as the goal is to use an IDE to CF adapter and use UDMA CF cards!

Great!!

I have some I tried to get to work with my Gateway 2000 486dx33 but could not get it to work with my cdrom.
So I had to use a sound card with cdrom controller.

Good luck.

There are some jumper settings on card and it might not work with your bios.
My gateway micronics mobo bios would not pick it up.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

Good luck.

There are some jumper settings on card and it might not work with your bios.
My gateway micronics mobo bios would not pick it up.

Hi Intel486dx33 (a DX 33 was my very first "personal" personal computer! 😀 ).

Thanks!

Jumpers on the Promise card or sound card? Which one do you mean?

What wouldn't your mobo bios pick up?

Thanks again

Intel486dx33 wrote:

I have some I tried to get to work with my Gateway 2000 486dx33 but could not get it to work with my cdrom. So I had to use a s […]
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I have some I tried to get to work with my Gateway 2000 486dx33 but could not get it to work with my cdrom.
So I had to use a sound card with cdrom controller.

Good luck.

There are some jumper settings on card and it might not work with your bios.
My gateway micronics mobo bios would not pick it up.

This is normal since it acts like an intelligent controller (imagine a RAID controller with RAID disabled) that standard DOS CD-ROM drivers cannot interface with, and nor can the BIOS. In the BIOS just set the drives as none, and disable the secondary integrated controller. Connect the CD-ROM to the Primary on-board controller and you're all set.
Some add-on controllers even come with their own CD-ROM drivers for DOS to resolve this exact issue such as some of the Silicon Image controllers.

Man you know everything, thanks!

aries-mu wrote:

Man you know everything, thanks!

I thought I knew a lot.... until I found Vogons. 😊

Its funny how little people know about computers, how they actually work, and yet think they know everything.
Having worked in different computer stores in my younger years and hearing coworkers say anything to customers just to sell a piece of high-priced hardware. 😢

Unfortunately the same can be said about cars. In fact, its much much worse.

Yeah, same feeling here 🤣!

Wow, about the coworkers thing, I never thought about that!!!

tpowell.ca wrote:

Intel486dx33 wrote:

I have some I tried to get to work with my Gateway 2000 486dx33 but could not get it to work with my cdrom. So I had to use a s […]
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I have some I tried to get to work with my Gateway 2000 486dx33 but could not get it to work with my cdrom.
So I had to use a sound card with cdrom controller.

Good luck.

There are some jumper settings on card and it might not work with your bios.
My gateway micronics mobo bios would not pick it up.

This is normal since it acts like an intelligent controller (imagine a RAID controller with RAID disabled) that standard DOS CD-ROM drivers cannot interface with, and nor can the BIOS. In the BIOS just set the drives as none, and disable the secondary integrated controller. Connect the CD-ROM to the Primary on-board controller and you're all set.
Some add-on controllers even come with their own CD-ROM drivers for DOS to resolve this exact issue such as some of the Silicon Image controllers.

That makes cents. Thanks, I could not get the promise to work with dos cdrom drivers. So I settled for a cheap sound card with cdrom controller.