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SUNDRV Driver Install on Sharp PC-3100

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First post, by ArchiMark

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Hi,

Hope there is someone around here that can please advise regarding how to install the 'SUNDRV' driver on my Sharp PC-3100. This is the driver needed to be able to use CF cards (in a pc card adapter...) in the machine.

I copied the unzipped SUNDRV folder to my SRAM card.

In File Manager on 3100, I can see all the files in the SUNDRV folder.

Do I need to copy files to the D: or other drive and then run the 'sinstall.exe' file or ?

I'm fairly new to the wonderful world of DOS and these little palmtops.

Thanks for any advice!

Mark

Reply 1 of 2, by ArchiMark

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Got driver installed!

Simply copied files to 'D:' drive and ran 'sinstall.bat' file.

But now have issue with recognizing the 1999 SanDisk 16MB CF card (SDCFB).

When I do 'sformat b:' I get message 'General failure accessing card'.

​Did something else and got message that driver only works on SunDisk cards......

SanDisk cards are SunDisk cards...company just changed name.....

Any suggestion how to resolve this issue?

Thanks.

Mark

Reply 2 of 2, by BitWrangler

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Quite a bit of discussion on this old mailing list about CF cards...
https://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~u … eads.html#00041

What seems to be the main problem is that the older PCMCIA standard only supports 5V and these newer cards are 3.3V so don't work because of that. However if there maybe exists a 5V standard PCMCIA converter with voltage level converters in, then maybe there would be a chance.

They are talking about "sven's website" having the details, but I didn't spot a link to that yet, which may need digging out with archive.org

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.

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