[guide-user] Re: SA1.0 Usage

Joe Mize Feb 13, 2000

Denis;

Just read Bill's post a few minutes ago too. It works! Yippee!

Now to figure a way to use SA1.0 data from my HD. I'll study Bill's
post tomorrow because he talked about that too but I didn't quite catch it
all and it's 0200 here and I'm fuzzed out...joe :)

Denis Boucher wrote:

> I believe Bill solved the problem as get A1.0/A2.0 data gives you the
> option to select a drive as Real Sky does.
>
> Just download the Guide update again and install.(See Bill's last posted
> email)
>
> Denis.
>
> > Thkx. Changing the CD drive letter worked. Only thing, it
> appears
> > that 'all' *.mar files need to be changed. When using another *.mar
> to go
> > somewhere else and then trying to access the SA1.0 it again asks for
> drive
> > D:\ because there are CD drive letter assignments in all *.mar's.
> >
> > I'll investigate further because my CD drive letter is F:\ and my
> SA1.0
> > is on drive E:\ and GUIDE is on C:\ There's gotta be a way to get
> around
> > this. You need the CD drive letter for referencing data on the CD,
> you need
> > a HD drive letter for accessing on the hard drive and you need a drive
> > letter for the SA1.0/SA2.0 drive if it is different than where the
> GUIDE
> > directory resides.
> >
> > Would there be a way to default the drive addressing on line 63
> so
> > newly created *.mar files will have an ' * ' instead of a letter yet
> allow
> > accessing the CD and other HD's? Would that even work?
> >
> > That gives us a starting point. Thkx...joe :)
> >
> > Denis Boucher wrote:
> >
> > > OK,
> > >
> > > I hope this will help. Go to starup.mar and look under line 63. It
> will
> > > say Real CD "drive". SA1 will go where "drive" indicate. Change that
> to
> > > the drive where you insert your CD or HD drive directory address.
> > >
> > > Denis
> > >
> > > > Well, I just reinstalled GUIDE 7.0. Tried to get A1.0 data from
> the
> > > CD
> > > > without any changes at all to GUIDE. It didn't work, same thing.
> It
> > > kept
> > > > asking for CD #8 even after inserting my SA1.0 CD. Canceled out
> of
> > > the
> > > > operation but still nothing. I found the A10.dat file is Zero K
> in
> > > size.
> > > > Checked and reset the Mags to 16 and tried again, still nothing.
> > > >
> > >
> >
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