Microsolution's Compaticard and SMARTDRV.EXE

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q84209

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

According to Microsolution technical support, the Compaticard IV is not compatible with Microsoft Windows version 3.1's SMARTDrive (SMARTDRV.EXE) version 4.0.

The Compaticard IV allows a computer system to use up to four floppy disk drives.

MORE INFORMATION

You can configure your system to use the Compaticard by following these steps:

Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file using a standard ASCII text editor such as Windows Notepad.
Modify the SMARTDRV.EXE line to disable the floppy cache. For example, enter
```
      c:\windows\smartdrv.exe a- b- XXXX YYYY
```
where "xxxx" refers to the SMARTDrive cache size at the MS-DOS level (before Windows starts). "yyyy" refers to the size of the cache after Windows starts.

The Compaticard product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kbhw kb3rdparty kbprb
KBSubcategory: winmem win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 3rdparty compatacard

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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