IBM 3363 Optical Disk Drive Not Recognized by Windows

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q89013

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 2.03, 2.1, 2.11, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

IBM makes an attachment for the PS/2 Model 80 called the 3363 Optical Disk Drive. This device is designed to intercept all INT 21 function calls and reroute them to its software program, IBM3363.EXE, for processing. Because this device uses INT 21, Microsoft Windows cannot recognize it. Windows works with nonremovable drives that use INT 13H only.

NOTE: Windows version 3.1 has not been tested with this device.

KBCategory: kbhw kb3rdparty kbprb
KBSubcategory: win30 win31
Additional reference words: 2.03 2.10 2.11 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 cd cd-rom
worm ps-2 3rdparty

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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