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      STACKER NOTE                                         STACKER NOTE
                    STACKER 4.0 AND THE TANDY SENSATION!
                          (Applies to Stacker 4.0)
      STAC FAX  4515 (03-25-1994)
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       BACKGROUND
      
      Tandy's Sensation Computer is a Multimedia compatible 486SX with
      a built in CD-ROM drive. Some of the software which comes with
      this system makes direct hardware calls to the CD-ROM drive. The
      actual CD-ROM is capable of being set up as any drive letter.
      However, the software included with this system requires the CD-
      ROM drive be accessed as drive D. Tandy National Technical
      Support suggests that their customers use the ASSIGN command to
      reassign the CD-ROM drive letter so that it appears as drive D.
      This approach has worked in many instances.
      
      SOLUTION
      
       1.  Edit your CONFIG.SYS by typing ED /C <enter>.
           a. If you have a version of DOS that supports preloading
           compression drivers such as MS-DOS 6.x, Novell DOS 7, and
           most releases of PC-DOS 6.x:
           Load the CD-ROM device driver after the Stacker lines as
           shown:
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\DPMS.EXE
           DEVICEHIGH=C:\STACKER\STACHIGH.SYS
           DEVICE=SONYCDU.SYS or DEVICE=PCD650S.SYS [SWITCHES]
           b. If you have any other version of DOS:
           Load the CD-ROM Device Driver after the Stacker line(s) as
           shown in this example:
           DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE (required if running under DOS 5.0)
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM (this line may not appear)
           DEVICE=SONYCDU.SYS or DEVICE=PCD650S.SYS [switches]
       2.  Edit the STACKER.INI file to reserve a drive letter. Type ED
           /I <enter>. Insert an asterisk (*)  after the STACKER
           directory line and before the first STACVOL file. The lines
           should appear in this order:
           /DIR=C:\STACKER\
           *
           /C:\STACVOL.DSK,SW
           Save the file and restart your computer.
       3.  Determine which drive letters Stacker has been given. Type:
           C:\STACKER\STACKER <enter>
           The output will look similar to:
           Drive C was drive C at boot time  [ E:\STACVOL.DSK=nnn ]
           Drive D was drive D at boot time  [ * -- Not mounted ]
           Drive E was drive E at boot time
       4.  Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file by typing ED /A <enter>. The CD-
           ROM drive letter is assigned here with the /L: parameter on
           the MSCDEX command line. Set the CD-ROM to the next
           available drive letter. In this example, the addition of the
           asterisk above has reserved the D drive. The next available
           drive letter for the CD-ROM is F. In AUTOEXEC.BAT you would
           assign drive F on the MSCDEX command line,
           C:\MSCDEX /D:name /M:x /V /L:letter /E
           Change /L:Letter to /L:F
           C:\MSCDEX /D:name /M:x /V /L:F /E
       5.  Now that the CD-ROM drive has been configured to function
           with Stacker, it is necessary to reassign the CD-ROM back to
           drive D so that the Tandy software will recognize it.
       6.  Add the ASSIGN command to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file below
           the MSCDEX command line as follows:
           ASSIGN F:=D:
           Save the file and restart your computer. The Tandy CD-ROM
           software will now recognize the CD-ROM drive as D. Drive F
           and Drive D will appear as having the same data on them
           because they are actually the same drive.
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      Copyright 1994 Stac Electronics
