PLEASE NOTE THAT THOUGH INSTALLING MASS STORAGE DEVICES MAY BE SUCCESSFUL, SOME

SOFTWARE
WHICH ACCESS COMMUNICATION PORTS MAY NOT RUN, BUT TRANSFERING DATA HAS A HIGH
SUCCESS RATE,
ALWAYS BACK-UP PRIOR TO INSTALLING USB/FIREWIRE SUPPORT.

FIREWIRE IEE1394:

There are two standard complient controllers:

OHCI � Open Host Controller Interface

PELE � 1394 Host Controller silicon designed and built by Apple and SymBIOS.

http://www.datoptic.com/fw25fr.html download dat.exe download dat.exe

*MS Windows 95/NT4 or later Self Extracting Bootable Diskette includes both
FireWire and USB ASPI drivers*

SBP2ASPI.SYS version 1.02 {Medialogic Corp}

NJ32DISK.SYS version 1.06 {Medialogic Corp}

USBASPI.SYS version 2.01 {Medialogic Corp}

FLASH MEADIA READER:

IDE DigiDrive
(http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ide_digidrive.asp)

UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB)

Please note that USB support in DOS is experimental!

USB1.x is the original standard which was supported from Windows95B onwards.

Then there was USB2.0, and it would appear that 2.0 devices are not always what
they seem! and
I quote "There was concern that people would NOT buy 1.1 peripherals to use with
their 2.0 machines, so
since 2.0 is a superset of 1.1, the names are now "2.0 High", "2.0 Full", and "2.0
Low" instead of "2.0",
"1.1 High", and "1.1 Low". This is an extract from
http://www.legge40.freeserve.co.uk/USB.htm which also
mentions FireWire. There are three standard complient controllers:

USB 1.x UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface) Intel, VIA

USB 1.x OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Compaq, Microsoft and
National Semiconductor
USB 2.x EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface)
Some USB ASPI drivers have built-in support for popular onboard, PCI Card and
Cardbus USB chipsets. In the case
of PCMCIA and Cardbus based add-ons, Card & Socket Services may be needed when
actual hardware deviates from
the popular standard. The following drivers usually recognise the following
chipsets:

Novac UHCI/OHCI = INTEL, older VIA, NVIDIA, ALi and SiS chipsets chipsets
Panasonic UHCI/OHCI/EHCI = INTEL, VIA, NVIDIA, NEC, ALi and SiS chipsets
Matsushita UHCI/OHCI = not known
Medialogic UHCI/OHCI/EHCI = not known
DUSE UHCI/OHCI/EHCI = majority of onboard chipsets, please read the
manual, 4.4/4.9 are USB2.x complient

DRIVERS AVAILABLE
Except where marked $ are direct from manufacturers web sites

USBASPI.SYS = I/O interface

USBCD1.SYS / NJUSCDA.SYS / USB_CD.SYS = CDROM/DVD/CDRW Drives Driver (MSCDEX.EXE
also required)
DUSE = All Purpose I/O interface and Mass Storage Device Driver
DI1000DD.SYS / NJ32DISK.SYS = Mass Storage Device Driver {believe drive needs to
be ATA66 or later complient}
RAMFD.SYS = RAM drive
MSCDEX.EXE = Microsoft's MSCDEX.EXE v2.23 CD-ROM extensions

http://download.microsoft.com/download/dos622/Utility/2.23/DOS/EN-US/Mscdx223.exe

MSCDEX.EXE version 2.23 {Microsoft} (mscdex.exe /d:xxxxxx)

http://www.datoptic.com/fw25fr.html download dat.exe download dat.exe

*MS Windows 95/NT4 or later Self Extracting Bootable Diskette includes both
USB and FireWire ASPI drivers*

USBASPI.SYS version 2.01 {Medialogic Corp}

NJ32DISK.SYS version 1.06 {Medialogic Corp}

SBP2ASPI.SYS version 1.02 {Medialogic Corp}

http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/cdrrw/kxlrw40an/download.html download
kxlr40an.exe
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/cdrom/kxl840an/download.html download
kxl840an.exe
*Use WinRAR to extract following files from F2H folder in MS Windows 95/NT4
or later*
USBASPI.SYS version 2.06 {Panasonic} (device=usbaspi.sys /w/v)
USBCD.SYS version 1.00 {Panasonic} (device=usbcd.sys /d:usbcd001 & mscdex.exe
/d:usbcd001)

http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/other/driver/f2h_usb.exe
*Self-extracting archive under MS Windows 95/NT4 or later*

USBASPI.SYS version 2.15 {Panasonic} (device=usbaspi.sys /w/v)

USBCD.SYS version 1.00 {Panasonic} (device=usbcd.sys /d:usbcd001 & mscdex.exe
/d:usbcd001)

http://www.pocketec.net/downloads/duse_4_2.zip
or
$ http://www.datoptic.com/fwu2525.html download DOS_USB_4_2.zip

DUSE.EXE & DUSELDR.COM version 4.2 {Cypress Semiconductor} (device=duse.exe ver)

http://www.pocketec.net/downloads/duse_4_4.zip

DUSE.EXE & DUSELDR.COM version 4.4 {Cypress Semiconductor} (device=duse.exe ver)

http://www.pocketec.net/downloads/duse_4_9.zip

DUSE.EXE & DUSELDR.COM version 4.9 {Cypress Semiconductor} (device=duse.exe ver)

http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/hd352u/hd352u_drv.html download
hd352u_dos.zip

USBASPI.SYS version 1.07 {Novac} (device=usbaspi.sys /w/v)

DI1000DD.SYS version 2.00 {Novac} (device=di1000dd.sys)

http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/sta_powerd/st751mu_drv.html download
ps_dos.zip
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/sta_black/bst_drv.html download bst_dos.zip

USBASPI.SYS version 1.07 {Novac} (device=usbaspi.sys /w/v)

NJUSBCDA.SYS version 3.09 {Workbit Corporation } (device=njusbcda.sys /d:cd001 &
mscdex.exe /d:cd001)

http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/drive/cdrrw/kxlrw21a/download.html download
KXLRW21A.EXE
*Use WinRAR to extract following files from DOS folder in MS Windows 95/NT4
or later*

USBASPI.SYS version1.03 {Kyushu Matsushita} (device=usbaspi.sys /w/v)

USBCD.SYS version 1.00 {Kyushu Matsushita} (device=usbcd.sys /d:usbcd001 &
mscdex.exe /d:usbcd001)
$ http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm download usbdrive.zip
*renamed drivers which are also available from manufacturers web sites*

$ http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=usb+cd+drive&uid=psg1MIGR-
4TFT8J&loc=en_US&cs=utf-
download usb_cd.sys

USB_CD.SYS version 1.04 {Teac} (device=usb_cd.sys & mscdex.exe /d:teac-cdi)

RAM FD DRIVER is included with many downloaded files, creates a B: virtual

drive.

RAMFD.SYS version 1.00 {Novac}

RAMFD.SYS version 1.01 {Panasonic}

*Please note that if sytem hangs insert the device= lines at beginning of
config.sys file, which is not accepted practice*

USBASPI.SYS version 2.06/2.15 {Panasonic} switches for driver in CONFIG.SYS

device=[{path}]USBASPI.SYS [/e] [/o] [/u] [/v] [/w] [/r] [/l[#]] [/f] [/slow]
[/nocbc] [/norst] [/noprt]

You can specify more than one controller type (e.g. /e /u). This switch can also be
used to force slower speed
operation on high-speed USB controllers & devices. The driver will scan for all
types of USB controllers, so use
these switches to specify which port types to enable. This allows for faster USB
scanning. By specifying /u or /o
and omitting /e, it forces Full-Speed mode on High-Speed devices.

One can't make a Low- or Full-Speed device run at High-Speed:

/e EHCI, for enabling only USB 2.0 controller

/o OHCI, for enabling only add-on/onboard USB 1.1 controller
/u UHCI, for enabling integrated USB 1.1 controller

In verbose mode. USBASPI displays details of controller type and USB devices it
detects. It displays the vendor and
product ID codes, the controller address range (memory map or I/O port map) of
controllers, and the connection
speed code for each device:

/v Verbose, shows USB details - excellent troubleshooting tool

These switches modify driver actions:

/w Wait, displays prompt message to allow swapping/attaching of target USB

device
/l# Luns, to specify highest number of LUN assigned, default /L0
/slow SLOW down mode, gives longer delays when scanning USB devices
/nocbc NO Card Bus Controller?, to disable detection of USB on CardBus
slots

This switch is typically used on portable systems with an external USB floppy drive
connected to the single USB port
for boot-up. Used in conjunction with RAMFD.SYS so after the boot floppy is copied
to a RAM drive, (and after the
/W pause...) the USB floppy can be removed, and the target mass storage device can
be attached and detected:

/r Resident, allows driver to stay resident in memory when USB floppy

drive is detected

There are a number of switches whose specific function is still unknown:

/norst
/noprt
/f

USB REFERENCES

ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOADS (http://www.stefan2000.com/darkehorse/PC/DOS/Drivers/USB)

ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOADS (http://pesona.upm.edu.my/download/drivers/usb4dos)

CATC USB4DOS
(http://www.sepoong.co.kr/equipment/communication/catc/usb/usb4dos.htm)

USB explained! (http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/USB.htm)

USB explained! (http://www.lvr.com/usb.htm)

USB explained! (http://www.everythingusb.com/products/read.php3?id=1&page=2)

USB Technical specifications (http://www.beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/usb1.htm)

*http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021003S0007*

*http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10215*

CATC EL2 USB-to-Ethernet Link for DOS

(http://www.spacetools.com/tools4/space/445.htm)

Computer Access Technology Corporation (http://www.catc.com/products/usb4dos.html)

CATC USB-EL1210A� USB Ethernet Link Controller ASIC

(http://www.catc.com/products/EL1210A.html)

Philips Semiconductors (www.semiconductors.philips.com/buses/usb/index.html)

Microsoft Knowledge Base

(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/bus/USB/usbcompat.mspx) general USB
implementation