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Andrey Panow

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Aug 25, 2009, 2:09:58 AM8/25/09

Hello All

USB Support for DOS

http://ms-dos7.hit.bg/usbdos.htm

A number of people used to think that USB support in DOS was not possible, and
there were no USB drivers for DOS. However, this is no longer true. In fact,
most newer BIOS should support USB keyboards and even USB mice natively, so no
additional USB keyboard/mouse driver for DOS is needed at all in this case.
Also, many other USB devices, particularly many different kinds of USB Mass
Storage devices, will usually work great under pure DOS if the correct drivers
are loaded. Here are some types of USB Mass Storage devices that should be
relatively easy to work in DOS:
1. USB Hard Drives
2. USB Floppy Drives
3. USB CD Drives
4. USB Flash Drives (Thumb Drives, Compact Flash, etc.)
5. USB ZIP Drives
6. USB MO Drives

Below are some very useful USB drivers for DOS:

DUSE

DUSE is a half-universal yet full-featured USB Mass Storage driver for DOS,
which support USB Hard Drives, USB Floppy Drives, USB CD Drives, USB ZIP
Drives, and USB MO Drives.

Downloads:
Version 4.2 Version 4.3 Version 4.4 Version 4.9

Example:
DEVICE=<path>DUSE.EXE INT XFER=32 DRIVES=2 CDD=USB-CD

USBASPI
USBASPI is a "universal" driver for many different USB Mass Storage drives with
different chipsets, such as Intel, VIA, NVIDIA, Ali and SiS chipsets.
Especially USB Flash drives should work fine with this driver. But note that
this driver is actually a "converter", i.e. Convert USB devices to SCSI/ASPI
devices, so you also need to load some universal SCSI/ASPI driver after
USBASPI in order for the devices to work correctly.

Downloads:
Version 1.07 Version 2.01 Version 2.06 Version 2.15

Example:
DEVICE=<path>USBASPI.SYS /R /V

ASPI?HCI

Similar to the above USBASPI driver, but this driver has many limitations.
Anyway, it should work with some Iomega USB Mass Storage devices. ASPIOHCI.SYS
is for OHCI devices, ASPIUHCI.SYS is for UHCI devices, and ASPIEHCI.SYS is for
EHCI devices. Note that you also need to load some universal SCSI/ASPI driver
after ASPI?HCI in order for the devices to work correctly.

Downloads:
ASPIOHCI.SYS ASPIUHCI.SYS ASPIEHCI.SYS

Example:
DEVICE=<path>ASPIOHCI.SYS /INT /ALL

SCSI drivers

In order for SCSI/ASPI devices to work under DOS, the corresponding SCSI/ASPI
drivers must be loaded. SCSI drivers consist of two parts: the specific driver
for the SCSI controller and the universal driver for the SCSI device. As the
matter of fact, the USBASPI or ASPI?HCI driver above is the former part of the
SCSI drivers. Thus, once USBASPI or ASPI?HCI is loaded successfully, you need a
universal SCSI driver for that device to really work. For USB/SCSI CD drives to
work properly under DOS, MSCDEX must be loaded after the corresponding CD
driver.

Downloads:
Drivers for SCSI Hard Drives: DI1000DD.SYS ASPIDISK.SYS
Drivers for SCSI CD Drives: USBCD.SYS ASPICD.SYS
More drivers: GUEST.EXE RAMFD.EXE

Example:
DEVICE=<path>USBASPI.SYS /R /V
DEVICE=<path>DI1000DD.SYS /H1
DEVICE=<path>USBCD.SYS /D:USB-CD

USB_CD

USB_CD.SYS is a USB CD driver for DOS. However, it will work with certain
chipsets and models only, such as IBM USB Portable CD-ROM Drive (P/N 33L5151).
For other chipsets and models, please use the more generic USB DOS drivers.

Download:
USB_CD.SYS

Example:
DEVICE=<path>USB_CD.SYS /D:USB-CD

USBLink

USBLink is mainly for USB keyboards and USB mice support under pure DOS. So if
your BIOS doesn't support USB keyboards/mice natively, you can try this driver.
OHCI.EXE is for OHCI devices, and UHCI.EXE is for UHCI devices. Unfortunately,
this driver has some bugs and limitations.

Downloads:
OHCI.EXE UHCI.EXE

USBMASS New!

USB 2.0 Mass Storage Enabler (USBMASS) is a class enabler. In other words, it
will enable any PCI USB Adapter regardless of PCI adapter manufacturer and
model. USBMASS provides both a PCI Enabler and build-in functional drivers for
USB Disk and USB CD Drives. In addition, it won't disturb work of any USB
devices (e.g. USB keyboard) supported by BIOS, and it can be loaded in the DOS
command line. Unfortunately, it's SHAREWARE and will expire after 15 days.

Downloads:
USBMASS.EXE

Bye

Dmitriy Antonov

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Aug 25, 2009, 10:39:04 AM8/25/09

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25 �� 2009 10:09, Andrey Panow -> All:

AP> Hello All

AP> USB Support for DOS

AP> http://ms-dos7.hit.bg/usbdos.htm

AP> Mass Storage devices that should be relatively easy to work in DOS: 1.
AP> USB
AP> Hard Drives
AP> 2. USB Floppy Drives 3. USB CD Drives 4. USB Flash Drives (Thumb Drives,
AP> Compact Flash, etc.) 5. USB ZIP Drives 6. USB MO Drives
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