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Aura Chupka
D:\StockPics\S.W.A.T is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure that the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, then try again. If the location is on a network, make sure that you're connected to the network or Internet, then try again. If the location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted.
Turns out that the Windows API can't (normally) handle trailing dots or spaces in item names. When a utility that uses the API (like Powershell or Explorer) is responsible for creating the name, illegal trailing characters are automatically removed.
This restriction does not extend to third-party software, however, which can freely create names that Windows would consider invalid. Once created, any Windows utility will fail to perform operations on those items.
Use Windows' extended-length path mode. By prefixing an absolute path with \\?\, the Windows API supports, among other things, items with trailing dots or spaces. The Powershell command in the original question succeeds if rewritten as:
I have been using DOSBox for years but I just started using Dfend Reloaded yesterday, and I must say I love It. But, I do have a couple of questions. Before I begin though, I'd like to say I do legally own the games I am trying to run, but I find it so much more convenient to rip the discs to ISOs and store the original copies on my shelves. I would also like to say that these questions aren't directed toward any specific game but all multi-disc games in general.I will list the questions below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many times in the past I have found that multiple disks can be included all on the same DVD or ISO. This of course depends on the game. The only way to test it, is to do it. If the same file name appears across all the disks, then you need to check to see if they are indeed the same file just being repeated. I have somewhere all five of my CDs for the game "Schizm" and you can't even put that on just one DVD. I did place it all into one ISO in order to avoid swapping disks. I know that DOSBox allows you to mount ISO with the imgmount d C:\path\game.iso -t iso but no clue on Dfend.
I don't know what you mean by "single profile" as the idea behind D-Fend Reloaded is having a profile per game; anyway...
D-Fend Reloaded offers "n" slots for mounting ISOS, just check the mountings section.
You change the active image in DosBox by pressing Ctrl-F4.
I always use D-Fend Reloaded in conjunction with Daemon Tools Lite. I create a profile with a CD drive pointing to the DT's virtual drive. Then, I simply "change" the CDs using the Daemon Tools. The game program follows whatever is "inserted" into the CD "drive".
EDIT: I too create CD images from my original CDs. Much, much more convenient, ability to "store" many, many CDs, no CD spin waiting, noises, etc. Can game anywhere using a notebook, or even on a netbook which does not have a physical optical drive. And of course, the advantage of preserving the files and avoid the wearing-off of the actual CDs.
Well I thought the whole point was not to even swap ISOs, but maybe I am wrong. I personally find it annoying to be interrupted by the game requesting disk 2 of 5. Sometimes, if the program can find the file, it just assumes you know best and continues on its merry way. There are very few games made in the 90's that required more than 2 or even 3 disks. Most of those now have reappeared in a DVD format.
I really only came across "Schizm" (given to me eons ago as a gift) that spanned 5 CD's. I know "The 7th Guest" required 2 CD's but only to install and finish the last level. I felt that "Schizm" was a poorly done remake of the classic "Myst" which only required 1 CD. I fully understand that "Schizm" had more video and media, but still the same HQ rendered still frames and video overlays didn't make it appeal to my taste. Prior to games on CD, I had quite a few that spanned several floppies such as "Betrayal at Krondor" which has 7 disks.
90's were famous for multi-CD games - both in DOS or Windows 3.x/9x - mainly because DVD technology was still new and expensive, at least, during the first half. And systems were not powerful enough during that time to play DVD movies through software alone and required a MPEG or DVD decoder card, which further burdened the end-user, or the mainstream consumers at that time.
The Macroduct system is the Webster Sweat Inducer, and the Macroduct Sweat Collector. Together they have revolutionized the laboratory sweat test for cystic fibrosis, and have brought early intervention to thousands of CF patients around the world. The heart of this system is simplicity.
The 1959 pad absorption method of Gibson and Cooke, which introduced pilocarpine iontophoresis for sweat stimulation, is generally regarded as the reference method for sweat testing. Although generally free of intrinsic error, the method is long, tedious, requires a great deal of technical skill to administer and therefore invites human error. The Macroduct System has forever eliminated the errors inherent in all previously used methods and offers an easily standardized test.
The Webster sweat inducer and Macroduct sweat collector produce a pure specimen of eccrine secretion for analysis by using either chloride analysis with a Chloridometer or total electrolyte analysis with the Sweat-Chek Analyzer. These instruments provide simple and accurate analysis of the specimen. Together with the Macroduct Sweat Collection System, they have become the world standard, used by thousands of labs worldwide.
Macroduct is approved for sweat stimulation and collection by the U.S. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and is rapidly replacing the pad absorption method where laboratories want standardized tests. With the Macroduct system, sweat testing is both accurate and simple.
Sweat Testing consists of three separate procedures, the first one being sweat stimulation. The improved Webster Sweat Inducer accomplishes pilocarpine iontophoresis simply by activating a start switch. It gently delivers a safe and optimal quantity of pilocarpine for gland stimulation (equivalent to five minutes iontophoresis at 1.5 mA).
The Model 3700 has integral fail-safe circuitry to limit the applied voltage and warn of open circuits. Current is brought up slowly to full power and then reduced slowly at completion of iontophoresis to minimize patient discomfort. Two standard 9-volt batteries supply power.
Pilogel Iontophoretic Discs are unique gel reservoirs of pilocarpinium ions that are simple and safe for iontophoretic sweat stimulation. There are no electrolyte solutions to prepare or to keep track of, and no messy electrolyte pads that must be saturated with separate solutions. Instead, a Pilogel disc is inserted into each of the recessed stainless steel electrodes, which are then attached to the patient.
The Macroduct Sweat Collector is a unique disposable plastic device having a shallow, concave under-surface. The Macroduct is placed over the iontophoretically-stimulated area on the skin and firmly strapped in place.
Sweat secreted by the sweat glands is forced from the ducts under hydraulic pressure and flows between the skin and the concave undersurface of the Macroduct collector and into the micro bore tubing spiral. A small amount of blue dye allows easy monitoring of the accumulated sweat volume.
After a sufficient volume of sweat has accumulated, a sweat dispenser, or blunt needle on a tuberculin syringe is connected to the open end of the tubing. The tubing is then uncoiled from the body of the Macroduct and severed at the point of attachment. The sample can then be expressed into a supplied sealable PCR tube or directly into the analytical instrument.
Either a micro-sample chloridometer or the Wescor Sweat-Chek Analyzer performs the analysis phase of Wescor's sweat testing protocol. Interfacing perfectly with Macroduct, Sweat-Chek measures the total electrolyte of the sweat specimen and displays the reading in equivalent NaCl molarity units (mmol/L). While clinicians have traditionally used sweat chloride or sweat sodium ion assay, sweat conductivity is also a proven method of sweat analysis. It is a simple and reliable indicator to confirm or exclude the physician's clinical diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
After cleaning the selected area of skin on the patient, the electrodes with Pilogel discs installed are attached to the patient's arm with the provided straps. Pressing RUN on the Webster Sweat Inducer activates Iontophoresis. If everything is normal the current flow reaches its peak at about 20 seconds as pilocarpine iontophoresis begins.
Sweat stimulation occurs under the positive electrode while the disc under the negative electrode completes the electrical circuit. Reliable, uniform, gel-to-skin contact ensures delivery of pilocarpine over the whole skin area, thus providing total gland stimulation and maximal sweat yield.
After iontophoresis, the electrodes are removed, and a Macroduct Sweat collector is firmly attached to the stimulated skin site. The base of the sweat gland is 2 to 3 mm beneath the surface of the skin. Fluid secreted by the gland creates hydraulic pressure that moves the fluid upward through the sweat duct to emerge from the skin as sweat. When sweat surfaces beneath a Macroduct collector, the secreted sweat is directed to the orifice and into the plastic "macroduct" tubing.
After attachment, sweat becomes visible in the spiral tube of Macroduct within one to four minutes, depending on the relative elasticity of the skin and the subjects sweating rate. The emergent sweat is turned blue by contact with a small amount of blue water soluble dye applied to the Macroduct collection surface This allows easy assessment of the sweat volume at any time during collection.
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