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Date:	Sat, 2 Feb 2002 11:02:00 +0600 (GMT)
From:	Michael Snowden <mss AT sri DOT lanka DOT net>
Message-Id:	<200202020502.LAA00990@ftp.lanka.net>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	USB, FAT16 in DR-DOS, scanner software for DOS
Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

                               2002 February 2
                                   Auckland
opendos AT delorie DOT com

Dear Sir:

For the mailing list I have four questions for which I would very
much appreciate advice.

o I would like to learn if there are scanners available for use with
  DOS. I am using Windows DOS 7.0 on a Compaq Armada laptop and an
  IBM Net Vista desk top. I am not using the Windows system, only the
  operating system that comes with it: DOS 7.0.

  I have seen a very attractive scanner by Canon called the Cano Scan
  N640Pex, which comes for either a parallel or USB port. I doubt
  seriously that Canon or any other compamy makes DOS software for
  scanners, but I would like to know if someone else has made them. 

o Should I seek a parallel or USB port for a scanner?

o Can anyone please give me advice about using USB with DOS? I have
  received conflicting information about the access of USB ports with
  DOS. I have been told explicitly by a certain reputable software
  vender that, "DOS does not have any support for USB and never will,
  so it will not work with USB". Having seen that, I have also seen
  a Web site, http://www.catc.com/products/usb4dos.html, which says
  that there is available software which will make an interface
  between DOS and USB.

o I would like to know the limitations of the DR-DOS  FAT16 system
  and whether or not it will support hard drives bigger than 2
  gigabytes for a given partition.


                                 Yours truly,

                               Michael Snowden

                        mss14 AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz

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