GAME PORT UPGRADE KIT
FOR
PORTABLE CD-ROM
INSTALLATION MANUAL
CDG-GAME
CDG-IDE/G
INTRODUCTION
GAME PORT ADAPTER
The Game Port upgrade kit for EXP CD-ROM has two different configurations
- •• the CDG-GAME and the ‚‚ CDG-IDE/G. If your CD-ROM kit was
equipped with the PCMCIA “CD-ROM+” card already, you just need the
CDG-GAME option, otherwise, you need to purchase the CDG-IDE/G which
includes a new PCMCIA “CD-ROM+” card to replace your old card.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
1. EXP CD-ROM model CD-420, 421, 620, 621, 820, 821, or CD-940E*
2. PC Card(PCMCIA) Card service and Socket device driver compliant
preferred(if the drivers are not present, the Point Enabler for intel
82365SL PCIC or compatible will be installed)
3. DOS 6.0 or higher, Windows 3.x, Windows 95
4. I/O port address 200 to 207 must be available for the Game Port I/O
function to operate(most of notebooks do), check the APPENDIX A for
the incompatible list.
FEATURES
• Add a Game Port to your CD-ROM kit with only one PC Card (PCMCIA
card) needed
• Free bundle with a Champ's Power Game-Pad
• Supports most Joysticks and Game-pads - i.e. MS Sidwinder/Pro, MS
Game-pad,...etc.
• Supports Y-Cable/two joysticks
• Game port adapter is a detachable design, and is easy to install
• Dimension: 2.5" x 2.5" x 0.8"(Game Port adapter), 54mm x 85.6mm x 3.3
mm (CD-ROM+ card)
• Weight: 2 oz(Game Port adapter), 1.5oz(CD-ROM+ card)
•• CD-ROM Connector:
This connector connects to the
CD-ROM drive.
‚‚ Game Port:
This port connects to a joystick or
game-pad.
ƒƒ PC Card Connector:
Connector to the PCMCIA(PC
Card) interface card - CD-ROM+
card
The following picture shows how a complete connection was made. This is a
EXP CD-821 with the Game Port adapter and connected through a CD-ROM+
card into notebook. The game-pad is attached to the Game Port.
* The standard CD-940 is NOT compatible with the Game Port upgrade kit
INSTALLING THE CD-ROM WITH THE GAME PORT ADAPTER
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1
1. Connect the game adapter to your CD-ROM drive, and tighten the two
screws on the game adapter.
2. Connect a joystick or game-pad to game port
3. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the Game Adapter, and then
tighten the two screws on the cable connector.
4. Place your CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position. Your CD-ROM drive
is designed to operate only in the horizontal position. Operating the CDROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended.
5. Locate the PCMCIA slot on your computer or consult your computer user’s
manual for its location.
6. Align the PCMCIA interface card with the arrow sign pointing toward the
computer’s slot. (Please note that the card is keyed to guide for proper
insertion.)
7. Slowly insert the PCMCIA interface card into the slot and press firmly until
the connector is seated.
8. Turn your system ON and install the CD TRAVELER device driver. Please
follow the Software Installation procedures to follow.
AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION
This INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into your computer
easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with the automatic
installation.
1. Insert the device driver diskette into the floppy disk drive on your
computer
2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device
driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:”, then press ENTER.
3. At the DOS prompt (A:\> or B:\>), type “INSTALL” followed by the ENTER
key.
4. Press ENTER or click on the OK button to continue. When the opening
screen appears, a dialog box will be displayed for you to specify the 1),
directory to install the device driver to; 2), the DOS directory to specify
the location of the MSCDEX driver, and 3), the I/O port desired for the
CD-ROM. Enter the directory you want to install the driver to and press
the TAB key to forward to the next field to indicate the DOS Directory.
Press the TAB key again to set the I/O port. The default setting for the I/O
ports are (320-32F and 200-207). After completing the selections, click on
the Install button to continue.
MANUAL INSTALLATION
NOTE:
1. INSTALL.EXE is only for DOS/Windows 3.x Mode, DO NOT use it under
Windows 95, unless you want to use this device under pure MS-DOS.
Please see APPENDIX B for detail.
2. If the device is not working properly, please refer to APPENDIX D to see
if your system’s PCMCIA driver has been installed correctly.
You may manually install the device driver if the default setting conflicts with
your system. Try the following procedure to complete the manual installation.
1) Copy the file named EXPCDG.EXE to a directory on your main hard disk.
( i.e. C:\CDROM).
2) Edit the config.sys add the following line at the end of the file.
DEVICE=[drive] [path] EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 [/G]
/P is used to set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 320, 340 and
360. Each number represents the I/O port address - 320-32F, 34034F, and 360-36F respectively.
The default setting is /P:320
/G Add this to the end of the line, if you want to enable game port
The config.sys file example
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF
FILES=40
BUFFERS=20
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 /G
If you use the memory manager just like the example above (EMM386.exe).
You need to exclude the memory range for the hard disk card and X=D000D3FF is recommended.
3.) Reboot the system so the new driver will take effect.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95
The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD-ROM+ card
under Windows 95 for the very first time.
If the dialog box does not appear, either you have to remove the old driver
installed before or the PCMCIA driver is not activated, please refer to the
section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support” or “Removing and
Reinstalling the Driver”.
Select “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer” and click on the
OK button, Windows 95 will then prompt you to insert the manufacturer’s
installation disk. Insert the device driver disk into your floppy drive. Specify
the directory as A:\ or B:\, whichever drive contains the diskette and select
OK.
When the next dialog box appears, select “Portable CD-ROM” or “Portable
CD-ROM + Game “ and click on the OK bottom.
Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After finishing, you need to
calibrate your joystick or game-pad before you use it.
REMOVING OR RE-INSTALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER
You can always change your configuration by removing the driver and
reinstalling again. To remove the driver -
A.) If previously installed as “ CD-ROM Only”:
With the CD-ROM drive connected, go to the Control Panel, click on System,
then choose “Device Manager”, and under “hard disk controllers” click the “+”
sign to expand the list and then highlight the “EXP PORTABLE CD-ROM”.
Then click the “Remove” button.
B.) If previously installed as “CD-ROM + GAME”:
With the CD-ROM drive connected, go to the Control Panel. Click on
“System”. Then choose “Device Manager, under “Multifunction adapters” click
at the “+” sign to expand this list and then highlight “EXP PORTABLE
MULTIMEDIA KIT: CD-ROM+GAME”, then click the “Remove” button.
JOYSTICK CALIBRATION
This game port option requires I/O address 200 to 207. Not all the notebooks
have this I/O available. Please check APPENDIX A for the incompatible list
of notebooks. If your notebook is compatible with the game port and you
already installed the necessary driver for the game port, you will need to
calibrate your joystick(or game-pad) before using it. To check if the game port
is functioning correctly, first make sure that you connected the joystick(or
game-pad) to the game port firmly and then do the following steps-
Calibration Under DOS Mode
Most of the DOS game programs offer a calibration utility which allow you to
calibrate your joystick.
Joystick Calibration Under Windows 95
Select “Control Panel” from “My Computer”, and then select “Joystick”. Click
on calibrate and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the joystick
calibration. You can test the calibration result by clicking the “Test” button and
running the testing procedure.
GAME-PAD CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION
NOTICE
1. The I/O address 200-207 of your computer must be available, or the
Game port will not work properly.
2. It is not necessary to connect the Game Port Adapter every time you boot
up your computer. Just plug it in when you need to use it.
3. Even if you installed the CD-ROM + GAME driver, you can use the CD-
ROM without the Game Adapter attached.
APPENDIX A
The following notebooks have been tested and has been confirmed as
incompatible with the Game Port connected to the CD-ROM kit:
Dell Latitude LM
Gateway 2000 Solo 2100
IBM Thinkpad 760, Thinkpad 365CS
Micron Millennia
NEC Versa 2450
TI TravelMate 4000M
If your notebook already has a built-in game port, due to the I/O conflict, you
will NOT be able to use the Game Port adapter.
For the latest update, please check our Web site at www.expnet.com
APPENDIX B
This procedure will allow you to use the device in a pure MS-DOS
environment for those applications that will not run in Windows 95.
An MS-DOS mode icon is set up with a separate config.sys and autoexec.bat
which will be run when the icon is used.
The requirements are that your system’s PCMCIA controller has to be INTEL
(PCIC) and compatible or the DOS PCMCIA socket drivers(contact your
notebook manufacturer) are loaded before the EXP device DOS drivers.
If above requirements are met, please proceed with the following:
• Click on the right mouse
button onto the
desktop’s empty area
• Go to “New”, then
choose “Shortcut”
• Type in at the Command line - "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND"
• Click on "Next"
• Click on "Finish"
• Click on the right mouse button on the
new MS-DOS Prompt icon
• Go to "Properties"
• Go to "Program"
• Click on the "Advanced"
• The Next steps are to configure the DOS mode session for the DOS
drivers that are needed to run the CD-ROM/Game card.
• If you have a config.dos and autoexec.dos file on the "C" drive. Just put
the lines that are missing in the corresponding boxes. If you do not have
these files just continue without it. This just means that certain devices
may not function without first loading the DOS drivers for this DOS mode
session.
• Double click on the new MS-DOS prompt icon
• Click on "YES"
• Click the "MS-DOS mode"
Click on "Specify a new
MS-DOS configuration"
• Click on "OK". Then click
"OK" again. This is the
end of the DOS mode
icon setup.
• Once the computer is started in this mode, you can then install the DOS
driver.
• Run the Installation program for the DOS drivers from EXP’s disk.
• More detailed instructions on "SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR
DOS/WINDOWS 3.1" can be found under ‘Automatic installation’
• To restart Windows 95 normally, type in EXIT at the command prompt
and press "Enter".
APPENDIX C
ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95
Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating
the CD-ROM and Game Port. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA
Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from the “Control
Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the
“Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder).
Click on the Device Manager Tab. If “PCMCIA Socket” is found with a cross
(x) sign next to the PCMCIA Controller as the Figure shows below, it means
the PCMCIA device driver is not using 32-Bit Card Support.
In this case, double click on the PCMCIA Controller, and a dialog box will be
displayed as below. Please place a check mark next to the current
configuration of the Device usage box, and then select OK.
After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will then ask you
to reboot your computer. You should now refer to the first section in the
manual entitled “Software Installation For Windows 95” to configure the CDROM and Game Port.
If the PCMCIA Socket is not found, then you must first add a PCMCIA socket
to your system. Please click on the “Add New Hardware” icon in the Control
Panel folder and select “PCMCIA socket”. Select the appropriate type of
PCMCIA Controller that matches yours and follow the on-screen instructions.
APPENDIX D
PCMCIA SOFTWARE(DOS/WINDOWS3.X) INFORMATION
If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or
Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDG.EXE will call these PCMCIA software to
enable the card. If you don’t have one, EXPCDG.EXE still can directly
access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should
have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or
another compatible controller.
PCMCIA software contains several components: Socket services, Card
services, Resource Initialization Utility and Card Installation Utility. The
remainder of this section will explain the four components and list the device
driver names for the major PCMCIA software.
Socket Services provide the interface between a system’s BIOS and the host
controller chips (such as the Intel 82365SL PCIC, Vadem 468, etc ) Socket
Services includes functions such as configuring a socket for an I/O or
memory interface and controlling socket power voltages. The Socket
Services driver you have varies with the host computer chip of your
computer.
Card Services provides the interface between the PC Card and the PCMCIA
sockets. Card Services must be aware of the I/O, IRQ, and memory
resources already used by the system so it can accurately assign unused
resources to the PC Cards.
The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below:
Software/Device
Driver
Socket Services SS365SL.EXE,
Card Services CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS
Resource
Initialization Utility
IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS
SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE
Flash Card Support MTAA.EXE,
Memory Card Driver MEMDRV.EXE
Card Installation
Utility
Card Services Power
Management
SystemSoft
CardSoft
SS365LP.EXE,
SSCIRRUS.EXE,
SSDBOOK.EXE,
SVADEM.EXE,
SSVLSI.EXE
CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS
MTAB.EXE,
MTI1,EXE
MTI2P.EXE
CARDID.EXE PCMSCD.EXE PCENABLE.EXE AUTODRV.SYS
CS_APM.EXE $ICPMDOS.SYS
Phoenix Award
Cardware
PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS
IBM
ThinkPad
To ensure Card Services will operate reliably regardless of the system it is
installed on, some PCMCIA software provides its own resource initialization
utility, which will check I/O ports, IRQs, and memory addresses and then
report that information to Card Services.
The Card Installation Utility detects the insertion and removal of PC cards,
and automatically determines the card type upon insertion so the card and
socket will be configured properly.
If you are not sure which PCMCIA software you are using, you may check it
by typing TYPE CONFIG.SYS at the DOS prompt followed by the ENTER key.
The file should come up and look like one of the following examples.
SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF
FILES=40
BUFFERS=20
STACKS=9,256
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE
REM** The REM’s should be removed from the follwing
REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support
REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE
REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE
REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE
REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME ENABLE
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 /G
PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF
DOS=HIGH, UMB
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=c:\PCMPLUS3\CNFIGNAME.EXE/DEFAULT
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS3\PCMSS.EXE
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS3\PCMCS.EXE
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS3\PCMRMAN.EXE
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS3\PCMSCD.EXE
REM CDROM+GAME I/O 340-34F, GAME DISABLE
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:340
BUFFERS=40
FILES=40
STACKS=9,256
DOS=HIGH
DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDSS02.SYS /S0=2
DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDOSCS.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI
REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME ENABLE
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 /G
AWARD PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF
FILES=40
BUFFERS:20
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE
DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE
DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCRM.EXE/AUTODETECT
DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE
REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME DISABLE
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320
IBM PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF /MACHINE:2
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-DFFF
Loading...