[Discussion] Does "pinball.sys" Work?

[Thomas Clayton]

Jim:

Thanks for the ref. to the ZIP file name, HPFSW2K.ZIP. That'll allow me to find _something_ and experiment.

Tom C



--- On Sat, 12/5/09, Jim Hughes <4hughes at telus.net> wrote:

> From: Jim Hughes <4hughes at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Does "pinball.sys" Work?
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 3:05 AM
> 
> 
> On 2009_12_04 17:24, Thomas Clayton wrote:
> > Dear POSSI:
> > 
> > Recently downloaded (DLed) many OS2 / eCS related
> files to NTFS (Win: 2k, XP) HDD volume. I saw among the
> things I could - and DID - DL: pinball.sys and related files
> to ENABLe seeing / writing to HPFS volumes from "NT" type
> OSes.
> > 
> > Has anyone tried using these with an NT OS to access a
> HPFS drive?
> > 
> > 
> > I'm thinking of
> >  putting a 256MB or 2.1 GB IDE drive that it
> ALREADY HPFS formatted onto the NT system via an external
> USB cable _OR_ directly onto its IDE cable
> >  (while it is off  ;-)  ),
> > copying these DLed files to its HPFS volume,
> > then detaching it (while the system is off :-) if it
> was on the IDE cable),
> > and, then,
> > re-attaching (I guess I should have the Warp system
> off, too ;-D  )
> > .
> > 
> > You KNOW ... I PROBABLY could JUST use a DOS formatted
> drive, couldn't I?
> > 
> > Still, I'd like to know the answer to that question.
> > 
> > Thomas Clayton
> > 
> > 
> >   
> Thomas
> 
> For me, Pinball does work on a win XP system read and
> write, the version I use contains:
> 
>    Archive:  HPFSW2K.ZIP
>      Length 
>    EAs   ACLs   
> Date   Time    Name
>     --------   
> ---   ----   
> ----   ----    ----
>          182   
>       0      0   
>          09-15-01
> 03:46   hpfs.reg
>       117376      0 
>     0         
>    09-15-01
> 03:46   pinball.sys
>          215   
>       0      0   
>          09-15-01
> 03:46   readme
>         4096     
>    0      0   
>          09-15-01
> 03:46   rs.dll
>     --------  -----  -----   
>            
>    -------
>       121869      0 
>     0           
>        4 files
> 
> Unfortunately I don't remember the source of the download,
> 
> Some caveats:
> 
>    - max size of hpfs partition(s) 
> < 8gig ( best to stay under 7.5 g).
>    My experience under w2k was that 
> approaching 8 g or larger, windows
>    gets confused and puts all its effort
> into figuring out what it is
>    dealing with and won't even shut down
> without the aid of the power
>    switch. I haven't even tried under XP.
>    - customize the "recycle bin" so that it
> is shut off (zerospace) for
>    the appliicable partition(s), unless of
> course, after emptying it,    you like being
> interupted every 10 seconds or so with a system
>    focused popup telling you that the
> "desktop.ini" is corrupted and to
>    run the check disk utility. On my system,
> because customizing
>    doesn't always stay set (windows knows
> what I want better than me?),
>    I usually have a "delete" directory and
> move files to it and
>    actually delete them when rebooted to
> os2/eCS. Basically, don't use
>    the recycle bin with a HPFS partition,
> work around it.
>    - As I make a habit of turning them off
> anyway I can't remember if
>    there are any problems with the various
> indexing services, fast
>    finds, etc.
> 
> Regards
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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