Using the DTR-1 with Windows 95

From: Rogerf@Microsoft.COM (Roger Felts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
Subject: Re: DTR-1 info & Win95 Experiment
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 16:15:46 GMT

I have been told that the DTR-1 will not be supported under Win95 (as
regards pen...) but that the DTR-2 drivers should be available
mid-December.  OTOH, this came from a sales-type (another of which
told me mid-October) so YMMV.  The tech-types will only say the 1 is
unsupported and the 2 ain't even out yet.

Since it is the same pen hardware in both cases, the 2 stuff should
work.  You'll be stuck in landscape mode, tho, since niether Dauphin
nor Oak (408/737-0888)  want to do a 95 portrait mode driver for the 1
(the 2 will have a different Oak card.)

Our other option is direct from Kurta (800/445-8782,) which is
available now for $70.00 (!,) but no one there so far is willing to
guarantee that their driver absolutely *will* work for the DTR, and I
don't feel like taking the chance.

I have also done the DriveSpace3 thing, and have:

Schedule+ 7.0
Money 3.0
Backup
Compression Agent
Disk Defragmenter 
DriveSpace 3
ScanDisk
System Agent
Dial-up networking
Hyper Terminal
Notepad
Paint
WordPad
Direct Cable Connect
Calculator
Internet Explorer
Exchange
Media Player

and have 9 of 91MB free.  I use the Accessibility features to use the
number pad to control the cursor.  It's a bit of a pain on the little
keyboard, since I always forget to turn it off when I need to type
regularly, but I have a full keyboard that I use @ work to avoid this.


I also was running SoftRam, but didn't really notice a major
difference with and without it, and then ran into the Defrag bug they
have.  Strangely enough, the only files that were hurt were theirs!
Anyway, I removed it until I'm running something that needs the extra
memory (I have 6Mb hard RAM anyway...)

I just put in another call to Kurta, and will keep everyone posted...

dlwe@aol.com (DLWE) wrote:

>>>You all may have this info by now, but just in case you don't, here is the
>>>new address info for Dauphin:

>>>Dauphin-Coremark
>>>3100 Dundee Road
>>>Northbrook, IL 60062
>>>Phone: 708-559-8443
>>>Fax: 708-559-8918

>>>I spoke with Mark Janda regarding a driver that will allow us to use our
>>>pens with Windows95. Unfortunately he didn't seem to have information as
>>>to whether or when a driver would be available for us. It would be great
>>>if all the DTR-1 owners put in a call to Dauphin to remind them that we
>>>are still here and want to support the system. Tell them you want a win95
>>>driver NOW!

>>>I have loaded win95 on my DTR-1 and using DriveSpace 3 from the Plus! pack
>>>I have compressed my drive size to 81.4 MB on the C: with 24.5 MB free and
>>>drive and 37 MB on the H: drive with 2 MB free. I'm still tweaking and
>>>trying to get rid of unneccessary files. And of course I've resorted to
>>>using a trackball.

>>>The accesories I have loaded are:

>>>Backup
>>>Crompression Agent
>>>Disk Defragmenter 
>>>DriveSpace 3
>>>ScanDisk
>>>System Agent
>>>Clipboard Viewer
>>>Dial-up networking
>>>Hyper Terminal
>>>Notepad
>>>Paint
>>>WordPad

>>>I am also using SoftRam 95. My goal is to add Microsoft Works then I
>>>should be done. I haven't noticed any slowing down of the system so far,
>>>but I'm still playing.

>>>Is anyone else experimenting?

>>>Deb

Roger Felts
Microsoft Product Support

If I were speaking for Microsoft,
I probably wouldn't have said anything at all...