1. cdgod50.zip Driver
2. READTHIS.TXT File Contents

READTHIS.TXT Driver File Contents (cdgod50.zip)

DISCLAIMER
This disk is FREEWARE!
Please do not try to sell this and make money.
Because of the use of corporate CD Drivers,
this disk does not belong to ANYONE!
I am NOT responsible for any data
lost or damages from the use of The CD-ROM God.
This disk DID go under extensive field testing.
Special thanks for testing go out to:
Mike C. Dave G. and all the Nashua Tandy staff.
+ Joe C. Scott M. Gary B. and the Entex team.

CREATION
Once you have extracted all the files from
CDGODXX.ZIP on to a 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy disk.
(You should be reading this off the floppy,
after you curse me for not making a disk image)
Type SYS A: at the COMMAND prompt!
I would suggest a Windows 95 system.
(This makes it a booooot disk ;-)
Restart your computer and watch the magic...

OPERATION
Using the CD-ROM God is a "lucky guess"
method. You may just have to re-boot many
times. If you can't get the drive to spin up,
check your hardware! I'd be willing to put
a 85% success rate on this disk.
If it doesn't see it after every driver, it
might be dead... (then eMail me the driver)
Boot up your machine.
A menu will appear with a list of drivers.

INSTALLATION
If your not up to editing the config.sys and
autoexec.bat of your victim's computer, there
is an INSTALL.EXE that can do the job for you.
Just run it, and there will be a list of EVERY
driver on the CD-God Disk. By pressing Y on 
the driver(s) you want, it will then WALK you
through the rest.

WINDOWS 95
If you are planning to load Windows 95 after
you find the correct driver, make sure you
INSTALL the driver first, then try it without
the disk. When Windows 95 reboots during its
setup process, you can't boot off the CD-God
disk and you won't be able to see the CD.
If you have trouble installing the driver,
you may consider copying the entire WIN95
directory onto the hard drive, and installing
from there. This can be hard if you don't
have enough disk space. It's good if you
never want to put the Windows 95 CD in again.

TROUBLESHOOTING
I've had several people come to me and say,
"This didn't work at all, I can't get the
system to see the CD-ROM."
Here's what you need to do.
1. Rip off the cover on the machine. See
   what CD-ROM is actually in there.
   Are those drivers listed on the menu?
2. What's it connected to?
   See were the cables from the back of
   the unit go. Do they connect to an
   Adaptec card? If so you probably have a
   SCSI CD-ROM. Do they go into an I/O
   controller card, or right into the
   main-board?
3. Are the jumpers set right?
   Remember that CD-ROM's have jumpers
   just like hard drives.

UPDATES
If you have a CD-ROM Driver to a CD-ROM that
this disk will not spin up, please, please,
please, send that driver to...

kris@tiac.net

www.tiac.net/users/kris is where you'll find
updates to The CD-ROM God!

VERSION HISTORY
1.0 Lasted a day, had some Packard Hell drivers.
3.0 Forget a low number, the REAL beta!
3.1 Added NEC, APPLE, and updated menu.
3.5 Added many more drivers including TOSHIBA
    and COMPAQ
4.0 Cleaned it up and gave it to all the techs
4.1 Mike found that the clean-up killed a driver
4.2 Not only a driver, but a menu switch...
4.3 Internet Release
5.0 Much needed update to drivers. Added several
    NEW features.
    1. DEVICE.COM No more switching and rebooting!
       Just keep loading until your out of memory.
    2. CorelCDX ISO-9660 CD Support!
    3. Memory cache with SMARTDRV + CorelCDX!
       I soon realized that the only thing CD-God
       is used for, is to get Windows 95 loaded
       off the CD. I was tired of waiting too!
    4. Adaptec and Future Domain SCSI Support!