Q: Sundisk SDP5B-6 on PC 3100

[Sven Utcke <utcke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alright, here we go again.  I've collected a litel bit more info
below:

I'm trying to use a SunDisk Card with my little Sharp PC3100.  This
might work, see
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Strand/3387/pc3000.html

The card I'm using is (as reported by Linux):
SunDisk SDP5B-6, 5MB+1MB Cache, C/H/S=184/2/32, Vcc=5.0V, Vpp=0.0V

The computer is the Sharp PC 3100, basically the same as the PC 3000,
but with 2MB RAM on board.

I've got (and installed) dipssdp.sys and update.sys, which report

--- snip ---
SUNDISK SDP PCMCIA-ATA Device Driver
SHARP 3000 Version 1.01
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 SUNDISK Corp.
SUNDISK drive(s) = A: through B:
--- snip ---

and

--- snip ---
PC-3000 Update Device driver Ver 1.000
Copyright (C) 1992 DIP Research Ltd
--- snip ---

respectively.  I tried loading dipssdp.sys with and without
update.sys, as well as before and after update.sys.

I then tried the programs sdisk and sformat as follows:

--- snip ---
D:\> sdisk a:
SUNDISK SDISK Utility 1.0
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 SUNDISK Corp.

All data will be lost
Proceed with SDISK? (Y/N) y

SDISKing...

Drive successfully SDISKed

D:\> sformat a:
SUNDISK SFORMAT Utility 1.0
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 SUNDISK Corp.

Card has not been partitioned, run
the SDISK utility to partition the
card before using SFORMAT
--- snip ---

Needless to say, the card is not recognized by the PC 3100.  I can
recognize the card in a Thinkpad 701C though, both under Win95 and
Linux, but what am I supposed to do with it then?  Would it be
possible to format the drive outside the PC 3100 in such a way that
the little critter would then be able to use it?  How?

Maybe it would be possible to dissassemble the sformat and sdisk
utilities to see how they work, or even the drivers?  How?  Maybe I'm
just missing some parameters?  Which?  Maybe there are never versions
of the drivers? Where?

Any help appreciated

Sven

PS: I'm also looking for the file olivsdp.sys, anybody has seen this?
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