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rem $Header: V:\source\code\aic-6x6x\os2\v2_0\exe\readme.tvt 1.6 30 Jan 1995 11:43:48 DE $
11/15/93
01/30/95
Version number: BETA4.5(01/30/95)
Compiled with new HIM version dated 12/14/94
01/16/95
Version number: BETA 4.4(01/16/95)
Compiled with HIM version PcmciaApmOS/2.Beta3
10/27/94
Version number: BETA 3.0 (941027)
Compiled with new him dated 10/19/94
This driver version support APA-1460 PCMCIA card for Laptops installed
with PCMCIA sockets and AIC6360 Adapter card as well. The Advanced Power
Management (APM) support also has been added for AIC-6360 chip used
internally in notebooks.
After the notebook goes through a suspend/resume cycle, the
user should be able to access the devices connected to the
SCSI bus as before, if devices remain same. The system will
not hang in the case where the SCSI devices have been removed
after suspend.
This release has added /SN command line switch for CDROM to
run synchronously as well as other devices. Without this switch
CDROM will run asynchronous (default mode).
This driver is based on OS/2 V3.0 (WARP) operating system.
***** NOTE *****
Currently, only one APA-1460 card is supported.
Installation instructions for the APA-1460 OS/2 2.0 PCMCIA Driver
1) Open the OS/2 System folder, then open the Selective install.
2) Do PCMCIA installation.
3) Edit CONFIG.SYS file and add BASEDEV=AHA152x.add.
4) Copy AHA152x.add to \OS2\BOOT directory.
5) Do a SHUTDOWN and power off the system.
6) Insert the APA-1460 card into the PCMCIA socket and connect to the
SCSI peripherals.
7) Power up and reboot the system.
***** NOTE *****
In order to install this driver for APA-1460 card, the system has
to have OS/2 V3.0 pre-installed. Currently, IBM does not have the
support for CDROM installation with any PCMCIA card attached to
a CDROM. Therefore, it is NOT recommended to do OS/2 CDROM
installation using PCMCIA card.
Currently IBM does not have APM support for PCMCIA card.
Installation instructions for the AIC-6x60 OS/2 2.0 Driver
1) Open the OS/2 System folder, then open the System Setup folder.
2) Select Device Driver Install.
3) Insert the driver diskette in the appropriate drive.
4) CHANGE to the directory where the drivers are located.
The OS/2 2.0 driver files are usually in the OS2_20 directory.
5) When you have found the drivers, select INSTALL.
6) The system will be scanned for host adapters. If a host adapter is
found, you will see this message in a pop-up window:
Installing Device Drivers
Another message will appear when the driver has successfully been
installed. If no host adapters are found, an error message will
be displayed.
***** NOTE *****
If you are installing the driver on the GA release of OS/2 2.0, you
cannot install the driver by selecting the icon in the System Setup
folder. Instead, open a full-screen OS/2 session and go to the
directory where the drivers reside. Then type DDINSTAL and press ENTER.
The driver includes the following features:
1) Double word PIO transfers.
2) B-mode DMA transfers (EISA systems only)
3) Fast SCSI support.
4) Backward compatibility with the driver for the AIC-6260.
5) Extended BIOS translation is supported on the AIC-6360.
6) Full support for all command line options.
Bug fixes since the previous (06/30/93) release:
1) Fixed problem in initializing DMA channel 6.
There are new command line switches to support the new features on the driver.
AHA152X.ADD
This driver can support two host adapters and searches for them at ports 340H
and 140H; boards are assigned adapter numbers in the order they are found.
Universal Parameters
/SN - Allow synchronous negotiation (DEFAULT).
/!SN - Prevent synchronous negotiation.
Special Unit Parameters
/BOFF:t - allows the bus-off time to be set to a value between 1 and
15 microseconds. The default value for OS/2 2.0 is 4 microseconds
and this should be used for most systems. (05/03/93 and later)
*** This option is only supported by the AIC-6360 and requires an
EISA system.
/BON:t - allows the bus-on time to be set to a value between 1 and 15
microseconds. The default value for OS/2 2.0 is 7 microseconds and
this value should be used for most systems. (05/03/92 and later)
*** This option is only supported by the AIC-6360 and requires an
EISA system.
/CHAN:x - Specifies the DMA channel to be used in DMA mode. The
available channels are 0, 5, 6 and 7. If an invalid channel is
specifed, then 5 is used by default.
*** This option is only supported by the AIC-6360 and requires an
EISA system.
/D - Allow targets to disconnect from the SCSI bus (DEFAULT).
/!D - Prevent targets from disconnecting from the SCSI bus.
/DMA - Use direct memory access to transfer data to/from the SCSI bus.
*** This option is only supported by the AIC-6360 and requires an
EISA system. (05/03/93 and later)
/H:x - Specifies the host adapter SCSI ID. A number from 0-7 replaces x. The
default ID is 7. If you specify an invalid number,
the default is used.
/PIO - Use programmed I/O to transfer data to/from the SCSI bus.
(05/03/93 and later)
/Y - Enable parity checking on the SCSI bus (DEFAULT).
/!Y - Disable parity checking on the SCSI bus.
For a complete list of all command line switches are their uses, please
download one of the drivers from the OS/2 forum on our BBS. The BBS can be
reached at (408) 945-7727.