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Trantor Systems, Ltd.
5415 Randall Place
Fremont, CA 94538
Tech Support: 510-226-SCSI (7274)
Compuserve: GO TRANTOR
510-770-9910 FAX
510-656-5159 BBS
NOTE: if you are in need of technical help, it is best to FAX us a copy
of your CONFIG.SYS. Most problems can only be found after looking at
this file carefully. It is almost impossible to troubleshoot over a
voice call without the CONFIG.SYS in front of a technician.
July 28, 1993
Tested with OS/2 2.1 GA. Following the installation instructions
supplied by IBM on page XVIII of their Install guide, everything
installs fine!
Updated drivers to support all mode select commands to make Photo CD
work with OS2CDROM.DMD correctly.
To enable interrupts in any driver, use the command line option /Ixx,
where xx is the IRQ you require. Make sure you jumper the IRQ on the
SCSI adapter as appropriate.
June 25, 1993
We still haven't received the OS/2 2.1GA release yet, so we have not
tested with it. We expect to be able to test with GA by the middle of
July, so please don't call our tech support with 2.1GA questions until
after July 18. These drivers all work with the latest 2.1 beta we
received.
Added the T160 driver for the T160/T260 16 bit SCSI adapters.
Additional modifications to the T358 driver to allow for parallel port
speed changes. Now the /Mnm options explained in the T358 manual will
also work with OS/2. If you are having trouble getting the T358 to work
with your SCSI device, try adding the command line option /m5 to add
some delays to the T358 operation. Section 8 of the T358 MiniSCSI EPP
manual discusses these options at length.
May 6, 1993
Changes:
Additional beta drivers for the T358 MiniSCSI EPP are included in the
5/6/93 release.
The May 1 beta release wouldn't handle removable media correctly. This
has been fixed.
May 1, 1993
These drivers are for Trantor T128, T228, T338 , T348 and T130B SCSI
host adapter cards and OS/2 2.0 and 2.1. OS/2 1.3 is not supported.
These drivers are Copyright 1993 by Trantor Systems, Ltd. All rights
reserved. They may be freely distributed to owners of Trantor products
as long as this documentation file is included with the files. Latest
revisions of these files can be obtained from the Trantor BBS system or
they may be ordered on disk from the Trantor office in the SCSIworks!
package.
Files on this release:
OS2_READ.ME This file
OS2.FAQ OS2 Frequently Asked Questions -
Check here for answers before FAXing
for Technical Support
T128SCSI.ADD T128 / T228 driver
T13BSCSI.ADD T130B driver
T338SCSI.ADD T338 MiniSCSI driver
T348SCSI.ADD T348 MiniSCSI Plus driver
T128SCSI.DDP T128 / T228 Install script
T13BSCSI.DDP T130B Install script
T338SCSI.DDP T338 MiniSCSI Install script
T348SCSI.DDP T348 MiniSCSI Plus Install script
All files are being distributed in a compressed file format as
OS2-TSLx.ZIP or as a self-extracting archive file called OS2-TSL.EXE for
use with BBS systems. The latest released versions of the OS/2 2.0
drivers are always available from the Trantor BBS at 510-656-5159.
AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION
Copy all the files to a floppy. This floppy is now a device support
diskette. Insert it in A: and run DDINSTAL from the OS/2 prompt. The
Device Driver Install icon can be found by selecting the OS/2 System
icon on the desktop, then the System Setup icon in that window. Insert
your floppy in a disk drive and double click on the Device Driver
Install icon.
MANUAL INSTALLATION for OS/2 2.0 and OS/2 2.1 using OS2CDROM.DMD
The desired driver must be copied to the OS/2 2.1 directory:
COPY A:*.* C:\OS2
This driver should be installed in the config.sys file as follows:
....
IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q <=== CD-ROM only
BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD <=== Trantor OS/2 driver
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD <=== for HD
BASEDEV=OS2CDROM.DMD <=== CD-ROM only
BASEDEV=NECCDS1.FLT <=== For NEC CD-ROM only
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD (other .FLT files
for other drives)
....
where xxx stands for the adapter type: 128, 13B, 338, 348.
OS2CDROM.DMD and the appropriate .FLT files are supplied by IBM for
CD-ROM support under OS/2 2.1.
All of the above drivers are necessary for CD and HD support. They
should be inserted in your CONFIG.SYS. Some of these drivers
might already be in your CONFIG.SYS file. All drivers except for
TxxxSCSI.ADD are usually placed in the OS2 directory during the initial
OS2 installation.
MANUAL INSTALLATION for OS/2 2.0 CDROM.SYS
The desired driver must be copied to the OS/2 2.0 directory:
COPY A:*.* C:\OS2
This driver should be installed in the config.sys file as follows:
....
BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD /T <=== add /t for most CD-ROMs
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q <=== CD-ROM only
DEVICE=C:\OS2\CDROM.SYS <=== CD-ROM only
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
....
where xxx stands for the adapter type: 128, 13B, 338, 348.
All of the above drivers are necessary for CD and HD support. They
should be inserted in your CONFIG.SYS. Some of these drivers
might already be in your CONFIG.SYS file. All drivers except for
TxxxSCSI.ADD are usually placed in the OS2 directory during the initial
OS2 installation.
OS2DASD.DMD is already in the CONFIG.SYS, but the other drivers may not
be there. Be sure you add them either manually or with the OS/2
Installer.
The OS/2 .ADD driver we supply is fully compatible with any driver that
interfaces with the .ADD specification for OS/2 2.0. It will work
transparently with any hard disk supported by OS/2.
OPTICAL DRIVES:
IBM supplies a driver called OPTICAL.SYS for use with their 3.5"
Magneto-Optical drive and other Magneto-Optical drives. We have
confirmed that it works correctly with this .ADD release.
In addition, we have implemented an optional command line switch that
will enable some Magneto-Optical drives to be treated like a hard drive
when OPTICAL.SYS is not available. Adding the command line parameter of
/o to the .ADD driver forces the operating system to treat an MO drive
as a standard hard drive.
CD-ROM DRIVES:
OS/2 2.0 CDROM.SYS
IBM recommends using CDROM.SYS (which is supplied with OS/2 2.0) with
the /i option for non-IBM CD-ROM drives. This driver may not support
audio commands on all CD-ROM drives. IBM has released OS2CDROM.DMD and
its associated .FLT files for SCSI-1 drives.
Please contact IBM for more information on their CD-ROM support and
future drivers.
To support CD-ROM drives that are not supported with the /i option of
CDROM.SYS, we have implemented a command line switch of /t in our .ADD
that emulates the IBM (Toshiba) CD-ROM drive and allows standard data
read commands to work with most SCSI CD-ROM drives. NOTE: Audio
commands are not supported and may cause unpredictable results with some
CD-ROM drives. Note: do NOT use this with the OS2CDROM.DMD driver.
Add the command line parameter in the following manner:
BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD /t
OS/2 2.1 OS2CDROM.DMD
With OS/2 2.1, a new CD-ROM driver is being introduced. You must NOT
use the /t option on the BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD command line with this new
CD-ROM driver.
Various .FLT files are available to provide support for non SCSI-2
drives. These are provided by IBM along with the OS2CDROM.DMD driver.
In order to have a CD-ROM drive show on your desktop with a CD-ROM icon,
you must have a CD-ROM disc in your drive when the system is booted. If
you boot with an empty CD-ROM drive, the drive icon will appear as a
floppy disk instead of a CD-ROM disc. This will not affect the
operation of the CD-ROM drive itself.
If you have a CD-ROM drive with multiple Logical Units (LUNs), like the
Pioneer DRM-600, you will be able to access all Logical Units with the
August, 1992 driver. To restrict the number of logical units, the /U
command line parameter can be used to recognize only 1 Logical Unit of
the possible 6 in the DRM-600. This command line switch also works with
hard disk drives that incorrectly report LUNs.
HARD DISK DRIVES
Format the SCSI device first from DOS with the TFORMAT program that
comes included with the Trantor SCSI adapter. Select a single partition
after low level formatting the drive.
Boot OS/2 with the drivers installed and format the disk with the OS/2
formatter.
We have found removable media must be formatted with the OS/2 format
program before it can be recognized. Just format it as though it is a
floppy... selecting a 2.8M floppy, for instance, formats a Syquest
drive to 42M just fine. Removable media drives are not interchangeable
between DOS and OS/2.
NOTES:
- Removable media is supported. It was tested with a SyQuest drive.
- OPTICAL.SYS provided by IBM will support MO drives.
- option /o supports MO drives by treating them like HD's.
- option /u restricts the number of Logical Units. Default is 7
- option /ixx allows setting the interrupt level in the driver,
where xx is the unique IRQ you want to use
T128 jumper settings
Some OEM manuals don't have the jumper settings of the T128 card in
their manual. For the T128 card, place a jumper shorting pin on JP1:
______
IRQ3 | . . |. . . .
|______|
1 . . . . . .
IRQ5 . . . . . .
______
| . . |. . . .
1|______|
IRQ7 . . . . . .
______
.| . . |. . .
1 |______|