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- From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:31:32 GMT
- Subject: Re: Is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
- Message-ID: <11300027@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hplextra!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!darrylo
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- References: <1992Sep11.075306.27182@gmd.de>
- Lines: 39
-
- In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, I write:
-
- > In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
- >
- > > When it is
- > > used with an Adaptec 1542B or other bus master controller, you need
- > > to make sure the bus on timing is no longer that 4ms, otherwise the
- > > drive will get lost and generate errors and resets. For the
- > > adaptec, this means adding a /N4 to the ASPI4DOS.SYS line in the
- > > config.sys file.
- >
- > This is not necessary if you run the latest version of the CMS
- > tape backup software (version 2.54 is the first version that will work
-
- OK, I just stuck my foot in my mouth: /N4 (or is it /N2?) *IS*
- necessary with ASPI4DOS.SYS. You don't need to change the bus timing if
- you are using "SCSIHA.SYS /V386" instead of ASPI4DOS.SYS (SCSIHA.SYS is
- older and has fewer features than ASPI4DOS.SYS, and is available from
- Adaptec's BBS).
-
- Also, it turns out that SETSCSI.EXE works only with SCSIHA.SYS. IT
- DOES NOT WORK WITH ASPI4DOS.SYS. I thought that the Adaptec hardware
- could be controlled independently of ASPI4DOS.SYS and SCSIHA.SYS, but I
- guess not.
-
- -- Darryl Okahata
- Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
-
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