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- 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.
-
- Changes made since the previous (07/30/93) release:
-
- 1) Supports BIOS new translation scheme (for BIOS signature
- 52H or 53H) for greater than 1GB hard disk drives.
-
- Changes made to this driver since OS/2 3.0 WARP release:
-
- 1) Added PCMCIA support for APA-1460 card.
-
- 2) Added Advanced Power Management (APM) support for AIC6360.
-
- 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.