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- DOCUMENT:Q106215 08-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Support for COMPAQ SCSI Compression and Option Host Adapters
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
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-
- Windows NT does not contain drivers for the COMPAQ SCSI Compression
- Adapter and the older COMPAQ SCSI Option Adapter. COMPAQ provides
- these SCSI adapters as optional equipment on some of their models.
- Neither one is listed on the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List
- (HCL). However, COMPAQ has written a Windows NT driver that supports
- these two SCSI adapters.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- The driver that supports the COMPAQ SCSI Compression Adapter and the
- COMPAQ SCSI Option Adapter is called SCSICOMP.SYS, and it is available
- on the COMPAQ Support Software Diskette (SSD) for Microsoft Windows
- NT. The SSD can be downloaded from the COMPAQ BBS. The number for the
- COMPAQ BBS is (713) 378-1418.
-
- The name of the archive file to download is SP0616.ZIP. The file
- unzips into SP0616.EXE, which is a self extracting archive file. When
- the EXE is executed, it explodes into several other files. One of
- these is README3H.1ST which contains instructions on how to create the
- SSD.
-
- The following information was taken from the file SCSICOMP.RDM which
- is located on the COMPAQ SSD. This is some additional information on
- usage of the COMPAQ SCSI Compression Adapter and the COMPAQ SCSI
- Option Adapter with the driver (SCSICOMP.SYS) provided by COMPAQ.
-
- - When you use the internal connector on the COMPAQ SCSI Compression
- Adapter, the external connector must be terminated with the terminator
- which came with the adapter. Unpredictable results may occur
- otherwise.
-
- - This driver will run ONLY with Microsoft Windows NT or Windows NT
- Advanced Server version 3.1. Using the driver with earlier Beta
- versions may give unpredictable results.
-
- - Backup can be performed using this driver only if the backup
- hardware vendor provides class drivers for the tape backup devices
- which can be attached to the COMPAQ SCSI Compression or Option
- Adapter. The three tape devices that the COMPAQ SCSI Compression and
- Option Adapter support are: COMPAQ 320/525 MB tape drive, the COMPAQ
- 320/525 MB ACA tape drive and the COMPAQ 1.3/2.0 GB DAT drive.
-
- The products mentioned here are manufactured by a vendor independent
- of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
- these products' performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: hrdwr
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