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- This disk contains three applications !SCSIMgr,
- !SCSIDiag and !SCSIFlash.
-
- SCSIMgr SCSIDiag are updated versions of the
- applications which you received with your SCSI II
- card. A few brief notes on changes to the SCSIMgr
- application can be seen later in these notes.
-
- SCSIFlash is an application which will program
- the flash on the SCSI II card with the latest
- modules.
-
- Simply double click on the application and on
- completion SWITCH the computer OFF then ON again.
-
- NOTE....It is NOT sufficent to do CTRL-BREAK.
-
-
- SCSI Manager changes.
-
- The application has been altered to bring it more in
- line with the Acorn Style Guide.
-
- It is now possible to enable and disable various
- functions if your device supports them; for example
- disconnect/reconnect. This is done through the
- Driver Flags option on a "per device" basis. Care
- must be taken when altering these functions as it
- can affect the operation of the device.
-
- A * command SCSIFlags has now been added to
- SCSIDriver so that these flags can be viewed and
- altered at the command line if required. Using this
- you can also set host termination and bus resets.
-
- A new button MODE SELECT has been added which gives
- you access to the SCSI device mode options. You must
- use this with care and in connection with the SCSI
- device command set manual. Not all devices support
- this and only some options will be alterable on
- most devices.
-
- An additional option has been added to the host
- settings (via Set Host ID) to allow the SCSI Bus
- Reset to be delayed. This has been added to cope
- with some new hard drives which do not like to
- receive a reset during their power-up cycle.
-
-
- Other general changes.
-
- Removable media device support has been improved and
- a special icon added. We now poll removable devices
- waiting for media to be inserted. On shutdown the
- default is that media will be ejected and hard disks
- will spin down. A configure option SCSIFSEject has
- been added in order that eject/spin down on shutdown
- can be set to OFF. Drives are now normally unlocked
- and only locked by filecore when necessary. A new
- menu item EJECT has been added for removable media
- devices. This will dismount all partitions on that
- device and eject the media or stop the motor if the
- device does not support eject.
-
- Spot the other little things for yourself as some
- of you have mentioned them at some stage.
-
-
- Thirdparty modules.
-
- You may have modules such as CD-ROM drivers which have
- been supplied on floppy disc by ourselves or other
- companies. It may be desirable to put one or more of
- these into the FLASH on the SCSI II interface. This is
- possible using a ThirdParty directory.
-
- An example thirdparty directory with a dummy module and
- version file are included on this disc.
-
- Create a similar directory in the modules directory of
- !SCSIFlash and put a version file and your module in
- an appropriate directory as per the example. When you
- run !SCSIFlash you will then get your modules appearing
- in the list of modules to be put into the flash.
-
-
- Please do report any problems or successes so that
- our technical support team can assist you and others.
-
- Fax 01483 451371 attention Technical Support.
-
- 21st March 1995