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- This is the release of the IN-2000 Advanced SCSI Programming
- Interface (ASPI) Manager for DOS. The ASPI Manager is an
- industry standard software "front end" that allows the
- IN-2000 SCSI host adapter to run any ASPI compliant software
- package (eg. CorelSCSI!, Central Point Utilities, Sytos Plus etc.).
-
- Follow the instructions below for installation of the IN-2000
- ASPI Manager for DOS.
-
- This version of the IN-2000 ASPI manager (VCN: 461-13.14) has two command
- line switches available: "/s" to enable synchronous transfers and "/d" to
- disable disconnect/reselect.
-
- THIS VERSION OF THE ASPI MAMAGER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH BIOS VER VCN:1-03.56.
-
- Copy the file ASPIDRVR.SYS to your boot drive and add the
- following line to your CONFIG.SYS as follows:
-
- DEVICE=d:\path\ASPIDRVR.SYS [/s] [/d]
-
- where d:\path is the drive and directory to which you copied the
- ASPI manager.
-
- You may wish to enable synchronous transfers to gain higher performance with
- "synchronous capable" SCSI devices. However, there are some "synchronous
- capable" SCSI devices (usually CD-ROM drives) that do not handle synchronous
- negotiations the same as most synchronous devices. With these devices,
- synchronous support should remain disabled (default).
-
- There are only a few SCSI devices that will not support disconnect/reselect.
- If you have one or these devices, you must use the "/d" switch to disable
- that feature from the ASPI manager. If you do not disable
- disconnect/reselect with any of these non-supported devices, the ASPI manager
- will probably hang durring boot.
-
- NOTES:
- ======
-
- Up to four IN-2000 SCSI host adapter boards may be installed in
- a system running the ASPI Manager. Only the one set to the
- lowest BIOS address will support hard disks.
-
- The ASPI Manager requires that an interrupt channel on the
- IN-2000 be enabled. Switches 5, 6 and 7 select the interrupt
- channel. Refer to the Installation Guide.
-
- BIOS VCN:1-03 and later supports up to 7 SCSI hard drives
- under DOS 5.0 and 6.0 without the need for a loadable device
- driver. Switch 8 = "ON" enables multiple drive support.
- See the IN-2000 Installation Guide for more information
- and/or check the ALWAYS BBS (818) 597-0275 for a BIOS update.
-
- Make certain to load any caching software (SMARTDRIVE, VCACHE,
- PC-KWIK etc.) after the ASPI Manager. Most of these packages
- work by hooking the disk interrupt (Int 13h), which is replaced
- by the ASPI Manager.
-
- Once the ASPI Manager is loaded DO NOT use any applications
- which use the old IN-2000 SCSI Shell. Such applications
- include: Always' CD-ROM driver, NovaStor's NovaBack (ver 3.56D
- and earlier), IN-2000 drivers (with BIOS enabled) and Always'
- supplied Sytos PLUS drivers. Both NovaBack and Sytos PLUS are
- shipped with ASPI compatible tape drivers that work with the
- IN-2000 ASPI Manager. A CD-ROM driver will be released in the
- near future that is compatible with ASPI.
-
- DO NOT use the IN-2000 BIOS diagnostic or low level format
- functions (from DEBUG) while the ASPI Manager is loaded. To
- perform diagnostics and/or to low level format a hard disk temp-
- orarily remove the ASPI manager from CONFIG.SYS.
-
- The ASPI Manager requires Hardware Revision 2.7 (An 8 pin
- socketed chip) on the IN-2000 SCSI host adapter. If you do not
- have this Hardware Version, contact Technical Support for
- upgrades (818) 597-1400.
-
-
- ASPI Supported Software and Peripherals
- =======================================
-
- Central Point 8.0 Utilities and Tape Backup with SCSI Support
- Cheyenne ArcSolo DOS/NetWare Workstation Tape Backup software
- CorelSCSI! Comprehensive SCSI device driver package
- Sytos PLUS Tape Backup software
- NovaBack DOS/NetWare Workstation Tape Backup software
- Nsure DOS/Netware Workstation Tape Backup software
- Network Archivist DOS/NetWare Workstation Tape Backup software
- Back-IT DOS/Windows Tape Backup software
- Pegasus JukeBox software
-
- Insite Peripherals Floptical disk drive
- IOMEGA OAD drivers for Bernoulli disk drives
-
- ANY OTHER ASPI COMPLIANT SOFTWARE/HARDWARE PACKAGE
-