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From: kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Trantor adaptor
Date: 19 Dec 92 21:38:12 GMT
Organization: SPS ACAD BBS, (412) 487-3637

wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:

> I'd like to know whether the Trantor SCSI  adaptor (bundled with
> both NEC  CDR-74 and Texel DM-5024) is supported under OS/2 or
> the other systems. Thanx!
> 
> 
> Wen-Chun Ni, wcn@cs.brown.edu         (401) 863-7669
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  I do more after 2 a.m. than most people do all day.
> 			 - from a T-shirt given by a friend.

I use a T130B with OS/2 2.0 and a Texel 3021. It works fine.

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From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Archive Python DAT question (problem?)
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:46:25 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA

In <1993Jan3.201029.837@tware.com> bash@tware.com (Paul Bash) writes:
| I just bought one of these drives and have a question. It appears that
| unless a tape is inserted in the drive at boot time (on a 486-33 running
| MSDOS), the controller (an Adaptec 1542B) will not recognize that the
| unit exists. I verified this using Roy's SCSICNTL program and having it
| list the available devices. If a tape is in the drive at boot time, 
| SCSICNTL lists it as an available device. If no tape is in the drive,   
| SCSICNTL doesn't "see" it. 

Sounds like it doesn't report devices that report 'not ready'.
It would seem to be a bug with either scsicntl, or with your
host adapter board, or maybe you just need to run scsicntl
with some special setup or option.

| This is relatively easy to work around by just leaving a tape in the
| unit at all times. My questions are:
| 
| 1) Is this a normal characteristic of the Archive Python?

No, at least, not with any of the firmware versions (standard or
SGI special) that I have ever used in the drive.

| 2) If so, will this cause problems with excess head wear, etc? In
|    other words, doesn't the head spin on a helical scan device and
|    wouldn't constant contact with a tape cause premature wear on
|    the, most importantly, read/write head but also the tape?  

Well, the tape will be loaded every time the system is powered on
or there is a SCSI bus reset.  If that is frequent, it will wear
the tape and the drive out somewhat faster, but in normal use it
shouldn't matter.
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because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
From: Todd.Langel@f20.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Todd Langel)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: SCSI II
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 11:29:11 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/20 - Mercury Opus NEC360, St Petersburg FL

Can anyone explain the difference between the two SCSI controllers
listed below?

1: ALTEC-400 32-bit Local Bus Intelligent SCSI II Controller

2: ADAPTEC 1742 EISA/SCSI Master Kit

Is #1 still considered EISA?? since it says 32bit??

What is the difference between SCSI and SCSI II ?

Any Help would be appreciated!

Todd.

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From: kthompso@donald.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Ken Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: single-ended to differential SCSI converter
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:57:19 GMT
Organization: NCR Corporation Wichita, KS

dean@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Dean W Bettinger) writes:

)I need to hang a differential SCSI drive on my Adaptec 1542B controller.	I have other single-ended devices on the bus.

)Does anyone make a converter?

NCR's ADP 10 does it for you.
It can be had in a 6091 obx with power supply too. 

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Adaptec 1542C?
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:29:55 GMT

I've heard that Adaptec plans a new rev of the popular 1542, the 1542C,
in January '93.  Can anyone confirm this and possibly give specs as to
what's different?  Pricing?  

Thanks...

-- 
Dan Cogswell               Or as we say in Michigan:  "Dee-troit"


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From: calla@ecf.toronto.edu (CALLA DOMENICO A)
Subject: ASPI4DOS manual?
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: can
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:52:46 GMT

Anyone know where I can get a manual for the ASPI DOS drivers for the Adaptec
1542B card?
I downloaded these drivers from a local BBS but found no instructions,
just a terse readme file.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks
Dom
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.arch.storage
From: jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz)
Subject: pin-out for power-connector, vibrating drive
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:44:30 GMT

I have a Fujitsu M2624SA 520MB 3.5" drive I'm trying to install in a
Sparcstation... it came with a power-cable for a Mac, so I had to
hack my own.  The connector on both sides is the standard 4-sleeve
flat type... I had another one and just wired them together so that
the same sleeves (right word? opposite of pin) were connected together.
Then I hooked it up and started powered up the computer.  The drive
started up, but was vibrating like hell... I turned the power off
again, because I was worried that it would damage itself if it started
seeking over the disk.  Could it be that I switched the 12V and 5V
connections?  I took the voltage coming from the computer, and the
way I have it now is like this...

                                                      5V  12V
                                                      + - - +
    ||           SCSI connector                    ||         ||
    ||_____________________________________________||_|_|_|_|_||
    |                                                          |
    |                      drive                               |                   

Could someone tell me whether this is right, please?  Any other ideas
as to what might cause the drive to be vibrating so much?

--
Jurgen Botz, jbotz@mholyoke.edu
From: cherberg@gmuvax.gmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Exabyte EXB-8200 Info Requested
Date: 31 Dec 92 14:51:10 -0500
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

I recently got a used Exabyte EXB-8200 with only 3 pages of 
documentation.  Fortunately, I was able to get the drive up
and running.  However, I would like to have more documentation
on this beast.  I logged into their BBS a few times, but the
line noise was so bad that I was unable to successfully 
download any files.  Does anyone know of an FTP site where
Exabyte documentation may be found?  Or does anyone have an
electronic (or paper) copy of the EXB-8200 manual that could
be [e-] mailed to me.  If need be, I would be willing to buy
a copy of this manual from a willing seller.  Can anyone
out there in SCSI-Land help me out?

By the way, I understand that Exabyte sells MXProm upgrades
for $125.00, but provides CFT (Certified Field Tested) code
on their BBS for anyone wishing to burn their own.  Fortunately,
my MXProm version is 2600 (2618 is their latest Production
version).  I believe that anyone with an MXProm version earlier
than 251x needs an upgrade to use Sytos Plus.

Thanks and have a Happy New Year.
  
- Craig

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 Voice: (703) 993-3431   Fax: (703) 993-3403  Bitnet:   cherberg@gmuvax  
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From: goyal@cs.scarolina.edu (Sanjay Goyal)
Subject: Adaptec 1542B and Diamond 24X problems help !!
Summary: Having problems with Speedstat 24X on ah1542B system
Keywords: 24X
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Distribution: comp
Date:  4 Jan 93 03:26:56 GMT

I just purchased a Diamond Speedstar 24X to be used on
a 386/33 (w/ 8MB RAM) with Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller card:

AMI BIOS Settings: 0 wait state and Shadow RAM enabled.
Video BIOS: 8 bit BIOS, IRQ2 enabled.

Problem:
When I attempt to run WINDOWS 3.1 using Speedstar 24X video
driver for 800x600 in 32K colors, the system behaves strangely,
Under this mode, sometimes windows never comes up .. it just
quits saying "Error loading GDI.EXE".
On other occasions (under same mode), the program manager
comes up, but it  displays error when attempting to
display the group ... "The Group xxx.grp file is corrupted
do you want to recreate it ?" ... and when I say NO ... the
prgram manager does finally come up, but with the groups
missing. Moreover some of the icons change from color to
black and white.

If I change to 800x600 at 256 colors it again gives me
some of the above problems (but it never quits windows
like it did above).

Under 800x600 16 color mode  ... it all works fine.

Tech Support was dumbfounded ... and not very helpful

Oh yes ! and I did try to bring up windows using
640x480 (16.7 Million colors) and it displays the message
"EXTREMELY LOW IN MEMORY" !!!

This is very frustating to say the least ... since I
bought this card to take advantage of the billions
and billions of colors it promised.

Any help would be appreciated, so I don't have
to return it.

Thanks in advance 

An e-mail would be greatly appreciated.

Max

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From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: GNU dd and compress for dos
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:43:31 GMT

Has someone ported GNU dd to work with Adaptec's ASPI drivers under MSDOS? I
already have the MS-DOS/ASPI version of GNU tar which works just fine (I am able
to read SunOS tapes on my PC).

I have the MKS toolkit which has compress, but it does only 14-bit compression and
not the 16-bit compression that UNIX has. Is there a public domain version (e.g.
GNU) of compress that works on MS-DOS?

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Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: goyal@cs.scarolina.edu (Sanjay Goyal)
Subject: Is there any SCSI backup program in Pub Domain ?
Summary: Is there a SCSI Tape Backup program in Public Domain ?
Keywords: SCSI
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Distribution: comp
Date: 23 Dec 92 04:10:13 GMT

I have a WangDAT 6130HS and would like to get my hands on a
backup software available in public domain.

Appreciate any help  ...

Max       


Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Backup Software Found!!!!
Keywords: SCSI TAPE BACKUP
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:22:56 GMT

I would really like to know how to include hidden files with GNUtar for
DOS.

I have not been able to get the X option working right. I need this to
exclude some *huge* files that I don't want backed up.

Any know the answers?


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From: jack@admin.mport.COM (Jack Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Two computers can access same SCSI bus?
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:56:23 GMT
Organization: Microport Inc., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 US of A

ohumukin@spectra.com (Kawika Ohumukini) writes:

>I run a computer business and wanted to know if it is possible
>for two '384's to access the same SCSI disks (4 * 1.2GB)?
if you mean 386, yes. besure to read up on reserve/release unit 
as well as save/restore data ptrs.

jack...
=============================================================================
 Jack Craig  Microport         SVR4 408-438-UNIX   uunet!mport.com!jack
             Software Horizons SVR3 408-684-1375   uunet!sco.com!blznrzn!jack
=============================================================================
From: jack@admin.mport.COM (Jack Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1740 programming info requested
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:54:51 GMT
Organization: Microport Inc., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 US of A

db@seachg.uucp (David Bell) writes:

>I need to write a driver to talk to an Adaptec 1740 card operating in
>enhanced mode. I have already written a driver for the 1540 card that works

i recommend getting the 1740 tech doc from adaptec. their literature
dept can be traced from 408-945-8600.

if you have questions After reading the manual, let me know.
i wrote the enhanced mode driver for mport.

jack...
=============================================================================
 Jack Craig  Microport         SVR4 408-438-UNIX   uunet!mport.com!jack
             Software Horizons SVR3 408-684-1375   uunet!sco.com!blznrzn!jack
=============================================================================
From: korenek@ferranti.com (gary korenek)
Subject: ISA (AHA 1542), EISA (AHA 174x), and ISC UNIX 2.0.2
Reply-To: korenek@ferranti.com (Gary Korenek)
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:37:47 GMT

I have an older ISC UNIX (2.0.2).  I have no hardware (yet) to
run it on.  I plan to go 'Adaptec' SCSI for the hard disk(s).

I first considered ISA bus hardware, since I am clear ISC 2.0.2
will run on it.  I would use Adaptec 1542b ISA SCSI host adapter.

I am now considering EISA bus hardware.  I would use Adaptec 1740
(1742?) EISA SCSI host adapter.

1.  Will ISC 2.0.2 run with AHA 1740/1742?  I have dialed in to
    Adaptec BBS.  The BBS says 1740/1742 has 'embedded support'
    for ISC 3.0, but my ISC is 2.0.2 (ISC 2.0.2 will support the
    1542b, ISA). 

2.  The AHA 1740/1742 has '1542 compatibility mode'?  Does this 
    mean since ISC 2.0.2 will support the 1542b (ISA), that 2.0.2
    will work with 1740/1742 (EISA) if the 1740/1742 is run in
    1542 compatibility mode?

3.  Assuming #2 (above) is true, are EISA bus throughput gains
    apparent (over ISA bus) with respect to disk data transfers?

4.  I will be running ISC 2.0.2 UNIX 'single user' (although it is
    multiuser license).  Will going EISA still provide noticeable
    improvement (over ISA) in terms of disk data transfers?  Is
    EISA worth the added costs over ISA (EISA motherboard + EISA
    SCSI disk controller)?

I want to make a smart hardware purchase 'the first time'.  Any
insights/help with these EISA/ISA SCSI questions is most appreciated.

-- 
Gary Korenek   (korenek@ferranti.com)
Ferranti International Controls Corp.
Sugar Land, Texas       (713)274-5357
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: luckey@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Jon Luckey)
Subject: Re: SCSI HD's
Organization: We don't need no stinkin' batches!
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:25:04 GMT

oneil@worf.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov (Don O'Neil) writes:

>Could anybody tell me the best place to buy used SCSI Hard drives? I read an
>ad in Nuts & Volts during the summer that had 20 Meggers for $65, I beleive    
>they were in Arizona, maybe Phoenix. I've lost the ad and would like to find
>comparable prices. Can anyone help me?

Try Hi-TECH, whose ad can be found in every issue of Computer Shopper.
Page 380 in the current issue.

They specialize in refurbished and obsolete drives.

Their phone is 805-966-5454

PS: your name given as "oneil@worf.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov" is
really confusing to automatic email replies

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: jerryf@truevision.com (Jerry Fath)
Subject: CAM, ASPI specs
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:26:17 GMT
Organization: Truevision Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Keywords: CAM ASPI

I know this has been asked and answered many times, but....

Where can I get the CAM and ASPI specs?  A FTP site would be great.

Thanks.

=======================================================================

Jerry Fath
From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Need Encyclopedia CD
Date: 24 Dec 92 00:47:01 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]


Just upgraded from a Sony CDRom to the Pioneer DRM604x. My old
encyclopedia ( the Software Toolbooks ) refuses to run on a CD with
multiple drives. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good encyclopedia
that will work on systems with multiple CDs?
Thanx - David
Xref: sparky comp.periphs.scsi:6264 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:34369
From: edward@lerami.lerctr.org (Edward L. Wilson III)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: SCSI Tape Backups
Date: 29 Dec 92 08:01:24 GMT
Organization: Larry Rosenman's personal SVR4 Box


lots of talk about QIC 6250 tape prices deleted...

Learning how to shop helps a lot.  Jim P. at caleb.UUCP says that the
lowest prices he's seen are US$ 26.95.  Not 10 miles away, I found
DC-6250 tapes (brand 3M, new) for US$18.00 earlier this month.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: Cheapest Source for Adaptec 1542b SCSI controller ???
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:10:09 GMT

I suggest you take a look in Computer Shopper. Beware that when a
company advertises a low price, they may charge a high shipping and
handling fee. This may eliminate any savings over another company for
the same product.
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Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect the
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: goyal@cs.scarolina.edu (Sanjay Goyal)
Subject: WANTED : ADAPTEC TAPE DRIVER KIT
Summary: WANTED: An Adaptec Tape Driver Kit for 1542B
Keywords: ADAPTEC
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Distribution: comp
Date: 19 Dec 92 03:50:35 GMT

Wanted an Adaptec or anyother tape driver to access 
a WangDAT 6130HS tape drive.

Call (803)-781-5432 or fax at same number

Or send e-mail
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: strike@steam.rome.ny.us (Strikemaster)
Subject: Re: Cheapest Source for Adaptec 1542b SCSI controller ???
Organization: Iron Horse InfoSys
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 16:05:11 GMT

sja@world.std.com (Stuart J Adams) writes:

>Where is the cheapest place to buy a Adaptec 1542b+ controller kit ?
>(the 1542b with Corel SCSI software).

Try Computability, 1-800-558-0003.  Bus Master Plus kit, including the
Corel drivers, runs $309.

>Thanks,
>Stuart Adams
>sja@world.std.com
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From: pekkav@mits.mdata.fi (Pekka Vienola)
Subject: A1200 Monitors
Organization: MITS, Helsinki, Finland
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:43:54 GMT


Does anybody have a list of monitors which will work well with A1200?
From: al@socrates.ucsf.edu (Al Conde%CGL)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: SCSI reference book
Date: 23 Dec 92 23:13:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

Does anyone know of a good reference
book which compares (or at least gives
a comprehensive outline) on the various
SCSI interfaces?  Thanks in advance....

--al
From: landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Seagate's Technical Support Numbers (again)
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 13:26:48 GMT
Organization: SUGS

Here are the numbers for Seagate's Technical Support.

SeaBOARD - Bulletin Board System available 24 hours.  Use 8 data
           bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8-N-1).

   USA/Canada  408-438-8771    9600 baud*

   England     44-62-847-8011  9600 baud*

   Germany     49-89-140-9331  2400 baud*

   Singapore   65-292-6973     9600 baud*

   Australia   61-2-756-2359   9600 baud*

   * - Maximum baud rate supported.

SeaFAX 408-438-2620

   Use a touch-tone phone to have information returned to you via
   FAX.  Available 24 hours.

Technical Support Fax 408-438-8137

   FAX your questions or comments 24 hours.  Responses are sent
   between 8:00AM and 5:00PM PST Monday through Friday.

SeaFONE 408-438-8222

   Provides recorded information 24 hours or talk to a technical
   specialist between 8:00AM to 5:00PM PST Monday through Friday.

SeaTDD 408-438-5382

   Using a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, you can send
   questions or comments 24 hours or have a dialog with a
   technical support specialist between 8:00AM and 5:00PM PST
   Monday through Friday.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: CAM, ASPI specs
Keywords: CAM ASPI
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:11:14 GMT

You can get the ASPI specs from Adaptec's Bulletin Board (408)945-7727.
I don't know where you can get the CAM stuff, though.

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: briggs@aix1.uottawa.ca (Richard Briggs 526555, Ugrad, h7226300 w7288200)
Subject: Conflict between AHA-1542B and Tricom ET4000-based SVGA card
Originator: briggs@aix1.uottawa.ca
Organization: University of Ottawa Computer Centre
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:45:12 GMT

	I've sucessfully used both the AHA-1542B and the Tricom MEGA1024
ET4000-based SVGA card separately in my '486 but when I bring them together
I can't get past the scsi card initialization.

	I have checked:
		-all combinations of video card jumpers
		-almost all combinations of SCSI card jumpers
		-slowing the AT bus speed to 4MHz

	I have the same problems under DOS 5.0, SCO UNIX, Linux .98

	Any help would be apperciated, please send responses to:

		briggs@aix1.uottawa.ca



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From: mhk@cactus.org (M. H. Khan)
Subject: Degaussing Hard Disks?
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:25:03 GMT

Can a degausser be used on a hard drive? Is it effective?
Too effective? That is, would it render the drive unusable.

Would it interfere with the ability of a SCSI drive to do a
low-level format?

Any other ways to achieve the same end without largely destroying
the value of the hardware?

Motivation:

One may have a drive to be disposed of but no longer a (convenient)
way to hook it up to a system to erase data or format it.  Another
situation is where the drive has gone bad (maybe just the electronics)
and the dealer will swap it for another.  Your drive may get sold as
a refurbished drive or "as is" for a hacker to repair and enjoy.
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