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From: davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: RODIME Help needed!!!!!!
Date: 18 Dec 92 09:57:30 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

In article <Dec.16.21.26.20.1992.22134@pilot.njin.net> hardgrov@pilot.njin.net (Roy Hardgrove) writes:
>
>I am in desparate need of some info about RODIME
>hard drives.  More specifically, I have recently
>purchased the Rodime 3259T, which is a 210MB
>SCSI drive.  Whan I posted an inquiry about an
>Always Technology adapter, someone sent me a mail
>with horror stories about RODIME drives:  he called
>them "Rodents".  I have only had the drive for two-
>weeks, and the rep assured me that a return for
>another drive would be possible, but this drive was
>such a great buy.  I would like to keep it, however if
>there is a high probability of failure I will trade it in for
>the Maxtor.  Someone please respond, and help me
>find the best resolution for this "apparent" dilema.

Well I have the 110MB version of this drive and have had it for a couple
of years.  I have only had one slight problem with the drive and that
was after I left it sitting idle for 6 months - it stuck - but a little
tap on the drive cured that. 

Davei
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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP (Roy Neese)
Subject: Re: micropolis 1588
Organization: Adaptec Inc., Texas
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:01:23 GMT

In article <92346.065339EMUELLER@ESOC.BITNET> EMUELLER@ESOC.BITNET writes:
>I am currently trying to atach a micropolis 1588 to an ISA machine via an
>ADAPTEC 1542B. So far the low level format seems to work but the verify
>returns errors 311 and 314. I have yet to find the interpretation of this code.

Sense key 3	- Medium Error

Error code 11	- Unrecovered Read Error
Error code 14	- Recorded Entity not Found

Not good.

>Partitioning attempts returns that there is no space to create a partition
>but info displays 639MB free? Another question is where is the missing part up
>to 740MB printed on the drives label?

The "missing" part is used to store bad sectors and is not user
accessable.  You can alter the configuration of the sparing, if the
device will allow it, using SCSICNTL.EXE.  You might want to get a hold
of SCSICODE.EXE as well to get the english messages from the sense
key/error code.  The Adaptec BIOS reports errors like the one above in 2
bytes rammed together.
---

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior UNIX/SCSI Software Engineer
			UUCP:	convex!egsner!adaptex!neese
			Inet:	neese%adaptex@cirr.com
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From: rkoo1@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Raymond Koo)
Subject: Choice for SCSI host.
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 06:39:23 GMT

Hi all. I currently have a DTC3280 SCSI host in my machine, but due to it's
lack of compatibility with the Adaptec 1542B, Linux cannot recognise it.
Hence, I'll be looking to purchase a new SCSI host.
I am looking for a good SCSI-2 host but I have heard of only the AHA1542B
and Ultrastor. I would like to know which is the better card to get. I don't
know what the different models offer which is why I'm at a loss.

Can someone, anyone please please help me?! I really want to get a card soon.
Any replies greatly appreciated!!

-Raymond Koo
3rd yr. CS - U(Waterloo), Ont.
From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: RODIME Help needed!!!!!!
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:00:28 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company

ievalts@IASTATE.EDU (John O Ievalts) writes:

>In article <Dec.16.21.26.20.1992.22134@pilot.njin.net> hardgrov@pilot.njin.net
>(Roy Hardgrove) writes:
>>>
>>>I am in desparate need of some info about RODIME
>>>hard drives.  More specifically, I have recently
...
>>>there is a high probability of failure I will trade it in for
>>>the Maxtor.  Someone please respond, and help me

>>Well I have the 110MB version of this drive and have had it for a couple
>>of years.  I have only had one slight problem with the drive and that

>I've had LOTS of bad experiences with Rodime "Roadkill" Drives. Apollo
>used to ship them in their DN2500 Series Unix boxes.  I've gone through
>about 6 of the 3259T's in a 2 year period.  They have them engineered right on 

Diff'rent strokes.  I've got about 30 of them running right now in our
proprietary *NIX 680x0 boxes in the software development labs.  I
believe they're the same model you have - they're ~210Mb Rodime SCSI
3.5" winchester disks, anyhow.  Most of them have been running
coutinuously (aside from power failures) for about 3 years.  I think
I've had one failure.  We also have a lot of them installed in
customer sites (banks), with no service problems I'm aware of.

There WAS a certain build-level of the ~170Mb drive with which we had
lots of problems, but we phased them out.

I have one of the ~210Mb units in my home system, running MS-DOG and
386BSD with an Adaptec 1542b, also no problems.  I just checked, it's
a RO3259T alright.  I guess you pays your money and takes your chances...
--
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 Olivetti North America/Spokane,WA | work hard to do worse than Bush in terms
 Phone: +1 509 927-5439            | of economic policy.  The bad news is that
 Mail: carlp@mail.spk.olivetti.com | he will probably manage to do so"-Ed Ipser
From: James.Meyer@f1.n3641.z1.fidonet.org (James Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Qic-02 Format Tape Drives
Date: 12 Dec 92 01:57:00 GMT


        I have managed to acquire a Maynard Maynstream 20 tape drive.
It's the one that uses tape cassettes that closely resemble audio
cassettes.  I believe it was manufactured around 1986.  The drive is
a Teac MT-2ST/20D-12-U.  I believe that Maynard simply put their name
on the front panel.

        I have also been lucky enough to find a QIC-02 controler card
that was part of a Genoa System tape drive setup.  Comparing the
output connector on the card with the input connector on the drive,
leads me to believe that they just *might* be compatable.

        The controler card was removed from an IBM AT clone.  It is
only an 8-bit card though.

        I now only lack some sort of software (drivers?) to begin to
experiment with this combination.  Can anyone tell me if this might
be a workable solution to my need for some sort of backup capability
for my XT clone?  If it *is* potentially workable, can someone direct
me to a source for some suitable software?

        I also have some Digital Equiptment Corp. (DEC) cassettes,
1.0 mil certified digital, that actually fit the drive.  Is it
possible that I'm lucky enough to have a collection of second-hand
junk that will really play together?

        I noticed that the address for DEC is Maynard Mass.  The tape
drive was sold by Maynard Electronics.  Is that a coincidence?  Or
what?

        Jim "the junk man" Meyer

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From: mberhan@cup.portal.com (Mike D Berhan)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Cd-Rom drivers for 1522
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 09:26:07 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

dmeltzer@erc.cat.syr.edu writes:

>I have an Adaptec 1522, and want to add to my computer a Toshiba internal
>SCSI cd-rom drive. My question is what drivers do I need for this, where
>do I get them, and how much do they cost? Also, if anyone has them lying
>around without use, I wouldn't mind saving some money and buying them from
>you.
>David Meltzer
>dmeltzer@erc.cat.syr.edu

Did you purchase the kitted AHA-1522?  If so then you have ASW-1210 and the
cheapest way to get a CD-ROM driver for your Toshiba is to upgrade to
Adaptec EZ-SCSI (unless someone  you something else).  Two other options
that I'm aware of are CorelSCSI and Trantor's CD-ROM driver.  CorelSCSI goes
for about $79, not sure about Trantor's (you'd also need Adaptec's
ASW-1210 ASPI2DOS.SYS driver which I assume you have).  Here's how you
upgrade to EZ-SCSI:

1.  Send your original software diskette or manual front cover,
2.  Along with a check for $29.00
3.  Mail to:

         Adaptec
         c/o Software Product Marketing
         691 S. Milpitas Blvd.
         Milpitas, CA  95035

In case you or others are wondering, EZ-SCSI comes with the latest ASPI
managers for all of Adaptec's SCSI host adapters, the latest ASPI disk and
MO driver, disk partitioning utility, a CD-ROM driver, a CD audio play
utility, a SCSI low-level format utility, a Windows SCSI utility which
does things like let you read the defect list of your SCSI drive, lock
and unlock removable media devices, view device information, etc., and
ASPI for Windows.  Good luck.

Mike Berhan
mberhan@cup.portal.com
From: tener@cs.widener.edu (Stuart Tener)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: ESIX 4.0.4 on > 1GB disk
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:16:42 GMT
Organization: Widener University CS Department, Chester PA
NNTP-Posting-Host: pebbles.cs.widener.edu

In article <sfBG5R30BwwwFjazVa@transarc.com> Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com writes:
>
>
>Setup:
>
>EISA 486DX50 with 16 MB, AMI BIOS dated 12/12/91
>Adaptec 1542B (BIOS V3.10) (resistor pack removed)
>Internal SCSI HDD Toshiba MK-538FB (1.2 GB formatted, 1172 cyl), ID 0
>Internal SCSI Tape Drive Wangtek 5150ES (resistor pack installed), ID 2
>External SCSI CD-ROM Drive Toshiba TXM-3301B (resistor pack installed), ID 4
>ATI Graphics Ultra with the InPort Mouse
>2 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game Ports
>
>I had previously ESIX 4.0.4 installed on 2 IDE hard disks, and it worked fine.
>I've replaced the second IDE HD with a 1.2 GB SCSI HD, and although DOS 5.0 and
>OS/2 2.0 would work fine with both disks (except Windows 3.1 when installed on
>the SCSI HD), ESIX wouldn't recognize the SCSI HD.
>
>So, I gave up using the IDE HD, and removed the IDE/floppy adapter from the
>system. With only the SCSI HD in the system, DOS and OS/2 would work fine,
>but ESIX wouldn't install.
>
>I have formatted the disk from within ESIX, during installation, and I have
>also verified the disk (BTW, I was told that the verify would take "no more
>than 392 minutes" for a 574 MB partition; it took about 5 minutes).
>
>Problem #1. I couldn't create a DOS partition larger than 32 MB from within
>            ESIX.

^ No matter what unix/xenix or other operating system you are using, it
is always better to create dos partitions with dos rather than ESIX. I
have a split UNIX/DOS SCSI HD, and I created UNIX partitions with UNIX
leaving space unpartitioned. Then I booted dos and created the dos
stuff.

>
>I had to exit, and boot DOS from floppy; I created a 234 MB primary partition,
>and a 352 MB extended (which became later an OS/2 HPFS partition).
>
>I rebooted ESIX, created a 574 MB UNIX partition, and at the end of the
>allocation, after "Is this allocation acceptable to you (y/n)? y", I've got
>the following messages:
>
>Warning: SD01: Incorrect partition 0, Err: 6dd0b005

^ Unless I am mistaken, I beleive that ESIX must be the first partition
on the hard drive. This may not be mandatory for DOS or OS/2, but I
believe ESIX must see itself as being the first available partition
allocation.

>
>Filesystems will now be created on the needed slices.
>Creating the / filesystem on /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1
>
>Warning: SD01: Incorrect partition 0, Err: 6dd0b005
>Warning: SD01: Incorrect partition 0, Err: 6dd0b005
>
>Disksetup: Unable to create filesystem on /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1
>Disksetup: Bad File Number
>Cannont create/mount the / file system.
>Please contact your services representative for further assistance.
>
>Problem #2. Does this mean that ESIX cannot be installed on a disk larger than
>            1 GB?
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Lucian
From: Bruce.Weinel@p1.f456.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Bruce Weinel)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: hard drive track 0 bad
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:22:48

John-David Childs (jdc@selway.umt.edu) was heard in "The Pit" saying to All

  JC> Recently a hard drive on a 316SX Decstation has died.  Apparently,
  JC> track 0 (the master boot record) is inaccessable.  I've tried the
  JC> usual utilities (NDD, Diskfix, Calibrate) to no avail.  It is a 50 meg
  JC> SCSI.  I don't have the cylinder/track/head info handy.  Does anyone
  JC> have any ideas how to get the data back from this drive?  Can I FDISK
  JC> the drive telling DOS not to use that first track (yes, I know it will
  JC> erase the data ;-) or does the partition table HAVE to be in Track 0,
  JC> Head 0, sector 1? Thanks, John-David Childs

If "inaccessible" turns out to mean "defective" then you have been bitten by
the critical track flaw. For both diskettes and hard disks the zeroth track
cannot be alternated (replaced), unless the drive does it by itself (and
that's
obviously not the case here or you wouldn't know you have a problem). Sorry,
but that drive is no longer usable under DOS (or most other systems).

Consider recycling it as a high-tech paper weight or paperback bookend.

 * Origin: Howls from "The Pit" BBS (03) 321-3295 (3:632/456.1@fidonet)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: shawr@netcom.com (rich shaw)
Subject: Need comments on seagate 1480 420M SCSI drive
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 16:56:47 GMT

Hi,
	I need some comments on seagate 1480 420M scsi drive. Is it a good
and reliable drive when compare to others like maxtor , fujitsu?
Thanks for any help.

-- rich

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: hand@spc9.jpl.nasa.gov (Kolin Hand)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1540B Pricing
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 21:35:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.142712.11715@ups.com> kevinc@ups.com (Kevin C. Castner) writes:
>	These are good cards, even though they don't have floppy controllers.
>They are however SCSI-1 and will not work with some of the newer, more
>exotic SCSI devices.  Normal hard drives (under 1024 tracks), should work
>fine as well as most tapes and CD-ROM's, but I'm unsure it will work if you
>to try to hook up 8mm tape drives, and RAID boxes.
>

Hmm.  I thought that the only difference between the 1540B and the 1542B was
the Floppy Controller...  The silk screening on the circuit board says
1540/42B with the 1540B having a big open spot where the FD controller would
go for the 1542.  Are there other differences?


>	If you can't get the doc's from them, drop me a note and I'll send
>you a photocopy of the manual for jumper settings etc.

Much appreciated.  However, I pulled a copy of the jumper settings for the
card awhile back ago from the net.  I must decline your offer.  Again though,
thanks.


Kolin
+===========================================================================+
+  "Guilt Trip:  The nuclear weapon of relationships."  -- K. Hand          +
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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From: scollins@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Steven Collins)
Subject: SCSI analyzer wanted
Organization: U S WEST Information Technologies
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:14:46 GMT

I'm looking for a used and inexpensive SCSI analyzer,
or any info. on logic analyzers that specifically
have SCSI support.  I'm also in the market for a
200-400Mhz  logic analyzer.

Thanks for the information!
-Steve

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||  1475 Lawrence Ave #500 ||                                     ||
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From: splee@pd.org (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Does a SCSI to IDE converter exists?
Date: 14 Dec 1992 04:41:23 GMT
Organization: Public Domain Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: noel.pd.org
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

David Feustel (feustel@netcom.com) wrote:
> splee@pd.org (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy) writes:
> 
> 
> >Subject says it all. I know there are SCSI to MFM, and SCSI to ESDI
> >converters, but what about SCSI to IDE?
> 
> There are several SCSI controllers available that emulate the IDE
> interface by default, shifting into true SCSI command set processing
> only after a special driver has been loaded. Mylex, Ultrastore and AMI
> controllers come immediately to mind.

If I understand you correctly, you are talking about SCSI adapters than
can understand IDE commands? I was looking for a board that attaches to
an EXISTING SCSI adapter with attached SCSI devices. This board would allow
you to attach an IDE drive to the SCSI adapter, and have it appear
like a SCSI drive to the adapter

--
Seng-Poh Lee    <splee@pd.org>
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From: jjg@pt.com (John Grana)
Subject: Re: Forced Perfect Termination ?
Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:45:38 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.193616.5071@equalizer.cray.com> drog@cray.com (Dan Drogichen) writes:
>Could someone please send me a pointer to an ftp-able description
>of the termination scheme I _think_ is called 'Forced Perfect
>Termination'. I recollect it originated at IBM a couple of years ago.
>

Try Aeronics in Tx. I dont have the phone number here, if you want call
my work phone - 716 256-0200 (I'm home right now..) and I will dig it up.
Also, check some recent EE Times since they have been advertising full page
recently. They have a pretty good overview as well as theory of operation.

FPT seems to be working pretty good. Expect it in SCSI-3.



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From: stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Problem writing on Mountain tape drive (MSDOS), reading under UNIX.
Date: 12 Dec 1992 04:58:04 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: haas.berkeley.edu

I am about to receive a large amount of data stored on a 2.3 Gb tape 
written in a Mountain 2100 tape drive, on an MSDOS system using the 
Mountain "FileSafe" backup software. I believe the data will be
stored as a straight ASCII file.

I have access to an identical drive, but it's attached to a UNIX box. I
want to be able to read and process the data using the UNIX based computer.
However, according to Mountain, I won't be able to do so, as the file
headers are incompatible, so the UNIX system will be unable to read
the tape if it was written on an MSDOS system.

This seems like a pain. Can anyone confirm the impossibility of what I
want to do, or (far preferable) suggest a solution that doesn't involve
removing the drive from the UNIX box (shutting it down in the process),
and attaching to a DOS box.

Thanks for any suggestions. I really want to be able to use the data.

Richard Stanton


Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: jeff@anthro.utah.edu (Jeff Thomas)
Subject: Re: Which Controller Card - New User
Keywords: SCSI, adaptor, disk drive
Organization: University of Utah, Dept. of Radiology
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 03:13:05 GMT

baron@madmax.hrl.hac.com (Bob Baron) writes:

> My old ESDI drive has died, and I will be upgrading to a larger SCSI disk
> drive. The drives I am considering are the Fujitsu 2624 and the Toshiba
> MK438FB. Both have 5 year warranties (important to me) and are fast. The
> Toshiba at $1.2/MB is very attractive. Anybody have any thoughts on a
> choice? My system is a 386/33 ISA bus and will have CD-ROM, a Syquest 88,
> and a PAS16 sound board. The controllers I am considering are the Adaptec
> 1542 and 1522, and the Ultrastore 14F. Any advice on choosing between these
> boards would be appreciated. I am running DOS/Windows now, but plan to move
> to either (or both??) OS/2 or WinNT. Along with the choice of board is the
> question of software. Is the Adaptec Plus package worth getting? Is it
> better to get the 14FK with the extra drivers I will need, or get the 14F
> and purchase the Corel drivers by themselves?
> 
> Please reply by E-mail as I will be on vacation thru New Years and will not
> be able to access this group until I get back.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.... Bob Baron	baron@madmax.hrl.hac.com


Could you all also post your reponses? I need the answers to some of the
same questions.




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From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
Subject: Adaptec 1542B and Windows
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:00:26 GMT


Well, another problem has surfaced since installing a new SCSI drive.
Summary is I have an Adaptec 1542B and a DAT drive with not problem.
Yesterday I added a Tosh MK538FB drive to the system. Windows will not
run except in VGA mode ( I am using an ATI Ultra Pro - even the 8514
driver does not work ). Normally i use qemm, however even if I strip to
a simple config.sys and use himem.sys as the only memory manager,
windows still crashes immediately on loading. I have tried so far:
EMMExclude in system.ini = A000-DFFF ( the Ultra uses C000-C7ff and the
Adaptec is using DC00 ), SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER in config.sys, I
also load aspi4dos.sys as the first device in config.sys ( I have tried
both with and without the /v option. Also tried a fresh install of
windows to a new directory. Any other ideas? Thanx - David