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                            ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI 3.0

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Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.0

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The following information is available in this README file:

   1.  New Features

   2.  CD-ROM Drive Support

   3.  Tape Drive Support

   4.  Scanner Support

   5.  Floptical Support

   6.  SETUP Command Line Options

   7.  ASPIBUF.SYS

   8.  SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs

   9.  Troubleshooting/Limitations

   10. Adaptec Phone Numbers

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1.  New Features

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Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.0 features numerous enhancements including:

o  Easy to use Windows installation utility

o  Backup Basics by Arcada Software, a Conner Company (Windows SCSI tape

   backup software, DOS emergency restore)

o  Additional CD-ROM support (including LUN/jukebox support)

o  HP scanner support

o  1024 bytes/sector support added to ASPIDISK.SYS and AFDISK.EXE

o  Windows based SCSI tutorial

o  Windows on-line catalog of 3rd party companies

o  Windows on-line description of EZ-SCSI files

o  Music database feature added to our Windows CD Play utilities

o  Floptical support added to ASPIDISK.SYS

o  Volume serial ID support added to ASPIDISK.SYS for removable media

o  AHA-1520/1522/1520A/1522A configuration utility (Windows)

o  Wide SCSI support added to ASPIDISK.SYS and AFDISK.EXE (for users of

   the AHA-2740W/2742W)

o  Removable media lock/unlock/eject utility, RMVTOOL.EXE (DOS command

   line utility)

o  VASPID.386 has been rewritten to allow TimerCriticalSection=xxxx to be

   specified in your SYSTEM.INI

o  ASPIBUF.SYS added (see below)

The following Adaptec SCSI Host Adapters are fully supported:

ISA Bus

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o  Adaptec AVA-1505

o  Adaptec AVA-1515

o  Adaptec AHA-1510/1520/1522

o  Adaptec AHA-1510A/1520A/1522A

o  Adaptec AIC-6260 or AIC-6360 based SCSI host adapters

o  Adaptec AHA-1540B/1542B

o  Adaptec AHA-1540C/1542C

o  Adaptec AHA-1540CF/1542CF

Microchannel Bus

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o  Adaptec AHA-1640

EISA Bus

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o  Adaptec AHA-1740/1742/1744

o  Adaptec AHA-1740A/1742A

o  Adaptec AHA-2740/2742/2740T/2742T

o  Adaptec AHA-2740A/2742A/2740AT/2742AT

o  Adaptec AHA-2740W/2742W

o  Adaptec AIC-7770 based SCSI host adapters

VL Bus

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o  Adaptec AHA-2840VL/2842VL

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2.)  CD-ROM Drive Support

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The following drives have been tested by Adaptec with Adaptec 

EZ-SCSI 3.0.  All drives support both audio and data.  Photo CD is

supported where indicated:

                                Firm-   

Name            Model           ware    SCSI    Photo CD

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Compaq          CDU561-31       1.8I    2       multisession

                CDU6611-31      1.8B    2       multisession

Chinon        * CDS 431         H48     1       single-session

                CDS 435         M62     1       single-session

                CDS 535         Q08     2       multisession

Denon         * DRD 253         V       1       single-session

Hitachi         CDR 1750S       12      1       single-session

                CDR 3750        4       1       single-session

                CDR 6750        0005    2       multisession

                CDR 1950S       0005    2       multisession

LMS (Philips) * CM 214          .12     1       single-session

                CM 215          .13     2       multisession

NEC             CDR 38          1       2       multisession

             ** CDR 55JD        1       1       multisession

              * CDR 72          E       1       single-session

                CDR 73          1.2     1       single-session

              * CDR 74          1       1       single-session

                CDR 74          1.0a    1       single-session

                CDR 74-1        1       2       multisession

              * CDR 84          1       1       single-session

                CDR 84          1.0a    1       single-session

                CDR 84-1        1       2       multisession

             ** CDR 210         1.0     1       multisession

                CDR 210P        1.0     1       multisession

                MultiSpin 3X    1.0     2       multisession

                CDR 500         1.0     2       multisession

                CDR 510         1.0     2       multisession

Panasonic/      501 family      1.0B/C  1       single-session

Matsushita      CR 503          1.0A    2       multisession

                CR 532          2.0A    2       multisession

                CR 532          2.5A    2       single-session

                CR 533          1.1a    2       multisession

                LK-MC501S       1       1       single-session

Philips CDD-BK01 / IMS CCD-463  0.00    2       multisession

Pioneer     *** DRM 600         806     1       single-session

            *** DRM 604X        2403    2       multisession

Plextor/Texel   Shinaken 3021   1.04    1       single-session

                Shinaken 5021   1.04    1       single-session

                DM 5021         1.04    1       single-session

                DM 3024         1.10    2       multisession

                DM 5024         1.10    2       multisession

                DM 3028         3.00    2       multisession

                DM 5028         3.00    2       multisession

Sony            CDU 541-01      2.6A    1       single-session

                CDU 561         1.8K    2       multisession

                CDU 561-31      1.8i    2       multisession

                CDU 6211-10     2.6A    1       single-session

TEAC            CD 50           1       2       multisession

Toshiba         XM 3101BME      3232    1       no

                TXM 3201A1      3332    1       single-session

                XM 3301B        272     2       single-session

                XM 3401B        283     2       multisession  

                TM 3301E        2162    2       multisession

                TX 3401B        2       2       multisession

*    These drives do not directly support Photo CD.  However, by adding

     /XAEMUL to the ASPICD.SYS command line, in your CONFIG.SYS, we will

     emulate support for single-session Photo CD on these drives.

**   These drives do not support parity.  Please consult the troubleshooting 

     section of the users manual for information on using these drives.

***  These jukebox CD-ROM drives are fully supported.  A drive letter will

     be assigned for each CD.

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3.  Tape Drive Support

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The following SCSI tape drives are supported by Backup Basics.

SCSI-based 1/4 inch cartridge drives:

  -  Conner/Archive - All

  -  Wangtek - 250, 525, & 1 GByte

  -  Tandberg - 250, 525, 1 GByte, & 2 GByte

4 mm DAT drives:

  -  Conner/Archive

  -  Hewlett-Packard

  -  WangDAT

  -  Sony

  -  Exabyte

8 mm drives:

  -  Exabyte - 8200, 8200SX, 8500

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4.  Scanner Support

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Hewlett-Packard's driver for HP ScanJet II scanners is included with Adaptec

EZ-SCSI.  This driver is named SJIIX.SYS and is designed to function with

Adaptec's ASPI managers.

Installation of the driver is easy.  Simply run Adaptec EZ-SCSI.  Adaptec

EZ-SCSI automatically detects your HP scanner and installs SJIIX.SYS into

the appropriate section of your CONFIG.SYS file.  You can then install

HP's DESKSCAN software if it is not already installed.

SJIIX.SYS supports the following applications using TWAIN or the

application's scanning utility:

Aldus: PhotoStyler

Arkenstone: Arkenstone Reader II

Caere: FaxMaster, OmniPage Direct, OmniPage Professional, PageKeeper

Calera: TrueScan, WordScan, WordScan Plus

Corel: Corel Draw

Delrina: WinFax, WinFax Pro

Eclipse systems: Eclipse fax

ExperVision: TypeReader

Image-In: Image-In

Intel: Satisfaction

Light Source: Ofoto

Micrografx: Picture Publisher

Pixel Translations: Open Book

RIX Software: WinRix

Westbrook: File Magic

WordStar/ZSoft: Publisher's Paintbrush, PhotoFinish

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5.  Floptical Support

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ASPIDISK.SYS has been modified to support Insite and IOMega floptical

drives.  For those of you already familiar with ASPIDISK.SYS and AFDISK.EXE,

using floptical drives is a bit different.  Do NOT use AFDISK.EXE to

format media inserted in your floptical drive.  You can use SCSIFMT.EXE

to low-level format the media if necessary.  To do a DOS format of your

media, simply insert the media into the floptical drive and run the DOS

FORMAT utility (run EZ-SCSI first).

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6.  SETUP Command Line Options

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There are a couple of command line options that are available with the

Windows version of EZ-SCSI (SETUP.EXE):

Option:        noctl3d

Example:       c:\setup noctl3d

Description:   EZ-SCSI for Windows uses a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) called

               CTL3D.DLL that gives its dialog boxes the 3-D gray-box look.

               This command line options disables the loading of this DLL.

               Note that EZ-SCSI defaults to not loading this DLL if you are

               using Central Point's Desktop (e.g. PC Tools for Windows 1.0).

Option:        noscan

Example:       c:\setup noscan

Description:   By default, EZ-SCSI will automatically scan your hardware for

               SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices.  In the unlikely event

               that this fails, we've provided an override switch that

               instructs EZ-SCSI to NOT scan for hardware.  It will simply

               decompress the files on to your hard disk.  You would then

               need to manually edit your CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT.

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7.  ASPIBUF.SYS

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The ISA bus is limited to 24 bits of address.  2^24 = 16 MBytes.  What does

this mean?  It means that an ISA card that uses DMA cannot physically

access memory beyond 16 MBytes of RAM.  This is a limitation of the ISA

bus.

The 16 MByte issue is not a limitation with PCI cards, EISA cards, VL cards,

or PIO cards.  It is only an issue with an ISA card that uses DMA such as

the AHA-1540/1542.  ASPIBUF.SYS is an ASPI double-buffering driver that

you load immediately after ASPI4DOS.SYS (e.g. before ASPICD.SYS, ASPIDISK.SYS,

etc.).  It, along with ASPI4DOS.SYS, must both be loaded low before EMM386

(or QEMM, 386MAX, etc.).  It intercepts ASPI and INT 13h commands and double-

buffers both so that these data transfers occur within the first 16 MBytes

of RAM.  ASPIBUF.SYS is intelligent enough to not double-buffer if the

ASPI or INT 13h buffer is already within the first 16 MBytes of RAM.  It is

only designed to work with ASPIDISK.SYS, ASPICD.SYS, and INT 13h commands.

Other ASPI drivers and/or applications may or may not work.  ASPI FOR

WINDOWS APPLICATIONS (E.G. SHOWSCSI.EXE) WILL BE DISABLED ONCE THIS DRIVER

IS LOADED.

By default, ASPIBUF.SYS will allocate a 16K buffer for double-buffering.  You

can specify the size (2K-64K) by using the size= command line switch.  For

example:

device=c:\scsi\aspibuf.sys /size=8

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8.  SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs

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SMARTDRV 5.0 (in MS-DOS 6.2, Windows for Workgroups 3.11) now includes

caching for CD-ROM drives.  There is a problem with SMARTDRV in its support

for XA formatted Compact Discs.  If you experience "Not Ready" errors,

using SMARTDRV 5.0, add /E:2048 to your SMARTDRV command line.  For example:

C:\DOS\SMARTDRV /X /E:2048

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9.  Troubleshooting/Limitations

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o  EZ-SCSI for Windows (SETUP.EXE) will not load it's 3-D look DLL (CTL3D.DLL)

   if you are using Central Point PC Tools for Windows Desktop.  The

   installation will still proceed without any loss of functionality.

o  You should install Adaptec EZ-SCSI to a drive letter that exists at boot

   time.  This would NOT include RAM drives, network drives, removable

   drives, etc.

o  In the unlikely event that you encounter a timeout failure when EZ-SCSI

   for Windows scans the SCSI bus, you should run EZ-SCSI for DOS first.

   Let it modify your CONFIG.SYS to load the appropriate ASPI managers;

   reboot your system.  You should then be able to run EZ-SCSI for Windows.

o  If you have an AHA-2740W/2742W (Wide SCSI Host Adapter), the SCSI

   Interrogator for Windows (SHOWSCSI.EXE) will only show icons for SCSI

   IDs 0-7.  You will not see IDs 8-15.

o  The SCSI low-level format utility, SCSIFMT.EXE, will report half the

   media capacity if your media uses 1024 bytes/sector.  The entire media,

   however, will still be verified or formatted.

o  If you are using QEMM 7.0's DOSDATA.SYS driver, make sure that your

   ASPI manager is loaded after DOSDATA.SYS.

o  Backup Basics, by default, does not support backing up removable hard

   drives.  To enable this, you can modify the BEWINS.INI file in your

   WINDOWS' subdirectory.  In the [Backup Engine] section, add the line:

   Special Word = 0x02

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10.  Adaptec Phone Numbers

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Technical Support                               (800) 959-7274

M-Th: 6:00am to 5:00pm, F: 6:00am to 3:00pm

Pacific Standard Time

Bulletin Board Service (BBS)                    (408) 945-7727

24 hours a day (up to 14400 baud, using 8 bits,

1 stop bit, no parity)

Literature Hotline                              (800) 934-2766

M-F: 5:00am to 6:00PM Pacific Standard Time

Software Ordering (U.S.A. and Canada)           (800) 442-7274

M-F: 5:00am to 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time

International Software Ordering                 (818) 365-6264

M-F: 5:00am to 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time

Interactive Fax Service                         (408) 957-7150

24 hours a day