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Adaptec EZ-SCSI 4.01 Compatibility

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Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 4.01
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The following information is available in this README file:

o OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
o SCSI MINIPORTS (Windows 95/NT Host Adapter Drivers)
o HARD DISK SUPPORT
o REMOVABLE MEDIA SUPPORT
o CD-ROM SUPPORT
o TAPE DRIVE SUPPORT
o CD RECORDABLE SUPPORT
o SCSI SCANNER SUPPORT
o WINDOWS 95/NT GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
o DOS / WINDOWS 3.1/3.11 ADAPTER SUPPORT
o 32-BIT SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS 3.1/3.11
o DOS ASPI MANAGERS
o WINDOWS 3.1x/DOS GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
o ACAP
o CONTACTING ADAPTEC

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OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
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If you are a Windows 95 or Windows NT user, the following applications
will be installed to your system.

SCSI Explorer
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This application gives you three powerful functions:

o SCSI Power Management
o SCSI Interrogator
o SCSI Cache Management

Adaptec Backup (Windows 95 only)
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This backup application allows you to backup your system to a hard drive,
removable drive, or a SCSI tape drive. A list of supported SCSI tape
drives is listed later in this README.

NOTE: Adaptec Backup is only shipped with the full version of Adaptec
EZ-SCSI. This does not include the 'L' license version (e.g.
4.00L).

Audio CD Player
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This innovative Audio CD Player gives you four different modes to listen
to CDs:

o Jukebox CD-Player (optimized for 256 colors)
o Standard CD-Player
o Mini CD-Player
o Micro CD-Player (requires Windows 95 Desktop)

In addition to supporting its own audio database, the Adaptec CD Player
automatically supports the Microsoft CD Player database. If you have
already typed in your music database, there is no need to re-enter it
twice.

Photo CD Viewer
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Convert your favorite photos to the Photo CD format to view and edit
them on your PC. Use this application to view the 80+ professional
quality Photo CD images included with Adaptec EZ-SCSI (CD-ROM version
only).

CD Copier
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Do you use a CD Recordable drive to distribute custom CDs? Do you ever
find the need to make a quick, and easy, duplicate of your CD? If the
answer is yes, then the Adaptec CD Copier is for you. Simply place your
source CD in a CD-ROM drive and a blank CD-R in your CD Recordable drive.
Then run our CD Copier and simply click the "Copy" button. Nothing could
be easier.

CD Writer
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Have a need to move files from your hard drive to your CD Recordable
drive? If so, Adaptec's CD Writer will do exactly that. Ideal for
backups, software distribution, multimedia publishing, or whatever else
you can think of.

NOTE: CD Writer is only shipped with the full version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI.
This does not include the 'L' license version (e.g. 4.00L).

QuickScan
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So you have a TWAIN compliant SCSI scanner hooked up to your system and
a printer. You have some documentation that you need a quick copy of.
Adaptec's QuickScan converts your scanner and printer combination into
a photo copy machine.

SCSIBench
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SCSIBench allows you to determine the performance capabilities of your
SCSI peripherals.

Drive Light
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Drive Light gives you a visual representation of your SCSI activity. In
addition, it also keeps I/O statistics so you can see just how much I/O
is occurring to your SCSI devices. View just how much percent of your
I/O is reads vs. writes.

Adaptec SCSITutor
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Want to learn more about SCSI and its capabilities? This is the source
for any questions you have about SCSI.

EZ-SCSI Registration
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Please use our on-line registration application so that we can notify you
of upgrade opportunities or other promotional opportunities.

EZ-SCSI Uninstaller
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If for some reason, you decide you would like to remove Adaptec EZ-SCSI
from your system, we've provided such a utility.

Device Driver Reference
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With Adaptec EZ-SCSI, we've moved much of the DOS device driver reference
into this easy-to-use Windows help file.

16-Bit Applications
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If you are a Windows 3.1/3.11 user, many similar 16-bit applications are
also available. Please refer to the on-line help available with each
application after you install Adaptec EZ-SCSI under Windows 3.1/3.11.
Additional information on running with Windows 3.1/3.11 is also provided
later in this README.

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SCSI MINIPORTS
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What is a SCSI miniport? A SCSI miniport is a device driver that controls
your SCSI host adapter. For example, if you are running Windows 95 with
an Adaptec AHA-2940, the miniport driver you are using is named
aic78xx.mpd. Windows 95 and NT come with embedded drivers for most of
Adaptecs host adapters. For those host adapter drivers not yet embedded or
that have changed, we've included them on the "Adaptec EZ-SCSI Setup and
Drivers Installation Disk" CD-ROM version of EZ-SCSI only).

For other SCSI host adapters not included on our floppy,
additional miniport drivers can be found at one of the following
locations:

Windows 95
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o Windows 95 CD (in \DRIVERS\STORAGE directory)
o Microsoft Network:
\Categories\Computers\ and Software\Software\Microsoft\Windows 95
o Internet World Wide Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows
o Internet File Server:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Products/Windows/Windows95
o Microsoft Download Service (MSDL): call 206-936-6735
o Compuserve: GO MSL
o GEnie: Go to Microsoft Roundtable
o Call Microsoft Product Support Services
o If you have an Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter, you can download the latest
Windows 95 miniports from one of our on-line services. See "CONTACTING
ADAPTEC" below for additional information.

NOTE: See on-line help in \Drivers directory on the Windows 95 CD for
details

Windows NT
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o If you have an Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter, you can download the latest
Windows NT miniports from one of our on-line services. See "CONTACTING
ADAPTEC" below for additional information.
o Contact your host adapter vendor

Additional Information for the AHA-2920 miniports
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The following non-standard command line options are available for AHA-2920
miniports in Windows 95 (FD16_700.MPD) and Windows NT versions 3.51
and up (FD16_700.SYS):

AdapterScansUp
This option forces the miniport to scan the SCSI devices in an ascending
(SCSI ID) order. This is used for compatibility with previous AHA-2920
installations in which SCSI devices were scanned in an ascending order
to prevent drive-letter reversal.

DisableSynchronousTransfers=d+
Where "d+" represents one or more decimal digits, each indicating a single
SCSI target ID. This option disables synchronous transfers
(SDTR negotiation) on the indicated SCSI target IDs.
For example,
DisableSynchronousTransfers=245
turns off Synchronous Data Transfer Negotiations (and thus synchronous
transfers) on SCSI target IDs 2, 4, and 5.

Adding options to Windows NT
1.) Start the registry editor by typing REGEDT32 at the MS-DOS command prompt
(or from the Program Manager's "File"-->"Run" command).
Open \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
2.) Open the name of the particular miniport ("Fd16_700")
3.) Create a key named "Parameters" using the "Edit"-->"Add Key" command.
4.) Open "Parameters" and create a key named "Device"
5.) Open "Device"
6.)
a) To disable synchronous transfers, perform the "Edit"-->"Add Value"
command with the following information:
Value Name: DisableSynchronousTransfers
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: non-zero value to disable synchronous transfer

b) To disable disconnects, perform the "Edit"-->"Add Value" command with the
following information:
Value Name: DisableDisconnects
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: non-zero value to disable disconnects

c) To set the maximum LUN to be scanned, perform the "Edit"-->"Add Value"
command with the following information:
Value Name: MaximumLogicalUnit
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: maximum LUN to scan up to (if one is entered, only LUN 0
will be scanned)
d) To use the DisableSynchronousTransfers on a device-specific basis, or
to use the AdapterScansUp parameter, perform the "Edit"-->"Add Value"
command with the following information:
Value Name: DriverParameter
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: parameters as described separated by semicolons (;)
7.) Exit the registry Editor and reboot the system

Adding options to Windows 95
1.) To add these options to the Windows 95 miniport driver, click the right
mouse button once on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties".
This will bring up the System Properties dialog box.
2.) Select the "Device Manager" tab.
3.) Open the "SCSI Controllers" sub-tree, and select the
"Future Domain PCI SCSI Host Adapter" branch.
4.) Click on the "Properties" button.
5.) Select the "Settings" tab.
6.) Type the desired options in the "Adapter Settings" edit box,
separating each option with a semi-colon (;).

You can also set other settings such as Disconnect Disable through the
Settings Tab of the particular device whose properties you wish to alter.
To disable the option, un-check the appropriate box in the Options group.
To enable the option, check the appropriate box in the Options group.

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HARD DISK SUPPORT
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Windows 95
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Windows 95 includes built-in support for SCSI hard drives. If you attach
a new, unformatted, drive to your SCSI host adapter, you will need to
partition and format the media before you can use it. You can follow
these steps:

NOTE: Under many configurations, steps 1-6 are not required as Windows
95 may have already marked your new disk drive as an "Int 13
unit." We still recommend that you take these steps to ensure
that your system is properly configured.

Windows NT
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Windows NT includes built-in support for SCSI hard drives. If you attach
a new, unformatted, drive to your SCSI host adapter, you will need to
partition and format the media before you can use it. You can format
your new drive, under NT, by running the "Disk Administrator" utility
that ships with the operating system.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
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DOS and Windows 3.1x include built-in support for SCSI hard drives if your
new drive is under BIOS control (e.g. you booted from it). Please refer
to your host adapter documentation to learn more about whether or not
your SCSI host adapter includes an on-board ROM BIOS. In this case, you
can follow these steps:

1.) Boot to DOS.
2.) Run FDISK to partition your new drive as you desire.
3.) Reboot your operating system.
4.) Run FORMAT on your newly created drive letter(s)

If your new SCSI hard drive is not under BIOS control, you can follow
these steps:

1.) If running Windows 3.1x, install Adaptec EZ-SCSI for Windows 3.1x
- Insert the Adaptec EZ-SCSI Setup Disk
- Run SETUP.EXE
2.) If running DOS, install Adaptec EZ-SCSI for DOS
- Insert the Adaptec EZ-SCSI Setup Disk
- Run INSTALL.BAT
3.) After installing either Adaptec EZ-SCSI for DOS/Windows, reboot
your system.
4.) If you are running DOS, run AFDISK.EXE which is located in your
Adaptec EZ-SCSI subdirectory (e.g. C:\SCSI). If you are running
Windows, you can use WINPART.EXE which is a Windows 3.1x
partitioning utility.
5.) Partition your new media as you desire.
6.) Reboot your operating system.
7.) At this point, your new drive is under ASPIDISK.SYS control
(Adaptec's disk driver for DOS).
8.) Although optional, we recommend that you run DOS FORMAT on your
new drive letter(s) so that the drive can be scanned for defects.

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REMOVABLE MEDIA SUPPORT
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Windows 95
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There are a number of ways to prepare your removable media for use under
Windows 95.

Windows 95, by default, will allocate one drive letter for your removable
media device. You can see the icon by double-clicking on "My Computer"
and seeing the "Removable Disk" text just below the drive's icon. If
you wish to treat your removable media as one large floppy, simply
insert the media into the drive and double-click on the icon. Windows
95 will automatically detect that the media is unformatted and ask you
if you would like to format the media.

Windows 95 also allows you to use partitioned removable media. For
example, if you have a 1 GByte removable cartridge, you might want to
partition the media into two 512 MByte partitions. To create a
partitioned removable media, you can follow these steps.

1.) Run Device Manager. You can do this by moving the mouse pointer
over "My Computer," clicking the right mouse button, and selecting
the "Properties" menu option.
2.) Select the "Device Manager" option.
3.) Expand the "Disk drives" tree to view your SCSI removable hard drive.
4.) Double-click on your newly added removable hard drive.
5.) Select the "Settings" option.
6.) If the "Int 13 unit" option is not turned on, then turn it on
and select OK. The "Removable" option should also be set. Reboot
your system.
7.) Open up a DOS session (MS-DOS prompt).
8.) Run FDISK to partition your removable media as you desire.
9.) Reboot your operating system.
10.) If you want to reserve multiple drive letters for your removable
media drive (e.g. multiple partitions), follow the next steps,
otherwise, skip to step #17
11.) Run Device Manager. You can do this by moving the mouse pointer
over "My Computer," clicking the right mouse button, and selecting
the "Properties" menu option.
12.) Select the "Device Manager" option.
13.) Expand the "Disk drives" tree to view your SCSI removable hard drive.
14.) Double-click on your newly added removable hard drive.
15.) Select the "Settings" option.
16.) In the "Reserved Drive Letters" area, you can select the starting
and ending drive letters for your removable media device. Save
settings and reboot your system.
17.) When Windows 95 comes back up, double-click on "My Computer."
18.) Move the mouse pointer over your new drive, click the right mouse
button, and then select the "Format..." option.
19.) Follow the instructions to format your media.

Below is additional information you may find useful:

o We recommend that you boot Windows 95 without a DOS removable media
device driver (e.g. ASPIDISK.SYS). You can comment out such entries
from your CONFIG.SYS and then reboot. We have seen Windows 95
incorrectly create two drive letters for the same device when a
DOS removable media driver is resident. In addition, we have seen
some configurations where Windows 95 wouldn't allow us to set the
starting and ending drive letters when a DOS removable media device
driver is resident.

Windows NT
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Please consult your Windows NT documentation on using removable media
with Windows NT.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
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To prepare your removable media for use under Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS,
you can follow these steps.

Below is additional information you may find useful:

o Adaptec EZ-SCSI supports both 512 byte/sector media and 1024 byte/
sector media.

o If you would like to reserve multiple drive letters for your removable
media, you can use the /r command line switch. For example, if you
would like ASPIDISK.SYS to reserve two drive letters for your removable
media, you would have the following in your CONFIG.SYS:

device=c:\scsi\aspidisk.sys /d /r2

o Support for the Panasonic PD drive is also included. Note that you
should leave this device jumpered in its default two LUN mode.

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CD-ROM SUPPORT
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Windows 95
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Windows 95 includes built-in support for SCSI-2 CD-ROM drives and some
SCSI-1 devices. If your host adapter already has its miniport loaded,
Windows 95 will automatically detect and support your SCSI CD-ROM drive.

o We recommend that you boot Windows 95 without a DOS CD-ROM device
driver (e.g. ASPICD.SYS). You can comment out such entries from your
CONFIG.SYS and then reboot. We have seen Windows 95 incorrectly create
two drive letters for the same device when a DOS CD-ROM driver is
resident.

Windows NT
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Please consult your Windows NT documentation on using CD-ROM drives with
Windows NT.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
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Adaptec's CD-ROM driver for DOS/Windows, ASPICD.SYS, has been written to
support any SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive and most SCSI-1 CD-ROM drives. Simply
run Adaptec EZ-SCSI and the correct additions will be made to your
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Adaptec EZ-SCSI has been tested with CD-ROM drives from the following
vendors:

AIWA Compaq Chinon Denon Goldstar
Hitachi IBM LMS Matsushita NEC
Panasonic Nakamichi Philips Pioneer Plasmon Data
Plextor Ricoh Sanyo Sony TEAC
Texel Toshiba Yamaha

Below is additional information you may find useful:

o The following drives do not directly support Photo CD:

Chinon CDS 431
Denon DRD 253
LMS (Philips) CM 214
NEC CDR 72
NEC CDR 74 (NOTE: 74-1 and 84-1 do support single-
NEC CDR 84 session Photo CD)

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.

o The following drives do not support parity:

NEC CDR 38
NEC CDR 55
NEC CDR 72
NEC CDR 73
NEC CDR 74 (NOTE: 74-1 and 84-1 do support SCSI parity)
NEC CDR 84
NEC CDR 210 (NOTE: 210P does support parity)

Please consult your host adapter documentation on how to disable parity
support on your SCSI host adapter.

o The following jukebox CD-ROM drives are fully supported:

Nakamichi MBR-7
Pioneer DRM 600
Pioneer DRM 604X
Pioneer DRM 624X

A drive letter will be assigned for each CD.

o Some older SCSI CD-ROM drives do not support synchronous negotiation
properly. If you encounter problems using your CD-ROM drive, try
disabling synchronous negotiation. Please refer to your host adapter
documentation on how to do this.

o In rare circumstances, you may encounter problems with Windows 3.x and
DOS reading your CD-ROM drive.
For example, you change the contents of the CD-ROM drive, but when you run
DIR, the contents of the previous CD is displayed instead of the new CD's.
One solution is to add the /NOLUN switch to the aspicd.sys line in config.sys.
We have only seen this problem with the Sony 55s - an older double speed
CD-ROM drive. By adding the /NOLUN switch, you will however loose support
for any CD Changers or PD drives that you also have connected to your PC.

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TAPE DRIVE SUPPORT
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Windows 95
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NOTE: Adaptec Backup is only shipped with the full version of Adaptec
EZ-SCSI. This does not include the 'L' license version (e.g.
4.00L).

Adaptec EZ-SCSI includes a full-featured Backup application designed
for Windows 95. Adaptec Backup can backup to a SCSI tape drive, and if
you do not have a SCSI tape drive attached, it can also backup to your hard
drive or to a removable hard drive. Adaptec EZ-SCSI has
been tested for compatibility with the following SCSI tape drives:

Manufacturer Model Number Notes
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Archive 2150S (1)
Archive 2525S (1)
Archive Python DAT Drive (4320 NT)
Archive Python DAT Drive (4324)
Archive Python DAT Drive (4352XP)
Colorado Memory Systems Power Tape
Colorado Memory Systems Power DAT
Conner CTM3200 (2)
Conner CTD4000
Conner CTD8000
Conner CTD8000E
Exabyte EXB-2501 (1)(2)(3)
Exabyte EXB-4200C
Exabyte EXB-8205
Exabyte EXB-8500
Exabyte EXB-8505
Exabyte EXB-8700
Hewlett-Packard 35470
Hewlett-Packard 35480
Hewlett-Packard C1533A
Hewlett-Packard C1534A
Hewlett-Packard C1536A
Hewlett-Packard T4000
Hewlett-Packard 1534
Hewlett-Packard SureStore 2000 C1534A
Hewlett-Packard SureStore 5000 C1536A
Hewlett-Packard SureStore 6000 C1533A
Sony SDT-4000
Sony SDT-5000
Sony SDT-5200
Sony SDT-7000
Tandberg TDC 3500
Tandberg TDC 3700
Tandberg TDC 3800
Tandberg TDC 3820
Tandberg TDC 4100
Tandberg TDC 4120
Tandberg TDC 4200
Tandberg TDC 4222
Unisys 2525E (1)(2)
WangDAT 3100
WangDAT 3200
WangDAT 3300
WangDAT 3400DX
Wangtek 5525S (1)(2)
Wangtek 51000HT (1)(2)

(1) Adaptec Backup does not support tape linking on these SCSI tape
drives. Tape linking allows you to continue a backup across two or
more tapes.

(2) On this tape drive, restores and compares will be slow to start.
This does not affect backups.

(3) On this tape drive, only a single Backup set is supported.

Please note the following:

o Unerase and Rename Tape are not supported by SCSI tape drives so these
menu options will be grayed out when running Adaptec Backup.

o Doing a Secure Erase on a DAT drive will usually take several hours
to complete. During this process, you will not be able to exit the
application until the Secure Erase is complete.

o If you are using a DAT tape that was previously formatted by a
different tape backup application, Adaptec Backup may take up to 5
minutes before it can initialize the tape. You should format the
tape with Adaptec Backup once the initialization is complete.

o If you are encountering problems backing up to a hard disk, network drive,
or removable media drive - make sure that there is no SCSI tape drive
attached to your system. Backup to a hard disk, network drive,
or removable media drive is only supported when there is no SCSI tape
drive attached.

o Adaptec backup does not support backing up a floppy to a tapedrive.

Windows NT
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Adaptec EZ-SCSI does not include a tape backup package for Windows NT.
Please consult your Windows NT documentation for additional information
on the SCSI tape backup application that ships with the operating system.
In addition, if you have the CD-ROM version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI, you can
view Adaptec's 3rd party directory for a list of companies who provide SCSI
tape backup support. Simply double click on the file 96dir.hlp in the \ACAP
directory of your Adaptec EZ-SCSI CD-ROM.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
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Adaptec EZ-SCSI does not include a tape backup package for DOS or Windows
3.1x. If you have the CD-ROM version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI, you can view
Adaptec's 3rd party catalog for a list of companies who provide SCSI tape
backup support. Simply double click on the file 96dir.hlp in the \ACAP
directory of your Adaptec EZ-SCSI CD-ROM.

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CD RECORDABLE SUPPORT
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Windows 95
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NOTE: CD Writer is only shipped with the full version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI.
This does not include the 'L' license version (e.g. 4.00L).

When using a CD Recordable drive, you need an application to write to the
CD. It is also desirable to have a device driver that assigns a drive
letter to the CD Recordable so that you can also read files from the drive
in the standard way. If your CD Recordable supports audio, this would
also allow you to play audio CDs.

Most CD Recordable devices today report themselves as a Write Once Read
Many (WORM) device. Some of the newer CD Recordable devices report
themselves as a standard CD-ROM drive. If your device is of the latter
type, Windows 95 should automatically assign a drive letter to your
drive. If your device reports itself as a WORM device, then you will
need to load our real mode CD-ROM driver and Microsoft's CD-ROM extensions
(MSCDEX.EXE). The simplest way to load the real mode drivers is to exit
Windows 95 back to DOS and run Adaptec EZ-SCSI for DOS (discussed
earlier). Once these changes are made, you can reboot back into Windows
95 and have a drive letter assigned to your CD Recordable drive. Windows
95 will mark your CD Recordable device as "Unknown." This is normal.

In addition to reading from a device, you will need the ability to create
a CD-ROM. Adaptec EZ-SCSI includes two applications that allow you to
fully utilize your CD Recordable drive:

CD Writer Allows you to copy files from your hard drive to your
CD Recordable drive.

CD Copier The "CD Copier" application allows you to backup CDs from
your source SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive to one of the destination CD
Recordable devices listed below. You can backup audio CDs
and data mode 1 CDs (most CDs), but not photo CDs or CD-i
CDs.

The list of CD Recordable drives that Adaptec CD Writer supports are:

Manufacturer Model Number
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Creative Labs CDR 2000
Grundig IPW100
HP C4324/C4325
JVC XR-W2001
JVC XRW2010
Kodak PCD 200
Kodak PCD 225
Kodak PCD 600
Mitsumi CR-2200CS
Olympus CDS615E
Optima CD-R 650
Philips CDD 521
Philips CDD 522
Philips CDD 2000
Pinnacle RCD-1000
Pinnacle RCD-5020
Pinnacle RCD-5040
Pioneer DW-S114X
Plasmon 4100/2
Plasmon CDR4220
Ricoh RS1060C
Ricoh RO1060C
Ricoh 1420
Smart and Friendly CD-R 2000
Sony 920S
Sony 924S
Yamaha CDR 100
Yamaha CDR 102

The list of CD Recordable drives that Adaptec CD Copier supports are:

Manufacturer Model Number Audio Write Notes
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Grundig IPW100 Yes
HP C4324/C4325 Yes (2)
Philips CDD 521 No
Philips CDD 522 Yes
Philips CDD 2000 Yes (2)
Plasmon 4100/2 Yes
Ricoh 1060C Yes (1)
Ricoh 1420 Yes (3)
Sony 920S Yes
Yamaha CDR 100 Yes
Yamaha CDR 102 Yes

(1) Audio copy only works on this CD Recorder if the source CD can read
audio at 2x or greater such as a Sony 561.

(2) With the HP C4324/C4325 (4020i) and the Philips CDD2000, you will need v1.20
or later of their firmware. You can use the SCSI Explorer to determine the
revision level of your unit.

(3) "After a successful simulated copy do a real copy" does not work on this drive.
You should do a simulated copy by leaving the "Simulate Only" checkbox checked.
If this is successful, uncheck the "Simulate Only" checkbox and run copy again.

WARNING: If your CD-Recordable drive is one of the ones that report
themselves as a standard CD-ROM drive, you will need to turn off
Auto Insert Notification for it while recording discs.
To do this:
1.) Run Device Manager. You can do this by moving the mouse pointer
over "My Computer," clicking the right mouse button, and selecting
the "Properties" menu option.
2.) Select the "Device Manager" option.
3.) Expand the "CDROM" tree to view your CDROM drives.
4.) Double-click on your CD-Recorder.
5.) Select the "Settings" option.
6.) Remove the check box from the "Auto insert notification" field.
7.) Reboot your system.

Because CD-ROM drives vary in how well they support the SCSI specification,
we have created a table below which contains a list of the CD-ROM players
that we have successfully made copies of CDs from, and notes on any
problems we encountered. If your drive is not on this list, but is a
derivative of one of these drives, or is fully SCSI-2 compliant, you
should be able to use it as a source to backup data CDs from. We also note
in this table those drives which you can use as a source to backup an audio
CD. Reading of audio tracks is not a SCSI-2 defined function, and is
implemented differently by those newer drives that actually support this
feature.

Supported source CD-ROM drives:

Manufacturer Model Number Audio Read Notes
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Compaq CDU561-31 Yes
Compaq CDU661-31 No
Compaq CR-503 Yes
Chinon CDS 535 No
Hitachi CDR 6750 No
IBM Internal CD-ROM No
IBM Enhanced CD-ROM II Yes
IBM CDRM00103 Yes
NEC CDR 38 No
NEC CDR 74-1 No
NEC CDR 84-1 No
NEC CDR 400 and later -- (1)
Panasonic CR 532 No
Panasonic CR 503 Yes
Panasonic CR 504 and later Yes
Plextor/Texel DM 3024 No
Plextor/Texel DM 3028 No
Plextor/Texel PX-4xCH Yes
Plextor/Texel PX-6xCH Yes
Sanyo CDR 250S No (2)
Sanyo CDR 254S No (2)
Sony CDU 541 No
Sony CDU 561 Yes (3)
TEAC CD-50 No
TEAC CD-56S Yes
Toshiba 3401 No
Toshiba 3501 Yes (4)
Toshiba 3601 and later Yes

(1) To date, the NEC drives we have tested read audio too slow to make a
successful copy.

(2) This drive sometimes has problems reading the last blocks of a CD
made by a CD Recorder (e.g. a copy of a copy), and has resulted in
CDs being ruined. If a SCSI command takes too long, Windows 95 and
Windows NT will reset the SCSI bus and SCSI devices, thereby halting
the writing process on the CD Recorder resulting in a ruined disc.

(3) In our testing of this device, there is a background hiss when
copying audio CDs.

(4) We have seen some read positioning errors on this device causing
audio copying to sometimes fail.

Additional information on CD-ROM readers:

o We do not support copying CDs from a Pioneer DRM-604X CD-ROM drive.

o The Adaptec CD Copier runs best if you do not have a dirty or
scratched source CD as timeouts can occur given this condition.

If you are familiar with CD-Recorder technology, you already know that
once you start writing a track, you cannot stop until that track has been
completely written. The write process must be uninterrupted otherwise the
blank CD will be ruined.

To reduce the need for a large amount of free space on your hard disk,
Adaptec CD Copier does on the fly recording (i.e. it reads and writes
directly to and from the CD player and recorder without hard disk
buffering). It is therefore very important that we can read data from
your CD player at least as fast as we can write to your CD-Recorder. By
default, we determine the speed of your CD player, and then set the CD
Recorder speed to be slower than this. You can view the speed that we
set the CD-Recorder to in the text shown in the status window "Now copying
CD at 2x ...". If you feel the speed we choose for the CD-Recorder is too
conservative, you can set it to a higher one using the Advanced tab.
Before you choose a faster speed, please make sure that the speed you pick
is not faster than the speed of the CD player. To check for this with
data CDs, place a data CD like your Adaptec EZ-SCSI CD into your CD player,
and run Adaptec SCSIBench. Choose your player and start a 64K sequential
read benchmark on it. To set your recorder to 2x (i.e. double speed) the
transfer rate as displayed by Adaptec SCSIBench on the right hand side
should be at least 300 KB/sec. We do not provide you with a method to
test the speed when reading an audio CD. Most of the drives that we have
tested, except for Sony, read audio at 1x. Therefore you will not be able
to make an audio backup with any CD Recorder that cannot be set to 1x.

Most users will place their CD-ROM drive and CD-Recorder on the same host
adapter. That is how we test it here at Adaptec. In order to achieve the
performance that we desire, it is important that your CD-ROM drive NOT
have excessive SCSI bus utilization. Fortunately, most SCSI CD-ROM drives
get on and off the bus very quickly and support SCSI disconnect.
Unfortunately, a few do not and this can cause buffer underrun conditions.

How do you test for this? First off, make sure that you have SCSI dis-
connection enabled at all times. Windows 95 allows you to enable or
disable it from the Device Manager. Please leave it enabled. Also, many
SCSI host adapters allow you to change the settings via their configuration
software (e.g. SCSISelect). These will ship with disconnection enabled by
default. If you disabled disconnection, please turn disconnect back on
before trying this software. If you have a SCSI disk drive also hooked
up to the same host adapter as the CD-ROM drive and CD-Recorder drive,
you're ready to run our test. Run Adaptec SCSIBench and do a 64K
sequential read benchmark of your disk drive only. You'll see a number
appear, typically between 1 MByte/sec and 7 Mbytes/sec. Now, insert a
data CD into your CD-ROM drive. Add it to your benchmark by clicking on
its device name. At this point, both devices are part of the benchmark.
If you have a 3x CD-ROM drive, you will see that your CD-ROM drive is
sustaining about 450 Kbytes/sec. If you see that your disk drive's
throughput has dropped dramatically down to about the same value (e.g. 450),
then you probably have a CD-ROM drive that has excessive bus utilization.
If you encounter this, you may need to set our CD Copier software for
single speed copies (e.g. 1x). We do not see this with many CD-ROM drives.

Windows NT
----------

Adaptec CD Writer and Adaptec CD Copier are both supported under NT.
See the discussion under Windows 95 above for additional details.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
------------------------

Adaptec EZ-SCSI for Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS does not include software
to allow you to write your own CDs. Adaptec's CD-ROM driver, ASPICD.SYS,
does allow you to assign a drive letter to your CD Recordable drive.
Third party applications, such as Incat's Easy CD Pro, allow you to master
CDs under Windows 3.1/3.11.

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SCSI SCANNER SUPPORT
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Windows 95
----------

Hewlett-Packard Scanner Support
-------------------------------

If you need to obtain scanner drivers from HP for Windows 95, contact one
of the following services:

o HP Bulletin Board Service at (208) 344-1691
o CompuServe: GO HPPER
o America Online: HP
o Internet HP anonymous FTP at 192.6.71.2 or ftp-boi.external.hp.com
o World-Wide Web at URL http://www.hp.com
o Order by mail by calling (970) 339-7009

To install the HP ScanJet scanner drivers refer to the README.TXT file
that is included with the scanner drivers from HP for Windows 95.

Other Scanners
--------------

Contact your scanner company for information on Windows 95 support.

Windows NT
----------

Contact your scanner company for information on Windows NT support.

Windows 3.1/3.11 and DOS
------------------------

Hewlett-Packard Scanner Support
-------------------------------

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.

Epson Scanner Support
---------------------

To connect your PC system with the SCSI interface on an Epson scanner,
first install an Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter interface board and EZ-SCSI
software onto your PC system before loading the Epson Scanner Utility
and TWAIN driver. The Epson scanner TWAIN driver should be included
with your Epson scanner.

Other Scanners
--------------

Most scanners support the ASPI interface. Contact your scanner vendor
to determine if their scanner and software support ASPI.

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WINDOWS 95/NT GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

ASPI Layer
==========
There is a known problem with the Service Pack 4 release of Windows NT 3.51
which prevents Adaptec EZ-SCSI from automatically updating the ASPI
layer. The new versions of the ASPI files will be copied to your system
during EZ-SCSI installation, but they will have incorrect filenames. If you
are running under Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 4 while installing Adaptec
EZ-SCSI and want to update your system to use the new ASPI layer, you
must rename these files to their correct filenames as listed below:

Incorrect Filename Correct Filename Location on System
---------------------------------------------------------------
WINASPI.ADP WINASPI.DLL C:\WINNT\SYSTEM\
WOWPOST.ADP WOWPOST.EXE C:\WINNT\SYSTEM\
WNASPI32.ADP WNASPI32.DLL C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\
ASPI32.ADP ASPI32.SYS C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\

Once you have completed renaming these files reboot your system in order
for the new ASPI layer to take effect.

o Adaptec EZ-SCSI for Windows 95 requires that your miniport drivers
(discussed earlier) are properly installed. You can do this by moving
the mouse pointer over "My Computer," clicking the right mouse button,
and selecting the "Properties" menu option. Find your SCSI host
adapter(s), double-click on it, and then you can determine whether or
not your miniport driver is properly installed.

o The Adaptec EZ-SCSI application, SCSI Explorer, displays a tree-view
list of your SCSI host adapter(s) and all devices connected to it.
The order which SCSI Explorer displays your SCSI host adapters may
not be in the order you think it should be in.

For example:

You may have an Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI SCSI host adapter and an
AHA-1542CP ISA SCSI host adapter in your system, and you are booting
from the AHA-2940. The AHA-2940 is considered to be host adapter #0
while the AHA-1542CP is considered to be host adapter #1. The SCSI
Explorer may display the AHA-1542CP first in the tree-view list
followed by the AHA-2940. This ordering issue is the result of the
manner in which the Adaptec miniports scan for SCSI host adapters.
Adaptec SCSI Explorer will continue to work just fine.

o The Adaptec SCSI Interrogator, part of the SCSI Explorer, allows you
to lock, unlock, or eject media from a removable media device. Some
SCSI devices do not support these commands.

o Under Windows NT, Adaptec SCSI Power Management and Drive Light do not
support striped hard drives.

o Under Windows NT, Adaptec Drive Light does not monitor ASPI calls.
For example, the icons in Drive Light will not flash when running
Adaptec SCSIBench. This is not a limitation if running under Windows
95.

o Under Windows NT, SCSI tape drives will not appear under Drive Light
unless you first load the SCSI tape driver that ships with Windows
NT. There are two steps you must do:

1.) Install the tape driver. To install the tape driver, go to
Windows NT Setup and choose "Options," choose "Add/Remove Tape
Devices," choose "Add," select the appropriate tape drive
model, and choose "Install."

2.) Reboot your system.

o When running Drive Light under Windows 95, you may notice that we
flash your CD-ROM drive every few seconds, even though your CD-ROM
drive's LED isn't flashing. This is correct behavior. Although the
CD-ROM drive's LED doesn't flash, Windows 95 is checking the drive
every few seconds to see if a media change has occurred.

o Adaptec EZ-SCSI applications (e.g. SCSI Explorer) do not support
multiple LUNs. If you have a multi-LUN device, you will only see
LUN #0.

o If you are playing an Audio CD, and you try to access the CD-ROM drive
through an ASPI application (e.g. SCSI Explorer), the audio may stop
playing in order to service your I/O request. This is normal
behavior.

o Adaptec SCSIBench does not support benchmarking the Pioneer DR-124X
CD-ROM drive.

o If you are running Adaptec SCSIBench under Windows 95, and it does not
work with 64K transfers, but works with any other transfer size, you'll
need to upgrade your miniport driver. See the README.TXT file on the
Adaptec EZ-SCSI Setup Disk (CD-ROM version only) for information
on newer SCSI miniport drivers.

o We have seen one system running Windows 95, with a number of 16-bit
Windows applications resident, generate a DDE error when the Adaptec
EZ-SCSI installation attempts to add icons to your "Start" menu. If
you encounter this, please close all resident applications before
installing Adaptec EZ-SCSI.

o When using ASPI under Windows 95, the ASPI layer will report your
SCSI host adapter as SCSI ID #7, even if you've relocated it to a
different ID. We recommend that you leave your SCSI host adapter
at the factory default setting of SCSI ID #7.

o We have found that the Philips CDD-521 and CDD-522 CD Recordable drives
do not properly handle synchronous negotiation. This can cause the
device to not get recognized, or get incorrectly recognized, by the
operating system. If you are experiencing this problem, how you solve
it depends on the SCSI host adapter you are using and whether you're
running Windows 95 or Windows NT.

For Windows 95, Adaptec EZ-SCSI will automatically disable synchronous
negotiation for these devices on all of the host adapters except
2920. Please see the 2920 section under Miniports on how to disable
synchronous negotiation.
If problems still persist, and if your host adapter allows you to disable
synchronous negotiation (e.g.SCSISelect), use your host adapter application
to disable synchronous negotiation.

For Windows NT, it's a little more involved. If you have a 2920 please see the 2920
section under Miniports on how to disable synchronous negotiation.
If the operating system
does not correctly detect the device, and if your host adapter allows
you to disable synchronous negotiation (e.g. SCSISelect), use your host
adapter application to disable synchronous negotiation.
If you have a 2920 please see the 2920 section under Miniports on how to disable
synchronous negotiation. If your host
adapter doesn't have such an application, you can follow these steps to disable synchronous mode for your entire
host adapter. There is no per device control. Run REGEDT32.EXE and:

1) Open \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
2) Open the name of the particular miniport
3) Create a key named Parameters
4) Open Parameters and create a key named Device
5) Open Device
6) Add Value with the following information:
Value Name: DisableSynchronousTransfers
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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DOS / WINDOWS 3.1/3.11 ADAPTER SUPPORT
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

For Windows 95 and Windows NT, Adaptec EZ-SCSI supports any SCSI host
adapter that includes a miniport driver (discussed earlier). When
installing Adaptec EZ-SCSI under DOS or Windows 3.1/3.11, the following
SCSI host adapters are supported:

Parallel Port
-------------
o Trantor MiniSCSI Plus (T348)
o Trantor MiniSCSI EPP (T358)
o Adaptec MiniSCSI Plus (APA-348)
o Adaptec MiniSCSI EPP (APA-358)
o Adaptec MiniSCSI EPP (APA-358A)

PCMCIA
------
o Adaptec SlimSCSI (APA-460 & APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A)

ISA Bus
-------
o Trantor T160
o Adaptec AVA-1502P,1502AP
o Adaptec AVA-1505
o Adaptec AVA-1515
o Adaptec AHA-1510/1520/1522
o Adaptec AHA-1510A/1520A/1522A
o Adaptec AHA-1510B/1520B/1522B
o Adaptec AHA-1530P/1532P
o Adaptec AIC-6260/6360/6370 based SCSI host adapters
o Adaptec AHA-1540B/1542B
o Adaptec AHA-1540C/1542C
o Adaptec AHA-1540CF/1542CF
o Adaptec AHA-1540CP/1542CP

Microchannel Bus
----------------
o Trantor T260
o Adaptec AHA-1640

EISA Bus
--------
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
------
o Adaptec AVA-2825
o Adaptec AHA-2840VL/2842VL
o Adaptec AHA-2840A/2842A

PCI Bus
-------
o Adaptec AHA-2910
o Adaptec AHA-2920
o Adaptec AHA-2930
o Adaptec AHA-2940
o Adaptec AHA-2940AU
o Adaptec AHA-2940W
o Adaptec AHA-2940U
o Adaptec AHA-2940UW
o Adaptec AHA-3940
o Adaptec AHA-3940W
o Adaptec AIC-7850/7855/7860/7870/7880 based SCSI host adapters

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32-BIT SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS 3.1/3.11
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Adaptec EZ-SCSI includes 32-Bit Disk Access support for Windows 3.1,
Windows 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. To enable this support,
simply run the "32-Bit Disk Access" utility (FASTSCSI.EXE), and follow
the instructions. Please note the following:

o Our 32-Bit Disk Access device drivers only support Adaptec's bus-
mastering line of SCSI host adapters and Adaptec's AIC-6360/6370 based
SCSI host adapters. These host adapters use the following ASPI
managers:

ASPI2DOS.SYS
ASPI4DOS.SYS
ASPI7DOS.SYS
ASPI8DOS.SYS
ASPIEDOS.SYS

If your host adapter does not use one of these ASPI managers, our
32-Bit Disk Access utility will still allow you to enable or disable
SCSI write caching.

o If you are running Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and you are not able
to get 32-Bit File Access to work properly, the following comes from
Microsoft's Windows for Workgroups resource kit:

"32-bit File Access will not enable on a drive on which there are
open files during the initialization process of 32-bit File Access.
Because of this, 32-bit file access cannot be enabled through the
Control Panel Virtual Memory dialog when using a temporary swap file.
The temporary swap file is opened before 32-bit File Access
initializes and 32-bit File Access will not be able to enable on the
drive where the temporary swap file is located. There normally should
not be any open files at the time when 32-bit File Access is
initializing. If there are open files, they are probably the result
of some real mode TSR or a 3rd-party VxD."

o When 32-Bit Disk Access is enabled, you need to have the latest
WINASPI.DLL file in your Windows' SYSTEM subdirectory. If an older
revision is being used, you will experience protection faults when
running "ASPI for Windows" applications. EZ-SCSI 3.11 (and later)
will automatically install the correct WINASPI.DLL file. There are,
however, a few older packages that install the older WINASPI.DLL file.
If you are experiencing protection faults, while running "ASPI for
Windows" applications, you should check the date of WINASPI.DLL in
your Windows' SYSTEM subdirectory. If it is dated 1995 or later, you
have the correct file.

o 32-Bit Disk Access, in general, does not significantly improve
performance under Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11. To get optimal disk
performance, you should use Windows for Workgroups 3.11 which, in
addition to 32-Bit Disk Access, includes support for 32-Bit File
Access. We are seeing the larger performance gains by enabling 32-Bit
Disk Access, 32-Bit File Access, and SCSI write caching.

o Our 32-Bit Disk Access driver cannot be used if you are also using our
SCSI Power Management driver. If you attempt to load both drivers, an
appropriate error message will appear when you run Windows. If you
encounter this message, and if you prefer 32-Bit Disk Access over SCSI
Power Management, simply run Adaptec's 32-Bit Disk Access utility and
select the "Install" option. It will detect the conflict and remove
the SCSI power management device driver.

o 32-Bit Disk Access only supports drives under BIOS control (INT 13h
drives). This does NOT include drives under the control of
ASPIDISK.SYS. Most of our SCSI host adapters allow you to have up to
8 SCSI drives under BIOS control.

o There is a known problem in Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 (does not
affect Windows for Workgroups 3.11) in that its 32-Bit Disk Access
solution only supports up to two hard drives. For example, if you
have three hard drives under BIOS control, only the first two would
be under 32-Bit Disk Access. If you encounter this situation, you
can upgrade to Windows for Workgroups 3.11 which does not exhibit
this limitation.

o Adaptec's 32-Bit Disk Access utility provides an uninstall option that
will remove our 32-Bit device drivers. If you would like to manually
remove the drivers, remove the following entries from the [386Enh]
section of your SYSTEM.INI file:

device=fastscsi.386
device=aha1540.386
device=aha1740.386
device=aic7770.386
device=aic7870.386
device=aic6x60.386

(NOTE: Not all of these drivers will be present in your SYSTEM.INI
file. Depends on what type of host adapter you have.)

o Enabling SCSI write caching can improve the overall performance of
your system. Many SCSI hard drives ship factory default with SCSI
write caching disabled. Our 32-Bit Disk Access utility will allow
you to enable or disable SCSI write caching on a per device basis.
We have found a few older drives causing system hangs, under intense
disk I/O, when write caching is enabled. In the unlikely event that
you encounter this situation, you can disable SCSI write caching at
any time by running our 32-Bit Disk Access utility.

o On some systems, when you enable 32-Bit Disk Access, Windows' Control
Panel incorrectly loads the IDE 32-Bit Disk Access driver even if you
only have SCSI disk drives. This will typically result in an error
message, while loading Windows, similar to the following:

"The Microsoft Windows 32-bit disk driver (WDCTRL) cannot be
loaded on this computer because of interrupt conflicts."

If you encounter this, simply remove the line "device=*wdctrl" from
the [386Enh] section of your SYSTEM.INI file. Another option is to
run our 32-Bit Disk Access utility. It will detect that your
configuration is incorrectly loading the IDE device driver and ask if
you would like us to remove it.

o For the technical user: If you select to turn on SCSI write caching,
we will also turn on the AWRE (Automatic Write Reallocation Enabled)
bit in the Read/Write Error Recovery Page. If you select to turn off
SCSI write caching, the AWRE bit is set back to the factory default
setting (some drives ship factory default with AWRE set).

o If you have an AVA-2825 or AHA-1520A/1522A, with BIOS support for
floptical drives enabled, and you have a floptical drive connected
to your system, 32-Bit Disk Access is not supported under Windows
3.1/3.11.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
DOS ASPI MANAGERS
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Adaptec EZ-SCSI includes a number of ASPI managers for Adaptec's family
of SCSI host adapters. Below is additional information on some of
Adaptec's ASPI managers.

ASPI2DOS.SYS
------------

ASPI2DOS.SYS is the Adaptec ASPI manager for AIC-6260/6360/6370 based SCSI
host adapters. Adaptec EZ-SCSI automatically detects which
host adapter you have installed, which ASPI manager needs to be loaded,
and what the correct command line switches are.

o If you are using an Adaptec APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A SlimSCSI, make sure you have
PCMCIA Card & Socket Services installed BEFORE running Adaptec
EZ-SCSI.

o If you have an IBM ThinkPad 360Cs or an IBM ThinkPad 755, and are
using the Adaptec APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A SlimSCSI, you need to move the following
line to the last line inside your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=C:\EZPLY\$ICPMDOS.SYS

Note: If the directory for EZ-Play is different than the default, use
that directory instead. The above line uses the standard directory as
an example.

o If you have an APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A (SlimSCSI) in your system and are installing
ASPI2DOS.SYS manually, you will need to add the following command
line switch to ASPI2DOS.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE = C:\SCSI\ASPI2DOS.SYS /D /PCMCIA /Z

o If you cannot suspend/resume properly on an AcerNote 735c, with an
APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A (SlimSCSI), you're probably experiencing an I/O conflict
between the APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A and your laptop. The AcerNote uses port 35F for
video control. You'll need to manually exclude this I/O port. With
SystemSoft Card and Socket Services, you can do this by editing the
CSALLOC.INI file and adding the line:

ioexclude=35F

o If you are using the Gateway 2000 Colorbook laptop with an Adaptec
APA-1425/50/50A/60/60A (SlimSCSI), ASPI2DOS.SYS may fail during driver installation.
If you encounter this problem, you will need to run the CMOS setup utility
and disable the "FastBoot" option.

o The following note only applies to users with SCAM capable SCSI devices. Please ignore
it if you do not have such a device.
SCAM stands for "SCSI Configured AutoMagically." With SCAM support,
a host adapter can determine which SCSI IDs are not in use, and assign
a free ID to a SCAM capable SCSI device.
Normally SCAM is not enabled, and you need to set switches on the back of all of
your SCSI peripherals to assign them unique SCSI IDs.
You can enable SCAM support by adding /SCAM+ to your ASPI2DOS.SYS command line.

For example:

DEVICE = C:\SCSI\ASPI2DOS.SYS /D /SCAM+

This will work with any AIC-6260/6360/6370 based SCSI host adapter
that does not have a BIOS enabled on the host adapter. If the host
adapter has a BIOS, and it is enabled, the command line switch is
ignored. If you have a SCAM capable BIOS (e.g. AHA-1530P), then you
can enable or disable SCAM support by running SCSISelect.

ASPI8DOS.SYS
------------

ASPI8DOS.SYS is Adaptec's ASPI manager for AIC-7850/7855/7870 based
PCI SCSI host adapters. Running Adaptec EZ-SCSI will automatically
detect which host adapter you have installed, which ASPI manager needs
to be loaded, and what the correct command line switches are.

o If you have an Adaptec PCI SCSI host adapter installed in your system,
and you have EMM386.EXE loaded from MS-DOS versions up to 6.2, your
system might hang if loading the ASPI manager after EMM386.EXE. This
has been fixed in the EMM386.EXE that ships with MS-DOS 6.22 and
later. If you experience this problem, you will either need to load
ASPI8DOS.SYS before EMM386.EXE, or upgrade to MS-DOS 6.22 or later.
If the ASPI manager detects a conflict, a message will be shown
explaining how to work around the problem. Other ASPI modules
(e.g. ASPICD.SYS) can continue to be loaded high.

o There are several techniques for a driver to determine if its PCI SCSI
host adapter is installed in your system. ASPI8DOS.SYS will determine
which is the best method, and has been written to work around the
EMM386.EXE problems discussed above. There are three command line
switches you can use to force the ASPI manager to use a specific
method. These are:

/MB - This command line switch will force the driver to use the
PCI BIOS calls (INT 1Ah) to scan for PCI SCSI host
adapters.
/M1 - This command line switch will force the driver to use the
"Mechanism 1" method for scanning for PCI SCSI host
adapters.
/M2 - This command line switch will force the driver to use the
"Mechanism 2" method for scanning for PCI SCSI host
adapters.

For example, if you want to force the ASPI manager to find your PCI
SCSI host adapter using PCI motherboard BIOS calls, your CONFIG.SYS
would be:

DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPI8DOS.SYS /D /MB

NOTE: Most PCI systems do not support all three methods for scanning
for PCI cards. It is recommended that you let the ASPI manager
determine which method is suitable.

o If you would like ASPI8DOS.SYS NOT to reset the SCSI bus, during
driver initialization, you can use the /NORST command line switch.
For example:

DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPI8DOS.SYS /D /NORST

If you would like ASPI8DOS.SYS to always reset the SCSI bus, during
driver initialization, you can use the /RESET command line switch.
For example:

DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPI8DOS.SYS /D /RESET

MCAM18XX.SYS
------------

MCAM18XX.SYS is Adaptec's ASPI manager for its AHA-2920 PCI SCSI Host
Adapters. Running Adaptec EZ-SCSI will automatically detect which host
adapter you have installed, which ASPI manager needs to be loaded, and
what the correct command line switches are.

o The command line switches for MCAM18XX.SYS are currently not documented
in our on-line "Device Driver Reference" Windows help file. The
following command line switches are supported:

/u- - Force Asynchronous Data Transfers on a Host Adapter.
/norst - Disables Hard Reset during initialization.
/y - Disables parity checking.
/m1 - Force PCI bus scanning using the "Mechanism 1" method.
/m2 - Force PCI bus scanning using the "Mechanism 2" method.
/mb - Force PCI bus scanning using INT 1A.
/l - Enable multiple LUN support

o If installing the AHA-2920 under Windows 3.1/3.11, Adaptec EZ-SCSI
will automatically install the AHA2920.386 and AXPT.386 device drivers.

The following options are supported by AHA2920.386. To enable an
option, add the following to the [386Enh] section of your SYSTEM.INI
file:

AHA2920 = [/l-] [/u-] [/y]

/l- - Disables multiple LUN support.
/u- - Force Asynchronous Data Transfers on a Host Adapter.
/y - Disables parity checking.

The following options are supported by AXPT.386. To enable an option,
add the following to the [386Enh] section of your SYSTEM.INI file:

EZSCSI_OPTIONS = [/d]

/d - Displays version, adapter, and device information.

MA358.SYS
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MA358.SYS is Adaptec's ASPI manager for its APA-358/358A parallel port
SCSI host adapters. Running Adaptec EZ-SCSI will automatically detect
which host adapter you have installed, which ASPI manager needs to be
loaded, and what the correct command line switches are.

o MA358.SYS, by default, will automatically detect the type of parallel
port you are using. You can use the /Mnm switch to force a specific
mode, and to set the amount of time that the MiniSCSI "Fast" read and
write cycles are delayed (parallel ports on some computers require
delays). You must specify values for both 'n' and 'm'.

The 'n' specifies the amount of delay. Allowable values for 'n' are 0
through 7, with each number representing a 125-nanosecond (ns)
increment. A value of 7, for example, adds an 875 ns (7x125) delay to
the cycles. The default of 0 specifies no delays.

The 'm' parameter determines the mode. The allowable values are shown
in the following table:

Value of 'm' Meaning
------------ ------------------------------------------------------
0 Auto-detect mode (the default). Automatically detects
the type of port and configures the APA-358/358A for
EPP if that port is detected to support EPP mode,
otherwise the port is set up as a standard parallel
port.
2 Forces unidirectional mode.
4 Forces bidirectional mode.
8 Assumes EPP 8-bit bidirectional mode. For this to
work, the parallel port must be set for EPP mode in
the CMOS setup program or by configuring jumper
settings on your EPP I/O card. For instructions on
using the CMOS setup program, see your motherboard
documentation. For instructions on configuring
jumpers on your EPP I/O card, see your EPP I/O card
documentation.

For example, if your parallel port is configured for EPP mode, and you
would like the default read/write delay, your CONFIG.SYS would contain
the following:

DEVICE=C:\SCSI\MA358.SYS /m08

If you change the MA358.SYS options in the config.sys file, turn the
computer OFF and then ON again to have the changes take effect. (Do
not simply reboot the computer using Ctrl-Alt-Del.)

o If you have an original NEC Ultralite Versa laptop, and MA358.SYS is
unable to detect the APA-358/358A SCSI host adapter, you should use
the /m20 command line switch. For example:

DEVICE=C:\SCSI\MA358.SYS /m20

o If you are using the APA-358 with an NEC Versa E or Versa V system,
which uses the Western Digital Super I/O chip for FPP Parallel Ports
(Chip #WD76C30), you should use the MA358NEC.SYS ASPI Manager in your
CONFIG.SYS file instead of the standard MA358.SYS ASPI Manager.

o If you are using an IBM ThinkPad 720 series computer, you should use
the MA358IBM.SYS ASPI manager in your CONFIG.SYS file instead of the
standard MA358.SYS ASPI manager.

o When using the APA-358/358A, you should not configure your parallel
port for ECP mode. Instead, you should configure the port for EPP
mode.

o MA358.SYS only supports one APA-358/358A in a system.

o If you are using the APA-358/358A, and you are backing up from a SCSI
disk drive to a SCSI tape drive, and you are using SMARTDRV, we
recommend that you disable SMARTDRV write caching. Leaving write
caching enabled can cause the backup to fail.

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WINDOWS 3.1x/DOS GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
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o The ordering in which the Adaptec EZ-SCSI installer displays SCSI host
adapters detected is dependent on a number of factors. If you have
multiple SCSI host adapters, and the ordering displayed is not as
you would expect, do not be alarmed. Adaptec EZ-SCSI will still
properly edit your configuration files.

o 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

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 We have seen at least one case where an unstable video driver would
cause EZ-SCSI for Windows to hang during installation. If you are
experiencing similar problems, try using the standard VGA driver that
comes with Windows. If EZ-SCSI for Windows then installs properly,
you may want to contact your video card company for updated drivers.

o In the unlikely event that you encounter a time-out 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 or AHA-2940W (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 Power Management Utility requires that the following line
be present in your SYSTEM.INI file under the [386Enh] section:

device=VSCSIPWR.386

The first time you run SCSI Power Management you will be prompted to
install the above driver. If you wish to disable the SCSI Power
Management functions, you can remove this line from your SYSTEM.INI
file in your WINDOWS subdirectory.

o An issue with EMM386.EXE from DOS 6.2, and earlier, can cause problems
with PCI systems. The HIGHSCAN option can overwrite the PCI BIOS area
on some PCI systems, making the PCI BIOS detection useless. If your
Adaptec PCI SCSI host adapter is not detected, be sure to remove the
HIGHSCAN option from EMM386.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file.

o If you have a Trantor T160/T260 SCSI host adapter, EZ-SCSI will no
longer scan for this adapter if you select the default installation
option. In this case, you will need to select the custom installation
option, and manually select the adapter, to properly install Adaptec
EZ-SCSI.

o The SCSI Power Management Utility is not compatible with the Trantor
T160 and T260 SCSI Host Adapters.

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Technical Support:

Automated Technical Support: U.S. and Canada: (800) 959-7274
---------------------------- International: (408) 945-2550
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o On-line Questions & Answers

Live Technical Support: U.S. , Canada &
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Literature Hotline: (800) 934-2766
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