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ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI 3.03
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Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.03
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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. ASPI8DOS.SYS Information
10. Troubleshooting/Limitations
11. Adaptec Phone Numbers
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1. New Features
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Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.03 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 and AHA-2940W)
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)
o * PCI host adapter support
o ** AHA-1530P/1532P "Plug and Play" support
* New to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.01
** New to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.02
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 AHA-1530P/1532P
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 AVA-2820/2822/2825
o Adaptec AHA-2840VL/2842VL
PCI Bus
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o Adaptec AHA-2940
o Adaptec AHA-2940W
o Adaptec AIC-7870 based SCSI host adapters
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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 3.03. 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
IBM Internal CD-ROM 2443 2 multisession
Enhanced CD-ROM II 0893 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
MultiSpin 4X 2.5A 2 multisession
CDR 900 2.5A 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
Sanyo CRD 400E 1.31 2 multisession
CRD 400I 1.31 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
XM 4101B 2893 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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Backup Basics for Windows supports the following SCSI tape drives:
Vendor Drive Firmware
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Conner/Archive Viper 2150S 21247-011
Conner/Archive Viper 2525S 25462-007
Conner/Archive Viper 2525S 25462-011
Conner/Archive MS525Q Viper 2525S 25582-004
Conner/Archive Anaconda 2750S 28077-902 v6.0
Conner/Archive MS1350Q Anaconda 2750S 28077-003 v6.0
Conner/Archive Anaconda 2800S 28889-900
Conner/Archive Anaconda 2800S 28077-003 v6.0
Conner/Archive MS2000DAT Python DAT 4320 2.19
Conner/Archive MS2000DAT Python DAT 4320 2.66
Conner/Archive MS2000DAT Python DAT 4320 2.96
Conner/Archive Python DAT 4320 2.50
Conner/Archive MS4000DAT Python DAT DC 4322 3.58
Conner/Archive MS4000DAT Python DAT DC 4322 4.04
Conner/Archive MS4000DAT Python DAT DC 4322 4.61
Conner/Archive Python Turbo DAT DC 4324 4.28
Conner/Archive Python Turbo DAT DC 4324 4.59
Conner/Archive Python Turbo DAT DC 4324 4.04
Conner/Archive MS4000DAT Python Turbo DAT DC 4324 4.61
Conner/Archive MS4000DAT+ Python DDS-2 4326 4.98
Conner MS2200HS 8200 2637
Conner MS2200HS+ 8200SX 2638
Conner MS2200HS+ 8200SX 261Z
Conner MS5000HS 8500 0340
Conner MS5000HS 8500 04S0
Conner MS600CS 600CS MT-2ST/F50b Rev D
Exabyte 8200 2637
Exabyte 8200SX 2638
Exabyte 8200SX 261Z
Exabyte 8500 0340
Exabyte 8500 04S0
Exabyte 8505 05B0
Exabyte 8505 06J2
Exabyte DAT (4200) 107
Exabyte DAT (4200) 137A
Exabyte DAT DC (4200C) 096
Exabyte DAT DC (4200C) 132
HP DAT (35470A) 7.09 Rev A
HP DAT DC (35480A) 7.09 Rev A
HP DDS-2 (1533A) 1.95
HP DDS-2 (1533A) 9104
IBM 3450-001 1.2GB QIC I05Y06
IBM 3440-001 2/4GB DAT DC 7.09
IBM DDS-2 4/10GB 4.73
IBM DDS-2 4/10GB 4.82
Iomega 4000 DAT DC 1.35
Iomega 4000 DAT DC 1.38
Sony SDT 2000 DAT 2.09
Sony SDT 2000 DAT 3.02
Sony SDT 4000 DAT DC 2.09
Sony SDT 4000 DAT DC 3.02
Sony SDT 5000 DDS-2 3.02
Tandberg 3660 (250MB) 08:15
Tandberg 3820 (525MB) 04:08
Tandberg 4120 (1GB) 05:10
Tandberg 4120 (1GB) 05:17
Tandberg 4220 (2GB) 05:10
Tandberg 4220 (2GB) 05:17
Teac 600CS 0233-06RV.A-191C
Teac 600CS 0233-0RV.A-191D
Teac 600CS 0233-06RV.D-239E
WangDAT DAT (3100) 2.0
WangDAT DAT DC (3200) 2.0
WangDAT DDS-2 (3400) 1.10
Wangtek 250 FA14
Wangtek 525 73J
Wangtek 51000 7J3
Please note that the firmware versions listed in the above table indicate
the firmware with which the tape drive was tested. If you have a different
version of firmware, it most likely will work with Backup Basics, even
though it is not listed as the version that was certified with the tape
drive. You should contact the manufacturer or reseller of your tape drive
for more information about firmware differences.
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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\aspi4dos.sys /d
device=c:\scsi\aspibuf.sys /size=8
device=c:\scsi\aspidisk.sys /d
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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. ASPI8DOS.SYS Information
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The driver ASPI8DOS.SYS was added after the user's manual went to print.
For information on the available command line switches, refer to the
ASPI7DOS.SYS section of your user's manual. ASPI8DOS.SYS uses the same
switches that ASPI7DOS.SYS does. ASPI8DOS.SYS supports the following PCI
SCSI host adapters:
Adaptec AHA-2940
Adaptec AHA-2940W
Adaptec AIC-7870 based SCSI host adapters
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10. Troubleshooting/Limitations
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o If you have an Adaptec PCI SCSI host adapter installed in your system,
and EZ-SCSI for DOS does not detect your host adapter, try running
EZ-SCSI with the /pci command line switch. For example:
a: <Enter>
ezscsi /pci <Enter>
Note that if your system has EMM386.EXE loaded, from MS-DOS versions up
to 6.2, your system might hang when using the /pci switch. This has been
fixed in MS-DOS 6.21 and later. If you experience this problem, you
should not load EMM386.EXE when running EZ-SCSI for DOS. The same applies
to SCSIFMT.EXE. EZ-SCSI for Windows does not exhibit this problem and
should find your Adaptec PCI SCSI Host Adapter regardless of your PCI
system and whether or not you have EMM386.EXE loaded.
ASPI8DOS.SYS can be loaded high. However, due to the EMM386.EXE problem
mentioned above, some PCI systems will hang if loading ASPI8DOS.SYS after
EMM386.EXE. If you experience this problem, you will either need to load
ASPI8DOS.SYS before EMM386.EXE, or upgrade to MS-DOS 6.21 or later. Other
ASPI modules (e.g. ASPICD.SYS) can continue to be loaded high.
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 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 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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11. 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: 6:00am to 5:00PM Pacific Standard Time
Software Ordering (U.S.A. and Canada) (800) 442-7274
M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time
International Software Ordering (408) 957-7274
M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time
Interactive Fax Service (408) 957-7150
24 hours a day