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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

