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From: jcurtis@simasd.navy.mil (Jay Curtis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: aha1542b and Wren V
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.211751.10553@simasd.uucp>
Date: 31 Aug 90 21:17:51 GMT
Sender: jcurtis@simasd.uucp (Jay Curtis)
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I recently installed an Adaptec 1542B scsi controller with a Imprimis
Wren V 385 hard drive.  I am using a 33 MHz 386 with 8 meg ram running
SCO Xenix 2.3.3.  The Byte Unix benchmarks show a thoughput of less than
100K bytes/sec for sustained reads/rights/copies.  I suspect that the
drive read ahead is turned off but have no way of verifying this.  What
I am asking for is a copy of the program "scsictrl.exe" written by Roy
Neese of Adaptec.  It used to be available on adaptex but since adaptex
is no longer (sigh!).....  

Could some kind person either point me to an FTP'able sight where I can
retrieve a copy or uuencode and email it to me?  

When I purchased this board, it was accompanied by 1(one) page of
documentation and no software for configuring the attached drives, etc.
I called the Adaptec BBS but this program was not available for
downloading. I tried calling tech support but at 10:00a.m. on a friday,
all I could get was a voice mail system saying that the techs would be
back on tuesday. Ditto Sales department.  Seems that the only person
available was someone on the switchboard transferring calls to voice
mail!  What ever happened to customer support!? Please don't tell me to
ask the person I bought it from.  I work for the Navy.  They buy from a
variety of vendors, most of whom are just resellers, not VAR's.
Therefore no support.

Thanks in advance.

--Jay

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Jay Curtis  
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Of course my opinions are my own... Who would let me speak for them?!