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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: help with SCSICNTL.EXE
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Date: 3 Jan 91 21:29:44 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    Jan  3 11:59:00 1991


>/* ---------- "help with SCSICNTL.EXE" ---------- */
>I try to run the SCSICNTL.EXE program on my 1542B, without success.
>Is SCSICNTL.EXE compatible with the 1542B, or only with 1542A ?
>Or is my motherboard (25MHz 486 micronics) incompatible with SCSICNTL.EXE ?
>I run version 5.3 of SCSICNTL.EXE, and as soon as I get the version
>information I get a message:
>GENERAL ERROR
>Could not get local inquiry data from the adapter
>Press <ENTER> to continue.
>After my <ENTER>, I get the message
>Cleaning up the SCSI bus
>and the program terminates.
>
>ALL settings on the 1542B have their default value (330h, IRQ11, etc).
>The SETSCSI.EXE program seems to work.
>I have a Wren IV drive.

I am working on a newer version that will hopefully take care of all
the timing issues with these faster machines.  I finally got a hold of
a 486 to use and so V5.4 will have this problem corrected.  It is a timing
issue.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex
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