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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: WHAT IS SCSICNTL.EXE
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Date: 14 Mar 91 19:27:20 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    Mar 13 14:40:00 1991


>/* ---------- "WHAT IS SCSICNTL.EXE" ---------- */
>WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM?
>IS IT NEEDED IF I AM USING A SCSI DRIVE WITH A 1542B ON A PC?
>
>PLEASE REPLY TO BDS2@NS.CC.LEHIGH.EDU

I tried to send mail, but it bounced.
The program is designed to let the user get to the programmable mode pages
of a SCSI device and alter parameters in those pages.  It also has a
low-level format option.  It will give you information based on what the
adapter thinks it is programmed to do on the SCSI bus.  It will give you
SCSI option information on what your SCSI device claims to support.

I don't know if it really needed.  In the truest sense of the question, I
don't think anyone needs SCSICNTL.  Your system will run without it.

While I am at this posting, I thought I might let you folks know,....
There has been some noise about wanting a public domain tar like program
for DOS to work with SCSI stuff.  If there is a real demand for it, I have
almost completed this program and could post it, again, if it is something
that would be useful to many netters.
So far it can:
Read/Write UNIX compatible tar format tapes, restore/backup the files to/from
a DOS partition and vice-versa.
It will support variable tape block sizes,and variable tar blocking sizes.
It does not compress/uncompress files on the fly.
It will work with virtually any SCSI tape drive.
It does require DOS versions of 3.0 or later.
It is menu driven with online help.
It will read/write from/to any hard drive.
It will be written directly to the 1542/1640/1740 hardware, except when
reading/writting from/to the hard disk.

If interested, drop me a line.

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