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From: fiasco@ntcpyr.sc.sni-usa.com (Rich Gircys)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Disk driver for Adaptec 154x board.
Summary: Driver needed for adaptec 154x board.
Keywords: adaptec os/2 scsi disk driver 1.21
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Date: 29 Mar 91 21:54:06 GMT
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I am in desparate need of the OS/2 version 1.21 driver for the adaptec
154x board. I have been in contact with adaptec regarding this issue
since Dec of last year, and just yesterday they shocked me by replying
to my email by saying that they're not even working on it! This comes
after numerous vague promises that it would soon be ready.

Does anybody else have this need? If so, please let me know so that maybe
an organized efort will make adaptec take notice. Also open to any other
reasonable suggestions (not including getting an ESDI drive which I am
tempted to do).

As a summary of the current support for SCSI under OS/2, I present the
following:

	o SCSI/adaptec suported without special drivers only in machines
	  with ABIOS (Advanced BIOS). This includes PS/2 and a few others.

	o Otherwise, you need a driver from the OEM of the board which in
	  this case is an unresponsive, brain dead adaptec corp.

Adaptec, I hope you're reading this cause if this is the way you do business,
I've bought/recommended for purchase my last adaptec product.

P.S. If an email response if forthcoming, email to:

		fiasco@infoserv.com    or
		{...uunet}!infoserv!fiasco

Thanks

G. R. Gircys