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From: curry@cat.de (Juergen Kuri)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1540B/1542B compatibility question
Message-ID: <e40#i2.m17@cat.de>
Date: 14 May 91 18:56:01 GMT
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David E. Johnson (dave@sam.cs.olemiss.edu) schrieb am 11. 5.:
>
> I am interested in purchasing an Adaptec 1540B or 1542B controller to
> run DOS and UNIX (ESIX). I have been told that there are compatibility
> problems with the card and Windows 3.0 and other DOS programs.

There are problems with programs, that run in virtual-8086-mode.
This means, you need a additional driver for programs as windows 3,
qemm-386 and that. It's called SCSIHA.SYS and I think, it's available
on every online service.

Juergen Kuri
          | curry@cat.de

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  Juergen Kuri (curry@cat.de)                     
  C.A.T. Kommunikations-System, Frankfurt, Germany