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From: mattioli@TOOK.DEC.COM (John R. Mattioli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Adaptec 1542 quirk
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Date: 5 Jan 90 22:21:08 GMT
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	I'm using a 1542 SCSI and floppy controller and have had lots of good
luck installing the thing.  I like the card very much.  I've only got two
questions: 

	1. My dealer told me I would be getting software with the controller and
I didn't.  Was I supposed to have gotten anything?  Is this dealer dependent? 
Can I get any from Adaptec or netland (without ftp access)? I plan on contacting
my dealer and asking, but I thought I'd ask here also.  By the way, the dealer
is Hard Drives International. 

	2. I've got this game called Wizardry.  It's a floppy that's gotta be
booted.  The game was written using the UCSD P-system, so when it boots it isn't
msdos booting.  In fact, using the 1542, it doesn't even boot.  It just gives me
an error message and hangs the system.  Any clues?  The error is about as useful
as "error number #x" and, I believe, is generated by the P-system. 

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