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From: neese@adaptex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542 quirk
Message-ID: <19900002@adaptex>
Date: 6 Jan 90 20:37:00 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptex.UUCP!neese    Jan  6 14:37:00 1990


>	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. 

No software comes with the AHA-154x adapter.  As it comes it has an INT13 AT
BIOS, so it would plug in and go for MS-DOS.  SCO and ISC both support the
adapter so no need for XENIX/UNIX software for these two flavors.  

>	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. 

If the boot disk does not use the INT13 BIOS and talks directly to the I/O
controller, then the software would have to know about the AHA-154x adapter.
The adapter is not register/port compatible with the standard ST-506
controller.  I beleive this may be the problem.  First time I have heard of
this game.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Central Field Applications Engineer
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