neese@adaptx1.UUCP (02/05/91)
>/* ---------- "Re: Adaptec 1542A and Syquest 555" ---------- */ >In article <3250@polari.UUCP> lampi@polari.UUCP (Michael Lampi) writes: >>In article brando@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Brandon Brown) writes: >>>herbing@netmbx.UUCP (Uwe Herbing) writes: >>>>is there a device driver available, which allows you to use more than 2 >>>>scsi fixed disks connected to an adaptec 1542A host adapter. >>>Yes, it is an adaptec driver that will support multiple controllers, assign >>[...description of how it works...] >> >>I suggest a faster & more productive route would be to call the vendor who >>sold you the controller & get the software. Adaptec won't sell it to you >>directly unless you are a large OEM. > >Get the software? My vendor wants NZ$200 for it! Is any software >supposed to come with the adaptor? (AFDISK for example) > >This sort of basic partitioning s/w normally comes with the adaptors >(well it did with the other four brand I've bought). Now the Adapdec I >bought for compatibility with Microport Unix 3.2 V2 not only cost >twice as much but want extra for the s/w! The software now comes with the 154x adapter in the SCSI Master Kit. The raw adapter is also available. >QUESTION: Has anyone got an Adaptec 1542A working with a Syquest >Syq555 removable cartridge drive. The mechanism works with my other >adaptors, but when I connect it to the Adaptec it doesn't even spin-up >properly (green light never comes on). What's more it doesn't >spin-down when you push the spin-down button necessitating turning off >the computer to get a cartridge out. When the computer boots up I get >the Adaptec Adaptor titles then "Host Adaptor not found at 330h". It >says 330h even if the card is set to a different address. The BIOS is hard coded at 0x330. I have used SyQuest drives with any troubles. It sounds like a termination problem here. I have had the same type of problem when my bus termination was not set correctly. I also have seen this problem when the drive ID was set to the same ID as another drive/adapter on the SCSI bus. Roy Neese Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer UUCP @ neese@adaptex uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utacfd! {nominil,merch,cpe}!adaptex!neese uunet!mlite!adaptex!neese