[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Adaptec AHA-1542a dual SCSI / FDC C

neese@adaptx1.UUCP (03/13/91)

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>
>I am experiencing a nusance problem which I do not know how to
>trouble shoot.
>
>Under DOS I can utilize the controller to read either low (DD) or
>high (HD) floppy disks. What I can't do is either read a DD, 
>remove it and replace it with a HD and read the HD (and converse).
>I have to reboot DOS in order to change floppy disk densities.
>
>Is this a controller problem, a floppy disk configuration problem,
>or an known characteristic of the usage of the dual controler.

This problem has appeared on variants of the AMI BIOS.  You can use
debug to write a 1 to location 40:8f and this will cure the problem.
I would make a batch file and put it into autoexec, so that it is done
at each power up.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
			UUCP @  neese@adaptex