jcurtis@simasd.navy.mil (Jay Curtis) (09/05/90)
HELP! I have an Adaptec 1542B with a Wren V 94181-385H SCSI drive. The
Wren V is shipped with the read ahead buffer turned off. I would like
to turn it on to improve disk access speeds. Seagate tells me to
contact the controller manufacturer for an interface program that works
with their controller.
So I called Adaptec. 6 times! Six different voice mail machines later
I finally talk to someone. I tell him what I need. I said I need the
program called SCSICTRL.EXE written by Roy Neese at Adaptec in order to
fully utilize the controller/drive combination I have. "not a supported
program" was the answer. Fine tell me what program is supported so I
can use this expensive combination and justify it's purchase price.
Wasted my time.
So....
Has *ANYONE* out there got a copy of SCSICTRL.EXE that you can send me
or tell me how to get? I am about at the end of my rope! My boss is
asking me where is the speed increase you said I would see!!!
Please help me find this program!?
Thanks in advance.
--Jay
--
Jay Curtis
jcurtis@simasd.UUCP
{nosc;ncr-sd;ucsd;}!simasd!jcurtis
Of course my opinions are my own... Who would let me speak for them?!darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) (09/06/90)
In comp.unix.sysv386, jcurtis@simasd.navy.mil (Jay Curtis) writes: > HELP! I have an Adaptec 1542B with a Wren V 94181-385H SCSI drive. The [ ... ] > Has *ANYONE* out there got a copy of SCSICTRL.EXE that you can send me > or tell me how to get? I am about at the end of my rope! My boss is > asking me where is the speed increase you said I would see!!! Back in March/April 1990, I grabbed a number of files from Adaptec via uucp, SCSICTRL.EXE being one of them. At the end of this message, I've included a list of files that I have (the descriptions were taken from Adaptec's readme file). If you still need a copy, send email. Note, however: 1. I have not tested these programs (I never got around to using them). Back up your hard disk before using them. You may even want to get out your favorite virus hunting program. 2. These programs were obtained a few months ago. They may not be the latest and greatest. -- Darryl Okahata UUCP: {ucbvax!hplabs, hplabs!, hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpnmd!darrylo Internet: darrylo%hpnmd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day. =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/GETDEVS.EXE.Z Size: 11013 Oct 11 09:12 GETDEVS.EXE.Z UD 1/25/1990 Size: 11190 Jan 25 16:57 GETDEVS.EXE.Z - More robust and now works on fast 386 and 486 machines. This is a quickie utility that displays all of the targets and luns on the SCSI bus. No command line options, just run it. A good way to find out if your SCSI device honors the right target/lun combinations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following utilities will operate on any hard drive that is INT13H BIOS compatible. ~/GRDRIVE.EXE.Z Size: 26244 Oct 11 09:12 GRDRIVE.EXE.Z ~/GREAD.EXE.Z Size: 26533 Oct 11 09:13 GREAD.EXE.Z ~/GWRITE.EXE.Z Size: 26591 Oct 11 09:13 GWRITE.EXE.Z These three utilities were written out of complete frustration. They will display information graphically, thus requiring at least a CGA Monitor. They all have the same command line options. (Nothing fancy here) For instance, gread 1 2000 gread 1500 gread 0 3000 gread 2 gread 2 4000 The above examples are all valid. If the first argument is a single digit it can be: 0 - test drive zero only 1 - test drive one only 2 - test both drives The larger number, tells the program the range for the transfer rate in KB. Defaults are [test drive zero][1000] None of the programs will destroy data, including gwrite. GRDRIVE does both reading and writing for one drive only and thus will only accept 0 or 1 for single digit arguments. GREAD/GWRITE does read /write tests for one or both drives. All of the programs go through the BIOS and will run on any hard drive. At the end of the run the program silently waits for you enter data concerning the configuration and then pressing <ENTER> will exit. If you have your favorite graphics screen dump program loaded, then you can print the results to a printer. WARNING: GRDRIVE and GWRITE read and write the data read during the test. If you reset your computer to exit these programs, you could blow your boot track. To safely exit while these are running press <CTRL><C>. DO NOT press <CTRL><BREAK>. The programs will exit when it is safe to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/SCSI.EXE.Z V6.0 Size: 37507 Oct 11 09:12 SCSI.EXE.Z UD 12/08/1989 V6.1 Size: 37466 Dec 18 09:05 SCSI.EXE.Z - Corrects program to work on machines faster than 20Mhz. UD 1/25/1989 V6.2 Size: 38707 Jan 25 16:57 SCSI.EXE.Z - More robust cleanup after itself. Now tested to work on 33 Mhz 386 and 486 machines. This a diagnostic for the AHA-154x/1640 and devices attached to these host adapters. It is menu driven and will destroy data without much warning. But can be very useful for tracking down problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/SCSICNTL.EXE.Z V4.4 Size: 49087 Oct 11 09:12 SCSICNTL.EXE.Z UD 12/08/1989 V4.5 Size: 49104 Dec 12 08:44 SCSICNTL.EXE.Z - Corrects program to work on machines faster than 20Mhz. UD 1/22/90 V4.6 Size: 49070 Jan 22 08:54 SCSICNTL.EXE.Z - Adds support for the CDC Wren VII drive. UD 1/25/90 V4.8 Size: 50246 Jan 25 16:57 SCSICNTL.EXE.Z - Corrected the support for the Wren VII drive. They changed the name in the inquiry data to IMPRIMIS. More robust cleanup routine and general improvements to allow fast 386 and 486 machines to work. Option 11 to get the adapter configuration returns more data than ever. This is a program that gives you access to the mode sense pages of a SCSI device. Although MS-DOS based, can be helpful in all operating environments, as programming the SCSI device is completely transparent to the operating system. It is menu driven, and after choosing a selection from the main menu you may press '?' for further help and/or an explanation of what you are about to do. This program has knowledge of the following drives, but can be used with any drive (I think??). Micropolis 137x CDC Wren III, IV, V, VI, VII Quantum Q250, Q280, Pro40S, Pro80S Conner CP-340, CP-3100 Maxtor XT-4xxxS, XT-8xxxS, LXT-100S The scsicntl.doc.Z is a troff user manual for the program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/scsicntl.doc.Z Size: 12116 Nov 4 09:37 scsicntl.doc.Z UD 1/25/1990 Size: 12594 Jan 25 16:50 scsicntl.doc.Z - Added a line to generate a table of contents and also some other additions to cover the 4.8 version of SCSICNTL. UD 2/2/1990 Size: 12725 Feb 2 11:30 scsicntl.doc.Z - Minor corrections to the english This is a troff document for the SCSICNTL.EXE file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/SETSCSI.EXE.Z Size: 7633 Oct 11 09:24 SETSCSI.EXE.Z This program is meant to be used in a MS-DOS environment in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It is only needed for the AHA-154[02][A] host adapters. It has the options: -t:5, 6, 8, 10 This sets the DMA transfer rate of the host adapter. The number indicates the DMA transfer rate in MBytes/sec. *** WARNING **** Not all systems can run as fast as the host adapter is capable. In fact, I don't know of a system that will run at 10MBytes/sec. **************** -f:2-15 This sets the bus-off time of the host adapter. -n:2-15 This sets the bus on time for the adapter. Caution: You can starve memory refresh if you set the host adapter at 15. If your system has static rams only, then this is okay, as static rams do not need refresh. Running this program without any options will cause the program to reset the defaults for the host adapter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/setscsi.doc.Z Size: 625 Feb 16 12:49 setscsi.doc.Z Additional ascii doc on the usage of SETSCSI.EXE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/1540USR.MAN.Z Size: 92083 Jan 26 17:08 1540USR.MAN.Z This is an ascii version of the AHA-154xA User's manaul. It does have some control codes imbedded in it so that pictures can be displayed on the console.
sl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) (09/06/90)
In article <12870001@hpnmdla.HP.COM> darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes: }In comp.unix.sysv386, jcurtis@simasd.navy.mil (Jay Curtis) writes: } }> HELP! I have an Adaptec 1542B with a Wren V 94181-385H SCSI drive. The } } Back in March/April 1990, I grabbed a number of files from Adaptec }via uucp, SCSICTRL.EXE being one of them. At the end of this message, }I've included a list of files that I have (the descriptions were taken }from Adaptec's readme file). If you still need a copy, send email. In article <1990Sep5.170317.24942@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes: }In article <1990Sep05.012701.3503@nstar.uucp> larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: }>jcurtis@simasd.navy.mil (Jay Curtis) writes: }> }>>I am asking for is a copy of the program "scsictrl.exe" written by Roy }>>Neese of Adaptec. It used to be available on adaptex but since adaptex }>>is no longer (sigh!)..... }> }>I also am looking for this program - please send me in the right }>direction when you find a copy of it (I have the same drive and }>amd wondering the same thing).. }> }> } }I tried to e-mail, but it bounced. If anybody is interested in these programs, }I have them and can e-mail them out. Note, I only have the DOS utilities, not }the UNIX ones. Here is what I have... } }1540CPU.LIST GRDRIVE.EXE SCSI.EXE SETSCSI.EXE sds3.desc }1540DRV.LIST GREAD.EXE SCSICNTL.EXE readme setscsi.doc }GETDEVS.EXE GWRITE.EXE SCSIHA.SYS scsicntl.doc If I can get copies of these I will make them available for FTP and UUCP downloading from wimsey.bc.ca (aka van-bc). -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice)