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manual abstract
AHA-1510A/20A Series host adapters give you access to Adaptec’s ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) family of software. This family includes device drivers that work with tape, disk, CD-ROM, WORM, and DAT devices and also with operating systems such as DOS, OS/2, UNIX, and NetWare. The ASPI software communicates with the operating system managers through the common ASPI platform. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide A AA AA AStock Number: 510400-00, Rev. C Page: 1-1 A AA AA APrint Spec Number: 491842-00 A AA AA ACurrent Date: 11/18/94 ECN Date: 11/29/94 A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide Features Fast Data Transfer ¦ 10 MBytes/second synchronous Fast SCSI data rate ¦ 5 MBytes/second synchronous SCSI data rate ¦ 3 MBytes/second data rate on the ISA bus, the highest speed allowed in the Programmed I/O (PIO) environment) ¦ 2 MBytes/second asynchronous SCSI data rate Superior Price/Performance Value ¦ High speed PIO data transfer ¦ Optional high speed DMA data transfer (supported under OS/2 on EISA-bus computers) ¦ Minimal SCSI overhead in single-tasking environments when utilizing disconnect/reconnect capabilities ¦ 16-bit host bus data transfer widths Multitasking ¦ Each host adapter supports up to eight simultaneous I/O tasks when utilizing SCSI-2 Disconnect/Reconnect feature. Connectivity ¦ Each host adapter supports up to seven SCSI devices and up to eight logical units (LUNs) per SCSI device. ¦ Full SCSI Floppy/Floptical® (21 MByte) diskette supports configurations of up to four floppy-type diskettes (up to two standard floppy diskettes). ¦ Supports both synchronous and asynchronous devices: disk drives, tape, CD-ROM, WORM, DAT, etc. Compatibility ¦ SCSI BIOS with boot capability and support for up to two hard disk drives under DOS (AHA-1520A/1522A only) ¦ Supports SCSI hard disks with capacities above 1 GByte AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide A AA AA AStock Number: 510400-00, Rev. C Page: 1-2 A AA AA APrint Spec Number: 491842-00 A AA AA ACurrent Date: 11/18/94 ECN Date: 11/29/94 A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA Introduction ¦ ASPI and software driver support for all major operating systems, including DOS, OS/2, UNIX, and Netware ¦ Compatible with a wide variety of computer systems and SCSI devices ¦ Full support of SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 ¦ Floppy controller option support for all standard floppy disk drives (AHA-1522A only) ¦ Optional built-in SCSI Floppy/Floptical diskette drive support ¦ Compact design; half-card size fits easily into desktop PCs, as well as many slots in laptop computers Software Support ¦ Adaptec EZ-SCSI software automatically configures your system an...
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