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>Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.periphs.scsi,alt.periphs.pcmcia >Subject: PCMCIA/SCSI -- Adaptec APA-1460 -- Thinkpad 750Cs -- Toshiba CD-ROM > >Well, I just installed Adaptec's APA-1460 SlimSCSI PCMCIA SCSI-II card >in my Thinkpad 750Cs. It works just great with an antique Maxtor 8760S, >a newer Maxtor 340 MB drive, and an Archive Viper 150S. Disk transfer >rate is about 1 to 1.6 MByte/sec. Tape transfer rate is fast enough to >keep the tape drive streaming. In essence, I don't see any significant >speed degredation compared to my ISA bus Adaptec 1542B and CF cards. > >However, while Adaptec's EZ-SCSI setup routine and while Adaptec's SCSI >interrogator software both see my Toshiba XM-3201 CD-ROM (perhaps the >grandfather of most modern CD-ROM drives -- compatible with most OS's: >DOS, Windows, SCO UNIX, 386BSD, Linux, OS/2, Windows/NT, etc) -- their >ASPI2DOS.SYS driver software only sees the Maxtor and the Archive Tape >-- ASPI2DOS.SYS cannot see the Toshiba even if I turn off synchronous >negotiation (and turn off everything else which can be turned off with >the command line switches). > >Does anyone know how to get Adaptec APA-1460 ASPI2DOS.SYS to speak with >my Toshiba XM-3201 during system startup? > >Thanks, AJ Annala > >Dr. Alexander J. Annala >Senior Research Fellow >LMP/Pharmacology >University College >Gower Street >London WC1E 6BT >United Kingdom > >FAX: +44 (171)380-7245 >EMAIL: a.annala@ucl.ac.uk