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Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 Copyright © 1994, Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 510400-00, Rev. C MA 12/94 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A A A AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide A A A A A A Stock Number: 510400-00, Rev. C Page: -2 A A A A A A Print Spec Number: 491842-00 A A A A A A Curren
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Copyright Copyright © 1994 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trademarks Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, AHA, and EZ-SCSI are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Floptical is a trad
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FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no gu
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▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Table of Contents Preface Inside This Manual xi Conventions xii Advisories xiii 1 Introduction General Product Information 1-1 Features 1-2 Fast Data Transfer 1-2 Superior Price/Performance Value 1-2 Multitasking 1-2 Connectivity 1-2 Compatibility 1-2 Software Support 1-3 Product Specifications 1-4 Physical Dimensions 1-4 Power Requirements 1-4 Environmental Requirements 1-4 2 Host Adapter Configuration Jumper Block Locations 2-2 Default Settings 2-3 Jumper Block J5 2-4 Jumper Block
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AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide SCSI Termination 2-10 Synchronous Negotiation 2-10 Interrupt Channel 2-10 ISA Port Address 2-11 SCSI BIOS 2-11 SCSI Boot 2-11 ISA BIOS Address 2-11 Floppy Disk Controller 2-12 Optional Host Adapter Settings 2-12 Data Transfer Mode 2-12 SCSI Floptical Support 2-13 Fast SCSI 2-13 Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte 2-13 3 Hardware Installation Host Adapter Layout 3-1 Terminating the SCSI Bus 3-2 Terminating SCSI Devices 3-2 Terminating the Host Ada
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Preface 4 Software Support DOS/Windows 4-1 Adaptec EZ-SCSI 4-1 Other Operating Systems 4-2 5 Troubleshooting Operating Problems 5-1 Other Error Messages 5-5 A Support for Large Disk Drives Extended Translation (Using MS-DOS 5.0) A-1 When to Enable Extended Translation A-1 Using Fdisk A-2 Extended Translation Questions and Answers A-2 B Floptical Drive Support Floptical Installation B-1 Floptical Diskettes and The Host Adapter B-1 Floppy Device Drive Assignment B-2 VHD Format B-3 vii AAAAAAAAAAAA
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▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ List of Figures 2-1 AHA-1520A/1522A Jumper Blocks 2-2 2-2 AHA-1510A Jumper Block 2-2 3-1 Host Adapter Terminators 3-2 3-2 Connecting Internal Devices Only 3-3 3-3 Connecting External Devices Only 3-4 3-4 Connecting Internal and External Devices 3-4 3-5 Inserting the Host Adapter in a Slot 3-6 3-6 Internal SCSI Ribbon Cable to Host Adapter 3-8 3-7 Internal SCSI Ribbon Cable to Internal SCSI Device 3-9 3-8 Daisy Chaining External SCSI Devices 3-9 3-9 External Cable to Host Adapter 3-1
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▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Preface Inside This Manual This manual explains how to install and use Adaptec AHA-1510A/1520A/1522A host adapters. For conve- nience, we will refer to these three host adapter mod- els collectively as the AHA-1510A/20A Series. Chapter 1 Introduction has general information about product features, benefits and specifications. Chapter 2 Host Adapter Configuration describes the host adapter factory defaults, optional features, and how to change host adapter settings. Chapter 3 Hardwa
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AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide Conventions The following typographic conventions are used in this manual. bold Used for keystrokes (… press the Enter key …). Helvetica Used for operator entry that must be typed exactly as shown (… device=c:aspi2dos.sys …) and for mes- sages on the screen (… Enter Password …). Helvetica Italics Used as a place holder for text you must determine and type in (… enter nn for number …). Also used for program and file names that appear in body text (… the auto
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Preface Advisories Advisories are quick notes that stress an important point or warn of a potential hazard to your system, your data and/or your personal safety. This manual uses three kinds of advisories: Note: Text set off in this way presents remind- ers, tips or suggestions that may make it eas- ier for you to install, configure and use your host adapter. Caution: Failure to observe this kind of advi- sory could result in loss of data or damage to your system and installed devices WARNI
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▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ 1 Introduction General Product Information The AHA-1510A/20A Series consists of three host adapter models: ■ AHA-1510A: ISA-to-SCSI host adapter ■ AHA-1520A: ISA-to-SCSI host adapter with onboard BIOS ■ AHA-1522A: ISA-to-SCSI host adapter with onboard BIOS and floppy drive controller Adaptec’s AHA-1510A/20A Series host adapters break the price/performance barrier with multitasking ISA-to-SCSI I/O per- formance. These host adapters greatly enhance the I/O performance of ISA-bus and
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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 singl
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Introduction ■ ASPI and software driver support for all major operating sys- tems, 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
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AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide Product Specifications Physical Dimensions ■ Length: 6.875" ■ Width: 4.18" ■ Thickness: 0.5" Power Requirements ■ 5.25 V to 4.75 V tolerance on the ISA power supply Environmental Requirements o o ■ Temperature (operating or storage) 0-55 C (32-131 F) ❒ 1-4 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A A A AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide A A A A A A Stock Number: 510400-00, Rev. C Page: 1-4 A A A A A A Print Spec Number: 491842-00 A A A A A
