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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:29:09 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Adaptec Drivers

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I wrote:

> > Is there some particular reason you need to go with one of the later drivers ? I can't quote the version
> offhand, but I'm using a 7800FAM set dated 4/8/99.

Rocky responded:

> I don't think this is the same version as what I am playing with (the files in
> the archive have 5-1-01 dates). However, I'd still like to know what version
> your driver reports itself as at boot time? Either a /V is needed after the BASEDEV statement or you need to
> hunt around the file with a hex editor. I'd like to know which one you're
> having good luck with.

Sometimes a driver, lib file, or even an executable won't show a version you can find with a hex editor (which
is really annoying), due to some kinda "stealth" coding, an absent-minded programmer, or who knows why.
Fortunately I think this wasn't one of those. I found the string

#OEM:9.50#@ Adaptec 7800 Family Driver for OS/2 (d2.4 990408)

inside the AIC7870.ADD I'm using, and

#OEM:9.50#@ Adaptec 7800 Family Ultra2 Driver for OS/2 (d4.12 990408)

inside the AIC78U2.

I can't recall what else might have been problemmatical, other than Compare operations failing when using the
then current CDS product on tape backups, but the problems went away after I plugged in this version from their
site. I sort of doubt it's still there, but if so maybe there is still some explanatory info regarding this.
(FWIW, I don't recall BackMaster ever having this problem, regardless of the driver version in use.)

> I agree with using what works - see my other e-mail about the kind of quirks I
> was experiencing. I think your 2940U is very much like my 2920C except maybe for
> the supplied connector complement. The version that reports itself as 2.3 is
> what works for me (so far).

You are welcome to the version I have here. Just let me know. I don't plan on changing it until / unless
there is some compelling reason to do so. (I'm not by nature an experimenter, like our fine feathered friend .
. . . )

Jordan

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