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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:23:27 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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Rocky wrote:

> Has anyone tried the updated Adaptec SCSI drivers (7800FAM.EXE containing
> AIC7870.ADD, dates are 5-1-2001)? I've got a AHA2920C which works well under
> driver version 2.3. I don't remember from where I got it from but the one from
> Device Driver Pak 2 (v2.4) stunk - I went back to 2.3. The 2.3 version was a
> definite improvement over the v2.11 that I think was in FP10 or thereabouts. Now, we
> supposedly have an improved version of AIC7870.ADD which, according to my hex
> editor, calls itself version 10.2. Unfortunately, when used in my system, it
> reports that there are no Adaptec cards in the system and refuses to load.

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. I think I got it off the CDS site awhile back. They
were saying something to the effect that this version (altered by IBM ? -- I don't recall anymore . . . )
worked better for certain things, and that using another version could lead to things like failures when
trying to do Compares on tape backup sets. Maybe someone here remembers this issue better than I do.
Anyway, this release works great for my 2940U and U2W cards, so I'd be reluctant to change to something
later, unless I could be sure it incorporated the same fixes.

Jordan

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