APA Product Common Questions and Answers Document # 39240 Q. Do you have a PCMCIA to SCSI adapter? A. Yes, we have an adapter that will allow you to hook up to (7) seven SCSI devices through a type-2, type-3 PCMCIA slot or a Toshiba type- 4 slot. It is called the APA-460 or APA-1460 SlimSCSI. Q. What are the specifications on APA-460 and APA-1460 SlimSCSI? A. They are type II compatible. The APA-460 has a transfer rate of up to 2MB/sec and supports up to ( 7 ) seven SCSI devices. The APA-1460 has a transfer rate of up to 10MB/sec and supports up to ( 7 ) SCSI devices. Q. What is the purpose of Cardsoft Socket services? Why do I need it? A. It is the software that wakes up the PCMCIA chip in the computer. Use the card and socket services that comes with your PC if it exists. Q. Why does my Notebook computer hang and report "no command.com" when the MA460.SYS loads? A. This is a known problem with the MA460.SYS v1.12 and v1.15 when used with some chip sets, MA460 scans addresses 360h through 230h. When we scan address 250, the power management on the notebook shuts down the hard drive. MA460.SYS version 1.16 fixes this and the file on our bulletin board contains the updated driver; TASP3.EXE. Q. Can I use devices with high transfer rates on MiniSCSI adapters? A. The APA-348 MiniSCSI Plus and bi-directional specifications only support a maximum burst rate of 260 Kbytes per second. The APA- 358 MiniSCSI EPP and Enhanced Parallel Port specifications only support a maximum burst rate of 1 Mbyte per second. If you require higher transfer rates, then consider getting a 16-bit or 32-bit SCSI host adapter. Q. I have a Media Vision Sound card and want to utilize the SCSI Port to run a hard disk and tape drive. A. SCSIWorks! software contains the drivers and software necessary to run additional SCSI devices on the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 and Pro Audio Studio sound cards. The software can be ordered from our software order line at (800) 442-7274. Q. What kind of scanner does SCSIWorks! support? A. SCSIWorks! comes with drivers for the HP-IIC and HP-IIP. If the user plans to use other scanners (i.e. Nikon), then the user must load a Nikon specific driver that is ASPI compatible. This must come from the manufacturer. Q. I have a CD ROM connected to a T-130. The driver loads fine and I get my drive letter E:. When I do a dir E:, I get "cdr-101 not ready error", or it just hangs. A. Try removing the JP2 jumper (0 wait state) from the T-130. Q. The PCMCIA Socket Service drives in the config.sys recognize the card, but the Adaptec drivers say that no card is present. A. Make sure that the PCMICA Socket service drivers are loading BEFORE the Adaptec drivers. The system must recognized the card and sockets before the Adaptec drives will load. WIN NT Q. I can not install Win NT 3.51 using the T-348 Adaptec Cable product. Am I doing something wrong ? A. No. The cable products from Adaptec can not be used to install NT. This is because during the installation the program does not look to the parallel ports to find a SCSI device. After the initial installation is complete and NT is up and running, then the Adapter can be added by opening the Winsetup icon and choosing options. Here you will find an install SCSI adapter line. Note: It is recommended that installation of the parallel to SCSI adapters be used with the latest drivers, available on the BBS free of charge. The file name is TRAN_NT.EXE. SCO UNIX Q. Why is the APA-460 or APA 1460 SlimSCSI not supporting the UNIX operating system? A. UNIX has no card and socket services, so PCMCIA cards are not supported. NOVELL Q. Can I install my Novell software from CD-ROM using the APA- 348, APA-358 or APA-460 SlimSCSI? A. Yes. Just install the APA-xxx on your computer under DOS and reboot your system to load the CD ROM drivers. Then you can use the Install program off the CD-ROM to install Novell software on your host computer. Revised on 4/4/96