It's been a while, so I may not be remembering correctly, but I think PC Tools had a series of Adaptec ASPI drivers with it, probably to support the backup program ( to SCSI tape drives ). Ben Franchuk wrote:

It would have been more useful if their backup program had worked, however. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Hep me!! scsi adapter DOS drivers (ot?)

But someone was having problems downloading these ASPI managers from Adaptec's site, so it's a second alternative source. Some might not have realized that if they have the PCTools program, they may already have these drivers, and just not have known it. Dick, I used that program for a long time. I never had any problems with it. I found it to be a useful suite of tools for disk and file management in the "DOS" days. Those ASPI managers were provided by Adaptec. They were the "real deal". Licensed by Central Point Software to be included in the PC Tools package. Richard Erlacher wrote: > Why not simply use what ADAPTEC provides? There's nothing else that does > the job better, though there are MANY driver sets that do it worse, notably > the stuff from IOMEGA. > Dick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Koller" <vze2mnvr(a)verizon.net> > To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>rg>; "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>ca>; > "Ron Hudson" <rhudson(a)cnonline.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: Hep me!! scsi adapter DOS drivers (ot?) > > > > It's been a while, so I may not be remembering correctly, > > but I think PC Tools had a series of Adaptec ASPI drivers > > with it, probably to support the backup program ( to SCSI > > tape drives ). > > > > > > > > > > Ben Franchuk wrote: > > > > > > Ron Hudson wrote: > > > > > > > > --probably off topic... > > > > > > > > I am not sure of the age of the board but > > > > Adaptec seems to think it's not supportable > > > > any more... :^( > > > > > > > > Anybody have DOS ASPI drivers for the > > > > ADAPTEC AHA-1542CF?? > > > > > > > > Tis an ISA scsi card with floppy attach > > > > and I have it in a 486 machine > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > The machine seems to be a 486dx in a "lunchbox" > > > > style case with color lcd. looks like a normal > > > > motherboard is inside.. > > > > > > > > goes by the name of PCIII, with no other markings > > > > as to MFG. > > > > > > > > Any one know anything about this? > > > > > > Don't look at me... I still have my 1542 in this PC here > > > and no drivers.I could use the 'dos' drivers to read a CDROM just in > > > case > > > 95 crashes and I need to reload windows. > > > -- > > > Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu * > > > www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html > > > >

Fred, What version are you describing? The last "really good" version I used was something like 4.22 or so (whichever the last subversion of version 4 was). After that, it went down hill fast. Dave "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote: -- David C. Jenner djenner(a)earthlink.net

I recall that in the 1989-90 timeframe PC-Tools was quite popular, though I never used it myself. I liked to use QDOS for simple file and directly manipulation functions, though it broke on larger partitions. I don't recall the version numbers, but I don't remember hearing about problems until the later versions of PC-Tools. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Ian Koller wrote: For that matter, if it's a fairly recent version of DOS, the ASPI drivers from your Windows9x install floppy work just fine. Doc

Tothwolf wrote: perhaps i'ts just me... every time I get near to the actual download of the driver file, I get "Host not responding" errors. I can download other stuff. errrrrr!

Thanks all for your help. John sent the package of drivers to me. Now I can see my Syquest 44 and CDrom drive from DOS - cool. Thanks again everyone!