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SCSI Utilities/Tool Kit

krebizfan said:
CorelSCSI includes an application SCSITools that will test various SCSI devices and media. It might not meet all your needs but disks for it are very common.

I just couldn't find the manual to verify that before.
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So I found a copy of these utilities and the tool is for window 3.1. Was there a pure DOS version as well?
 
I think so, and I just might have a set of disks in my stash, but I'll have to check.
Found a version 2.0 that's definitely DOS. Here's the README.TXT. Appears to be targeted toward CD ROM.

If you have an ASPI facility, it's easy enough to write your own inventory program.
 

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The CorelSCSI version 2 I have has tools for DOS, Windows 3, and OS/2. There are probably differences between each. I remember the online help was great, The manual is proving a lot less impressive.

Note that there were cut down versions licensed to various OEMs.
 
The retail boxed Corel SCSI 2 has 5 DOS/Windows disks plus an extra disk for OS/2. The only obvious element missing from the PD version is a set of SCSI scanner tools. I could check the disk contents and see what else is missing from PDSCSI.

I presume PD was for the improved phase change writable variant of the CD-ROM like the Panasonic LF1000.
 
Shadow Lord said:
Thanks for the tip. I will take a look at it and see what it brings to the table. My concern is if it is from that era it won't have any idea about wide and ultra-wide drives, SCSI ID's greater then 7, etc.
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If you're using a 154x series, that's a Narrow SCSI controller, so it has no idea about that either. Wide SCSI devices will need to be put into narrow mode (if they support it) to work with a 1540.

Because of the way SCSI addressing works, only Wide SCSI devices can have SCSI IDs above 7. Practically speaking, I almost always stick to IDs of 0-7, host adapter is 7, boot drive is 0, removable drives start at 6 and count down.
 
Unless a device demands otherwise, I use wide-SCSI controllers for almost everything. Last was a AHA 29160 connected to a SyQuest 44MB drive (narrow SCSI SE). Providing that proper termination is supplied at the device end, there should be no problem.
 
philpem said:
If you're using a 154x series, that's a Narrow SCSI controller, so it has no idea about that either. Wide SCSI devices will need to be put into narrow mode (if they support it) to work with a 1540.

Because of the way SCSI addressing works, only Wide SCSI devices can have SCSI IDs above 7. Practically speaking, I almost always stick to IDs of 0-7, host adapter is 7, boot drive is 0, removable drives start at 6 and count down.
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As I mentioned in the OP I am using a 2740W so it is a concern in my use case scenario. Of course with others it may be different.
 
krebizfan said:
The retail boxed Corel SCSI 2 has 5 DOS/Windows disks plus an extra disk for OS/2. The only obvious element missing from the PD version is a set of SCSI scanner tools. I could check the disk contents and see what else is missing from PDSCSI.

I presume PD was for the improved phase change writable variant of the CD-ROM like the Panasonic LF1000.
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That would be great. I was thinking PD was also referring to that although it seemed rather specific unless it came wit ha PD drive.... If you have the full set of CorelSCSI package I would love to have a backup for historical reference purposes. TIA!
 
The Corel SCSI 2 files are all several years older than the files in the PDSCSI. Missing from PCSCSI were backup and scanning tools. Unfortunately, the USB floppy drive I tried to have read the disks was unable to read 2 of the 6. I will try it with an internal drive or see if I still have the other set of disks still.
 
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