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Patrick Moran wrote:
> Sorry about that I probably skimmed down too far and got the wrong name. It
> will take me a while to get used to this format. I am used to writing
> messages on FIDOnet and my reader/editor combe would take out all of those:

Thats okay, its not a big deal.

> > The two problem areas that come to mind were SciTech Display Doctor, and
> > the Wipe function of Norton Utilities.  Both would cause EMM386 to halt
> > the system, or crash, no matter what I tried.  I can't remember what
> > exactly I tired, However, it has been too long :-)
> 
> Oooops, I just wrote a message about WIPEDISK. I don't use it very much, I
> use Central Point BULKERAS that came with COPYIIPC.

Thats just for floppies isn't it?  I am using Wipe on the Hard disk.


> I have a 3.1 Seagate Diff (HVD) drive here that I cannot use. I'll sell it
> to you
> for a good price. It is a full height drive. I even downloaded the manual
> for it from Seagate. it is a used drive. It's boxed up and ready to go.

Whats a good price?  I don't currently have room for a 5.25" drive.  I
am keeping my eyes out for a nice external case on Ebay, However.

> My
> stupid manual said that it had differential capability. 

They probably used the same manaul for both card versions.  I have
noticed that one must be carefull of model numbers when dealing with
SCSI cards, no matter what comany.

> Just curious, how do you select which controller to boot from and which ID
> to boot?

Well, the computer in question is an EISA bus computer, so I have a
little more to accomplish it than than you might.  Basically you need to
turn off the bios on one card and enable it on the other.  Also, you may
be able to change the boot device ID from within the bios program of the
booting scsi adapter.  I boot from device ID 0, but could change it to
any of the others....at least with my Adaptec, but thats in my other
computer.

Of course you may need to run EZ-SCSI, or whatever you may have
afterwords, too.

> I won't be able to do anything until I get a new MB, because this
> one has the NCR 710/810 in BIOS and recognizes my card. Since I do  not have
> a FLASH BIOS I can't delete it, so I am stuck until I get another MB.

Can't you simply disable the scsi?  Can you change the bios address?  If
yes, you might have a "disable" choice.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA