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> >I just ordered an internal SCSI Jaz from computability.  Does anyone
> >know whether this drive will work reliably with the SCSI port on a
> >Proaudio Spectrum 16?  I've read that the SCSI port on that card is
> >NOT  a complete implementation of SCSI.  It's merely for sound card
> >only!

I bought an internal Jaz drive yesterday (3/24) & connected it to the SCSI
port of my PAS16 (rev C) for DOS & Warp.

For DOS I used the CorelSCSI 2.0 ASPI driver (APSIMED.SYS I think).  DOS &
WIndows both recognize the Jaz, but now Windows locks up when exiting :-(

For OS/2 Warp I downloaded the Jaz driver from Iomega's ftp site
(ftp.iomega.com) (the PAS16 SCSI port is supported out of the box by
Warp).  No initial problems with this setup.

The main drawback for using the PAS16 is that the thoughput of the PAS16
SCSI port (691 kB/s) is only ~10% of the Jaz's data rate :-(

For OS/2 I've heard (in comp.os.os2.setup.storage) that there is a problem
with the Jaz microcode (or firmware?) that will not let you format a Jaz
cartridge as HPFS even if you configure it as a fixed drive in OS/2.  I
haven't personally spoken to Iomega about this.

FYI, I got my Jaz for $499 from a local computer vendor (The Computer
Place in Gaithersburg, MD) at a computer show.

My next task is to recompile my Linux 1.2.13 kernel with the Jaz driver (&
fix the Windows problem) ...

   Terry

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Terry