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Article #188Parity errors with Adaptec 1542B and Zenith 386/16
From: Phil Kramer
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 00:07
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 00:07
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Greetings! I have been attempting to configure an Adaptec 1542B to work with a Zenith 386/16 under MS Dos 5.0. First some background: The scsi adapter worked successfully without modification in conjunction with a previously installed MFM drive and controller under LINUX - a unix_like operating system (Yea Linus!). Under MSDOS 5.0 with or without the MFM drive and controller I am experiencing frequent Memory Parity Failures. The instances when these occur can be identically reproduced - eg. PKUNZIPing a large file. At this point the Zenith ROM Monitor is entered - always at the same location (0eac:018e). These errors occurr with at least one other program (psilink.exe a communication program) during data transfers. I have tried several permutation of Adaptec drivers, Bus speeds, memory burst refresh speeds, removing extraneous cards (serial and modem) but to no avail The system is currently configured: 8 meg ---- ega \ Latest Bios: 3.5 (?) > Zenith manufacture or supplied 64k cache / 5.25 & 3.5 floppies --- Adaptec 1542B Fujitsu 2652S-512 Any suggestions, insights, experiences are encouraged! TIA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!rutgers!psinntp!psinntp!wrldlnk!usenet From: p00014@psilink.com (Phil Kramer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Parity errors with Adaptec 1542B and Zenith 386/16 Message-ID: <2924563013.1.p00014@psilink.com> Date: 3 Sep 92 00:07:48 GMT Article-I.D.: psilink.2924563013.1.p00014 Sender: usenet@worldlink.com Organization: Performance Systems Int'l Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: PSILink (3.2)