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Optional host adapter settings – Adaptec AHA-1510A User Manual

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AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide

AHA-1510A/20A Series User’s Guide
Stock Number: 510400-00, Rev. C

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Print Spec Number: 491842-00
Current Date: 11/18/94

ECN Date: 11/29/94

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Floppy Disk Controller

The floppy controller is enabled by default on the AHA-1522A. Stan-
dard floppy drives connected to the AHA-1522A onboard floppy
connector are not part of the SCSI bus. These drives are controlled
by the non-SCSI floppy controller on the host adapter.

WARNING:

Be sure to disable any other floppy control-

lers in your system, such as the controller on the
motherboard or non-SCSI controllers. Enabling more
than one floppy controllers can cause your system to
hang.

Optional Host Adapter Settings

AHA-1520A/1522A host adapters also have the following optional
configuration settings, which you should not change unless you
thoroughly understand the consequences of doing so:

Data transfer mode

SCSI Floppy/Floptical

Fast SCSI

Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte

Data Transfer Mode

AHA-1510A/20A Series host adapters use Programmed I/O (PIO)
by default. If you must use the DMA data transfer mode, note the
following:

DMA must be enabled by setting pin pair DT on jumper block
J5

The DMA channel must be selected on both jumper blocks J6
and J8.

The DMA channel selected for J6 and J8 must be identical.

SCSI Floptical Support

This setting enables support for SCSI floppy/floptical drives. This
option is available on the AHA-1520A and the AHA-1522A, since
SCSI floptical support is provided by the host adapter BIOS. See
Appendix B, Floptical Drive Support, for more detailed information.

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