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SCSISelect. You can stop the test at any time by pressing Esc. Your PC will reboot. 7 Operating System Software Support Windows 95 Windows 95 has embedded software support for your AHA-1540CP/1542CP host adapter. To install your host adapter under Windows 95, read the Microsoft documentation for installing new hardware devices. Adaptec EZ-SCSI™ has a number of 32-bit applications that enhance the usefulness of your SCSI devices under Windows 95. These include applications for power management, disk performance benchmarking, scanning documents and graphics, and partitioning disks. DOS/Windows 3.x Adaptec EZ-SCSI automatically loads the additional software support for the DOS/Windows 3.x operating systems if you want to do any of the following: s Install more than two hard drives in your PC with the AHA-1540CP/1542CP under DOS prior to 5.0 s Install more than eight hard drives (seven per host adapter) in your PC with the AHA-1540CP/ 1542CP under DOS 5.0 and above s Use a CD-ROM drive, scanner, or SCSI tape drive s Remove and insert CD-ROMs and other removable media while your PC is running To order EZ-SCSI and other Adaptec software products, call the phone number listed on page 12. Other Operating Systems Netware, Windows NT, OS/2, and various versions of UNIX have embedded drivers to support the AHA-1540CP/1542CP. Contact Adaptec or your operating system vendor for information on AHA-1540CP/1542CP drivers for these operating systems. Plug and Play functions may not work on these operating systems; however, you can use the AHA-1540CP/1542CP as a standard (non-Plug and Play) host adapter. 10

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SCSI
Select
. You can stop the test at any time by press-
ing
Esc
. Your PC will reboot.
Operating System Software Support
Windows 95
Windows 95 has embedded software support for
your AHA-1540CP/1542CP host adapter. To install
your host adapter under Windows 95, read the
Microsoft documentation for installing new hard-
ware devices. Adaptec EZ-SCSI
has a number of
32-bit applications that enhance the usefulness of
your SCSI devices under Windows 95. These include
applications for power management, disk perfor-
mance benchmarking, scanning documents and
graphics, and partitioning disks.
DOS/Windows 3.x
Adaptec EZ-SCSI automatically loads the additional
software support for the DOS/Windows 3.x operat-
ing systems if you want to do any of the following:
Install more than two hard drives in your PC with
the AHA-1540CP/1542CP under DOS prior to 5.0
Install more than eight hard drives (seven per
host adapter) in your PC with the AHA-1540CP/
1542CP under DOS 5.0 and above
Use a CD-ROM drive, scanner, or SCSI tape drive
Remove and insert CD-ROMs and other remov-
able media while your PC is running
To order EZ-SCSI and other Adaptec software prod-
ucts, call the phone number listed on page 12.
Other Operating Systems
Netware, Windows NT, OS/2, and various versions
of UNIX have embedded drivers to support the
AHA-1540CP/1542CP. Contact Adaptec or your
operating system vendor for information on
AHA-1540CP/1542CP drivers for these operating
systems. Plug and Play functions may not work on
these operating systems; however, you can use the
AHA-1540CP/1542CP as a standard (non-Plug and
Play) host adapter.
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