Asus P2B-DS P2B-DS User Manual - Page 71

VIII. EZ-SCSI UTILITY DOS/Win Info. VIII. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a computer running DOS, Windows 3.1x, or Windows for Workgroups3.1x. NOTE: The Windows95/WindowsNT Troubleshooting section on page 6 describes a few situations when you may need to use the DOS/Windows3.1x drivers and ASPI managers under Windows95 or WindowsNT. DOS and Windows3.1x Device Drivers Device drivers are software programs that enable your computer to communicate with SCSI devices such as hard disk drives, CDROM drives, and scanners. Each kind of device requires a different device driver. Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS/Windows3.1x device drivers that are copied to your hard disk during installation. Adaptec EZSCSI adds command lines to your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer. To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers, including their command line option information, see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference, a Windows Help application. DOS and Windows3.1x ASPI Managers ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers, your host adapter, and your SCSI devices to communicate with each other. ASPI managers are written for a specific operating system, such as DOS, and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters. Adaptec EZSCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS/Windows3.1x. When you install Adaptec EZSCSI on these operating systems, it detects what kind of host adapter is installed in your computer and automatically configures your system with the correct ASPI manager. To learn more about these ASPI managers, including their command line option information, see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference, a Windows Help application. ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User's Manual 71