08-31-14 11:46 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: SyQuest EZFlyer 230   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <54044D06.13210.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 08-30-14, Ed Vance said to All:   
      
    HG> Hi Ed,   
   Howdy! Holger,   
   -snip-   
    EV> anyone knows a Safe website I could get the SCSI Installation   
    EV> software at, for FREE? Thanks In Advance.   
      
    HG> Actually you don't need any special installation software to   
    HG> make that SCSI controlled SyQuest work.   
   -snip-   
    HG> The only thing you need to do is to insert the line   
    HG> "device=c:\xxx\aspidisk.sys" that may be contained among the NT   
    HG> files into your config.sys file and to set the SCSI ID on the   
    HG> drive to 2,3,4,5 or 6. The "xxx" means the directory where the   
    HG> aspidisk.sys is.   
      
    HG> The aspidisk.sys can also be loaded high by devicehigh=   
    HG> The SCSI ID is usually set by jumper(s) on the drive.   
      
    EV> My EZFlyer 230 drive is a SCSI model and I don't think any files on   
    EV> the Floppies I got with my Parallel Port device would work with a   
    EV> regular SCSI Drive that is connect to a SCSI card I got with the   
    EV> SCSI drive.   
      
   My thinking about why I wrote that is because I've looked at the Manual   
   and looked at the files in the SCSI section of the SyQUest files and to   
   me it looked like the programs installed from the 3 Floppy Disk set   
   that came with the EPP Parallel Port EZ135 drive were made to be used   
   when connecting the EPP drive to a pc that had a SCSI connection using   
   a SyQuest Parallel to SCSI adapter that they sold.   
      
   I think I need the files for a SyQuest SCSI drive installation so my   
   EZFlyer can use their Backup Program to Restore the last backup I made   
   to a set of cartridges for each of the HDD I had in the 486 when I   
   broke the EZ135 by inserting a cartridge at an angle the last time I   
   started the backup on the D: drive, I did get the C: backup complete.   
      
   I'm wanting to Restore what was in the backup for the C: drive to a   
   DOSBOX on this XP box.   
      
   And then put it on the C: drive that I will have to Format because   
   when I was using a IDE/SATA to USB2 adapter to put what was on the   
   two drives in my 486 I messed the C: HDD up and the pc won't BOOT now.   
      
   I found the SyQuest SCSI files on the Wayback Machine at archive.org .   
      
   I looked for files with aspi in the filename on my XP box and all I   
   could find were some .SYS files made by SyQuest that I think were made   
   to use with the EPP drive and now I have a SCSI drive.   
      
   There were a couple of aspi files in IBM PC-DOS 7.0's DOS/DATA   
   directory that I had made a copy of on a cartridge a long time ago.   
   I don't think I can use those though.   
      
   Fun and Games.   
      
    HG> Any files that are on the floppies will be read by the SCSI   
    HG> connection as soon as the computer is aware of the aspidisk   
    HG> driver.   
      
    HG> If there is a jumper for setting the IRQ of the EzFlyer you can   
    HG> set it to 5 which is the IRQ for LPT2 that you don't use.   
      
   The EZFlyer SCSI drive came with a PCI card and SCSI cable for the   
   drive and when I BOOT the XP box I see the Drive is number 0 and the   
   Adapter is #7 .   
      
   I like the Tagline that You used.   
      
    HG>  * MR/2 2.30 * Wisdom comes with age. But sometimes age comes   
    HG> alone.   
      
   ... Please forgive me, I have Senior Moments one after another...   
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