Driver: DPT SCSI family Driver Overview: NeXTanswer #1830
Last Update: April 23, 1997
Availability Information
Newer Released Driver in NeXTanswers*: Yes, Version 3.32, as NeXTanswer #1889 Newer Beta Driver in NeXTanswers*: No, Version 0.00, as NeXTanswer #
Driver Name / Installer .pkg: DPTSCSIDriver Driver Type: SCSI Driver Scope: Product Family Supported Components: PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver**: EISA, Integrated, ISA, PCI
General Overview notes: The DPT SCSI driver update is designed to support the 2000 and 3000 series of SCSI adapters from DPT. This driver does not support the DPT 2011 ISA Adapter. The DPT 32xx series SmartRAID SCSI adapters include RAID and Cache capability, and support from 1 to 3 SCSI channels. This driver replaces the NEXTSTEP 3.3 DPT 2000 Adapter driver.
* These products have not yet been tested by NeXT's SQA Dept.
Supported Products / Systems (ie integrated into PC System): NEC Express II P60 (On-Board)
Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes: The onboard floppy controller, available on some cards, is not supported.
This device driver provides information in the Configure application's help panel. Choose Info>Help from the Configure menu and scroll down to find this device driver's help topic.
SCSI Driver Details
Supported Connectors: 50-pin Centronics (Standard SCSI), 50-pin Header (Internal SCSI), 50-pin High Density (SCSI-2), 68-pin High Density (Wide SCSI)
Access Mode:
Attributes**: SCSI-2 Cache Size Supported**: 16MB, 4MB, 64MB
Known Problems
The following products have been reported as working:
Future / Update Planning: Reason for New Driver / Update: New Driver / Update Timeframe:
New Driver / Update Description:
Note: Information contained in the "Future Planning" section of this document does not constitute a commitment on the part of NeXT to complete the planned development work.
* - Any NeXTanswer number that is blank indicates that a driver will not be released for this version of NEXTSTEP.
** - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed. Check any available NeXTanswers and the hardware manual for the device for additional information.
Product Vendor
Distributed Processing Technology
140 Candace Drive
Maitland, FL 32751
USA