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Altec i-Drive Manual

Internal pc card drive with scsi-2 interface
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and to avoid problems when installing this high-quality German-made product,
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i-Drive
internal PC Card Drive
with SCSI-2 interface
HB_i_Drive_e21.qxd4 Version 07/2002.

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  • Page 1 PC Card Drive with SCSI-2 interface Thank you for deciding to buy an altec product. In order to ensure correct functioning and to avoid problems when installing this high-quality German-made product, please read the entire manual and carefully observe the following points: •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ComputerSysteme GmbH disclaims all liability for errors in this manual. Liability for direct or consequential damages which arise in connection with the use of this documentation is specifically excluded insofar as this does not contradict the law. Table of contents...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    The altec i-Drive is a drive for PC Card storage media and supports all standard PC Card ATA or SRAM media and PC Card hard disks. The front of the i-drive has slots for two Type II PC Cards or one Type III PC Card.

  • Page 4: Hardware Installation

    The threaded holes at the bottom of the i-Drive are used to attach the drive to a standard 5.25” drive mounting kit. The i-Drive can be installed in the computer at any angle.

  • Page 5: Scsi Termination

    SCSI controller. If the SCSI controller or the other SCSI devices do not supply termi- nator power, enable terminator power for the i-Drive by inserting jumper 5 on jumper block S1 (see 2.5). Jumper 6 on jumper block S1 enables or disables SCSI bus termination on the i-Drive as follows: Jumper block S1...

  • Page 6: Terminator Power

    Each of the maximum of 8 devices connected to the 8-Bit SCSI Bus must have a unique SCSI address, also called SCSI ID. The SCSI address of the i-Drive is configured with Jumpers 1 to 3 on jumper block S1 as shown in the table:...

  • Page 7: Host Software

    3. Host software Operating system-dependent information The i-Drive is a SCSI drive for exchangeable PC Card storage media. Exchangeable SCSI media are normally supported by the SCSI device driver of your computer’s SCSI controller. However, in some cases you may encounter compatibility problems with exchangeable media depending on the type of controller and the operating system.

  • Page 8: Apple Macintosh Computers

    7.1 and 7.5 The Macintosh operating system automatically looks for devices on the SCSI bus when the system boots, and automatically recognizes the altec i-Drive as a SCSI device. However, for reliable exchange of data, you should use an appropriate Apple-compati- ble driver.

  • Page 9: Using The I-Drive

    4. Using the i-Drive 4.1 Inserting a PC Card After installing the altec i-Drive and starting the computer, you should see two remo- vable drives which correspond to the two PC Card slots in the drive. You can use two Type I or Type II PC Cards simultaneously.

  • Page 10: Technical Specifications I-Drive

    5. Technical Specifications i-Drive Memory card slots 2 x Type I or II, or 1 x Type III PC Card, incl. SRAM Cards Interface SCSI-2 (Fast SCSI); 8-bit single-ended; standard SCSI 50 pin, 2.54 mm pin spacing Supported OS e.g. Windows 95/98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, MS-DOS, OS/2, Unix,...

  • Page 11: Supported Storage Media

    Storage capacities : 16 MByte – 2,0 GByte* As of 07/2002 Ask for our product overview leaflet or visit our web site for information on the full range of memory media, Drives and Solid State Disks which are available from altec: http://www.altec-computersysteme.com User Manual i-Drive 2.1...

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