These adapters and peripherals have passed Windows NT compatibility testing as of May 1993. This list is a subset of the hardware we expect to support in the final product and was current at the time it was published. If your hardware is not listed below, contact your hardware manufacturer for more information. We have not tested every computer and/or device in all possible configurations.
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SCSI(r) Host Adapters
The following SCSI adapters have been tested with the following drives (except as noted): CD Technologies CD Porta-Drive T-3301, NEC Intersect CDR-74, Micropolis 1924, Peripheral Land Infinity 88, ArchiveST 4000 DAT.
Adaptec(tm) AHA-1510 Adaptec AHA-1520 Adaptec AHA-1522 Adaptec AHA-1540B [2] Adaptec AHA-1542B [2] Adaptec AHA-1542C Adaptec AHA-1640 Adaptec AHA-1740 [3] Adaptec AHA-1742 [3] Adaptec AHA-1740A [4] Adaptec AHA-1742A [4] Adaptec AIC-6260 [5] BusLogic BT-542B BusLogic BT-545S BusLogic BT-640A BusLogic BT-646S BusLogic BT-742A BusLogic BT-747S DPT PM2011b (incl. cache) DPT PM2012b (incl. cache) Future Domain MCS-600 (Future Domain's phone number: +1-714-253-0400) Future Domain MCS-700 Future Domain TMC-845 [6] Future Domain TMC-850 Future Domain TMC-850M(ER) Future Domain TMC-860 Future Domain TMC-860M Future Domain TMC-885 Future Domain TMC-1650 Future Domain TMC-1660 Future Domain TMC-1670 Future Domain TMC-1680 Future Domain TMC-7000EX IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter [7] IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter (with cache) Maynard 16-Bit SCSI Adapter [8] NCR 53C700 SCSI Adapter NCR 53C710 SCSI Adapter NCR 53C90 SCSI Controller [9,10] NCR 53C94 SCSI Controller [11] Olivetti ESC-1 Olivetti ESC-2 [12] Trantor T-128 [13,14,6] Trantor T-130b [13,6] UltraStor 14f [15] UltraStor 24f [16] UltraStor 34f UltraStor 124f [17]Native SCSI adapter on MIPS ARC/R4000 systems from ACER, MIPS and Olivetti
SCSI CD-ROM Drives
The following CD-ROM drives have been tested with the following adapters: Adaptec AHA-1542b, AHA-1640 and AHA-1740A; Future Domain TMC-1670 and TMC-850M; IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter (with cache); UltraStor 24f.
CD-Technology CD Porta-Drive T-3301 Toshiba TXM-3301-based
CD-Technology CD Porta-Drive T-3401 Toshiba TXM-3401
Chinon CDX-431 [18]
COMPAQ DualSpeed Sony CDU-561-based
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro sound card with a proprietary
interface to Panasonic CD-ROMs
DEC RRD 42-DA Sony CDU-541-based
Denonr DRD 253
Hitachir CDR-1750S [19]
IBM 3510
IBM Enhanced Internal
CDROM II Drive 32G2958 Toshiba TXM-3401-based
IBM Enhanced External
CDROM II Drive 3510005 Toshiba TXM-3401-based
IBM PS/2 CDROM II Drive Toshiba TXM-3301-based
Matsushita CR-501B Panasonic
Matsushita CR-521 Panasonic
Matsushita CR-561 Panasonic
NEC Intersect CDR-73M
NEC Intersect CDR-83M
NEC Intersect CDR-74
NEC Intersect CDR-84
Panasonicr CR-501B [18]
Philips CM-215
Pioneerr DRM-600 [20]
Procom Technology MCD-DS Toshiba TXM-3401-based
Sony CDU-541 [21]
Sony CDU-6211
Sony CDU-7211
Texel DM-5021 [18]
Toshiba TXM-3201 old model, replaced by TXM-3301
Toshiba TXM-3301
Toshiba TXM-3401
Multimedia Audio AdaptersThe following audio adapters have undergone preliminary testing.
Creative Labs SoundBlaster(tm) 1.x Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro(tm) [26] Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum [26,27] Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum-16 [26,27] Media Vision Thunder Board [26] Microsoft Windows(tm) Sound SystemNative sound adapter on MIPS ARC/R4000 systems from ACER and MIPS
Relavent footnotes (2-21,26,27)
2 Tested with firmware revisions 3.10 and 3.20.
3 This adapter must be configured for 5 MB/second asynchronous I/O to work
with listed CD-ROM drives from NEC.
4 This adapter must be configured for 5 MB/second asynchronous I/O to work
with listed CD-ROM drives from Chinon, Hitachi and NEC.
5 Tested with Unisys PW2Advantage 3256 (Flemington).
6 To use this adapter, at least one device on the bus must provide
termination power.
7 This adapter does not support 4mm DAT drives.
8 The Maynard SCSI Controller can be used as a general purpose SCSI
controller for all tasks except CD Setup. To install Windows NT with
this adapter, use the WINNT.EXE Setup method.
9 Tested with NCR System 3000 Model 3320 and Compaq Portable 486c.
10 The NCR System 3000 Model 3320 with this SCSI controller does not support
tape backup.
11 Tested with NCR System 3000 Model 3350.
12 This adapter must be configured for asynchronous I/O to work with NEC
Intersect CDR-73(M) and Pioneer DRM-600 CD-ROM drives.
13 This adapter is supported only on IRQ 5.
14 This adapter does not support tape drives.
15 Contact UltraStor for an upgrade if you encounter CD-ROM problems.
16 Contact UltraStor for an upgrade if you encounter tape drive problems.
17 The UltraStor 124f is a RAID controller. It supports hard drives and
removable media drives only.
18 CD audio is not supported on this drive.
19 Soft (recoverable) errors may occur when used with Future Domain 8xx
series adapters.
20 The Adaptec AHA-1640 only supports a single compact disc when used with
this CD-ROM drive.
21 CD Audio is not supported on Sony CD-ROM drives when used with the
Adaptec AHA-1640.
26 Supported in SoundBlaster 1.x emulation mode only.
27 The external MIDI connector on this adapter is not supported.
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