Future Domain Corporation (FDC) Products: Future Domain SCSI 32-Bit Disk Access (FastDisk) Driver Version: 1.1 1. General Product Overview The Future Domain SCSI 32-Bit Disk Access (FastDisk) is a Windows V3.1 Driver that supports SCSI disks with the Future Domain line of adapters. This driver improves the performance of disk accesses under Windows V3.1 Enhanced Mode. This version supports the following Future Domain adapters; Sixteen bit: TMC-1650/1670/1660/1680/1760/1790/1795 MCS-600/700 Eight bit: TMC-845/850/860/875/885/850M/860M/885M This version supports the following Future Domain VLSI integrated circuits; Sixteen bit: TMC-1800/18C50 Eight bit: TMC-950/9C50A 2. Installation Run the installation program INSTALL.EXE from the Program Manager File menu. This will copy all the Future Domain files into a directory you specify. It will also install the Future Domain FastDisk icon on the Control Panel window. To actually install the SCSI FastDisk interface, you need to double-click on the FastDisk icon that appears on your Control Panel window. This program should guide you through the installation of the Future Domain 32-Bit Disk Access (FastDisk) driver and the other drivers it depends on. If you have a 950 VLSI adapter, the installation will also ask for the Memory Base Address and the IRQ Level used by the adapter. Be prepared with this information before running the installation of the FastDisk interface. 3. FastDisk Support On More Than Two Fixed Disks By default Windows V3.1 can support only a maximum of two fixed disks with FastDisk. This support is usually enough with majority of the users but in situations where more than 2 fixed disks are installed it will be beneficial to have FastDisk (32-Bit Disk Access) support for more than 2 fixed disks. If you have installed our Future Domain driver FDDEVICE.SYS (included in our The Disk Maestro software package) to support more than 2 fixed disks under DOS you are greatly encouraged to install our modified INT13.386 driver on your Windows V3.1 system. This INT13.386 driver replaces the one provided by your Windows V3.1 Retail Product and enables FastDisk support on all drives supported by FDDEVICE.SYS. This by default will be installed by INSTALL.EXE and the item name is 'Enhanced INT 13H Driver'. 4. Precautions First, each of the Future Domain adapters require a valid IRQ number assigned to it and this number does not include 0 (zero). We require you to have a non-zero IRQ for each of the Future Domain adapters in your system for the SCSI FastDisk to work. Secondly, be careful in assigning the IRQ value to your Future Domain adapters. Make sure that none of them will conflict with any other hardware/peripheral in your system. The reason behind this is that if one of your hardware/peripheral (like the mouse installed in COM port 1) has the same IRQ as one of your Future Domain adapters, when Windows starts up your mouse will not work. Lastly, if you have Future Domain's CD-ROM Driver installed in your system please see the "Compatiblity Issues" help topic in the FastDisk Installation Program. 5. SMARTDRV V4.0 Incompatiblity with Disk Maestro V6.0, V5.X The disk caching utility SMARTDRV.EXE V4.0 is incompatible with the disk driver FDDEVICE.SYS shipped with Future Domain's The Disk Maestro V6.0 or V5.X product. An updated FDDEVICE.SYS that resolves this problem is available in release V6.1. Call 1-800-879-7599 to order a Disk Maestro V6.1 upgrade package. 6. One Final Note The first time that you run INSTALL.EXE, it will store the following lines in your WIN.INI file: [SCSI FastDisk] DriverPath= where is the path you have indicated the Future Domain files will be copied to. Please do not remove these lines. 7. Customer Service Write or call: Future Domain Corporation Customer Service 2801 McGaw Avenue Irvine, CA 92714 Monday - Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM (PST) Software Upgrade Orderline (800) 879-7599 TS Hotline: (714) 253-0440 FAX Hotline: (714) 253-0429