User manual SYQUEST SYJET PORTABLE SCSI

[. . . ] ® 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive With Parallel Port Option Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems Welcome to SyQuest® Thank you for buying a SyQuest removable cartridge disk drive, a truly unique combination of powerful features and performance. Our goal is to make your drive an invaluable asset for years to come, starting today. If you have questions or need assistance installing your drive, please contact SyQuest. SyQuest® Technology is located at 47071 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538-6517. SyQuest's main phone number is 510-226-4000, which has a 24-hour automated system to help direct your calls. [. . . ] DOS: At a DOS prompt, run the SQSHELL program. From the list of options, select Other Options and press return. Click Enable Write Protect (or Disable Write Protect). Windows 3. 1x: Double-click the SyQuest Utilities icon. Click the SyJet drive letter, and click either Set to On or Reset to Off in the Write Protect box. Windows 95: Run the SyQuest Utilities and click the Control button. Select the SyJet drive letter in the list box and click either Set to On or Reset to Off in the Write Protect box. Note: When you enable Write Protection, both the SyJet cartridge and the drive are placed in Write Protect mode. This means that any cartridge inserted into the drive cannot be written to until you turn off Write Protection. The Write Protection utility is supported only under DOS, Windows 3. 1x, and Windows 95. 18 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive Locking or Unlocking a Cartridge Locking a cartridge causes the eject button to have no effect. You unlock a cartridge to allow use of a the eject button. Lock or unlock a cartridge as follows: Exit all applications that use the cartridge, and close all open files on the cartridge. You may lose data if you eject the cartridge before closing all open files on the cartridge. DOS: At a DOS prompt, run the SQSHELL program. From the list of options, select Other Options, and press Return. Select Lock Utility (or Unlock Utility). Windows 3. 1X: Double-click the SyQuest Utilities icon. Click the Lock (or Unlock), button, then select the SyJet drive letter and click the OK button. Windows 95: Windows 95 automatically locks and unlocks the cartridge. Windows NT: Windows NT automatically locks and unlocks the cartridge. OS/2: Select the SyJet drive icon, click the right mouse button, and select the Lock (or Unlock) menu item. Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 19 AV Mode AV mode is for audio/video playback only. To avoid data errors, always record in data mode. [. . . ] For example, to reserve three drive letters for drive 1, change the OS2DASD. DMD statement in CONFIG. SYS from: BASEDEV=OS2DASD. DMD to BASEDEV=OS2DASD. DMD /NUMVOL:1, 3 Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 31 Using the Visit Program to Manage Drive Letters SyQuest SCSI drives may be temporarily installed on PCs using the VISIT program. VISIT loads the required device drivers and allows you to quickly attach and software-connect a SyQuest SCSI drive while the computer is operating--you need not even reboot the system. VISIT assigns a new drive letter (after all other drive letters are assigned in the normal order) for the SyQuest SCSI drive. The drive is accessible as a removable cartridge disk drive using the newly-assigned drive letter. [. . . ]