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Q88110: Third-Party 32-Bit Disk Access Drivers Available

Article: Q88110
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 24-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article outlines the availability of third-party 32-bit disk access device
drivers.


MORE INFORMATION
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Boca Research, Inc.
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Boca Research has released a 32-bit disk access device driver called 2015P.386.

Columbia Data Products
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Columbia Data Products has not yet released any 32-bit disk access device drives
but is working on device drivers to support approximately 20 controller cards.

Promise Technologies
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Promise Technologies has released a 32-bit disk access device driver called
VLIDE.386. and EIDE2300.386 for their 2300 disk controller.

Quantum
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Quantum has released a 32-bit disk access device driver called IDE_WIN.386.

UltraStor
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UltraStor has released a 32-bit disk access device driver for Windows 3.1. The
device driver is called ULTRAISA.386 and is embedded in the ULTRAISA.ZIP file.
The .ZIP file can be downloaded from the UltraStor bulletin board service
(BBS).

The following are the file details:

  Filename         Size  Date      Time     Description
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  ULTRAISA.ZIP     13802 07-15-92  10:35a   Name of the .ZIP file
  ULTRAISA.386     32307 07-14-92   5:43p   File contained with the
                                            .ZIP file

The following information was obtained from the UltraStor 32-bit disk access
readme file.

ULTRAISA.386 is a Windows 3.1 compatible VxD driver that supports the 32-bit disk
IO mode. This driver should only be used in conjunction with UltraStor ISA-based
controllers.

The UltraStor models supported are:

- ULTRA 12F AT ESDI Controller

- ULTRA 12F-24 AT ESDI Controller

- ULTRA 12C AT Caching ESDI Controller

- ULTRA 15C AT Caching IDE Controller

- ULTRA 15FM AT IDE Multi IO Controller

- ULTRA 14F AT Bus Master SCSI Host Adapter (ISA Mode Only)

- ULTRA 14N AT SCSI Host Adapter

NOTE: For earlier versions of some controller BIOS, an upgrade of the BIOS may be
necessary. A message suggesting that you upgrade is displayed if the it is
necessary. If so, the driver displays the message and then halts the
installation.

Western Digital
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Western Digital has released a 32-bit disk access driver called WDCDRV.386.

The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft;
we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance
or reliability.

Additional query words: fastdisk 3.10 3.11 3rdparty OEM

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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