Stallion Technologies Software Release Note ===================== ATA Driver for Windows 95/98 ---------------------------- CONTENTS ======== 1. General 2. Release History _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. General =========== Media Format ------------ The ATA Windows 95/98 driver is delivered in zip and gzip formats and is a full driver diskette. The gzip file is a raw diskette image and needs to be written to a 1.44Mb diskette. The zip file is a standard zip archive containing the files and directories that make up the driver. This can be unzipped to an empty directory or to a diskette. Disk Image Contents ------------------- The disk images has a version of 5.5.0. The Windows 95/98 driver is version 5.4.0. The disk image contains the Windows 95/98, Windows NT and DOS drivers for EasyConnection and EasyIO. MS-DOS diagnostics for all Stallion Multi-port cards is also included. _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Release History =================== ATA 5.4.0 ========= Date 4 December 97 Ver 5.4.0 Prev 5.3.1 Characteristics --------------- Bus Architectures Supported: ISA : Yes MCA : Yes EISA : Yes PCI : Yes Description of Release: This is a general release of the ATA drivers for all supported operating systems. This is the first driver to support the new EasyIO-PCI and EasyConnection 8/64-PCI boards. It is also the first release to support the EasyConnection XP16 module. Compatible with: All previous ATA drivers. New features and changes: 1. Support for the EasyIO-PCI board. 2. Support for the EasyConnection 8/64-PCI board. 3. Support for the EasyConnection XP16, XP8D4, XP8R and XP16R Modules. Bugs Fixed ---------- 1158 D3 bug ALL - MCA config for EC8/32-MC is wrong 1427 D3 bug ALL - RTS can get stuck low 1953 D2 bug W95 - Windows95 driver not releasing memory on driver unload 2140 D3 bug ALL - Input buffer flushing causes software flow control to bre ATA 5.3.1 ========= Date 4/12/97 Ver v5.3.1 Prev v5.2.0 Characteristics --------------- Bus Architectures Supported: ISA : Yes MCA : No EISA : Yes PCI : Yes Description of Release: This is the first full release of the WIN95 driver for all boards except the MCA boards. Compatible with: This version of the driver can be installed over itself. This driver cannot be used in conjunction with the DOS driver on the same board. It may be possible to use both drivers in the same system but this is not recommended. Versions of the Windows95 driver prior to 5.3 will need to be removed completely before installing 5.3 or later. New features and changes: Support for additional boards: EC8/32-PCI EC8/64-AT EC8/64-EISA Bugs Fixed ---------- Not applicable. _______________________________________________________________________________ [END]