viii
Checking System Requirements
The following are the minimum system requirements for your drive:
❑
A 486DX2 66Mhz with at least 8Mb of RAM
(Pentium recommended for optimum performance)
❑
Windows 95 or Windows 3.X with Win32s version 1.30
If you are using a 16-bit operating system such as
Windows 3.x, we recommend that you install Win32s
into your system so that you can run 32-bit applications
without any problems.
❑
SCSI or Fast IDE hard disk with transfer rate better than 1 MB
per second and with a seek time of less than 14msec
(Hard disk with no thermal recalibration recommended)
❑
Adaptec SCSI host adapter card or any other ASPI-compatible
SCSI host adapter card
Using this Guide
This guide is arranged as follows:
Chapter 1
, Knowing Your CD-R Drive
Before you install your drive, you should read this chapter to be more
familiar with your CD-R drive. This chapter acquaints you with the
various components and features of your drive.
Chapter 2
, Setting Up Your CD-R Drive
After you have acquired a general understanding of your SCSI CD-R
drive, you will be able to set up your drive easily and quickly. This
chapter shows you how to install your SCSI drive and a SCSI adapter
card into your system.
Chapter 3
, Connecting With Other Devices
This chapter shows you how you can set your drive’s ID when
connecting to another SCSI device such as an external SCSI hard disk.
If you are unfamilar with SCSI, this chapter also contains general
information regarding SCSI and how you can set up a SCSI bus in
your system.
