05-27-15 12:40 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about SCSI Adapter Startup

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml> 26 May 15 21:38, you wrote to me:
Howdy! Mark,

 EV> I panic when I see an extra SCSI device number in the start up list and
 EV> hold the power button until the lights go out, then I turn it on again.

 EV> What I see is like this:

 EV> 0  SyQuest drive
 EV> 1
 EV> 7  Adapter Card

The Adapter Card is a Advansys SCSI Host Adapter.

 EV> I see this extra device number show up once a week at least, when the
 EV> xp box is turned on.

 EV> I can't recall what name is shown along side #1.

 ml> try hitting your PAUSE key on your keyboard to freeze the
 ml> display so you can look at it and write it down...

O.K., I will try that when ever I see it happen again.
This time I saw the usual 0 and 7 when the XP box came out of
hibernation.

 EV> The second time I turn the box on I see just the 0 and 7 numbers.

 EV> The HP SCSI Scanner I used on my 486 came with a card that I plugged in
 EV> to a 8 bit slot.

 ml> is that the above listed Adapter Card?

Nope, I was only mentioning the only other experience I've had with a
8 Bit SCSI Adapter that HP included with the 4c scanner that I had
on the motherboard of the 486DX33, not this XP box.
Sorry for the confusion.

 EV> I can only remember that the scanner was device #2.
 EV> I never noticed it trying to access a additional device number like I'm
 EV> seeing since I started using the SCSI drive.

 ml> it may not try to access it at all until you go to use whatever
 ml> device it may be...

#2 was the number given to the HP 4c when I was using it on the 486.

 EV> Is there any place on the internet that You can give me to learn about
 EV> SCSI stuff?

 ml> i'm sure there is but i don't know of anything off the top...
 ml> what do you want to learn about it?

What would cause a extra device number to appear sometimes on the
Advansys card display of devices when I'm booting the XP box?????????

 EV> Off the top of my head I think the Adapter is made by Advance.
 EV> Thanks.

I was close enuf on the name, wasn't I?
I know close is not enough as far as a computer is concerned, One
Misplaced BIT and BANG!!!!!!!!!! Nothing works.

 ml> ok and no problem :)

 EV> ... Its a fine line between fishing and standing still

 ml> i've got one similar to that... it says "sitting" instead of
 ml> "standing" ;)

The Virtual Clone Drive software also shows up with the Advansys SCSI
card when I looked at the Hardware Manager.
And that "Drive" isn't mentioned when I am looking at the screen when
I start this computer.
I see it in Windows Explorer, that's all.

I could Remove the Virtual Clone Drive since I never have found any
need for it.
It was just one of those utilities I heard about the first year or two
that I had this XP box, that I thought that I might need.......

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