SST WD7000 FAAST SCSI Cards and Windows NT

ID: Q104604

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

Windows NT does not provide drivers for the Columbia Data Products SST WD7000-FAAST and WD7000-FAAST2 ultra high-speed SCSI controller cards. However, Columbia Data has made available an upgraded BIOS called SST IV version 1.0 which has support for Windows NT and OS/2 2.x. This is an $85.00 upgrade and is only available through Columbia Data Products.

If the BIOS on the card is 3.36 or greater, another alternative is to use the beta driver available for these cards found on Columbia Data's technical support BBS.

The Columbia Data Products products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability, nor does Microsoft support any of these drivers or cards at this time.

Columbia Data Products can be reached at the following:


   Columbia Data Products, Inc.
   1070B Ranier Dr.
   Altamonte Springs, FL 32714-2584


   Technical Support      (407)869-6700  10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. EST, M-F
   Technical Support BBS  (407)862-4724
   Fax                    (407)862-4725

Features of the 7000FAST2 Card

Supports up to seven devices on a single controller card--up to fourteen on two controllers

Intelligent Z-80 CPU channel control

Built-in floppy controller

WD33C93A SBIC for SCSI interface

First-party high-speed bus-mastering DMA data transfers

Up to 16-megabyte (MB) block-size transfers

16-byte FIFO on AT bus for sustained data rate performance

Up to 4.0 MB per second SCSI synchronous data transfer rate

Up to 2.0 MB per second SCSI asynchronous data transfer rate

Up to 5.3 MB per second host transfer rate

Bus arbitration including disconnect and reconnect

Standard and extended SCSI commands

Supports full SCSI command set (SCSI I & II)

Single +5V power supply

On-board controller diagnostics

AT card form factor

Supports up to 64 logical devices

Linked SCSI commands

Host Interface

16 bit, bidirectional AT bus

62-pin card edge connector

38-pin card edge connector

SCSI Interface

9-bit, bidirectional SCSI bus

50-pin SCSI controller

Internal -50 pin header

External -50 pin D style

20 foot maximum (6 meters) drive cable

Default Addressing


DRQ Address      -   6
DACK Address     -   6
IRQ Address      -  15
I/O Port Address - 350h
IOS ROM Address - Variable (C800h - DC00h)

Additional query words: prodnt FAST

Keywords : kbhw nthw
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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