If Meade is trying to go directly to the hardware level than it will not
work with NT or 2000

-----Original Message-----
Doug George
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 6:41 PM
Subject: [M]: Re: Re: Pictor 416XTE SCSI & Win2000 (was "Pictor 416XTE
SCSI Interface")


Download the latest ASPI drivers from the Adaptec web site. Also make sure
you have the latest drivers for the card itself. The Adaptec site says that
the ASPI drivers are not necessary for Windows 2000, but in my experience
this is not correct for the Pictor cameras.

Doug


----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:57 PM
Subject: [M]: Re: Pictor 416XTE SCSI & Win2000 (was "Pictor 416XTE SCSI
Interface")


> Hi Jerry!
>
> I had exactly the same problem some years ago. I tried several SCSI
> cards with NO success. After a year or so I was to give up when I
> succeeded to connect the pictor via the venerable
>
> Adaptec 2940UW
>
> This is THE ONLY card that worked with the Pictor (Meade reccomends it
> too). Now everything works fine under Win95 and Win98,
>
> B U T N O W A Y U N D E R W I N D O W S 2 0 0 0 !!!!!
>
> I would reccomend you to try under Win98: they have recent drivers and
> you don't have to install anything else.
>
> If anybody knows how to make it work under Win2000, I would be very
> grateful.
>
> Hope it helps, Jerry.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bostjan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JPKam
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:10 PM
> Subject: [M]: Pictor 416XTE SCSI Interface
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm attempting to use the SCSI interface with my Pictor 416XTE.
>
> The serial interface works properly but thus far I have had no success
> getting any of my SCSI adapters to recognize the Pictor.
>
> I am using a P400 running both Win2K and NT4.0
>
> I have tried three SCSI cards under both Operating Systems without
> success. The SCSI adapters do however all recognize my SCSI tape
> device when substituted for the Pictor
>
> Adapters tried
>
> Tekram DC315U
> Adaptec 1540CF
> Adaptec 2940UW
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Jerry K
> Colo Springs USA
>
>
>
>
>
>

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