ATA3.driver Program History ver.5.6 (14 Apr 2000) - small improvement in detecting ATAPI devices, ver.5.5 (13 Mar 2000) - new, faster procedures for detecting all attached EIDE/ATAPI devices, ver.5.4 (28 Feb 2000) - support for HDD > 32 GB added, - procedures for simultaneous work of two devices on two different ribbons improved, ver.5.3 (12 Feb 2000) - the internal version, - support for HDD up to 67.6 GB in SPLIT mode, - support for HDD up to 2199.0 GB in NOSPLIT mode, ver.5.2 (25 Jan 2000) - support for ZIP 250MB ATAPI added, - change in FastATAPrefs for full compatibility with the newest HDToolBox ver. 44.22 (from OS3.5 update), - the current AllegroCDFS version is 3.0, ver.5.1 (29 Dec 99) - ATA3.driver switches drives to the quickest mode possible without waiting for the end of partitions' validation, ver.5.0 (07 Dec 99) - the ATA3.driver RESIDENT argument added, - the new SPLIT/NO SPLIT HDD status detection in ATA3Prefs (for full compatibility with the new HDD geometry provided by HDToolBOX from OS3.5), ver.4.9 (26 Nov 99) - improvement in procedure used during burning CD, - the current AllegroCDFS version is 2.5, ver.4.8 (21 Nov 99) - new procedure for detecting attached devices, - the current AllegroCDFS version is 2.3, ver.4.7 (11 Oct 99) - additional infos in ATA3Prefs, ver.4.6 (05 Oct 99) - NSD support added, - the current AllegroCDFS version is 2.0, ver.4.5 (18 Sep 99) - small improvement in ATA3Prefs program, - the current AllegroCDFS version is 1.9, ver.4.4 (30 Aug 99) - info in ATA3Prefs about HDD > 4GB preparation (SPLIT or TD64), - the current AllegroCDFS version is 1.7, ver.4.3 (20 Aug 99) - small improvement in prefs code, ver.4.2 (18 Aug 99) - small improvement in driver code, ver.4.1 (15 Aug 99) - corrected bug in independent work of two ports (in ver.4.0), ver.4.0 (09 Aug 99) - option for choosing TD64 commands or splitting HDD added, ver.3.14 (19 Jul 99) - small improvement in driver code, ver.3.13 (10 Jul 99) - new installation script for FastATA'99 and AllegroCDFS, - new procedures for detecting old PIONEER CD-ROMs, - emulation of PLAY AUDIO TRACK/INDEX corrected, ver.3.12 (04 Jul 99) - test version (not in distribution), ver.3.11 (20 Jun 99) - change in ATAPI device procedure, ver.3.10 (01 Apr 99) - special edition - only for the Cover CD in the Polish Amiga Magazine, ver.3.9 (19 Mar 99) - ATA3.driver set as RESIDENT replaces scsi.device, enables using stand-alone ATAPI devices (e.g. CD-ROM) (without any HDD attached), ver.3.8 (08 Mar 99) - screen message during disk validation, - read CDROM procedures changed for full compatibility with ShapeShifter, - the ATA3.driver QUIET argument added, - software reset for ATAPI drives during warm reset added, ver.3.7 (19 Feb 99) - changed procedures for recognising some HDDs > 9 GB, - added early detection of write-protected LS-120 disks, ver.3.6 (08 Feb 99) - after many experiences with an ancient version of 68040 processor we started to safely use the move16 instruction also for PPC cards with oldest version of 68040/25 CPU (cards with defective status), ver 3.5 (01 Feb 99) - ATA3Prefs can also work without FastATA-2/EIDE Controller, ver 3.4 (15 Jan 99) - emulation added for SCSI command: PLAY AUDIO TRACK/INDEX, - automatic loading of filesystem from second port HDDs added, ver 3.3 (05 Jan 99) - incompability with some CD-ROM file systems corrected (incompability was only in version 3.2), ver 3.2 (28 Dec 98) - acceleration of read and write from HDD and CD-ROM drives, - improvement in PPC test in ATA3Prefs (ver. 3.3), ver 3.1 (16 Dec 98) - STANDBY function for hard disk added, - write procedure for very very old hard disks improved, ver.3.0 (07 Nov 98) - new PIO4 NF modes added, works only with the fastest hard disks, ver.2.10 (05 Nov 98) - prepared for new hardware identification code, ver.2.9 (26 Oct 98) - procedures for simultaneous work of two ATA devices on two different ribbons corrected, ver.2.8 (13 Oct 98) - procedures for simultaneous work of two ATAPI devices on two different ribbons corrected, ver.2.7 (21 Sep 98) - procedures for fast CD-ROM (x32, x36, x40) changed due to the small bug in the hardware of some 68030 cards, - information about Copyright restrictions added, - new ATA3Prefs ver.2.6 added, ver.2.6 (09 Sep 98) - improved procedure for CD-ROM detection, - new ata3Prefs ver.2.4 added, ver.2.5 (05 Sep 98) - ATA3prefs (ver.2.2) with PPC card test added due to the hardware bug in a few singular PPC cards: when bug is detected, controller starts working in a special rescue mode, - bug corrected (since ver.2.0) in disk validation waiting procedure, ver.2.4 (19 Aug 98) - ATA3.driver non-resident by default, ver.2.3 (09 Aug 98) - improved identification procedures for ATAPI devices to be seen as SCSI-2, ver.2.2 (13 Jul 98) - changed procedures for sending commands to CD-ROM drives for some cards with 68030, ver.2.1 (09 Jul 98) - disk and CD-ROM drive identification procedures changed to obtain full compatibility with the ATAPI standard (no soft reset for CD-ROM drives), - waiting time for CD-ROM drives independent of computer's operation speed, ver.2.0 (29 Jun 98) - ATA3.driver resident by default, possible booting from ZIP and LS drives, - port service fully independent for controllers with s/n higher than 0803795, - program checksum autoverification before running, ver.1.6 (16 Jun 98) - freeing scsi.device before switching operation modes abandoned, - waiting for possible disk validation before switching operation modes retained, - CD-ROM detection improved, - introduced protection against wrong writing to HDD if ATA3.driver cannot detect the connected CD-ROM, - soft reset included in the ATAPI standard devices, ver.1.5 (10 Jun 98) - abandoned transfer procedures to and from an odd address in buffer, - sub-programs from KS3.0 and KS3.1 used in the procedure for adding partitions (KS < 3.0 not supported), ver.1.4 (04 Jun 98) - waiting for freeing scsi.device before switching operation modes added, ver.1.3 (01 Jun 98) - ZIP and LS drive mode added, ver.1.2 (15 May 98) - emulation added for 2 SCSI commands (Mode Select, Mode Sense) necessary for CDR recorders, ver.1.1 (29 Apr 98) - the very first version.