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All drivers for AutoConfig Devices are Device Specific in that they call the Amiga `FindConfigDevice' routine to find out where the device is in the memory map. The call to find the device requires the use of the `Hardware Manufacturer's Code Number' provided by Commodore to all hardware developers. Without this code number (ours is 1004) you can't tell where our SCSI Host is, but using it precludes using our driver with other SCSI Host/Controllers. BTW, we have several `beta' sites up-and-running with our new multi-user software. Still a few bugs, but all reports have been very favorable. One application is using five (5) Amigas on a 150 MEG Micropolis. This system is used by five 1-800 operators taking orders from incoming telephone calls and logging them on a database, the guy says the system operates substantially faster than when all entries were made to the individual Amiga floppies and that the 5 units don't seem to slwo down the system access time at all. The guy also reports two to three crashes a week, requring rebooting of the system, but has incurred NO data loss resulting from the crashes. The next revision of our driver will fix that problem (we know what's causing it) and speed up the system even more.