ATA3.driver
Programme History

ver.3.9  (19 Mar 99)
- ATA3.driver set as RESIDENT replaces scsi.device, it allow to use
  ATAPI devices (e.g. CD-ROM) alone (without any HDD attached),

ver.3.8  (08 Mar 99)
- screen message during disk validation,
- reading CDROM procedures changed for full compability with ShapeShifter,
- the ata3.driver argument QUIET added,
- software reset for ATAPI drives during worm computer reset added,

ver.3.7  (19 Feb 99)
- changed procedures for recognising same HDD larger than 9GB,
- added early detection of write-protected LS-120 disk,

ver.3.6  (08 Feb 99)
- after many experiences with very old version of 68040 processor we
  started to safely use the move16 instruction also for PPC cards equipped
  with oldest version of 68040/25 CPU (cards with status defective),

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-ROMs drives,
- improvement in PPC test in ata3prefs (ver. 3.3),

ver 3.1  (16 Dec 98)
- function STANDBY for hard disk added,
- write procedure for very very old hard disks improved,

ver.3.0  (07 Nov 98)
- new PIO4 NF modes added - work 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 of 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
  in a few singular PPC cards: when bug is detected, controller start to work
  in special rescue mode,
- bug corrected (since ver.2.0) in the 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 drives identification procedures changed in order 
  to obtain full compatibility with the ATAPI standard (no soft reset 
  for CD-ROM drives),
- waiting time for CD-ROM drives independent of the computer 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,
- programme 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 recordings to HD in case 
  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-programmes 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.