ASPI, the Advanced SCSI Programming Interface provides an API originated by Adaptec which standardises communication on a computer bus between a SCSI host adapter on the one hand and SCSI (and ATAPI) peripherals on the other. SCSI stands for Small Computer System Interface, and is a standard interface and command set for transferring data between devices on both internal and external computer buses. ... API redirects here. ... Adaptec, Inc. ... Communication is the process of exchanging information, usually via a common system of symbols. ... In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers. ... A SCSI host adapter is a device used to connect one or more other SCSI devices to a computer bus. ... ATA cables: 40 wire ribbon cable top, 80 wire ribbon cable bottom Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA), is a standard interface for connecting storage devices such as hard disks and CD-ROM drives inside personal computers. ... A peripheral ***is ***a ***type ******of ***************computer ***hardware************ ***that ***is ***added ***to ***a ***host ******computer*** ******in ***order ************to ***expand ***its abilities***. ***More ***specifica************lly ***the term ***is ***used ***to describe ***those ***devices ***that ***are optional ***in ***nature***, as ***opposed ***t*********o ***hardware ***that ***is ***either ***demanded***, ***or ***always r*********equired...
History
ASPI was provided by these drivers:
DOS: ASPI4DOS.SYS
Windows 3.1x: WINASPI.DLL
Win32:
WNASPI32.DLL, APIX.VXD and ASPIENUM.VXD (Windows 95, 98 and ME);
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