Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface

storage, programming (ASPI) A set of libraries designed to

provide programs running under Microsoft Windows with a

consistent interface for accessing SCSI devices. ASPI has

become a de facto standard.

The ASPI layer is a collection of programs (DLLs) that

together implement the ASPI interface. Many problems are

caused by device manufacturers packaging incomplete sets of

these DLLs with their hardware, often with incorrect date

stamps, causing newer versions to get replaced with old.

ASPICHK from Adaptec will check the ASPI components installed

on a computer.

The latest ASPI layer as of March 1999 is 1014.

The ATAPI standard for IDE devices makes them look to the

system like SCSI devices and allows them to work through ASPI.

.

(1999-03-30)