DATE: 2000.05.17 (Monday)

 EXPERT: EXabyte Performance Evaluation Regression Tester
         (Exabyte Technical Support maintained version)

         Single END-USER use only
         --controlled field testing, 
         --diagnostics 
         --maintenance

         Copyright 1993-2000, Exabyte Corporation.  All rights reserved

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OPEN ISSUES:

   * EXPERT functionality needed for Windows NT and Windows 2000.


   * Unable to handle an X200 with all ten drives attached to same bus.
     (Runs out of memory about the 7th or 8th drive found with SCSI scan.)


   * <F1> help information needs to be updated

     -- create help information for /TAPEALERT option 

     -- document all options better


   * Unable to manage multiple SCSI buses with one running instance.


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 UPDATE: * <update-description-item>

7.4.122: * Fixed problem with <F1> help that was created in 121 revision.

         * Update <F1> help information--specifically <F2>Firmware
			  to note that target device can take over two minutes
			  to reprogram itself after last WRITE BUFFER command sent.

7.4.121: * Changed /EL820 (Eliant 820) test scripts to include 
           one gibi write/read test for 8Ch and 15h density codes.

         * Always print Error, Tracking and Retry count for test results.

7.4.120: * Minor enhancments for /TAPEALERT option.

         * Enhance Tape History Log to include new Mammoth-2 code.

7.4.119: * Fixed problem with /TAPEALERT not always catching event.

7.4.118: * Enhance /TAPEALERT functionality.

         * Load Firmware--clear clock since unable to update when 
           waiting for final WRITE BUFFER command to complete.

7.4.117: * Queued /BATCH tests not always stopping when one failed.

7.4.116: * Cleanup batch test logging when test fails

         * Changed /8900 (Mammoth/Mammoth-2) tests to include 
           write-only and read-only tests without rewind so 
           can set counts for /BATCH option to write more 
           than 300mb to tape.

7.4.115: * Major fix to error count calculation that affected 
           results for any test that contained a rewind 
           between write and read steps.

7.4.114: * Intermediate revision working on error count calculations.

7.4.113: * Fix some /BATCH test management issues.

         * Change /8900 (Mammoth/Mammoth-2) tests to use 
           nearly uncompressible DATA.BIN file as opposed 
           to highly compressible INC.BIN file.

7.4.112: * Enhancements for /TAPEALERT, /HIRES and error reporting.

         * Begin working on error count calculations fix.

7.4.111: * Enhance /TAPEALERT option to output new Mammoth-2 
           specific parameter codes.

7.4.110: * Fix customer script (.CSL) not being recognized problem.

7.4.109: * Fix remaining problem with load firmware 
           for Mammoth and Mammoth-2 drives.

7.4.108: * Use of  "Arrowhead" moniker flushed per 
           directive from Exabyte Marketing
           --split into /230D and /X200 tests.

7.4.107: * Fiddle with Power-On Self-Test (POST) wait 
           states when EXPERT started before EXB-480 
           done with its power-on initialization.

         * Improve messages when EXPERT finds mirroring 
           controller on the bus; ie: Exabyte M10/M20.

7.4.106: * Fixes/enhancements for recognition  
    ...    and firmware load 
7.4.100:   for Mammoth-2 drive.


 7.4.99: * Major enhancement of library test management to allow
           for any library test to be ran against any library.

         * Major rework of batch test engine to support new
           split between /BATCH and /LIBRARY options.

         * First version of EXPERT to show revision (99) 
           along with major (7) and minor (4) levels.