DOSBox doesn't access hardware directly.

oh i see,

so is there a way i can access it?

Not with Dosbox.
You can try and install the aspi drivers from adaptec. These work under XP as well and thus the program might work... But seriously, I've been using SCSI drives in the past, is it worth to go through all that trouble, to install a test program? What do you need it for? If you want to test read/write speed you can use normal test programs...

this is an in house built autoexec bat with an iterface made for easy use for the engineers, it has alot more test programs than your average customer test software and as we fix backup devices old and new we need this program for just that, but the old pc's are getting unreliable.

ok cheers thanks for the help anyway

this is an in house built autoexec bat with an iterface made for easy use for the engineers, it has alot more test programs than your average customer test software and as we fix backup devices old and new we need this program for just that, but the old pc's are getting unreliable.

I see... Too bad...

As SCSI was the "professional" way of connecting peripherals (and still is, to some degree), you should take a look at emulators/virtualizers aimed at professional use, such as VMWare. I'm pretty sure VMWare supports SCSI-passthrough.

ah cool cheers

i also think ppl r in the comfort zone with this dos based program and they dont wanna leave it anyway, ggrrr

thanks for help

It's quite possible to install MS-DOS into VMWare and other Virtualizers. You might try that.

It's quite possible to install MS-DOS into VMWare and other Virtualizers. You might try that.

Would be interesting if they give the needed access to the hardware for these test programs...

I doubt the device would like it if both the operating system and some other app mess with it simultaneously...

Well the point would be if they pass the scsi through or just the drive
geometry so that app wouldn't work. But that should surely be tried 😀