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From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re:  Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
Date: 14 Dec 92 22:51:27 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <jbickers.0l2u@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
>Quoted from <exuptr.324.723919845@exu.ericsson.se> by exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor):
>> In article <marc.00l2@aargh.adsp.sub.org> marc@aargh.adsp.sub.org (Marc Heuler) writes:

>> >b) The simple 4-channel 8-bit stereo sound of the Amiga is a STANDARD
>> >feature of Amiga, NOT add-on.  Every program that wants to beep, play

>    ...

>> >On IBM many programs just beep and don't do anything else, because then,
>> >and only then they can be sure the sound is playing on every IBM.

>    ...

>> Oops, wrong again, honey.  PC's can do sound through the built-in speaker.

>    ...

>> Anyway, if I want good sound, I'll buy multimedia.  Can't beat that, can you?

>    I don't see why you said "wrong again". You are just backing up
>    what he said with this last line of yours.

Because he was wrong.  A PC with a speaker can do a whole lot more than
beep.  Programs written that way are just dumb programs.

>    And it can easily be beaten - every time some machine/machine
>    thing comes up people make a fuss over whether it's a standard
>    feature or not. And you don't need to buy an extra device to get
>    good sound (for MODs or other personal entertainment purposes) on
>    an Amiga.

And you don't on a PC, either.  Unless you include STEREO in your definition
of good.  Frankly, I don't really care if it's a standard feature or not.  
He was just making an incorrect statement.  And Amiga cannot beat multimedia 
out of the box.  I don't think so.  At least not by my standards of what 
good audio is.  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lou@xilinx.com (Lou Sanchez-Chopitea)
Subject: Quantum Pro Drive 105S problems
Organization: Xilinx Inc.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:51:51 GMT


Hi,
    I'm having some trouble with the above drive. It's connected to a no name
PClone, 386SX, 8 MB RAM, AMI BIOS, through a Future Domain TMC 840. Using a
WD 1003 to run the floppies, or an IDE with the HD disabled, no HD installed
in the BIOS setup. The drive is correctly recognized by the TMC-840, and gives
the correct capacity. Using Future Domain's media analysis I get 0 errors. But
when attempting to create a partition with fdisk I get "No space left on 
device". Also Quantum's analysis software complains about "Write protect".
    Does anybody know what the problem is? How to fix it? What software to help
diagnose? Where to get it?

    Thanks all.

    	    	    	    	Cheers

    	    	    	    	    Lou
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From: fornax@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Psychadelic Dan!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: OPTI owners, detail the specifics...
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: 11 Dec 92 21:45:21
Organization: Woosta Polyteknik Instatoot
Distribution: usa
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In-reply-to: poe@wharton.upenn.edu's message of 8 Dec 92 23:42:48 GMT


	Well, I have a 486/33 EISA machine with the OPTI chipset, and
I've been using the PAS16 for quite some time without any
difficulties.  I have a DTC3280A SCSI controller with a Maxtor
LXT-213SY drive, and I've done quite a bit of stereo 44.1kHz sampling
with my PAS16, and I haven't come across any DMA or timing problems at
all.  :-)

							-Dan
From: ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 17 inch Taxan MultiVision 875 Plus any good?
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:06:55 GMT
Organization: Bellcore

Hi, I read in recent issue of InfoWorld that the 17 inch Taxan MW875+ can do
1280x1024 NI at 70Hz, with a dot pitch of 0.28mm (horizontal scan 30-75 KHz.) 
I just wonder if anyone has experience using this monitor. Can you tell me
whether you like it or not? How is the qaulity of the image, with a 0.28mm dot
pitch, is it crisp and bright at 1280x1024. Any anoying features you care to
share? 

A main reason I am interested is because tha Taxan appears to be a lower cost
alternative to the Nanao T560i in doing 1280x1024 NI at 70Hz. Does anyone know
of a mail order house that carries the Taxan? For some reason, the only two mail 
order outlets I managed to dig out in Computer Shopper (Cad & Grapphics, 
Computability) no longer carry any Taxan monitors. I like to find out if
there is any other mail order house that carries it, before I go to a local
distributor.

Thanks -- John

PS. Or for that matter, do you know of any other 17in monitor that will do
1280x1024 NUI at 70Hz, other than the NEC 5FG?
From: lmebold@csghsg5a.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Cache-controllers any good? -> was:Are Cache-controllers rubbish?
Date: 16 Dec 92 11:27:53 GMT
Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

In article <1992Dec15.165108.1521@cs.unca.edu>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes:
> Is "rubbish" the new buzz word used by folks who don't have the
> foggiest idea what they are talking about? What with "is AMD rubbish"
> and "are Cache-controllers rubbish", I may just have to put that word
> in my kill file. 
> 
> Come on folks, use a little intelligence, or at least a little common
> sense, in your choice of words. AMD is one of the most successful chip
> makers around and cache controllers are definitely here to stay.
> Rubbish is simply not an appropriate word to describe either of these
> things. Admittedly, it is a good word to use if you want to start a
> flame war, but that doesn't seem to be the case with with either of
> these posts 8^).
> 
> If you don't know much about something, try to do a little research
> before posting a question on it, and don't use silly words like
> rubbish in the article title (or in the article body). Article titles
> like these simply display the ignorance of the poster. Ignorance of
> both the subject and of the english language.
> 
> 	Mark

I'm really sorry about that - and actually you're right.
But when I wrote this I was quite frustrated because I
couldn't find any answer on my question. I really did
what I could to find an answer - researched where I could -
but it didn't help.
When I saw lots of answers to the "AMD rubbish"-Topic
I hoped to get so much answers, too...
True: I think my question is not too easy to answer, but
I hoped there would be someone out there who could give
me an answer - or who has an idea how that might be.

I repost my question:

I heard that cache-controllers may have problems with
new operating systems (e.g. OS/2: it can even be slower
with a cache on the controller). I'm on the way to buy
an EISA-SCSI-II-hostadaptor and want to run it with WindowsNT
once it's there. So I wonder whether there will be problems
when having a cache-controller and running WindowsNT.
Actually I'd like to buy the AMI-caching-controller - but
i'm still not sure whether there could arise troubles.
Any information would highly be appreciated.


Or does someone know an EISA-SCSI-II-hostadaptor without
cache but with a good throughput together with a softwarecache? 

Thanks a lot

   -Luke


It seems to be very difficult to find answers on this question.
I still hope someone can help me.            


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B Question
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:22:17 GMT

In <85479@ut-emx.uucp> ifai645@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul C. Janzen) writes:

>In article <1992Dec09.194049.7866@adaptx1.UUCP> neese@adaptx1.UUCP (Roy Neese) writes:
>>Do not use this upgrade package if you intend on using another OS other
>>than DOS as most of the non-DOS drivers are canned to use the 64 head by
>>32 sector translation.


>I thought that most Unices (for the 386) popped into protected mode
>and ignored the Bios translation after that. So it doesn't really
>matter what translation you pick: the driver talks to the SCSI drive
>in a fundamentally different manner than BIOS. I know that this is the
>case for Linux. The only software that cares about the head/sector
>translation is the partitioning software and the boot-from-harddisk
>software. 

Well, first of all, let me say that I heard this from a Senior
Engineer at Adaptec.  Now, let me see if I can clear up my butchering
of his statements.  The problem is that most of the Adaptec drivers
(that are built into OS/2, Windows/NT, various Unices) expect the
CONTROLLER ROM to be doing that mapping.  If you change the Adaptec
controller ROM so you can get greater than 1G drives under DOS, there
is apparently a new DOS driver set that they give you with it (I'm
guessing about that one -- the current version of the drivers for DOS
may understand this one).  However, for other operating systems, the
drivers built into the OS for the controller will break if you change
the controller ROM to change the head mapping.

[I don't know if I've made it better or worse.]

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mitch@nosc.mil (Ray Mitchell)
Subject: Internal 14.4K Modems
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:58:38 GMT


I'm in the process of buying a 14.4K internal modem and need some guidance.
The brands I have had recommended include Intel, USR, Complete Comp,
Practical Comp, MACS, and Boca.  Excuse misspellings because all of these
have been phone discussions.  Price is an object but it doesn't outweigh
reliability.  A FAX feature is desirable but not a must if the price is
right.  The best price I found was on a Boca 14.4K FAX modem but one
source told me they do not run reliably at 14.4K because they lack a
UART, and one can't be added.

Any and all recommendations, insights, and horror stories will be
appreciated.  Please get technical about various features, problems,
etc.  Please e-mail.

Thanks in advance
Ray Mitchell
mitch@nosc.mil
From: horan@cse.unl.edu (Mark Horan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Fast-Micro, comments, experiences??
Date: 17 Dec 1992 19:15:01 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu

	I am going to be recommending a computer for a friend and was 
looking at Fastmicro as a candidate.  I was wondering if anyone has had
any good or bad experiences with them.
			Thanks, Mark

--

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horan@cse.unl.edu      
ianr053@unlvm
From: scottw@boulder.Central.Sun.COM (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: In article 23016@infonode.ingr.com, drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude) writes:
Date: 16 Dec 1992 22:46:13 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: scottw@boulder.Central.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: boulder.central.sun.com

>They set standards for all sorts of things, 

That's for sure.  For a VGA card, supporting VESA might mean one or more of:

	BIOS mode 6a
	VESA BIOS Extensions (mode queries, more modes, etc)
	Support of 800x600 72Hz vertical refresh
	Support of 1024x768 at 70 Hz
	VL-Bus
	Super VGA Protected Mode Interface (SVPMI)
	Video Cursor Interface (VCI) 
	Extender cable interface (the connector used to hook up to other boards)

I *think* that's everything, but it's quite possible there are more.  Saying
you're VESA Compatible isn't really giving much information.

Scott Wiesner
Sunsoft


Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33482 comp.sys.mac.hardware:24389
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where the mac really wins
Followup-To: alt.religion.computers
Date: 17 Dec 1992 08:46:31 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>Any proof? I've heard that the reverse is true these days. They've
>ported Excel 4 from Windows to the Mac. Same with WinWord 2. I prefer
>to run Pagemaker under Windows on a 486/25 than a Mac IICi. The 486
>is even cheaper.

What is the resale value of a 486 one year after it is purchased?  40% of
the original purchase price?  The mac still can be sold for about 60-70% of
the original price after a year.  While this is not a good thing, people
who purchase macs are on much better financial ground than PC purchasers
and when you have labs full of them it makes a difference.  Sadly, the
resale of Macs is becoming worse because of the drastic price cutting by
Apple and the impending release of the PowerPC will only compound problems.
I am very depressed.  I'm getting in now rather than waiting until early
1994 when everyone else will make it the in thing to be depressed.  Call me
a trend setter if you will.

Craig

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Pro Build 51 drivers
From: Bill Laird <COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Date: Saturday, 12 Dec 1992 10:51:52 EST
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services

In article <1992Dec12.040922.27339@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu
(Michael Rosen) says:
>
>According to G2K Glenn on AOL, the Build 50 drivers didn't pass their
>(Gateway) testing and ATI is currently working on Build 51.

This goes to show what kind of influence Gateway has on ATI technologies
when it comes to drivers. In this vein of thought, I think everyone
who is considering buying Gateway, or has a Gateway and would like to
use their ATI products to their full potential under OS/2 2.0 should write
to Ted Waitt, the President of Gateway at:

                      Ted Waitt
                      Ted's Suggestion Box
                      P.O. Box 2000
                      North Sioux City SD 57049-2000

Bill
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:32819 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:15695
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Video Blaster, from Creative Labs
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:02:49 GMT
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany

loureiro@fiu.edu (Leonardo Loureiro) writes:

>Hi everyone !
>
>   I'm thinking of buying a Video Blaster board, but first I'd like
>to hear some info, from anyone who either has one, or has seen one
>perform. I'd like to know how good is the image (I have a true color
>board),

See my follow up to Steve Hong.

>what resolutions are supported,

You need to run Windows in 640x480xsomething, no higher resolutions supported.
It'll always display full colours, even in 16 col. VGA mode, but it cannot
run in True Colour VGA mode. "Full colour" here stands for 4:1:1 Y:U:V video
resolution.


>if it can really grab images
>in real time,

No, get a different board if you want that.

>and any other info you find usefull to share.
>
>   My primary goal on purchasing the board is to digitalize pictures
>from films shoot on a sony camcorder. The camcorder uses 8mm video
>cassetes and has no capability to advance pic by pic. Also, can
>the sound recorded be played on the Sound Blaster ?

As I said, you cannot digitise motion, only still images ...

>   So many questions ... I trust someone can provide the answers ! Please
>post or email to loureiro@fiu.edu
>
>   Thanks in advance !
>
>                             Leo

Wolfgang

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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinions wanted on GW2000's DX2/66 EISA Bus System
Date: 20 Dec 92 21:54:56 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy) writes:

>... My micronics motherboard has a built in rapid ide controller on it.

Could someone post the specifications for the rapid ide interface
please? Thanks.
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From: gary.chan@compdyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Gary Chan) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Local bus IDE or SCSI
Date: 13 Dec 92 11:24:00 GMT
Reply-To: gary.chan@compdyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Gary Chan) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Computer Dynamics - Vancouver B.C. - (604)986-9937 (604)255-9937

Fred J Mccall 575-3539 to All on 12-13-92 All about Re: Local bus IDE or 
SCSI

FJ>From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
FJ>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
FJ>Subject: Re: Local bus IDE or SCSI?
FJ>Message-ID: <1992Dec11.201540.9903@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
FJ>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:15:40 GMT
FJ>
FJ>In <CARL.92Dec7114825@atlantis.Cayman.COM> carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinz
FJ>
FJ>
FJ>>>Oh, I don't know.  IDE seems to make more sense for a VL slot.  Why
FJ>>>have a SCSI controller plugged into a VL slot that it can't possibly
FJ>>>use the bandwidth of?
FJ>
FJ>>Everyone seems to be forgetting about caching controllers.  If you
FJ>>have a controller sitting out there with 4 meg, 8 meg (or even more)
FJ>>then it can certainly go quite a bit faster than any SCSI II
FJ>>limitation.  In fact, I'd bet that it can probably go just about as
FJ>>fast as main memory (since it uses exactly the same type of memory!).
FJ>
FJ>Assuming, of course, that you're getting cache hits with the
FJ>controller.  Under most multitasking OS's, it's a lot harder to get
FJ>those cache hits because multiple stuff is running at once.  The head
FJ>tends to get to bounce around the drive, and the cache tends to get to
FJ>read stuff over and over, just as if the cache is not there.  The
FJ>caching built into the file systems of multitasking OS's tends to be a
FJ>better win than a caching controller, and a caching controller may
FJ>actually slow you down.

Wouldn't that depend on how the caching software is implemented in the 
caching controller?  Given the same memory cache size in either a caching 
controller and a system based cache, what would be the difference.  The 
main difference I would see is that the system based cache would be able 
to access more 'relevant information'.  How about CPU loading on the 
system based cache?

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From: ychou@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chou Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 486SLC Cyrix and Am386SX
Summary: Is it possible to upgrade 386SX processor?
Date: 14 Dec 92 18:00:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bz9Gop.6Iv
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade just my processor
to one of these newer processors that are built on a 386SX/286
motherboard...

Is the 486SLC Cyrix on a 386SX board or a 386DX board? And is the
Am386SX much faster than a standard 386SX (fast enough to be worth
the upgrade rather than to wait longer for a whole new machine)?

And lastly, where could I have an upgrade of this sort done? And
about how much would it cost?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: d90-mla@nada.kth.se (Mats Lanner)
Subject: Graphics card problems
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:22:53 GMT

Hi there,

I have a HP Graphics Ultra VGA card (a S3-based card) in my Compaq
Deskpro/20e (386/20 MHz). Although the card works great I have a small
problem.

The card is capable of displaying 1024x768x256 using a 72 Hz refresh rate, 
however it defaults to something lower (probably 56 or 60 Hz). With the
card is a utility program to change the refresh rate, but it only works on
HP computers since it stores the settings somewhere in the HP bios (or some-
thing like that). So here is the question:

What controls the refresh rate ? Is it the S3 chip or is it something other
on the card. I would like to write my own program to set the refresh rate
(running it from AUTOEXEC.BAT), but I need information on where I should poke
around.

If anyone has any info about this I would appreciate if you could mail me or
post it here or even point me in the right direction.

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From: bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian)
Subject: Re: Should WD Caviar 2200 be noisy?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:45:03 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

From article <1992Dec16.121542.10850@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, by joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen):
> In article <By0725.5M1@cs.uiuc.edu> tgao@cs.uiuc.edu (Tong Gao) writes:
>>I just bought a new Western Digital Caviar 2200(212mb) hard drive. It makes
>>big noise when the head is moving comparing with my old Western Digital 2100.
>>Also, when I use Norton Utility to check the disk, I found initially I can
>>hear some (week) sound coming out of disk. After half of the disk is checked,
>>the sound disappears. Since I do not know anything about this drive, could
>>somebody tell me if all these things should happen with this drive? Also, in
>>general, is this a good drive? Thank you very much.
>>
>>Tong
>>tgao@cs.uiuc.edu
> 
> When I ordered my PC, it came with a Maxtor 7213A (213mb). Later I returned
> it because of the stability problem and got a WD 2200. WD 2200 is a very
> fast HD, in terms of both seek time and transfer rate. Yes, it's a little
> bit loud when the head switches track. But overall I'm satisfied with it
> now that I'm used to the sound it makes.
> 
> Unlike yours, my WD 2200 is making consistent sound when the head moves.
> Also one of my friends has the same HD and the same noise. I'm not sure
> if it is a good sign for your HD to have the noise disappear sometimes.
> 
> -- Chien-Chung Chen

Do you know how the WD2200 compares to the Seagate ST3283A, esp with
re to noise? I was all set to get the Seagate when the guy at HDI 
told me about the WD2200.  I want a drive that is quiet (this is for 
home use, and I am practically sitting on top of the drive) *and* of
course fast and reliable!

Also, what is the MTBF for the WD, just out of curiosity? The HDI
person told me 200,000 hours but I think it's more like 100,000 for
the WD and 200,000 for the Seagate.

I wonder why WD can offer a two year warranty vs a one year warranty
on the Seagate.

Thanks for any info.

Esmail
PS :  What stability problem with the Maxtor?