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From: jan@janhh.hanse.de (Jan Willamowius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What good are Bios RAM tests ?
Distribution: world
Date: 10 Jan 93 13:53:44 GMT


I just found out, that I have a couple of RAM errors. That in it self
is bad enough, but why doesn' the AMI Bios RAM test tell me about it ?
It runs on every cold boot thru all of my 8 MB and doesn't say thing.

Does anybody have an idea what that test is good for ?

- Jan


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Jan Willamowius, Nienredder 6, 2000 Hamburg 54, Germany
E-Mail: jan@janhh.hanse.de
From: autry@magellan.stlouis.sgi.com (Larry Autry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Installing an HD 3.5 on an XT.
Date: 11 Jan 93 21:31:04 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, St. Louis, MO
NNTP-Posting-Host: magellan.stlouis.sgi.com

This install is not going well.  I have done the following:

1. Successfully installed the board; the system "sees" the controller.
    And the controller "sees" the drive.
    (Attempted the alternate ROM address on the board also.)
2. Installed the Toshiba drive and hoped that the factory chose the
    default settings for the jumpers appropriate for the XT.
3. Formatted 720K floppies successfully.

That's what occurred in evening one.

In evening two:

4. Added a config.sys entry for driveparms like:
      driveparm=/f:7 /d:0 # for MSDOS v5.0

5. Subsequently, I can no longer format 720K floppies, and
	apparently the controller does not "see" the drive  but
	I can't be sure.  If I back out the driveparm, the drive
	would be totally useless. 

All cables appear to be good and oriented correctly.
I suspect either a jumper on the drive or a configuration
line in the config.sys file.  I realize of course that an
HD floppy drive has to be "crowbarred" into an XT (almost).
I am now accepting suggestions as to what to else to look 
for.  If any more data is needed I will suppy it via e-mail.


Regards,
--
Larry Autry
Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
autry@sgi.com 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jbs@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Sponaugle)
Subject: Re: EISA bus specifications
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 08:20:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.001201.16078@venice.sedd.trw.com> van@venice.sedd.trw.com (Ken VanCovering) writes:
>
>Does anyone know where I can get hold of the bus specs for ISA and EISA?
>We are interested in prototyping some custom interfaces on cards for the
>PC and need to know timing, pinouts, handshake sequences and tolerances.

	I am also interested in this topic, so I did a bit of
	searching.  I found the following books that deal directly
	with the topic.  Any comments from anyone that has them?

	ISA System Architecture
	   by Tom Shanley/Don Anderson
	   MindShare Press, 1993 $34.95

        EISA System Architecture
	   by Tom Shanley/Don Anderson
	   MindShare Press, 1993 $24.95

        ISA, EISA: PC,XT,AT,E-ISA,ISA, and EISA I/O timing and specs.
           by Edward Solari, Copyright 1992
	   ISBN: 0-929392-15-9

        AT Bus Design
	   by Edward Solari, Copyright 1990
	   ISBN: 0-929392-08-6

	Interfacing to the IBM PC/XT
	   by Eggebrecht, Lewis C. Copyright 1990


	The first two I saw in an add from "Computer Literacy Bookshops",
	which can be reached by e-mail at info@clbooks.com, or by
	phone at (408) 435-0744.  The other books I found on the
	Library of Congress archive (dra.com), and on our local
	library system.

        Jeff

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Jeff Sponaugle                      Purdue University
246 S. Salisbury #3                 Engineering Computer Network
West Lafayette, IN 47906            MSEE 104
(317) 743-7355                      (317) 494-3106 
Internet: jbs@ecn.purdue.edu        MSEE SB50:494-6106 
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From: ebrown@bud_light.kodak.com (Eric Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Anyone have experience w/Multimus or Infinity Computers?
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:16:41 GMT
Reply-To: ebrown@tap.kodak.com
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company


Also, I wonder why they changed their name. They seem to have nice
stuff though.

Thanks in advance,
Eric.
ebrown@tap.kodak.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: antoni@halcyon.com (Toni Moreno)
Subject: Hardware vendors wanted
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service +1 206 382 MAIL (382-6245)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:10:04 GMT

    Does anybody know any hardware wholesaler address and/or telephone 
number in Europe?
     Please e-mail your responses to antoni@halcyon.com or to
                                     toni.moreno@fibernet.wa.com

     Thanks in advance.

					Toni Moreno

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg (NG YENG YONG)
Subject: Re: What is MCGA?
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:25:47 GMT

Wayne Smith (wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca) wrote:
: What does the M in MCGA mean? Modified, Monochrome, ?

MCGA stands for Multi-Color Graphics Adapter. Color resolution is
320 x 200 x 256 colors. It is implemented only on the low-end PS/2
systems like model 30-286.    



Best regards,
Steve


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=  ISC10085@NUSUNIX1.NUS.SG                =       Play Hard,             =
=  1st Year, Computer Science              =            Work Hard,        =
=  Department of Information System        =                 Have Fun.    =
=  and Computer Science (DISCS)            =   So, let our hair down      =
=  National University of Singapore (NUS)  =      and have lots of fun.   =
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===========================================================================
From: jalbert@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Jalbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Compac Desqpro33 PAL problem
Date: 10 Jan 93 02:44:30 GMT
Reply-To: jalbert@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Jalbert)
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Hi everybody,

A friend of mine is having trouble with his COMPAC Deskpro 33 and he
asked me to send the following message:

---

I own a Compac Desqpro33, main board assembly No. 001184 which is defective.
I have traced the problem to an inability to access the DMA register and seems
to be linked to the PAL at position U28. Does anybody have a technical
reference manual for this board? The part number for the manual is 130 767 001. 
I have tried to buy it from Compac but they do not ship to Canada. If somebody
has the manual, please can you give me the logic map of the PAL if it is
published? If not, please can you give me the signals going in and out, that is
what is it linked to? Thanks a lot. Christopher

---

Thanks very much in advance for any info, Franky
From: burel@highwire.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jonathan Burelbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: ST225 low-level format on Eagle PC
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:18:14 GMT
Organization: NASA/GSFC/MODIS Characterization Support Team

Help,
  My antique Eagle PC lugable no longer recognizes the hard drive.
Does anyone know how to do a low level format on this thing?  I'm running
on a Eagle PC 4.77MHz 8088 with a Seagate ST225 hard disk.  Thanks for any
help.

	Jon
-- 

=========    Jonathan Burelbach  (burel@highwire.gsfc.nasa.gov)    ========
    NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center               Phone: (301) 286-6166
    MODIS Characterization Support Team	     	     Fax:   (301) 286-9200
    Code 925
    Greenbelt, MD  20771
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai)
Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
Keywords: Gateway
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 20:23:05 GMT

OK, I saw all these messages about Gateway machines, so I thought I would share
my experience too. I ordered my 486 DX2-66V system on Dec 2, and was promised
delivery in 3 weeks. So I was keeping my fingers crossed hoping it would arrive
before X'mas. I order the standard system but with 16MB ram, the 2MB ATI
UltraPro upgrade, 256K cache and a tower case. (Oh, no monitor, since I opted
for the 17" Taxan MV875+.) 

Anyway, I did not receive it by X'mas, so I called Gateway, having a hard time
getting through to their customer support. But left message to ask them call me
back. And they did! Anyway, they told me they are backlogged due to the "holiday
season". So I hope that I would receive my system before New Year. Instead I 
received it on 1/4 (yes, just this Monday!) and they shipped it with Federal
Express, and on the carton, I saw a sticker that specified delivery on Monday.
Not bad. So it took me altogether a little more than 4 weeks to receive my
system. 

Now 2 glitches. I asked for the 16MB be shipped with 1 single 16MB SIMM, but
they installed 4 4MB SIMMs instead. Also I checked their documentations, and
they have not shipped the manual/documentation for the Central Point AntiVirus
software, which is part of the "Cool Tools." (To other GW2K owners, did YOU
receive these documentation?) 

Overall, I am satisfied (perhaps impressed is a better word) with the machine.
It feels much faster than my SUN Sparc at work (at least my current desktop
station if not our server.) 

Since I am completely new to PC, and this is my first PC purchase, I don't have
all those baggage of applications to run into compatibility problems with the
(notorious) ATI driver. At least not yet.

Anyway, looks like it would be fun in the next couple of months trying to
install UNIX  (Linux or 386bsd) and X and set up dual boot correctly. Please
wish me luck :-)

Just sharing my experience. --- John
From: drosera@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Donald Burden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What is MCGA?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 00:55:48 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu

In article <1993Jan10.212735.9298@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
>So 360 x 200 x 256 is MCGA, and 320 x 200 x 256 is (the lowest) VGA?
>What does the M in MCGA mean? Modified, Monochrome, ?

I meant to say MCGA is 320 x 200 x 256.  Sorry.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wkwong@volga.eng.ohio-state.edu (Waihon Andrew Kwong)
Subject: How to install a second IDE hard drive? Need Jumper setting!
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:41:20 GMT

Hi there,

I have problem on installing a second IDE harddrive to my 386 system.
(Seagate ST-157A 41M) Both the drive is working when they the only
drive connected to the system. But when they are both connected to the
system, the system can't boot up :

D: Drive Failure
<F1> For SETUP

I believe both of the drive have internal setting that they are
master drives, so they can't work together....
Does anybody know the jumper setting of the (Seagate ST-157A IDE)
drive? Please send it to me by E-Mail.

Thanks in advance,
Andy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: What's the real difference between QIC-40 and QIC-80?
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:02:57 GMT

I would not use a DC2000 tape in a DC2120 drive. The DC2000 tapes are
rated differently than the DC2120 tapes. You might not be able to use
these tapes in the higher-density drive.
-- 
Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com	 | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed
Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect the
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
From: sra@idx.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help with Memory problem please
Date: 11 Jan 93 10:02:53 GMT
Organization: IDX Corporation, S. Burlington, VT

I'm encountering random memory problems on my 386/40 (8 Mb).  Can anyone
recommend a PD memory diagnostic pgm (from simtel?) or barring that, a
com'l version that I can use to isolate this problem.

thanks, steve

  /------------------------------------------------------------------------\
  >   Steve Alpert (W1GGN)  IDX Corporation    Marlborough, Massachusetts  <
  \--------------------------- sra @ idx.com ------------------------------/
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: Advantage of 256Kb over 64Kb Cache with 386?
Organization: SOCS - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:06:34 GMT

In article <C0nGtz.Mry@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl> zonnevel@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (B.J.Zonneveld.tel-015-622622) writes:
>Hi, I want to know what the improvement is of using 256kb cache in
>stead of 64kb on my 384/40'er. Is it a noticeable speed improvement?
>If anyone has any experience or read something could you please
>email me personally.

	Chances are, little.

	Most 64k cache systems are going to have some 4 way set associative
caching scheme, for which 64k will be adequate, and 256k will only give you 
a 2% improvement or so.

	Many systems that come with 256k caches are direct mapped, which 
is a REALLY sucky caching policy, but gives you similar performance to the
64k 4way sa cache just because it's 4 times bigger.

	In other words, don't bother.

	Toodlepip!
	Marc 'em.
-- 
  storm@cs.mcgill.ca           McGill University         "-- Attack ships on
  Marc Wandschneider           Montreal, CANADA             fire "
	Any opinions expressed are not mine, but those of the Demon Lord
      Yeegeheeegenogohugu who possessed me whilst I munched on Raisin Bran.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: AWARD 286 BIOS and WD 85 Meg Hard Disks - HELP !
From: wignall@latcs2.lat.oz.au (Chris WIGNALL)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:34:18 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia

I have got an old 286 with an AWARD BIOS.  Recently I had to replace
the harddisk with a WD 85 MEg drive (980 cyl 10 heads ).  My problem
is that the BIOS dos not support this drive type.  Is there some
utility I can use to get around this, or  do I need to get another
bios. .

Thanks Chris Wignall
Latrobe University 
Bundoora Australia
From: vipy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: BORLAND C++ FOR SALE
Date: 4 Jan 93 08:45:23 EST
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED PROGRAM FOR SALE
ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING VIA UPS OR REGISTERED MAIL IN THE USA

BORLAND TURBO C++ 3.1 $100
BORLAND C++ 3.0 $150
BORLAND C++ WITH FRAME APPLICATION 3.0 $250
BORLAND QUATTRO PRO $100

RESPOND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

THANKS!

JOSEPH NAVAIE
From: rgn@cs (Rob Norris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway video problem
Date: 11 Jan 1993 19:39:44 GMT
Organization: Appalachian State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.cs.appstate.edu

In <C0pE7D.7oB@inews.Intel.COM> dmarer@td2cad.intel.com (Dennis Marer) writes:

>In article <4284@eastman.UUCP> lrxi00@icts01.Kodak.COM (James Nonnemacher) writes:
>>One of my co-workers has a problem with his Gateway2000 486sx, 33MHz PC. The problem is a video
>>problem and he describes it as follows:
>>
>>Using the 15" Crystal Scan monitor in non-interlaced mode, with the Windows 3.1 SVGA driver, switching
>>from Windows to DOS causes the screen to "jump" off center. Image can be recentered using montor
>>controls.
>>
>>Anyone else have this problem or a solution?

>My boss has the DX2 Gateway with the same problem, but only in 800x600 mode.
>Very annoying he says!  I'd be interested in finding a solution also to pass
>along to him.  Keep us posted!

>				Dennis
>				dmarer@td2cad.intel.com

I had the same problem with my machine (non-Gateway).  My
video drivers disk has a setup program which has a image size/center
adjustment function which I used to solve the problem.
--
Rob Norris
rgn@cs.appstate.edu
(704)262-2296
From: francis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Run a 486/33MHz CPU at 40 or 50MHz?
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:05:50 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I have a 486DX/33MHz system, and I have been told by the manufacturer that
the motherboard is upgradeable to 50MHz by plugging in a new crystal and CPU.

Question:  	Is it possible to plug in (say) a 40MHz or even a 50MHz crystal
		into the board *without* replacing the old (33MHz) CPU? 
If so, is there a performance improvement or will the 486DX 33MHz chip just
burn itself out, ie, has it been internally hardwired for the specified clock
frequency of 33MHz?  I would like to hear from anyone who has attempted this
(with/without success).

Francis

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PC graphics programming
From: Senthil Ramas Kumar <SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:13:55 EST
Organization: Penn State University

In article <VAITKUS.93Jan7122736@ceres.lexmark.com>, vaitkus@lexmark.com
(KeithVaitkus) says: > >I want to learn about graphics programming on the
PC.  So I am posting >I have no interest in CGA and EGA.  So I want to focus
on VGA and higher >resolutions, ie XGA, SVGA, etc.  > > /\ Keith Vaitkus >

u might want to look into EGA/VGA A programmers reference guide.  by bradley
dyck kliewer, published by Mcgraw hill. It includes info on VESA Super VGA.

Kumar
From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What's "EISA-local bus" ?
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:12:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: sms@cs.utexas.edu's message of 12 Jan 93 17:22:49 GMT
bcc: carl


>I have an upgradeable 386/486 motherboard that has one "EISA-local bus"

This is also known as a "flexible" slot or "flex" slot.  It can be
used EITHER as a VESA local bus slot *OR* and EISA slot!!!

-Carl-
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: svirsky@tti.com (Bill Svirsky)
Subject: FAQ? (was Re: MAXTOR 7120AT info)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:28:36 GMT

williams@aifh.ed.ac.uk wrote:
: Does anyone have data sheets for the Maxtor 7120AT hard drive,
: specifically the settings of the jumpers?

The above question could easily be answered through an FAQ. Is there one
for this newsgroup? The following info is a good candidate for an FAQ.

At least 2 disk manufacturers that I know of; Seagate and Maxtor, have
tech support lines that include 24-hour touch-tone voice-mail for
getting drive specs, including jumper settings, in addition to the 8-5
tech support representatives. They also have FAX-back lines that will
fax drive spec sheets to you.

Maxtor:
  Info/tech support: 800-262-9867
  FAX-back: 303-678-2618
  BBS: 303-678-2222
Seagate:
  Info/tech support: 408-438-8222
  FAX-back: 408-438-2620
  BBS: 408-438-8771

--
Bill Svirsky  svirsky@tti.com, Compuserve:72137,1547
..!{philabs,psivax,pyramid,quad1,rdlvax,retix,rutgers}!soldev!svirsky

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"  Calvin & Hobbes
From: drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu (Derek Suzuki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Sources for VLB boards?
Date: 8 Jan 1993 09:42:41 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.berkeley.edu
Keywords: VESA 486

	Where can I get good prices on 486-33(/66) VLB motherboards
with and without CPU?  What sort of memory expansion options are
available.  I have 9 bit SIMMS, but might be willing to switch to 36 bit.
	Also, how much are VLB versions of the ATI Ultra Pro and the new
S3 boards?

Derek Suzuki
drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dschmitz@iastate.edu (Daniel C Schmitz)
Subject: Hand Scanners under $300, Opinions, Recommendations Please
Summary: Want opinions & recommendations on a good handscanner for <$300
Keywords: Scanners scanning
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:25:16 GMT

I am interested in buying a handscanner to go along with
my PC (486 with Windows 3.1).  I think what I would like is
one that can scan lineart, grayscale, 8+ bit color.  Do any
such scanners exist?  Are they any good?  What kind of
software comes with them?
	I've also heard of using a grayscale scanner to scan 
color by using 3 separate color filters and software to build 
a color image from 3 grayscale scans.  Does this really work?
Is it a reasonable option to a color scanner?  I really won't
do much color scanning but when I do, I want the results to
look good.

Dan Schmitz
dschmitz@iastate.edu
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 06:02:03 EST
From: <0407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: My floppies won't refresh

I have a new 486 DX-66 and have found that when trying to install software
from either floppy drive, I often ran into problems.  It seemed that
even though I had "Inserted disk #2 in drive B:", the installation program
still detected disk 1.  To try to isolate the problem, I booted from a
"command.com" only floppy disk.  Typing DIR gave me the expected list of
files on drive A:, namely command.com.  However, putting a different floppy
into drive A: and doing a DIR revealed that the drive was not updated
(refreshed?); i.e. I still get only command.com - it hasn't realized that
I've switched floppies.  I tried this same procedure on my 486-33 and got
the expected results i.e. it gave me the correct directory of each diskette.
     My thought is that booting from a floppy like this eliminates a
problem with config.sys or autoexec.bat..  Also I don't see any connection
to the fact that it is a 486-66.  Has anyone any experience with such a
problem?
Thanks
Don Sleeth
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:15:49 EST
From: Senthil Ramas Kumar <SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Develop a FAQ from some common problems ?

I was wondering if there was already a FAQ for common problems with the
comp.  for instance fan not working etc.

I just read the FAQ on comm.  ports etc.  and I really liked it.  there is a
*lot* of info in this newsgroup, which could be just collected up into a
FAQ.  what do u all folkx think ?

Kumar