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From: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
Subject: Re: V30 ?
Organization: iX-Redaktion
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:18:48 GMT


In article <1992Nov4.180333.93@cuphub.cup.edu>, luf4695@cuphub.cup.edu writes:
|> In article <Bwt1yJ.EFv@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>, valaris@swifty.dap.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Valaris) writes:
|> > 
|> > I've heard of the NEC V20 chip. Is there a V30 ?. If so what's the difference,
|> > and can it be used in an XT..ie to replace the original cpu with V30, just like
|> > in the case of the V20 ?
|> > 
|> > Please e-mail replies, thanks.
|> > 
|> > Cheers
|> > 
|> > Andrew
|> 
|> 	The V30 replaces an 8086 like the V20 replaces an 8088.  This is the
|> boiled down version I got when I asked the same question.  If anyone can add
|> any technical info, it would be much apreciated.
|> 
|> Thanks.
|> 
|> Bryan Luff
|> Cal. U. of PA
|> Math & Com. Sci.

Hello out there, there are some more chips. All of them were cloned by NEC and appear to understand some 186/286 instructions such as PUSHA, POPA, and
some more I don't remember. They are baked of CMOS and thus need less power
than the others. Furthermore, they are pin-compatible to the original Intel 
chips. For old PC's with 8086 or 8088 CPU, there is a special V20 BIOS 
which makes use of those extra instructions that I mentioned (at least in
Germany at EMedia, Hannover). This accelerates a bit. Following chips exist:

V20    similar to 8088
V30    similar to 8086
V40               80188
V50               80186.

Hopethathelps.

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From: neiger@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Neiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Colour scanner (which should I buy)?
Date: 7 Nov 92 23:32:08 +1100
Organization: Monash University, Australia

Hi,
        I'm thinking of buying a flatbed colour scanner (simply because it's
not much dearer than a grey-scale mode).

What is the general consensus?

I need one which
(i)     will either work with Z-Soft's PhotoFinish or come with good Windows
        software.
(ii)    will do OCR
(iii)   has adjustable resolution up to 300dpi (and down to 75dpi)
(iv)    will also do 256 grey and black and white (line art and dithered)


Can people please give me an idea of prices (I want to see what the U.S. prices
are) and performance (i.e. is it simple point and shoot or does it require
substantial fiddling to get enything worthwhile).

Please email and I will post a summary.
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From: danh@quantum.on.ca (Dan Hildebrand)
Subject: Re: The P5 will be called the Pentium
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 17:25:27 GMT
Organization: Quantum Software Systems

In article <1992Nov11.125642.8997@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
>
>Actually, from what I've heard through the grapevine, Motorola is skipping the
>68050 and going to the 68060.  This chip is supposed to be in the same ballpark
>as the Pentium, but I guess Motorola wanted to have the bigger number.

The story I heard was that the 68050 was underway as an elarged cache 
version of the 68040. When Motorola saw what the projected performance 
numbers for the Pentium were going to be, they canned the 68050 and jumped 
on the 68060, since finishing and productizing the 68050 would have delayed 
the introduction of the 68060, and left them with a non-competitive 68050 
chip for too long an interval while Intel outperformed them with the 
Pentium. As it is, the 68060 is supposed to happen sometime in 1994 ( 
unless they've moved the date now ). With even Apple migrating to the 
PowerPC, there won't be many desktop machines still using the 680x0 
processor anymore ( Amiga and Atari ? ).

>Maybe they will call theirs the Sextium and piss off Intel

Has anyone noticed how many of the comments on the Pentium have been about
nothing more than what a next generation name might be ? Must be hundreds 
by now... :-)
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From: akm@getafix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Zipp memory sources??
Summary: need info about
Keywords: zipp memory
Date: 11 Nov 92 06:10:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Nov11.061011.15262
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.

Hi all.

I want to add zipp memory to my noteboox (Sager NP 925). Sager is
asking for $95 per 2mb. (My machine will take it in 2MB increments.)
Does anyone know of a better source/price? Also, are ZIPPs fairly
standard?

thanks,

kartik




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From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Opinions - Zeos 50MHz
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:27:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.205157.9940@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>In <BxIvJy.HBv@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jjj45754@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (G Y M E) writes:
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I'm interested in upgrading from an IBM pS/2 286 to a 50 MHz machine.
>
>>I have seen a ZEOS brand 50 MHz for an affordable price and would 
>>like some opinions.  Mainly, opinions on ZEOS's computers.
>>Also, if you have any suggestions as to another brand, please let me know.
>
>Is this a 50 MHz, or a 486-50DX2?  They aren't the same critter.
>
>-- 
The DX2-50 from ZEOS is a VL-Bus System. The DX-50 is an ISA non-VL bus from 
ZEOS.

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From: kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l)
Subject: Re: Format 3.5 DD floppy as a HD, is it reliable?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:40:17 GMT

ee152fbw@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (Itoyoko) writes:

>In article <Bx5ByA.Lqt@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:
>>You can do it, but it's not a very good idea at all.  The high density
>>disks have a less magnetically sensitive media which requires a significanlty
>>higher write-flux than do low density diskettes (that's how they stuff
> 
>The other way around, low density uses a higher write flux

I'm quoting (from memory) from the book "Upgrading and Repairing PCs"
which, as I remember, stated that high-density disks are less sensitive and
require a higher write flux.  My memory or the book could easily be wrong,
of course, but the author took great pains to emphasize that low density
disks formatted as high density may fail to reformat correctly when you
decide to put them back at 720KB since the lower write flux may not be able 
to overwrite the high density tracks.  One of us is wrong.  Does anybody
know which of us it is? 

>>
>>other as much, and they can be placed closer together).  If the high write
>>meter is used on the more sensitive low density media, you're REALLY     
>>
>>In short, the data on such media eats itself.  Very unstable.

>Basically, using a low density disk to write high density format,
>you have a media being written at lower flux than it is designed to
>accept, so you risk demagnitization over time, but for short term
>use, I find that low density disks used as high work quite well.

Personal choice.  I find my data is worth an extra buck a disk.

>IY

Steve Kellmeyer
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From: mustakos@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi (Pasi Mustakoski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WA1006-WAH jumppers ?
Date: 5 Nov 92 06:23:17 GMT
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.


I need information about jumpper settings on Western Digital's
WD1006-WAH harddisk-controller card !


Card look like this:

 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 !    W1                                            W3                        !
 !   o o o                                         o o o                      !
 !   1 2 3                                         1 2 3                      !
 !                                       W4                                   !
 !                                       o o                                  !
 !                                       1 2                                  !
 !                 W9                                             W10         !
 !                 o o                                            o o         !
 !                 1 2                                            1 2         !
 +---------------------------------------IIIIIIIIII--IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-----+
                                         IIIIIIIIII  IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Thanks !

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From: anderson@dseg.ti.com (John Anderson)
Subject: re: Opinions About Gateway 4DX2-50V
Organization: TI-DSEG Spring Creek
Reply-To: anderson@dseg.ti.com
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:28:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.081129.44513@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> jeff@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Jeff Bangert) writes:
>I'm thinking of getting a Gateway 4DX2-50V.  If you have one, I would
>appreciate any comments.  I plan to use it primarily for crunching
>numbers -- Borland Pascal, Borland C++, a little spreadsheet, a little
>word processing.
>

Jeff

I have one and I love it.

I bought it just before the newer models came out, and I might have gone with the 
DX266, but I'm very pleased with this one.  I have 8meg mem and 200 meg hd.  I also 
have the Telepath modem and like it.  I have the 15" Crystl Scan monitor and have had 
good results. 

John Anderson
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Experience with Kingston, Okidata, or Tote-a-lap memory?
From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:26:56 EST
Organization: Penn State University

I've had Tote-A-Lap mem in my notebook since last Spring, no problems.
Their prices are good, shipment was prompt, well-packaged, etc.

BobM, PSU-Harrisburg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tokarj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Joyce Tokar)
Subject: Re: Recommendations for tape drive (for DOS, OS/2, Linux)
Summary: Widen the scope!
Keywords: tape, cd-rom, DOS, OS/2
Organization: Tartan, Inc.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:10:05 GMT


I would like to widen the scope of this thread.  We are now blessed
(or cursed) with ever bigger hard disks, which the software is happily
consuming; e.g. Borland C++ 3.1 requires 50 MB of storage.  Tape
backup is becoming a necessity not a luxury.  At the same time cd-rom
has definitely arrived.  Thus the well equipped PC requires both a
tape drive and a cd-rom drive.  I assume this means SCSI.  I also have
a feeling that OS/2 is the appropriate operating system for this
hardware.  Thus I would like the recommendations to cover (SCSI)
controller, tape drive and cd-rom drive.  Note: OS/2 includes DOS 5.0.
From: moore@oracorp.com (Sally Moore)
Subject: Flakey SIMMS or flakey slots???
Organization: ORA Corporation, Ithaca, New York
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:07:06 GMT


Problem: 386/40's don't consistently see 8MB of RAM

Altec 386/40s originally configured with 4MB RAM were recently upgraded
to 8MB RAM with identical SIMMS (1X9 70ns).  When I've reset or
powercycled the machines, the CMOS recognizes the additional 4MB of
RAM only about 1 out of 15 times.  I've moved the SIMMS around (e.g.
Bank 1 SIMMS put in Bank 0), the Bank 0 SIMMS are always recognized.
This suggests that all the SIMMS are working fine.  Reseating the SIMMS
*SOMETIMES* helps, but not often enough to be consistent.

Oddity:  When the CMOS finally recognizes the full 8MB, the PC
mini-tower is placed upright, and the system is reset or powercycled,
the additional 4MB is again lost to the CMOS.

I suspect a bad dry solder joint on the connection between the
motherboard and the memory SIMM cage.  Anyone else have any other
ideas?  E-mail replies are fine.

Sally Moore
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From: kotsines@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (KOTSINES  THOMAS ANT)
Subject: Re: Monitor screen damaged by Magnet
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: world,local
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:10:19 GMT

>>My five year old son decided to see what would happen if he placed
>>a magnet on my SVGA CTX monitor.  Well, he found out.  The two areas
>>where the magnet were placed now have 'shadows' associated with them
>>(ie: darker areas).  This is especially noticeable if the background
>>is light in color.
>
>>Does anyone know if there is a fix for this sort of problem.  If so,
>>what type of equipment would I need?
>
>   Go to a local tv repair store and get it degauzed (sp). I had the same
>thing happen to my tv.  You might be able to borrow the degauzer and 
>do it at home. (I was)

Won't the "DEGAUSS" button on your monitor do this as well? (assuming
you have this button on your monitor.)

[/]
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DAK
Distribution: world
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:36:57 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

In a message dated Tue 10 Nov 92  0:07, Dfh@dwroll.att.com (d461-David_f_ha
wrote:

 DD> I don't know why I always get these DAK catalogs.  I've never bought
 DD> anything from them (speakers called "Thunder Lizards"?  I think I'll
 DD> pass!!)  Anybody know if these guys are any good, or just resellers
 DD> of poor designs and other assorted junk?

 DD> Dave Haertig
 DD> haertig@att.com

I'm sure DAK would be very willing to erase you from their mailing list. 
Just call their 800 number.

DAK is a reputable company and their products and their customer service is
good.  They specialize in two catagories of merchandise - manufacturers who
want to make a dent in the market, and manufacturers who made marketing
mistakes.

IMHO, the stuff DAK offers is of decent quality, but not usually at the
*top* of the quality ladder.  That is, everything will work as promised,
and maybe live a useful life past the warranty.  It is not junk.

One thing about DAK.  They are often the first kid on the block with a
cheap price, but the competition is rarely far behind.  Examples:  they
offered a Mustek hand scanner with an excellent software bundle for $150
when everyone else was still selling the same unit (without the bundled
software) for $200-$300.  A couple months later, several retailers were
selling the same bundle for $100-$150.  It took DAK another month to drop
the price to $100 while they clean out the rest of their stock (the item is
being dropped from their inventory).  They have been selling a CD-ROM for
$200 for some months while everyone else has been selling the same unit
with a different nameplate for $400+.  Now the competition is starting to
close in on DAK's price, but DAK is now pushing a better CD-ROM unit with a
price below the competition.  The moral is, if you HAVE to have it now and
don't want to shop, DAK is good.  But if you have the time to shop and are
a little patient - you can probally do as well or better elsewhere.

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From: lainhart@odel.stg.TRW.COM (Mike Lainhart)
Subject: Re: Does Adoptec refuse to support its SCSI I/F for end users?
Organization:   TRW, One Space Park  MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278  (310) 813-0690
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:01:06 GMT

In article <BxGMun.2Bw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>turabe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Toshiyuki Urabe) writes:
>>I'm looking for SCSI Controller and I found interesting advertisement.
>>According to the D-C-Drives's AD, Adaptec refuses to offer end user
>>user support. Therefore, they recomend Ultrastor SCSI controller.
>
>>Is this true? I think Adaptec 1542B is one of the most popular(?) SCSI
>>controller. So, is this controller is good enough to work without
>>support?
>*----
>No, it's not true.  Adaptec offers very good end user support via
>telephone, bulletin-board system dialup, fax, and unofficially by
>electronic mail.  DC Drives is not listed as an OFFICIAL Adaptec
>authorized dealer, so they probably make a lot more money on
>Ultrastore products.
>--
>	Mike Berger
>	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu

-----*
No! It's not true!  Adaptec end user support is horrid!  I had a 1742A
that I struggled with for six weeks and spent over $50 on phone calls 
to Adaptec user support --- MOSTLY ON HOLD and mostly just to leave my
phone number to promises of being called back.  I WAS NEVER (NEVER!)
CALLED BACK!  The only way I ever got to speak to a person at Adaptec
was to complain loudly and demand to speak to a supervisor.  That works.
I hated my experience with Adaptec.  Once I had succeeded in demonstrating
to them that I had a bad board they screwed me around so bad about getting
a replacement that I returned it to the vendor and took a $100 hit on a
restocking fee and bought a BusLogic 747S.  My experience with the
BusLogic User Support is a joy!  They have all the technologic marcvels
mentioned by Mike Berger PLUS they have helpful friendly real live
people.  Sometimes people are a nice addition to user support.  The
leading technology position that Adaptec holds is not the whole picture.
There is just not that much technology seperating the SCSI Host Adapter
manufacturers to justify putting up with rotten service.

Mike Lainhart   lainhart@odel.stg.trw.com
From: johnhunt@apee.ogi.edu (John Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Is 5 MB/sec to disk possible?
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:39:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.45537
Distribution: world
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute, Applied Physics & Electrical Engineering, Beaverton

We are studing turbulence in the atmosphere and would like
to record bursts of 20 Megabytes or so of data to disk
as quickly as possible.

In the ideal case we would like to achieve a sustained
transfer rate of 5 MB/second, but we could also make use
of 1 MB/second rates.

Our platform is a Gateway 486-33 (currently on order).
Once we have the data on disk we will transfer it to an
Exabyte tape, then take another burst of data.

1.  Can anyone suggest a disk for this application?
I assume I will need a separate disk for data collection,
probably a 3.5", 5400 RPM type.  Am I better off with
a separate SCSI controller or with the local bus IDE
controller supplied with the Gateway system?

2.  Would I significantly gain speed if I bypass the DOS
file system and perform raw writes to the disk?  Can someone
who has succeeded with this technique comment on it?


John Hunt

Senior Research Engineer
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Oregon Graduate Institute
Beaverton, Or.  97006
(503) 690-1143
(503) 690-1406  fax

johnhunt@apee.ogi.edu
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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: SCSI or IDE.
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:01:55 GMT

In <96248@netnews.upenn.edu> turabe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Toshiyuki Urabe) writes:

>Hi,

>Thanks for many answer about my question about SCSI or IDE HDD.
>Simply, I have one more question.

>Considering only speed, which has better performance for ususal
>use of windows or OS/2 if both has same access speed?

Are you talking about cached or uncached?  On a single-tasking system
a cached IDE simply FLIES.  The Adaptec drives are uncached SCSI.  Bus
mastering controllers will generally be a win, and under some
operating systems (UNIX, mostly) a caching controller doesn't do
anything for you (or actually slows things down).

I'd get the SCSI and run it asynch.

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From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IBM 5151 - Can anyone tell me what it is (?86)
Date: 12 Nov 1992 13:48:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu



The 5151 is the monochrome monitor for a 5150, the origonal IBM pc, with
an 8088 cpu running at 4.77 mhz.
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From: rg9538@eehp13 (Ronald E Garnett)
Subject: Re: Microlab -- Probably going Bankrupt!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:41:26 GMT

fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet) writes:
>leffler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Bob Leffler) writes:
>>LAst Friday, all their employees walked off the job.  The company was
>>introuble.  The symptoms described about receiving something other than
>>what you ordered appears to have been quite common.  The local news
>>channel spent about 10 minutes interviewing the employees.  The
>>employees claimed they were forced to lie.  They reported that both the
>>State Attorney General and the Post Office had started investigations.

>Holy cow!  I sure am glad I read this!  I was going to order a Tape drive
>from them today!  I assume that this means that they will be going out of
>business pretty soon, probably taking everyone's money from current orders
>down with them.


OOPs!  I did order a tape drive from them, and had to send it back.
They sent the right drive, it just failed!  I hope I can get it back
in one piece!


Can anyone validate this claim?


Ron Garnett