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From: lu-chien-ping@cs.yale.edu (Chien-Ping Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Has anybody get call-back from G2K (yet)?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:21:29 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: category.systemsz.cs.yale.edu


I got very sick about G2K's praised customer "support". 
Two weeks ago, I called G2K's customer support line.
After serverl rings, an operator answered asking me to leave name 
and phone no. and said that some one will call me back. I never
got any call-back. I tried at lease five times and left five times 
my phone no. None got answered!!! The last time I insisted waiting
on the line, then I finally catched someone to speak with.

What's wrong with our #@!? "friend" in the business?
Has anybody "ever" got call-back from G2k. Just curious!

--CP
From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 386DX/40 VS. 486SX/25
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:07:43 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1993Jan4.141635.27338@dvorak.amd.com> tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett) writes:
>Choose the board with the fastest main memory access time... NOT clock
>speed.

Sorry for the missing stuff (it's hard getting the brain in gear...
and keeping it there after the hollydays)...

Anyway... I was only talking about the system outside of the CPU and
external cache.  In the case of a huge memory search from cacheable
memory, then you want to have the fastest memory possible since the
cache is not going to do much good (it will be trashing).  In the case
of video accesses, the cache does play a role iff you have the
BIOS/driver cached (like under Windows, OS/2, etc.), but if the video
is out on a slower local bus then the 486 cache may still not mean too
much since the driver might be staled waiting for back-to-back video
accesses to finish.

The ideal test would be to figure out your most typical activity which
takes a painful amount of time and see which system is better.
Barring this, your next bet is to look over the various magazine
benchmarks for something which comes close and trust it.  You can also
buy one of the system benchmark packages which best matches your needs
(it should show system performance... a windows system, NOT just
video, benchmark is good if you use windows apps) and go to the dealer
and ask if you can run it (protect your disks from viruses).  The last
suggestion on the list is to trust a dealer for the results.

Tom

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From: long@vax.ox.ac.uk (Neil J. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Zenith SuperSport Modem
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:12:23 GMT
Organization: Materials Department, University of Oxford

HI
Could someone with a Zenith Supersport 286e and a modem and a manual for the 
modem please let me have some info on the AT commands for it.
My wife has one but no modem manual came with it and I want to try and get 
the MNP side of it to work (there is a chip with MNP5 on it so I guess it 
should!).
Thanks
Neil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jph@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (joseph.p.haggerty)
Subject: Re: Motherboard connections
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:01:02 GMT

Before Christmas I wrote:

>I was trying to test a (Zeos 386SX-20) motherboard on my workbench the
>other day, and I couldn't get any response from it.  The only things I
>had connected were a (Hercules clone) video card and monitor, the speaker,
>and the power supply--not even any memory!  I expected to hear a few beeps
>indicating failure of the memory test, but I heard and saw nothing.  Are
>connections required to the "turbo" switch, the "reset" switch, the "keylock"
>switch, and the CMOS battery in order to make the board operational?  If so,
>how should these connectors be jumpered?  (I don't have a case for this
>motherboard yet.)

I would like to thank L. Piacenza, Jim Erickson (Zeos tech support!),
Ray Mendonsa, and Dave Angus for e-mailing me their suggestions.  The
correct answer is that THE BOARD NEEDED SOME RAM.  After I bought and
installed two 1Mx9 SIMMs, the board came up as far as the CMOS setup
screen (i.e., no other motherboard connections were required). After I
plugged in an AT-compatible keyboard and the 8-bit RLL disk controller
from my PC and entered "disable internal IDE drive" on the setup screen,
DOS came up!  I am impressed with the compatibility of the Zeos board.

					Joe Haggerty
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
					Whippany, New Jersey, USA
					jph@wh.att.com OR att!whamr!jph

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg (NG YENG YONG)
Subject: Re: 486slc in HK / IBM's 486slc2
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:04:03 GMT

Thomas D. Barrett (tdbear@dvorak.amd.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan9.143517.6052@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wai@mackinac.ecn.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai) writes:
: 
: >	Is this 486slc2 to 486slc the same as comparing
: >	DX2 with DX? Or have I misread something?
: 
: This *is* confusing and I can't figure out why in the world IBM would
: have gone ahead with their plans to use such similar chip names.
: Anyway... the IBM chip is most likely their own 486 (they have full
: rights to the 486 and the 486 microcode for their own use and to sell
: to anyone on PC Boards... OEMs or end-users).  The "slc" part means
: that it is low power.  I doubt if it is a Cyrix.

The IBM version of 486slc and 486slc2 are fully functional and
identical to the INTEL counteparts, conforming to INTEL's Chip
specifications and microcode. As for the IBM 386slc, they have 16Kb
on-chip cache, but for 486slc, I have no idea. But definitely, It is not
a Cyrix but an INTEL for sure.



Best regards,
Steve


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From: rl@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (roger.h.levy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: prom programmer: request for info
Keywords: PROM
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:04:20 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

A friend of mine has inherited an "OMNI 64 Software Configured
Programmer."  It's a PROM programmer and a dream come true for
this hacker but alas, no docuemntation.  Can anyone provide
pointers to a source of documentation?

Roger Levy
roger@allegra.att.com
From: edb9140@tamsun.tamu.edu (XXX)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What disks work with 2.88 MB drives???
Date: 4 Jan 1993 08:06:23 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu

We'll these drives are still fairly new.  The disks that you need to use in the drive is the ED(Extended Densisty) disks.  I've only seen them once at CompUSA for an outragous $70.00 for 10 disks.  Personally I see no reason to get a 2.88 drive until the price of disks drop.  Also supposidly the 1.44 and 720k disks will work in the drives.


Ed B.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston)
Subject: Re: no game port on Gateway 2k systems?
Originator: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:41:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.



In article <GERRY.93Jan6101905@onion.cmu.edu>, you write:

>[Note: I do not have one, but I do know how to read and think.]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>--
>Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu)    | There never did, there never will, and
>Field Robotics Center,          | there never can exist a parliment, or any
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^
>The opinions expressed are mine | commanding for ever how the world shall be
>and do not reflect the official | governed, or who shall govern it...
>position of CMU, FRC, RedZone,  | -Every age and generation must be as free
>or any other organization.      | to act for itself, in all cases, as the
>                                | ages and generations which preceeded it.
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^
>
                                 | Thomas Paine

Well, you may know how to read and think, but you certainly don't know
how to spell!

parliment ----> parliament
preceeded ----> preceded
From: jschuler@dcs.simpact.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Video boards with zoom?
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:42:46 PDT
Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA

Does anyone know of VGA / SVGA video boards that support zoom?

Thanks in advance,
John Schuler
From: jan@janhh.hanse.de (Jan Willamowius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What good are Bios RAM tests ?
Distribution: world
Date: 10 Jan 93 13:59:10 GMT

I wrote:
>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 ?

I forgot: Can anyone recomand a reliable RAM test that tells me what
SIMM module etc. is not working properly ?

- Jan

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E-Mail: jan@janhh.hanse.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
Subject: Re: Where can I find NEC CD-ROM driver for Adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI controller ?
Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 23:55:51 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1ium5dINNiak@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> probert@fires1.srl.ford.com writes:
>I've got MSCDEX.EXE, but now I need a device driver for the NEC CDR-84 on an
>adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI controller.

Sounds like what you need is Adaptec's new EZ-SCSI package.  If you got
aspi4dos.sys with your controller, you can upgrade to EZ-SCSI for about
$30.  You send them your AH-1410 distribution disk and a check and they
return you a package which includes the latest aspi4dos.sys as well as
drivers for disk and CD-ROM.  Previously, you would have had to buy
Adaptec's AH-410 or Corel drivers for about $75.  EZ-SCSI includes it
all, so the price is right.

The EZ-SCSI upgrade is new, so check Adaptec's bulletin board for
details, like where to send the check.  You don't send it to the usual
Adaptec address, but my records are at home and I don't remember the
actual address I used.
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From: kd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Kostis Dryllerakis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How to install old modem on a 486 PC
Keywords: modem, com ports
Date: 11 Jan 93 10:52:59 GMT
Organization: Imperial College, London, U.K.
NNTP-Posting-Host: confucius.doc.ic.ac.uk


Hi All,
	
	I am facing the following problem and I hope that someone in the group
can help me out. I have in my pocession a Complus 1200i internal modem (yes it is
very old approx. 1987 and is AT compatible) that I want to connect with my 486 ISA
machine. The questions are the following:
	1. Will the modem be able to operate properly in my 486DX50 PC?
	2. How do I go setting up the modem ports? The modem has settings for
	    COM1 or COM2 (and seperate IRQ3-4 option). My com-card in the PC
	    is currently set to COM1 & COM2. From the little card I was supplied
	    I cannot tell if the com-card can be set to COM2 & COM3 so that I can use the
	    modem in COM1. Should that be possible?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kostis

PS Please reply by e-mail since I am not a frequent reader of this newsgroup.

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From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Looking for Windows progrmming books
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 18:54:54 CST
Reply-To: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

I'm looking for any programming books I can find for programming windows
programs.  I would particularly like to find PASCAL based books but any
good programming book for windows programming that are aimed at the novice
windows programmer would be ideal..

Please reply via email..  any help and ideas are greatly appreciated..

Thanks
Greg

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: Looking for comments on ComTrade..
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:46:45 GMT

In <1993Jan11.160740.21238@mlb.semi.harris.com> gbrooksh@comanche.ess.harris.com (Greg Brookshire) writes:

>I'm considering buying a 486 machine by mail order, but know nothing about
>some of the companies I see advertised in Computer Shopper.

>Does anybody have any comments on a company called ComTrade?

Cheap packaging and a flimsy case, but good performance. Don't know much
about sales/support.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: will@austin.ibm.com (Will Fiveash)
Subject: motherboard, upgradability?
Originator: will@vulcan.austin.ibm.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:13:03 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin, Tx.


I have been considering a purchase of a fast 486 system but I am
overwhelmed by the options.  One thing that concerns me, if I go the
build it yourself route, is motherboard upgradability.  Will a 33Mhz
486 board accept a 66Mhz DX2 chip without modification?  What does this
"overdrive" chip from Intel require from a motherboard?

-- 
Will Fiveash,  "My opinions above, facts below."
Internet:  will@austin.ibm.com 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,bit.listserv.3com-l
From: tkevans@fallst (Tim Evans)
Subject: Dell 486/66 (DX2) and 16-bit 3c503
Reply-To: tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com
Organization: Tim Evans
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:32:16 GMT

I have been having problems with a Dell 486-66 (DX2) system
and a 16-bit 3com 3c503 (EtherLink II/16) network card, and have
heard some intimations on the net that this is a general problem.
Can anyone confirm this or otherwise speak to it?

Please reply via e-mail as I'm not a regular reader of this
newsgroup.  Thanks.
-- 
UUCP:		{rutgers|ames|uunet}!mimsy!wb3ffv!fallst!tkevans
INTERNET:	tkevans%fallst@wb3ffv.ampr.org
Tim Evans	2201 Brookhaven Ct, Fallston, MD 21047
From: hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SEAGATE 4096 80Meg MFM
Date: 11 Jan 1993 08:15:10 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: phakt.usc.edu

Hello world,

I have just acquired a Seagate 4096 80meg MFM drive. Unfortunately,
my system has a RLL controller with a Mitsubishi 65Meg in it.

Will the Seagate be able to work with an RLL controller to get
26 sector/track instead of the 17??

Thank you
:-)
H.
From: 93gke@williams.edu (oldwanda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
Date: 5 Jan 1993 16:54:50 GMT
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbird.cc.williams.edu

In article <1993Jan5.152504.9786@bmers95.bnr.ca> khor@bnr.ca writes:
>For example lets take a simple switching speed from low to high.  If
>it takes 35ns to switch (low and high voltage levels reference points
>differs in low->high and high->low), then it will fall into the 25MHz
>grade.  But if the switching takes only 28MHz then it will fall into
>the 33MHz grade.

>In the actual case, the testing is a lot more complex and there are
>hundreds of electrical tests before the chips a graded.

If this is true, then how can vendors push the 25Mhz chips to 33Mhz?
Wouldn't they fail at the higher speeds since they were slow in
testing?

93gke@cs.williams.edu
From: c2xnkb@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Nick Boland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:44:18 GMT
Reply-To: c2xnkb@kocrsv01
Distribution: usa
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
Originator: c2xnkb@koptsw11



> |> >I ordered my 66DX2 and got it 12 days later.  It's like the signs
> |> >at Disney Land that say how long the wait in a line is for a ride.
> |> >Management says give them a big number and they feel happy when
> |> >the get it faster.
> |> 
> |> I wish that were always true.  I ordered mine 3 weeks ago and I'm still 
> |> waiting.  My credit card hasn't been billed yet and customer service won't 
> |> return my calls.
> 
> Looks like I'm about to get the waiting line too.  I ordered mine 3 weeks
> and 1 day ago (12/16) and haven't heard anything yet. They said it would take
> 3 weeks too. I specifically asked if that was what they told everyone or
> was that a realistic wait. I said that I'd rather be told up front rather tanh
> to be PO'd if it's late and she said that it was taking about 3 weeks.
> I even asked if that included the holidays and she said yes. 

I ordered by 66DX2 on December 4th.  It was on my door step
December 21st.  I was told 3.5 weeks and it only took 2.5.  The only
thing special is that I ordered the tower case with it.   I'm happy!
-- 
Nick Boland   (317) 451-0464
Delco Electronics Software Engineer
From: ming@werple.apana.org.au (Ming Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PC Speaker Volume Control
Date: 8 Jan 1993 11:42:47 +1100
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: werple.apana.org.au
Cc: ming

Hi,

khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor) writes:
>I intend to attach a variable resistor to my PC Speaker so that I can
>turn the volume down easily.  But before I run off to the store and
>buy one, can anyone tell me what is the best value range to get.
>I have a 486/33 if that makes a difference. 

I fitted a 500Ohm linear pot in series with my PC speaker.  I tried a
logarthimic one at 500Ohm (since it was a volume control) but it just cut the
volume off too quickly.  The 500Ohm linear works well, and when turned to
full resistance the sounds are just audiable over the (noisy) fan, when
the resistance is off the POST beep (when you turn the computer on) could
easily be heard in the next room!

If you want to cut out sound completely, get a pot with a switch.
As for mounting I put mine through the front keyboard connector hole
(which wasn't being used)... it looks like an integral part of the
computer now!

Good luck!
btw. if you're drilling any holes in your computer casing it is preferable
to use a hand drill (human powered) to avoid creating extra screw holes
in your motherboard 8-)


Catch ya,

Ming  ming@werple.apana.org.au
From: blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Run a 486/33MHz CPU at 40 or 50MHz?
Date: 12 Jan 93 23:11:41 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics

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======================  Forwarded, at the author's request =====================

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 17:31:27 -0500
From: stretch@emunix.emich.edu (Brian Stretch)
Message-Id: <9301122231.AA27017@emunix.emich.edu>
To: blean
Subject: Re: Run a 486/33MHz CPU at 40 or 50MHz?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Cc: 

In article <up47198@zola.esd.sgi.com> you write:
>Are DX2's as push-able ad DX's?  I.E. would you be likely to be able to
>successfully raise 33mhz to 40 mhz, and with a DX2-66 have 80mhz internally?
>
I have a DX2-66 system which has been pushed to 76MHz courtesy of a 38MHz 
clock crystal (my dealer didn't have a 40MHz crystal handy) and a PCubid
heatsink/fan ($40, 916-338-1338.  PC Power & Cooling sells a similar device,
see their ads in PCMag & Byte).  It works beautifully.  Zero problems.  My
dealer has done the same thing in his personal system and he too has no
complaints. 

My system is also VL-Bus, using the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 2meg/68875. 
No problems. 

My dealer has tried pushing most of the 486 line.. 486SX-25's push to 33MHz,
486SX-33's push to 40MHz, 486DX-33's push to 40MHz, 486DX2-66's push to 
80MHz, but 486DX2-50's stopped being pushable upon introduction of the 
DX2-66, and 486DX-50's won't push, period.  Mind you, _always_ use a 
heatsink/fan combination device when pushing CPUs!  If you don't mind risking
voiding your warranty and digging up the right clock crystal, pushing your
CPU a notch is definitely something to consider.  (Note that my dealer only
pushes CPUs on customer request, it is far from normal business practice). 

Feel free to copy this message onto comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware--I lack public
posting access at this site. 
- - -- 
"The way I see it, you never know if people are going to believe the truth or a
 lie, so I stick with the truth for the sake of consistency."  --Me
 Brian Stretch (stretch@emunix.emich.edu)  CIS: 76176,1216
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From: chbl@sbustd.rz.uni-sb.de (Christian Blum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: This is for Madis Kaal!
Date: 11 Jan 1993 23:06:28 GMT
Organization: Studenten-Mail, Rechenzentrum Universitaet des Saarlandes
NNTP-Posting-Host: sbustd.stud.uni-sb.de

Sorry for this posting, but mail bounces. Madis, please mail me again with
your address corrected!

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