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From: news@cibbs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ATI OS/2 Drivers
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:23:31 EST
Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)

There has been some concern on the net regarding ATI's support for OS/2 2.0
with the 32bit GRE. Baring this, I emailed ATI directly at
74740.667@compuserve.com asking for a statement regarding their position on
the OS/2 drivers. As you know they do support the 16 bit GRE, but do not have
support as yet for the 32 bit GRE. Here is what I received:
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From: ATI Support <74740.667@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: OS/2 Statement.

Welcome to the ATI Forum. This message will serve to update you on the
current and future status of OS/2 drivers from ATI.

We opened this forum because we want to provide our customers with better
support. A devoted ATI forum is new for us and we are in the process of
developing internal systems that will allow us to respond quickly and
accurately to the varying messages posted here.

On the issue of OS/2 2.0 drivers a few facts should be clarified;

1.  Current OS/2 support.  ATI mach8 and mach32 accelerators currently
support OS/2 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0. in the following modes:

* mach8 - 640x480 256 colors, 800x600 256 colors, 1024x768 256 colors
* mach32 adds 1280x1024 256 colors

The current drivers are 16-bit, IBM released a beta 32-bit Graphics Engine
(GRE) appx. 3 weeks ago. The full version 32-bit is still a couple of 
months away.  The current GRE in OS/2 is 16 bit.  Development of 32 -bit
ATI driver sets are now in progress using the beta GRE code and is slated
for release by Q2 1993.  The features and modes supported by this driver
are being finalized and your input as to the features you would like
supported is requested. 

Technical issues as to installing or running current OS/2 drivers on ATI
graphics boards should be specifically adressed to customer support. 
Without accurate information we cannot help you with your problems.

2.  IBM 8514/A mode.  ATI mach8 (GRAPHICS ULTRA and VANTAGE) and mach32
(GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO and +) provide 100% register level compatability with
IBM's 8514/A standard.  ATI provided this support so that users will have
the ability to use accelerated, high resolution modes out of the box. 
This option exists for those who wish to use it.  ATI will provide
advanced driver support in addition to this compatability.

ATI will continue to support OS/2 for it's new and older accelerators and
will be posting updates as to release scheduals here on the forum.

Thanks for you patients and feedback.
Keith Knostman, ATI
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...and there you have it.
Mark
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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: SCSI compatibility on EISA: Recommendations.
Keywords: Adaptec Ultrastor Buslogib Pioneer Exabyte Fujitsu Toshiba AMI ATI
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:25:44 GMT

In <1252@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu> manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster) writes:



> I am aware that ASPI originated at Adaptec, unfortunately when I spoke 
>to tech support at Corel, they told me that they work fine with the 1500
>series from Adaptec but that they are having (unspecified) problems
>running with the Adaptec 1700 (EISA) series of adapters!?

>Have you tried using the Corel drivers with your board? Maybe the problem is
> just some remote glitch but 99% of the functionality is OK (but I doubt it)?

I've never used them with my board, but I do know that Adaptec
themselves are apparently selling them and supporting them as an
alternative to the ASW-410 package.  You might want to try calling
Adaptec support and asking them whether they'll work with the EISA
boards in Enhanced Mode and such, or whether they're just supporting
them for the 154x series boards.

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From: jcwright@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John C. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Trident video card and windows
Date: 21 Dec 92 23:05:56 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster

I have a 33mhz 486dx running windows 3.1.  I have A NI ctx monitor, and
a trident videocard with an 8900c chip.  It works fine with the svga driver
that came with windows.  but when I try to use tridents drivers for 256 color
mode ( I have the 4-92 release from wuarchive) I encounter a problem with 
the dos prompt, it won't start up as an icon or in a window ( it says 
aplication cannot run in window or background) but if I toggle it to full
screen and then return to a window it works fine.  Has anyone else encountered
this problem or more importantly know the solution?
thanks in advance
john wright , please reply to jwright@tom.pppl.gov 
				or jcwrigh@phoenix.princeton.edu
.
From: tn0s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Timothy L. Nali)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: EISA/VESA local bus systems
Date: 21 Dec 92 21:16:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.YfBg2uW00iV284XlU8
Organization: Junior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hi all,

I going to buy a 486DX/33 or 486DX2/66 in the near future.  I've seen
systems with VESA local bus slots or EISA bus or both.  Needless to say,
I know very little about local bus or EISA.  It's my understanding that
local bus is good for video cards and EISA is good for with hard drives
/ ethernet cards / modems / cd-rom / etc.  What exactly are local bus
and EISA?

I plan to run Windows3.1 and Linux, a free unix clone.  What kind of
performance gain will I get with EISA, and more importantly, is EISA
worth the extra money?

Also, are there any problems with having both EISA and local-bus on the
same system?



_____________________________________________________________________________
 
 Tim Nali            \  "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of
 tn0s@andrew.cmu.edu  \   the dreams" -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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From: tidedu@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (William T. Dedula)
Subject: Wanted: Low capacity Hard Drive+controller for "XT"
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: 31 Dec 1992 08:02 EST  

Hello;
A friend of mine has asked me to search for a low cost 
Hard Drive and Controller for an "XT". I suppose he's 
looking for a 20 or 40 Meg but higher capacities would 
probably be acceptable as long as they'd work in an 
"XT" system and as long as it works and doesn't have too 
many bad sectors. 

If you have a Hard Drive and Controller meeting the above 
description that you want to sell ... let me know and I 
will relay all messages to my friend (Who doesn' have Email 
and Internet Access). 

Tim


W. Tim Dedula                        Internet: 
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Mail Stop 77-3                       tidedu@mars.lerc.nasa.gov
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Cleveland, Ohio 44135
Phone (216) 433-3668

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science and
Technology ... for the Benefit of ALL Mankind !!!
From: ishwar@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Ishwar Rattan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NE2100 ethernet card info request
Keywords: ethernet card, NE2100, info needed
Date: 27 Dec 92 15:35:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: sol.1992Dec27.153527.3577
Followup-To: ishwar@cs.wmich.edu
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.

i have heard that NE2100 ethernet card is more robust than a WD8013
card. i have seen ads for NE1000 / NE2000 and not for a NE2100. i
will be grateful if somebody in the know can answer the following
two questions.

1. where can i find mode info on the NE2100 card?
2. where can i find vendor information for the above card
   including some idea about its price?

thanks in advance,

- ishwar
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: epwong@nyx.cs.du.edu (Elliott Wong)
Subject: Help! ISA ESDI
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 21:51:39 GMT


	I have recently gotten a hold of some ESDI drives and would
like to plug them into an AT that I have lying around. Now, the
controller that I have for it is ISA (I think) and the AT takes ISA
cards. Can I just plug the card and drive in and reboot or do I have
to do stuff to the CMOS. Also, it's a 300+ meg drive. I don't have the
exact model of the drive right now. 

	Thanks in advance.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: johnwu@netcom.com (John M. Wu)
Subject: Re: Conner 170 meg drives any good?
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:52:03 GMT

In article <7227@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes:
>I was looking at the Maxtor 7213A as the my next hard drive in
>a new system. The Conner 170 meg is now being offered instead
>by my vendor. Any comments on this drive, especially in comparison
>to the Maxtor? thanks in advance.

I asked the readers of comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware for opinions on the 213 meg
Maxtor drive yesterday.  I also asked for a score from -10 to +10 for the drive.

Again, I request Maxtor owners esp. the 7213A to mail me a short opinion on the
drive with a score of -10 to +10 where

-10 = garbage
  0 = functional (loses files, crashed once  but works)
+10 = great! 

Owners of other Maxtors are welcome in this survey.  Just let me know what 
model it is.  

I will post a summary and tabulate the results in a few days.
 
-- 
John M. Wu                "And if a double decker bus, crashes into us
johnwu@netcom.com          to die by your side, is such a heavenly way to die"
jmw@ocf.berkeley.edu         - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
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From: schottd@ucs.orst.edu (Derek Schott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Is there any merit to the 486SX?
Date: 31 Dec 1992 15:15:06 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucs.orst.edu
Summary: who needs a math coprocessor?

> Obviously if you're buying a 486SX you don't anticipate needing a math
>coprocessor, and if you had you'd be buying a 486DX.
>sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
>Project Vincent                    ICSS Resource Unit
>SCO ODT, Arc/Info, Atlas GIS       2142 Agronomy Hall

So to answer my question, who needs a math coprocessor anyways?
What programs really benefit from it, and how much? It sounds like
one of those things that might benefit certain applications, but 
hardly be noticable to the average user.
 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
From: walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Walk)
Subject: Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:53:22 GMT

Faisal Nameer Jawdat <fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>What counts now is today, when Intel is making 486's that blow the
>doors off of '040's, because they can clock double, and are pushing
>the pace, whereas Motorola seems to be twiddling their thumbs.  When
>is that 40mhz '040 coming out?  How long overdue are we here?  Intel
>is coming out with the 486dx2/80.  mhz for mhz, an '040 will beat a
>486, but Intel can push the 486 higher and higher, while Motorola
>may never be able to  clock double the '040, regardless of whether
>they want to or not.  (This is has to do with the '040's internal
>architecture, and has nothing to do with Motorola's chip designing
>prowess, assuming they ever get off their buts and finish doing
>something with the 680x0 line - Should I upgrade the 2ci to the
>PowerPC or should I wait for a Radius Rocket/060)

From what I HEARD (I don't know myself for sure) the '040 are all
clock doublers.

:
					Todd Walk
					walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: covey@us-es.sel.de (David Covey US/ESS3)
Subject: Re: Amiga kicks PC butt - Xmas Truce.
Keywords: Peace Man!
Organization: SEL-Alcatel LTS Dept. US/ES
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 08:17:28 GMT


In article <Bzns7o.FvE@newcastle.ac.uk>, I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
|> 
|> I wish I'd never started this.
|> 
|> Look, let's just call it a day on this one, and say that Everyone buys a computer
|> to suit their own needs, and should not be slagged off by another computer owning
|> community because of it.   Different types of computer are differently designed,
|> thus it is unfair to compare an Amiga to a PC, to a Mac, to an ST, to a Next, etc.
|> 
|> Let's call a truce, peace and goodwill to all men - it's christmas everybody.
|> 
|> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
|> 
|> 								Ian A. Inman.


I take umbrage at this - it seems to imply that people buy computers to meet their needs.  Of course they don't.  I bought a PC because it's inherently superior to the Amiga which is only a games machine...
From: csokolo@eis.calstate.edu (Christopher Sokolov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IBM PC Bios Upgrade
Date: 1 Jan 93 00:30:00 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

Hi.  Is there any way to put a new BIOS or something in an IBM PC to make
it work with an IBM XT hard drive?  Right now it does not.

If it should, and anyone has somepointers on how to make it work, let me know.
From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Micronics (Gateway) VL-Bus motherboards don't accept regular SIMMs
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:44:37 GMT
Organization: UIUC SCS

In article <1992Dec21.121035.45833@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> nschaper@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>I think all of the Gateway VL-Bus systems use Micronics motherboards.
>Anyway, it seems that these motherboards take some strange, non-standard
>type of RAM.

It's not strange, and is standard. It is, however, different. It is
a SIMM, just a different kind. 

I called up a couple of different "chip vendor" of the cheapie sort,
that I have done business with before, and they had them. The price was
indeed a few dollars more expensive than the older ones, but only
a few dollars per package.

Doug McDonald 
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From: jwisdom@ais.org (Joseph Wisdom)
Subject: Problems with Compudyne V.32 9600bps Internal
Organization: the Ann Arbor Information Society (UMCC)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:06:00 GMT

I recently acquired a Compudyne 9600 bps V.32 modem.  I seem to be having
problems getting it to work properly.  I have properly set the IRQ and
COMM port (com1, irq 4).

However, whenever I try to connect to another modem, at any speed, a 
few characters or a few lines will print and then the modem will freeze
up and not accept any other commands... unless the computer is reset
and the comm program is re-entered.  

Factory settings on the modem are being used.  (at&f)... so I don't see
any reason for the strange behaviour...

any help would be appreciated....

-jw
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From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Microtek ScanMakers
Date: 29 Dec 1992 11:38:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu



Does anyone have any information about Microtek's new Scanmaker II and
IIXE 24-bit flatbed scanners and how they differ from the recently
discontinued Scanmaker 600Z? What are the differences between the II and
the IIXE? (There have been many articles about color scanners in the
various computer mags lately, covering the 600Z; however, the II and IIXE
seem to have been released very recently - early December - and they're
much cheaper).

How is the customized PhotoStyler software for the above, and how does
it compare to the real Aldus PhotoStyler? Is OCR software bundled with the
scanners?

Any information would be greatly appreciated...         Happy New Year!...

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From: mark.seltzer@rose.com (mark seltzer)
Subject: NEC Express 66Te
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:22:33 GMT
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.70)


Date Entered: 01-03-93 17:18
If anyone has had any experience with an NEC Express 66Te (tower version 
of the 66e) or the 66e I would be grateful to hear about it. I am 
considering purchasing one.

A Gateway 2000 66 EISA with shipping and a 17" Nanao is US$ 4725, and a 
comparable NEC with a 5FG is US$ 5600. About the only differences between 
the machines are the NEC having more slots (12 vs 8) a larger power 
supply (385 vs 200), higher maximum RAM (256 vs 64) and no free Windows 
or applications software.

It appears that one gets 'NEC quality' for a premium of around 20%. Is it 
worth it? If anyone has opinions on this matter, or good or bad experience 
with the NEC Express, I would be grateful.

Thanks/mark 

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From: dang@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel Gentry)
Subject: XT power supply pinouts?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:57:39 GMT
Keywords: XT power supply


Hey!  I'm about to upgrade a friend's true-blue XT to a 286 (big step...)
and wanted to make sure the the power supply connections are 'standard' with
most clone-makers' power supply connectors...  Will I smoke the 286 board
if I use the standard power supply, or should it run fine?

Thanks in advance!

Dan Gentry		dang@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu

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From: des@ausom.oz.au (Dale Staines)
Subject: ESDI & SCSI Controllers
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:31:30 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne


Hello

Can someone please help me I an tring to find out
If i can put a SCSI controller card In with my western digital ESDI
controller ( model WD1007 ) I have been tolled by different
people that I can or I can not i an now totally confused.

Please Help If you have Done this you what cards you used
and what was required.

Thanks Very much in Advance.

Please Reply With E-Mail as the reply function does not work

thanks again.

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From: jdoll@cup.portal.com (Joe - Doll)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Catalog of Hard-to-Find PC Enhancements (Repost)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 20:05:37 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

"The Catalog of Personal Computing Tools for Engineers and Scien-
tists" lists hardware cards and application software packages for 
PC/XT/AT/PS/2 class machines.  Focus is on engineering and scien-
tific applications of PCs, such as data acquisition/control, 
design automation, and data analysis and presentation.  
  
If you would like a free copy, reply with your (U. S. Postal) 
mailing address.
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From: rl@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (roger.h.levy)
Subject: Re: The maxtor 213 meg drive is NOT 213 megs!
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:57:07 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.223142.3167@newshost.lanl.gov>, sct@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink) writes:
> I believe that disk manufacters do list the "unformatted" capacity of their
> drives.  I'm not exactly sure how they come up with the value but it is
> always a larger value than the formatted value and marketeers being what
> they are will always give you the biggest number they can, even if it is
> bogus.
> 
We are not dealing with the difference between formatted and unformatted
capacities here - just the difference between 2**20 (hexadecimal 100000)
and 10**6 (decimal 1000000).  If there is an ANSI definition of what a
megabyte is, then it might be valid to say the advertising is bogus.  I
frankly don't know although it is far more common to mean 2**10 when
talking about a megabyte.
Roger
From: johnl@yang.earlham.edu (John Fiskio-Lasseter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: *WEIRD* floppy drive error...
Summary: If God meant for us to use PC's, we would lack opposable thumbs...
Keywords: floppy drives, motherboard error
Date: 22 Dec 92 19:01:38 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

I posted this by mistake to comp.os.msdos.misc yesterday...Hopefully 
someone here can help out:
***************************************************************************

I'm wondering if anyone has ever run into this problem before, and if so, 
has anyone ever found a solution:  In the last three weeks, three PC's -- 
a pair of 486SX machines and a 286 -- have come into our repair shop with 
an identical problem.  The 3.5"/1.44 meg drive will not read high-density 
disks.  It reads 720K disks without a problem.  It reads 1.44M disks, but 
only when they are write-protected.  If not, the drive will crap out 
("GENERAL FAILURE READING DRIVE A:", etc.), and the FAT and BOOT sectors 
of the disk are destroyed (interestingly, ViruSafe reports that the disks 
are infected with Michelangelo, although they are most certainly not).
 
What seems to be happening is that every time the drive attempts to access 
a 1.44M disk, it first performs a write operation somewhere in FAT and 
BOOT area, rendering the disk unreadable.  When the disk is 
write-protected, the write operation fails and things carry on as usual, 
except that a floppy isn't much good if you can't write to it.
 
I am convinced this is a motherboard problem.  I've switched out the 
drive, the cable, the controller, the hard drive, the CPU, and the 
RAM.  The power supply connections all tested OK.  Nothing works, and 
what's more, *ALL* of these parts work fine in another motherboard 
(including the drive).  I've even tried replacing the oscillator on one 
of the boards: nada.  Anyone got any suggestions?
 
Thanks,
-- John

*****************************END MESSAGE*******************************

p.s. Since the only followups I received to this post on c.o.m.m. insisted 
that I had a viral infection, I ought to clarify that this was one of the 
first things I considered, and subsequently ruled out.  See my followup on 
the subject if you're terribly interested.

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