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From: dmcclory@Chaos.mcs.kent.edu (Daniel McClory)
Subject: Re: Why you shouldn't buy NEC.  (More NEC 4FG horror stories!)
Summary: HEY! I love my 4FG.  I'd buy another in a second. 
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 17:26:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.204614.24165@comp.lancs.ac.uk> davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles) writes:
>In article <To5wRB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> chrisr@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Ringe) writes:
>>*** Note: This is a letter I just FAXED to NEC ***
>
>
>>And the saga continues...

I bought a NEC 4FG about 3 months ago, and I've been perfectly satisfied.
The colors are good, the performance is excellent, and the price was, well,
not so bad.

If only my Diamond Stealth VGA card worked so well...




-- 
          Daniel McClory               
	  Kent State University        
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Abdullah Faruque,334CH,3752,2654247)
Subject: Re: Intel's "Overdrive" chip
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:55:21 GMT

From article <rg9538.717736709@ehsn5.cen.uiuc.edu>, by rg9538@ehsn5.cen.uiuc.edu (Ronald E Garnett):
> tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa) writes:
> 
> It doubles the speed of the clock internal to the chip, but maintains
> the same speed external to the chip.  This results in a overall speed
> improvement without having to get a brand new motherboard.  It costs
> a bundle, though.  I read it to be in ther $700-900 range, but I'm not
> positive!  It just plugs into the same slot as your 486DX-25 or 486DX-33,
> (different models).  Alternatively, there is a model for the 486SX series.
> 
> Happy speeding!
> 
> Ron Garnett
> 
> University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
> 
You may not be so happy if your BIOS/motherboard is non co-operative or if
your RADAR detector is non co-operative!!

-Faruque
Email: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: OPINIONS: Speedstar 24X vs Stealth
Date: 1 Oct 1992 16:42:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (TOBIN MATTHEW CREEK) says:

>
>Thanks to all who replied to my post asking for comments on the 
>Conner CP30200.  It is an excellent drive!  Two weeks of pure, fast, quiet
>heaven.
>
>Continuing with the 2-year overhaul (only the I/O board and the monitor will
>be left), I am upgrading my Paradise 1024i 512K video board.  
>
>Question:
>
>Should I buy the Speedstar 24X or the Stealth.  More specifically:
>
>1.  Both are coprocessed, correct?  Both are fast(er than what I have), right?
>    Which one is FASTER (this is a primary concern).
>    Which one is faster (if any difference) in plain VGA modes (no drivers)?
>
>2.  I am using OS/2 and have heard that S3 doesn't want to write drivers. 
>    Is this still the case, or has 3 million copies changed their mind?  
>    I hear that Speedstar 24X drivers are coming after the 32-bit GRE. True? 


Actually, S3 drivers may be available by mid november, while diamond
hasn't started writing theirs yet.

I was told by there tech support that they would have there drivers
available shortly after the 32bit GRE became available.  As it turns
out, they were going to start writing their drivers after it became
publicly available.  I'm one disappointed diamond customer.

If you want to inform diamond, you can send email to 
75300.3673@compuserve.com to tell them how much os/2 2.0 drivers
affect your decision when buying video cards.
From: thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen)
Subject: Re: Gateway Telepath
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:09:53 GMT

I've been having problems with mine from day one, but have pretty much
decided to live with it. I haven't been able to get fsuucp under DOS to 
work, but I'm going to try uupc. 

One of the problems that I have with the Telepath is that I don't really
know what modem to tell comm software that I am using. I always say
"Hayes 2400" running at 9600. Anyone have a clue on this?


-- 
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| Keith Thigpen          thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov      (205)461-4936   |
| New Technology, Inc.   Marshall Space Flight Center     Huntsville, AL   |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Subject: Dell (PS/2) Mouse
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:01:17 GMT

I wonder what the difference is between a Dell Mouse (and integral AUX
controller) that is supposed to be IBM PS/2 compatible and a real IBM PS/2
(and AUX controller).

The following code segment fails for some unknown reason in the last phase:

! check for PS/2 pointing device

        mov     ax,#INITSEG
        mov     ds,ax
        int     0x11            ! int 0x11: equipment determination
        test    al,#0x04        ! check if pointing device installed
        jz      no_psmouse
        mov     ax,#0xc201      ! reset pointing device
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
        mov     bh,#0x03        ! 3 bytes/packet
        mov     ax,#0xc205      ! initialize pointing device
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
        mov     ax,#0xc203      ! set resolution
        mov     bh,#0x03        ! 8 counts/mm
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
        mov     ax,#0xc206      ! set scaling
        mov     bh,0x02         ! 2:1 scaling
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
        mov     ax,#0xc202      ! set sample rate
        mov     bh,#0x05        ! 100 reports per second
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
! XXX The segment below fails XXX
        mov     bh,#0x01
        mov     ax,#0xc200      ! enable pointing device
        int     0x15
        jc      no_psmouse
! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
        mov     [0x1ff],#0xaa   ! device present
no_psmouse:
	...something-else...

I don't have a programming manual for either it or the real PS/2
mouse so I don't have a clue what's wrong. The mouse works when
I run the mouse test programs that comes with the Dell machine.

Please respond by email since I normally don't read this
newsgroup.

(The machine in question is a Dell 433TE (i486, 33MHz))

/Peter
--
Peter Eriksson                                              pen@lysator.liu.se
Lysator Academic Computer Society                 ...!uunet!lysator.liu.se!pen
University of Linkoping, Sweden                           I'm bored. Flame me.
From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help: Installing second RLL drive (ST157R)
Date: 5 Oct 1992 03:08:00 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <1992Oct4.171407.24804@ee.ubc.ca>, johnt@ee.ubc.ca (john jay tanlimco) writes:
>
>Hi,
>    I have two RLL drives that work separately, but not together.
>Originally, I have a DTC7287 connected to a Mitsubishi MR535R 
>65MB RLL drive.  I want to install the second HD, a Seagate ST157R.
>I have set the drive select switch on both the drives to 2, removed
>the terminating resistor on the ST157R, connected the MR535 to the
>last connector.  My problem is that my machine wouldn't recognize
>the second drive (ST157R).

Are you sure the cable is correct?  With both drives set to the same
DS, you need a cable with a twisted section between the drive connectors.
The twisted section is NOT the same as for floppy drives.
The info I have is that, from the 'marked' pin one side, the twists
should be   (for floppies:  9 wires - 7 twisted - 18 wires)
and         (for hard drv:  24 wires - 5 twisted - 5 wires)

--gary breuckman
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chyang@engin.umich.edu (Chung Hsiung Yang)
Subject: Re: are EISA & local bus mutually exclusive?
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 23:05:41 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <91131@netnews.upenn.edu> sergei@upenn5.hep.upenn.edu (Sergei Borodin) writes:
>
>  I would be interested to hear from people why they want EISA 
> *AND* Local Bus? Besides the point that the thing is cool.
>
> Practically speaking, if HD and video are on the LB (well, I 
> know about eithernet) why would you put a printer in the EISA?
> ISA too slow for it? 
> 
	Interesting, I don't know why people would want EISA and
Local Bus in the same box.  That seems a little redundent (not to
metion the cost).  Local Bus, I think will be able to transfer data
at a much higher rate then EISA.  I thought.  Hmm....  Go figure!

Chung Yang

> The only other thing I can imagine (besides LANs) is the data
> aquisition. 
>
>  So, WHY??
>
> S.B.
From: jmt@legend.cma.fr (Jean-Marc Tanzi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Advice wanted on buying a Cacheing IDE con
Date: 5 Oct 92 12:53:14 GMT
Reply-To: jmt@legend.cma.fr (Jean-Marc Tanzi)
Organization: INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

In article <1992Sep29.125609.12722@spectrum.xerox.com>, damouth@wrc.xerox.com (David E. Damouth) writes:
>The general attitude seems to be that for most uses, a cache on the disk controller is
> inferior in performance and flexibility (and probably cost) to a cache in main memory
> space.  Buy another 4 MB of RAM and run one of the many cache programs, and you'll
>  be way ahead.

That makes sense. Each time you access the memory from the disk controller, it's
*through the (ISA, whatever) bus*. Getting the data from the main memory is *always* faster.
Better have the data go through the bus only once (the minimum).

-- 
=============================================================================
Jean-Marc Tanzi  |  Millions of years to make oil and forests,
jmt@cma.cma.fr   |  a century to burn them. Mankind versus Nature: 100000 to 1.
                 |  Will Mankind find a tougher planetary opponent?
From: gwni@troi.cc.rochester.edu (G. Wayne Nichols)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need info on DTK PTM-1000 motherboard
Summary: Need DIP switch info for DTK 286/10 (PTM-1000) motherboard
Keywords: Info 286 DTK PTM-1000
Date: 3 Oct 92 03:35:33 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Can anyone tell me what the 10-position DIP switch on a
DTK 286/10 motherboard (model PTM-1000) is used for?
I have 2 motherboards (just bought them used), but no docs.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fontenot@ravl.rice.edu (Dwayne Jacques Fontenot)
Subject: Re: VESA Specification
Organization: Rice University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:21:22 GMT

In article <1992Oct01.204809.4221@zeos.com> kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann) writes:
>
>Interface Speeds
>
>The VL-Bus operates up to 66MHz. Electrical characteristics of the Physical
>VL-Bus connector limit the speed of a VL-Bus device operating across the 
>connector (i.e, an add in board) to 40 MHz. The VL-Bus clock operates at
>the same frequency and phase with the CPU clock. CPU's using double speed
>clocks (386-type CPUs for example), must divide down the CPU clock before
>driving the VL-Bus clock.
>

What does this mean? I can't get from this whether VLB is possible on a
true 50MHz machine. Can the CPU run at 50MHz while a VLB card is running
at 40MHz ? i.e is a 50MHz VLB machine by definition not possible?

>-- 
>Ken Germann              ZZZZ EEEE  OO   SSS    ZEOS International, Ltd.  
>support@zeos.com   INET     Z E    O  O S       Technical Support Dept.
>uunet!zeos!support UUCP    Z  EE   O  O  SS     530 5th Ave N.W.
>800-228-5390      VOICE   Z   E    O  O    S    St. Paul, MN 55112
>612-633-7337             ZZZZ EEEE  OO  SSS     FAX         612-633-4607

Dwayne Fontenot
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Augh! ET-4000 Drivers KILL Sound!!!
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:03:52 GMT



I've been having a lot of problems with my Video Card and the Diamond Drivers
for it for windows, so I went out and picked up up the newest ET-4000 drivers 
off cica.

However, now that all my video problems have gone away, the sound that comes
out of the speakers connected to my SBPro is COMPLETLEY Garbled and messed
up under windows for some reason, but works happy happy under DOS....

Anybody ever see this happen before, and if so, what can I do about it????

PLEASE don't make me go back to 1024x768x256 LARGE fonts... They're just TOO
damn BIG!!!!


Toodlepip!
Marc 'em.

-- 
  storm@cs.mcgill.ca           McGill University         C program run.  Run  
  Marc Wandschneider           Montreal, CANADA          Program run! PLEASE!
    The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
              regarded as a criminal offense.  -- E. W. Dijkstra
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: peter@db1 (Peter Trott)
Subject: Gateway Telepath
Organization: nCUBE Computers, Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:15:29 GMT

Am I the only person having trouble getting Crosstalk for Windows
to download at speeds greater than 2400 bps on the telepath?  

Background:  I have spoken to Gateway Tech Support, and they went
through the initialization of the program with me.  Everything is
set the way it should be, according to them.  When I log into work
via a 9600 baud modem there, and invoke a download with Ymodem/batch,
the Ymodem program tells me that I am connected at 9600 baud, and
the download should take approx. X minutes.  When I tell Crosstalk
to receive the file, it proceeds to write it to the disk at approx.
250 cps, (which I am assuming is approx. 2000 bps) and the download 
time is approx 4X minutes.  Does anyone have a clue as to why the 
program (or the hardware) does not adjust to the top speed available 
(i.e., 9600 baud?)

If you can help me, I promise you my undying gratitude!

Sincerely,
Peter Trott (peter@ncube.com)
From: djr8482@acf5.NYU.EDU (Daniel Reznick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Mach32?
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:04:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: acf5.54830019
Organization: New York University

ATI's two new cards, The ATI ULTRA Pro and the ATI Ultra + both utiolize it.

Try to find statistics for these in back postings; I think they were posted a
few times.

Daniel Reznick
From: lrxi00@icts01.Kodak.COM (James Nonnemacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: BERNOULLI BERNOULLI
Keywords: Bernoulli
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:56:01 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co

I've been using Bernoulli's for a few years now, that includes the 20, 44, and now the 90Mb versions.
Never had any problem with them.
From: vonbrecht@mwk.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL 8 bit controller in an ISA System
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:02:45 CST
Followup-To: vonbrecht@mwk.uucp
Organization: M. W. Kellogg, Houston TX

X-News: mwk comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:28597

>From: vonbrecht@mwk.uucp
>Subject:RLL 8 bit controller in an ISA System
>Date: 23 Sep 92 13:27:51 CST
>Message-ID:<1992Sep23.132751.1120@mwk.uucp>

>We have a problem with adding a new mother board to our system.  We
>are adding a 386SX with an AMI BIOS dated mid 1991.  The old system was
>a 10 MHz XT DTK clone from around 1987.  We are trying to reuse the
>30M hard drive and its associated controller card.  The drive is a
>Seagate ST238R and the the controller card is a OMTI 5527A 2,7 RLL
>disk controller with a 1002571 BIOS.  The card was made by Scientific
>Micro Systems, Inc.
>
>We can't get the system to bootup with the drive operating. The drive
>seems to perform its POST correctly.  The POST appears to originate
>from the disk controller BIOS.  However, once the system is turned over
>to the user we can't get a C drive prompt.  We have the AMI BIOS
>configured without the hard drive. When the AMI BIOS is configured
>to recognize the drive we get a HDD failure message during the POST.
>
>I can set the I/O port base address to the following: 
>                               0320Hex
>                               0324Hex
>                               0328Hex
>                               032CHex
>                   
>We can also disable the controller BIOS.
>
>So far all we have is a two floppy computer.  Is there anyway we can
>get this operating? We would like to get it going without reformating. 
>We tried contacting the controller card maker, Scientific Micro
>Systems, they appear to have disappeared. Does anyone know where they
>went, bankrupt? 
>
>Thanks in advanced, if possible please respond by E-Mail 
=====================================================================
I have not heard anything from anyone on this problem.  The address I
supplied for responses could have result in an routing error. Please 
use the following alternate addresses, Thanks:

Primary address:    vonbrecht@mwk.uucp
Alternate address:  uhnix!tenet.edu!vbrecht
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:25809 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:13264
From: flash@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Dean "Flash" Fashbaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: NEC ProSpeed 286 problem.
Keywords: dead prospeed
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:21:31 GMT


	Hello.  I have not powered on the ProSpeed in maybe 3-4 months,
	although it has been plugged in.  After powering up, with either
	a bootable floppy in (a:) or out (to boot from Hard Drive c:),
	the following is displayed and it "hangs":

	------------------------------------------------------------
	|
	|     NEC
	| Phoenix Advanced Video BIOS Version 1.05 03
	| Copyright (C) 1984-1989 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
	| All Right Reserved
	|
	| Phoenix 80286 ROM BIOS PLUS Version 3.10.06
	| Copyright (C) 1984-1989 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
	| All Right Reserved
	|
	| ProSpeed 286
	|
	| 640K Base memory, 00384K Extended
	|
	|___________________________________________________________

	The "Disk" LED, which is supposed to illuminate ORANGE for Floppy
	access and GREEN for HD access, flashes GREEN (presumably a power-up
	self test function) and then changes to ORANGE.  (I can hear the
	HD spin up when power is applied.)  The Floppy is accessed right
	after the messages shown above (typical floppy grinding noise), but
	the "Disk" LED never changes from ORANGE to GREEN - whether or not
	I have a bootable floppy in...

	I presume the CMOS set-up is lost, because of being powered off
	so long.  However, I am not able to access the BIOS SETUP utility
	(CTRL-ALT-ESC, F1 or F10) as per documentation.  But this situation
	isn't exactly covered in the documentation either -- so what else is
	new?

	Anyone have clues as to what I can try next?  Of course, I may
	have to take it to an "authorized" NEC service rep, but it's much
	more fun to use this (net) method...8^).

	Thanks for listening,

	Dean "Flash" Fashbaugh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tmyers@athena.mit.edu (Tracy S Myers)
Subject: Re: BEWARE GATEWAY!
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:15:21 GMT

In article <1661@frackit.UUCP> dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes:
>In article <19qrgtINN1l3@news.aero.org>, macheske@aero.org (Richard M. Macheske) writes:
>> You think that's bad, they've sent me upgrades I haven't ordered and
>> tried to get me to pay the postage back.  Of course, a month later,
>> I find out that my credit card had been charged.  This didn't once,
>> but three times.  I hope they wake up!
>
>Maybe a little reading of the law would help them, and you. If they sent
>you something that was unsolicited on your part (ie. you didn't order
>it) you are under no obligation to (A) pay for it or (B) return it. It
>is to be considered a gift. If they further charged your credit card for
>something you never ordered then they are treading into the area of
>fraud and a quick call to your credit card company to put the charge in
>dispute will get their attention. Make SURE the credit card company is
>aware that you did NOT order the item in question and that it just
>appeared in the mail out of nowhere. 
>
>There is a law to back up the bit about keeping unsolicited items as
>'gifts' but I'm afraid it's up to someone else to quote chapter and
>verse on it. I'm aware of it's existance though. 

The `gift' provision regarding unsolicited items applies to unsolicited
items received by mail (i.e., via the US Postal Service).  In fact most of
the fraud regulations in this area apply to things delivered via
the Post Office and do not apply to things delivered UPS, FedEx, etc.
This is one reason why unscrupulous companies avoid the post office.
The case of unsolicited items delivered via other means is not quite
so cut and dry.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: david@titan.ucc.umass.edu (David Desroches)
Subject: Question about Paradise cards
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:14:05 GMT

	Recently, I was given a Paradise VGA card(possibly SVGA), and was
wondering if anyone knew how to find out what kind of card it is. It seems to
be able to handle SVGA modes, but I'd like to know what kind of card it is, so
that finding drivers is simplified. Any responses may be e-mailed to me.
Thanks in advance!

		David Desroches - gencon09@titan.ucc.umass.edu









Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tab@fico.uucp
Subject: SCSI and IDE CONTROLLERS
Organization: The Fair, Isaac Companies
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 20:23:24 GMT

I know this is a frequently asked question!  Is it possible to have a
SCSI and IDE controller on the same motherboard?  If so, how would one
configure system.



Please send mail directly to my mailbox!



Thanks!



Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen)
Subject: Complete PC Communicator Gold - Info, anyone?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 05:10:41 GMT

Maybe someone will wake up and take notice this time...:)

Has anyone had any experience with the Complete Communicator (or it's
new version, the Communicator Gold) they could relate?

The Gold is a 14.4K modem/9600 fax/voice mail card (the original being
96/24).  Will I necessarily be able to connect to any 14.4K modems I
find out there (even though there aren't many at this point)?

Thanks,
Mike
--
Michael Rosen						"Beer - It does
Tau Epsilon Phi - George Washington University		 a body good."
mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu
Michael.Rosen@bbs.oit.unc.edu or @lambada.oit.unc.edu