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From: c60a-km@congo.Berkeley.EDU (Ahmon Dancy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Math Coprocessors
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:07:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: pasteur.1992Apr13.180739.22380
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley


Greetings.  I've been told by a couple people that when you buy a math
coprocessor, you must make sure it runs at the same speed as your CPU.
Can someone tell me if this is absolutely true? I don't really believe
it seeing that the processor runs in parallel so it seems like the CPU
should give a coprocessor command, go on about it's business, and then
get the data from the coprocessor, waiting for it, if need be.  This
isn't too ignorant of an assumption, is it?  I also have a quote from
"The 80386 book":  intel did something different in the 80287 processor
that changed it's interface from the 8087.  "In this new interface method,
the main CPU decodes the ESC instructions and then passes the information
to the coprocessor via the I/O channel.  This interface allows the
coprocessor to run at a clock rate different from that of the main CPU, 
and it allows the 80287 to be used with CPUs other than the 80286."

Any comments?  Reply via email please.  Thanks
From: dbinford@convex.com (David Binford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Info needed for WD HD controller
Summary: jumper settings needed for second controller
Keywords: WD1003-WA2 MFM controller
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:07:15 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


I saw a posting referring to using a MFM controller and an IDE controller
at the same time if the MFM controller was told it was a secondary 
controller instead of the primary controller used to boot from.  I would
like to try this but need info on the jumpers.

My controller has the following markings:

-Lower Left
	WDC  1985  WD1003-WA2

-Upper Left
	61-000107-00   S/N __________
	    REV ____

-Middle Left paper label
	61000246-00   F300
	  246-00P068  23871
	   876147  REV "X0"

There are jumpers on the board as follows:

	E4 o o E1

	E5 o o E2
           | |
 	E6 o o E3


and
	o E7
	|
	o E8

	o E9

The current connections are as shown:
	E5 - E6
	E2 - E3
	E7 - E8

Any one have any documentation that defines these jumper settings, or
know where I can find it, please email me.

Thanks

dbinford@convex.com




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From: Changhao_Boh@mindlink.bc.ca (Changhao Boh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: WORLD-WIDE SHORTAGE OF 3.5" DISKS
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:52:45 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

SS>         If anyone else has heard of the "world-wide" shortage, please
SS> let me know.
SS>
SS> Scotty

Well, IBM is grabbing diskettes for OS2 2.0 (20 1.44s per copy) and MicroSoft
is also grabbing diskettes for Windows 3.1.  These 2 will sell millions of
copies, thus the shortage.

Good Health.

Changhao.

*** Beam me up ? {;-}
From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Which QIC 80 Tape Drive to Buy?
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:36:11 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

There are three extremely important reasons to go with OS/2:
		Preemptive Multitasking
		True 32-bit OS
		NO MORE 640K BULLSH*T

The above are enough to convince me...the rest is just icing on the cake:
(Dos, Windows compatibility, nice GUI, etc etc etc)

						- Al
From: IP05996@portland.caps.maine.edu (Rene Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Signs of a Bad Monitor
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:31:13 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

When
The Picture on a monitor starts to shake like a T-shirt in the wind, and
menus change colors (assuming that the connection is tight) is it a sign
of a dying monitor? What can one do to fix it (avoiding replacing it)?

Also my only way to find out whether the Video card is VGA, CGA, EGA was
25-pins on VGA and 15-pins on EGA ( I don't even know if that's right).
How could I tell?


Thanks for any responses.

Rene Braun
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From: garyf@wang.com (Gary Field)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Combatting Idleness
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:20:52 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

After I pressed return on my last followup, I also recalled one other
situation under which DMA is used for disk transfers; in the ancient
PC/XT MFM controller. How could I forget the wonderful PC/XT :-)

By the way the reason why DMA is no longer used in PC/AT class machines
is that it is much slower than polled I/O using REP INSW. This is
due to the lousy way that DMA is implemented in the AT.

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Organization: Freshman, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:40:34 -0400 
From: Faisal Nameer Jawdat <fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: affordable 24 bit colour

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 14-Apr-92 Re: affordable
24 bit colour Ke-Wei Ma@andrew.cmu.edu (751)

> 	Maybe I am confused but 16 Meg colours is
> 	16*1024=16,384 while 24 bit colour is
>  	2^24=16,777,216.  My conclusion is that if you
> 	purchase this card (I have no idea what the specs
> 	are other than what you have mentioned) then you
> 	will be short-changed 16,777,216-16,384=16,760,832
> 	colours.  

16 meg = 16 * 1024k
1k = 1024

ergo, 16meg = 16*1024*1024 = 16,777,216
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: weasel@rieska.oulu.fi (Kari Salmela)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Parallel port: I/O or just O?
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:03:54 GMT
Reply-To: weasel@rieska.oulu.fi
Distribution: comp
Organization: U Of Oulu, Information Processing Science


	I have been given two kinds of information about parallel
ports, and PC hardware reference I have taken look at is of no help.

Question: Will I be able to use printer port's data lines as input
data lines with EVERY serial/parallel card? I know some ports can
turn the direction, but is this common feature? If, how this could be
done? (Assembler / C example greatly appreciated.)

Thank you, 

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From: sergei@upenn5.hep.upenn.edu (Sergei Borodin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What is the difference between 386, 386SX, and 386DX?
Date: 17 Apr 92 01:12:33 GMT
Organization: Loma Linda University Medical Center

In article <1992Apr3.010637.28858@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>Now somebody will probably post to correct my errors.
>
>
   Why did you post in such a case? Just to say anything?
  I always wonder when I see :"I'm not an expert, but..".
  Then a person proves it just in few sentences. 
  
  Are people trying to solve technical questions by vote?
  If 51%  of the Net decide that 386sx and 386dx are the same
  what happens? Will they be?
  
  If you are not sure, read books first, THEN write.

>-- 
>
>   -Richard L. Goerwitz              goer%ellis@uchicago.bitnet
>   goer@ellis.uchicago.edu           rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer

    Sergei Borodin,
    Design Engineer
    Loma Linda University 
    Medical Center.

    borodin@proton.llumc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Ofer Inbar)
Subject: COM port documentation?
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:59:02 GMT

  I am building a 1200bps modem, and so far have put together a
working serial transmitter/receiver and tested it by connecting a
terminal.  However, I had to do this with my own custom software.  I'm
using an 8251, and wrote a program that talks to it through its two
ports.
  I know that real COM1 ports use IRQ4 and a series of 8 I/O
ports between 03F8h and 03FFh.  However, I have no idea how exactly
these ports are used.  I have a BIOS listing which gives me some
examples, but all it has are routines to initialize a port, send a
character, and receive a character, and none of them deal with
interrupts.  If I'm to build a COM1 port that is compatible with
standard software, I need better documentation of how standard
software expects a COM port to behave.
  I have the last few years of PC Magazine sitting in my room, and I
vaguely remember that this information is in one of them somewhere.
But I have no index, and since I didn't even remember in what column
the information may have appeared, searching through over a hundred
issues is a bit much.  If you can refer me to the right article, or if
you have the information I need in a text file, I would greatly
appreciate it.
  Please respond by email.  Thanks.

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From: varmint@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Samir Varma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Heard anything about Maxtor Cheyenne 200Meg HD for $395?
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:20:57 GMT
Reply-To: varmint@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Samir Varma)
Organization: Center for Particle Physics, University of Texas
Originator: varmint@huey.cc.utexas.edu


Maxtor was supposed to be releasing a $395 200 Meg Hard Drive.  Has anyone
heard anything about it (availability etc.)?   The original date was 1 April
but I haven't seen it out yet.

Thanks,
Samir Varma
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: richtt@aix.rpi.edu (Timothy G. Richter)
Subject: ROLM Modem
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:03:12 GMT

I have acquired some kind of modem, and I'm not sure what the the features,
connections are.  It's an ROLM Model 53000.  It has a standard RS-232 25 pin
connector, two phone jacks (AUX & LINE), and a switch for test/auto/man(ual).

Some immediate questions I have are :

    Is this a modem?  Or is it for specific network systems?  If it is a modem,
  how fast is it, features?  

Also, the phone connectors are 6-conductor.  I don't know anything about phone
standards, except that I have 1-line in my house which uses two wires.  Can
this ROLM device be used in household telphone circuitry, or do I need some kind
of adapter?

Thanks in advance!

-Tim Richter
richtt@rpi.edu
From: jvd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (john.a.van dyk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Need help with Conner CP30104H IDE HD
Keywords: CP30104H, IDE, Conner
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:26:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


Thanks to all of the people who sent me e-mail regarding my problem with
the Conner CP30104H IDE Hard drive.

The parameters I ended up using were:

   Cylinders:       762
   Heads:             8
   Sectors/Track:    39
   Write Pre-comp:  762
   Landing Zone:    762

Once I set up those values in CMOS, and partitioned the hard disk, the
drive formatted very easily and is working fine.

Thanks again.

John Van Dyk
jvd@usl.com       OR    {backbone-site!}att!usl!jvd
(908) 522-5175
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Subject: Wanted: multi input large screen monitor
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:36:26 GMT

Hello all. We seek advise on a multipurpose monitor we wish to purchase
for one of our labs. We are looking for a fair size screen, 16", 17"
that kind of thing. We would like for it to have multi input capability,
eg. svga, nstc, composite, ttl, ... be able to plug most computers
and/or vcrs into it. Does anyone have suggestions as to what we should
consider? Anyone have such a monitor? Any comments appreciated.
Thank you.

Thomas.
From: mhc6312@acf5.NYU.EDU (Myung H. Cho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: dos driver for Always 2000 scsi controller
Date: 10 Apr 92 00:54:23 GMT
Organization: New York University

Is there a dos driver for the Always 2000 scsi controller that can support more then 2 harddrives at one time? If so, where can I get it?

Myung Cho
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.sysv386
From: Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra vs. 8514 Ultra
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 13:53:15 -0500

In article <1992Apr10.024515.16808@rfengr.com> rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.183411.23336@loop.uucp> keithl@loop.uucp (Keith Lofstrom;;;520-1993) writes:
>
>
>> ATI offers two very fast boards, the Graphics Ultra and the 8514 Ultra.
>
>> I haven't had much luck getting information from ATI on
>> the relative merits of the two approaches for a SVR4
>> system (ESIX); a posting about the relative merits of the
>> two cards would be appreciated.

From what I can tell, the only difference is that the Graphics
Ultra has on-borad VGA. The 8514/Ultra needs an additional VGA
card to handle VGA with pass-through.






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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle)
Subject: Re: Still looking for RS422 boards
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:01:53 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University
Keywords: RS422, 8 bit

In article <45825@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jad@expert.cc.purdue.edu (John Dormer) writes:
>
>  A few days ago, I posted requesting info on the availability of RS422 boards
>for the IBM 8-bit and Amiga computers. I requested email responses, which I 
>guess was the mistake I made, as I received none whatsoever. If any of you have
>info, I'd be really happy if you told me what you know.
>
I didn't see your last post, but in a catalog from JDR I recently received
I found the following:

(From 1992 Catalog #17, p. 53)

Dual-Port RS-422/RS-485

* 8-bit 8088+ PC compatible
* Two independent Rs-422/485 interfaces with male 9-pin D type connectors
* selectable as COM1 - COM4
* Use IRQ2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7
* Supports TX, RX, RTS, and CTS signals
* Supports 2 and 4 wire operation

Product no: PCL-743
List Price: $169.95

According to the add, Drivers and Receivers can be enabled and disabled
through jumpers or software in order to support 485 mode.

You can get this (and many other cool things, according to the catalog -
I have no personal experience with this company yet) from JDR Microdevices
(address and tel below).  Some of their prices are quite reasonable, others
seem a bit high (at least when compared to the Computer Shopper), and I
have no idea how much RS-422 boards should cost.

JDR Microdevices
Tel: 1-800-538-5000
Fax: 1-408-559-0250
2233 Samaritan Drive
San Jose, CA 95124

Hope this helps!

Jean.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
Subject: Re: 386SX Question
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 11:14:57 GMT


In article <10273@inews.intel.com> wwitt@adara.intel.com (Wolf Witt)
writes:
>
> A part with an internal cache like the i486 or Cyrix' part need
> additional pins for cache coherency control (e.g. KEN and FLUSH on
> the 486). If a system board is not set up to manage these pins,
> the cache won't work. So, the cache in the Cyrix part can only be
> enabled if the system board is designed with this goal in mind.

Cache coherency?  In a single processor system?  Why is this a concern?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs
From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Subject: I Need DIP Switch Settings for Fujitsu "Swallow" M2333K HSMD Drive?
Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 14:37:50 GMT

	I would be very grateful for information for the above-referenced
HSMD hard drive concerning the settings for the 10-pos. SW1 and the
7-pos. SW2 and SW3.

	Also, can you tell me the differences between SMD and HSMD?
Will an SMD controller work with an HSMD drive?

	Thanks.

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From: lon@edsi.plexus.COM (Lon Ponschock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: V-Com Computer Co: Summary w. answers
Summary: A posted response to a question posed 2 weeks ago.
Keywords: V-Com,summary,mail order,vendors
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:53:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Apr14.165300.28826
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI


                                    April 15th, 1992


     What follows is a summary of information regarding
the V- Com computer company which is currently
advertising a line of PC product in such publications
as _PC Magazine_ and _Computer Shopper_.

     Bill Evans <wee@pyuxy.bellcore.bellcore.com>  said
that he had poor response from the company.  Product
information was slow to arrive (3 months !) and their
800 phone number gave no response to 2 of his calls to
them.  However, one department in his company purchased
several V-Com 386 machines and were generally satisfied.

     Chris Holmes <holmes@mrx.webo.dg.com>. provided the
     following information which I have put in summary
     form from our dialog over several messages:

     Chris said that he went through a couple of
_Computer Shopper_ magazines and found V-Com to have the
best price among the dealers which didn't have
restocking fees and credit card surcharges.  He and two
friends bought 486 systems from V-Com and have been
running them about a month w/no problems.  His
associates also used tech support and said that the V-
Com people seem to know what they are talking about.

     V-Com offers a keyboard (142 key) and high speed
SVGA card which is advertised as being 32 bit local bus
card.  While Chris did not get this option, he said that
the others paid the additional $50 for it/them and told
him that it was well worth the extra money.

[Lon Ponschock comments:  Potential clients should check
this information against the current advertisements for
accuracy.  The ad does not indicate up charges for the
add-ons.  Caution is advised.:-)    ]

     Chris's machine pulls in a speed index of 71.3 on
Norton which he tells me is about average for a 486 with
a small cache.

     The reason I posed this question to the group is
the fact that V-Com appeared to be offering newer
technology at comparable rates to current product: i.e.,
32 bit local bus SVGA card.

     I would like to see a review of their products by
PC Magazine to be able to accurately compare it w/other
companies fielding similar products either as a package
or options to a basic system.

     Any additions or responses to this report are
welcome. Since this is the first occasion I have had to
summarize to the Net, your criticisms are also
appreciated.

lon



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Information on AST Advantage Board
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:58:59 GMT

In article dallas@bach.udel.edu (Paul Lewis Fincke) writes:
>
>I recently purchased a used computer with an AST Advantage memory board
>in it.  It didn't come with the manuals (of course) and since it has
>24 dip switchs spread between 3 dip switch blocks, I can't do trial and
>error to figure them out.  If anyone has information on it, could you
>please e-mail it to me at: dallas@brahms.udel.edu.  Thanks.
>

AST Research BBS  1-714-852-1872, 1200/2400,N,8,1

-steve
From: chrisc@itmel.bhp.com.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Driver for IBM AT 1.44 FD
Keywords: Driver AT
Date: 7 Apr 92 06:43:14 GMT
Organization: BHP IT


Could anybody suggest a way to connect a 1.44mg floppy drive to an original IBM
AT.

As an original IBM AT controller only supports 360k and 1.2mg floppy drives.

Are there any drivers available ?

Any mailed response would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: orb@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Randolph Turner)
Subject: Need driver(s) for PGS LS-300 Scanner
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:40:04 GMT


  Like the subject line says, I need a driver/drivers for a Princeton Graphics
Systems LS-300 full page scanner.  I bought the scanner, but there were no
drivers with it (as is sometimes the case with used stuff..oh well).

  Preferably, the driver for PC Paintbrush IV or Image-IN as I have these
packages from prior (hand)scanner purchases.

  Alternatively, does anyone have a BBS number for Princeton Graphic Systems?

Thanks,
Randy
From: richter@stsci.edu (Otto G. Richter(Hera))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Miniscribe 3650 drive ???
Keywords: Need detailed info
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:46:40 GMT
Reply-To: richter@stsci.edu (Otto-G. Richter)
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute

I have a Miniscribe 3650 disk lying around unused which I would like to use
in non-IBM compatible gear.  I need to know its detailed specifications.
I would think the "3" in the disk number stands for half-height, the "6" for
6 heads, and the "50" for 50 MB unformatted capacity.  Thus I think it might
be a near twin of the SEAGATE 251, maybe a few cylinders less.  For the
low-level format I need to know the number cylinders and heads and the pre-comp
value.  Can somebody mail me with those ?

Thanks in advance.
			Otto
			richter@stsci.edu