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From: ben@yenta.alb.nm.us (Ben Klausner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Leaving machine on 24hrs??
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:21:12 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department

eapu168@orion.oac.uci.edu (Lee Furnival) writes:

>I am in the process of advising someone in the purchase of a new pc and
>have a question regarding extending the life of the chips.  We will be
>getting a clone 486DX-33.  There are 2 cooling fans in a mid-tower case
>and I am going to install a fan/heatsink on the CPU.  Question:

>	Should the system be left on 24 hours a day?

Turning the system on and off is certainly traumatic to the components, and
should be minimized. This has to be compared to the expense and aging
involved with leaving the system on all the time.

The best recommendation I have seen is that once you have turned it on,
leave it on if you might use it again the same day. Turn it off when
_completely_ done for the day. The reason many Unix boxes are left on
permanently, is so that E-mail and other network or UUCP activities can
continue to be accessed.

More important than your fans, is to get a good quality surge suppressor/
line filter. If the system stays up while unattended, a UPS is in order too.

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From: 12100z@d1.dartmouth.edu (Tom Buskey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI HD for MAC & PC
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:49:12 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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In article <1992Dec15.235630.2903@mksol.dseg.ti.com> fred j mccall
575-3539, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com writes:

>>I think early Macs could run drives that supported only a subset of SCSI
>>& those drives might not work w/ the PCs.  But any of the newer
>>removable drives will certainly work.  And (newer) regular hard drives
>>will work if you reformat.
>
>I thought this was the other way around.  Anyway, my girlfriend has a
>Mac Classic (I think).  Anyway, I hooked my 44 MB Bernouli up to it
>and tried to use the system software on the Mac to format it.  Claimed
>that there was no drive out there.  The Bernoulli works fine as a
>generic SCSI device on my machine (AHA-1740 SCSI-II controller).
>
>-- 
>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to
live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
>Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak
for me.

Well, that's the bernoulli.  :-) I think the bernoulli is a bit
different & I think the older bernoulli drives (& maybe the newer ones
too) need an adapter to work on macs.  I may be wrong.  My syquest works
flawlessly on both machines w/ disks formatted for the native
enviroment.  I've used the syquest on SE/30, IIcx, II, and my Adaptec
1542b.  I think I used it w/ a Plus once too.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
Subject: Re: ATI is making me mad
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 07:38:36 GMT

In article <92349.120353COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET>, Bill Laird <COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:
>In article <LABACH.92Dec12220155@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca>, labach@acs.ucalgary.ca
>(Terence Michael Labach) says:
>
>>And don't bother writing to ATI either.  At least not if you like
>>companies you purchase goods from to reply to your concerns.  ATI has
>>nice hardware, but seems content to treat their customers like shit.
>
>That is unfortunate that they treat their customers so badly. In any event,
>I think ATI's pathetic support for OS/2 2.0 and full blown support for
>windoze M-T is really disgraceful. I don't see why they can't write drivers
>for BOTH products. The two are very similar in design, and I'm sure what they
>are learning from writing NT code can be applied to development of OS/2 drivers
>
What I can't understand is that Trident microsystems had drivers available the
day OS/2 2.0 was released for general availability and now their new 32-bit
drivers are considered HOT.  I replaced my old Trident card for an ATI
accelerator, but really wonder (no pun intended) if shouldn't have bought
a newer Trident model...I think that ATI is a larger company with greater
resources if I am not mistaken.

>It comes down to a simple matter of economics. ATI must ask themselves if there
>is a market for OS/2 users, and if it will somehow be profitable to them to
>write drivers. Clearly, they think this is not so. Unfortunately, this seems
>to be a prevalent attitude among software developers. You would be surprised,
>however, at the power of the pen. (or the electronic pen too! ;)) Until
>recently, I had thought that it wouldn't be necessary to get involved in this
>grass roots movement to show these manufacturers that YES there is a large
>number of OS/2 users out there, and YES it will be profitable for you to
>write software for OS/2! I know I shouldn't have to do this, but for whatever
>reason, this appears the way that it is going to be.
>
Yeah, who is going to wait 12 more months for NT to be released at a cost of
$400-600 and 60-80 MB of HDD space?  I guess a lot are.  Sounds like a
large gamble to me.  I just hope the rumored new Orchid boards this spring
are debugged and have full driver support.  It will be a healthy addition.


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From: ghenzie@hsc.usc.edu (Gregory M. Henzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: LaserJet 4: How much memory do I need?!
Date: 13 Dec 1992 18:24:20 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hsc.usc.edu


I recently purchased the much raved about LaserJet 4.  I got it
with 6 megs of RAM which I was led to believe would be enough for
full page graphics at 600 DPI.  This isn't the case.  Mixing text
and graphics is no problem, but if I go to print a full page high-
resolution graphics image, I get a memory overflow error.  Anyone
know just how much memory I need to add to get rid of this message
permanently?  (The minimum amount necessary!)
 
Thanks.


-- 
--
  "No matter how much you shake it, the last drop always goes down your leg."

                           ghenzie@phad.hsc.usc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:26:59 GMT

In article <1992Dec3.200102.4146@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:

>The peecee, with it's loathesome architecture, has been around almost 20
>years with very little in the way of change.  Food for thought... if something
>that offensive can last that long, imagine what an agressively marketed
>system like Amiga could do.  NOT that I think that C= will ever get that
>concept... :-/

My my my...

Its 1992 now, let see.. the PC's been around since 1972?  Hmmmmmmmmmm

Methinks you be barked up ye wrong creek....





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
Subject: Intel SMP systems
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 09:11:05 GMT

Does anyone out there know anything about SMP systems using Intel
chips?  Specifically, what kind of bus architecture do they use
and how much do they cost (not like I'm about to buy one)?  Also, what
operating systems do they currently run?

     - Mike
From: dcm@iris.mincom.oz.au (Doug Merrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
Date: 20 Dec 92 12:50:24 GMT
Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

If the chip is labelled 486SX25, then that's what it is.  The manufacturer
of the board couldn't get the 33Mhz version, so they just dropped in a 
25Mhz chip.  This is like running your car at 33% it's maximum speed - It
is not going to last too long.  I suggest taking it back and either getting
a 33Mhz CPU or a refund!

The reason Norton's reckons it is a 33Mhz is because it is actually running
at 33Mhz.

Doug Merrett
dcm@mincom.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. Munoz)
Subject: Experience with NICE chipset and MR BIOS?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:27:33 GMT

Hello, I was looking at a 486SX/33 motherboard with the NICE chipset and
MR BIOS.  I was wondering is anyone has had experience with this chipset
and/or MR BIOS.  What I am really concerned about is reliability and
compatibility.  The motherboard is manufactured in the USA and sold by
Aberdeen (Computer Shopper 12/92, p.998-999).

Thanks!

Marc Munoz
mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: thumper@cs.montana.edu (Wade Hasbrouck)
Subject: CD_ROM for a BBS, how FAST does it need to be???
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:23:42 GMT

I am currently running PCBoard 14.5 with a CD drive that is about an 800ms 
access time.  PCBoard does not require any special software that I know of.  The
CD that I have set up is just like a floppy disk, all you have to do is tell
PCBoard the directory on the disk you want people to be able to download off of,
this I think is in the DNLDPATH.LST file or something like that, I can't 
remember off hand.  I am only running a 2400 baud modem though, but I noticed
when people download off of the CD that at the very begining of each file, there
is a pause that is quite a bit longer that when people download off of my hard
disk, I assume this is the drive moving the head to appropriate spot on the disk
which is considerably slower than that of hard disk.  After this the drive lite will come on for about 1 sec or less about once every minute or two (have never
timed it), which probably means that the modem is much slower than the drive, 
and is just getting the next piece of information it needs to send.  I would
think that even my slow CD drive would be able to keep up with the 14.4 modems,
since the time between accesses with my lowly 2400 is so long.  The person that
used to run my BBS before I took it over, used to run a high speed modem with
the same drive, and he said it worked just fine, but I don't know what kind
of transfer rates he was getting when users logged on using high speed modems.
I will try to find out, but he said the CD drive kept up very well.  I am also
planning on getting a 14.4 modem in January  sometime, so if you find out that
there are problems please let me know, but I don't think there should be any 
problems.  BTW the CD drive I have is the one from DAK for about $200-$250, it
is the BSR 6800.


Talk to ya later,



 

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Wade A. Hasbrouck
thumper@fubar.cs.montana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: dave@startide.ctr.columbia.edu (David M. Weinreich)
Subject: AIR DX2-66 VESA/EISA Motherboard
Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:14:10 GMT
Distribution: na
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I'm planning on buying a DX2-66 VESA/EISA system.

From what I understand, only currently makes a
VESA/EISA motherboards, although Mylex is rumored to be working
on one.

Does anyone know how reliable the AIR board is?

-Dave
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Subject: Re: What's the DEAL with IBM ValuePoint?
Originator: tmcreek@c00100-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:36:28 GMT


In article <16DEC199213283409@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu>, glazo@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (LAZO,GERARD) writes:
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>From: glazo@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (LAZO,GERARD)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
>Subject: What's the DEAL with IBM ValuePoint?
>Keywords: Where's the Value in ValuePoint?
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Exactly what's in your post...nothing.

I looked into buying a ValuPoint monitor.  The first time I saw the actual
unit in person, I nearly spewed all over the sales rep in revulsion.  They
look like cheap [insert your favorite excrement here].  

In fact, all of the ValuPoint stuff falls into this category.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Hock-leong Low)
Subject: PS/1--slashed prices...good buy?
Organization: University of Engineering, College of Engineering
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 05:05:13 GMT

There's a PS/1 model S92 for $799--is it a worth buy?
It comes with 2Megs RAM, 12" VGA monitor, 130Megs HD,
MS Works 2.0, Windows 3.0, 3.5" disk drive and etc.
I would appreciate comments if you have any. 

Please e-mail responces.  Thanks in advance.

:) low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Andrew BW Colfelt)
Subject: Re: My alleged VL-Bus machine
Keywords: VL-Bus EISA
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 03:39:00 GMT

aws@ll.mit.edu (Alan Stone) writes:

>-	all my cards are made in Taiwan (fine) except I can't call 
>	the manufacturer (a company called Joint Data) directly and 
>	simply ask.

For what it's worth:

I have a listing for 

	"Joindata Systems, Inc., CA" @ (818) 330-6553


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: High pitch squeal with Speedstar 24x and NEC 4FG
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:21:57 GMT

The sqeal you hear is the flyback transformer. Some people can hear it,
others can't.
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From: kamp@ecf.toronto.edu (KAM PAUL PING-YAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 3-chip vs 9-chip SIMMs?
Keywords: DRAM memory SIMM obsolescence
Date: 17 Dec 92 22:04:02 GMT
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility

In article <2406@sdrc.COM> scjones@thor.sdrc.com (Larry Jones) writes:
>In article <Bz9M37.I40@inews.Intel.COM>, sthe@td2cad.intel.com (Siang-Chun The) writes:
>> Which is the older technology: 3-chip SIMMs or 9-chip SIMMs?
>
>9 chip SIMMs are older.  3-chip SIMMs use one higher density chip instead
>of 4 lower density chips (e.g. a 3-chip 1Mbx9 SIMM uses two 1Mbx4 chips
>and one 1Mbx1 chip instead of using nine 1Mbx1 chips).
>
>> Are 3-chip SIMMs incompatible with 9-chip SIMMs?
>
>No, but there may be other compatibility problems.  For example, 4Mb chips
>have different refresh requirements than 1Mb chips so a machine that can't
>refresh 4Mb chips correctly won't work with 3-chip 1Mx9 SIMMs.  Generally
>speaking, most machines shouldn't have any problem with 3-chip 256Kbx9
>SIMMs and any machine that supports 4Mbx9 SIMMs should work with 3-chip
>1Mbx9 SIMMs (although you may have to disable hidden refresh).  I don't
>think 3-chip 4Mbx9 SIMMs exist yet.
>----
>Larry Jones, SDRC, 2000 Eastman Dr., Milford, OH  45150-2789  513-576-2070
>larry.jones@sdrc.com  or  ...uunet!sdrc!larry.jones
>Oh yeah?  You just wait! -- Calvin


3-chip 4Mbx9 SIMMs do exist.  As a matter of fact, I've been using them for
more than half a year.

- Paul
From: phil@faatcrl (Phil Willows)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DESKJET CARTRIGE REFIL
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:02:36 GMT
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Pomona, NJ	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: offserv2.faa.gov

You can't.  The high capacity cartridges are "spring" load and sealed.  The
older cartridges have a small hole at the top.  The needle is inserted there
and a small amount of ink is inserted.

                                       -Phil

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: alpha@vpnet.chi.il.us (Randy Sales)
Subject: Hard to find home automation stuff?
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Distribution: chi
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 16:24:23 GMT

If your having trouble finding home automation equipment, I had the same pro-
blem.  If you need some help email me.
From: aoki@risk.stanford.edu (ikuro aoki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AIR DX2-66 VESA/EISA Motherboard
Date: 16 Dec 92 22:59:36
Organization: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: risk.stanford.edu
In-reply-to: dave@startide.ctr.columbia.edu's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:14:10 GMT

  >>From what I understand, only currently makes a VESA/EISA motherboards, 
  >>although Mylex is rumored to be working on one.

As I know NICE, Hawk and AIR have EISA/VL-bus motherboards.

I don't know about NICE's because it's a quite new product.

Hawk's motherboard has 3 ISA + 3 EISA + 1 VL-bus/ISA slots.
Memory is up to 128Mbyte with 64Mbytex9 SIMMs. CPU speed is <50MHz.
American made.

AIR's newest motherboard has 5 EISA + 3EISA/VL-bus slots.
Memory SIMM is 72pin(x36) type. CPU speed is <50MHz. However, because
this board has 3 VL slots, 50 MHz clock exceed the VESA recommendation.
6 SiS ASIC chips. Cache memory is up to 512kbyte. AMI bios, but setup
functions are litte bit weak with comparing to the Orchid Superboard.
American design, Asian country made. 

I have just started to use AIR's motherboard.

  >>Does anyone know how reliable the AIR board is?

How to describe the reliability of the motherboard? If you specify
what would you like to know, I may be able to write it. 
Or, you may send E-mail for me.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fontenot@ravl.rice.edu (Dwayne Jacques Fontenot)
Subject: Re: "unlocking" a PS/2 case
Organization: Rice University
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:10:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.034205.4146@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Andrew BW Colfelt) writes:
>rvuori@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Rasmus Vuori) writes:
>
>>Is there a way of "breaking" the physical lock of a PS/2 case? I have
>>one PS/2-55 which is locked and would need to open the case to insert a
>>network card, but the key is lost.
>
>1. Sledgehammer
>2. Drill
>3. Explosive
>4. Air Chisel
>5. Hacksaw
>6. Acetylene Torch
>7. Magnifying glass and Sunny weather
>
>Any other methods would certainly require more imagination.

Very witty. You forgot to include any useful information.

A medium to large sized flat blade screwdriver works just fine. One can pry
the locking tab down away from the case. A little brute force will do it.

>-- 
>Andrew          
>Colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU
>--

Dwayne Fontenot

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Tape drive questions
Originator: smintz@sedona
Keywords: tape drives
Reply-To: arentzis@sedona.intel.com
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:07:16 GMT


Colorado (Terisa Hanson of tech support) says that that are in the final
completion of writing software, that will delete the last volume on a tape (ei
what ever you last wrote to the tape) they can't make it delete randomly (or in
the middle of the tape) due to the fact that Tape drives are unintigent units,
and mainly use timing for read and writing, and if you tried to write in the
middle of a tape, it might run right over the next volume. This software will
let you delete the tape volume by volume, starting with the latest volume
first...it is still a nice feature..!!!
Stephen
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From: eapu168@orion.oac.uci.edu (Lee Furnival)
Subject: Leaving machine on 24hrs??
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 15 Dec 92 00:42:43 GMT
Distribution: usa

I am in the process of advising someone in the purchase of a new pc and
have a question regarding extending the life of the chips.  We will be
getting a clone 486DX-33.  There are 2 cooling fans in a mid-tower case
and I am going to install a fan/heatsink on the CPU.  Question:

	Should the system be left on 24 hours a day?

I know many UNIX freaks who leave their Suns and NeXTs and Macs on 24 hours
a day and they say that it is better than turning the system on and off every
day.  Is this true?  Also, we will be getting a 17" digital monitor.  Is it
acceptable for that to be left on as well assuming we screen-save?  While the 
logic of leaving the systems turned on has been explained to me from the
standpoint of less stress on the chips, what about the hard drive?  Will I
be testing the bounds of "MTBF" ratings by leaving everything on?

Any info appreciated, and e-mailed info appreciated even more...

Thanks,
Lee Furnival
eapu168@orion.oac.uci.edu
eel@silverblue.fac.cs.cmu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford)
Subject: BIOS makers phone numbers?
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:22:16 GMT


Looking for telephone numbers for BIOS makers such as,
Phoenix, AMI, and Award.  Thanks.
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+1 205 730-8614  \__/ sysop@umagic.fidonet.org  server@ingr.com
fordke@ingr.com  [__] 830-2362 HST/V32bis 9600  "Subject: HELP"