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From: rdekker@do.raet.nl (R. Dekker)
Subject: Dial SLIP problem on U6035
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:36:28 GMT
Organization: RAET Decentrale Overheid, The Netherlands

Hi,

	I am trying to run SLIP on dialout lines. After adding the drivers slip
and switch to the 'drvtab' file and ofcourse configure the switched-slip hosts
in /etc/host /etc/uucp/Systems.slip, /etc/uucp/Devices and /etc/networks.
	One thing is for sure there not one piece of documentation on this
subject, however in my opinion the only thing I still have to do is to
activate de slipdaemon (/usr/sbin/in.slipd).
And this beast is the problem it starts complaining with some failed ioctl's.
I have include the file /etc/log/sliplog
I am running UNIX V.4 version 1.0.2 also the routed and named deamons are running.
My local techconsultant  (UNISYS) says slip is not supported ??
Why then bundle it with this software ??

Is there anybody out there who has a solution ?

**********
/etc/log/sliplog
***********

Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7780; master init; ; ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): Invalid argument
in.slipd: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): Invalid argument
Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7780; master init; ; dstaddr ioctl unit 1 loc 193.47.35.20 rem 192.16.202.21: Invalid argument
in.slipd: dstaddr ioctl unit 1 loc 193.47.35.20 rem 192.16.202.21: Invalid argument
Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7782; master; ; startup
Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7782; master; ; getreq reset: Permission denied
Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7782; master; ; link delete sun5nl (192.16.202.21) local 193.47.35.20
Oct  1 09:05:45 GMT;  7782; master; ; getreq: Permission denied
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9607; master init; ; ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): Invalid argument
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9607; master init; ; dstaddr ioctl unit 0 loc 193.47.35.20 rem 192.16.202.21: Invalid argument
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9609; master; ; startup
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9609; master; ; getreq reset: Permission denied
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9609; master; ; link delete sun5nl (192.16.202.21) local 193.47.35.20
Oct  1 16:06:02 GMT;  9609; master; ; getreq: Permission denied
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
Subject: test
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:37:00 GMT
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
Subject: test
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:49:00 GMT
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From: riesen@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Rolf Riesen)
Subject: What happened to unislc.slc.unisys.com?
Organization: University of New Mexico
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 05:07:33 GMT

Hello All,

I used to be able to send e-mail to OFIS-link adresses within
Unisys via the Gateway at unislc.slc.unisys.com. Now, it seems
that gateway has completely disappeared. Does anybody know what
happened and how I can reestablish contact with my friends at
Unisys?

Rolf
Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
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Subject: DRPRINT of DESIGN/92122/1/TEXT completed.
Organization: C-S-U Gateway
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
From: rdekker@do.raet.nl (R. Dekker)
Subject: QIC archive from CTOS to UNIX
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:00:48 GMT
Organization: RAET Decentrale Overheid, The Netherlands

Hi,

	I am looking for a way to convert a 150 QIC archive, made on a
CTOS SG5000 machine, to a UNIX readeble format.
It's possible to read the tape with te 'dd' command.
But the archive has a certain internal structure, it appears that
it's build on blocks of 64 K with some control delimiters and within that
blocks you see a sort of 'tar' format.
Question: has someone out there a program that can read such a archive
          or is there a C-structure which gives me the layout of the
          archive so that I can make a program on myself.

Thanks

-- 
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UUCP     : do.raet.nl!rdekker           P.O. Box 131
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From: schmke@cco.caltech.edu (Kevin Todd Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: How do i determine the clock frequency on a 80xxx?
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:03:24 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu

47@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (menglund) writes:

>I am wanting to know how to determine a machines clock frequency dynamically
>within a program. (eg: 8MHz, 16MHz ect).

The way I do it is to measure the time it takes to execute a big block
of NOP's.  You may need to loop around the block a few times to get
an accurate measurement.  Then, based on the number of NOP's executed
you can calculate the clock speed since you know the number of clocks
needed for a NOP to execute.

If you have any questions let me know.

Kevin
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From: bhouser@sc9.intel.com (Brad Houser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Help!!!  Need program to determine CPU!!
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:42:35 GMT
Reply-To: bhouser@sc9.intel.com
Organization: Intel Corporation, California Technology Development


Keith Connors writes:
>Help!  I think we've been ripped off!  The family just purchased a
>486 33 MHz system, but there is reason to believe that it may be
>actually a 386 33 MHz machine!!  Could someone please uuencode and mail
>me (or better yet, refer to an anonymous FTP site) a program that 
>displays the CPU in the machine?!  We'd rather not take it apart until
>we can be sure that we've been had!!!  
>
>Thanks so much for your time......
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Keith Connors                                          krc@eclx.psu.edu
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>(If uuencoding, please send to above address...if E-Mailing, go ahead
>and reply to the message-post's address)!
>

If you have MS-Windows v3.1 then simply run the program called MSD for
a lot of system information, including processor type.  I don't know what it
will tell you if you don't have "Intel Inside"(TM) but it does know that there
is such a thing as a 486DX and I must assume it knows what a 486SX is since 
the DX name came after the SX was announced.  

--
[Brad Houser                                                         ]
[                            bhouser@sc9.intel.com                   ]
[+1-408-765-0494                                                Woof!]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: gkm@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (gary.k.mc nees)
Subject: 486 DX/2 100 ?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:11:30 GMT


Has anyone heard of whether Intel is planning on producing
a DX/2 100 like they produced the DX/2 66? A CPU that could
be plugged into a 50 MHz mother board and the processor runs
at 100 MHz.?

Gary McNees
From: 38@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (menglund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: How can I determine the clock frquency on an 80xxx machine?
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:25:37 GMT
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, UNP
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc044.cc.unp.ac.za

I am wanting to know how to determine a machines clock frequency dynamically
within a program. (eg: 8MHz, 16MHz ect).
Purpose:
        I need to know this to program the timer chip (8253) correctly on an
        Analog to Digital card. The boards Timer derives its frequency from the
        mother-boards clock. To make my program portable to different speed
        machines (80xxx architecture) I have to determine what the mother-boards
        clock frequency is!
Using:  - Dos 5.00
        - currently 80386sx
        - PC30 analog to digital card.
Any information or methods will be appreciated.
                          Many Thanks
                           Mark Englund.
                           Department of Computer Science
                           University of Natal
                           Pietermaritzburg
                           South Africa
You can email a response to me at:
menglund@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za
OR
englund@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za
From: S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Why shouldn't I buy Cyrix
Date: 28 Sep 1992 14:06:37 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe (FRG) - Informatik Rechnerabt.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: irav1.ira.uka.de
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

In <Bv5EyM.LBD@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> wwitt@adara.intel.com writes:

> Magazines like PC Magazine and Byte have done tons of benchmark comparisons
> of i386DX and i486DX (or i486SX) machines. On the average, I believe the
> i486DX machine were about 2x faster than the i386 machines at the same clock
> frequency. So, given this little bit of information, I find it amazing that
> the Cx486 based Zeos machine is also 2x faster than an i386 since the Cx486
> core is inherently slower than the core of the i486. Then again, perhaps the

I have done a benchmark comparison of the Intel 386DX, Intel RapidCAD, C&T
38600DX and the Cyrix 486DLC, the results of which I am going to post here
in a few days. I used standard benchmarks (Dhrystone, Whetstone, Linpack)
and two project makes (using Microsoft's and Borland's compilers/assemblers/
linkers) to add a bit of real life applications. For the integer benchmarks,
the Cyrix 486DLC (with internal cache enabled) came out the fastest, with an
average performance gain of 35% over the Intel 386DX at the same clock speed.
Maximum speedup for the 486DLC was in software fp arithmetic, with ~80% (this
is due mostly to the HW multiplier). For the floating point benchmarks, the 
Intel RapidCAD came out on top with 60%-90% more performance than the fastest 
386/387 combination. The Cyrix 486DLC + the Cyrix coprocessor were runner-up 
here, providing up to 30% more fp power than the Intel 386DX with the same 
coprocessor. I measured all this on a system with 128 kB of cache, at 33 and 
40 MHz.

Norbert
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Norbert Juffa         email: S_JUFFA@IRAVCL.IRA.UKA.DE        Live and let live!