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From: imes@cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Restricting boot from A drive (security)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 10:32:41 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: boa.cis.ohio-state.edu

In article <1jssp7INNeqn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ck060@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric L. Hinson) writes:
>
>Is there a way to make an IBM PC/AT [NOT] boot from the 'A:' drive?  Or
>what programs are availible to make it so that if you DO boot from the A
>drive, you can't access data on the C, D, etc, drives?  Your help would
>be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

You should be able to set this up through the BIOS settings you install prior
to the boot up of your computer.  A line should read in which order the drives
should be accessed for system boot-up.  Usually reads A:,C: or some similar
combination.  By reassigning the A: and C: drives (C:,A:) or just removing the
A: drive specification altogether, you could force a boot from the C: drive.

Of course, if the security measures are against computer-wizards, they can just
as easily change it back.  At worst, you could disable the floppy drives by
disconnecting it from the controller card (of course that defeats the purpose
of having floppies, but if security is already that bad....)

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CIS Undergraduate Student	   apart by something as simple as wild dogs."
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kkrueger@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kurt Krueger)
Subject: Star NX-1000 Rainbow for sale
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:49:09 GMT

I have a Star NX-1000 Rainbow (color printer) for sale.  I want to sell this
thing, so I am simply going to take the best reasonable offer I get, even if
it's lower than what I want.

--
Kurt R. Krueger
University of Nebraska at Omaha
kkrueger@unomaha.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: oquinn@elder.austin.ibm.com (Jim O)
Subject: TIGA video board, anyone?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:58:43 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin

A friend of mine picked up a TIGA 340GFX video board at a computer garage
sale the other day.  It has the TI TMS34010 [sic] part on it.  Can anyone
tell me the following:

  1)  Is TIGA still around, if so how to I get in touch with them.
  2)  What is its performance?
  3)  Are drivers available for Windows, if so what res/colors?
  4)  Why is the VGA feature connector "non-standard" looking?

Thanks in advance, send replies to:
oquinn@eureka.austin.ibm.com
From: denio@seismo.CSS.GOV (Dennis O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Info. on ZEOS
Date: 28 Jan 93 23:12:01 GMT
Organization: Institute for Obfuscatorial Dynamics

In article <2722@blue.cis.pitt.edu> amigaman+@pitt.edu (Russell A Howard)
writes:
> Anyone care to share their experience with the Zeos Intl. company.  I'm
> thinking about purchasing a system from them and was wondering about their
> reputation/quality of their systems.

Based on what I've read about them in PC Mag and other places, and after
getting their catalog and talking to their sales droid, I have 97%
decided to buy a system from them.  They seem to be more responsive than
Gateway (for example) and to have a pretty high-quality machine.
They seem to have slightly higher prices than Gateway but my perception
is that their machines are built with higher-quality parts than many
other direct vendors.  Zeos consistantly ranks in the top few in
surveys of quality, responsiveness, and so on.  And in the recent
review of 486DX/66 machines, the Zeos machine was off the map as
far as bang-for-the-buck.

I know two people who have Zeos machines and both have been very
satisfied.
-- 
Dennis O'Neill (denio@seismo.css.gov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: 1M SIMM and 4M SIMM
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:34:32 GMT

In article <chans.727489458@marsh> chans@cs.curtin.edu.au (Sean Chan) writes:
><AGCKK@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:

>What I'd like to know is that are there any motherboards that can accept
>a bank that's half full...eg. have 2x4MB SIMMs on the first bank.


They exist. They're called 386SX motherboards.

(Or one could get the fancy motherboards that take 72 pin, 36 bit 
SIMMs.)


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg)
Subject: Sony Minidisk for PC
Keywords: PC, Minidisk
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:53:28 GMT

Hi,

A few days ago someone asked if the Sony Mini-Disk would be
suitable for PC use. This weekend I came across an article about
the Mini-Disk.

Sony is developing a version of the Mini-Disk (MD) as storage medium
for computer data. They believe the MD will replace the existing
media like floppies and optical disks in a short period of time.

The MD can contain 184 MB of raw data. Formatted it is possible
to store approx. 130 MB, which is far less than a CD-ROM. Access
time and throughput will be higher than conventional optical
discs, because MD can erase and write in a single pass, whereas
conventional optical disks need one revolution for erasing and a
second for writing. Sony claims that a MD can be rewritten over
one million times and it will last as long as a conventional CD.

The MD will be significantly cheaper than a floppy disk: One MD
will cost 10 to 15 US dollars, which brings the price per MB to
approx. 10 cents. A conventional 1.44MB floppy costs about $1 per
MB (at least, here in Holland), which is ten times that of MD.

It will last at least two years before the MD will be widely
available. Sony wants to concentrate on the audio market first
and also wants to make agreements with other manufacturers for a
standard interface for MD.

Greetz,

Jerry


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pcc@s1.gov (Philip C. Cox)
Subject: INFO-REQ: Best $/performance for NI multisync monitor?
Organization: llnl
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:42:33 GMT

I am about to buy a Sony 1304s, but am very ignorant of the market
for monitors. I would like some advice/opinions about equivelant
alternatives to the Sony.

Phil
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From: liuyu@acf5.NYU.EDU (liuyu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I use serial mouse on bus mouse card?
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:47:32 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: New York University

then@snakemail.hut.fi (Tomi  H Engdahl) writes:

 >In bus mouses sytem, the mouse is just a device with movement detectors
 >and buttons. The movement data decoding is done in mouse card, which 
 >keeps track on mouse movements (counts movement detector pulses and generates
 >interrupts).

 >In serial mouse, there is a little micropprocessors in the mouse. It keeps
 >track on the mouse movement detector pulses and button states. When the
 >mouse states chanegs in some way (it moves or buttorn is peressed or released)
 >it sends a data packet to computer, in which it tells the current mouse state.
 >The data is in normal RS-232C serial format. Microsoft mouse uses 3 byte
 >data packets and Mouse Systems mouses uses 5 byte packets.



Thanks for all the generous replies!

I have one more question. :-)  Would any bus mouse work on any bus mouse
card? IE, IBM bus mouse on my Microsoft bus mouse card. They seem to have
the same connector.
Thanks in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kees@ee.ualberta.ca (Kees denHartigh)
Subject: ATI Ultra Plus Mach 32 driver question
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:59:54 GMT

My ATI Ultra + card comes with Ver 1.0 of the Mach 32 drivers.
I am having problems with my printer when using Mach32 drivers for 
Windows 3.1. There are no problems using crystal fonts or 8514 drivers 
or in DOS. Printer produces blank lines sometimes splitting characters
and other strange things. Printer graphics seem ok. The printer is
a Canon BJ5 and I am using the Windows BJ10E printer driver.
No problems using the old ATI ultra card.
Has anyone else encountered any strange printer behaviour with this
card and driver??
Please forward any possible solutions to kelly@ee.ualberta.ca
Thanks in advance!
-- 
Kees denHartigh                         kees@ee.ualberta.ca 
Electrical Engineering Digital Labs     alberta!bode!kees
University of Alberta 238 Civil Elect   Voice (403)492-5421
Edmonton, Alberta Canada                Fax   (403)492-1811
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ravalent@mothra.syr.EDU (Bob Valentine)
Subject: Re: Where to find "Lunchbox" portables
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:57:13 EST

In article <1993Jan22.101537.2515@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> a_millsbs@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
>In fact a source for the lunchbox style cases that will
>accept a standard baby-at motherboard would be nice.

    Good luck.   Our dear beloved FCC decided that they admit too much
RFI.  Your best bet is local swap meets, mabey a dealer that got one
on a trade in.  I'm still using my from like 1986.  I REFUSE to give
it up....

>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>B. Scott Mills                            (409) 568-1363
>Computer Center -- Technical Support,     Stephen F. Austin State University
>a_millsbs@ccsvax.sfasu.edu                P.O. Box 13012 SFA Station
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From: dgs@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com (Dave G. Sokolowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Amiga monitor 1080 on a '286 ?
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:29:17 GMT
Organization: Unisys Corporation, Tredyffrin


Can an Amiga monitor (model 1080) be used on a '286?  I know the answer is
'yes'.   I have already done the simple connection of my CGA card's composite
out to the composite in of the 1080.  But can this monitor go beyond that, and
how far beyond - EGA, VGA?  If it can do either of these, I'd like to know at
what resolution(?) and some details of how to configure it.  This monitor is
on loan and I'd hate to blow it up.


Sorry if this is a FAQ.  Please point me in the right direction if it is.
From: hielsche@aragorn.CSEE.Lehigh.Edu (Frank Hielscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinion Wanted: 17" Nanao F550i vs T560i
Date: 25 Jan 93 02:00:31 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Lehigh University

gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
>The 560 can run at 1280x1024 at 72 hz non-interlaced.  The 560 is
>limited to 60 hz non-interlaced.

This comment does not make any sense. Please be more careful in what you write.

Now here is some advice, and some data:

1. For (hopefully) accurate information, go right to the horses mouth.
   In this case, call Nanao at 1-800-800-5202 and ask for a catalog.
   Surely, that must be the best way to get factual information.

2. Some data from my Nanao brochure:

	Feature		Nanao F550i		Nanao T560i

	Tube type	17" "Flat" tube		17" Trinitron tube
	Bandwidth	80 MHz			120 MHz
	MaxHorizScan	65 kHz			80 kHz
	MaxRecommResol	1024x768, NI, 75Hz	1280x1024, NI, 75Hz
			1280x1024, I, ***

	*** - The brochure does not give a number, but from my notes I see
              that it's 60 Hz.

Street price (see Computer Shopper):

			~$1100 + ~$25 S/H	~$1850 + ~$50 S/H

The bottom line: The T560i can comfortably do 1280x1024. The F550i can't, but
                 it's a lot cheaper.
From: warda@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: Postscript -> Canon BJ-10
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:29:13 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

Can anyone advise as to the best way to get Postscript files from a CAD PCB 
design program printed out on a Canon BJ-10?  

Does a PS driver for the BJ-10 actually exist?  Loading the EPS file into
WordPerfect gave a blank box, and the Graphics Workshop couldn't convert
the EPS file to anything else. 

Thanks in advance,

Bill Bennett
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu (Brian Golden)
Subject: Re: IBM-AT with un-identified parts and features
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:18:36 GMT

fer@work.cern.ch  writes:
> Another question is: Is there a magic key to press during
> boot time on a genuine IBM AT (8 Mhz / 512 KB) to get some
> sort of installation menu?
Try Alt-Ctrl-Esc
> 
> Last: Is there a backup'ed clock on the motherboard, if so
> I found the battery that goes with it but is dead, does
> anyone know the properties of this battery????
6 volts dc. 4 AA batteries in series work fine.
Mike Golden - mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
Subject: How to print international chars, ??
Organization: a2i network
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:56:04 GMT

I have an Epson T-1000.  How do I print international characters, like
German umlauts, etc?? thanks..
 please reply via email..

-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
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From: balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Eric J Balog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: PICTURE OFF CENTER IN SVGA MODE
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:41:19 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

I'm having some problems in SVGA mode under Windows 3.1. I have a Tatung SVGA 
monitor and an OAK video card with 1 MB DRAM.  Normally, I run windows in VGA 
mode, but recently I switched to SVGA mode, using the SVGA driver that comes 
with Windows.

The problems are:

1) when in Windows, the screen is off-center (it is shifted right of center);
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2) after switching to a DOS prompt under Windows and exiting, the screen was 
total garbage.                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Can anyone help with these problems? Is it most likely a problem with the 
monitor, the video card, or the Windows SVGA driver? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
From: polvino@ssd.kodak.com (Joe Polvino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: WANTED: multi I/O card with speed compensated joystick port
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:05:45 GMT
Organization: Eastman Kodak

In article <1j5kctINNni2@gap.caltech.edu> brent@cco.caltech.edu (Brent R. Eubanks) writes:
>Does there exist a multi I/O card (drives 2 serial, 1 parallel, 2
>floppies and 1 HD) that has a game port which can compensate for the
>speed of a 486 processor?
>
>if so, where might I find such a creature?
>
>
>-- 
>Brent Eubanks                "The meek shall inherit the Earth --
>brent@cco.caltech.edu         The rest of us will go to the stars." -- R.H.
>--

On a similar topic, I have some "recreational applications" which require
a joystick, but they don't seem to recognize the jstick port that came
on my multi board.  Is there some sort of addressing that has to be
considered?

Any advice appreciated.

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 Phone: 716-588-0659   |        POTATOE         |     - Lt. Worf, "Violations"
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:25:24 CST
From: Darius Vaskelis <U39648@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: PS/2 harddrive upgrade
 <1993Jan24.195937.10569@odin.diku.dk> <93025.120801U39648@uicvm.uic.edu>
 <1993Jan25.210602.12788@utkux1.utk.edu>


>>Thank god IBM chose SCSI for its current PS/2 machines.  (Not mention
>>it's a very speedy SCSI implementation as well!)

>Yeah, they went SCSI, but have you checked out the prices on their
>proprietary SCSI cables?  Does around $109 for a cable and terminator sound
>fair?  I could get an ISA SCSI adapter for nearly that price!

I think you're talking about the external connector, _NOT_ the internal
one which is the same ribbon cable everyone else uses.

You don't have to get it from IBM, you know.

And, while you may be able to get an ISA SCSI adapter for that price, I
really doubt it'd be nearly as sophisticated or fast as the PS/2 SCSI
adapter.

- Darius
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stritzi@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Peer Stritzinger)
Subject: Are there VGA LCD monitors?
Keywords: vga lcd monitor
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:19:14 GMT

I wonder wheather one can buy external VGA LCD monitors that can be
plugged into the standard DB15 VGA connector.

If anybody knows who builds such monitors or where I could get them,
please let me know. Please send a e-mail, too since I don't read this
newsgroup all the time.

Thanks

--
Peer Stritzinger
stritzi@physik.tu-muenchen.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dhaliwa@ecf.toronto.edu (DHALIWAL BIKRAM SINGH)
Subject: NO ROM BASIC
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:54:10 GMT

I am trying to install OS/2 on my disk drive.  WHen I put the install
disk in or any disk with a boot image on it I get the error:
NO ROM BASIC
SYSTEM HALTED

It spins the floppy for a second and then gives me the above message.

My configuration is :
386-dx40 motherboard
      PC-Chips chipset
      AMI BIOS dated 05/91
A WD-1006v RLL hard drive controller
2 hard drives , a ST-277R is c:, and a ST-251R formatted to RLL(=ST-277R)
A panasonic 1.44 meg 3.5 inch drive.

Any help is desperately appreciated.
.


-- 
 
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 Toronto        (dhaliwa@ecf.toronto.edu) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dcling@athena.mit.edu (Douglas C Ling)
Subject: Dead floppy drive after motherboard fire...
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:13:37 GMT

I salvaged most of the functions after I replaced an EXPLODED capacitor. But
I cannot get the floppy drives to function.

I have a ST02 SCSI adapter controling two hard drives and two floppies. I 
have replaced the dead I/O card with an IDE-fDD/IO card (with the hard disk
controls disabled). I have tested, in another machine that:
   - the floppy drives work
   - the SCSI's floppy functions do not
I have also used my scanner to test out IRQ 3-7 to be operative.

The floppy drives, under either IDE or SCSI control, will power up and spin
up but I would get "drive not ready" errors if I do a simple "DIR".  

All other functions seem to be normal - except I notice just now that the
real time clock would run slow if I turn the machine off(? This is unconfirmed)
Anyway, I am wondering where I may next look for signs of damage on the mother
board: near the ROM BIOS (where floppy control functions lie, true?), or where?

I may have to get a new motherboard - at least my CPU and the SRAMs are OK.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Doug
From: davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help with a Colorado Jumbo 250
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:38:01 GMT
Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington

browner@rm1.interlan.com (Michael Browner) writes:
> The drive is a good drive, the software will drive you crazy.
> 

But, if you are a wise and frugal user of a CMS drive and the software is 
driving you nuts (which it will if you try to USE it) then turn your back 
on the mess and buy the latest copy of PC Tools by Central Point 
Software. I am not an apologist for Central Point, nor an employee. But I 
do know that they have a version of a tape backup program that runs in 
enhanced mode in Windows 3.1 (Not too well in 3.0) like a thoroughbred. I 
can be minimized, and it has a full set of features. Aside from the fact 
that PC Tools now takes up 8.4 megs of hard disk real estate, its a fine 
application. But the tape drive support is _excellent_. Bar none.

--
davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird)
IEAx for lack of a better name... (509) 624-0744
From: sward+@CMU.EDU (David Reeve Sward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: PC Power & Cooling Phone?
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:48:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.cfLrmX600iUzI9YGkp
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Anyone have phone numbers (800 & others) for PC Power & Cooling?

--
David Sward   x4405   (1-412-268-4405)   sward+@cmu.edu or dsa3+@andrew.cmu.edu
From: csjohn@watson.mtsu.edu (John Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Diamond Speedstar 24X: Is it edible or poison?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 09:18:10 -0600
Organization: Dept of Comp Science, Middle Tenn State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN
NNTP-Posting-Host: watson.mtsu.edu
Summary: Is the Diamond Speedstar 24X a good graphics card?

What do you think of the Diamond Speedstar 24X?
Is it a good card for DOS, Windows, OS/2, and/or Unix?

-- 
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