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From: jmoore@ssd.kodak.com (James H. Moore 726-0322)
Subject: Recommendations needed: PC Hardware/Service Courses
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:04:31 GMT

Hello Netters,


In need your recommendations, and quickly.  I am an old Unix systems
admin, who Eastman Kodak is laying off in a couple of days.  Kodak does
have a retraining allowance, and I would like to broaden my skill set.
I am looking for a good course in PC maintenance where I could build
a PC in the process.  I want it to be a good course, as I really want
to end up with some of the skill to repair PCs, as I might have to
repair my own until I get a job, and I want to be honest on my resume
if I put it down that I can do PC repair.  It would be a nice plus
if I got to keep the PC.

Please respond to:

	jmoore@pixel.kodak.com 		(By Jan 24, 1993)

If after Jan 24, 1993, please drop it in the mail and mail to:

	Jim  Moore
	557 Rocket St.
	Rochester, NY 14609


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- -  May God bless you, in Jesus' name for blessing me with your help - -
From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Just upgraded 386DXL-40 to 486DX2-50 CPU
Date: 24 Jan 93 04:18:35 GMT
Organization: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA

In article <C18A2L.Dtx@hkuxb.hku.hk> h9117228@hkuxa.hku.hk (Li) writes:
>The slowdowns are probably due to a change in the system clock (40MHz
>for the 386 to 25MHz for the 486DX2).  The boot-up (a lot of disk
>accesses) and video speed are dependent on the ISA bus speed.  I'd bet
>his bus speed is set at 1/5 ACLK (8MHz for a 40MHz system clock, but
>5MHz now for 25MHz system clock).  Changing it to 1/3 ACLK should fix
>it.


How does one change ACLK? Is this a variable somewhere? (DOS, BIOS
etc?) Is this a hardware signal? (In which case a user can't change
it?) If it is a variable please be specific on how to find it and
then how to change it (temporarily and permanently).

Also is ACLK only specific to certain brand name computers or
software,  or is it generic to all pc-clones?

-- 
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	Henry Manaster          *     EMail: manaster@yu1.yu.edu
	Brooklyn, NY            *
                                *
	Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily MY opinion nor that 
				of anyone else :-)  ????!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ronaldm@rgm.com (Ronald Mendoza)
Subject: Tape Software
Organization: RGM *nix - Sacramento, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:22:55 GMT

With all the mention of tape software, (or specifically, tape software to
use with a Colorado Jumbo 250), I just wanted to mention a few things.

The new Tape software from Colorado, (Colorado Tape Backup), looks a bit
better and is a little easier to use.  Not exactly full-featured, but does
ALMOST everything I'd want.

Now, the latest Norton Backup included with Norton Desktop for DOS has a
VERY useful feature: the ability to delete volumes.  Not the whole tape, but
just individual volumes.  The only catch is that you can only delete from the
end of the tape, but that's better than nothing.

-Ron (ronaldm@rgm.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dflint@unlv.edu (Michael Evans)
Subject: Phone number for Maxtor
Organization: UNLV
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 02:47:24 GMT

Could some one give me a number for Maxtor's tech support?
Is there a Maxtor BBS?  I have a XT-4170E drive which I need
to find jumper information for...

Thanks for the Help.

-- 
Mike Evans
dflint@unlv.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: breadyg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (george bready)
Subject: advice on ripping the guts out of a 286
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: purdue comm dept
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:35:49 GMT

i need some friendly advice, or at least reassurnace that my current plans
are safe and sane.  my current system :generic 286 clone, ega card,
original nec multi-sync, rrl controller and 30mb hd.  while i would love
turning it into a second machine, my wife is funny about money matters.  my
plan: getting an "upgradeable" 386-33 or 386-40 motherboard, an 800x600 vga
card and necessary adapter cable.
 
questions: nec says this venerable monitor should support this video mode,
even though it is only speced to 560.  any experience out there with this? 

 next question: some of the new motherboards make the claim that i can pull
the 386 and replace it with a 486 when prices come down (like after the
pentium or 586 is released).  is this accurate?  i know the "upgradeable"
motherboArds that required daughterboards were bogus, but this solution
seems reasonable.  any ideas???
 
final question:sure, i want a big hard disk (and my wife might appreciate
it, too!!nudge, nudge, wink,wink), but my budget precludes the move to a
big ide now.  can i successfully Stack my old yet trustworthy 30mb seagate
in the setup i am describing???  i know it won't be a speed demon, but it
will hopefully meet my needs for a while.

thanks to one and all for your kind and generous advice on this.  also, it
seems this must be a problem others might have...any good articles in any
of the magazines about such at-class upgrades???
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ThinkPads!
From: Greg Spath <GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:24:00 EST
Organization: Penn State University

In article <1993Jan27.025155.20661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, waw5805@ultb.isc.rit.edu
(W.A. Willis) says:
>
>Ok. What does everyone think about the new ThinkPads from IBM? How do
>they compare with the competition?
>
>

I don't know about the competition, but the 700c is very slick!  The
Active Matrix screen looks just as good as a large monitor (Wolfenstein
looks great on it :) )  That little thing they put in the keyboard (
I think it's called trackpoint?) was a great idea.  It takes some getting
used to but offers a very good alternative to a cumbersome mouse.
Just my observations from our school's system evaluation lab.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: need advice for graphics card for OS/2
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:27:51 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <wiegand.727714121@lido16> motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net writes:
> In article <1j79eiINNnjp@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged) writes:
> >
> >I am about to purchase a 486-66 with 16 megs of memory, and I am in dire need
> >of advice on which graphics card to buy.
....
> >How are the ET-4000 based and S3 based cards?  I see many local bus versions
> >of them and some claim up to about 50 million winmarks (2x the ATI Pro), but
> >what about their OS/2 support?  Did the Service Pak include drivers for them
> >and if it did, what resolutions are they and are these cards fast under 
> OS/2?
> 
> ET4000 cards are supported by OS/2, but this is a standard SVGA card,
> not an accelerated card.

The support for these is built in and good in OS/2 b2.1 and in the GA+Service
Pack set-up. OS/2 2.0 out-of-the-box does not support these cards in any
resolution other than VGA. Look for OS/2 2.1. It's a good'un.

> I don't believe S3 drivers are available yet.

I just read in comp.os.os2.misc that they will be out in March.

> 
> I have heard that non-IBM XGA cards should be available soon. I don't
> know if they are out yet, but if they are they would also be a
> good posibility.

A *very* good choice. These cards will be great.

Steve
-- 
Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand |      
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         |        Space for rent.
+64 4 478 4714                          |   - cheap rates, nice location. 
**** Happy user of OS/2 b2.1 ****       |
From: rao@spectrum.CMC.COM (Parik Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Monochrome monitor w/ RCA jack
Date: 27 Jan 93 00:14:48 GMT
Reply-To: rao@cmc.com
Organization: CMC Rockwell


 Hi, does anyone know how to hook a monochrome monitor (Sharp, if it
matters) to an IBM 286 machine?  It has a RCA jack in the back.  It's
pretty old, probably 1982.  I used to use it with an Apple IIe, so I
know it can do 80x24 chars, which is good enough for the 286.

 But damned if I can figure out how to hook it up to a PC.  I can't
find any sort of video card for it, they're all 9 or 15 pin
EGA/VGA type.

 I do have a Hercules monochrome card I'd like to use with it, so I'm
hoping for some sort of simple cable...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ash@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ash Nallawalla)
Subject: Re: Byte magazine, con man?
Organization: Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Melbourne
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:33:18 GMT

I tried a Byte subscription at Comdex Fall 1990 at some decent
price. (I live in Oz).  When the renewal notice arrived, I was asked
for US$150, so I lost interest.  A few months later, Byte must have
decided to reduce the overseas airmail rate to $75.  I still ignored it
but that is the lowest price I have seen.
 
On a lter trip to the US I noticed that the US edition mentions a
seamail subscription of $40 or so but the international edition
only mentions one rate ($75).  Is that still the case?
-- 
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3:635/508; ash@syacus.acus.oz.au
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,news.groups
From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:15:21 GMT

In article <ANKI.93Jan21212738@stekt3.oulu.fi> suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi writes:
>> I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to
>> suit the description that we are looking for.  Further, as a previous poster
>> had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure
>> to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest.
>
>> but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too
>> generic, and can be very confusing to people.
>
>How about "pc-clone"?  
>There are already comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit and
>comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit groups.

I wasn't aware of those groups.  Do they focus on operating system
discussions, or specific unix-related pc hardware?

Is the "clone" in .pc-clone really needed?

The existance of these .unix.pc-clone groups makes me wonder if we shouldn't
have:

comp.sys.pc.unix
comp.sys.pc.dos
comp.sys.pc.os/2 (?)
comp.sys.pc.video
comp.sys.pc.drives
comp.sys.pc.sound

etc...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg)
Subject: Re: MiniDisk and PCs?
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:26:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.171021.7003@titan.inmos.co.uk>, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
|> Does anyone know if anyone produces or is going to produce an interface for a Sony MiniDisk
|> for a PC?
|> 
|> It seems a potentially good idea - lots of data on a cheap read/writable random access device.
|> 
|> Anyone know anything?
|> 
|> Thanks
|> 
|> Jeremy
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Jeremy Thorp, INMOS Ltd, 	|	jeremy@inmos.com
|> 1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, 	|	jeremy@inmos.co.uk
|> Bristol, BS12 4SQ, UK.		|	
|> Tel.  +44 454 616616    Fax. +44 454 617910
|> The above is the personal opinion of the author,
|> and does not necessarily reflect INMOS policy.

As far as I know you need a lot more than just an interface. You probably need a
complete new circuit for computer data. The compression algorithms used by the
minidisk are not "1:1", i.e. you do not get the exact information back when you
decompress.

We have had some discussions here whether or not it is possible to use minidisk
for storing computer data. It should be possible to store approx. 200 MB on such
a disk, with a lot of compression. The problem is: Does the minidisk uses a
track/sector scheme like ordinary computer disks do? As far as I know, it
doesn't. So if you want to connect the minidisk to a computer, you need a new
controller mechanism. Am I right?

Jerry

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: shopsis@panther.adelphi.edu (Charles Shopsis)
Subject: Re: Gateway 66V
Organization: Adelphi University - Node: Boole
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:10:33 GMT

In article <21577@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> fuad@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (Turnando Fuad) writes:

>I just bought a Gateway/66V a few weeks ago and it has just been incompability
>after incompatibility with some software(Brief,QEMM) and hardware. Has anyone
>else had a similar experience with Gateway localbus systems. And their ALWAYS
>BUSY(non-support)tech support line isn't of any help. The line from Gateway is
>that this is new, and these problems are to be expected.  

>And if anyone is expecting responsive and timely service from Gateway, you will
>be highly disappointed. I wonder how they got their service awards??? 
>If they say they are understaffed, then make the tech support available 24 hr
> and 7 days a week. Maybe another reason their tech lines are swarmed, could be
>because SO MANY PEOPLE are having problems with their systems.

>Does anyone know if the localbus problems exists for other brands as well?

I've had no problem with QEMM (or anything else) on my GW2000 66V.  I 
worried a bit about Adobe Type Manager v. 2.5, but it seems fine too.  Which 
version of QEMM did you use?  Mine is 6.02.  What sort of problems did you 
have?
Charles Shopsis   shopsis@panther.adelphi.edu
From: akins@cis.ohio-state.edu (gregory adkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Want to install a SCSI drive
Date: 28 Jan 1993 20:13:18 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: python.cis.ohio-state.edu

I would like to install a SCSI drive in my 386-33.  I don't know
who made the motherboard except that it has AMI BIOS.  

Could anybody tell me if it will accept a SCSI controller.

Please E-mail me

-greg -> akins@cis.ohio-state.edu
From: asholz@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Andreas Holz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SCO-ODT driver for Hercules Graphics Station card wanted!
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:25:36 GMT
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: faui00m.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Summary: I need a driver for SCO-ODT and the Hercules Graphics Station Card
Keywords: HERCULES, SCO-ODT

I have a Hercules Graphics Station Card installed. Is the anybody, who knows
about a driver fo SCO-ODT or an eMail address of HERCULES?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Subject: Re: What good are Bios RAM tests ?
Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:17:38 GMT

In article <C18uoH.7GA@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> ychung@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Young Chung) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.112136.2125@dmu.ac.uk> cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand) writes:
>>
>>People have been talking about the BIOS making a difference to the refresh,
>>but I would have thought it's the CHIPSET we should be looking at?  After
>>all that's what controls the refresh, caching etc.
>>
>Well, I don't have the manuals with me to give any specifics about my 
>machine, but I think the 3-chip parity problem is caused by the BIOS
>incompatibility.
>
>This is what happened to me.
>
>I had 4Meg of 9-chip simms and bought 4 more 3-chip simms.  I installed it
>with ease and boot up.  The computer would tick for 4Megs then hangup.
>CMOS chipset error!  So, I turned off the above 1 meg memory check off and
>no problem.  I then proceded to windows and decided to use all 8megs of
>memory.  So I open up a BIG TGA file.  Parity error in the middle of loading.
>So I put the 3-chip simms on the first bank (making them the first 4 megs).
>Now, CMOS error occurs as soon as it starts memory test.  So I turn parity
>check off in my BIOS setup.  Now, it runs with no problem.  Windows gave me
>no trouble.  Of course, when I installed OS/2 2.0, I stated getting that
>parity error again.  
>But, my point is that since I was able to fix the problem, at least temporarily,
>I believe that it's the BIOS that causes 3-chip simm incompatibility.
>
>AMI Feb/91 (I think).
>
>
>----------
>Young :-) ychung@napier.uwaterloo.ca  3@#j3kdi$#%98sk30dskf@#sd.as..3k/sdf3lkdf
> ......##,3@!!!,#@##?P}{ -- I'm a .signature Virus!! --.
>
>

Well, I've got 4MB of 3 chip simms, and 4MB of 9 chip.
Haven't had a problem from day 1.

Environment:
	Clone Motherboard
	ETEQ Chipset
	AMI Hi-Flex Bios dated 5/5/91

Relevant settings:
	Concurrent Refresh:		Disabled
	Page Interleave:		Enabled
	DRAM Write wait state:		2W/S
	DRAM Read wait state:		3W/S
	RAS* Timeout mode counter:	Disabled
	Page mode:			Enabled
	Post write control:		Disabled
	CAS Pulse width:		3 CLK2
	RAS Precharge time:		6 CLK2
	RAS to CAS delay:		2 SYSCLK

----
Mark Bergman    (Biker, Stagehand, (former) Unix user support grunt)
718-855-9148

bergman@panix.com
{cmcl2,uunet}!panix!bergman
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From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Info needed on Postscript printers and CD-ROM's
Date: 21 Jan 93 04:03:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Hi all, I need to get a postscript printer but it's not easy to get
info and prices.

The best deal I've been able to track down is a TI MicroLaser P35 for
$1600 (CDN) without tax.

I want to use this in an OS/2 environment.  any suggestions? or other
brands / models to look at?

I also need a CD-ROM (preferably with sound card combo). any
suggestions? (again for OS/2).

Kevin
--
Kevin "autark" Crocker (Athabasca University)
kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA  -or-  risk@cs.AthabascaU.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sprott@128.104.39.173 (Sprott@Juno.Physics.Wisc.Edu)
Subject: Accessing sound
Reply-To: sprott@128.104.39.173 (Sprott@Juno.Physics.Wisc.Edu)
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin, Plasma Physics
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:47:34 EST

Can someone suggest how to implement a function sound(frequency, duration)
in a version of C (MS QuickC v. 2.5) that lacks sound capability?
Alternately a good reference on programming the sound chip would be helpful.
From: tiok_sr@tac.fi (Seppo Routimo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMI BIOS Shadowing problems (again!)
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:59:04 +0200
Organization: City of Tampere, Finland

In article <1993Jan25.130101.14684@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, cae@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Charles Elliott) writes:
> 
> I posted something about this a week ago, but got no replies. Here is the
> current situation.
> 
> I have a 486/33 with 8Mb, SIS chipset and AMI BIOS dated 07/07/91. When
> I boot up, the memory test only tests to 8064 Kb (a loss of 128Kb). Okay,
> so this is for shadowing. In the setup, there is no option to turn BIOS 
> shadowing on or off specifically, but there is an option saying 'Shadowing
> Option', and the BIOS help says that all shadowing is disabled if this option
> is disabled. Despite disabling this, the memory only test up to 8064. Despite
> this, I can turn video and other 32Kb shadows on, but even with them all
> enabled (and the shadowing option enabled) I still only lose 128Kb. Regardless
> of all settings (shadowing on or off, all or no other blocks shadowed), MSD
> tells me that 32Kb at C000 is taken for ROMS (I assume for the video) and 
> 64Kb is taken at the top of the 1Mb (for BIOS code?) and also, 8Kb is taken
> (I think at D800) for the BIOS on board my cacheing IDE controller.
> 
> This shadowing control problem (or complete lack of it) seems to be an
> AMI BIOS bug!! Has anyone else come across it.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance (somebody must know some answers!)
> 
> Charles
> 

I wonder, my 286 has AMI bios 04/09/90 (or 09/04/90). Originally it had
1 Mb memory, I increased it to 3Mb and enabled shadowing for BIOS and
Video, it clicked to 3072. Then I added 2Mb and now it clicks to 5120.
I always thought it checks the whole memory whether one has shadowing
enabled or not, I may be wrong.
Are you sure that your chips (simms, sipps) are all ok? I mean that is
what it does while booting, tests the menory.

Seppo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: daigle@apollo.HP.COM (Joe Daigle)
Subject: Wanted: SS24X 
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:23:38 GMT
Reply-To: daigle@apollo.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA



Interested in moving up to one of the faster cards?  Have a Speedstar 24X
that you would like to sell to defray the cost of a newer, faster card?

I am interested in purchasing the slower 24X (hey, I'm using a vanilla
VGA now!) if the price is right.  

EMail me please, and include the ROM version number on your card in 
your mail.


thank you,

Joe
-- 


Joseph W. Daigle
                          

Open Systems Software Division   Hewlett Packard Company
MS CHR-03-DC                     508/436-4227
300 Apollo Drive                 EMail: daigle@apollo.hp.com
Chelmsford, MA 01824             HP TN: 436-4227


"We are only immortal for a limited time"   --   Rush
From: doug@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca (Douglas R. MacKintosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What is a WREN drive?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:46:38 GMT
Organization: Nuke a Gay Whale for Jesus, Inc.

jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson) writes:
> Wasn't WREN originally owned by Control Data and bought by Seagate? 

Correct. CDC sold Imprimis (it's drive division, maker of Wren and other
Really Fine Drives) to Seagate last year so that Seagate could sell *real*
drives instead of coal-fired, pull-start, steam-powered, rattlin', clunkin',
smack-it-when-it-won't-spin-up heaps o'dung that they used to peddle on 
unsuspecting consumers. 

-- 
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on the air:     VE6BC                   |   packet:   ve6bc@ve6mc.#edm.ab.can.na
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: mike@donut.endicott.ibm.com ()
Subject: Re: PS/2 harddrive upgrade
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 16:07:44 GMT
Reply-To: kincer@owgvm6.vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM FSC Owego

In article <1993Jan25.210602.12788@utkux1.utk.edu>,
harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
|> In article <93025.120801U39648@uicvm.uic.edu> Darius Vaskelis
<U39648@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
|> > < Lots of stuff deleted >
|> >
|> >Thank god IBM chose SCSI for its current PS/2 machines.  (Not mention
|> >it's a very speedy SCSI implementation as well!)
|> >
|> >- Darius
|> >
|> 
|> 
|> 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!
|> 
|> Sean Harp
|> University of Tennessee

They really aren't proprietary.  They have adapted the SCSI-2 spec. 
alternate-1 50-pin mini D.  The Alternate-2 type (50-pin centronics)
is just too big to fit on the end of a card.  Check other vendors
(they are made by Amp.) the prices are just about equal.
The Mac/Apple version (25-pin Dshell) IS NOT SCSI COMPLIANT!!
They share ground wires, not a good idea!

Mike                              __  __o         / "Everythin's IMHO,
Kincer@owgvm6.vnet.ibm.com       __   \<,        /    and nobody else's!"
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