HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: au483@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Adrian Drollinger)
Subject: Who sells MAG MX17F cheapest?
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 09:06:45 GMT


I'm interested in the MAG MX17F monitor from MAG Innovision and
was wondering if anyone could tell me which company sells it and
to what price. Any replies are greatly appreciated. Please e-mail
to drollinger@elde.epfl.ch or to this account.

Thanks
Adrian
-- 
drollinger@elde.epfl.ch (Adrian Drollinger)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
From: andnick@milton.u.washington.edu (Nick Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IDE controller for XT wanted.
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:34:33 GMT
Reply-To: andnick@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle



thanks . 
andnick@milton.u.washinton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: Re: Gateway sends 14.4 modem after I cancel!
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 05:55:04 GMT

I bought a computer from Gateway, and had to send stuff back (through NO
fault of mine, NOR Gateway).  They arranged a UPS pickup, paid for the 
return shipping costs, and credited my VISA right away.  After all the
"horror stories" I have read about Gateway, I was not expecting much from
them, but I was VERY IMPRESSED with their service department.  Everything
was taken care of quickly, efficiently, and correctly.
And this is even during a time when I was relocating, so their customer
service department had to keep two different address on file!
Everybody makes mistakes once in a while.  We only read a lot about Gateway's
mistakes because they are such a large company and a lot of us have their
machines, and have something in common to talk about.

Just ask yourself, why is Gateway such a successful company?

I have no complaints, and apparently, neither do many others.
Kudos to Gateway2000

P.V.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fortony@sonne.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: moving 1000 miles with your desktop pc
Originator: fortony@murphy
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:03:59 GMT
Keywords: hard drives

I'm going to move 1,000 miles away in 7 days, and I want to take
my desktop PC with me.

However, after watching UPS drop parcels two feet off the back of
their truck prior to moving them, I'm feeling a little hesitant
about entrusting anyone at all with my PC -- especially my hard
drive.

1) What's the understood-safe way to ship PCs?  Is there a special
protocol to follow?

2) I'm worried that my hard drive might be damaged by jostles and
bumps or by the vibration of whatever vehicle it's carried in.  Is
there a way to ensure the head won't bounce on the platters?  Is
it done automatically?  Given a random hard drive, is there a way to
determine if it does do it automatically?

e-mail replies would be great.
-- 
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Felix Sebastian Ortony	fortony@murphy.gis.uiuc.edu
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: local bus
Date: 26 Jul 92 15:56:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: magnus.1992Jul26.155624.14170
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Ohio State University

In article <3771@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom) writes:
>
>When local buses become standard in the next year or so, will
>we need new video cards and HD interfaces?  Will current boards
>just plug into the local bus slots, or is the interface totally
>different?

The interface is totally different.  You may be able to plug in your
old cards into the local bus slots (don't know if it is backward
compatible) but you surely won't get the increased speed.  That's
why I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the darn VESA
spec to come out!

Paul
-- 
--------pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu----(614) 621-8240----------------
Paul A. Prior    Ban anchors, not reef tanks   "With friends like this,   
3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:20414 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:10887
From: gee7759@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Glenn Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PC security opinions wanted
Keywords: market research, PC security
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:27:14 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle

My wife asked me to post this message for her since she does not have
access to Internet from the U.W.  I will forward all responses.

She is working on an MBA at the U.W. and one of her classes involves a
consulting project for a local company.  Her group's project involves
market research on PC security hardware and software.

The company for which she is consulting is called Aspect Technology.
It markets an add-in board and software that prevents unauthorized access
to a PC by requiring a password to turn on the machine.

If anyone has used this board, she would appreciate your opinions.
In addition, she would like any information or opinions about other
PC security systems (hardware or software) so that her group can do
a market analysis.

Please do not send proprietary information of any kind.  She is really
looking for opinions about products and general numbers indicating the
amount of usage that PC security systems are receiving.


Thank you for any information/opinions you can provide.

Glenn Elliott
-- 
Glenn E. Elliott               | Anyone who believes that what I say or do
Computing Systems Analyst      | represents the policies or procedures of
Boeing Computer Services       | The Boeing Company has more lawyers than
gee7759@eeidf002.ca.boeing.com | they have common sense.
From: bb760597@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Blake Buhlig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Memory expansion questions....
Date: 27 Jul 92 04:31:47 GMT
Reply-To: bb760597@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Blake Buhlig)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

I have been considering adding some memory to my 16-MHz 386-sx, and I have
some very basic questions about what to do.

My computer is a Unisys Personal Workstation 2, and according to the
manual, to expand upon the 2 Meg I already have, I need a 32-bit memory
expansion board.  There is indeed a 32-bit expansion slot open on the mother-
board.

I've been rummaging through Computer Shopper and PC Sources,
and it seems that almost no MO outfits offer 32-bit boards (or maybe I
haven't been looking in the right places).  I've seen pricing for Boca and
Everex, but they're all 16-bit boards.

Is my June 1990 computer obsolete already, or am I just misinformed?  I
am a little unsure what to do, so if anyone could provide some
suggestions via E-mail, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blake Buhlig                                        Colorado State University
 bb760597@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu            Electrical/Computer Engineering
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: "Big" mono monitor?
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:12:26 GMT
Organization: Society of poor college students who want better hardware.



	Does anyone know if there exists a Hercules compatible monitor
(9-pin plug, not the 14 or 15 pin VGA plug) in the 14" - 19" range?  I like
the price/performance combination of my Hercules card, but I have a 10.5"
monitor that could stand to be replaced.  I'd rather not have to upgrade to
VGA (my current machine has built-in display hardware which I can't disable
because I don't have the jumper settings, and I don't really need anything
better than Hercules anyway.) so I'd appreciate any help you can give me. 
Thanks.

-- 
|Tom Guptill           | tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu     |
|CPU Box 277445 U of R | tgpt_ltd@db1.cc.rochester.edu       |
|Rochester, NY 14627   |                                     |
|(716) 274-0351        |                                     |
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:20389 comp.os.os2.misc:25637 comp.periphs.scsi:3745
From: pdg@crosfield.co.uk (paul goffin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Anyone tried a Promise D2040 SCSI card??
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:52:46 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Hi,

In looking around for good prices for the Adaptec
1542B, I've come across the PROMISE D2040.

It's got an impressive list of features, including:-

 >528MB drive support for DOS.
 (up to via SIMMS) 16MB cache.
 5MB data transfer rate.
 supports two floppy drives.
 Co-exists with any other controller.
 Up to 4GB per drive.
 Controlls up to 7 SCSI drives.

They seem to be new to the UK, and they're even more expensive
than the Adaptec (D2040 price is around #250 - with NO RAM!)

What I'd like to know is:-

1) Has anyone seen, or even heard of this controller?

1a) Is it any good?

2) Does anyone know if it supports / is supported by OS/2 2.0?

Thanks.

Paul

PS If anyone knows of any dealers selling the Adaptec 1542B for less
   than $299, would they please let me know.  Thanks.
-- 
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+ Paul Goffin +  Crosfield Electronics Ltd. U.K.  +44 442 230000x3357 +
+             +  Opinions expressed are mine!                         +
+--     My employer uses no CFCs in its processes - does yours?    ---+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ankleand@mtl.mit.edu (Andrew Karanicolas)
Subject: Video Upgrade for PC-XT
Organization: MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 00:35:16 GMT

Hello,

Thanks for the replies concerning video upgrades for a PC-XT:

From RFowler@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Fri Jul 24 09:26:04 1992
From dubner@hpspkaa.spk.hp.com Fri Jul 24 17:52:55 1992
From dgdhome!ddavis@uunet.UU.NET Fri Jul 24 19:12:16 1992
From decvax!mcnc!mcnc!rbdc!forsyth!forsyth.wsnc.org!thompson@decwrl.dec.com Fri Jul 24 19:22:38 1992
From aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us Sat Jul 25 23:33:43 1992
From <@descartes.waterloo.edu:ychung@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> Sun Jul 26 02:52:14 1992
From infopls!andyross@clout.chi.il.us Sun Jul 26 13:18:43 1992
From brd@images1.waterloo.NCR.COM Mon Jul 27 23:25:25 1992
From <@mitvma.mit.edu:U20565@UICVM.BITNET> Tue Jul 28 01:45:25 1992
From csoft!versiua!version.kiev.ua!sasa@relcom.kiae.su Tue Jul 28 12:50:32 1992
From nto2584@dsaca1.dsac.dla.mil Wed Jul 29 15:05:46 1992
From steven@unipalm.co.uk Thu Jul 30 04:40:11 1992
From lape@cs.utk.edu Fri Jul 24 12:20:24 1992
From leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com Fri Jul 24 12:26:55 1992
From ekman@netcom.com Fri Jul 24 12:38:57 1992
From thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu Fri Jul 24 13:22:48 1992
From necntc!necis!dlyons@harvard.harvard.edu Fri Jul 24 14:26:13 1992

I ended up ordering a Hercules compatible card from GEMs Computers Inc.
(LPTI-3 card, p. 546 Computer Shopper, August 1992) for $19.00 
(Nineteen Bucks :) It works!

Thanks for the suggestions.  If anyone is interested in seeing the
replies I got, let me know and I will send a copy.

-- 
Andrew Karanicolas
MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratory
ankleand@mtl.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: nrh@philabs.philips.com (Nikolaus R. Haus)
Subject: RESOLVED: My RLL died...
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:56:57 GMT

Ok. My problem was that my RLL disk died... I was getting
'invalid partition table' errors. 

The only bit of advice I got from the net so far was to
reduce the # of cyllinders during low level format.
Since the partition table is on the first cyllinder of
the disk, I don't think this would work.

Anyway, what I did was pull out an old '286 machine
here at work, hook up my disk and run a program called
(lemme look for the name...) ok. It's
DISK MANAGER- SEAGATE (Version 3.50)
Using this, I was able to carry out the low-level
format and to create a partition table. I'll
plug it back into the original controller tonight,
and let the net know how it goes tomorrow.

Wish me luck!

-nik

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl (Marcel Wijkstra (AIO))
Subject: IBM 5151 and 5175 - what are they?
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 08:02:19 GMT

Under a lot of dust, I found two IBM monitors, a 5151 (b&w) and a 5175
(color). Can anybody tell me what kind of monitors they are? (I don't
like to fry my video card on trying them :-)

Thanks in advance,
Marcel.
-- 
 X	   Marcel Wijkstra   AIO   (wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl)
|X|	     Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science	
 X	       University of Amsterdam   The Netherlands
======Life stinks. Fortunately, I've got a cold.========
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: Will a math chip help speed up Windows?
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 04:13:27 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Jul21.062056.1174@super.org> grantham@super.org (Jon Grantham) writes:
>
>What does "they land where they land" mean?  My worry is that by putting
>TEMP on a RAMdrive, I'll get hosed when I try to print large documents that
>won't fit on the RAMdrive.
>
>Jon
>-- 
>jfg@um.cc.umich.edu          grantham@super.org           uunet!super!grantham

It means, depending upon the program's error trapping, that either of two 
things'll happen.
1) an error that kills the app (i.e. out of disk space) or
2) the app will produce the temp files in the root or the DOS dir.  I've seen
this happen with WP 5.1 (DOS).
From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 3 floppies in a PC?
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:56:34 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

I have a WD1006V-SR2 running two floppy drives in my
386 machine. I would like to add a third floppy drive
and have acquired another floppy controller which can
be jumpered to a secondary IO address. Does MS-DOS 5
know about this? (I can't find anything in the manual)
Can this work at all and if so, what do I need to do?
Is there a driver to put into config.sys? Where would
the third floppy end up, as C:?

-- 
My opinions are my own.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sunny@unl.edu (Sunil Kumar Burra)
Subject: ! Parallel port interface tape backup System: 
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:52:53 GMT



I am planning to work on Parallel port interface for tape backup(as a project
for one of my grad course).

I didn't know where to start.

If anyone has done anything similar to this, can u help me with
the information and the references to the literature.

Any piece of information is highly appreciated.

u can mail the responses to

sunny@cse.unl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
From: katuulos@polaris.utu.fi (Kalle T. Tuulos)
Subject: Re: DTK 486/33 password
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 23:31:27 GMT

gleasont@lonex.rl.af.mil (Todd C. Gleason) writes:

>It looks to me like if you knew how to password-protect your machine that
>well, you should be marketing what you *didn't* forget!  You can't floppy-
>boot?
I've set that BIOS so, that it won't boot from floppy drive. But however,
the problem is gone now. Thanks!

>-- 
>  -=Todd Gleason=-         My opinions are better than yours. . .
--
Kalle T. Tuulos		katuulos@utu.fi
From: envbvs@epb9.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: TEAC 3.5" jumpers etc.
Date: 24 Jul 1992 16:57:52 GMT
Organization: lbl
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.98


I have just bot a Teac FD-235HF 4240U 3.5" floppy drive and there
was no documentation about jumpers, termination resisters etc.

Can anyone out there give me any information about setting up the drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

-- 
Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: hazen@cs.dal.ca (Dave Hazen)
Subject: DMA programming on generic xt/at
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:35:58 GMT



Summary of findings in attempting to program DMA chan 1 on generic
xt/at (Mesa 6c23 16 MHz '286 with an 8 bit bus):

1.  High nibble (bits 16-19) of address are read from a dma page register
located at io locations 0x81-0x83.  Due to some inverted logic, the
register allocations are:
dma channel 3 = 0x81
dma channel 2 = 0x82
dma chans 1 & 0 =0x83.
(I sorted this out from the circuit diagrams and BIOS listing in an
IBM-XT manual)

2.  To avoid contention over the upper nibble register, it is necessary
to disable dma channel 0 (refresh) when using channel 1 otherwise the
refresh system will change the upper nibble register when you least expect
it. (Remember to re-enable it afterwards)

3.  Because the dma chip (8237) has only 16 bits of address on board, 
crossing a 64k boundary is tricky.  (it is an absolute address, not segment:
offset type).  Either avoid it or try to catch the dma controller when
the address register rolls over and adjust the upper nibble register 
accordingly.  (I chose to avoid it)

4.  There are hints in my chips and technologies literature that their chip
sets feature an upper nibble register large enough to handle the entire
address space of the processor (5 to 8 bits for at's)  I have no proof one
way or another.

dave





-- 
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Dept. of Oceanography             Telemail: dalhousie.ocean
Dalhousie University              Voice: (902) 494-3396
Halifax, NS CANADA B3H 4J1        FAX:  (902) 494-3877
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins)
Subject: Looking for modem with voice mail functions
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:23:54 GMT

I'm looking for information on a product with the following features:

          * Functions as 9600 BPS modem.
          * Accepts and plays back voice samples from the phone (voice mail).
          * Can relay voice data to/from the host machine (hard drive).
          * Can also relay voice data through the modem.

Perhaps someone has information on a product like this?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Upgradable motherboards?
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 00:11:19 GMT

First off, my thanks to everyone who gave me advice on installing a new
motherboard.  I'll be posting my summary RSN (Real Soon Now).

Second, I wanted to cull opinions on these "upgradable" motherboards I've
heard about.  Exactly what do they do?  Some of the appear to simply be
able to handle higher clock rates than the included chip, so that you
can swap chips later on.  Others, namely the 486SXs I believe, have
the OverDrive socket, which I'm not sure what they do - do they supplement
or supercede the 486SX?  Some have cards you plug in to upgrade performance
(again either be superceding or supplementing the original chip).

Basically, what I'd like are reviews, comparisons, opinions, etc. on the
various upgradable motherboards out there, their relative strengths
and weaknesses, maybe point out some good ones out there I should
consider buying, etc.

As always, many thanks in advance for any advice given.  I'd appreciate
E-mail; I'll summarize if there's interest.  Thanks a lot!
-- 
Bill "Whassamatter?!  Can't you take a joke?!" Barnes   wbarnes@sura.net
Disclaimer:  The author apologizes for any thought-provoking material he may
	     have accidentally included and promises not to do it again.
Datclaimer:  My employers wouldn't WANT to share some of my opinions.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: glen@wench.ece.jcu.edu.au (Glen Harris)
Subject: Removeable cartrige hard drives - Recommendations?
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, JCUNQ
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 06:04:22 GMT


  I have been looking into removeable cartrige hard disks and tape drives.
Does anyone have any experiences with these drives?  I have been looking at
the SyQuest 44Mb unit, but I'm open to any suggestions of alternate brands.
  If anyone knows a good dealer, that would help, too.

*----------------------------------*------------------------------*
* Glen Harris                      * 3D and Virtual               *
* glen@wench.ece.jcu.edu.au        * Reality Groupie              *
*----------------------------------*------------------------------*
Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Join in the fun and copy me into yours!
From: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Subdivide this group (C.S.I.P.H)?
Date: 28 Jul 92 15:25:25 GMT
Reply-To: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Jul28.125119.3472@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, macketan@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Robert Macketanz) writes:
|> 
|> Yes, this is a good idea. most time in this group I spend searching
|> the articles, but not reading them...
|> 		Robert

Great idea, I currently don't wish to read about modems.

          SPHINX


====================================================
=== Kill others only if you wish to be killed.   ===
===                                       SPHINX ===   
====================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: robert@verdix.com (Robert Brown)
Subject: Tecmar memory expansion
Summary: Help needed with Tecmar memory expansion
Keywords: Help with Tecmar memory expansion
Organization: Verdix Corp.
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:04:43 GMT

I am in need of help with a Tecmar memory expansion card.  While cleaning
my home office the other day, I came across a board that I hadn't seen 
since '86 (before I ever owned a PC).  Anyway, it is a Tecmar memory
expansion (I think).  When I put it in my system, my system only sees
256k of it's 640k.  This appears to me to be an address conflict.  However,
I know nothing of this board.  Here is all the information I can get off
the board itself:
	1.) Tecmar
	2.) 200044 Rev. E
	3.) Captain
	4.) 155
	5.) 24118BVO
	6.) 506020099
	7.) Locations U35-U70 are filled with 256k chips
	8.) Locations U71-U88 are empty
	9.) All jumpers are out
	10.) All switches on the only switch pack are off
Items 2 and 3 are printed on bothe sides of the card.  If any of these look
like a part number and anybody recognizes this board by it's less than exact
description, I would appreciate any help (what is this board exactly, what 
do I need to set the jumpers and switches to, etc., etc., etc.).  Thanks 
much in advance.  Please email me direct, as I am unable to frequently 
access this newsgroup.


================================================================================
Robert Brown
Robert Brown		
Systems Administrator

Verdix Corporation
205 Van Buren St.
Herndon, VA  22070

robert@verdix.com
===============================================================================
From: adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: DMA on PC
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:34:27 GMT
Reply-To: adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone)
Organization: Dept of Comp Sci, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College Uni London

I have a homebrew SCSI board based on the NCR 53C80 chip. I have it running 
happily under program control and would now like to speed things up by using DMA.
Problem is I have so far been unable to bend the PC's DMA controller to my will.
It is a complete non-starter, because the chip reports that it has reached 
terminal count before a single byte has been transferred. Can anybody point me in
the direction of DMA applications that actually work? Almost anything on the 
subject of PC DMA would be useful at this stage.

Adrian Johnstone, Department of Computer Scinece, RHBNC. adrian@cs.rhbnc.ac.uk