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From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Subject: Re: Who Does Hard Drive Repair?
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 23:10:19 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.155723.16042@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> unbham@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (UNBARC) writes:
>when I contacted Computerland they only wanted
>$1600 to replace it...   

EEK!  Obviously buying a new drive for a discounter would be better.
The only drive places that I know are in Simi Valley, CA and Moorpark,
CA.  Both advertise in the Computer Shopper.  As far as I remember,
neither do IDEs... I don't know why?  Also, since it sounds like the
only thing that is good on the drive will be the heads (maybe) and the
electronics, I don't think it will be cheaper to refurbish.  Best to
try and sell the electronics to someone locally and buy a new drive.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pec2@ra.msstate.edu (Paul E. Carroll)
Subject: HELP BADLY NEEDED!  w/ ViewSonic info/rec.'s !!
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:26:21 GMT

I posted earlier that I was ready to buy a ViewSonic monitor.
In addition to what I asked for in that post....

What is the difference between a ViewSonic 6, 6E, and 5E ????

...and...  which one should I get ?????


-Dying to buy a VGA monitor...
-Paul

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-Paul Carroll

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From: mattc@leland.Stanford.EDU (Matthew William Clarke)
Subject: Help! Dots on my screen.
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:22:13 GMT

My computer just recently started displaying dots (lit up single pixels) in
a line about 2/3 of the way down the screen, and in other random places on
the screen.  These dots don't go away even if I reset the computer, and
they are present in the BIOS setup screen.  If anyone has any ideas about
what kind of problem this might be, or how to diagnose it, please e-mail
me.  My setup is:

386/40 Motherboard w/ AMI BIOS and Forex chipset
Northman SVGA 4MVD monitor
Trident TVGA-8900 Vga card with 1 meg ram

I've also booted the machine under both MSDOS and 386BSD Unix, and the dots
exist in both, so I doubt that it is a virus.  I believe it is either in
1) the screen
2) the vga card
or
3) the bios

Any suggestions, comments, or replies will be a big help.

P.S.  Also, the dots only appear on certain letters in certain locations
on the screen.

Thanks,
mattc@leland.stanford.edu 

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From: holt@camax.com (Jonathan Holt)
Subject: PC 9mm DAT?
Summary: Who sells 9mm DAT drives for PC's?
Keywords: DAT
Organization: CAMAX Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:46:38 GMT

I'm interested in adding a 9mm DAT drive onto my PC, preferably without
using a SCSI interface.  Has anybody successfully done this?


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From: mary@wam.umd.edu (Mary Louise Cassidy)
Subject: DB9 <-> DB25 Null Modem
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:39:34 GMT

HELP!!!!

A friend and I have been trying to wire our own 9-25 pin
null modem to xfer stuff and play games.  What is NEEDED by
each and where do they go??  I know some of the stuff is extra...
It's weird...BattleChess works fine, but Populous and F29 hang!!

Also, a complete pinoput list for each (25, 9) would be great too.

Basically, what else is needed besides connecting Transfer, Receive and ground(?)??

Thanks alot!!  Please hurry and EMAIL all replies...bye bye.
From: ronaldm@rgm.com (Ronald Mendoza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CMOS Hidden Refresh option
Date: 25 Jan 93 04:57:00 GMT
Organization: RGM *nix - Sacramento, CA

I have a 486DX-50 and was looking at the Hidden Refresh option in the CMOS.
(AMI BIOS)  Well, it defaults to Disabled, but I recall reading that it should
be enabled for 3 chip 1M, or any 4M.  SO, I Enabled the setting since I have
(4) 4Mx9 9-chip (do 3-chip exist?) and (4) 1Mx9 3-chip.  Now, my 3D Bench
rating went from 37 fps to 40 fps.  Is everything set correctly now?

-Ron (ronaldm@rgm.com)
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From: solsman@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Mark Solsman)
Subject: Anyone have an OPTI chipset.
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:51:47 GMT

Hello-
I am considering purchasing a new 486dx2/66 motherboard.
Has anyone ever heard of OPTi chipset?  Is it any good?  Shall I be worried?
I plan on running unix.

Thanks
Mark Solsman
-- 
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Washington, DC                               (202) 767-5769
From: lees@cps.msu.edu (John Lees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: DTC disk controller info needed
Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:30:42 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: ahmeek.cps.msu.edu
Originator: lees@ahmeek.cps.msu.edu

I have a venerable Heath/Zenith H-148 to which I am trying to add a
second hard disk. The first hard disk, which I bought from Heath a few
years back is a Kyocera KC-20A (20MB) with a DTC-5150 Rev E controller.
(I'm guessing on the controller. I know it is DTC, and those are the
numbers on the board.) The controller's jumpers are set in the Seagate
ST-225 position for both drives. The disk I am trying to add is a Seagate
ST-251-1 (40MB).

Using "prep/q" from MS-DOS 3.3plus and format from MS-DOS 5.0, I
have the ST-251-1 working just fine as drive 0 (drive C). The problem
is that whichever disk is disk 1 (drive D) is not accessible. The D
disk is accessed during boot, but an attempt to use "dir" or "fdisk"
results in a seek error. Chkdsk does its thing and reports the correct
information, but says that all allocation units on the disk are "lost".
I have not tried running recover, and have no other disk utilities.

I'm not going to expend too much effort getting this other disk to work,
but it would be nice. Any ideas? I have tried all four possible jumper
combinations on the controller for the second disk to no avail. I am
certain that the cabling and termination are correct. Which is confused,
the controller or the BIOS?

Anyone else out there keeping a 148 alive?

Thanks for any help. Please email and I'll post the solution, if any.

 -- John Lees, lees@pixel.cps.msu.edu, lees@msuegr.bitnet, 74106,1324
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From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun)
Subject: ISA bus hw spec?
Organization: Jupiter Technology Inc. / Waltham, MA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:11:27 GMT

What entity defines the 'official' specs for ISA, EISA, etc?  Where
might I obtain a copy of these bus hardware specifications?

-rich
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From: morlan@afit.af.mil (Bruce W. Morlan)
Subject: Parallel port as pseudo-COM: port
Summary: Need to use parallel port to transfer data
Keywords: COM: LPT: modem transfer
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:48:12 GMT

I need to transfer (on a continuing basis) small text files to and from
a laptop with only a working parallel port (the serial port is dead).
I was hoping to get 95% effectiveness using a parallel-to-parallel
connection.  This would let me use the laptop as a portable text
processor, at least.  It is apparently impossible to easily fix
the serial port, as the system is out of production/support/"we
don't even wanna talk about fixing that piece of junk...".  So, 
anyone have experience with this (BTW, I've seen the device that
"makes your LPT: port a COM: port - for the price I'd just buy a
working laptop.  Thanks for any hints!

OBJ HINT:  Don't buy really cheap unless you can throw it out when
	   it breaks.

-- 
Bruce W. Morlan, Major, USAF             Air Force Institute of Technology
Deputy Department Head (Military)        AFIT/ENC
Department of Mathematics                WPAFB  OH  45433
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:14:33 EST
From: <KDW103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Conner's ISA.COM

   Does anyone have a file called ISA.COM from Conner?  I am attempting to
install a Conner 80meg as a master and a Maxtor 7120AT as a slave.  I thought
that I had them working, but sometimes when I try to access the maxtor, I get
a general failure.  I called Maxtor and they said I need ISA.COM off Conner's
BBS to make the drive compatible.  If anyone has this com file, could you
please send me a copy.  I would like to avoid the long distance call.

    Thank You,
        Keith (kdw103@psuvm.psu.edu)
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From: gt7187c@prism.gatech.EDU (Thomas Oates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: G2000 Sony CD-ROM drive
Date: 26 Jan 93 05:57:53 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Anyone out there have one of the Sony CD-ROM drives that
Gateway 2000 sells for $225?  
Is it a good drive? Is it fast enough for multimedia stuff?

Does any software come with it?

Also, let's say I buy one of these (or any CD-Rom drive).
I currently own a Thunderboard.  Will multimedia stuff
from the CD-ROM drive play through the Thunderboard?

Please email info.

Thanks,

Thomas Oates

-- 
Thomas Oates                              ATLANTA BRAVES
gt7187c@prism.gatech.edu          1992 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Prodigy NGDR20A                      "Can't stop the chop!!!" 
Georgia Institute of Technology
From: lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI drivers from GW2000
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:25:52 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Drexel University Physics

In article <1993Jan22.203559.4727@VFL.Paramax.COM>, pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes:
> 
> I just got this from Glenn at GW2000:
> 
>> Gateway has not approved the Build 50 drivers.  We put them on our board
>> because the general membership was complaining that they wanted the latest
>> drivers, regardless of whether they worked or not.  The Build 50 and 53
>> drivers are still bug-laden, and I have no information on when the next
>> version will be available.
>> 
>> The Build 50 drivers still had the banding problem you describe, btw.
> 
> So there are *not* any ATI drivers later than 44(?) that have passed GW2000's
> QA.  I tried build 53, and got bizarre banding across the top of my screen
> when I ran a small DOS window under Windows 3.1 (this is the banding that
> Glenn referred to).  I have since gone back to build 44, the one shipped with
> the system.
>

I've noticed the same banding with the build 53 drivers, but only for the
Crystal font driver, not the mach32.  (I thought the build 53 had both
drivers...or is it just Crystal font?)

I spoke to someone at KEA about their terminal emulation products, since 
the old version of Zstem I've got doesn't have interfaces to recent ATI
boards...and they indicated that according to customer reports you have
to use THE most up-to-date ATI drivers to make KEA's emulators work right.

Just another data point...

-- 

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From: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Subject: Viewsonic 15 Monitor - anyone have info?
Reply-To: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- Maynard, MA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:47:08 GMT


I saw an ad in the February PC World Magazine for the new Viewsonic 15
monitor.  15", flat screen, computer controls, etc.  Anyone have
pricing or availability?

- Jim

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From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: PS/2 95 vs 77 ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993  14:35 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: condor.hosp.med.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.0

Hi,
 
We're getting PC upgrades here at work.   There are two categories:
regular (non-PC literate) people are getting a PS/2 Model 77 486DX2 33-66,
8M, 212M HD.   So called "high-end" users, myself included, are getting a 
PS/2 Model 95 486-DX2 25-50 (slower), 8M, 400M HD.   Eariler doc I saw said 
that the 95 would be upgradable to the P5 when available, but I'm unable to
find that now.   Other than the larger HD, which is available on the 77's
and the additional slots/bays which I doubt we'll ever get anything to
use them for, I can't help feeling that us high-end user's are getting
the shaft.   Opinions?
 

+=================================+=========================================+  
| Gene Mangum                     |  OS/2 ver 2 - Increased productivity    |
| Univ of Michigan Hospitals      |               through the use of a      |
| h198@hosp.med.umich.edu         |               "dead" operating system.  |
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From: jeremym@fraser.sfu.ca (Jeremy Thomas McDonald)
Subject: Pinouts for IBM-15pin GamePort?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:27:44 GMT

Does anyone have the pinouts for the 15-pin game port on IBM-compatibles?
Is there a +5v supply?  What is the rating (in mA)?  Thanks in advance.
From: gt7187c@prism.gatech.EDU (Thomas Oates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Mitsumi CD drive. Comments?
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:38:00 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Does anyone have (or have any experience with) the
Mitsumi CRMC-LU005S internal CDROM drive?  
Computability has this drive advertised for
$189.  They advertise the drive as follows:

150k sustained
350 ms average access time
32k buffer
MPC compliant

I am wondering if this is a good CDROM drive or not.

Thanks in advance,

Thomas Oates

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gt7187c@prism.gatech.edu          1992 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Prodigy NGDR20A                      "Can't stop the chop!!!" 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
Subject: Re: ThinkPads!
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:38:08 GMT

In article <93027.212400GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu>, Greg Spath <GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>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.
Having the "little thing" in the keyboard makes a lot of sense.  I would
buy a normal size 101 AT keyboard with this in a minute.  All it would
take is for the keyboard cable to spawn out a typical serial, mouse, or bus
port connection at one end.  Anyone know if this exists?


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From: dbeeman@dogstar.Colorado.edu (Dave Beeman)
Subject: Re: Standard VGA Monitor supports 640x480x256 mode?
Keywords: VGA IBM
Reply-To: dbeeman@dogstar.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:02:34 GMT

In article <1jl70sINNnaf@ector.cs.purdue.edu>, kang@cs.purdue.edu (Byonghoon Kang) writes:
|> I have a Standard VGA Monitor which supoorts
|> standard VGA mode.
|> My question is that if I have a graphics card which
|> supports 640x480x256 mode, can my VGA monitor display it?

The sweep frequencies of a monitor affect the resolutions which can be
displayed, but not the number of colors.  If your graphics card allows it,
you can display 16.7 million colors, as well as 16 or 256 colors.

Dave Beeman - dbeeman@dogstar.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: cae@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Charles Elliott)
Subject: Re: What good are Bios RAM tests ?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:26:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.112136.2125@dmu.ac.uk> cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand) writes:
>I took the top 4 Megs of (3-chip) SIMMs out of my machine leaving only
>9-chip ones in there and the crashes have stopped, from which I conclude
>that either (a) My chipset doesn't like 3-chip SIMMs, or (b) there is
>a fault in the m/board which shows up when both banks are populated.

As far as I know, it is *not* correct to say that a MB that can take
four Meg SIMMs can use 3-chip 1Meg SIMMs. Originally, I thought that this
was true, but after working for a PC manufacturer that has encountered these
problems, I have been assured that this is not the case. 

The symptoms you are describing when using 3-chip SIMMs are exactly the
same as problems that I have experienced, e.g. random lock-ups and crashes.
Unfortunately, even using programs such as CheckIt (which we use extensively
for system testing) will not necessarily show up these problems. All that I
know, is that the chipset has to be capable of supporting a certain refresh
cycle to use the 3-chip SIMMs

---
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 Department of Computer Science              
 University Of Warwick 			    
 Coventry CV4 7AL			    
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>Chris Hand, Lecturer                Internet mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk
>Dept of Computing Science,          Voice: +44 533 551551 x8476
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>LEICESTER, UK   LE1 9BH             >> Linux: *free* unix for IBM PCs! <<


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From: dbarber@crash.cts.com (David C. Barber)
Subject: Wanted: BiTronics Parallel Port for my LaserJet 4
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 22 Jan 93 01:04:12 GMT


Now that I have my LaserJet 4, I want to put it on my network
by connecting it to a PC print server.  (Those direct network
cards cost too much for this application.)  So that my printing
through a parallel port is not a bottleneck, I want to get one
of those new BiTronics high-speed parallel ports compatable with
the LaserJet 4, since I'm told they can increase data transfer
rates x10 over the original parallel ports.

I CAN'T FIND ONE!

Does anybody know of a ISA bus plug-in Bitronics parallel port?

Please respond with e-mail (post a follow-up as well, if you think
it is of general interest), to help me not have to wade through
each conference where I've cross-posted.  (I only cross-post to
appropriate, I hope, locations.)

Thanks!


Without change,                         *David Barber*
   nothing can ever get better.            @}-->----

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From: PFAN000 <PFAN@MUSIC.LIB.MATC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Motherboard Woes
Date: 21 JAN 93 18:43:03 CST
Organization: Milwaukee Area Technical College
NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.8.64.2

Greetings folks!

A couple of questions to all you seasoned technicians out there.

1) Is it possible to mix SIMMS modules of different speeds?  If
If so, what would be the worst possible occurance of a problem if
this were done?

2) Is it possible to mix SIMMS modules of different chip configs?
For instance, here is (or was) my configuration:


Bank0: 2 256kx3 80ns
Bank1: 2 256kx3 80ns
Bank2: 2 1MBx3 80ns
Bank3: 2 1MBx9 80ns

This gave me a total of 5 meg.  According to the motherboard
manual, 5 meg is an acceptable configuration, however it does
not go into details about the acceptability of different
module configurations.

My motherboard recently died with a "8024 keyboard controller
gate A20 error".  It is a 386sx-25 with AMI BIOS, and an
OPTI 82C283 Chipset.  The dealer refuses to replace it under
warranty because they say that the mixing of my SIMMS modules
caused the failure of my "keyboard controller".

I would like to hear any and all comments about this issue, and
if you reply, if you are a certified technician, please state
your position and/or company as well.  Thanks a bunch inadvance!

Pete Fanning
Internet: pfan@music.lib.matc.edu

Pete Fanning
Computer Operator
Office of Information Technology
Milwaukee Area Technical College

Internet: pfan@music.lib.matc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
Subject: Cheapest place to get an Adaptec 1542B?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:15:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: woan@fearless.austin.ibm.com
Organization: Austin School of Hardknocks

Anyone have pointers on where the cheapest and best place to purchase
an Adaptec 1542B or it's related model with no floppy support it? I
can get it locally for about $200...
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From: gay@selkirk.sfu.ca (Ian D. Gay)
Subject: Re: PICTURE OFF CENTER IN SVGA MODE
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:43:29 GMT

reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan) writes:

>The off-center thing is quite normal and there isn't much you can do about
>it other than adjust your monitor every time you switch modes or get a
>really expensive monitor that has processors to do it automatically (the
>Mitsubishi Diamond Scan does this I think, but it runs about 2 grand <choke>).

There must be different models, then, I recently bought one for $C400. 
I like it, and yes, it does handle centering correctly, at least going 
between 640x480 and 800x600. My card doesn't do 1024x768.
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