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From: s1070619@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (YOGI *is* N.KROENERT)
Subject: Wanted: 386dx 33 or 40Mhz
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 12:08:11 GMT


    My brother Purchased a 386sx 16, and is not at all impressed. He is
    looking for a 386 dx 33 or 40, with a maths co-processor, and 4 Mb of ram.

    Please E-Mail Me if you have a good mother board for sale, or a co-
    processor. I don't mind if I have to buy the items seperatly.

       Nathan Kroenert.


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From: 86b0062@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au (Sam Lander)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: max DMA speed on 33MHz 386
Date: 12 Nov 92 11:59:41 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales


I want to send data out to 4 12 bit D/ACs as fast as possible. (There is 
more than that in this story, but for now, that is enough.)

At the moment, I am sending data byte by byte using I/O instructions 
to a PC bus D/AC card. I have to perform 9 byte output instructions to get the 
data from memory onto the card's analogue output lines. A transfer cycle 
takes about 18 usec to complete. This is about 55kHz or 55kx9 = 495kbytes/sec.

My machine is a 33Mhz 386 AT bus box, without too much that looks special to
my (untrained) eye. I have no idea at all about wait states etc.

I am looking at building a new D/AC card using the AT bus that will be driven 
by my the 386's DMA controller chip. I am looking for data transfer rates in
the order of 1Mbyte/sec or better. the CPU will be doing nothing special
and so I am happy for its performance to be reduced by up to 90%. The
key factor is getting the data out as fast as possible on this machine.

Could someone give me an idea of the data transfer rates I might expect from 
such a setup?  Failing that, what is a good reference on this topic that 
might tell me?

Sam Lander

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From: lnewton@pvec.bridgewater.ns.ca (LEE NEWTON)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: SX vs. DX
Keywords: What's The Dif.?
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:46:22 GMT
Organization: Parkview Education Centre, N.S. Canada


	OK, my physics teacher's been asking around lately as to just what 
computer configuration he should buy. He wants to know exactly, what is the 
difference between an SX chip and a DX one. For instance, what does it take 
to upgrade a 386dx to a 486sx. A replacement of chips, or the whole 
motherboard? Is it possible to buy a 386sx, and replace the motherboard 
with that of a 486?
	Please answer through Email to physicst@pvec.bridgewater.ns.ca only 
if you know for sure what the answers are. Now theories please.

again, that address is:
	PHYSICST@PVEC.BRIDGEWATER.NS.CA
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: robertc@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Robert D Crane)
Subject: HELP !!!
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 13:38:01 GMT


 I have an interesting windows problem that neither Microsoft,
my Novell reseller, or the Display card suppliers can solve.
Any ideas, please reply I'm getting desperate. Here is the
scene.

  Windows 3.1 running in 386 enhanced mode on a Novell
  3.11 network. IPX = version 3.10, NETX = 3.26. I am
  trying to install the high resolution windows 
  graphics drivers for a trident tvga 8900c 1MB full
  height video card. The machine is an AST 486/33
  bravo with 4 MB and a 10 base T network adaptor card
  NE2000 type port - 340h int = 5. Basically when I
  use the card with the standard mode VGA driver that
  comes with windows no probs, however if I try to
  use the high resolution drivers I get the following.
  -
  A device file specified in system.ini is corrupted
  it you may need to run windows in 386 enhanced mode.
  You may need to run the setup program again.
  f:\user\bill\vddtvga.386
  Press any key to continue ...

  Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device number 000a, service
  0007. Your windows config is invalid. Run windows setup
  program again to correct the problem.
  -
  When I install the drivers on the local copy of windows, ie
  windows on c: it works fine. I have tried a number of different 
  resolutions and same problems ! I have extracted the trident 
  video drivers and set up windows correctly according to 
  microsoft.

  All that I can determine is that there is some clash between
  windows on the network and this particluar video driver.
  If you have any suggestions please let me know because I am
  all out.


      Thanks
        Robert

Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: eric@basser.cs.su.oz.au (Eric Tsui)
Subject: Request for general information on PCs ...
Reply-To: eric@cs.su.oz.au (Eric Tsui)
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:56:53 GMT

Is the 486SX25 a 32 bit or 16 bit machine ? If I intend to run OS2
later should I settle for the 386DX or the 486SX ?
What am I trading off if I settle for the 386, apart feom the speed of course.

Eric Tsui
eric@cs.su.oz.au
Keywords: 


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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Errors
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 01:53:00

GS>3, Pagemaker4 etc). I keep getting "General Protection Faults" which
GS>do not seem
GS>to be related to what program I am using. I have had them using all
programs,

Check the speed of your RAM chips - slower chips can cause crashes!
Otherwise, just blame it on stupid Windoze and pray for something
better.

Scott.

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From: cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham)
Subject: Re: HELP !!!
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:42:58 GMT

In <frankiel.15.721289112@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> frankiel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Frankie Lam) writes:

>>  Windows 3.1 running in 386 enhanced mode on a Novell
>>  3.11 network. IPX = version 3.10, NETX = 3.26. I am
>>  trying to install the high resolution windows 
>>  graphics drivers for a trident tvga 8900c 1MB full
>>  height video card. The machine is an AST 486/33
>>  bravo with 4 MB and a 10 base T network adaptor card
>>  NE2000 type port - 340h int = 5. Basically when I
>>  use the card with the standard mode VGA driver that
>>  comes with windows no probs, however if I try to
>>  use the high resolution drivers I get the following.
>>  -
>>  A device file specified in system.ini is corrupted
>>  it you may need to run windows in 386 enhanced mode.
>>  You may need to run the setup program again.
>>  f:\user\bill\vddtvga.386
>>  Press any key to continue ...

>>  Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device number 000a, service
>>  0007. Your windows config is invalid. Run windows setup
>>  program again to correct the problem.
>>  -
>>  When I install the drivers on the local copy of windows, ie
>>  windows on c: it works fine. I have tried a number of different 
>>  resolutions and same problems ! I have extracted the trident 
>>  video drivers and set up windows correctly according to 
>>  microsoft.

>>  All that I can determine is that there is some clash between
>>  windows on the network and this particluar video driver.
>>  If you have any suggestions please let me know because I am
>>  all out.

>Do you use any memory driver, such as QEMM or EMM386? I'd experience before
>that a program doesn't work when the network drivers are loaded into high
>memory. If you are only using windows applications, it actually slow your
>machine down if you use high memory.
Correct - all expanded memory drives are disabled when windows starts.

It can also mean exactly what it says - if you just copied on the
trident disks, instead of using the EXPAND program, the files will still
be compressed.
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo)
Subject: Re: Request for general information on PCs ...
Organization: IBM Australia/ACCI 
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:04:21 GMT

In article <tooraj.721296142@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au> tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati) writes:
>eric@basser.cs.su.oz.au (Eric Tsui) writes:
>
>>Is the 486SX25 a 32 bit or 16 bit machine ? If I intend to run OS2
>>later should I settle for the 386DX or the 486SX ?
>>What am I trading off if I settle for the 386, apart feom the speed of course.
>
>>Eric Tsui
>>eric@cs.su.oz.au
>
>From what I have heard, a 386DX preforms better than a 486DX.
>You see, 486DX is (to put it simply) a 386DX with a 387 embedded
>in it. While 486SX is a 486DX with a deffective FP processor. 
>
>So why buy 486SX when you can pay less for the same thing as 386DX.
>Except with 486SX there might be the option of upgrading to 486DX
>simply by replacing the uP.
>
>Well, this is what I have been led to believe. Does any one agree
>with me?
>
	Huh? Err... I'm afraid I don't.

	As I understand, a 486 is *always* *better*(not the price perhaps)
than a 386. Generally speaking, a 486 always outperforms a 386 although 
the two may run at the same speed, say, 33mhz. That's becuz 486 chips utilise
an internal 'clock doubling' scheme which speeds things up quite considerably. 
Another difference to consider is the 8k internal cache found in the 486 CPU,
which is quite a nice thing(in fact it's a read-write 'buffer' that enhances 
CPU performance by lowering the chance of accessing RAM(slow!)  

	486s are also known to be superior in many other aspects, like the
newly incorporated 486 instruction set(the 486DCL33 is programmed to understand
this), their better upgradability, incorporated mathco(DX), and such such...
And don't forget people out there have been writing programs that can only run 
on 486 platforms(e.g. NeXT STEP).

---Just to make it make sense,
	Bill
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From: tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati)
Subject: Re: Request for general information on PCs ...
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:02:22 GMT

eric@basser.cs.su.oz.au (Eric Tsui) writes:

>Is the 486SX25 a 32 bit or 16 bit machine ? If I intend to run OS2
>later should I settle for the 386DX or the 486SX ?
>What am I trading off if I settle for the 386, apart feom the speed of course.

>Eric Tsui
>eric@cs.su.oz.au

From what I have heard, a 386DX preforms better than a 486DX.
You see, 486DX is (to put it simply) a 386DX with a 387 embedded
in it. While 486SX is a 486DX with a deffective FP processor. 

So why buy 486SX when you can pay less for the same thing as 386DX.
Except with 486SX there might be the option of upgrading to 486DX
simply by replacing the uP.

Well, this is what I have been led to believe. Does any one agree
with me?


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From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: Offline Unix Mail for DOS/Win3.1 ?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:21:58 GMT


I'd like some clues on s/w to run on my PC under 
DOS and/or Win3.1 to dial-up my unix account and collect
mail and news for offline reading later. I'm not too
concerned with the dial-up bit, automatic logins I
can handle, it's the remote news and email I'm not
too sure on. 

Obviously, something that does the whole bit will not
be turned away!

All replies by private email please. I'll summarise to the
net if interest is enough

Thanx,

stuartb

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    That's pretty improbable you know" (Ford Prefect)

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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: int177c@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Jae J Won)
Subject: Re: X Terminal emulators
Organization: Monash University
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:36:08 GMT

In article <1992Oct22.003025.26208@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> ransom@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (stephen ransom) writes:
>UnixWorld, August 1992 has a review of a new product called Desqview/X which
>they seem very enthusiastic about.
>
>To quote the opening paragraph on page 48 ..
>
>   "As a technological achievement, Quarterdeck Office Systems Inc's 
>    release of Deskview/X is monumental, to say the least."
>
>   "...this is one blockbuster system."
>
>   "Deskview/X is not a UNIX product, but a DOS product that runs on 
>    286, 386 and 486 systems and is an alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s 
>    Windows."
>
>(The illustration shows Windows running under Deskview.  The text suggests
>that Deskview becomes the primary interface ... guesses?)
>

Desqview/X is like another windowing system(superior to MS windows of course..
better design, better ideas etc). It manages to run MS-Windows in a window(just
) and full screen if you want. But the system resources are pretty hefty. I 
have seen it on a 386-33 DX with 4 megs memory and the performance is definitely
not all that responsive if you are running windows under a window. Anyway, it
is a cool idea to run MS Windows in a Window(Doesn't OS/2 do this also?).

It is very much like X windows in many ways. It manages to transform command.com
into some sort of a shell and an equivalent of xterm can be created. You can
for example run a desqview/X program from a command.com in a window by typing
the command inside that window. Unlike MS Windows which say "This requires
Microsoft Windows to run(duh~)", Desqview/X will invoke the program and either
run it inside the window or full screen(if it requires full screen).

You also have facilities as ps and kill and the memory manager is not the same
as Microsoft's one. I personally felt that you have to give up one for the other
and if I had enuff apps, I would have chosen desqview/X for sure. But oh well,
...
Also, Desqview is a complete X server and you can either have programs running
on another computer have its graphics displayed on  your PC and I am pretty
sure you can do it the other way too.

I personally now have combination of Linux and X11r5 so I am not too worried about
desqview...but it is a nice system if you have enough system resources and moneyto invest in apps.

>I have no direct knowledge beyond this article.  I just got caught up
>in the superlatives.  If anyone else knows something real about it
>could they post please.
>-- 
>Stephen Ransom                        | Department of Software Development
>Telnet: ransom@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au | Monash University
>Phone: (613) 573 2181                 | Australia

Jae

From: Scott.Pitcher@f367.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Scott Pitcher)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: paradise Drivers for wind
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 01:27:00

JRS>I am very intersted in getting hold of the newest drivers for windows
JRS>3.1. I have a 512k svga paradise card and would like to be able to do
JRS>640 x 480 in 256 colours  or even better if I could do 800x 600 x
JRS>256 colours

You can dial up just about any BBS that has a Windoze file area and
find Windows drivers.

Scott.

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From: Glenn.Brady@f513.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Glenn Brady)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: IRQs
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 11:06:12

GB>        Windows prefers the modem to be used on COM 1, as do most 
GB>other programmes.

        Oops, That should have read "Windows prefers the MOUSE to be used 
on COM 1.

___ WinQwk 2.0b#446

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From: u1714473@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: X-windows S/W
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:21:43 +1100
Organization: The University of Melbourne


I am interested in X-windows software for and IBM-clone/ISA type PC.
I know that this was discussed in one of the news groups not long ago 
but I did not need to know then and I don't remember enough of the details.

Thanks
PETEr
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From: frankiel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Frankie Lam)
Subject: Re: Request for general information on PCs ...
Organization: The University of Sydney
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:10:15 GMT

In article <9231612.27776@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) writes:
>        But 386s are 32-bit chips, too! Although 386SXs have only
>16-bit data paths, they're definitely 32-bit. 

Well, can the definitely 32-bit 386SX PC control true 32-bit I/O device
as those DX PC with EISA or Micro-Channel Bus? It's true that 386SX PC
uses same 32 bit instructions as 386DX, but I don't think you can then
qualify it as a 32-bit machine.
 
>>Why OS2? Software developers are putting more efforts to Windows!
>        OS/2 is a 32-bit *Operating System*. Solid and nice.
>        Win 3.1 is a 16-bit *Operating Environment* that runs on the
>top of DOS. (And Win NT will be the 32-bit OS version of MS Windows) 
>So, it inherently possesses some of the limitations and disadvantages
>of DOS's.  

What I intent to say is you can expect to get more support, more choices
of software, and may be better deal if you go for Windows platform.
OS/2 is a good designed Operating System, but is not my preferred one.

Frankie Lam
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From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: Re: Request for general information on PCs ...
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:11:47 GMT

william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) writes...

(and we couldn't resist a reply!)

> In article <BxJ664.Bs@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews
> ) writes:
>>Somewhereorotherrecently william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) wrote...
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         Hahah! What the heckiz that huh???

Hahahhahahah! We'll spell it out for those who couldn't handle it...
some-where-or-other-recently...
got that? good!

>>False.
>>Windows NT will be a 32bit Operating system in it's own right. No DOS.
> 
>         I know.

Benson and Hedges move over! He knows. Well, now we *all* know!
(Well why did you write different?)


>>> So, it inherently possesses some of the limitations and disadvantages
>        ^^ 
>         Obviously refers to *Win 3.1*  

Ah! Mais non m'seur. It refers to WinNT !

>>> of DOSs
>>
>>Complete and utter crap. (sorry!)
> 
>         What da ya mean???

I mean thet, in my opinion, what you wrote is execrement, crap, shit, 
incorrect, correct - not, not comparitive with my opinion.

> ---:-)

*o:o)>-|-<

<grin>

>         Bill
stuarta
stuartb

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stuartb, who thinks we're all as full of shit as each other, and this'd 
         better continue in aus.flame
stuartb, who just woke up and wonders what the hell all the noise is


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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: bown@Icarus.curtin.edu.au (Bruce Bown)
Subject: HP DESKJET 500/WORKS 2.0
Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:54:22 GMT


	HELP,
	    I have a problem with the aforementioned printer, I need the 
supplemental drivers for the DeskJet 500 and Works 2.0. I want to access the 
additional fonts available with the DeskJet 500, can anyone out there help 
me with a source of the appropriate drivers.


				Thanks in advance
						Bruce Bown
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From: tpearson@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Trevor Pearson)
Subject: Re: Help needed with machine
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:26:31 GMT

Scott.Pitcher@f367.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Scott Pitcher) writes:
> DTL>I am having trouble with a new EGA display card. The computer in question
> DTL>is a Quadtel 80286 based machine (HT12 processor and 1 Meg of memory).
> DTL>It uses an 8 bit card driving two Segate ST255 hard drives and a 'CA8392'
> DTL>AT multi I/O card (IDE port disabled, FDD, 2 COMs ports, a printer port
> DTL>and a joy stick port). All works fine with the original CGA card I use.
> DTL>Now when I swap the CGA card for the EGA card (a VT 'video technology?'
> card
> DTL>I get a 'Parity error 2 0000'. This is in 'auto detect' mode. When I set it
>
Try disabling autodetect. This usually uses the NMI, as does parity
checking. Set the card permanently to EGA mode and you will be OK. 
 

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