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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar 24x problem
From: davidw@ida.dsir.govt.nz (David White)
Date: 6 Sep 92 22:56:09 GMT
Organization: DSIR/IDA Auckland, New Zealand

In <92249.000247TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu> <TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>A friend of mine just got a 486DX 50Mhx system that came with the
>24X graphics card.  He's been having problems with some games.  For example,
>when playing Falcon 3.0, during the intro and during play, the screen flickers
>to a screen of garbage.  
  [rest of description deleted]

Contact Diamond. They are very helpful. A friend had a problem with 
"mouse droppings"in WinWord when in 1024x768x16 mode. Changing to 256
colour mode solved it (though text scrolling is slower). He expects
to get a new driver and video card BIOS soon, for a permanent and
faster solution.

david
--
  david white        (engineer, Goon fan & son of my Dad)
 Internet davidw@ida.dsir.govt.nz  Fax +64 9 443-4737
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 5 Sep 1992 10:29:32 EDT
From: <REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ISA cards in an EISA bus
 <1992Sep3.190409.17253@microware.com> <1992Sep4.231928.7930@news.columbia.edu>

 (a) excuse the typing, but no terminal package seems to work with
our mainframe...

   (b) Iposted the correct & substantiated answer earlier & hate it when
people post uninformed misinformation.  Please post a retraction, you are
dead wrong!

   The presence of ISA cards in NO WAY interferes with the performance
of EISA cards...
   1) The slots are independant.
    2) Most EISA cars (typo, can't backspace) motherboards have two ISA slots.
   3) I've tried it, in addition to reading the F' Manual!
  Jeff Andle   (for more 9info, wait till tuesday - when I have a functional
   terminal & can stand to type)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does Zeos or Gateway offer Edu Discounts
From: Original Spartacus At Cuny <I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Saturday, 5 Sep 1992 12:06:57 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Supersedes: <92249.120228I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Saturday, 5 Sep 1992 11:49:09 EDT
From: Original Spartacus At Cuny <I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does Zeos or Gateway offer Edu Discounts?
References:
 <92238.213846M05BC@CUNYVM.BITNET><1992Aug27.040211.18309@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
 <92242.205702M05BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <1992Sep3.182842.3867@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>

In article <1992Sep3.182842.3867@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu
(Michael Rosen) says:
>
>M05BC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Spartacus@Cuny) writes:
>
>>    Yup, they don't :-(.  I wrote Email to Gateway@Aol.com and never
>>got a response from them.
>
>How long ago did you write them?  Aol was having problems with
>Internet mail recently.
>
>Mike

    Sorry, I should have posted a follow up on my own post.
Mrs Lloyd informed me they had problems with Internet Mail about
3-4 days later.  Gateway doesn't offer Edu discounts at all either :(
I'll hold off another couple of months and hope prices drop even more.
Unfortunately I've been spoiled with the 486-EISA machine I use at
school and I want to get my own EISA too.

P.S.  My old M05BC account has been replaced with I18BC, if anyone
      during this week Emailed me, could you forward your Email to me
      to i18bc@cunyvm.cuny.edu or i18bc@cunyvm.bitnet.  Sorry for
      the confusion.
-------
------------------------------+      All The Best,
Reply To:                     |
                              |      Edward Galarza,
     I18BC@CunyVM.Cuny.Edu    |      Brooklyn College Of The
     I18BC@CunyVM.BitNet      |      City University Of New York
------------------------------+      "Que viva el OS/2!"
New accounts above 8-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dernis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: HELP DISK CONTROLLER
Reply-To: dernis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:41:33 GMT

HI,
   I have a 286 computer, that I put together from various spare obtained
through a relative.  I would like to add a 1.44MB 3.5" drive.  How can
I tell if the current controller will support it.

It is currently supporting a Seagate ST225-1 20MB Harddrive which I assume
is MFM.  Also a 360K floppy.  I strongly suspect that it has also been used
with a 720K 3.5" floppy, because the heap of components I got had some
of these, though I couldn't get them to work(I didn't try too hard). 

Anyway the manufacture of the board is National Computer Ltd(NCL) and the
number is NDC5425-01AA.

The board is surface mount, except for one slot which is filled with a
TMM24128AP.  Other promemnt chips are a 8804(interface controller?), 8746,
80500, 82253, 8805, 82354, everything else I think is Standard TTL stuff.
There are four connectors, two for data cables, two for hard disk control,
Also a four pin connector for LEDs on box and  two jumpers that I don't
know what they do.

A. Could someone hazard a guess as to wether this will support a 3.5" HD?

B. Will I have to change jumpers or anything(right now they are open)? 
If so what would they do?

C. If I go out and buy a 3.5" drive, and I want to set it to drive A, and
change may 360K to B, will I have to reset jumpers on either of them?

Thanks in advance,

Mitch Dernis

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: westes@sti.com (Will Estes)
Subject: Request for feedback on HP D1187A 20" VGA Monitor
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 05:59:47 GMT

I have an opportunity to get the HP D1187A 20" monitor at a good price.
Has anyone used the monitor, and is it recommended for use as a
multisync going between standard VGA resolution and 1280x960 under
Windows?  I'd like to use it with a Diamond Stealth or other S3-based
card.  Supposedly the HP monitor switches between four pre-set
resolutions (not a true multisync), but this should not post a problem
should it, as long as those resolutions are VGA-standard ones (e.g.,
640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960)?
-- 
Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Reasonably priced 2400 Modem/ 9600 Fax
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:28:43 GMT

In article <BuKy5t.M2t@m2.dseg.ti.com> anderson@dseg.ti.com writes:
>Would someone give me the name and address of a source for a 2400 modem/ 9600 fax
>including fax software, that sells for under $100 with shipping.   I have a local 
>retail source that is asking $100, but want the best price. 
>

Another 95 dollars plus shipping would bring you up to 14.4 with S/R Fax.
-- 
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support@zeos.com   INET     Z E    O  O S       Technical Support Dept.
uunet!zeos!support UUCP    Z  EE   O  O  SS     530 5th Ave N.W.
800-228-5390      VOICE   Z   E    O  O    S    St. Paul, MN 55112
612-633-7337             ZZZZ EEEE  OO  SSS     FAX         612-633-4607
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:45:06 GMT

In article <1852@junkyard.UUCP> joe@junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) writes:

>The 486 SX is also available in the 168 pin PGA ceramic package like the 
>regular 486DX, and I suppose that the DX will fill the same socket without
>any problem if the PGA socket is used.
>The 487SX is available in a 169 pin PGA.

I don't think it was Intel's intention that the DX should be plugged 
into the 486SX's socket, so I think there would be some differences in 
pinout. I imagine it wouldn't cause a short circuit, but it might just
not work if you tried it. 

Now thats not to say some enterprising motherboard designer wouldn't
make a motherboard that could take a 486DX or 487DX slot, with perhaps
a dip switch change...

Come to think of it why not? That way they could cut down on tooling 
costs and make a one-motherboard-fits-all part...






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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kr@asacsg.mh.nl (Koos Remigius)
Subject: Re: INFO request: what's this hard drive?
Organization: ASAC Nederland b.v.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 09:45:20 GMT

jliukkon@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Juha-Matti Liukkonen) writes:
: Hi all!
: 
: I ran into this FULL HEIGHT hard drive monster. It's a MFM drive (two
: cables go in, one narrow & one wide), and specs say:
: 
: Miniscribe Corporation model 6053; Sep 11 1987.
: 
: If anyone could advise me on the head, sector, etc. count, I'd be most
: grateful. (Some bucks in it for me if it's a valid MFM :)
: 
: E-mail to jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi, or to leivo@cc.helsinki.fi, thanks!
: 
: -- 
:                Juha Liukkonen, aka jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi
:        University of Helsinki, Dept. of Paranormal Investigations
:            "Trust me, I know what I'm doing." - Sledge Hammer


Hi,

	The disk is a MFM, 44MB drive.

		Cylinders		:1024
		Heads			:   5
		Sectors/Track	:  17

	Cheers,

		Koos.
-- 
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Asac Nederland B.V	              uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!kr
Coenecoop 7, 2741 PG Waddinxveen,  The Netherlands
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From: cbm@stiatl.salestech.com (Chris Medders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Questions regarding tape backups
Summary: Need advice on tapes & copying from tape to floppy
Keywords: tape, backup
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:25:34 GMT
Organization: Sales Technologies, Inc.


Howdy !  I was hoping that you might be able to answer some questions I have
about unloading data from a backup tape to floppies.  My uncle owns a travel
agency and utilizes name lists for fliers, mailings, etc..  The place he
receives these lists from in Florida used to send the data via floppy disks;
they are now going to send the data via tape and I need to give him advice on
what to do next.  He informed me that the tape he will be receiving the data on
is: 1/4" cartridge, 600' length, 12,500 ftpi, 550 HCI.  I spoke with a friend 
of mine and showed him these specs - he had a SONY 1/4" cartridge tape that was
600' long and was 12,500 ftpi; however, it did not mention anything about 550
HCI.  Also, something my friend mentioned to me was that I needed to know what
type of software was used to create the tape since I would need to use the same
software to unload the data to floppies.  I sincerely appreciate any replies
I receive - answers to any of these questions or adding any other questions 
that I should be asking would be helpful.  Unfortunately, I need to let my
uncle know what to do/buy/etc.. before Friday (9/11) afternoon since he must 
UPS some tapes to this information house in Florida later that day.  Thanks !!
-Chris

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: s2525090@techst02.technion.ac.il (Eran Davidov)
Subject: Everex EV923 modem info needed
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:41:16 GMT

I have recently received (third hand) an Everex modem that came without it's
documentation. The modem has written on it "Everex EV923". If anyone can 
tell me what the five switches on the back do, as well as any other info
you might have, please send me email at
   S2525090@techst02.technion.ac.il

P.S.  I got it to connect to the computer, but it seems to be unable to
identify the dial tone on my phone, but when I forced it to dial, it did
and I could here the modem on the other side answering (though my phone)
though not on the internal speaker, and my modem didn't respond.

		Any help greatly appreciated,
					Eran

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: gateway 2000
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 18:38:54 GMT

In article <n08y7t#@rpi.edu> gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:
>I have heard a lot of bad things about Gateway 2000 here, 
>and would like the people who are pleased with them to give
>me some information about their good experiences.
>
>Also, I have been informed by G2000 that their 15" Crystal 
>Scan monitor can only do 60Hz refresh at 1024x768.  Can
>anyone confirm this?  If it's true then this monitor is 
>definitely not the Mag MX15F, because it can do 76Hz at 
>this resolution, right?
>

I don't know about the refresh rate, but it most definately NOT
the MX15F.  I have a MX15F sitting right in front of me and some
of its most appealing features include digital control and auto-
sizing, which the Crystal scan does not support.  I just ordered
a gateway dx266 system and told them to "hold the monitor" :)


>


-- 
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3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Who makes VESA local bus motherboards?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 18:21:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.131810.23736@panix.com> nina@panix.com (Nina Yuan) writes:
>In <Bu2soo.LKH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
>>    The VESA standard for local bus isn't expected till later this year.
>>    So, for now, nobady makes one. 
>
>Really?  So when Zeos and Gateway told me that their new machines have a
>VESA-compatible local bus, what are they talking about?
>

ZEOS is on the VESA committee for establishing the Standard for VESA Local
Bus. We do have a VESA Local Bus motherboard designed by ZEOS. 

Technical Information on the New ZEOS VESA Local Bus Motherboard.

- Upgradable processor of your choice. 

- Supports the 486SX-25, 486DX-33, 486DX2-50, 486DX2-66 and the P24T when it
  is released.

- Processor upgrades are done by inserting the processor into the ZIF socket,
  and changing a jumper on the motherboard.

- Flash ROM Phoenix BIOS.

- BIOS autodetects and autoconfigures serial and parallel ports/devices.

- Accepts 2, 4, 8, and 16MB 36 Bit SIMMS in 4 SIMM sockets.

- RAM configurations of 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32 and 64 MB supported.

- SIMMS speeds of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80ns.

- Two serial ports. National 87311 (16450 compatible). 

- One Bi-directional parallel port. The parallel port can be toggled
  between bi and unidirectional modes.

- Built-in IDE interface that will support two IDE hard drives.

- Optional SCSI Interface on the motherboard using a "Plug In" chip.

- Adaptec 6260 8 bit SCSI BUS data path. Command set it SCSI-II compatible.
  Adaptec 1520 equivalent. 

- SCSI Bus interface is 16 bit in PIO mode and 8 bit in DMA mode. 

- IRQ 10, 11, 12 and 15 selectable for the "Plug in" SCSI support.

- SCSI Synchronous data transfer rate of 4Mb per second.

- Seven 16 bit expansion slots.

- One 8 bit expansion slots.

- Two VESA Local Bus Slots.

- The motherboard will support full length cards.

- System speed is selectable between 8 MHz and the speed of your
  selected processor.

- FCC Class B, UL Listed, and Zeos's standard-setting warranty, guarantee
  and support policies.

-- 
Ken Germann					ZEOS International, Ltd.  
support@zeos.com   INET				Technical Support
uunet!zeos!support UUCP				530 5th Ave NW
612-633-4607 	   FAX				St. Paul, MN 55112
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From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Disconnect Phantom
Keywords: Knock it off!!
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:26:42 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep5.034957.3024@leland.Stanford.EDU> gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
>From: gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka)
>Subject: Disconnect Phantom
>Keywords: Knock it off!!
>Date: 5 Sep 92 03:49:57 GMT

>In article <1992Sep4.091759.4300@nntp.hut.fi> tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand) writes:
>>                                                           tsand@vipunen.hut.fi
>>TEX disconnects, dial again for another session.
>>D;+vC)?iH%"
>>.N.O. C.A.R.R.I.E.R.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Keep this crap out of your posts!!

>For those not dialing in on modems - it makes my modem think the session
>has ended. When I reconnect - I find that the session is still active.
>Has this caused anyone else any problems, like disconnecting without properly
>logging out and closing the session? 
>Flames, jokes, sarcasm, etc. are the expected hazards of participating
>in the newsgroups, but keep your posts off of our hardware!!!!!!
> 

Actually it's probably your comm software that is thinking you are 
disconnected.  Next time it happens try to start the program up again without
redialing.

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    "This must be Thursday.  I never could get the hang of Thursdays"
                                                       - D Adams
  - Patrick Taylor
    Ericsson Network Systems
    exuptr@exu.ericsson.se                       "Don't let the .se fool you"
    alternately, exuptr@ZGNews.Lonestar.Org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ****ARES Computers****
From: wayman@pa621a.inland.com
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:56:03 CDT
Organization: Inland Steel Company, East Chicago, IN
Nntp-Posting-User: foster

Has anyone had any experience with Ares (sp ??) computers in Michigan?
They advertise in Computer Shopper. Please E-mail replies.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning)
Subject: Funny colours on my SVGA monitor - card or moitor fault?
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:24:43 GMT

Hi,
	I sit at home typing away at the prompt, and every so often (about
every two minutes) the colour of the text changes from it's natural white to
something else (a tinge of yellow, or brown, or purple, ...).

	Thats the symptom, so where is the problem?  I have a Trident SVGA
(1 Meg) and an Intra SVGA monitor.

	This has been happening to some extent for the last 3-4 months, but it
is getting worse, and I fear that something will have to be done soon.

Any suggestions/comments will be most welcome.
Thanks
Colin.

--
Colin [colin@cs.curtin.edu.au]

"Knowledge is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where to find them."
                                                                  -anon.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
Subject: Re: Is it possible to use correctly DMA in Protected Mode ?
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:16:20 GMT

root@sean.tomsk.su (Alex Povzner) writes:

>>   In article <1992Aug26.162928.20891@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk>, adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) writes:
>>   > Well, my DMA saga continues. Several people told me after my last post that
>>   > vanilla MS-DOS does map virtual to physical as in real mode until you start
>>   > filling memory up (contrary to what I had claimed). I now have basic DMA
>>   > working on a 386, having fixed the timing problem that had been causing the
>>   > virtual DMA to fail.
>>   >

>        I have not reached full an understanding of your thought, but
>have met some words having attracted my attention. My current task is
>to make working under Protected Mode a library that erlier has been working
>with DMA under Real Mode. Is there any method to do that, taking into account
>mixing of addresses in the case of Protected Mode ? If I rightly estimates
>the situation, sometimes DMA will get requests to fill or read a memory
>region devided into pieces allocated in different places of the phisical
>memory. Is this problem generally resolvable ? Is it possible to use
>DMA in Protected Mode or not ?

Yes, it is possible to use DMA in protected mode.  The architecture would
be MAJORLY brain-damaged if you could not.  However, there are some
issues to be dealt with:

The easiest way would be to guarantee that logical addresses == physical
addresses.  Then you can just program DMA for whatever logical address
you want (taking into account the normal DMA over boundaries, etc).  No
problem.

If logical addresses are not guaranteed to be the same as physical, you
must translate the logical addresses into physical, THEN program the DMA.

If logical addresses are not the same as physical, and are NOT GUARANTEED
to be UNFRAGMENTED (ie, if logical==physical+offset but 
logical+1 <> physical+offset+1), then you need to determine when this is
occuring and program the DMA for each physical block.  A pain, but doable.




-- 
Adam G.
adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
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From: nathanf@cup.portal.com (nathan benjamin friedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Plans for interface card?
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 12:43:16 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

Hello,

     I am interested in making a simple interface to a IBM that could be 
used to conduct simple physics experiments.  Ideally it would 
allow the computer to plot time, voltage, resistance, etc.  I am 
wondering if there are any plans or kits available that would 
allow me to do this semi-cheaply.


                                  Thank you,
                                         Nathan