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From: fsaleem@admiral.uucp (Farzan Saleem)
Subject: NEC PINWRITER P7 -- HELP!
Reply-To: fsaleem@admiral.uucp (Farzan Saleem)
Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:18:01 GMT

Greetings!  I have a NEC pinwriter P7 (wide) printer. Unfortunately
the bi-directional tractor feed was misplaced. I called NEC, and
while they stock all the little parts that make up a bidirectional
tractor, they no longer sell the complete unit.
 
I would like to know if anyone knows of a thrid party company which
might manufacture this part, as I really need it. (The paper keeps
shifting all over the platen w/o it)  Otherwise if someone has this
part sitting around and they would want to sell it please email me.
 
If you any any info at all, I would appreciate it if you would
email me.
 
Thanks,
 
FS!
fsaleem@admiral.uucp
 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
Subject: Re: ATI Pro53 Drivers: *Really* buggy???
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:40:16 GMT

In article <C0I2Hr.8LJ@ns1.nodak.edu> mccann@plains.NoDak.edu (Lester I. McCann) writes:
>I just downloaded the pro53.zip file from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (in the
>../win3/uploads directory, if anyone cares), and installed it.  And
>immediately went back to the SVGA driver that I've been using since I've
>had my ATI GUP card.
>
>With this version of the driver, in 800x600, 256 or 65K colors, I get
>some strange effects.  In 65K mode, the background and all the windows
>come up in black and white, but you can see anything useful because 
>everything is in a very bizarre B&W striped pattern.  I don't know how 
>else to describe it.  In 256 mode, everything looked OK until I opened
>an application (Ami Pro 3.0), and then all the text appeared in that
>same B&W striped pattern!
>
>It doesn't seem very likely that ATI would release a driver with such
>glaring problems, so I'm willing to believe that I did something
>wrong -- but I can't imagine what.  I followed their "readme.1st"
>file to the letter.
>
>I'm using a Gateway 4DX-33V machine, and my ATI GUP has 2M of memory
>and the new RAMDAC.  If anyone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it.
>
>Lester McCann
>mccann@plains.nodak.edu


I tried the drivers on a Gateway 4DX-66V machine with an Ultra Pro with
just 1MB and the old RAMDAC.  The only problem I could find is when I
pulled up the Afterdark control panel.  A square section in the center of
the screen on the background gets all screwed up.  Other than that, I
haven't been able to generate a single problem with it.  Oh, FYI, I am
running it in 1024x768x256 mode.

Sean Harp
University of Tennessee
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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Subject: Re: What's the real difference between QIC-40 and QIC-80?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:50:54 GMT
Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL


>richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>
>>What feature is it that makes the DC2120 tape store 120M on a Jumbo
>>250 and only 60M on a Jumbo 120?  Does QIC-80 have twice as many

	Isn't the only difference between the Jumbo 250 and the
Jumbo 120 that the 250 employs on-the-fly data compression algorithms
(sorta like Stacker) to squeeze roughly twice as much data (on the average)
onto the tape as the 120?

	Aren't the on-tape capacities and recording hardware the same?
Just that software (firmware?) has squeezed the redundancy from the
data presented to the 250?

	Are OS/2 drivers yet available for the Jumbos?


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From: ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett)
Subject: mystery PC, can someone help ID these cards? PC trivia contest!
Organization: CIRES, University of Colorado
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:02:07

Hi! My father recently bought an old PC and printer for $250 and I
took it apart to see what we had. I could use some help identifying
these cards, and an info concerning the motherboard (like suggestions
on how to improve it) would be most appreciated.

This is an original IBM XT, I believe. There's a little plate on the
front that says IBM 5160. (Anyone know what that number means?). It
was surplus when Pan American went bust, so it's got old and new parts
mixed in together.

Motherboard is labeled "64-256 KB System Board" and has 4 banks of 9
memory chips (TI 4164 - 20NL). There is a coprocessor slot for an
8087, anyone know where I can get one cheap? I saw one for $89, but
that seems pretty pricy considering how out of date this chip is! 

Card 1: is labeled Color Graphics, which I guess is a giveaway as to
what it is. It has a composite video (RCA) jack and a DB-9. The card
is labeled IBM 1981 8440C NM. I assume this is a CGA card. How do I
find out how much memory it has? Or did CGAs have any memory on board?


Card 2: Is labeled Quadram Quadcard, with a copywrite notice 1984.
There's a bank of chips which I assume are memory (the chips are OKI
M3764A-15, 16 pins, in a 6 x 9 array). There's a male DB-25 connector
on the back. What can be connected to this? There's also an empty
socket on board which takes a 16 pin chip. The socket is labeled
"printer", there's also some jumpers and a bank of dip switches. Can
anyone tell me what this card is?

Card 3: Is labeled "Everex Systems Inc  EV231C PWA-00219-00" It has a
females DB-25 and a female DB-9. I have no idea what this card is
either, except that it's where the printer is plugged in. I was hoping
the db-9 was a serial port, but when I pluged a modem in there I got a
steady tone from the modem, not at all usual. So what could this card
be?

Card 4: is a floppy drive controller card, not labeled in any way I
could see. But it has a 37 pin female DB type connector. Any idea what
that could be for?

That's it, I guess. if anyone has any old documentation for any of
these cards, I'd be willing to pay for a copy. If anyone has any
suggestions for how to enhance it, I'd be grateful, and any technical
tips or notes on any of the components would be most helpful too.
Thanks in advance.

				Ed
--
	Don't blame me, I voted against Amendment 2!

Edward Hartnett				ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu

From: derekd@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Derek Dang)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:22:10 GMT
Subject: PC for sale
Organization: Desktop Network Group (SSD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Hello,

    I have the following system for sale:

	386SX 20MHZ CPU
	4MB memory
	120MB hard disk
	Super VGA card and monitor
	3.5 and 5.25 floppy disk drives
	mouse
	keyboard
	serial/parallel ports
	DOS 5.1 manual and disks
	Windows 3.1 manual and disks

    It's brand new, still in its original boxes.  I'd like $1000 for it
(shipping not included).  Please email if you're interested.

Derek.
derek@hpnst.mayfield.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:11:19 GMT

In article <41929@unix.SRI.COM> wallcave@updike.sri.com (Steve Wallcave) writes:
>I ordered a Gateways 4DX-33V on October 21 and was promised a 3-4 week
>delivery. It is now past the 11th week after I ordered the system and it 
>has not been built.

I ordered the same machine, as was promised a 2.5 week delivery, and the 
machine was on my doorstep in 3 weeks.  Since this was also in late october,
your story sounds hokey to me.

>
>I have been working with customer service to get the computer shipped. 
>(after wasting hours of time dialing, redialing and being put on hold)
>Customer service is polite but powerless to get it shipped.
>

understandably


>I ordered the system with many options, a fax/modem, soundcard, tape backup
>and a CD-rom. The main problem appears that not all of the parts are in 
>stock at the same time. At various times they have been out of the tape backup,
>motherboard, the sound card, and the CD-ROM. Since Gateway does not seem to
>set aside parts to put in a system, a system like the one I ordered can take
>a long time to get built. 
>

I got the fax modem, the 340Mb hd, and 16 Mb of ram, and it was not a problem,
I also bought the monitor seperately

>They also will not ship parts to you later. They allow you to cancel parts and
>then charge more to order them separately.
>

It is too bad that you had such a bad experience, because I have never heard
of anyone waiting 11 weeks for gateway, although I have had similar experiences
with startups such as occidental.

Mike
I really like my 486-33V, even though the ultra pro lb isn't the fastest 
thing on the market anymore.
gilem@rpi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: What's wrong with OPTi chipsets?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:33:45 GMT

In <1993Jan7.174610.18631@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rhh2h@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Ron Henderson) writes:

>Why is it that most 386 buyers specify that they do *not* want 
>motherboards with the Opti chipset? I may be in the market for a
>386/40 mb, and want to be informed.

I don't know the reason why, but a recent PC Sources test of 486DX2/66
machines had the Opti-based machines left in the dust by other mother-
boards. The Micronics Voyager-based systems were the top performers.
PC Sources, 1/93.

Paul
From: pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: tape formatting
Date: 6 Jan 93 19:02:18 GMT
Organization: not much...

I formatted a tape in my CMS Jumbo 250 for the first time last night, using
CMS-supplied software.  When the 1:00:00 appeared in the "time remaining"
field, I assumed that that meant 1 MINUTE (even though that should have been
represented as 1:00.00).  It really took an hour.

My question is: what the Hell is it doing for that hour?  My feeling is that
it could put the entire works of Shakespeare and maybe a couple of phone books
on tape in that much time.  What is there about formatting a tape that makes
it take that long? 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: thomas@bnr.ca (Thomas S. Pangborn)
Subject: AMI Enterprise III Mother boards
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:52:40 GMT
Organization: BNR

Does anyone have any information on the new VESA/EISA motherboard being put out by AMI?  Its called the Enterprise III.

Any input would be helpful.

Thanks,

Thomas S. Pangborn
==================
pangborn@bnr.ca
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From: duel@shell.portal.com (Omid M Farr)
Subject: 486/66 AIR system Questions
Organization: Portal Communications Company
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:32:22 GMT

I am considering purchasing a AIR 486/66 motherboard (256k cache, 3 VLB
slots).  For $830, it seems like a good price -- but I know next to nothing
about AIR products. 
I will also purchase the AIR SCSI-2/VLB controller to go with this ($290).

Does anyone have any experience/knowledge on these two products?

Lastly, I will need to buy 16megs of RAM for the system.  Should I stick with
70ns or pay the extra $60 for 60ns?  Will there be a difference in performance
between the two or should I save $60?

Thanks.
From: then@snakemail.hut.fi (Tomi  H Engdahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: atari joystick -> ibm gameport?
Date: 04 Jan 93 16:42:55 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: lk-hp-15.hut.fi
In-reply-to: dnwangus@flash.LakeheadU.Ca's message of 4 Jan 1993 10:56:37 GMT

In article <693@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> dnwangus@flash.LakeheadU.Ca (Dave Angus) writes:

>I'm not much good at drawing schematics in ASCII, but here's the
>schematic (more or less) from the Computer Shopper article.
>The article was written by George Toft.  Any errors or mistakes
>are mine.

Because the circuit uses relays and connects to the computer, there 
is a danger that the high voltage spikes generated by relay coil
can cause harm to the computer circuits. When the current in the
relay coul is switched off, a high voltage spike is generated in 
the coil. It would be a good idea to add a reverse-biased diode
in parallel with the relay coil to avoid those spikes. The diode 
can be any common type, for example 1N4148 or something like that.
Some special relays have internal diodes for that purpose.

Here is the schematic from Dave Angus's original article slightly
modified. I have added the diode to the picture.

pin 1  (+5 volts) ---------------------------------------
		     |        |                         |
		     |        |                         |
		     |        \                        ---  Right switch
		     |        /                        ---  [Down]
    Left switch     ---       \                 --------|
    [Up]            ---       /        Diode   _|_      |
                     |        |                / \      |
		     |        |--------        ---    (   ) Relay Coil
		     |        |       |         |       |   for left/right
		     |        \       |         --------|   [up/down]
		     |        /      ---                |
		     |        \       /    N/C relay    | 
		     |        /      ---   contact      |
		     |        |       |                 |
		     |        |       |                 |
pin 6  (Input 0) ----------------------                 |
[pin 3 (Input 1)]                                       |
							|
							|
pin 4 (ground)  ----------------------------------------


















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then@niksula.hut.fi  !  "If it jams - force it. If it breaks,
                     !   it needed replacing anyway." 

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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:42:18 GMT

palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane) writes:

>The ATI just picked up an Editor's Choice from PC Magazine. You'll probably
>not be able to do much better. VESA is new, but looks to be a good choice.

Notice that it was the Ultra that got the Editor's Choice, not the
Ultra Pro.  They felt that the Ultra Pro was not that much better
(and worse in some respects but I'd chalk that up to early versions
with bad drivers), and certainly the Pro is NOT worth the extra
cost. (the thing lists for $799!!!)

-- 
David Lemson                                                (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Subject: Re: noisy fan...
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: usa
Date:  6 Jan 93 23:15:22 GMT


	Sheez, I wish I had asked this question before I left for
	break.  My power supply (PS) fan made a racket and I was afraid to
	open up the PS, especially during the semester when I need to
	computer.

	Well over vacation the fan went out causing my HD to
	eventually fail (I wasn't around when the fan went out).  I
	replaced the fan, a simple operation, however it did not work.
	I figured a chip had gone bad, so I didn't attempt to reverse
	the leads.  At least I didn't throw the old PS away.

	If your computer is under warranty, I suggest you take it to an
	authorized dealer unless you don't mind voiding the warranty.
	If you do plan to fix it yourself, it's no big deal.  Just
	make sure you don't touch in capacitor leads.  :)


Shaun Burnett		    |	"You can't survive on a new planet with a
widow@camelot.bradley.edu   |	soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2		-  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
From: pablo@acsu.buffalo.edu (Juan P. Abonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: EISA bus speed with ISA cards onboard?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:32:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB

Could someone tell me how the bus speed of the an EISA machine is affected when
an ISA card is installed in an expansion slot.  I have heard that the bus
defaults to the speed of the slowest card on the bus.  I've seen Mhz ratings
of 8 or 8.33.  Thanks for your help.
-- 
J. Pablo Abonia
University at Buffalo				 BITNET:    pablo@sunybcs.BITNET
Roswell Park Cancer Institute			 Internet:  pablo@cs.Buffalo.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor)
Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
Organization: not much...
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:56:45 GMT

In article <41974@unix.SRI.COM>, wallcave@updike.sri.com (Steve Wallcave) writes:
|> You are correct, although Holly in customer service said it would cost more
|> to order separately, Glenn at gateway@aol.com said the following:

I repeat, I specifically asked my sales rep whether I could order, say, the
CD-ROM *after* I ordered my system, at the same price, and he said
unequivocally YES.  I probably won't order anything soon, because I've spent
enough money, but I will expect to pay the current advertised price, possibly
plus a reasonable shipping charge, for add-ons.

No offense to customer service, but I got very little useful or correct
information from them while I was waiting for my order.

In article <1993Jan6.230623.25374@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>,
j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning) writes:
|> They either get the cards at a BIG discount
|> or they do not want to sell the machines without the video card...

Both of the above are probably true.  I don't know for a fact that computer
hardware margins are as high as for, say, cameras, but it wouldn't surprise me
a bit.  And I know that NY camera stores were selling cameras for *LESS* than
I paid for them, when I managed a small camera store; yes, retailing them for
below my wholesale.  So it's pretty reasonable to assume that Gateway can get
great deals on mass purchases.

In article <1993Jan7.180543.14981@clark.dgim.doc.ca>,
tennesen@mars.dgrc.doc.ca (Andy Tenne-Sens) laments Gateway's slow shipping
and lousy customer service.

Well, we could have paid a lot more and gotten just as lousy service.  I was
complaining to a friend about Gateway, then I said "Well, if I'd wanted to get
good service I could've spent more and bought a Dell system or ..."  He
snorted loudly; turns out he's had no better success with Dell than some 
people have with Gateway.

The bottom line is that it's a great system, at a great price; the CAVEAT
EMPTOR is just that they have to cut corners somewhere to sell at the price
they sell at, and some of those places are support and things like
not keeping huge backlogs of parts inventory [although in November/December, I
can believe that no amount of backup inventory would have been enough; the
impression I got from my rep was that they could've sold every sound card they
could get their hands on, for example].  They are *not* cutting corners on the
system configurations to get the price down, unlike some other vendors, and I
consciously opted to take the risk and responsibility of doing more of my own
tech support than I might have with another vendor in return for outstanding
hardware.

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From: hh7r@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Hsiang-Hsin  Hsiung)
Subject: Performance boost or woe ? (ABOUT BUS CLOCK SPEED)
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:26:06 GMT

	I posted a article "Is there a program to test BUS CLOCK SPEED?"
yesterday and got some reponses through e-mail. For those of you who are
interested, I have not received any hint about "a program", nor have I solved
the puzzle about the "2" in CLK2I/5. There are some interest comments about 
the bus speed though. It seems that some people believe an increased bus 
speed will not improve the overall performance too much but only cause trouble.
So, I did some benchmark tests to see if there are performance improvements.

	Test machine: 486DX/50, 256k cache, 8MB RAM.
	Peripherals : 16-bit IDE controller card, Seagate 3283A HD,
		      Diamond Stealth vidoe card.
	Test speed  : 8.33Mhz, 10Mhz, 12.5Mhz.

	Test results:

	1. EGA/VGA Text Mode Tests (PC Magazine Labs Benchmark 6.0):

		 i) 10Mhz   : 35% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.
		ii) 12.5Mhz : 61% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.

	2. EGA/VGA Graphics Mode Tests (PC Magazine Labs Benchmark 6.0):

		 i) 10Mhz   : 15% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.
		ii) 12.5Mhz : 23% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.

	3. Graphics Winmark (PC Magazine Labs WinBench 3.1):

		 i) 10Mhz   : 14% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.
		ii) 12.5Mhz : 23% faster than 8.33Mhz in average.

	4. Hard disk maximum thruput (Comptest 2.57):

		 i) 10Mhz   : 16% faster than 8.33Mhz.
		ii) 12.5Mhz : 36% faster than 8.33Mhz.

	5. Hard disk data transfer rate (Norton Utilities 6.0):

		 i) 10Mhz   : 18% faster than 8.33Mhz.
		ii) 12.5Mhz : 23% faster than 8.33Mhz.

	I understand there are potential problems associated with the
improvements on system performance. But, what are these problems? Does 
anybody have experiments against the "significant" performance boost?
Thanks.
From: meredpw@wkuvx1.bitnet (Paul W. Meredith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Math co-processor - Cyrix or IIT?
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:34:48 CST
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a math
co-processor.  I am thinking about getting one for a 386 DX 40.
Which brand should I purchase - Cyrix or IIT or ULSI.
I know that I cannot afford a Wietek right now.

also I will get a CMS Jumbo 120 had anybody had any bad experiences
with these?

Thanks for your info.
 


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===========================================================================

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From: ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai)
Subject: 32-bit Disk Access in Gateway-2000 DX2-66V?
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 19:44:58 GMT

Has anyone been able to use 32-bit disk access in MS Window 3.1 together with
the VL-bus ATI UltraPro Mach 32 drivers? I tried enabled that option last night
and afterwards I cannot start Windows!! It bombed out and prints : "Can load
32-bit disk driver WDCNTL. Conflict with another virtual device." (Something
to that effect. Can't remember the exact wording now.) 

Actually, what is the 32-bit disk access in MS Windows3.1?? 
And is there a way to resolve this conflict?? Oh, I am using the ATI Version
1.0 and build 44 drivers?? (The ones that come preconfigured from Gateway 2000.)

Thanks a lot. -- John


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