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From: kraft@gac.edu (Steven Kraft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 VGA experience/installation.
Date: 13 Apr 92 04:04:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: gacvx2.1992Apr12.220435.832
Reply-To: kraft@gac.edu

In article <6689@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>  writes:
! Hi, we are trying to install a supposedly great VGA card into a 386 or 486
! in our lab.  So far, we have managed to have the card erase all of one
! machine's setup parameters and spent much time restoring them.
! 
! We don't want to mess with the other machine if this is going to happen.
! So, does anyone have any experience with the Orchid 1280 VGA card?
! Also, what monitor are you using successfully with it?
! Please don't suggest running one of the utilities that come with the card
! cause we can't run anything when the card is in the machine, as the machine
! does not boot with either the HD nor a floppy.
! Thanks,
! --
! jy, yee@seas.ucla.edu

	I have a Fahrenheit 1280/D which is the 32 bit direct bus version of  
the 1280.  Since it has a proprietary bus, I am, of course, using it in an  
Orchid Superboard 486 motherboard.  It works fine for me, but I do have an  
all-Orchid system. 
	My monitor is a 17" Samsung Syncmaster 4.  I have one minor problem:   
It only goes as high as 60 Hz vertical refresh in the 1024*768 mode, and it  
seems that it should be able to do the 70 Hz that the Fahrenheit 1280 can do.

	My advice to you is nothing terribly earth shattering, since I don't  
have experience with your problem. 

1.  I suggest you double check that your motherboard is set for a color card,  
whether through a jumper or CMOS setup.

2.  Check that _all_ jumper blocks and the refresh select switches on your 1280  
are where they should be for default settings.  Your manual gives these.  I  
believe that there is one jumper that must be set a certain way, and should  
never be changed.  (I don't have my manual in front of me right now, since I am  
presently in a lab, and away from my own machine.  I will post more details if  
asked for them.)

3.  Try moving the 1280 around on the bus in relation to your hard/floppy  
controller card.  Or substitute a different controller, perhaps a floppy-only  
controller, to see if you have a conflict with your present disk controller.

4.  Check the memory addresses of the 1280 and everything else, such as BIOS  
addresses for other cards.  (Micro$oft Diagnostics or something similar could  
help here.)

5.  (I *hate* to ask, but here goes anyway.)  I assume that you do have the ISA  
bus Fahrenheit 1280 and are not trying to shove the 1280/D direct bus version  
into an ISA slot?  The 1280/D is only for the proprietary direct bus video slot  
on compatible Orchid motherboards. 

	Hope this helps, even though it is basically common troubleshooting  
applicable to any new card that doesn't work.

Steven Kraft KRAFT@GAC.EDU
Micro/Minicomputer Consultant, Comp Sci major
Gustavus Adolphus College
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
From: dwl@watson.ibm.com (David W. Levine)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 16:56:12 GMT
Reply-To: dwl@watson.ibm.com 
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

OS/2 2.0 will support Windows 3.1, via an update in the near future. 
Yesterday, at Comdex, IBM demonstrated running Windows 3.1, seamlessly
on the OS/2 2.0 desktop. This support is not in the GA product, but it
is a clear demonstration of intent and capability.

David W. Levine      -- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
dwl@watson.ibm.com   -- (914) 784-7427 

My Opinions, IBM's hardware. --
From: bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (The Cleaner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet (500)
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:52:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: matt.s4kk5INNnc5
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

harmsen@cs.vu.nl (Harmsen H) writes:

>Can anyone tell me, is the HP Deskjet or HP Deskjet 500
>HP Laserjet III - compatible. 
>I've planned to buy an HP Deskjet but I want my printer to be
>compatible with the HP Laserjet IIId. Which type of HP Deskjet 
>(if any) is best for me to buy?

>Thanks in advance,

>Hans-Peter Harmsen	(harmsen@cs.vu.nl)
>Free University Amsterdam
  I have had good results using programs that output graphics and only 
support the Laserjet II on my Deskjet.  The Deskjet 500 is fully compatible
with the original Deskjet, so I would imagine that most programs that
output graphics in Laserjet II format will print ok on either.  HOWEVER,
as far as I know the Deskjet are not compatible with the Laserjets.  It's
just that I've had pretty good luck printing Laserjet formatted graphics.
-- 
  Bruce White(bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
  "I live like I type - Fast, and with a lot of mistakes"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Info needed on Microscience 65meg RLL drive
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:12:38 GMT

In article <92106.132247IO01127@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Joshua James Caron <IO01127@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
>I need to know how to terminate my Microscience 65meg RLL drive
>as a second drive.  Does anybody out there have this drive?  I
>don't have docs for it.  I'm not sure if you have to flick some
>dip switches or what.  Somebody please help.  Thanks.
>
>         _    ___    ___   _   _       Joshua Caron  207-581-7080
>        | |  / _ \  / _ \ | | | |      io01127@maine.maine.edu
>     _  | | | / \ | \_ \  | |_| |
>    | |_| | | \_/ | __| | | ___ |      Life is a sexually transmitted
>     \___/   \___/  \__/  |_| |_|      and terminal disease.

Don't terminate it. The termination goes on the drive at the end of the cable.

The stock jumper setting should be to the second drive select ( drive 2, of
1,2,3,4 or drive 1 of 0,1,2,3). It should be on the card edge of the drive.

Just plug it into the middle drive cable plug and plug the second 20-pin cable
into the last open 20-pin header on the drive controller - assuming you have
a drive controller looking like this:

             1     2     3     4
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
             ..    ..    ..    ..
                         ..    ..
                         ..    ..
                         ..    ..
                         ..    ..


where 1 is the second hard disk 20-pin header, 2 is the first disk header, 3 is
the 34-pin hard disk header, and 4 is the floppy header.

-steve

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From: cpp@cci632.cci.com (Carl P. Petito)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Help with 386 setup
Keywords: 386, BIOS
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:38:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Consoles Incorporated


I've just upgraded my system with a 386SX motherboard (VLSI's 82C311 SCAMP
chip) with AMI's BIOS.  The manual is a little light on jumpers and advanced
cmos setup.  I'd appreciate any information on the following:

	Jumpers:
	Pipeline mode - enabled, but what are we pipelining?

	Advanced Setup:
	Global EMS Control - no idea what this is for; I'm using EMM386.
	Turbo Video - enabled or disabled QA Plus gives the same video
		      performance results; Video ROM is shadowed.
	Non-Turbo Mode CLK2 Divider - Clk2/2 ???
	Fast Clock Divider - /2 ???
	Ext BUS Oscillator Control - Slow ???
	Slow Clock Divider - /2 ???

Also, if I do a clean boot, QA Plus says my VGA card does ~15K cps.
After installing EMM386, this number drops to ~5K cps.  Why? And is there
anything that can be done to negate the decrease?

If there is sufficient response, I'll post a summary.

Thanks for your help,

Carl Petito

rochester!cci632!op632!cpp
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Friday, 10 Apr 1992 01:21:19 EDT
From: <KYE101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SOS!!!

Ok, I recently bought an IBM PC Convertable (from 86 ). I figure, I'm at school
 and all I need is something to process my words! My question is:
          1: Can I expand beyond 640k? By how much? how? where?
          2: Do they still sell battery packs for it?
          3: Can I increase processor speed hardwarewise (currently 8088)?

Yes! I know its an antique, but that's all I need for now!!!

Send Email to : KYE101@PSUVM.PSU.EDU

"Shoot me and next time, I'll use real bullets!!!"- Cadet, Army ROTC @ PSU
From: weingartner@brandonu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: EISA and CHIP-SET Info??
Date: 5 Apr 92 21:45:18 GMT
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Hello,

	I am looking for info on motherboards with an
EISA bus.  I am looking into programming some device
drivers for an 486DX 50Mhz EISA machine.

	If anyone knows of a place to get info in the
chipsets, and the EISA bus, please email me at:

weingartner@brandonu.ca		or:
toby@apollo.brandonu.ca

Thanks much in advance.
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From: ap20@snoopy.umd.edu (Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Looking for someone familiar with AMI CMOS setup
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:33:39 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

I've got a 286 box here that has the AMI chip set. I'm having
problems getting it to recognize my Seagate ST-251 MFM drive.
I have an MFM controller in the computer, but I don't know how
to set up the CMOS to see the drive. 

Also, whenever I try to boot the computer, it always stops and
says:

C: Hard Drive Error
Keyboard Error
Press <F1> to Continue

Then I press <F1>.
And then I get dumped into a screen that lets me go to CMOS
set up or diagnostics or continue with boot.

Basically, I need to find out how to make this thing work. I
have no docs on either the hard drive or the computer. No, 
they're not stolen. I bought them used from someone who didn't
give me any manuals.

Thanks,
MikeC
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning)
Subject: 386 the same as 286????
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: 10 Apr 92 21:28:52 CDT
Originator: terryh@sun-18.cae.wisc.edu

Hi,

Just a simple question:  I have an Acros model 525; i.e. a 386/25 made by
Acer.  Anyway, when I do a Norton SI it says that the computer type is
an IBM XT/286????  It identifies the CPU as a 386.  Anyone have any
idea why it says this?

Oh, one more thing.  I've "heard" on the net that os/2 has some problems
with certain computers made by Acer, probably because of the proprietary
BIOS.  Has anyone who has an Acer (or better yet an Acros Model 525) computer
have any experience running os/2 on them?

Thanks,
Terry

terryh@cae.wisc.edu
From: jyl@burgess.Eng.Sun.COM (Jacob Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ? experiences with 486/33 with Symphony chipset
Date: 12 Apr 92 07:13:33 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: burgess

I today went to a local computer store, and they quoted me a
486/33 system with the Symphony chip set. The quote is pretty
good. I personally have no experience that chip set and would
like to hear from happy and sorry users of this chip set.

Is it compatible with OS/2? Unix? Linux? 386BSD?

Thanks for any and all, --JYL
From: Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: How much does a heat sink cost??
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:28:34 -0500

In article <1992Apr3.173337.28620@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu| Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu| writes:
|In article <8dqsxlu00YVXE6=FML@andrew.cmu.edu| km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ke-Wei Ma) writes:
||Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 2-Apr-92 How much does a
||heat sink c.. by Teresa Selling@peabody.i 
||| I have a 486-33 that runs very hot and would like to put a heat sink on
||| it.  How much should I expect to pay?  Also I'd like to get the kind that
||| clips on rather than has to be glued on.  If you know where I can find
||| such a heat sink, please email me the address/phone/cost.  Thanks.
||| --
||| Teresa Selling, IUSB, Indiana.
||    Can anybody also give some information about the Icebox, that
||thig-ga-majiggy that you attach the CPU that is really a minifan?   I
||remember a long ways back that there was discussion about cooling down
||hot 486 processors.  Other than heat-sinking and adding an Icebox, are
||there any other effective ways to cool the cpu down?  Which is more
||effective.
|
|
|I think that was called an ice CAP. They aren't mini-
|fans but are actually semiconductor heat pumps. 
|
|As for heat sinks, they're simply pieces of extruded/
|sheet aluminum and should cost under a buck. I'll check
|the local electronics mart. Radio Shak might have em 
|too.

Just saw this in Infoworld. IceCap Technologies (Hmm.. didn't 
know there was a COMPANY called IceCap. Almost like finding 
out there was an FTP Corp. 9-) ) just came out with an IceCap 
for the Weitek 4167. This lets it run synchronously with the 
486-50. List price is $149. 

This tells me two things:

1) They are chip specific. Probably plugs into the socket
   under the chip.

2) Aren't trivial price-wise.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: brent@cco.caltech.edu (Brent R. Eubanks)
Subject: QUESTIONS: EDSI harddrives; mice
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:30:30 GMT

Ok, just what does the ESDI (?) standard signify in reference to hard
drives? How does it compare with SCSI?

Separate question: I've heard of drive controller cards which take
advantage of the EISA architecture to give massive throughput rates
and higher speeds. Is there a separate name for this standard?  Is it
necessary to have a special drive, or just a special controller to get
this enhanced performance?  (ie:  If I get a EISA 486 with a SCSI
drive and standard (16-bit) controller, and I later want to upgrade to
take full advantage of the EISA architecture, do I need a new drive
and card, or just a new card?)


And now for something completely different:

I have a Logitech bus mouse -- the kind that plugs into a board made
for just that purpose.  I looked at the board, and it is very simple:
a couple of ICs and some minor wiring.  In the meantime, I need to
load 15K worth of driver to use the mouse at all, and even more if I
really want to take advantage of the mouse.
This all strikes me as being rather braindead.  Why not just put the
driver and other necessary software into the bus board as firmware?
Does there exist a mouse that has the driver software built into the
interface board?  Who makes it and is it any good?

Thanks for the help, everyone...


-- 
Brent Eubanks                "The meek shall inherit the Earth --
brent@cco.caltech.edu         The rest of us will go to the stars." -- R.H.
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From: talvola@qin.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Creative Labs info
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:39:47
Organization: /usr/users/talvola/.organization
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: qin.berkeley.edu

Can anybody e-mail me the current address/phone number of Creative Labs,
along with the phone number of their BBS?  In addition, if anybody knows
if they offer an upgrade from the original SoundBlaster to the SoundBlaster
Pro, please let me know.  The phone number from the back of the manual I have
gets no answer - "this number has been disconnected...".  Thanks.

-- erik
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From: simonls@ocf.berkeley.edu (Simon Sabato)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Soundblaster DMA problems with Elite chipset 386/40
Date: 17 Apr 92 03:36:15 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: avalanche.berkeley.edu


Recently, I paid $250 for a 386/40 with 64k cache on special.  Since
my computer is for personal use only, I usually don't pay extra for
"name-brands".  Anyway, I soon found out why it was so much cheaper.  My
Soundblaster worked as an Adlib.  I have v1.5 I believe.  Anyway, TEST_SBC
reported error code 0400.  (BTW, SB's customer service was TERRIBLE: 15 mins
on hold and I even tell the guy the code because I didn't have my manual 
and he tells me to change the I/O address. Later, I look in the manual and
it was a DMA conflict!)  I couldn't find the phone # of the manufacturer
(it is an Avante/3 or something) so I called the chipset manufacturer, Elite.
The guy said "Oh, yeah, I know this problem.  The DMA lines have a 1k pull
up resistor.  Change them to 10k."  Now, I'm pretty swift with a soldering
iron, but I don't want to attack this surface mounted board unless I have to.
Has anyone else had this problem?  Can I modify the Sound Blaster instead?
Lastly (but more technical), since the SB has a 1k pull-down resistor for
the DMA line, can I just remove the 1k pull-up on the board (which would be
easier) or will this not work.  It should, except the guy at Elite mentioned
that the SB had problems because it used the DMA for timing(?) and the rise
and fall times with the 1k were different than with the 10k resistor.
Can anyone who has had the same problem please fill me in on the best 
solution?
-Simon Sabato  (simonls@ocf.berkeley.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: replacing 386SX by 386SL
From: shachar@ramon.bgu.ac.il (Shachar Fleishman)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 11:57:04 GMT
Organization: Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Hello

From comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest

>Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1992 11:27:05 EST
>From: Erik Stiegler <T01ERIK%ETSU.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
>Subject: 386xxx Chips
>
>The 386SL is a low power version of the 386SX and some support chips
>intended for use in laptops. Except for the power consumption, it's
>pretty much identical to the 386sx.
>
>The 386SLC is a version of the 386SX but it's made by IBM, and found
>only in IBM PS/2 machines. It has 8K of cache memory internally, and is
>a >LOT< faster than a 386SX or 386DX (except a 33 or 40Mhz 386DX.) It's
>about as fast as a 486SX.

 Can I replace my 386sx chip with the 386lc and get a faster machine???
From: ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu (Todd J. Ignasiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Boca Super XVGA Board
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:57:25 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing

I recently bought a BOCA Super XVGA board ( like the old one but with
a Sierra RAMDAC ).  Everything I read said it had the TSENG ET4000
chipset,  but when I got it, it had the NCR chipset.  Does anyone
know anything about the NCR chipset??  Like how fast it is, or
if there's any software that supports it??  The tech support people
claimed it was faster than the ET4000 chipset, but I ran vidspeed ( a 
public domain video benchmark program)  and it reported slower speeds than
what an ET4000 gets.  The guy at tech support said that it was probably
just for BIOS calls the ET4000 was faster,  is he just BS'ing me or what??


Does anyone have any newer driver software for this card?  It looks like
the stuff they sent with it is for the standard SVGA card,  I need to set
the 640x480x32k to run in a different mode, my monitor doesn't do
72 Hz, but the software with it won't adjust the 32k modes.

I have only found one piece of software that has an NCR driver  (outside
of windows stuff).. and that was vuimg,  is there ANYTHING else that supports
NCR??   

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it though.. If I can get it to run windows
in 32,000 colors it would be really great. not to bad for $130.00 though.

Todd Ignasiak

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From: James_Hung@mindlink.bc.ca (James Hung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: MicroSolutions BackPack Tape Drive
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:07:37 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Does anyone have any comments on using the BackPack Tape Drives from
MicroSolutions?  They advertise it as easy to install ("just plug it into a
parallel port") and would save an internal slot.

I would appreciate any comments on the performance of this line of drives.

Thanks in advance.

James Hung
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Intel 486 van de graaf generators in TV ads..
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:15:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: bronze.1992Apr9.161557.27185
Organization: Indiana University

Wonder if they give the 486 some extra oomph. Funny thing is 
no 486 I've ever opened up has the things...Maybe its a new
memory erasure feature..

Wonder how anyone can get their boxes to FCC Class B with the
towers sparking like that....

(Also note the EPROMs with the covers off... I guess one 
shouldn't open the case in direct sunlight..)


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From: steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steve Howell)
Subject: Video 7 -> i486 upgrade ROM... Help!
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 11:08:57 GMT

For many years I have been using a Video 7 VRAM VGA card on a 286 and it's
performed like a champion. I have just recently upgraded to a UMC 486/33
and have discovered that the Video 7 card is slightly incompatible - it
boots up and remains in monochrome (apparently it was designed before the 
486 was released). Video 7 have released an upgrade ROM in the states to fix 
the problem. I'm currently running the 1988 ROMs (435-0022-09 and 435-0023-09),
but am very eager to get hold of the new ROMs so that I can continue to use 
my Video 7 in the new machine. I assume the upgrade ROMs are free. Could 
someone with access to the ROMs copy them and e-mail them to me? Failing that, 
can someone tell me who is the authorised Video 7 retailer in Australia.

Many thanks,
Steven Howell,
University of Tasmania,
Australia.

E-mail: steveh@tasman.utas.edu.au