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From: gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Are the Baud Rate and BPS same?
Date: 14 Sep 92 20:30:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

>Baud rate and Bits per second are essentially the same thing.

No, they are not.  A "BAUD" is a signal change per second and a "bit"
is a piece of information whose transfer is measured in BPS (bits per
second).  A 2400 BPS modem (what many people think of as baud) IS
actually running at 2400 BAUD (signal changes per second).  This means
that at each "signal change" (from + to -, or vice versa), one bit is
transferred.  A 9600 BPS modem (such as v.32 modems) are still actually
running at 2400 BAUD, but are using the "signal changes" more
"effectively" by transferring 4 bits on each signal change.  My
understanding is that varying steps are used to denote the individual
bits between each signal change from low to high (or high to low).
This difference is what yields the speed increase from 2400 BPS to 9600
BPS (and above).  My understanding also is that at 1200 BPS (and
lower?), BAUD and BPS are actually the same thing (1 bit per signal
change).  Inproving technology allowed one to increase the number of
signal changes per second, and then the number of bits per signal
change.  Until 9600 were around, the two terms were interchangeable,
and this is what originally caused the confusion.

I'm sorry if this is very confusing -- at the time that I was taught
about this, I had to think long and hard about it too.  Please correct
any discrepancies..
-- 
Rob Coleman ][ gt0449a@prism.gatech.edu        ][  "I think I'm going bald!"
Comp. Sci.  ][ Georgia Institute of Technology ][        -Rush/COS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian J Ross)
Subject: Flight simulators
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Brock University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:23:13 GMT



Can anyone recommend a half-decent WWII flight simulation for the PC?
I've seen two in stores, "Secret weapons of the Luftwaffe" and
"Aces over the Pacific" -- recommendations? I'm interested in one
with a measure of realism, and not just a shoot-em-up game.
Something equivalent to the Mac's Hellcats would be great.
One compiled to 386/486 chips would be ideal.

By the way, why isn't there a comp.sys.ibm.pc.games newsgroup,
similar to the one for Macs?  Not all of us are word processing fanatics.

-- 
Brian Ross                         "At the end of the day, all money gets you
bross@sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca     is a better place to watch television."
                                    -- Dana Carvey
From: f67700241@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Flight simulators
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:32:01 GMT
Distribution: na,local
Organization: University of Arizona
Nntp-Posting-User: f67700241

In article <1992Sep14.202313.8118@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>, bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian J Ross) writes:
> By the way, why isn't there a comp.sys.ibm.pc.games newsgroup,
> similar to the one for Macs?  Not all of us are word processing fanatics.

According to my news feed, the newsgroup does exist, and gets 100+ messages a
day.  Maybe your sysadmin hasn't set it up yet?
-- 
Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin      Interviewer: "Sir, how do you spell relief?"
f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu               Dan: "R-O-L-A-I-D-S-E."

"[George Bush is] the most ruthless white man in the history of the planet."
	-- Richard Ben Cramer, author of _What It Takes_
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: nina@panix.com (Nina Yuan)
Subject: Good PC diagnostics software
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:14:29 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

Can anyone recommend a good, comprehensive PC (DOS, Windows or OS/2)
diagnostics package that does things like test memory, display IRQ's used,
and so on.  I'd like to get one to make sure my new computer works as
advertised, and for future reference.

Any comments, suggestions or pointers greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

-nhy

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nina H. Yuan
Harvard College             Panix -- Public Access Unix & Internet of NYC
yuan1@husc.harvard.edu      nina@panix.com
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:12371 misc.forsale.computers:32477
From: duanem@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Duane W Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Help:  I need Everex Maxi Magic EMS EV-165A Switch Descriptions
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:24:03 GMT
Followup-To: poster

I have a Everex Maxi Magic EMS EV-165A, which adds up to 2MB of expanded
memory to a PC.  Trouble is the documentation is hiding.

Could someone email me the description of the DIP switches?

Thanks a million!  (There are about that many combinations of the switches.)

-- Duane
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dave@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Dave Weintraub)
Subject: CodePage File Format and Creation
Reply-To: dave@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Dave Weintraub)
Organization: APL/JHU 
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 20:00:11 GMT

I am trying to determine how to create CodePage files for
common IBM-type displays (EGA,VGA).

Is the format documented somewhere (RTFM is fine, but *which* M?)?

Is there a utility to convert .bdf files to codepage files?

Thanks in advance

---- 
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From: raisink@nucleus.cuc.ab.ca (Raymond Emsley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Award Bios
Date: 7 Sep 92 22:52:28 MST
Organization: The Nucleus 16 Lines 403-531-9353 -CNet Amiga-

In article <1992Sep7.115648.29243@latcs1.lat.oz.au>, hill@latcs2.lat.oz.au
(Craig Hill) writes:
>I've just bought a new IDE hard drive but I am having a few troubles getting
>my system to recognise it.  From what I can tell, I should just plug it in,
>tell bios what it is and then format it - bingo, one new HDD.  The problem is
>I don't know how to tell BIOS what it is.  It is a type 47 drive which means
>I set the parameters myself but this is the problem, I can't work out how to
>change these options.  I can change it to type 47 but I cannot set the no. of
>tracks etc.  At boot up the BIOS says : 
>    386sx/82335 Modular BIOS Version 3.04(P24) #408D9.5 
>If you know anything about this Award BIOS and how to change this or even how
>to contact Award Software Inc. I would be eternally grateful.
>
>ps. If you know how to set a different Award BIOS it may be the same so any 
>information is gratefully accepted.
>-- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>| Stop it, or you will go blind   |   Craig Hill                       |
>|     ( Reading that is! )        |         hill@latcs1.lat.oz.au      |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi there !
 
This is going to be an off the topic answer for what your problem is..
I havd the same problem with an old system I had, I was trying to put in a new
MFM hard drive. and I did not know the HD's codes or anything.. So this is what
I did I got ahold of a disk called "Disk Manager" produced by Ontrack computer
systems Inc. 
Now what it does is formates your HD for you, and set your bios up
automatically for you to. (yes I had an award bios) So all I had to do was run
the program and it set it up for me, now that is for the Seagate Hard drive, I
am not sure if it will work on the IDE drives or not. But it might be worth
checking it out or finding something that runs the same...
 
I hope this helps you!!
 
Later Eh.
Raisin
From Calgary, Alberta, Canada Eh!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ferg@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Ferguson)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 19:43:21 GMT
Organization: WINCO
Subject: WANTED!! Mapping, Modeling, and Simulation Software for IBM
Summary: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: usa
Organization: WINCO
Keywords: simulation


Does anyone have any information on a Mapping, Modeling, and Simultion
software package for the IBM that is comparable to "ithink V2.0" for the
Mac.  Please email any information to ferg@pmafire.inel.gov

thank in advance!! 


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: yedinak@rtsg.mot.com (Mark A. Yedinak)
Subject: Re: Q: Are the Baud Rate and BPS same?
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:54:37 GMT

fenner@engcon.marshall.ltv.com (JWFENNER) writes:

:Baud rate and Bits per second are essentially the same thing.
:For example, if you have a 2400 baud modem, you can transfer
:2400 bits per second.  Bytes per second is another story, however.
:Data sent over the modems is broken down as follows:


The above is really true.  The baud rate describes the line characteristics.
It represents the number of oscillations per second of the signal.  Bits per
second is exactly that,  the number of bits per second which are transmitted.
It is true that most low baud modems,  the bps is the same as the baud rate.
However there are many techinques which can be used to send multiple bits per
each oscillation of the line.  Therefore,  the bps is not equal to the baud
rate.

It is always best to use the two terms independently.  The baud rate simply
describes the the line characteristics while the bits per second describe the
transfer rate of the data.  What is being described by the two terms is not the
same thing and should not be confused with each other.

:+-----------+-----------+-------------+
:| START BIT | DATA BITS | STOP BIT(S) |
:+-----------+-----------+-------------+

:where START BIT is 1 bit, DATA BITS is generally 8 bits (without parity),
:and STOP BITS is usually 1 bit.  These numbers can vary, but this is the
:most common format used today.

:What this means is that for each BYTE of data you send, you actually send
:10 bits, not just 8.  So your effective BYTES PER SECOND would be 240 for
:a 2400 baud modem.

This is basically correct.

:Most of the newer modems also use compression techniques to help improve
:the EFFECTIVE baud rate.

Again, the baud rate only defines the characteristics of the line,  not the
transfer rate of data on the line.  There is no such thing as an effective baud
rate,  only an effective data rate.

-- 
Mark A. Yedinak - yedinak@rtsg.mot.com 		*  "Don't take life too
Motorola - Wireless Enterprise Systems		*   seriously, you will
3205 Wilke Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004	*   never get out of it
708-632-2874  (I said it, not the big M)	*         ALIVE!"
From: eric@tvnews.tv.tek.com (Eric F. Dorondo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Effects of power-cycl
Date: 9 Sep 92 04:59:01 GMT
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton, OR

In article <Bu896w.I09@ichaos.nullnet.fi> jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho) writes:
>In article <1992Sep06.161317.27531@rose.com> bohdan.kiszczuk@rose.com (bohdan kiszczuk) writes:
>>
>>If you use a color monitor, screen blankers do not extend the life of 
>>the CRT. On mono monitors their is something called screen burn that 
>>does not happen on color monitors.
>
>I'd like to correct you on this. Screen burn happens on color monitors, too.
>The process is just very much slower than in mono monitors, so you may not
>have seen it yet. Also, people w color monitors tend to run much bigger variety
>of sw than ppl w mono monitors. Thus there's no single picture to burn itself
>to the crt, and the crt wears off more evenly.
>
>..Wolf


I work in an area where VGA monitors are on 24 hrs a day 365 days a year with
the exact same screen, these are test sites for the instrument we manufacture
in the QC area.  For the record, these are NEC multisync color monitors and
the screens are definitely burned in, I hate to see abuse of such a cool and
beautiful monitor but thats the way it goes, so yes, they do suffer phosfor
burn.

-eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: hunter@quake.sylmar.ca.us (James Collins)
Subject: 486 DX
Organization: Quake Public Access, Sylmar CA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:33:34 GMT

One question real quick, is the 486 DX the one with the burned out math 
coprocessor?


James Collins
hunter@quake.sylmar.ca.us
james.collins%bbs@quake.sylmar.ca.us
From: Steven_P._Oliver@bearsden.UUCP (Steven P. Oliver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: New Stacker
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:34:31 GMT
Organization: The Bear's Den BBS   (715) 839-7997

Okay, so I post again on this subject.  Yes, Stacker IS reversible. I used
to Hate the thought of Stacker, but I came around when I saw it DOES work
well. And you can tell how much space is on your hard drive by doing a dir
or by using FS by Norton. 

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Upgrade 286 or Junk it.......
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 15:20:08 GMT

In <BuE01u.2q1@acsu.buffalo.edu>, Ron Hamilton writes:

>I am pretty sure this question has been beat to death already but as a student
>I want to make the best decision....

>I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time).  I was
>wondering if I should upgrade it (if at all possible) or junk it completely?

>I am running VGA with 40 meg and two floppies (3.5 and 5.25) and they suit me
>fine but new softwares such as Windows doesn't like it...

>Any help??

For starters, you can get a new motherboard.  I don't know how much money you
have to play with, but for running Windows on a fairly low budget, you could
perhaps get a 386-40 motherboard with 4 MB on board for under $350.  The other
peripherals you have would work fine with Windows, though I would recommend
eventually getting a larger hard drive.  Windows and a word processor could
consume over half of your existing drive--and so would games like Ultima 7.

Tim Irvin   j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ccs@u.cc.utah.edu (Charles Storer)
Subject: Re: Bernouli Boxes
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 22:39:43 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.131750.12647@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> brpleshek@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
>Has anyone any info, expierences, ... on Bernouli Boxes.
>
>Brian Pleshek   "Phantom"
>Brpleshek@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu

Information from the manufacturer is available by sending email to
info@iomega.com. If the text of the message says "send index"
you will get a list of information topics. As for experiences,
you probably want to hear about that from someone else anyway.

-- 
Charles Storer           ccs@iomega.com          Iomega Corporation
Voice: 801-778-3452      CompuServe User ID:     70744,46
Disclaimer: Views expressed here are not necessarily those of Iomega
From: n65j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Do non-Microsoft companies (legally) produce DOS5, Win3.1?
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:57:16 EDT
Distribution: usa,comp
Organization: Cornell University

In article <1992Sep11.080627.4288@cco.caltech.edu>,
echuang@cco.caltech.edu (Ernest Y. Chuang) writes: 
> I just bought a new computer which came with MS-DOS 5.0 and Win 3.1,
> but they weren't just preloaded on the hard drive -- they were in
> shrink-wrapped boxes complete with manual and floppies.  What confuses
> me is that they don't appear to be the genuine Microsoft products.
> (I already have the MSDOS 5.0 and Win 3.1 that I bought for my previous
> computer.)
> 
> Although both boxes say "Microsoft" MSDOS and Windows, there are also
> other names on the boxes -- "MTD" on the DOS5 box, and "Electron" on
> the Win3.1 box.  The names are prominently displayed and the box
> designs are distinctly different from my "real" Microsoft boxes, so
> it doesn't seem like they're trying to disguise their origin, but I
> wouldn't have thought that Microsoft would license anyone else to
> produce their software.
> 
> I haven't opened the shrink-wrap, since I was wondering if I could
> sell these, so I don't know if the manual or registration card would
> tell me anything more about them.  Anyone know if these are legit?
> 
> - Ernest Chuang
>   echuang@cco.caltech.edu
> 

These are very probably "OEM" (Original Equipment Manufacturer) versions,
licensed by the hardware company from Microsoft.  Until DOS 5.0 this was the
normal way to get a DOS -- i.e. from the hardware manufacturer and not from
Microsoft.  Most of the bigger companies still do this, including reprinting
the Microsoft manuals.

In some cases DOS may be customized by the hardware company to work better
with their hardware, so if you sell these to someone who does not have the
same hardware as you they may have some difficulty using them.  And unless
you use them yourself you may miss something helpful or necessary with
your hardware.

Regarding reselling, you should read the licenses which should be visible
without opening any packages.  A Microsoft license I just checked does allow
transferring the software to someone else with minimal restrictions that
you'd automatically meet with shrinkwrapped packages.

-- regards, S Pacenka, Cornell Univ.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wang_dj@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (David J Wang)
Subject: FTP sites
Followup-To: wang_dj@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:24:02 GMT

Could somebody please send me a list of archive sites for pc's?
Thanks

DJW

wang_dj@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rkaplan@netcom.com (Richard Kaplan)
Subject: Help!  "Your computer is stoned" Virus
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 18:00:05 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

A good friend phoned me today frantically stating that
her IBM PC XT clone suffered a "hard disk boot failure"
and then when she attempted to boot from a 
floppy the system came up with the cryptic message,
"Your computer is stoned."  I presume her difficulties
are, at least in part, due to a virus.  Am I
correct?

Is this a known virus and is there any way to recover
her data?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.  Please e-mail 
to me.  I will summarize any successful solution(s)
for the net.

Thanks.
-- 
Richard Kaplan M.D.           Medical Software Exchange BBS
806 2nd St. SW # 104          (507) 281-1989 14,400 HST
Rochester, MN  55902          (507) 281-1689 Voice
PP-ASEL-IA     N4VRB          rkaplan@mayo.edu|netcom.netcom.com
From: gjocc@brt.deakin.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: INDUSTRY LEADERS JOINTLY BASH CLONERS
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:43:16 GMT
Organization: C&CS, Deakin University

In article <92253.164109K390670@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, K390670@ALIJKU11.BITNET writes:
> In a move that is expected to reduce the 500+ clone makers to about 50+,
> leading PC manufacters like IBM, DEC, Compaq etc. have jointly
> developed a 486-50 machine that will sell for *less* than $1000.
> 
> The machine, called TIGER 2, features:
>    486-50
>    4 MBytes RAM
>    AT-BUS IDE hard disk
>    a.m.m.
> 
> If anyone knows more, please do post it in this newsgroup.
> (I have been told the little I know about TIGER 2 by a DEC employee.)
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregor 'Greg' Glawitsch   K390670@ALIJKU11.EDVZ.UNI-LINZ.AC.AT
> 
> Everybody should belive in something - I believe I should have another beer.

I have a DEC sales brochure on the DECpc LP (aka TIGER 2)

The system has the CPU on a daughter board, available CPUs are

386DX 40
486DX 25,33
486DX2 50,66

128K cache (256K option)

overdrive socket on 486 boards.

The mother board has

 3 8/16 bit ISA slots
 4 memory slots for 4MB or 16MB SIMMs 70ns (4MB RAM standard, 64MB RAM max)
 On board (local bus) SVGA 512K (1MB option) VRAM  S3 graphics co-processor 
 On board FDC/IDE floppy/hard drive controller
 2 serial ports
 1 parallel port
 1 mouse port


 2 front accessible storage bays
 2 internal storage bays

 low profile case 90mm * 409mm * 394mm
                  3.5" * 16.1" * 15.5"

 Novell NETware, Digital PATHWORKS certified


I don't know what the U.S pricing will be but I don't think they will be 
 < $1000 for the 486DX2 50 

Greg O'Sullivan
(gjocc@brt.deakin.edu.au)
From: gest_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Gavin Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Any own a V-COM 486 ISA PLUS?
Date: 13 Sep 92 02:24:27 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

I am thinking about purchasing a V-COM 486 ISA PLUS as advertised in
PC-Sources page 189 of the Sept 92 issue.  It claims:

	486 Processor
	486 ISA upgradeable main board
	4MB ram
	1.2 MB / 1.44 MB drives.
	210 MB Hard disk
	V-COM ProSpectra 24 bit SVGA Card.
		Resolution up to 1280x1024 & up to 16.7 M colors.
	V-COM 14" SVGA low rad monitor
	2 serial / 1 parallel / 1 game
	101 key enhanced keyboard
	High res 3 button mouse
	dos 5.0 / win 3.1

The SX/25 is $1487
The dx/33 is $1687
The dx2/50 is $1887


A friend of mine bought a 386 system from them a while back and is generally
pleased with the computer and the service.  If anyone has any comments, good
or bad about this 486 system, please mail me.  If there is interest I will
post a summary.  (I am particulary interested in the 24 bit card)

-Gavin

-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
Gavin Stark          gest_ss@troi.cc.rochester.edu      University of Rochester
"But alienation's for the rich and I'm a-feelin' poorer every day." - TMBG
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: cyril@odie.cs.mun.ca (Cyril Mullins)
Subject: BIOS setup for IBM AT
Summary: need bios setup software for IBM AT circa 1985
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:17:26 GMT

I Have a True Blue IBM AT 6 mhz 286 with 512 RAM (1985 vintage).  I would like
to plug in an Aboveboard to bring my memory up to a reasonable level (1MB) but
I am running into a problem.  The system boots fine, finds the memory on the
Power On Self Test but the gives me an error, resets the memory to 512K and
tells me to run setup.  I don't have setup (this was a freebie system).  I
phoned IBM and all the local dealers and nobody got nuthin'.  IBM tech support
told me that no such animal existed but they did not sound too confident.  

To make a long story short, has anyone got it, heard of it or can give me a
definitive answer on it's existance. Thanks.


cyril@odie.cs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: carlr@netcom.com (Carl Robinson)
Subject: Re: 486 DX
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 01:43:17 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

No.  That's the 486SX.

-- 
Carl Robinson                   carlr@netcom.com
Voice:  (510) 685-4983          Fax:  (510) 825-5290

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc