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From: abuhr@owlnet.rice.edu (Aaron M. Buhr)
Subject: 486SX-33s?
Keywords: RAM,help,advice,need
Organization: Rice University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:55:52 GMT

    Do 486SX-33s exist?  Now that Intel has jacked up the prices on the
DXs I've decided to hold out on upgrading my 386-25, but what I'd like
to do is get a 486SX-33 now and upgrade to the 486DX2-33/66 in 6-12
months.  Does this sound plausible?  Anyone have any experience with
the Cyrix 486DLC-33 (32-bit external bus) parts?  Are they even available?
Thanks in advance.

Aaron Buhr
abuhr@owlnet.rice.edu
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Best 15" monitor ?????
Date: 25 Sep 92 16:34:41 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson in North America.
              The opinions expressed are strictly those of the user and
              not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <1992Sep16.224221.2638@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:

>IMHO, I like the MAG MX15 flat-screen digital monitor.  It's worked great on
>my system so far and I haven't heard anyone badmouth it or MAG Innovisions yet
>(wonder of wonders).  Spec wise, it's on a par with the NEC 4FG but does not
>have NEC's AccuColor gizmo (nor the glary screen or NEC's higher price).
>---

Just the other side of the fence - I got an NEC 4FG for about $700, and I 
think it's worth the xtra bucks.  Colors are excellent, lines are straight, 
and it looks the same after 10 hours "on time" as it does when you first
turn it on.

The screen is polished, so it will be prone to glare, but I also threw in
for the monitor lens, which can be had from $65 to $99.  Price is kinda
high, but it has real optical coating and static discharge capabilities.
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From: tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What is the best VGA card?
Date: 30 Sep 1992 02:00:31 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Keywords: VGA

colin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning) writes:

>Hi,
>	I'm about to purchase a new VGA card, and I want to get the best that
>I can afford (about $A250).

>	Would some people be kind enough to let me know what the best VGA card
>is, and also the best value VGA.  Just because I've got $250 to spend doesn't
>mean I have to (or want to).

>Thanks,
>Colin.

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

>"Knowledge is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where to find them."
>                                                                  -anon.

I have a Trident 8900C with 512K and I reckon this is awesome :)
I'm not sure of the cost because it came with my computer but I would 
expect it's probably about $150. It's supported by everything I'm using
at the moment including all the fancy 386/486 JPEG viewers and can do up
to 800x600x256 colors, or 1026x768x16 colors. The card is pretty
quick-on all the benchmark programs I've seen the video speed is the
highest (although I'm not sure if the BIOS effects this much). Another
good card is the Tseng card which is also widely supported. I don't
really know much about video cards in general but I'm very pleased with
mine.

Tim Villa
email: tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (internet)
       villa_t@kultarr.cs.uwa.edu.au
From: patw@cserver.plexus.com (Pat Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Floppy Drive Problem with KLH 195
Date: 1 Oct 92 17:26:43 GMT
Organization: Plexus Corp. -- Neenah Wisconsin


I was asked to look at a computer with a floppy disk drive problem
and I was unable to correct it.  The system is:

	KLH 195 386SX ??MHz
	40 MB Hard Disk
	High Density 5 1/4 inch disk drive
	High Density 3 1/2 inch disk drive
	Floppy Drive Controller on motherboard
	Hard Disk controller "appears" to be part of a bus expander card
	MS-DOS 4.1 and MS-Windows

The problem history is:

	- both floppy drives A and B stopped working correctly at
	  the same time.
	- The error at an MS-DOS level is "Data Error Reading Drive A/B"
	- Using a program called DOSSHELL to access the floppy drives,
	  I got an "Bad CRC Error".  This seems to indicate that data
	  read from the disk drive is detected to be corrupt through a
	  checksum mechanism.
	
What I tried:

	- checked the CMOS setup parameters, which correctly showed that
	  the system had the 2 floppy drives.
	- I opened the computer to search for a possible cabling problem.
	  The signal cable and power cables appeared to be in place, and
	  I know that the system was not opened between the time that it
	  was working and stopped working.  The signal cable is common between
	  the two drives and I was not able to see whether it was fully
	  connected to the lower drive because it was blocked.
	- When accessing drives, motor worked and LED came on and I thought
	  the heads engaged as well. 

If anyone has seen this type of problem before, please let me know what
the solution is.  Or if anyone has any suggestions, let me know by 
personal mail.  Thank you.
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From: g89s9112@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dirk Sturzebecher)
Subject: ADLIB compatible, HELP
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Distribution: global
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:11:47 GMT

Hi,
can some kind soule out there tell me, or direct me to where I can find
the definition of "being ADLIB compatible" ?

Thanks, Dirk

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From: wfp@world.std.com (William F Phillips)
Subject: Serial Mouse RFI problem
Organization: CodeWright Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:44:01 GMT


I have an old Mitsubishi ("MITSI") RS-232 mouse which causes interference
on some of the weaker FM stations I like to listen to (wipes them clean
out, in fact, and the receiver's at least 10 ft.  away).  I also have a
more recent Truedox trackball, which cost a good deal less, but seems to
have more sophisticated circuitry.  I am not happy with the ergonomics of
the trackball, however, and until I can afford one of those neat
hand-shaped ones, I'd prefer to go back to the mouse.  But then I can't
listen to the radio.

I thought of (1) installing small capacitor(s) somewhere in the mouse
or (2) getting a $10-15 cheapo mouse for the time being.

What experiences have people had with RFI from super cheap mouses?

Would capacitor(s) help, what values, and where to install?  I can
open the rodent up and supply some sort of circuit diagram if this
seems to be feasible.

Any other suggestions would also be welcome.

Thanks.
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From: rob@gbrmpa.gov.au (Rob McGill)
Subject: Re: Monochrome VGA?
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:49:49 GMT

sdoran@chester.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:




>  I need to get a VGA monitor and card, and since money is kind of tight
>right now, I'm considering buying a VGA card and a monochrome VGA monitor
>until I have enough money to get a real nice one.  I saw that someplace had
>a NEC myltisync mono super vga for around $100.  How does the mono vga work?
>Will I actually get 256 shades of grey from a choice of 256k?  Or will I end 
>up with a picture that is dithered to simulate the different shades of grey?
>Has anyone seen one or used one?  If so, what were your impressions?  
>How did the shades of grey look?  Was it bearable?  


I used a Thomson (Thompson?) Mono VGA for about a year with a variety of DOS
and Windows applications on a 33 MHz 386. No problems: even in Windows the
applications the multiple shades of grey made the interface quite workable.
It's not as good as 256 colours on a super VGA, but hey, for a hundred bucks 
or a bit less, it works!
By the way, I don't know about the multisync, but parts for the Thompson here
are now non-existent. With the falling prices of colour VGAs, it might be worth
checking if the multisync can be repaired if the inevitable happens (NEC is a 
bigger Co. than Thompson though, so it shouldn't be a problem :) )

rob@gbrmpa.gov.au


> 
>Thanks in advance.

>Steven Marcotte

>sdoran@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
From: deanc@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Cashen)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:42:52 GMT
Subject: Re: RAM memory is actualy a DRAM, isn't it ?
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware / viznyuk@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu asks:
>  I have a question to PC community:
>
>  As far as I understood, the RAM memory on the
>486 computers is actually DRAM, contrary to
>SRAM cache memory. What I don't understand then
>is why to upgrade the RAM from 8Mb to 16Mb cost
>at least 150 bucks. DRAM is supposed to be much
>cheaper.

Are you sure it's *only* $150 to add 8MB or RAM (DRAM)?  That's one
heck of a bargain (I assume you're getting this upgrade as a package
price).  That's less than $20/MB.  Zounds!  Current DRAM prices for
70-80ns DRAM were about $50, the last time I looked.  How much did
you think memory goes for per MB?

Dean Cashen
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From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ching Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Chipsets: OPTI or SIS ? Which would you prefer ?
Date: 4 Oct 92 07:10:13 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

bolek@viewlogic.com (Boleslaw Ciesielski) writes:
>Hi,

>I am buying a computer for my father and the dealer has a choice of
>motherboards with either OPTI or SIS chipsets. Does anybody have
>good or bad experience with either of them ? If so, I would like to
>hear! This is for ISA 486 DX-50.

>Thanks!

>     Bolek
>bolek@viewlogic.com

I'd recommand OPTi over SIS simply because I've used OPTi and it works
very well.  (I have NEVER used SIS, so I can't comment.)  However,
my OPTi mother board bench marked slower than the FOREX and C&T; i.e.
you may want to know if the OPTi is faster/more compatible than the SIS
or if it's the other way around.
From: blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 24X still will not do 800*600 32K at 72Hz
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:48:29 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <BvHvsE.5u@encore.com>, mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
|> bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:
				o
				o
				o
|>        This is a bit of a sham really.  They advertise that this does 16M colors
|> and has a refresh rate of 72Hz.  They don't say you can't get 16M colors AND
|> 72Hz or 32K AND 72Hz at the same time.

For better or for worse, this sort of advertising seems to be the
industry standard these days -- at least for graphics cotrollers.

I have noticed that any ad that says "up to <spec1> and up to <spec2>"
should always be interpreted as also saying "but not both at the same
time".


-- Bob
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From: paha@sbustd.rz.uni-sb.de (Patrick Haeusser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 386 board info needed
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:21:44 GMT
Organization: Studenten-Mail, Rechenzentrum Universitaet des Saarlandes

Hi! I recently purchased a used 386 and now I want to install a Math
Coprocessor, but I don't know how to set Jumpers. Can anybody tell
me, where to find the right jumper on my board ? The boardnumber
is ELT-386B-200B. Please respond via email, because I usually don't
read this newsgroup. Respond to : paha@stud.uni-sb.de

a
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From: wolff@zen.et.tudelft.nl (Rogier Wolff)
Subject: Re: What's low format?
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:05:30 GMT

q1hl@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Nameless CS Student) writes:

>Now, the problem with your day-long DOS format....  When format
>is verifying the sectors on your hard disk, and it finds one that
>it can't read, it attempts (generally) 5 times to read that
>sector, doing a track/head reinitialization between attempts.  This
>takes a LONG time.  If your hard drive was not correctly
>low-level formatted for your machine, then every sector will be
>bad, and DOS won't get anywhere in a big hurry.

This could be the case. Another possibility is that one of the heads
is bad. This would mean that every cylinder contains a bad track.

A friend of mine had his 100M harddisk fail in such a way that every
cylinder above half the disk size gave a read error. This could also
be the case.

Another thing: Dos generally asks the bios to read the sector 5 times.
However the BIOS sometimes also decides for itself to retry 3 times,
resulting in 15 retries for every block: Even worse performance....

						Roger
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From: korenek@ferranti.com (gary korenek)
Subject: Re: CrystalScan 1572FS *and* Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Local Bus...
Keywords: gateway 200, ATI, local bus, video, drivers, 486
Reply-To: korenek@ferranti.com (Gary Korenek)
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:45:58 GMT


Gateway's product literature says that Crystal Scan monitors ARE
made by MAG.

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From: wildermu@nosc.mil (James H. Wildermuth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Computer upgrading problems
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:57:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA


Hi,
	I am upgrading my old XT to a 386.  I am transfering my old hard disk
and controller over to the new machine.  The hard disk is an ST238R and the 
controller is an Adaptec ACB-2072.  I am also adding a MR535 drive.  These are
all RLL components.  I have no information on the ST238R and I need the jumper
settings to make this work on a two drive system.  The original setup had a
one drive cable (no twist in it).  Also any suggestions on the setup of the
controller would be appreciated.
			Thanks
			Jim Wildermuth
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From: gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington)
Subject: Mach32?
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 03:09:20 GMT


I have heard briefly about this new 32-bit graphics processor developed by
ATI.  Does anyone have specs for the chip or for boards using it?  Thanks.

-- Gerald
From: theoretj@Software.Mitel.COM (Jean-Francois Theoret)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Addressing more than 1 Meg?
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:24:24 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.

HELP!

I need to acces a specific adress in extended memory (i.e. E00000h)
for a device.  Does anyone know of a simple way of doing so?
I have tried Borland C++ v3.0 but it fakes 32 bit adressing (from
what I have seen using the debugger).

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From: Mike@tron.gun.de (Michael Gerhards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Making a 720k drive work when the BI
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:36:00 GMT
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neurath, Germany

Hallo,

> From: baumgard@CS.ColoState.EDU (felix baumgardner)
> Subject: Making a 720k drive work when the BIOS only speaks 5 1/4"
> Message-ID: <Sep08.214129.47460@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
> Organization: Colorado State University
> [..]
> Hello.  I have an old mitsuba 286 that doesn't recognize 3 1/2 inch drives.
> I have attached a 720k drive, and thus far I have gotten it to work...but...
> [..]
>   I want to just be able to type format a: /f:720 and not have DOS tell me
>   that the parameters are invalid.
>   Even better:  I want to type format a: and have the machine recognize the
>   drive as a 3.5" 720k drive without a lot of fussing about.

Perhaps, you can edit your config.sys adding 'driveparm'.

c u

Mike
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From: roy@ug.cs.dal.ca (David Roy)
Subject: earphone port installment???
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:48:35 GMT



I had a game that explained how to add an earphone jack to a computer to
increase the sound capabilities of an ordinary PC (able to attach to stereo)

If anyone has the information still, I would greatly appreciate it....
thanks

David Roy.
roy@ug.cs.dal.ca
From: lochocki@calspan.com (Joe Lochocki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why you shouldn't buy NEC.  (A Positive Story)
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:15:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Calspan Advanced Technology Center

I bought a NEC 2A about 3 years ago. It worked pretty good but it did have a
convergence problem which was exacerbated by the prismatic effect of my 
corrective lenses for look angles far from the normal.  Anyway, I finally got
fed up with it and called their technical support.  They quickly gave me the 
address of a nearby authorized distributer who took my monitor and got me a 
replacement in a little over a week.  If you can go by serial numbers, the
"new" monitor is a refurb but it is a good refurb...convergence is right on
the money...no pincushioning...just a nice monitor for a reasonable price with
a fairly straightforward no hassle support policy.  I can't gripe about NEC.

Joe Lochocki
lochocki@calspan.com
From: ccasted@prism.gatech.EDU (Edward Deering Boykin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: My Gateway 200 66Mhz is coming soon
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:23:45 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I just recieve a message from the nice folks at G2K. They said my
66Mhz local bus system had been issued a shipping date for this week and that it should arrive late next week.
Now, I'm not too optimistic with Gateway's mesage but hey tyhey called me
. As soon as I get my system up and running I will post an article about it...


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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why nobody mention Hayes 14.4K modem?
Date: 28 Sep 92 12:01:59 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1a5v4sINN6rl@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> dj@woodruff.weru.ksu.edu (DJ D. Ding) writes:
>I wonder why nobody consider Hayes 14.4K modem. I tried a Hayes 9600 modem 
>which works ok with another same type of modem at 9600 baud rate. But when
>I tried to use it to dial in University's 9600 modem (unknown type), the 
>connection rate decrease to 2400 baud. Does Hayes only talk to its own in
>high speed or something else is not set up right?

You must have the V-Series SmartModem 9600.
That's the problem - it will talk at high speed =ONLY= to another Hayes
V-Series. People have long-since abandoned such dinosaurs that use
proprietary modulations exclusively, for CCITT-compliant modems that
don't have the connectivity troubles you describe.


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From: csa@cup.portal.com (CHUCK - ARAKAWA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Adaptec 1540B SCSI Controller Drivers
Date: Mon,  5 Oct 92 21:10:01 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I am trying to locate some drivers for an ADAPTEC 1540B SCSI Adapter Card.
Does anybody have a lead on this?

ASW-1410 DOS Driver
ASW-1420 OS/2 v1.1 driver
ASW-1440 Novell 286/386 drover

E-Mail: csa@cup.portal.com or (310) 986-2722
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From: luyten@fwi.uva.nl (Hans Luyten)
Subject: Lookin for EMULATORS (ST & Mac)
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 09:10:52 GMT

Can anyone info me about available ST and Mac emulators for the PC ??
(486DX-33)

Hans
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From: kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 486 50DX dies with memory
Date: 26 Sep 92 21:34:02 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

In article <1992Sep25.155729.21407@cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>I just bought a LB 486 50DX board, and when I put it into my machine,
>it screws up big time.
>
> [stuff deleted]
>
>Now, My memory is as follows:
>
>4MB of 70ns 1MB SIMMs
>16MB of 80ns 4MB SIMMs.

I recently did a lot of window shopping for a 486 DX50 system.  Not one system
was being sold with RAM slower than 70ns!  A few were advertised with 60ns,
but these tended to be systems configured as CAD workstations.

I'd replace your 80ns SIMMs with 70ns SIMMs, if it were my system.
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From: GOETZER@nvdv01.ind.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de (MARTIN GOETZER)
Subject: Re: Help is ISA vs EISA
Organization: University of Stuttgart, IND (FRG)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:21:06 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

In <1992Sep27.195540.19722@cc.umontreal.ca> cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA writes:

> 
> Hello everyone, I would like to know if anyone out there know's what the
> differences between the ISA and EISA buses are, are both buses 32 bit wide
> data buses, are they both clocked at the same speed? What are their respective
> data flow rates?
> 
> Thanks in advance to anyone who help's out!
> Martin Cholette
> cholette@jsp.umontreal.ca
EISA supports 32 bit, ISA 16 bit
EISA uses 8 MHz, ISA 6-8 MHz, with ISA you need 2 clock cycles for 1 access.
---> ISA 6-8 MByte/s; EISA 32 MByte/s.

Hope that helps.

- Martin -