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From: Mary.Evans@launchpad.unc.edu (Mary Evans)
Subject: Re: 2 IDE drives
Keywords: IDE
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:50:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.233306.8869@sed.stel.com> jon@sed.stel.com (Jon Radel) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.160826.1605@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters) writes:
>>This is/should be a FAQ question, but since I couldn't find a FAQ....
>>
>...
>>Can I just hook up another IDE drive and change the CMOS, or do I have to 
>>bother with the master/slave problems I've read about?
>
>If anyone is e-mailing the answer to this, and related "how do I get 
>2 IDE drives to run off of the same controller" questions, please
>post them too!  I have two IDE drives, both of which will run on my
>controller by itself, but when I hook both up the machine hangs.  There
>aren't any obvious settings to change except in the CMOS.
>

I have two IDE's, both from the same manufacturer, and that required
setting jumpers for master and slave.  There was no problem in doing that. 
The problem I had (and still do) is how to get the drive light to show. 
The IDE adapter card has a 4 pin connector, and no matter what position
the plug (a thin, two hole thing) is in the drive light stays out,
regardless of the amount of disk activity.  

I'd like some help, too.

M.

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From: rhh2h@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Ron Henderson)
Subject: What's wrong with OPTi chipsets?
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:46:10 GMT


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.


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From: 93gke@williams.edu (oldwanda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Why does my 486 require 2 wait states?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 20:18:19 GMT
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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I was wondering if anybody could help me with this. The docs for my
computer say that at 33Mhz I need 2 wait states. Any other speed works
at 0 wait states. Can someone explain this to me? I tried running at 0
and 1 wait states, but I had memory problems. This sucks! Would I
better off downgrading to 25Mhz??

Thanks
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93gke@cs.williams.edu


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From: krupinsk@vxcrna.cern.ch (Wojtek)
Subject: Looking for NCL5425 MFM controler jumper setting
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:49:00 GMT

Anyone out ther know the jumpers settings of NCL 5425 controler?
I want to use this cart as my sec. disk controler , so 
i want to setup the jumper for the sec. bios address (if possible)
Thanks in advance
AB
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From: nparshot@ap1seq.us.oracle.com (Naresh Parshotam)
Subject: Gateway Simms - 9 bit or 36 bit?
Keywords: SIMMS
Organization: Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores CA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:43:39 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

I've been talking to some people about this and have received conflicting
answers from even the Gateway folks.  I believe there enough Gateway users
here in netland with this answer.  Can someone please tell me for certain
which Simms are used in the new Gateways? 

Also, is it wise to get them from a mail-order place and if so, does anyone
know of any which price these competitively?

Thanks in advance.

-naresh-
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From: francis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: 486DX/33MHz *will* run at 40 MHz...but?
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:27:00 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Last week I posed the question:  Can a 486DX/33MHz machine be *made* to run
at 40MHz or even 50MHz?

The responses varied from "No way, Don't do it!" to "Definitely."  The general 
concensus was YES, A 486DX/33MHz CAN DO 40MHz PROVIDED ADEQUATE COOLING IS
PROVIDED.  It was suggested that a heat sink be mounted on the 486 and a good 
fan be used to dissipate the heat.  I even heard from some who actually made 
upgrades to their 286 and 386 systems in this way, with success.  However, I 
heard from NOBODY who did this to their 486.  So, before I make the plunge,
who, if anybody, out there has *actually* made this modification to their 
486DX/33MHz machine, that is, who replaced the 33 MHz oscillator in their 
33MHz machine with a 40 MHz oscillator, and can still talk about it???  In 
theory, it would seem that the CPU would just run a bit hotter because of the 
faster switching times.  Mind you, the 486 does get hot enough to fry an egg 
on already!

Any, and all responses would be appreciated.

Francis

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From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Setting up PC as a server?  How?
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:59:15 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <103627@netnews.upenn.edu> din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din) writes:
>We have an IBM PC XT and a CD-ROM drive.  Ideally, we'd like to
>use the PC as a "server" that people can login to and use the
>CD-ROM as a resource.  What kind of Ethernet cards and software
>can you recommend to help us achieve this goal?  Could you give
>an estimate of what each part will cost?  Is it more economical
>for us to get at least a 286?  We do not intend to use Windows.

Try Waffle.  Check archie.  Very large Internet following, so support
is good.  One of the newsgroups supports it.  Look through groups with
"waffle" and/or "bbs" in them.
 

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From: ab382@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bob Allison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Looking for a disk mirroring program...
Date: 6 Jan 1993 11:46:23 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ab382@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bob Allison)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


   I'm looking for a program to perform disk mirroring on a '286 with
two SCSI hard drives.

   Preferrably, the program should be public domain or shareware and I'd
also like the source.  I hope this isn't too much to ask! ;)

   If anybody knows where I can FTP such a beast, or better yet, if you can
mail it to me, please reply via E-Mail because I don't regularly read this
newsgroup...  I'm posting this for a friend.

   Thanks in advance!
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From: probert@fires1.uucp (Neal Probert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ATI Graphics Ultra Plus won't accelerate! Help!
Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:11:28 GMT
Organization: Scientific Research Labs, Ford Motor Company
Distribution: na
Reply-To: probert@fires1.srl.ford.com
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What I have is TMI (Texas Microsystems Inc) industrial strength C486
machine with an Adaptec AHA-1542B SCSI controller.  The ATI graphics
accelerator, or mach32, chip doesn't respond.  Does anybody have any
idea as to why this might happen?

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From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SIMM query
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:38:48 GMT
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg's message of 11 Jan 93 08:55:28 GMT


>Hello, you can find out the speed of the SIMMS from the chip itself. On
>the first row of codes, the last 2 digits indicate the speed of the
>chips. For Eg, 70 means 70 ns, 12 means 120 ns, 10 means 10 ns and so
>on.

I believe you meant that 10 means 100 ns...

-Carl-
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From: kzt50@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (  911  Kevin Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: help help help!!!!
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:41:41 GMT
Reply-To: kzt50@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (  911  Kevin Thomas)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


   Hi,
I am doing a project in college and the report to small and it has to be
in by next week could somebody please send me some info. on a sofware
program to run a voice synthesizer using the allophone method (SP0256).
Please please please help.
Kevin.
From: psbayer@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul S. Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Home automation & programmable controllers
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:08:12 GMT
Organization: UB

Hey all you PC guru-look-alikes!!!!

How about some info on the INTEL SatisFAXtion board???

I hear that it can distinguish Modem/Fax/voice from all others and route
everything accordingly.... 

Does anyone know for sure??? Does anyone know where I could get the drivers
to try this out??? Something about CAS standard???? Any help at all would
be most appreciated!!!!


Thaks again y'all!!!

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From: ah@doc.ic.ac.uk (Angelo Haritsis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP! magnetised screen
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:06:14 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London
NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk

A speaker magnet created a large blue (on white background) spot on my SVGA
colour monitor. How can I bring it back to normal - can I de-magnetise it
somehow ?
Thanks.
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From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Run a 486/33MHz CPU at 40 or 50MHz?
Date: 13 Jan 93 00:17:30 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <CARL.93Jan12112416@atlantis.Cayman.COM> carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:
>
>>|> Now the question is that how far you can increase the speed. There is
>>|> no rule here, it may run at only 1% or as high as 30% above the rated
>>|> speed.
>
>>Are DX2's as push-able ad DX's?  I.E. would you be likely to be able to
>>successfully raise 33mhz to 40 mhz, and with a DX2-66 have 80mhz internally?
>
>Very doubtful.  Remember, when you're pushing a 33 to 40 you're
>pushing a chip that was actually designed to run at 50 Mhz but this
>particular part didn't make the cut (at 50).

What in the world gave you this idea?  Do you have any clue how long it
took Intel to make the 486/50 chip so it would run reliably at 50mhz?  The
33 was out LONG before the 50, and is not, and never was, simply a 
rejected 50 chip.

>
>The real question to ask would be... "Has anyone successfully pushed a
>DX50?  And to what speed.  Of course the inherent problems with this
>scheme is that most motherboards are only designed to run at a maximum
>of 50 Mhz so it would be difficult to tell if the CPU is failing or if
>the motherboard is inducing the failure.

Truly an interesting question.  Also...what's the status of a 486dx2/100?
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Crystal Scan vs. MAG MX15F - and - Alternatatives to Anykey Keyboard
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:08:16 GMT

In article <1hcprpINNi38@crcnis1.unl.edu> price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price) writes:
>friedman@starbase.trincoll.edu (Mark A. Friedman) writes:
>
>>The Anykey keyboard does not feel solid to me.  I prefer a heavier
>>(metallic) keyboard and find the Anykey to have a cheap plastic feel.
>>Can someone recommend a brand of keyboard or a specific keyboard to
>>look at?

>I've used all sorts of keyboards over the years. My favorites have been (in no
>particular order), Northgate keyboards, older Zenith keyboards (say pre 1990),
>and the keyboard on the Dell I got at work this year. These all have a firm
>bottom to the keystroke, medium key pressure, and no electronic click.

I'd say my favorites are the IBM PS/2 keyboards (about the only thing 
nice I can say about them) and perhaps a Model D keyboard. The Keytronics 
no-click I got with my clone I hated at first but can now tolerate. I 
didn't particularly like the few Northgates I've tried, but I might have 
mellowed out to them after a while...

>The Gateway keyboard (I have a new one at home) is one of my least favorite. It
>reminds me of the Wyse terminal keyboards. My all-time least favorites are the
>VT100 (original) and the Compaq mushy keyboards that came with the compaq
>portables and desktops in the mid-late 80's. I haven't tried a Compaq keyboard
>in a couple of years or so, so they may have changed. The original IBM PC
>keyboard and their current ones are so-so. I prefered the feel of the original
>to the new ones.

I agree about the vt100. That one is physically demanding of the fingers
and actually quite painful to use. The only thing worse I could imagine 
would be a manual typewriter. The only Compaq I've tried was one of the 
old luggables and its keyboard was pretty mushy.

The very worst keyboard I've ever come across, though, was on a Tandon AT.
Mushy wasn't the word. Spineless was more like it. There was a large "palm
rest" on the bottom of the keyboard. The escape key was in the wrong place
(like the original IBM AT). And so on..

(On top of this the entire computer turned a dirty shade of pale yellow 
over time  9-)  )




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From: bhenning@wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Henning)
Subject: Re: Who makes the "24-bit TSENG ET4000" card?
Organization: Wimsey Information Services
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:06:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.010702.20011@samba.oit.unc.edu> Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) writes:
>
>There exists at least one TSENG ET4000 based card, that does 640 x 480 x
>24-bit resolution.  People I've asked, have referred to it simply as "the
>24-bit TSENG card."  What company/companies make such cards, what are the
>model numbers?  I know it's not TSENG, because I called them and they only
>do chips, not the cards themselves.
>
>Brandon
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I think there are several, but the one I bought (& am happy with)
is the 'Genoa Multimedia 7900'

Bill
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:14:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.233238.14371@ptdcs2.intel.com> ssivakum@ptdcs2.intel.com (Sam Sivakumar) writes:

>	I work in lithography R&D, so I am not intimately familiar with the
>sort and test world, but I know that every chip sold is tested.  Usually,
>once the lot of wafers leaves the fabrication line, every chip on each wafer
>is tested for functionality as function of voltage and speed.  There may be
>other tests done at this stage as well, like transistor characteristics, etc.
>and maybe others that I am not aware of.  All chips that do not work are
>inked, so when the wafer is diced into individual chips, the inked fellas are
>rejected summarily.

Hmmm

Anyone know where one could write to get rejects like this? 'Twould 
be a nice conversation piece... 

Perhaps they wouldn't give away the latest 486-66/DX2 but surely there 
are old 286 wafers lying around somewhere..







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From: lieberzeit@vax.felk.cvut.cs
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SCSI+tape+EISA problem
Date: 4 Jan 1993 01:27:54 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

This is a request for help. We have encountered the following problem we
are not able to solve: We use 50 MHz 486 EISA computer with SCO UNIX V
Release 3.2 Ver 4.1. The hard disk (SCSI-2) is connected through EISA
adapter Adaptec AHA-1742A. 
 
Everything worked fine until we tried to connect streamer unit (QIC 
streamer Wangtek 5150 ES). Unfortunately, this attempt was not succesful. 
We can move the tape (via 'tape' command) and even write backup (cpio,
tar). But, any attempt to *READ* the tape hangs the SCSI adapter. After
short movement of the tape the diagnostic LED on the adapter lights on 
and remains so and any device connected to the SCSI adapter becomes 
unavailable until the computer is reset.
 
We made several experiments, using also simplier ISA SCSI adapter
Adaptec 1542B, which we had available. We can summarize the results
as follows:
 
1. Adaptec 1742 hangs in both enhanced and standard (1542-emulating)
   mode.
 
2. If we replace 1742 by Adaptec 1542, everything works fine. (I guess
   this proves that the problem is not in the SW, because the drivers are
   exactly same as with 1742 in standard mode).
 
3. If we use both adapters, the HD connected to 1542 and the tape to 1742,
   an attempt to read the tape blocks the task which tried it, but the
   rest of the UNIX system continues to run without problem. The blocked
   task cannot be terminated.
 
4. We thought there might be a problem between SCSI-1 (tape) and SCSI-2
   (HD and Adaptec 1742). We tried to connect insted of the tape another
   HD (SCSI-1), but this worked without problems.
 
5. Having two similar machines we tried to swap Adaptec 1742 adapters
   and Wangtek streamers. The problem occured with any of the adapters
   and streamers - it is not simply one bad piece of hardware.
 
Please, if you have any ideas or suggestions how to solve this problem,
post them to this group or directly to my e-mail address.
 
Thanx, V. Lieberzeit
 
 
P.S. BTW, we had also problems with EISA configuration program from 
AMI. When saving the configuration of Adaptec-1742 slot, the program 
hangs. It does so even when run in "remote" mode on other computer, 
saving the configuration only to file (which IMHO means, that the problem
is in the SW). According to our experiments the problem is in the overlay
file supplied by the Adaptec (ADP0000.OVR). Have any of you experienced 
this problem ?
 
 
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From: wachter@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Markku Kristian Wachter)
Subject: How to connect joystick ?
Summary: How to make 9 -> 15 adapter to old analog stick
Keywords: joystick, analog_stick_adapter
Organization: University of Helsinki
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:17:04 GMT

	Hopefully subject is stupid enough that people get interested :-)

	I bought a cheap (about 10 $ which is cheap in this country)
Konix Speedking for my kiddie brother. Stick has 9 DB male connector and
in comp is 15 (or is it 13 ?) DB female. I'd like to make adapter that
would connect stick to that 15 DB connector without need to cut joysticks
own wire and open that stick in order to find out how to connect it.
(da reason: joystick has 6 months guarantee)

	Please fill in da blank form and send it to address:
	wachter@cc.helsinki.fi

	9DB male (joystick)	15DB female (computer)
	1		          
        2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9

	Thank you.  


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