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From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Internal modems & UARTS (Was: Re: Question about serial port speed)
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:17:06 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Dec29.162442.3269@spectrum.xerox.com> damouth@wrc.xerox.com writes:
...
>If your I/O board has a real 16450, you can replace it with with a
>16550 - assuming it is socketed, or if you know which end of a
>unsoldering tool to hold.  If not, you can either add another I/O board
>(you might have to figure out how to disable a port on the existing
>one), or you can simply buy an internal modem, which has its own UART
>and gives you an additional serial port independent of the two you
>already have.  The internal modem is by far the easiest and cheapest
>option, if you can do without the flashing lights of an external.  Some
>internals only have a 16450 - ask before buying.
...

The more I think about this, I am driven to the conclusion that it is
meaningless to talk about the type of UART emulated in a high-speed
modem.  Here's my line of thought -- I'd be interested to hear other
opinions, or perhaps even facts (but only if opinions will not
suffice ;-).

(Note: I'm discussing only INTERNAL modems here.  Also, I am
concentrating on the incoming data and ignoring the transmit path.)

Any modem which implements compression or error correction uses a local
microprocessor to run the link protocol.  Thus, there are two
interfaces:  (1) The serial line interfaces to the local microprocessor
via a "UART" of some sort.  The type of UART used here is of concern
only to the modem designer, as the PC never uses it directly.  (2) The
local microprocessor has an interface to the PC bus.  It is unlikely
that a UART would be employed here, since the data is in parallel form
on both sides of the interface.

The second interface would most logically take the form of a FIFO of
some sort, which could conceivably be implemented in the firmware in
the modem, rather than in hardware.  In fact, the only way I can
envision an interface that did NOT effectively implement a FIFO would
be if (a) a one-byte register were used as the data interface, and
(b) the microprocessor in the modem deposited data in this register
in a manner based solely on the timing of the (emulated) DTE speed
setting.

It is condition (b) which makes little sense to me.  Why would timing
be used as a stimulus when it would be no more difficult to use a
trigger generated when the PC actually read the previous data from the
register?  Using this latter trigger would result in a
firmware-implemented FIFO.

So, I'm confused.  It would seem that a modem designer would have to go
out of his/her way to design an internal modem that did NOT present a
FIFO interface to the PC.  In any event, it is meaningless to talk
about the type of UART used in an internal modem, because there simply
is no UART involved in the critical interface.

I've never designed a modem in my life, so I'm sure someone can make
substantial corrections to the above logic.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: alim@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Andrew Lim)
Subject: Seagate ST1400A & WD 1" Caviar
Summary: Opinions requested on Seagate ST1400 and WD Caviar WDAC2340
Keywords: hard disk seagate opinion western digital caviar
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:55:12 GMT

I would appreciate receiving reports of good or bad experiences with:
    1. Seagate ST1400A (331M formatted, IDE)
    2. Western Digital WDAC2340 (341M formatted, IDE) Caviar 1" series

in terms of speed, reliability and other miscellany.

Please reply by mail - a summary will follow if there is sufficient response.

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University of Sydney
alim@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wells@world.std.com (Chuck Wells)
Subject: Want GOOD keyboard for IBM RS/6000 that doesnt cause CTS!
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:47:18 GMT

Hi, I'm not sure this is the best place to ask this, but I can find nothing
else appropriate to post to.

As many of you know, IBM's standard keyboard is very rough on hands and is
prone to cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) from much usage.  Using the
keyboard causes me much pain, but using most any other keyboard (such as a
Mac keyboard) bothers me little or none at all.  I have to use this computer
(and its hideous keyboard) because its my job and they want the software
written on this particular platform.

I have two questions:
(1) Is the IBM RS/6000 keyboard exactly the same as the IBM PC keyboard? (ie
    can they be swapped with no trouble at all?)
(2) What wrist-friendly keyboards can be used as fully functional replacements
    for the dreaded IBM keyboard?  Where can I get these keyboards?

Please e-mail responses to me, as I don't normally read this group.  And if
there happens to be a better group to ask this question, thank you to whoever
lets me know what that group is.



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Chuck Wells                               <Insert Generic Quote Here>
wells@world.std.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Ozcomert)
Subject: Re: the HP Deskjet - - info wanted
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:53:52 GMT

Regarding the difference between the HP500C and the HP550C, the 550C adds
a black inkjet cartridge in addition to the red, blue, and green ones.  This
change became necessary when it became clear that the 500C produced a poor
excuse for black, more like mud brown.
-John

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: gee I didn't know Kodak has a internet addres
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:16:08 GMT

gee I didn't know Kodak had a internet address
what do you do there at Kodak?  I like the film you guys make-okay I also
know you manufautrue other as well. but isn't photo your main business?


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.arch.storage
From: kirchner@uklira.informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner)
Subject: Quality of MO-disks ?
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:21:26 GMT

Hello fellow users of MO-drives,

when I called today a dealer to ask for the price of

3.5" Magneto-optical disks

I was told that there are differences in quality, and that he preferes
Mitsubishi over Sony since the latter are more susceptible to dust.

Can anybody confirm this or tell other differences in quality, or problems
with quality, of MO-disks ?

Thanks in advance

Reinhard Kirchner
Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany
kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NE2100 ethernet card info needed 
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 04:24:10 GMT
Organization: Crynwr Software

In article <BzxxCL.1vz@wimsey.bc.ca> skl@wimsey.bc.ca writes:

   In article <1992Dec27.025501.3269@sol.cs.wmich.edu>, ishwar@sol.cs.wmich.edu
    (Ishwar Rattan) wrote:
   >where can i find more info on NE2100?

   The manufacturer of the NE2100 (and NE1000/NE2000) is Eagle Technology.
   They can be reached at 800-733-2453.

   The NE2100 is at around the price of a NE2000.

A compatible card is also made by Transition Engineering,
800-325-2725, 612-941-7600, FAX 612-941-2322.

Ethernet-ready motherboards using AMD PCNet-ISA are also compatible.

There is a Crynwr packet driver (with source) for this card.  Ask me
for details...

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
Crynwr Software           Crynwr Software sells packet driver support.
11 Grant St.              315-268-1925 Voice  |  LPF member - ask me about
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Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:34502 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard:5894
From: ericb@sierra.com (Eric Blood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Where to find a GUS/UltraSound...
Date: 30 Dec 92 16:52:01 GMT
Organization: Sierra Geophysics Inc.,  Kirkland, Wa


	Well, this sounds like the card I want to get. (Pun intended)
I was wondering if anyone had any problems with Telemart.  The have
the best prices, beating Compuability and Quick Electronics.  Any
comments?

EricB
ericb@sierra.com
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ericb@sierra.com
From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SCSI compatibility on EISA: Recommendations.
Keywords: Adaptec Ultrastor Buslogib Pioneer Exabyte Fujitsu Toshiba AMI ATI
Date: 30 Dec 92 04:07:39 GMT
Organization: Yeshiva University


I intend to add an Exabyte tape drive (EXB-8205), Pioneer cdrom drive (DRM-604X)and a Toshiba (MK538FB) or a Fujitsu (M2266S) 1Gig + hard drive to my system.


My system now consists of an AMI Eenterprise II motherboard, with a 486/33DX CPU and a Western Digital 1009 ESDI controller and an ATI Wonder + video card and a
Dunord scanner interface card along with 16M of RAM.

I would appreciate recommendations and advice concerning my choice of the above
SCSI devices, your experiences with them, both good and bad, difficulty to
install them in your system (please clarify if EISA ot not), and compatibility
problems if any. A run down of the installation procedure and a check list of
things to look out for would be most appreciated.

Equally important will be my choice of SCSI adaptor boards. I need to choose
between the following three: Adaptec 1742, Ultrastor 24F, and the Buslogic ???,
(I don't know there EISA SCSI model No.). My prime concerns are:
COMPATIBILITY, availability of DEVICE DRIVERS for the above peripherals, 
support of SCSI II and FAST SCSI and of course reliability and ease of
installation. I am a novice with respect to SCSI so I need all the help I
can get.

I will need to obtain device drivers for the above devices, anyone know of any
that will support any of these boards. Unfortunately, Corel SCSI has not yet
been tested with the EISA version SCSI boards, thus Corel tech support
could (would) not guaranty compatibility (although for example the ISA
Adaptec 1542B has been tested OK). It might help to know if these boards are 
fully ASPI compatible and if that guaranties that the Corel drivers will work.
Does anyone out there have any experience with the Corel SCSI drivers and are
they appropriate for EISA SCSI boards or only the 8 bit cards they were
originally written for??

It occurs to me that the DOS solution might not be valid for OS/2 or UNIX.
Any comments in this regard? At the moment My work is done in DOS/WINDOWS,
howvever, I am testing a small OS/2 partition and will consider UNIX and
NT in the near future, but at the moment, my main concern is the DOS/WINDOWS
world that I currently exist in.

Consider EMail for your response and I will summarize and post.
Thank you in advance for your help and advice.


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	Brooklyn, NY            *
                                *
	Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily MY opinion nor that 
				of anyone else :-)  ????!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lou@xilinx.com (Lou Sanchez-Chopitea)
Subject: Quantum 105 write protected
Organization: Xilinx Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:10:50 GMT


Hi,
    I have a Quantum 105 S (SCSI) attached to a Future Domain TMC-840. I have
tried to fix the partition table with Norton's Diskedit but it complains
that the drive is read only. Any ideas ?

    	    	    	    	Cheers

    	    	    	    	    Lou

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Software Engineer                   SnailMail:  2100 Logic Drive
SpeakMail: (408) 879-5059                       San Jose, CA 95124
FaxMail: (408) 559-7114
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Discussion of P5-SX in Computer Shopper is outrageous
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:00:55 GMT

In article <10DEC199218440882@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL JAY) writes:


>I'm not buying a 486DX with local bus until I can get one with the
>240 pin upgrade socket for a 586sx (P24T) chip.  Dell and Zeos have
>them now -- I'll wait for Gateway and Micronics to get their 
>collective act together.  I do hope that Intel doesn't disable the
>P24T's FPU or seriously reduce its power in some other way, to make
>the upgrade less useful to me; but I'm waiting for the socket to be
>there just in case it is worth it.

The one thing to think about, though, is whether the P24T will be
available to _individuals_ for less than the P5 would cost to _OEMs_.
If this isn't true, then perhaps using it as an overdrive chip on
a 486 system wouldn't make too much sense. 

Does a 487SX make sense? Only if it were cheaper than a 486DX. Which
it isn't.






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From: c2s4027@tamsun.tamu.edu (Cedric Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gravis Ultra-Sound...Experience?
Date: 2 Jan 1993 14:10:43 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu
Keywords: soundboard

In article <8267@news.duke.edu> bhs@neuro.duke.edu (Brennan Stephens) writes:
>
>   Anyone out there know anything about the Ultra-Sound sound card from Gravis?
>It makes some pretty impressive claims for a $150 card.  Among them...
>
>	* full soundblaster/adlib compatability
>	* a reliable windows driver
>	* 16 bit / 44 kHz record and playback
>	* 256k onboard memory (exp. to 1mb)
>
>This appears to be an impressive packege.  Especially for the price.  So I am
>naturally suspicious.  Esp. regarding the windows driver and compatability
>with SB/AdL.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

A friend of mine just recently purchased a Gravis Ultrasound 16 bit 
card.  The card sounds great and has excelent clarity.  The card can 	
take 8 bit recordings and plays in 16 bit.  The only problem we had
was installing the card.  It took two of us about 2 and a half hours to get
the card installed and running.  The installation software was not 
documented well and the setup program kept locking up the machine which
required a cold boot to get any response fromm the machine.  Other than
that, the Windows drivers work well once you figure out their instillation.
That too was frustrating due to poor documentation and the poor setup 
program.. Other than that, the card is a great value and I recommend it
instead of the 8 bit sound blaster due to the great price. As of yet,
I don't believe any compatability problems have occurred.

Good luck,
Cedrico.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Bus def's ==> Re: EISA vs. ISA (& VESA, VL-bus, Local bus)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:09:47 GMT

In article <b=d238d@rpi.edu> moncrg@aix.rpi.edu (Gregory Donald Moncreaff) writes:

>is there any rational reason why peripherals board manufacturers could
>not simply rate their boards in terms of the highest bus speeds they
>can accomodate?  

Problem is, I think, like CPUs different examples from the 
same assembly line will be able to take different speeds.

Speed testing is probably another expense peripheral manu-
facturers don't want to get into, since the vast majority 
of users don't really know enough to do it.

Besides it opens up a can of worms. Instead of just stocking 
Diamond Speedstar cards, a vendor will have to stock Speed-
star-8's, Speedstar-10's and Speedstar-12s at different prices.


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From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What size is my Drive??
Date: 30 Dec 92 13:51:06 GMT
Organization: SDRC

Can anyone help me with this one? I have a 386-33 tower clone with what I 
believe to be a 125Mb hard drive. The Start-up diagnostics (it has an AMI bios)
say it is a 124Mb drive. The CMOS setup says it is a type 47 (user-defined) 
with 1001 cylinders,and that it is 125Mb. The numbers from CHKDSK figue out to
125Mb. PC Tools 7.1 System Info refers to it as a 130Mb drive. It is an IDE 
drive. 
When I run PC Tools' Diskfix.exe, it is again identidfied as a 130 Mb drive.
When I select the Revitalize a Disk option for ths drive, it goes through a bunch 
of calculations. One of the things it tries to do is to calculate and set the
optimum interleave for me, but it comes back with a message saying that 
this drive uses "sector translation, and reports a size which does not match its
physical configuration". 

What's the deal? Is the drive set up wrong in CMOS? Is this an IDE thing?
Why does PC Tools think it's 130Mb and can I fix that somehow? Is it not 
possible to set the interleave on these drives for some reason?

I am fairly new to messing with this stuff, so any help would be greatly
appreciated. The "technical" support people where I bought it have been little
or no help.
Thanks

SRK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ishwar@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Ishwar Rattan)
Subject: NE2100 ethernet card info request
Followup-To: ishwar@cs.wmich.edu
Keywords: NE2100, ethernet card, info needed
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 15:42:25 GMT

i have heard that NE2100 ethernet card is more robust than a WD8013
card. i have seen ads for NE1000 / NE2000 and not for a NE2100. i
will be grateful if somebody in the know can answer the following
two questions.

1. where can i find mode info on the NE2100 card?
2. where can i find vendor information for the above card
   including some idea about its price?

thanks in advance,

- ishwar
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: shawr@netcom.com (rich shaw)
Subject: Need help. Hard drive failure.
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 20:20:29 GMT

Hello everyone,

	I need some help on this. I have a conner 3204F IDE drive which
refuse to respond to the fdisk command. I can create the partitons under
fdisk, but everytime I save and exit the fdisk command, the infomation is
lost. So, do I need to low-level format my hard drive (and how) or the
hard drive is dead? Thanks in advance.

merry X'mas.

-- rich
-- shawr@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rcharlan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Randy F Charland)
Subject: SCSI -> IDE
Summary: Switching
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:42:49 GMT

    Here's a real basic question but for some reason only now thought of it. I
currently use and have always used an IDE HD, however, I am about to receive a
computer with a SCSI HD.  The hard drive and controller are pretty old and I
would just assume buy a new IDE hard drive, the reason being the IDE 
controllers and drives seem to be cheaper than SCSI at around the 200 MEG 
range.  I was wondering if you can just take out the SCSI controller and HD and
insert an IDE.  Is it that easy or is there something in the BIOS.

     I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate any information or places of reference for
this question.  THANKS A LOT!!

Randy
rcharlan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33972 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:16086 comp.sys.amiga.misc:18971
From: I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: To all those posting to "Amiga now kicks PC butt"
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:55:59 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU
Originator: n08dp@tuda


In article <1992Dec12.022348.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>, f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin) writes:
> This thread is not one that belongs in a .misc group.  If you really
> want to continue posting about this, use comp.sys.amiga.advocacy or
> comp.os.[ms-windows,os2].advocacy.
> 
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc (the group where I found all this junk) has 
> enough traffic already without all the inane Amiga vs PC threads.
> Have a little common sense.
> --
> Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin  "People that are really very weird can get into
> f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu   sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact
> Keep circulating the tapes.      on history." -- Dan Quayle, on Malcolm X
> 
> "Father yes son, I want to kill you.  Mother, I want to----WUAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
> 	-- Jim Morrison, waxing poetic on family values
> "The President scores much better than Bill Clinton."
> 	-- Dan, comparing Bush's record of marital infidelity to Clinton's

I agree, let there be peace this Christmas.

								Ian A. Inman.
From: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WD1002A -> Anyone know the jumper settings to disable it's bios?
Date: 2 Jan 1993 16:34:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu




I have a western digital 1002a 8 bit mfm hard drive controller card
and need to disable it's bios to work wit hmy at.
COuld someone please tell me how to do this,there are only two jumpers
on it so i assume it's one of those.
Please leabve mail.