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From: walts@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Walter Swiderski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP! Keyboard does not work
Summary: I have a Magnavox standard 84 key keyboard and have experienced the
	 same problem/malfunction.  Keys (numeral) 1 through 0 do not re-
	 spond when depressed.  All other keys work.  Help to fix!
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:51:24 GMT
Organization: Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

In article <1992Apr7.165837.1914@inland.com>, shiang@inland.com writes:
> Help!
> I have a NCR 101 enhanced keyboard.  Today I found that the keys of the top row
> (i.e., ! @ # $ %....and 1 2 3....) malfunctioned.  Nothing came out when I 
> pressed any of them.  Other keys are OK.  Does anyone have similar experience?
> Would anyone tell me what may be the possible causes?  Bad contact? Bad cable 
> or others?  Can this be fixed easily by users?
> Please e-mail your thoughts to me.  Thanks.
> 
> Shiang
> shiang@inland.com
From: nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Looking for previously-posted AMI book...
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:12:20 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University

A few weeks ago (days? months?  Time flies when you're having fun :-) )
someone posted the name/address/price for a book which purported to
tell all about the AMI BIOS chip.  Unfortunately, I didn't save it, and
now need to get the book.

Would the original poster, or someone who saved it, please e-mail me
the information?  A thousand thanks in advance.

John

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From: villikka@lut.fi (Juha Villikka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP with seagate harddisks
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:42:38 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Hello

I need help with second hard-drive installation. In AT-close
is Seagate SR251 Hard-disk and Disk-Manager software. I'd like
to have second hard disk Seagate ST225. The problem is that we
do not have disk-controller's manual. In the cars is the
following information:
	61-000107-05 8740
	WD1003-WA2 F003 X11   (or XII)
	Made in Ireland

And in the bottom: (c) WDC 1985

I'd like have information about controller card and it's jumpers etc.

When I try to use DM Diagnostics, controller test and seek test go ok.
The others no. The error is unrecoverable I/O error.

	Best wishes Juha Villikka

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Need help with Conner CP30104H IDE HD
Keywords: fdisk, setup, ide
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:50:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.000854.16427@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jvd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (john.a.van dyk) writes:
>I'm having trouble setting up/using a Conner CP30104H IDE HD in a 386/25
>computer with AMI bios dated 1985-1989.
>
>The drives specs are:
>
>     1522 Cylinders
>        4 Heads
>       39 Sectors per track.
>
>I entered this configuration into CMOS as type 47, and it worked out to
>be 116MB, which sounds right.
>
>When I boot MS-DOS 5.0, and use fdisk, it says only 78MB is available, and
>that only 1024 cylinders exist.  Do I need a special device driver or a
>modified fdisk to get this to format?
>
>If you have a solution to my problem, please post a message or send e-mail.
>
>Thank you.
>
>John Van Dyk
>jvd@usl.com      OR   {backbone-site!}att!usl!jvd
>(908) 522-5175

DOS still can't deal with cylinders above 1024 so you got to lie to it.

Set heads=8, cylinders=762, sectors=39 and let the drive deal
with the translation.

-steve
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From: splee@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Please help identify Cipher 540CT 1/4" Tape Drive
Keywords: Tape drive, Cipher 540CT
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:56:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: mintaka.1992Apr10.185630.1430
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Free Software Foundation

I have come into possesion of a Cipher DC600 Tape drive, model
number 540CT. It has a 50 pin edge connector. What kind of
interface does it have? QIC-02, QIC-36, SCSI?

Thanks

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From: scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What does vmode monitor physically do on Diamond Speedstar
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:24:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: lims01.15APR199212243331
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr15.092709.935@gacvx2.gac.edu>, bdellert@next-6.gac.edu writes...
>In article <1992Apr15.023226.25808@wam.umd.edu>  writes:
>> I would like to know what the command VMODE MONITOR actually sends to
>> the ports on the Diamond Speedstar when it sets the monitor type to
>> MAG PMV1448 (Gateway's CrystalScan NI).  I would like to write an IOPL
>> level program for OS/2 that will set the monitor type so that I can
>> use generic ET4000 drivers without getting just wavy lines on the screen.
> 
>Call Diamond's BBS#.  They have some generic ET4000 drivers for OS/2 that work  
>without using the VMODE command (I've personally tried them all on OS/2 ver 1.3  
>on a Gateway 486/33 with the SpeedStar and CrystalScan NI, but only got one of  
>the 1024x768x256 drivers to work, the rest produced wavy lines and the such).
> 
>I don't have the BBS# handy, but call Gateway for it, or check the trade  
>magazines for a review of SuperVGA cards--they allways include address and  
>phone #'s of manufacturers.

The "Premier Issue" of _High Color_ lists Diamond's telephone # as
(408) 736-2000 (human-line, I presume)

JD
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Looking for someone familiar with AMI CMOS setup
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:49:37 GMT

In article <jm602s1066.2a79@sycom.mi.org> jm602s1066@sycom.mi.org (James Mallory) writes:
>ap20@snoopy.umd.edu (Michael) writes:
>>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. 
>
>You need go into setup and cursor down to Hard Disk 1 and find the CMOS type
>with the following parameters.
>
>820 Cylinders   6 Heads         17 Sectors Per Track.
>
>On Phoenix BIOSes I belive it is 40 and on Award BIOSes they are around 44 so
>you may want to look around there.  After that you will still get a C drive
>error until you Low Level Format it...you will need an AT diag disk, a diag
>program, or Disk Manager to accomplish that...
>
>Leave mail if I can be of more help.
>
>-- C-UseNet V0.55c
>            Jim Mallory, a CNE and a Randiod (What a Combination!)

If you got the 1990 AMI chip set you should have a diagnostics section in
cmos where you can have the system do auto-interleave and low-level the drive.

The media scan isn't as comprehensive as SpeedStor but it does work.

-steve
From: Scott.Mace@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Scott Mace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I add a "hard" drive on a floppy port?
Keywords: IBM PC XT floppy disk hard add
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:37:19 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <1992Apr3.161302.8395@cs.tulane.edu> newcomb@navo.navy.mil (Don Newcomb) writes:
>This is probably a "dumb" FAQ that people were shot for asking 8
>years ago, but here goes. I have a cheap PC-XT compatible with
>640 K and one (1) 360K floppy drive. It also has one each serial,
>printer and external floppy ports. I have recently seen external
>hard drives (slow) that attach to the *printer* port.
>
>My question is: Is there a way to attach a hard drive to the 
>external floppy port and have it work? It seems, to me, that
>this would be much better than anything hung on the printer port.
>
>It is probably about time to upgrade to a [34]86 system amyway.
>
I don't think that it is possible, anyway the transfer rate of a floppy
controller would be so slow it wouldn't even be funny.  The price on 8 bit
hard drive controllers has dropped drastically (about to $25-$45).  
I think that you would be amazed at what a 386 or 486 system can offer over
an xt.     

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From: mikelle@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (Eddie Mikell)
Subject: Does SAM's make schematics for Zenith laptop computers?
Summary: Phone number for sam schematics
Keywords: sam's Zenith
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:29:46 GMT

Greetings:

I am working on a power problem on my Zenith laptop.  Seems something is 
getting hot enough to melt one side of the laptop.  After opening the unit, 
I see a large 10watt 5.6k resistor which is getting VERY hot.

There was a company that puts out schematics for Televisions, and I believe 
the company was called SAM's or something like that.

Does this company make schematics for computers?  

Does anyone know how I can contact these people or anyone who could supply 
schematic info???

Thanks for any help!

Eddie
mikelle@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Lawrence Chiu)
Subject: Re: Minimum number of 4Meg SIMMs?
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:09:21 GMT

In article <6APR92.08244443@skyfox.usask.ca> friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca writes:
>In a previous article, ebath@vax1.umkc.edu wrote:
>> 
>
>I pretty sure you can't, but I could be wrong.  My motherboard, 
>according to the manual, has 2 memory banks, each with 4 SIMM sockets.
>It also says that al four sockets in a bank must be filled, and filled
>with the same SIMM type; ie I cannot mix 256K, 1M and 4M SIMMs in the
>same bank.
>
>I've only seen the inside of a couple of 386's (all were set up like
>above), so I can't say for sure that this is a standard, but it seems
>reasonable.
>
I've got the same problem. My first four sockets are filled with 1Mx9
which gives me 4M. I would like to get more memory but am torn between
getting 4 more 1Mx9 for a total of 8M or 4 x 4Mx9 for a total of 20M.
I'm torn because I can't afford the second option(!) but am not sure
if the first ill give me enough for Windows and OS/2 2.0. It's a real
nuisance they way they build motherboards these days.


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From: JULIUS@BTVLABVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Julius C. Chang")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Useful PC hw/sw reference
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:13:16 GMT

If you want to buy only one reference for PC hardware/software, a good
choice might be The Programmer's PC Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, by Thom
Hogan, Microsoft Press.  It covers DOS commands, Int 21h functions, BIOS
calls, EMS, CD-ROM support, mouse functions, VCPI, Windows, PC/XT/AT/PS2
hardware (including motherboard switches, error codes, video adapters,
keyboard, floppies, hard drives), parallel and serial ports, Hayes
command set, 80x86 and 80x87 chips, connectors and pinouts, ISA/EISA/MCA
buses, HP/Epson printer commands, and chip pinouts.  The publisher's price is
$39.95.

Topics not covered include DPMI, Weitek 3167/4167 (except for pinouts)
instruction set, OS/2, Super VGA, Tseng and other popular video chipsets,
motherboard chipsets like OPTi/Eteq/Symphony, cache logic, and compatible
BIOS manufacturers like AMI/Phoenix/Award/Quadtel/Microid.

Julius
From: Jim.Ficken@psycho.fidonet.org (Jim Ficken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Which QIC 80 Tape Dr
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 92 11:16:00 EDT
Organization: Psycho: The Usenet<->Fidonet Gateway of St. Pete Florida

MR>From: mregeste@amo.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Mark Regester)
  >Date: 1 Apr 92 14:08:51 GMT
  >Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita KS
  >Message-ID: <809@amo.WichitaKS.NCR.COM>
  >Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

MR>In article <1992Mar31.054524.4005@muddcs.claremont.edu>
  >jfreeman@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jeff Freeman) writes:
  >>... if you have 2 floppies, you can now buy a special cable to fit
  >>on your controller with connectors for 2 floppies and the tape drive, or bu
  >>(not what I suggest) a controller card (since it'd be more expensive...)

MR>I talked to a salesman Saturday and he said that Colorado now
  >includes the above mentioned cable.  Can anyone confirm this?

Yes: the most recent Jumbo we purchased includes the cable. Works fine.
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From: shiang@inland.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP! Keyboard does not work
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:58:36 GMT
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

Help!
I have a NCR 101 enhanced keyboard.  Today I found that the keys of the top row
(i.e., ! @ # $ %....and 1 2 3....) malfunctioned.  Nothing came out when I 
pressed any of them.  Other keys are OK.  Does anyone have similar experience?
Would anyone tell me what may be the possible causes?  Bad contact? Bad cable 
or others?  Can this be fixed easily by users?
Please e-mail your thoughts to me.  Thanks.

Shiang
shiang@inland.com
From: hilmera@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Andrew Hilmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Monitor cabling, Qume 835
Summary: How easy is it to fix vga cabling?
Date: 15 Apr 92 04:04:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Apr15.040402.29419
Organization: CS Dept. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

I have a Qume 835 (14" <actually ~12", god, I HATE my tiny 132x60
text, but I won't go back to 80x25> SVGA Interlaced monitor) that has
a cabling problem. It starts to lose signal to one of its guns, and if
I reach around and move the input cable, I can make the problem go
away, or at least change. The monitor is out of warranty, it seems
like a fairly straightforward problem, and I would like to know how
easily I could fix it myself.

I have been given to understand that CRTs retain charge in their
components after power has been disconnected. How would I drain this
charge to make it safe to work on?

Any others out there with this problem?--especially with Qume 835s...

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From: kkc@loki.cs.wayne.edu (Kwok K. Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: LOCAL BUS
Date: 17 Apr 92 01:17:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr17.011759.17774
Organization: Wayne State University

In article <1445@emdeng.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> rhenrie@emdeng.UUCP (Roland.Henrie) writes:
>In article <AduG_nu00awMANmkV3@andrew.cmu.edu> ml5d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Kuang Luo) writes:
>>	What is the difference between a local bus slot and a 32 bit ISA slot ?

>I don't know exactly what you are asking, but...
>Intel coined the word Localbus, defining it to be the lines directly off the
>microprocessor.  In this way the local bus of an ISA and MCA machine are
>the same.  An ISA bus is created by a chip(s) attached to the Localbus. You
>will notice system memory on the Localbus, while adapters are on the ISA/MCA
>bus.  There is a significant performance increase when a VGA controller is
>on the Localbus over when it is on the ISA/MCA/EISA bus.  Memory on the
>Localbus will be equally faster, however in a good design a cache on the
>Localbus can bring ISA bus extended memory accesses to less than 1 wait state.
>Roland.
>

Recently when I browsed through an issue of Computer Shopper, a company called
Comtrade had an ad about their local bus station (pc).  They said that all the
other video card were using 16-bit but their local bus card was using 32-bit.
One question: does it mean I have to use a special video card from them in 
order to take the advantage of the local bus?  What if I put a regular SVGA
card into that machine? compatible? Will the data transfer back to 16-bit?


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From: ewolf@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:36:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44492
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


With this "free" upgrade in the summer for Windows 3.1 compatability built-in
will it also include the 32-bit graphics engine (that I hear is *not* in
OS2 2.0)?

Also, I have an ATI VGA Wonder card w/ 512k and am wondering if I will be
able to use OS2 2.0 in anything above 640x480 on it straight out of the box?

Thanks for the info!!

- Eric Wolf  (ewolf@sage.cc.purdue.edu)  Purdue University


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From: azzarito@shark.cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Date: 3 Apr 92 22:38:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: cybernet.1992Apr3.223856.11137
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

In article <2qTmiB1w164w@obmarket.UUCP> michaelc@obmarket.UUCP (Michael Campbell) writes:
>> There were several systems that experienced re-boot when you install disk 1 a
>> install time.  By the time GA code was complete, all these problems were gone
>> so I'd say wait for the GA code to hit your local computer store, and give it
>> a try.  On the one-in-a-million chance that yours still has trouble, IBM has
>> guaranteed to either fix it, or refund your money - you have nothing to lose.
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Doug Azzarito
>
>When will that be?  Is it out yet?

I don't know when you'll see it in your local store (depends on how many
people go into the store and ask, I'lm sure).  However, if you want it FAST,
call 1-800-3IBMOS2 and order it direct.  If you have a DOS & Windows license,
you can get it for $49.00.  This is the bargain of the century!  I get to toss
the Windows I don't use ANYWAY, and get an OS that I WILL use.
 
OS/2 is no longer a dream... it's out, and packages are available!
From: muse@athena.cs.uga.edu (Doug Muse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Is motherboard dead?
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:42:15 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

A friend of mine has a 286 system that beeps three times when the computer is
turned on.  He replaced the power supply and it does the same thing. It goes
through the ckecking of the floppy drives and hard drive, then stops. After
this nothing happens.  That is as far as it gets.  What is wrong with it?
Thanks in advance for the help.
	 Doug


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From: eugenehs@alcor.usc.edu (HEUGE aka Eugene Hsu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000, a company losing JIT : MORE CONSIDERATIONS
Date: 6 Apr 1992 13:46:39 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: alcor.usc.edu

Well this summer I took it upon myself after 2 years of price watching to get
a 486-33.  From the research I was doing, it seeemed as if GW2000 was on fo
the larger corporations, and would therefore be able to serve my needs for
a longer period of time. (read this as they are not going to go out of 
business anytime soon).

Here is where my exerience turned a little sour.  

The ship date was assigned to me as 7 days before I needed to leave
Rochester, NY for LA,CA to attend school.  I called them to change the
shipping address to a relative in LA.  The time of delivery the 
package was sent to my home in NY.  I called the service representative 
while the delivery man from UPS was at my door and s/he (not sure which)
told me to accept delivery or else my sytem would be taken back and I 
wouldn't get another one until I was put back into the order que.

OK OK so I accepted the system, but on the premise that the customer
service representative agreed to help me cover the costs of shipping
to CA.  

The system was shipped out with GW2000's ups account numbers given to me.
and everything seemed ok.  

NOW I have a BILL for the shipping charges saying that GW2000 will not pay them
so I need to deal with that now.  Also another set of shipping charges have
been sent me.  NOW the total cost of shipping is $250.00!!

I am a student, and I really can't afford that.  GW2000 is shrugging me off
it seems.  So I like my system, BUT the company I purchased it from is one
which I do not THINK I WILL DO BUSINESS at AGAIN.

-euge

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:09:13 GMT

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>Quick question:

>Do you run Windows apps off the PM (or whatever its
>called now) desktop or do you still open up a Win-
>dows window? If the latter I'd rather not use it..

Either.  Or you can even start up Windows and run it under that.
Three options!
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