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From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Memory errors--causes?
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 15:53:58 GMT

I've recently expanded from 4 MB to 8 MB and I'm having problems with the extra
memory.  When I had 4 MB on board, I had no problems.  But soon after I went to
8 MB, I would get parity errors, and sometimes the screen would just blank out
and the screen would freeze up.  The new memory itself seems to be fine.  I can
use either the new memory *or* the old memory (or even a combination of 2 MB of
each) and I have no problems.  When I went to check out a problem once, I
noticed that the memory seemed quite hot when I had 8 MB installed.  The memory
is installed in 4 banks of 2 MB each, and when all 8 are in, there is little
room for ventilation.  Could the heat be doing this?  Have I run out of power,
perhaps?  Any solutions or similar experiences out there?  This is SIPP memory
if it helps.

Tim Irvin   j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
Subject: DTK 486 with Symphony chipset - relocating shadow ram
Organization: Queen's University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:27:02 GMT

I've got a DTK 486-33, with DTK's own BIOS, and a Symphony chipset.  One of 
the config options is a choice between relocating 0K and 256K of the shadow 
ram.  The manual is quite vague about what this does, but with 0K relocated, 
I have 384K of memory dedicated to shadow ram, and with 256K relocated, only 
128K of memory is used that way.

The trouble is, the 256K relocation seems to confuse QEMM386 2.42.  I get 
weird crashes as though it thinks my memory is quite different than it 
really is.  If I ask for 0K relocation, the problems go away - but so does 
256K of memory.

Does anyone know exactly what this relocation does, and how to tell QEMM to 
live with it?

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: impett@super.org (Richard L Impett)
Subject: RE: Install hard disk problem
Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:43:05 GMT


In a recent posting Duc Duong wrote:

>> My PC some how doesn't recognize the C: drive any more. I just
>> reformat the hard disk, and yes it formated perfectly ok. I used the
>> set up screen to install the hard disk and yes, it does recognize the
>> disk. After rebooting, I do c: and I got the message invalid drive
>> letter. My question is that, is it a hardware problem? connection
>> problem, setup problem, software problem or I just messed it up when I
>> formating the hard disk. E-mail please. Thank you very much.

Did you remember to run fdisk?

Rick Impett (impett@super.org)
From: alan@StarConn.com (Alan Deikman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Zeos (and others) general flame
Date: 26 Aug 92 00:55:17 GMT
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA  415-949-3133

In article <GERRY.92Aug24171444@onion.cmu.edu>, gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
>Buy a local bus 486 for < $2000, what a deal!  
>
>The above is a paraphrase of a recent Zeos add.  Of course, said
>system comes with a 40 MB drive and a monchrome monitor.  Now,
>seriously, what type of idiot would buy such a system?  Zeos, and
>other companies that run similar adds, should stop this crap, and show
>properly configured systems.  The other thing about the Zeos ad that
>bothers me is the hype and huopla associated with theie Option #4
>package, which for most other companies, is the baseline
>configuration.

I have the following comments:

1) What other companies offer a 200MB hard disk system with 1024x768
video as a *base* system?

2) There are many applications for the "base" system configuration
which you say an "idiot" would buy.  For example, why would I want
to pay for VGA on a print server?  Or a non-Windows based order
entry station?  You should check out the real world before 
throwing a tantrum.

>
>Basically, Zeos is over priced, has slimey ads and I will never buy
>from them...

So don't buy from them.

Just out of curiosity, exactly what in their ads do you find "slimey?"
I read the ads, and they have virtually all the information I need to
make a decision with, in a convenient spreadsheet form that even a 
moron can understand.  The object is not to piss you off for some
obscure reason but to minimize the number of times a buyer has to
make a phone call for information.


Alan Deikman
Znyx ASD, Inc.
==============
From: scfisher@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steven Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Occidental is Zeos
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:44:19 GMT
Organization: Disorganization

I saw in the Wall Street Journal that Zeos has set up a subsiduary,
called Occidental, to sell PCs for less than Zeos. This was done
to gain market share without the confusion that Dell and Compaq have
with their lower priced line.  The article indicated that Occidental's
prices were (if I remember correctly) about 27% lower than Zeos.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ran26@cas.org (Bob Novak)
Subject: SUMMARY: IRQ 2
Keywords: IRQ FAQ
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:39:36 GMT

I received MANY responses - all of them pleasant.  The summary is given
below in the email I sent to the responders - thanks again to them and
usenet for helping with the problem.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Many thanks for all the responses - bottom line is use of IRQ 2 is fine
within DOS being careful that the video card does not use it already.  Within
Windows, you should specify IRQ 9 (which BIOS will treat as if it is IRQ 2).

So HARDWARE jumpers get set to IRQ 2 (not a problem on the PAS since there are
				   no jumpers for the PAS portion of the card)
   DOS software gets IRQ 2
   Windows gets IRQ 9 (or for the PAS any other available high interrupt).

Thanks again for the "gentle" responses - I have got everything hooked up and
running beautifully.

Now if I can only keep my hand steady with the scanner... :-)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob
BITNET: ran26@cas.bitnet
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INET:   ran26@cas.org

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,rec.music.synth,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
Subject: Re: Music Quest MIDI with WIN3.1 <<--Not working!
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:52:24 GMT

In article <BtyrMn.JAz@news.udel.edu>, jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch) writes:
|> OK, so I went out and bought a 486/33 with an ATI Ultra card.
|> Then, I got a Music Quest MIDI card.
|> This is where the problem began. 
|> 
|> The card comes with a program called "easy8.exe" - a simple sequencer.
|> I got that working just fine.  I have the card set to default vals:
|> IRQ 2 Addr: 330.
|> 
|> I boot up windows, install the MPU-401 driver, setup to IRQ2/330.
|> I reboot.
|> I get an error message saying that there is a hardware conflict with
|> the MPU401 driver, please adjust hardware.
|> 
|> I exit windows and try to boot up "easy8".  It says "can't find hardware".
|> 
|> So, apparenly, something about windows is screwing up my settings or 
|> *something*.
|> 
|> I've already tried the LPAC driver, to no avail.

I use the same card with W3.1, no problem! What driver are you using, the
one that came with the card, or the Windows driver? (Funny...all of a 
sudden I can't remember which one I'M using!). I THINK I'm using the Windows
driver. I'll check, email me if you want to know more about my setup.

jds

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: thomas@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Richard A. Thomas)
Subject: Re: Is the maxtor 213 meg a good buy at $470?
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:39:48 GMT

jpl1@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade) writes:
: I will also order a new controller card because mine does not have a 
: "user-definable" drive type 47.  (mine is pre-defined)  But first
: I will try to find a "close" type and see if I can get it to run --
: with maybe the loss of a few megs.  any comments?
: patrick

I just purchased a Maxtor 7213A IDE drive, and after staying up
until 3 a.m., I have some questions.

I already had a Maxtor LXT-200A IDE drive and a Miniscribe IDE
controller.

First question.  Both of these drives require that you use a
user-defined type 47, and my AMI BIOS allows that.  What isn't
clear is whether Type 47 has to be the same Type 47 for both drives.
(Maxtor recommends different definitions since the 7213A holds about
10 more MBytes.)  So does a BIOS allow Type 47 to mean different
things for different disk drives?

2.  If the answer to 1. is ``yes'', is that ``yes, always'' or ``yes
only if they are not hooked up as master and slave on the same IDE
controller?

3.  I ended up making both Type 47s the same (the values recommended
for the lower capacity LXT-200A).  I made the 7213A the master (factory
default jumpers), and added a jumper to the LXT-200A to make it a slave.
To keep the cluster size down to 2048 bytes, I made the 7213A a primary
partition, "C:", and an extended partition with one logical drive, "D:".
I made the LXT-200A one extended partition divided into two logical
drives, "E:" and "F:".  Sometimes Ctrl-Alt-Del will boot up ok, but
usually I get the message instructing me to insert a BOOT disk in drive A:
and press any key.  I ignore inserting a boot disk and press any key and
it boots fine.  (There is a long pause after the Ctrl-Alt-Del before it
comes up with this message.)  What did I do wrong?  The controller is
the one which came with the LXT-200A, would a newer IDE controller make
a difference?

By the way, I wasn't getting anywhere until I connected each drive to
the controller individually, as a master, and partitioned it and formatted
it before reconnecting them together as master and slave.  When both
were on the controller and the master (7213A) hadn't been partitioned and
formated yet, it will usually report that it couldn't access disk 2, or
sometimes that there was a HDD controller failure and couldn't access
either of them.  These message went away after I connected each separately
and partitioned and formated them.
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From: sander@kozmix.hacktic.nl (Sander van Malssen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kalok 3100
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 20:01:32 MET
Organization: Kozmic Egg Productions

jwromei@cs.vu.nl (John Romein) writes:

> Can anyone send me the right WPcom and LZone values of the Kalok 3100 ?  
> I cannot get Linux work properly with this disk (I often get the message
> 'HD timeout - HD-controller reset' and occasionally 'Unexpected HD interrupt'
> and was wondering weather this drive is bad or if I set these values wrongly
> (at the moment both zero)  My Seagate ST-157A works without problems but is
> too small and a little slow.
> 

They should be 65536 for WPcom and 979 for LZone, but I don't think that
is going to solve everything. When I had the same hd I got the same
messages (though usually the second, rarely the first). They're pretty
harmless, but if they annoy you, simply comment them out in
kernel/blk_drv/hd.c and recompile the kernel.




Bye!
Sander

		       = Linux or bust! =
Sander van Malssen | sander@kozmix.hacktic.nl | Fido 2:285/101.6
From: ddl@burrhus.harvard.edu (Dan Lanciani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 8-bit, secondary VGA
Date: 3 Sep 92 07:49:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: burrhus.1992Sep3.074939.8395
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA


	I'm looking for a VGA card that can run in 8-bit mode for
memory access (so it can coexist with a MGA) and which can be configured
as the secondary adapter.  (Yes, I really want the MGA to be primary.)
I've tried the ATI VGA Wonder+ but it wants to be in EGA mode to be
the secondary adapter and it somehow manages to conflict with the
MGA even when installed in an 8-bit slot.  (The conflict is subtle;
I can provide more details if necessary.)  Any suggestions?

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl@harvard.*
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 09:36:35 EDT
From: <REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ISA cards in an EISA bus - are some EISA advantages lost?

      dab@ubitrex.mb.ca (Daniel Boulet)writes:
>Are any of the advantages of the EISA bus lost if ISA cards are used in
>an EISA system?  I've heard that if any ISA cards are present then the
>EISA cards may not perform and/or function properly.  Is this true?
>
>Here are some of the things that I've heard:
>
>    - that the presence of an ISA card prevents EISA cards from doing
>     DMA to/from memory above the 16meg line.
    This one is absolutely not true.  Well Ok, you can't do DMA
    involving the ISA cards above the 16MB line, which is where
    the more generall misconception comes from

>   - that the presence of an ISA card reduces the performance of EISA
>     cards.

    I don't believe this is so, but we'll leave it to the true EISA
    experts (those who design systems).  OTOH - many EISA Motherboards
    have 6 bus-master 32 bit slots and 2 slave (ISA) 16-bit slots.
    Putting ISA cards in them will in no way effect the EISA slots
    (unless you have ISA cards that can't do 8.25 MHz bus speeds?)

>   - that some unspecified problems or limitations are encountered.

     True:  ISA and EISA cards cannot share IRQ lines or DMA channels.
     ISA and ISA cards cannot share, as well.  EISA and EISA can share.
     Also, UNIX does not yet take advantage of DMA "C" (or burst mode)
     to the best of my knowledge, (yet).

     The above are all substantiated by (a) PC Magazine's article
     from about a year ago ("Bus Wars Heat Up" and another in same
     issue.), (b) the (essential) book, entitled 80486 Programming,
     the authors of which escape me (husband & wife?) and (c)
     personal experience with an AMI Enterprise II - equivalent,
     AMI Fast Disk II (EISA SCSI), Orchid ProDesigner IISE (EISA ET4000),
     ISA MS Bus Mouse, ISA serial / parallel.  No problems...

   Jeff Andle.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cksvih01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: NumLock Scrambles Input on Packard-Bell
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:14:01 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

My brother has a Packard-Bell 386SX clone with an extended or enhanced
keyboard.  If he has the NumLock key on, he gets strange results when using
some spreadsheet and other programs.  As soon as he turns the numlock key
off, the problem vanishes.  He's had the same problem with two different
brands of keyboards.  He installed the BIOS to reflect the presence of an
enhanced keyboard.  Any thoughts? 


_______________________________________________________________________________
C. Kurt Svihla                            |                                   |
cksvih01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu            | "."                               |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: ViewSonic SVGA NI monitors
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:35:21 GMT

In article <BtpAq7.99@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> dbasinge@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger) writes:
>
>Has anyone had problems with ViewSonic SVGA NI monitor? I want to make
>sure that it is a fairly decent monitor to get. What other type would
>people suggest.

Myself and at about 3 friends have Viewsonic 6's, and at $325 (US), I
think that it is an excellent monitor. 

There are also other models (5, 5e,5SE or whatever), and one of these is
exactly like the 6 except it uses a sony trinitron tube.

Could someone clarify what the other models are (along with their specs)?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jem21176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon E. Meyer)
Subject: Owners manual for PC-7000!  I need it!
Summary: HELP I need the manaul for PC-7000, an old portable
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:29:43 GMT

Just got a 'new' to me computer. the old
PC-7000, by Sharp made around 1980?

I need the manual, can you help?

Write me at jem21176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rehbd@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (brian.d.reh)
Subject: TSENG ET4000 problem
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:43:20 GMT
Summary: Sierra install hangs video
Keywords: ET4000 Sierra install

I recently changed from a Paradise SVGA card to a ET4000 based card with
RAMDAC chip.
 
I did not run CMOS setup again.

I did install from a Sierra Dr Brain game.

The install program ran for ~3 seconds. ( I assume it was determining
my computers attributes ) and then the display locked in random colors.

The computer would not boot. It would not read the A drive on reset or
on powerup.

Eventually, I replaced the Paradise card and everything was back to 
normal.

I have an OPTi motherboard 386DX-40.

Should I have re-run CMOS setup?

HELP!

Brian Reh
att!ihlpe!bdr

From: plim@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com (Peter Lim)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 03:41:28 GMT
Subject: PC/AT keyboard for NEC-9801?
Organization: HP Singapore IC Design Ctr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Hi,

Just out of curiosity. Can I plug an original IBM PC/AT keyboard (or any
Taiwanese AT compatible keyboard) into an NEC-9801 Japanese AT "compatibles"
and expect it to work?

If not, why not? How incompatible is the NEC-9801 keyboard interface?

Thanks for any info.   E-mail reply preferred.


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From: tmottone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Teemu Mottonen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
Date: 28 Aug 92 09:35:12 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In article <1992Aug24.012656.1730@sdf.lonestar.org> mo@sdf.lonestar.org (Mohit Goyal) writes:
>Hello.
>
>I am looking for any information on the following two graphics cards:
>
>ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
>ATI Graphics Ultra +
>
>Here is *everything* I already know:
>Pro:
>$599 retail price
>25.5 million WINMARK score
>Available in ISA, EISA, and MCA
>
>+:
>$399 retail price
>21.0 million WINMARK score
>Available in 1 meg or 2 meg versions
>
>Here is what I want to know:
>What resolutions each card supports, maximum colors at each resolution,
>if all resolutions and colors are accelerated, why the Pro is faster?
>
>Thank you.

I called a local ATI dealer and got this info on the new ATI boards.

Graphics Ultra Pro:
	1280x1024x256
	800x600x16.7M
	Available for ISA, EISA and MCA.
	Winmark 25.5M

Graphics Ultra Plus:
	same resolutions as the Pro
	only for ISA
	Winmark 21M

I don't know about the color depth at 1024x768, maybe 8 or 15 bits ?
He also said that there would be a Graphics Vantage Plus, but I'm really
not sure about that. Also, I don't know how much RAM is standard and how
expandable it is. Also, are these already on the market in US ? The dealer
expects these boards in two months.

Teemu.
-- 
Teemu Mottonen
Dept. of Computer Science    tmottone@kruuna.helsinki.fi
Univ. of Helsinki, Finland   tmottone@klaava.helsinki.fi      
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.arch
From: bryanwu@cs.tamu.edu (Chuan-Yuan Wu)
Subject: Is it possible to form a distributed system with PC?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:27:31 GMT



  Is it possible to connect some PC to form a distributed system?  For
  example, i have 5 PCs, each has a 80486 processor, 4M ram, and 200M
  hard disk space.  I would like to connect these 5 PCs, so they can
  share resources with each others, especially running a big job with
  5 CPU and having a shared memory(RAM).

  If this is possible, what extra hardware/software do i need?  If not,
  what's wrong and what extend of resource sharing can be achived?  
  Any help will be appreciated.
		
					Chuan-Yuan Wu
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.2MB Floppy on an XT?
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:25:58 GMT
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

Yes it is possible to install a 1.2meg 5.25 drive on a XT.  You will need a
controller which can handle the higher data transfer rate however.  There
are several on the market made for the 8bit XT bus (these also handle
1.44meg 3.5 drives).  I don't know if the normal XT floppy controller will
handle a 1.2meg drive as a 360K drive, but I do know it won't handle 1.2meg
mode.  Depending on the controller & BIOS, you may also have to run a
device driver to handle the higher density.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

Jim Johnson-
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dschmitz@iastate.edu (Daniel C Schmitz)
Subject: Is this V-COM 486 a good deal?
Summary: Looks like an unbelievable 486DX offer
Keywords: 486 local bus
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:16:29 GMT

The price $1657 with Local Bus, $1517 ISA only Bus
	In the september issue of Computer Shopper, page 211, V-COM offers
this configuration.
	486DX/33, V-COM ISA Local Bus Main Board, 64k Cache, 4MB Ram 70ns
	5.25" & 3.5" Teac floppies, 105MB 17ms Hard Drive with built in cache,
	V-COM ProSpectra Gold Local Bus SVGA 1280x1024 & 16.7 million colors,
	V-COM 14" Non-Interlaced 1280x1024 monitor, serial/parallel/game ports,
	keyboard, 3 button mouse, Windows 3.1 & DOS 5.0

I called and asked some questions and got some more info.
	1 32bit Local Bus Slot used by Video card
	6 16bit Slots
	1 8bit Slot
	I can add a 2nd IDE hard drive later
	The ProSpectra card follows VESA standards for SVGA programming

Is there something missing from this that will cost me money and headaches
	later?
What kind of speed penalties will I pay if I get the same configuration
	but without Local Bus?
Has anybody had prior experience dealing with V-COM?

Thanks,
Dan Schmitz
dschmitz@judy.cs.iastate.edu

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