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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: BERNOULLI BERNOULLI
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 01:10:53 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

leclercm@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Leclerc Marco) writes:

>Hello all....

>Ok, I'd like to have some infos about the Bernoulli 90meg drive.
>-is it fast?
>-is it easy to install?
>-is it reliable?
>-is it worth the price? 

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
RE Drug Warriors who enjoy making a "good" bust: I'm sure the Salem
Witch Hunters enjoyed their law enforcement achievements too.
From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CPU Heat Sink or Heater?  Plus CPU Warranty Labels?
Date: 11 Sep 1992 05:43:06 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

We have recently received some 486/50 pcs.  They're nice and
fast machines.  Since we were somewhat concerned about overheating,
the clone vendor put heat sinks on the CPU.  The heat sinks are 
really impressive ones:  they are huge, fits over and covers the 
entire chip with an huge array of cooling fins.

Being somewhat curious, we took off the sink and saw a small 
rectangular sticker that went from the middle of the chip to over
the edge.  It had some statement like "warranty void if removed".

This seemed really strange for the following reasons:

1.	Warranty labels on a chip?  We've ordered many PCs over the
	years from this vendor and others.  This is the first instance
	that we've ever seen of such a warning sticker.  Is this
	being commonplace?  Is it the clone vendor trying to lock in
	future business?  (Sleaze?  In the computer business?  No way!)

2.	We are wondering whether this would dilute or even worsen the 
	cooling benefits of the heat sink since the sticker prevents
	contact of the sink with the chip over that part and allows
	an additional layer of air which could defeat the purpose of
	the heat sink.  Further, depending on how much air space there
	is between the sink and the chip, the chip may be worse off
	because (much) hotter air would be trapped over the chip by the
	sink.  Any thoughts on this?

3.	Someone mentioned that there is a sort of gel/goop available on
	the market that one applies to the heat sink to allow a good
	contact between the sink and the chip thus facilitating cooling.
	Has anyone had any experience with this stuff?

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

Terry Chan
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From: dj@woodruff.weru.ksu.edu (DJ D. Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need Seagate3144A setup info.
Date: 9 Sep 1992 18:50:18 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: woodruff.weru.ksu.edu

It is a 120MB drive. I need the info ASAP.

Thanks!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
Subject: Re: Is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
Keywords: Streamer, Colorado
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 09:31:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.075306.27182@gmd.de> huebner@eissn5.gmd.de writes:
>Sorry for asking stupid questions but
>
> - is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
> - is a DJ-20 == Colorado Jumbo 250MB?
> - Which streamer do you recommend?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Uwe
>-- 

PC-Magazine did a comparison of several QIC-80 format drives
including the Colorado DJ-20, and the DJ-20 was the only drive in
the the lot to pass all the tests for QIC-80 compatability.

Yes, the Jumbo 250 is the DJ-20.

I have used the DJ-20 for about 4 months now and I highly recommend
it for ease of installation and use. One quirk though. When it is
used with an Adaptec 1542B or other bus master controller, you need
to make sure the bus on timing is no longer that 4ms, otherwise the
drive will get lost and generate errors and resets. For the
adaptec, this means adding a /N4 to the ASPI4DOS.SYS line in the
config.sys file.

Hope this helps...

...Paul


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From: mdgoodma@CRDEC8.APGEA.ARMY.MIL (Mack Goodman Have Goals and Faith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: DTC 5150CX Hard Disk Controller -- ** NEED HELP with DIP SWITCH, pleez
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:36:26 GMT


Could someone out there tell me the DIP switch settings for this MFM card?

Thanks

Mack
mdgoodma@crdec8.apgea.army.mil
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Advantages of 36 bit simms?
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:13:35 GMT
Organization: National Library of Medicine

>Back in January of this year, ZEOS being on the 'net was only a concept
>that I wanted to push through because I realized the value and the need
>to provide levels of support to all users. 9 months later I read statements
>like the last line of this message, I find a large smile on my face
>and a printer in the background printing the message to give to my supervisors.
>They read the messages and they know it was a good decision for them to 
>back the continuation and expansion project. :-)
>
>Yes, we listen daily.
>
>Thank You.


>-- 
>Ken Germann              ZZZZ EEEE  OO   SSS    ZEOS International, Ltd.  
>support@zeos.com   INET     Z E    O  O S       Technical Support Dept.
>uunet!zeos!support UUCP    Z  EE   O  O  SS     530 5th Ave N.W.
>800-228-5390      VOICE   Z   E    O  O    S    St. Paul, MN 55112
>612-633-7337             ZZZZ EEEE  OO  SSS     FAX         612-633-4607

IMHO you are one smart cookie.  Does a representative from Zeos on the net
mean something?  In my book it sure does.  It also helps that they seem
to have the 'right idea' with much of the design of their machines, ie
they know what the P5/586 is.....

--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
From: blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Who makes VESA local bus motherboards?
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:37:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <pjvgi5c@fido.asd.sgi.com>, pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close) writes:
|> Even ISA is faster than all but the fastest hard drives.  ISA can do up to 4
|> megabytes/second, whereas most hard drives are in the 1-2 MB/s range.  This
|> means that wether your hard drive controller is on the ISA bus or local bus,
|> your hard drive performance will be the same.

That wouldn't be so for a cached controller that got a hit, would it?
In such a case, I should think the ISA bus a limiting factor.

Of course, that presumes you can get a cached controller for your local bus.
Or that your motherboard controller is cached and can get pretty directly into
memory.

-- Bob
From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Should I buy the Cyrix chip ?
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:44:54 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1992Sep9.015720.10167@philabs.philips.com>, kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan) writes:
|> In article <Bu2sJp.LIw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
|> >     But, the salesman said the Cyrix chip's math coprocessor doesn't
|> >     work completely.
|> >
|> >     So, is it worth spending an extra $150 to get the Cyrix chip, which
|> >
|> > John A. Slagel     "My old man used to tell me, before he left this
|> > j-slagel1@uiuc.edu  shitty world, never chase buses or women- you
|> >                     always get left behind." -The Marlboro Man
|> 
|> 	This is the first time I heard that Cyrix's chip is buggy, just wonder
|> what the salesman has in mind. By the way, you can get the chip for $99.00 now.
|> you might want to try Electronics Dynamics (1-800-845-8228), the price is for
|> 40MHz.

Sounds like his salesman has Intel co-processors for sale.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram)
Subject: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:27:27 GMT

Hi,


About this graphics card with extraterrestial specs:
the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro....

It features the so-called 64 bit mach32 chipset.
What I would like to know is: will this chipset be register-
compatible with 8514?
If so, it should be able to run X11 for Linux, right?
If you know something about the 8514 compatibility, please
drop me a line.

	Thanks in advance,

			Bram Stolk
			stolk@fwi.uva.nl
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:45:28 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Spartacus At Cuny) writes:

>In article <1992Sep4.130040.14498@hou.amoco.com>, jim@n5ial.chi.il.us says:

>>[lots and lots of articles talking about how great PC Connection is...]

>>QUESTION:  why, if this company is so great (and from the previous posts,
>>I have no doubt that they are), have I never heard of them before?  do
>>they advertise much?  or do they just advertise in trade rags I don't
>>read?

>Hmm, I've been a long time customer of PC Connection and I've
>always seen their ads in PC Magazine since the mid 80's.

The PC Connection ads are frequently five full pages or more (usually a
left page plus both sides of a 4-face foldin) and usually have the company's
raccoon logo character occupying one of the pages.  They may not be the
oldest mail-order PC supply house but they're certainly one of the oldest.

Perhaps the best proof of how long they've been around is their WATS
phone number:  1-800-243-8088
                         ^^^^
Their current catalog devotes the first two pages to a quick summary
of the company's past ten years of business.  And I can add my own 
endorsement of PC Connection; I've done occasional business with them
for many years.  Not always the absolute lowest price (the Ma Ferguson
Storm Door and Computer Company in Empty Jug, Texas sometimes beats
them by a dollar or so) but excellent service, fast response, and
a Customer Service department which *doesn't* believe that the name is
an oxymoron.

Joe Morris / MITRE
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:23852 comp.dcom.modems:13184
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Novice user has ?'s about USR modems, please help
Date: 10 Sep 92 02:45:27 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas

Hello.

Thank you for reading this, here is my question:

Can the software from USR's Shared Access Modem Sharing Kit be used
with any USR modem?

I've seen the SAMSK and it has a Courier v32bis modem, but it looks
different from the Courier v32bis modem that USR sells seperately.

I am wondering if their is any difference between the Courier v32bis
that comes with the SAMSK and the new v.small Courier v32bis.

I realize that this question may be too specific for anyone on the net
to answer, so can anyone give me the phone # to USR's technical service?

Thank you.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bjornh@stud.cs.uit.no (Bjoern Arne Hansen)
Subject: Speed Up  ??
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 10:07:13 GMT



	Can anyone tell me how to speed up my 486/33-processor  ??

	I have heard about ice-cap and ociloator, but what is it and 
	how do i get it ????


	THANKS !





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From: nagai@spacsun.rice.edu (Akira Nagai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WD Hard Disk; INFO needed.
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:46:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: rice.Bu9L16.K1x
Reply-To: nagai@spacsun.rice.edu (Akira Nagai)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rice University, Houston TX


  Could some one tell me the difference between the
Western Digital Hard Disks "Caviar2200" and the "Piranha212"?
Do they have the same BIOS parameters?  Thanks in advance.
From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Looking for DOS drivers for Future Domain SCSI TMC845 card
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:17:10 GMT
Organization: None.

I tried the Future Domain BBS, but all they had was SETUP_1_2.EXE, which does
low-level format and surface analysis.  I have the CorelDriver package, but it
doesn't support my SyQuest SCSI drive and I can't figure out how to modify the
"~DRIVE.LST" file to configure for the SyQuest. 

Any help or pointers thereto would be appreciated.

---jb (jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kak1@cypress31.cray.com (Kevin Kramer)
Subject: Re: Bypass AMI bios passwd protect needed
Originator: kak1@cypress31
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 10 Sep 92 09:59:51 CDT


In article <1992Sep9.214835.8760@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, ppatel@csws8.ic.sunysb.edu (Prashant M Patel) writes:
> 
> 	You can bypass the AMI bios by holding down the <INS> key while
> 	turning on the power. This should reset the password to AMI. If
> 	that does not work then you can disconnect the battery to the CMOS.
> 
> 					
Doesn't this completely defeat the purpose of password protection?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fontenot@ravl.rice.edu (Dwayne Jacques Fontenot)
Subject: Re: Local Bus, what is it?
Organization: Rice University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 07:25:37 GMT

hello,

Am I correct in thinking that local bus *does not* obsolete EISA?
From looking at ads, one gets the impression that the two (local bus and EISA)
are mutually exclusive, but ISA is nasty, and I have yet to see more than
2 local bus slots on a MB.

Does anyone know of a motherboard that has:

50 MHz 486DX
EISA peripheral bus
VESA local bus
processor upgradeability to P5 (or at least to Intel's next 486 Overdrive)
128k-256k external processor cache
motherboard support for 16Mb SIMMs, 64Mb on board min.

thank you for your time,

Dwayne Fontenot

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Why does HIMEM.SYS not work with some keyboard chips?
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:41:45 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.

leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:

>Apparently so major applications programs *depended* on the wraparound.

Can anyone give me a logical, sensible reason why any software would
require that the start of memory (0000) be referenceable from the last
segment in memory (FFFF)?  It seems to me that if you want to look at
the start of memory, you start by loading segment 0000, not FFFF!  Who
would program in such a bizarre manner?

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From: David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 1.2MB Floppy on an XT?
Date: 6 Sep 92 17:55:38 GMT

Hello Mark!

01 Sep 92 15:09, Mark Reynolds wrote to All:

 MR> From: reynolds@doppler.ncsc.org (Mark Reynolds)
 MR> !sun-barr!decwrl!concert!doppler!reynolds Newsgroups:
 MR> comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: 1.2MB Floppy on an XT? Organization:
 MR> North Carolina Supercomputing Center
 MR> @Message-ID: <BtwnGH.LGs@doppler.ncsc.org>
 MR> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:09:50 GMT
 MR>
 MR> Can anyone tell me if a 1.2MB floppy can be installed on an XT(8088).
 MR>
 MR> Thanks.
 MR>
 MR>
 MR> -+- Fred-Uf 1.8k
 MR>  + Origin: Passed through TTLG:  UUCP <> ProgNet gateway (42:1000/2.0)
 MR>

You need a new Controller to support a 1.2MB floppy on an XT.

David

 * Origin: Dave's Place - Edmonton Alberta (42:100/37)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: vannes@srzts304.alcatel.ch (Tom van Nes)
Subject: Re: Help.... Upgrading motherboard....
Organization: Alcatel STR AG Switzerland
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:38:16 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.145302.903@usl.edu> bjs9077@usl.edu (Smith Brad J) writes:
>
>Hello.....  I would like to upgrade my 286 machine to a 386-40.
>
>	Can anyone tell me of any problems or specifics I need to know
>about before investing in the 386-40 motherboard.  Is this as easy as
>replacing the motherboard???  Any help is greatly appreciated.

I just bought a no name 486DX motherboard and replaced it with my
original IBM AT 286 motherboard. To my surprise eveything went well.
I haden't expected the upgrade to be without a problem, since
IBM hardware isn't always as compatible as IBM clones :-)
Even the original Drive Controller funktions (allthough I had
to modify the pin connectors). The only hassle I had, was to
install a reset button and a turbo switch, which are not present
on a 286AT3. 

I didn't want to spent a lot of money for the upgrade cause I
wasn't sure the upgrade would work. My expenses for the 486: 600 $!

So you see, you shouldn't have any problems, except that you'll
probably need to buy SIMMs for the new board.

may the bits and bytes be with you...


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Experience with 50 MHz 486?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:49:46 GMT

In article <92255.144103A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET> <A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET> writes:
>I am in the fortunate position to buy me a new 486.
>To my surprise, there now are 50 MHz 486's.
>Are they reliable?  Or should I stick with 33 MHz?
> 
I have had a DX-50 at my desk at work for 8 months with very
few problems. All of the problems I have had have been related
to Techs that like to play pranks on other Techs. 

>Same question for the Hard Disk (IDE interface).  I now see
>that I can have a 500 Mb HD.  Are they reliable?  (I have only
>experience with 200 and 300 Mb HD's.)
> 
I have installed a Maxtore LXT213A and an MAXTOR535A in a Novell
2.2 file server with an UltraStore 15C IDE Caching controller.
I have had ZERO problems with either drive.

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From: bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU (Michael Benedik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 14.4 modem, half slot internal card?
Date: 11 Sep 92 05:40:17 GMT
Reply-To: bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston

I want to get a new high speed modem (v.42 either 9600 or 14.4) but the 
machine I want to stick it in is a slim line machine which only takes
half slot cards (that don't stick out too high). Can any one recommend
such a modem which is truly a half slot?


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	 University of Houston
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: hst@mh.nl (Klaas Hemstra)
Subject: Re: Making a 720k drive work when the BIOS only speaks 5 1/4"
X-Md4-Signature: d22e3d3deff18f9ff3aecd852915284c
Organization: Multihouse Automation, the Netherlands
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 07:09:52 GMT

Try the FDFORMAT program which is available from many archive sites.
It allows you to format floppies where you specify the number of
tracks AND the number of sectors.

Also it is possible to change the Drive paramaters in BIOS dataspace
to let the BIOS think it is a 720K drive, but that is a little more
complicated.

My brother had the same problem and we solved it with the FDFORMAT
program.

Good Luck,

Klaas
From: pechter@ocpt.ccur.com (Bill Pechter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Wanted info on Tallgrass TG-4060 Tape Drive
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:02:17 GMT
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp.,Information Services


I just came across a Tallgrass TG-4060 tape drive.  Looks like 
it's a DC600A QIC-O2 - but is it 8-).

I have no controller card or cable or software - is Tallgrass still
alive,  Anyone have cable and controller but no drive.

Please respond by mail - I'll summarize to the net.

Bill

pechter@ocpt.ccur.com



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dlc@ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu (Dave Collard x7468)
Subject: Re: Is NEC Dead?
Keywords: NEC
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 00:31:21 GMT

In <kaz.716581645@vincent1.iastate.edu> kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:

>I own a NEC Pinwriter P5200 and just attempted to call them regarding
>OS/2 drivers.  They have about 20 US numbers listed in the back of the
>printer manual.  I tried 4, three of which were disconnected and one
>was an old woman.  Has the international corporation NEC been reduced to
>an old woman?  If anyone has a US number for them, or any info, I'd really
>appreciate it.  Thanks!

1-800-NEC-INFO
I just called them a week or two ago.  While you are on the phone
with them, tell them to write drivers for OS/2 for their Silentwriter 95.

That is why I called them.
--Thor
collard@capsrv.jhuapl.edu
dlc@ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu
From: zheng@milli.cs.umn.edu (Qi Zheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IMB new lines of PC
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:16:25 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota


According to LA time, IBM will put new low cost PC's to market. The
21 new pc models are divided to three different lines targeted at
different user groups. Each line has 6 desktop and 1 notebook
models. Any detailed news about this? 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.arch
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:37:27 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.202205.26297@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:

>The SX and DX2 are not pin compatible, that may help explain the
>problem. I believe the Overdrive chip /is/ SX pinout. I have no idea
>what made Intel think a new pinout was remotely a good idea, they could
>have just left off the FPU.

I was my impression that the Overdrive chip (NOT the OEM DX/2) is pin
compatible with the _387SX_, not the 386SX. I think the OEM DX/2 is pin
compatible with the DX.




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