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From: akk@korppi.cs.tut.fi (Kautonen Ari)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: TSENG4000 or NCR chipset?
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:39:22 GMT
Organization: Finnish University and Research Network FUNET

From article <1992Apr7.145701.1177@nic.umass.edu>, by s0671922@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (D. BESONEN):
> 
> I'm about to purchase a SVGA card that has an NCR chipset.
> 
> This card is from BOCA, and based on the research I did it has
> ...
> What I'm wondering is how much software compatibility would I be
> sacrificing because of the NCR chipset?  I was told that I should
> buy a card that uses the TSENG4000 chipset.
> 
> This card comes with software drivers for major commercial
> software packages (Windows, AutoCAD, WordPerfect, etc.) just as
> most other graphics cards do.

My opinion is: don't buy that card although it is cheap.
The various drivers are a *pain* to install and it even requires
special drivers in CONFIG.SYS to make text modes other that 25/50/60x80
appear correctly on screen. I bought that card (HiColor version). It
took 5 passes through installation before I was able to use that card
and it added 2-3 drivers to CONFIG.SYS. I returned the card immediately
to the dealer and they told me that I was not the only one that has
returned it. BOCA had used the ET4000 chipset earlier and the dealer
told me that BOCA is collecting opinions of the matter if they should
change back to ET4000. I bought a no-name ET4000 card and it has been
working very well without any special drivers (other that Windows 3.0)


Ari Kautonen  (akk@cs.tut.fi)
From: chandoni@husc8.harvard.edu (Part of the Problem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Anybody have a WD AC2200 IDE drive?
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:27:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Apr16.192800.11189
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

I'm looking around for a 200M+ IDE drive, and this
is what the salespeople seem to be pushing (it's the
only one most have in stock).  Access time is 13ms,
and it has 64K of cache.  So, it sounds pretty good,
but does it actually work (ie. reliably)?

I wanted to get a Quantum LPS240A, but nobody seems
to have any (except D.C. Drives, who are charging $699).

Speaking of which, can anybody recommend (based on a 
RECENT purchase) a place to buy IDE drives?  Due to a current
shortage, prices seem to be running in the $600+ range
($605 for the above WD drive), despite CS ads that are
$100 lower.  Are we nearing the end of civilization?

Thanks,
JMC
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: Edward K Jen <ejen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Chipsets and 386-40 Motherboards?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 05:00:20 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

Well, I'm on the lookout to upgrade my 80386sx-16.  What are the differences 
between chipsets by C&T, Opti, ETEQ etc.?  Should I definitely stay away from 
some?  The board I am most seriously considering is an 80386-40, 64k cache, 8
slots, 32 MB RAM max, AMI BIOS, and the OPTI chipset, all on a baby-size board.
The price is $339.  Is this a good price?  Unfortunately, I don't know the 
motherboard manufacturer, but could find it out.  Is this that significant?  

I welcome opinions from anyone with experience in these matters...TIA...

Ed
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Any above opinions are the sole property of the below named:
Edward K. Jen
ejen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
From: jsin@smogland.janet.ucla.edu (John Sin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: compatibilty problem between AMI/IDE/Norton Util?
Date: 10 Apr 92 02:45:31 GMT
Organization: University of California at Los Angeles, EE Dept.

Is there any known compatibility problem between and 386 AMI BIOS
(dated 3/3/89) and the newer CONNER IDE drives (CP30174E)?

I have a 386 clone with above BIOS, and I wanted to install a Conner
CP30174E 170MB IDE drive.  I'm running DOS 5.0.  System boots fine and runs
ok, except the number of bad sectors keep increasing by the hour.  After a
while, "dir" on certain directory returns with "sector not found" or "drive
not ready" or some other error messages.  I suppose the drive could be bad,
but I want to make sure.

I was told to use the settings of 908 cylinders, 8 heads, and 46 sectors,
which gives me about 163MB of space.  When I tried those settings though, 
the machine beeps twice and indicates drive and/or controller error.

After scratching my head, I reduced the number of sectors from 46 down to
45 sectors, which gives me about 159MB of space.  This time, it booted 
ok from the floppy, and I was able to fdisk and format the drive without any 
problems.

Great -- I restored my backup (w/ PC Tools 6.0), and back in business.  
For good measures, I restored some more programs which I've always wanted to 
have on my machine but didn't have the room for.

Later that day, I decided to run Norton's "sd", since I had all these
restores and deletions.  Well, the SD program croaked in the middle 
complaining of disk error.  I should note that I'm running version 4.5 of 
Norton Utilities - I really had no reasons to update my copy.  After quitting 
SD, I found that some of the FAT tables were messed up.  I thought that 
perhaps this version of NU didn't like (?) the layout of IDE drives and so I 
decided to re-format the drive and buy a new version of NU later.

Then I re-did the whole bit of fdisk, format and restore.  Now things are
ok, except that I find I have a lot more bad blocks on my disk then I had
the first time I formatted the disk.  After the first format, I had about
150K of bad blocks; now I have close to 4MB of bad blocks.  

What's worse is that every once in a while, new set of bad blocks will appear 
on my hard disk.  I can't read/write those blocks anymore.

Ordinarily if I see this kind of behavior, I would've said that the drive
was going bad, but now I'm not so sure.  I think perhaps running QEMM 6.01
+ HyperDisk 4.30 (staged write enabled) + 4DOS aggravates things, and I'm 
going to check into that later this week.

In the meantime, any help or insights will be appreciated.
Thanks!
--
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UCLA EE Dept.  53-109 Engineering IV, Los Angeles,  CA 90024   (310)206-7983
From: patf@hprpcd.rose.hp.com (Pat Fung)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 17:55:06 GMT
Subject: Re: 386/33 group purchase $260/ea
Organization: HP Roseville Site
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:

    artc@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Art) writes:
    >For those who are interested in the purchase do the following:
    >1. Send me a e-mail message to confirm the quantity!!!!
    >2. send cashier's check or POSTAL cashier's check < to protect
    >yourself > to ( via air-mail or priority mail ) 
    >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    *----
    I'm not participating in the deal, but I'm curious:  How does a
    cashier's check or postal money order protect the buyer?  Wouldn't
    a credit card give far more protection?
    --


You can put stop payment on cashier's checks and money orders. It can be
done. So beware buyers and sellers.


Pat Fung
From: jm602s1066@sycom.mi.org (James Mallory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: QUESTIONS: EDSI harddrives; mice
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:43:58 GMT
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange

brent@cco.caltech.edu (Brent R. Eubanks) writes:
>Ok, just what does the ESDI (?) standard signify in reference to hard
>drives? How does it compare with SCSI?

ESDI I find works better than SCSI is single user workstation configuration
than SCSI...doesn't need drivers is a big plus.

>Separate question: I've heard of drive controller cards which take
>advantage of the EISA architecture to give massive throughput rates
>and higher speeds. Is there a separate name for this standard?  Is it
>necessary to have a special drive, or just a special controller to get
>this enhanced performance?  (ie:  If I get a EISA 486 with a SCSI
>drive and standard (16-bit) controller, and I later want to upgrade to
>take full advantage of the EISA architecture, do I need a new drive
>and card, or just a new card?)

You probably mean SCSI-2.  You can proably use a SCSI-1 drive with a SCSI-2 EI
SA controller but to get the full advantage (that is if the speed increase
from 16-bit to 32-bit Bus Mastering ain't enough,) you will also need a SCSI-2
card.

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From: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI/SoundBlaster/CD-ROM & QEMM
Keywords: HELP!!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 08:06:41 GMT
Reply-To: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward)
Organization: University of Portland, Portland, OR

Sounds like a Windows/SCSI problem.

Check your SYSTEM.INI file.  Under [386enh] there should be a line like this

VirtualHDIRQ = FALSE

If there isn't, try adding it.  You will need to restart Windows to make the
change take effect.

This will prevent Windows from trying to perform low-level access on the disk.

Good luck, hope this helps.

Steve
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From: nadkarni@ashok.lkg.dec.com (ashok p. nadkarni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 16" and Larger Zenith Flat Screen Monitors
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:56:55 GMT
Reply-To: nadkarni@ashok.lkg.dec.com (ashok p. nadkarni)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <steveh.702567905@franklin>, steveh@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au (Steve Howell) writes:
|>	Ok.. I have this super cool zenith flat screen monitor.. its a perfectly
|>flat screen with a brilliant anti-glare coating.. However its only 14" in
|>size and can handle 640x480 maximum..
|>Does anyone know if Zenith manufacture screen similar to these with larger
|>tubes and higher resolutions.. preferably 1024x768.
>

I believe Compaq's new Qvision series is actually manufactured by Zenith. These
are 17" flat screen monitors and go upto 1024x768 (maybe higher).

/Ashok
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,sci.electronics
From: lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai)
Subject: HELP:  Broken SIMM sockets on PC motherboard
Originator: lai@seas.gwu.edu
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 01:08:20 GMT

I have a clone 386-33Mhz motherboard that is having memory problems.  Any 
pointer or help is greatly appreciated!

The motherboard takes up to 8 1Mx9 SIMMs, and right now it's fully populated.
The sympton is that the last 4 meg of the memory are getting intermittent
parity error.  

One of the problem is that the motherboard have the early SIMM sockets made by
AMP, with the plastic tab holding the SIMMs in place.  Well, being a clutz,
I managed to broke a couple tabs on the last 4 sockets.  I have managed to hold
the last 4 meg of SIMMs in place by bracing them or using rubber band, and feel
that they are contacting reasonably well with the sockets.  Short of soldering
new sockets in their place, that's the best that I can do.

I am using QAPlus, a diagnostic software package.  The RAM tests ran always
choke on the Bit Stuck Low test, with the error being "Parity Error --- System
board or RAM bad."  As I said, as the machine warms up, the error occurs more
often, and in more memory addresses.  Turning down the clock seems to help.

It would seem that the socket contact is the problem, right?  Machine warms up,
the socket/SIMM expands somewhat, and a bad contact occurs.  Also, slowing
the CPU down should help.  Is there anything experience out there about 
taking old sockets out/putting new ones in?  Will the ground plane act as a
heat sink and wraps the board for good?  Or am I overlooking something?

I was going to crazy glue the SIMMs in place, but taking into account of 
the relative low cost of the motherboard w/o CPU, and the relatively high
cost of RAMs, it doesn't sound like a good idea until I am sure that gluing
them permanently in place will help.  

Thanks for any advice!


William


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From: djm@morpheus.wustl.edu (David Maconochie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: TEAC DAT MT-2ST install
  
   Given that it is a SCSI unit (there is a 50 pin board connector on
Date: 5 Apr 92 17:22:30 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis

a)  Can it be used with a FASST controller (currently driving a REO
optical disk drive as ID 0)

b)  How do you configure the tape drive to have ID=1

c)  How do you wire up the SCSI cable to the drive (it is an internal
device, and there is an internal output pin set on the FASST board.

IF ANYONE EVEN HAS ONE OF THESE DRIVES,  WOULD THEY CONTACT ME PLEASE
 
Thanks-   David Maconochie,  DJM@morpheus.wustl.edu
From: misra@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Boo!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Parallel ports
Date: 11 Apr 1992 13:46:27 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


	Hello all, I am working on a project that will soon require me to 
take control of the AT parallel port using software. Could someone 
outtherehelp me out on how i could do that? I mean.. are there registers
i have to address and so on. Thanks..
From: john@attcan.UUCP (John Benfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Which QIC 80 Tape Drive to Buy?
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:06:17 GMT
Organization: Entropy Engineering Labs

> One thing to consider when purchasing a new tape drive is OS/2 compatibility.

That's right. Right after you sign up for that full frontal lobotomy
you'll be just dying for OS/2 compatible hardware and software.

> Yes, that's right.   OS/2.   By years end, you will either be running it,
> or wishing you were running it. 

You'll also probably be drooling out of the side of your mouth and mumbling
a lot about how your mashed potatoes keep taunting you at feeding time.

> But even if you don't think so, it doesn't
> hurt to allow for it.

True. It never hurts to allow yourself some breathing room. But OS/2? 
That's right up there with ensuring that the drive can make julienne 
fries unless you've already bought into the OS/2 platform. The direction is
good, but a "useable" OS/2 was late out of the gate and is pretty
unlikely to be a major contender for a couple of years yet. (Yes, you
may feel free to rub my nose in it if it DOES manage to take over assuming
that I'm not busy trying to get the ice skating concession in hell)
 
> 
> Currently, according to Colorado Tech Support, they do not support OS/2.
> When I spoke with then last week, they had just received their first Beta
> copy of OS/2, and were beginning to think about supporting it after they
> get their Windows s/w out.  Market forces will eventually force them to do it.

It hasn't been hurting too many vendors so far. If the vendors haven't
been considering it as a major market contender, what does that say for
it's viability? 

> 
> Currently, Irwin (aka Archive aka Maynard) has OS/2 PM software for their drives
> with OS/2 2.0 support due within the month.  Their DOS software *does* work
> now in OS/2 MDOS windows.
> 
> SCSI streamers (expen$ive?) have GNU tar for OS/2 available NOW.

A unix utility ported to OS/2. Hmmmm...I wonder what compatibility you
should REALLY be looking for? :-)

Seriously...if you are running DOS and don't have any immediate plans
to upgrade to a different OS platform, then don't worry about it. You
usually end up paying through the nose for compatibility you may never
have a use for (OS/2 compatibility especially). Just chose you vendor
well and make sure they have a good support and upgrade policy and 
when the market shakes out you can worry about drivers and upgrades
as you need them.

Just my own opinion.

John Benfield
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From: khafagi@egr.msu.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 486/33 (2-50) prices
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:55:22 GMT
Reply-To: khafagi@egr.msu.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)
Organization: Michigan State University
Originator: khafagi@frith.egr.msu.edu

I am currently looking for 486/33 system ... and need some recommendations
on reliable and good deal companies.  The system I intend to buy is:

486/33 DX 
8MB 
1.44 & 1.2 FDD
200 MB HD (<15ms)
1 MB SVGA Card
NI 14" Mon.
Mouse
Int. Modem / Fax

Please e-mail   
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:13577 comp.os.os2.misc:11220
From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Request for info on SCSI Adapters
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:24:51 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca.

t06@clark.edu (Torry Schreiner) writes:
: In article <1992Apr3.183241.11890@digi.lonestar.org> jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) writes:
: >In article <1992Apr3.041555.15039@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> michael@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michael MacFarland) writes:
: >>
: >>There are some usage notes
: >>All adaptec adapters:
: >>SCSI hard disks must be configed to ID 0 or 1 to be able to start up from
: >>that hard disk.
: >>
: >>Adaptec AHA-154x
: >>Adapter BIOS will not recognize the drive as Target 0 or 1.  drive can be
: >>used as a non-startup drive.
: >
: >
: >Does this mean that a SCSI HD connected to an Adaptec AHA-1542 can not
: >be the boot disk in a system?  The way I read this I have to buy another
: >HD (like IDE) just to boot with OS/2.  Can this be true?  More importantly,
: >is this true?
: >
: >Please someone with an Adaptec 1542 and only one hard disk tell me that
: >they can boot OS/2.
: 
: The way I read it it means the controller only has control of 0 and 1 on
: boot-up but after the boot sequence is over the drivers make it possible to
: control the rest.

Yes, indeed a disk connected to a 1542 can boot, no problem. This is my setup.
However, if you choose to install it along with an MFM, RLL, or IDE drive, then
the MFM, RLL, or IDE drive MUST be the boot drive. This is a PC BIOS limitation
not a limitation of the SCSI.

Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Does SAM's make schematics for Zenith laptop computers?
Keywords: sam's Zenith
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:56:07 GMT

In article <mikelle.10@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu> mikelle@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu (Eddie Mikell) writes:
>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

Howard S.Sams Co. is who you are thinking of. I have an XT schematic set
from them.

Don't know if the Zenith is available but try the public library reference
desk. If anything, you'll find out where to order it if it is available.

-steve
From: marcelo@deadzone.princeton.edu (Marcelo Gallardo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: replacing 386SX by 386SL
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:21:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: deadzone.1992Apr13.222103.1638
Organization: DeadZone * A/UX 2.0.1 SVR2 * 609-275-1833

In <1992Apr12.115704.2567@ramon.bgu.ac.il> shachar@ramon.bgu.ac.il (Shachar Fleishman) writes:

> Can I replace my 386sx chip with the 386lc and get a faster machine???

	Highly doubtful. Most 386sx CPU's can't be removed from the
	motherboard (they are soldered in). This means that you can't
	simply pull out the old chip and put in the new.

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From: mm352549@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Monte Mcdonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help!! SoundblasterPro not working...
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:51:38 GMT
Reply-To: mm352549@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Monte Mcdonald)
Organization: Colorado State U. Center for Computer Assisted Engineering.

Help!!!

  I recently purchased the SoundBlasterPro and found that it will not
function on my system.  In fact, my system will not function
with the SBP card.  I know it conflicts with my video card which is a
SMART EVGA card.  This is some generic "enhanced" VGA
card that uses a TRIDENT chip.  I've tried changing I/O address,
interrupt # , and  even DMA channel.  I checked all the settings
beforehand in my system configuration and there shouldn't have been a
problem.  My computer is a Packard Bell 386DX@25Mhz.
Packard Bell Tech support puts me on hold forever and then promises to
return my call and doesn't.  Creative Labs says to call 
Packard Bell because they've never had this problem.  I know  it's not
the SBP card because it's the second one I've tried with 
the same results.  Right now I have an OAK Technologis VGA card that
I've borrowed and everything works fine with default
settings.   If anyone has experience anything similar or has any
suggestions please E-mail me.  I would be forever greatful.  I
really want to get back to super VGA soon without buying another card.


								Thanks in advance,
								Monte McDonald