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From: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ? VL-Bus Video Cards
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:36:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Digital Underground - PRIVATE
Reply-To: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus) 

To: pk@opl.com

P>Hi,

P>I've noticed that some of the (system) vendors in _Computer Shopper_ are
 >offering VL-Bus video cards from ATI. One of them says that they offer the
 >VL-Bus version of the UltraPro.

P>I'm putting together a system based on a VL-Bus motherboard, and I'd
 >like to use this card (or the Orchid S3-based Viper), but I haven't seen
 >it offered by anyone in _Computer Shopper_. Has anyone seen these VL-Bus
 >video cards via mail-order? If so, could you please send me the name of
 >the mail-order company?

P>Please respond by e-mail, and if there's enough interest, I'll post a
 >summary to the group.

P>Thanks in advance,
 >pk


If it still matters.  I was looking through C.S. for the same setup.

486DX/33 VLB/Eisa.  w/ a ORCHID VLB card.

Here's some names and numbers.

Asean Computer Technologies Inc.        ET4000 1MG VLB - $135
971 Fairway Drive                       S3 1MG VLB ----- $235
Walnut, CA 81789
1-909-598-2828

Most of the companies that sell Vesa boards and ATI cards more than
likely have the Vesa versions.  Give 'em a call.  The people I got my MB
from also gave me a better deal than ASEAN on the ATI card.


Chris Nalley
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.laptops
From: sysrick@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Rick McTeague)
Subject: Need help with Microsoft mouse driver problems on laptop
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 03:33:16 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I have a Bondwell B310 (286) laptop with a Radio Shack 25-2001
"Combi-Mouse" on one of the built-in serial ports. Up until recently, 
I've been able to use the Microsoft mouse driver from Windows 3.0 
with no problems.

Suddenly last week, though, the mouse driver stopped detecting the
mouse. If I use a Logitech mouse driver, it finds the mouse, but I can't
seem to get it to work with Windows 3.0. The mouse does work with some other
software...

Yes, I've tried the mouse on both serial ports, and I've tried a
different mouse. Neither solved the problem, so it looks like a 
problem in the laptop. I'm hoping there might be some real obscure
configuration problem, but it could be hardware - <gulp>.

I've put an RS-232 analyzer, which shows activity using some LEDs, on 
the mouse port. I see lots of activity when the Logitech driver
starts up, but *none* when the Microsoft driver starts. This suggests
that there's something in the Microsoft driver code which gets unhappy 
even before it gets talking to the mouse.

So... Is anyone out there a mouse guru who can tell me exactly what the
Microsoft mouse driver expects to see (in both hardware and data from
the mouse) in order to start up? How about a list of switches for the
Microsoft mouse driver? Debug mode?

Also, are there any comprehensive test programs for mice which will tell
me if it's doing everything it's supposed to?

Any help you can give on this would be appreciated. 

Rick
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Electrical Engineering Department, Speed Scientific School
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 588-7020

Internet: sysrick@starbase.spd.louisville.edu

Disclaimer: I'm a stand-up comedian; if anyone takes me seriously, I'm
            doing something wrong!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: friedman@starbase.trincoll.edu (Mark A. Friedman)
Subject: Crystal Scan vs. MAG MX15F - and - Alternatatives to Anykey Keyboard
Reply-To: mark.friedman@mail.trincoll.edu
Organization: Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:56:41 GMT

Soon, I will be buying a Gateway 2000 system, however I am not
thrilled with the feel of their Anykey keyboard and am also considering
purchasing a monitor other than their Crystal Scan 15" color monitor.

While opinions to the questions which follow are mostly based on personal
preferences, I still welcome opinions from others in helping me to
decide if the extra bucks I will have to spend to swap components are
worth it to me.  (I do plan to compare these components in person before
I make my final decision.)

I know that the Crystal Scan is manufactured by Mag Innovision.
How does the Crystal Scan 15" compare to Mag's own Mag MX15F in terms
of image sharpness, viewing area, functionality and quality?
(I will purchase Gateway's ATI Ultra Pro card and will want to run
1280x1024x16 and eventually 1280x1024x256.)

Any opinions on the Mag MX15F vs. the NEC 5fg?

The Anykey keyboard does not feel solid to me.  I prefer a heavier
(metallic) keyboard and find the Anykey to have a cheap plastic feel.
Can someone recommend a brand of keyboard or a specific keyboard to
look at?
I am typically not a user of function keys nor numeric keypads, thus,
101 keys seems plenty to me.  My fingers are quite satisfied with the 
location of numbers along the top row and with the typical control key 
combinations used in Unix.
It is also less important to me to have a programmable keyboard.
I will be running Unix and X-Windows and believe that I can "reprogram"
the few key locations that are important to me through the xmodmap program.

Thanks,

-- Mark
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: Re: Jumbo 250 makes my screen image shake...
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:11:16 GMT

This is almost certainly the result of a magnetic field generated
by the motor in the tape drive. I think it safe to say that
it can't harm you moniotr in any way, save for perhaps generating
in it a residual magnetic field that might slightly distort your
sceen image; if your manitor has internal degaussing, then even
this would be easy to compensate for.
    Norm Buchignani/University of Lethbridge/BUCHIGNANI@HG.ULETH.CA
"If we have been accustomed to deplore the spectacle...of a workman occupied
during his whole life in nothing else but the making of knife-handles or pins'
heads, we may find something quite as lamentable in the intellectual class, in
the exclusive employment of a human brain in resolving some equations, or in
classifying insects. [This] occasions a miserable indifference about the
general course of human affairs, as long as there are equations to solve and
pins to manufacture."                                      Auguste Comte
From: dusttheg@cs.utexas.edu (Steve Mekata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WD Caviar 2200 specs needed
Date: 23 Dec 1992 12:44:24 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: paducah.cs.utexas.edu

I have a Western Digital Caviar 2200 HD...but it didn't come with documentation

I could really appreciate someone telling me what to put in the CMOS for it.
The drive says it is 989 cylinders, 35 sectors per track, 12 heads, but that 
  doesn't equal 212MB formatted. 

I don't know what to put in the CMOS for write precompensation, and I don't
  know what to put into the CMOS for the landing zone.

Also, I'm wanting to configure this as the master drive on my system.
There are 3 sets of pins that can be jumpered. They are MA, SL, and CP.
I don't know which to put jumpers on. I have assumed MA is used to indicate
  that the drive is the master drive, and SL is used to indicate that there is
  a slave drive present.  I have no idea what CP is.

Any help would be eternally grateful (for a day)
thanks



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dave@philips.oz.au (David Torr)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 00:19:44 GMT
Organization: Philips Public Telecommunications Systems, Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmar

Truth_Assassin@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Truth Assassin) writes:

>Cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (chris) Says:
[lots deleted]
> 
>>     Why hasnt motorola keep up to pace with intel with product
>> design?
> 
>They have. Motorola 68040 is more powerful and efficient than Intel's 486.
>Remember, the P5 is not out, and neither is the 68060 so you can't really
>"keep pace" based on vaporware promises by companies. Remember, Strike
>Commander has been advertised for years now, and no show yet.
>Motorola's 680x0 line of processors, except for the RISC machines, are
>pretty much the de-facto standard on computer platforms including
>workstations like the Sparc, etc. It's only IBM clones that use Intels
>80x86 line..

And I always thought a Sparc used a Sparc chip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And of course HP workstations use their RISC chip, so not sure how "standard"
the 680x0 is on latest workstations.

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Philips Public Telecommunications Systems   Fax +61 3 883 3577
Views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect Philips' policy.
From: greg@turbo.atl.ga.us (Greg Montgomery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Jumbo 250 makes my screen image shake...
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 17:25:13 EDT
Reply-To: greg@turbo.atl.ga.us
Distribution: world
Organization: Montgomery Consultants, Inc.

I just put a Jumbo 250 internal tape drive in my system, and it works
great except for one little problem:  When doing certain physical
operations (I'm not sure if its rewinding, writing, reading, or what),
it makes my monitor shakes. Not physically, but the image on it shakes.
I assume this is because of electrical interference? But what I would
like to know is is this harmful to my monitor and how can I stop it??

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Greg


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From: ebrown@bud_light.kodak.com (Eric Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24 vs Diamond Stealth
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:39:27 GMT
	<1992Dec20.001351.13866@infonode.ingr.com>
Reply-To: ebrown@tap.kodak.com
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
In-reply-to: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com's message of 20 Dec 92 00:13:51 GMT


The origional question was about the SpeedStar 24 and 24X in 
1280x1024 mode. I don't think the 24X is capable of non-interlaced
1280x1024. On the other hand, the ET4000 based SpeedStar 24 does
support 1280x1024 non-interlaced. Unfortunatly, Diamond does not
support win31 drivers for the SpeedStar 24 non-interlaced 1280x
1024 mode. What a shame. (I know it works, becuase I was running
the July NT release with some weird concoction of drivers and was
running in 1280x1024 NI mode. I really liked it.)

I find the SpeedStar 24 quite fast enough for me. 

Eric.
ebrown@tap.kodak.com
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From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: Why memory costs doubled
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:58:46 GMT

In <1992Dec29.212413.15066@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>Of course they did, because it wasn't stopped until late in the game.
>How many U.S. manufacturers of DRAM can YOU point to now?  How many
>were there when the Japanese started dumping and leveraged their SC
>industry? 

IBM and Micron Technology, though there's been rumors of TI working on
high density chips. 

>[Hint:  I know of only two domestic producers of DRAM.  Extra point:
>explain what really happened then, what the Koreans hope to achieve by
>dumping in the U.S., and why the Japanese are now aiming to move out
>of DRAM and into ASIC.]

The full details would take a thesis or two, which I have neither the
time nor the interest to complete. Basic point. An international monopoly like
that is unsustainable. It's hardly my fault that U.S. companies are unwilling
to stay in a market if it doesn't provide profits the next quarter (I also
blame shortsightedness of U.S. investors for this failing).

>Guess who was damaged most by the dumping?  Can you say U.S. DRAM
>manufacturers? 

They pulled up stakes and left the market before it became profitable again.
Short term smart. Long term stupid. That's why you can find no mass-market
consumer electronics made in the U.S. and only one domestic TV set (Zenith).

>This discussion is more appropriate to sci.econ.

Perhaps. But it is interesting.

Paul

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: millernw@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller)
Subject: Question: Tape Drive utils and info
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 03:40:37 GMT

	Well, I finally got a tape drive for my 386, so I can knock down
my total number of floppies.  It's a Colorado Systems Jumbo 250, and I'm
using 3M DC-2120s in it.  So far, I've been pretty happy with it.  The 
install time was about twenty minutes, and it probably would've been shorter
if I'd checked out the manuals first.  My only problem is that when I 
formatted my first tape, the software told me that I only had about 115.5M
on the tape, rather than the 120 or so I expected.  The second tape gave me
a little more, around 118.8 or so, but still below par.  The software does
not tell me anything about bad blocks (lousy software).  Any idea what I
might be doing wrong?

	Also, a friend of mine is thinking of writing some utilities for
tape drives.  Does anyone know of any shareware (or freeware) utilities 
that exist, or failing that, where I might be able to obtain QIC-117 (or
QIC-115) info?

Thanks,


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kepley@cs.unca.edu (Brad Kepley)
Subject: Re: Question about serial port speed
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:27:31 GMT

>82450

My National data book doesn't show an 82450.  Betcha it's a dual 16450 
though.  If I'm right you won't be able to replace it with a 16550 :(

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stellabo@phage.cshl.org (Fred Stellabotte)
Subject: Review - Mag 17" Monitor & Stealth Card
Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:06:40 GMT


This Christmas I treated the family (and myself) to a new 486
computer with a Multi-Media Setup. I posted several questions to
this newsgroup about the monitor and Graphics card. I got 
alot of very good advice and made my purchase based on that advice
So I though it would be nice to report back to the news group.

I purchased a 'no-name' clone from a Local company. This computer
is a 486DX-2 with 8mb RAM, a SONY CD, and a Sound Blaster card.

For the monitor I purchased the MAG InnoVision 17" monitor with
the Diamond Stealth Card. The Monitor installed in less than
5 minutes .. Very clear manual .. I love the small LED that
informs you on the mode its in. The Hor & Vert controls are
push buttons, you hold them in until it is adjusted .. The
monitor is fairly Flat with NO fuzzy edges. The Stealth card
also installed in Minutes .. hardware and sofware .. again
a very good manual came with the card. At first I was a little
upset because there were only 5 drivers for windows, and none
that would do windows at 1024x1280 x 16 colors .. also the 
768x1024 driver only did 16 Colors. I called USA Flex (where
I bought the Monitor & Card) .. They told me that the way it is,
send the card back if you don't like it.  I then called Diamond ..
the answered very quick .. they have additional drivers .. They
offered to send .. or they gave me the number of a BBS they have.
I got the drivers from their BBS. In addition to the original five
drivers, they had a 1024x1280x16colors Interlaced, and a 768x1024
by 256 colors Non-Interlaced driver, plus alot of other great
utils. I tried both the new drivers .. I did not like the 1024x1280x16
as much the 768x1024x256 .. The lettering was a little fuzzy with
the hi-res driver .. So I have stayed with 768x1024x256colors ..

The family and friends were very impressed .. My child as a game
called ZooKeeper that has alot of digitized Photos .. they look
almost like real photos .. we also have MicroSoft's Multi-Media
Ciminea .. which has a lot of photos .. again very clear ..
The screen opens Windows instantly .. and paints the digitzed
Photos Almost instantly. 

In case you interested .. I paid $1,069 for the monitor .. and
$209 for the card.. well worth it ...

-Fred
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: v923137@vms.ucc.okstate.edu
Subject: Re: [Q] How do Game Ports Work?
Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 05:19:20 GMT

In article <1i2lnqINNso8@faatcrl.Faa.Gov>, warb@tgf.tc.faa.gov (Dan Warburton) writes:
> Q1. Can you have more than one Game port enabled?
>     I have one on the Seril/Par Board and one on a PAS16 board.

A1.   Yes. The IBM can support up to two joysticks on ONE 15-pin port.
      I am not sure about using two joysticks on two ports, as you are
      suggesting, however, I'm sure it is quite possible.

> 
> Q2. How do the games know when a button is pushed? Interrupt, polling
>     something else.

A2.   I have done some programming on 286/386 machines using assembly 
      language to read joystick ports.  I was not interested in whether
      the button(s) were pushed, but only about the values of the pot. lines.
      The standard game port works by the program issuing an interrupt, at
      which  time the port is scanned, and the values of all potentiometers
      and buttons are loaded into a buffer.  Then you read that buffer at your
      (the program's) leisure to find the position of the stick/buttons.
      This way you do not have to immediately process the joystick data and
      run the risk of the joystick moving while you are reading one axis, and
      the other axis changing before you get to it.  You should be able
      to find good technical information about this subject in any good
      assembly programming book, or a "programmer's problem solver" book for
      the PC.

BTW, I was using the joystick port to read an external voltage which was
being generated by a DC slave motor, which was in turn being driven by a
powered DC motor.  I had a variable load across the slave motor, and drove
the base of a transistor with the voltage from the slave motor.  I had the
joystick pins tied across the C and E of the transistor to provide a variable
resistance for the card to read.  Using this setup, I was able to determine
the power output of the test (driven) motor, by reading directly the voltage
and current produced by the slave motor (using a known load on slave motor).

Hope this helps-
Jason Worley

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: liuyu@acf3.nyu.edu (Bill Clinton)
Subject: Help: Terminal problems.
Organization: New York University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:14:12 GMT

Hi,
  I just found out that Televideo terminal would not communicate with
modem unless carrier detect (CD) is on. I didn't have this problem with
old Zenith terminal or PC with Telix. Is this normal for Televideo
terminals? Did I set some thing wrong in setup?

Thanks for any help.

PS, How do I set the clock on these terminals?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: yen1366@cs.cuhk.hk (Stannon Yen)
Subject: Flicker fixer
Keywords: Flicker
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:00:46 GMT

Hello,

    I've come across a word called 'flicker fixer' sometimes ago. Seems
it is used to cure interlaced flickers. Can anyone tell me more about
that? Is it avaliable for VGA on PC?

Regards,
CT Yen.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
Subject: Re: Irwin Magnetics - help
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:29:47 GMT

In article <1hsdj1INN3s1@nigel.msen.com> msp@msen.com (Jerry Foster) writes:
>I am trying to connect an Irwin tape drive to my Amiga, and I have a
>couple questions about the Irwin.  It is the Irwin 125, 20 MB model and
>uses mini cartridges. Does this model follow the QIC-40 specs, or are the
>minis a separate specification?  (I can only get drivers for QIC-40 drives).
>
>Does anyone have a phone number or address for Irwin Magnetics?
>
>Thanks a bunch in advance.
>
>--
>  //  Jerry Lee "3P"
>\x/   e-mail: jfos@msp.com


I believe that they use a proprietary format.  Their phone number is
800-541-3330 (Maynard Electronics, parent of Irwin).

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory   M/S 238-528    (818) 354-5964
4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena,  CA.  91109
From: jhl@egr.msu.edu (John Lawitzke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Professional PC
Date: 27 Dec 92 02:50:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
NNTP-Posting-Host: eecae.ee.msu.edu

Can anyone tell me about the company "Professional PC" and the quality
of their products?  Also whose hard disk drives and video controller
cards do they use?

Advance thanx,
-- 
John Lawitzke
Manager of Product Management
Dale Computer Corp.
Internet: jhl@frith.egr.msu.edu
From: daves@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Dave Stow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Book on low level pc hardware
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:28:58 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

Not sure if such a thing exists, but I am after a good book on programming
386 based machines - I'm not running DOS here and not using the BIOS, so 
any old standard book tends to be useless - I am after something that will
give me information on programming the *86 chips - particularly memory 
management stuff, I/O hardware, and the various protection modes.

Anyone got a recommendation for a good book?

Dave

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