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From: passman@alliant.alliant.com (Shirley Passman)
Subject: Need suggestions on selecting a PC voice/mail system
Organization: Alliant Computer Systems Corp.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:05:09 GMT

Well, the title about says it all.  I need to decide on a PC/voice
/mail system.  Something that will let a lot of people receive
messages in private mailboxes, and deliver messages to a pager.

Any suggestions?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

-- Shirl
From: axa12@po.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem difficulty--can't hang up!!!
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:57:06 GMT
Organization: Department of Biochemistry, CWRU Medical School
NNTP-Posting-Host: meds38943.bioc.cwru.edu

In article <BuFJ6H.241@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~) writes:

>set the following in you terminal program ATC1, ATD2...this should 
>take care of it...

You mean AT&C1&D2, right?  ATD2 would just make the modem dial the
number 2.

Ashok
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                             Ashok A. Aiyar
                       Department of Biochemistry
                         CWRU School of Medicine
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From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Plug VGA monitor into a MAC...
Distribution: world
Date: 9 Sep 92 08:37:36 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

In a message dated Wed  9 Sep 92  5:00, Svaldez@sdcc13.ucsd.edu wrote:

 S>    I was wondering if I could plug my SuperVGA monitor into a Mac
 S> IIci with (I guess -- this is a friends Mac) a standard video 
 S> card.  I've heard that there is an adapter between the IBM
 S> hi-density 15 pin shell and the lo-density 15 pin on the Mac.  

 S> If someone could tell me where I could get one of these adapters
 S> or if someone could tell me the pinouts on the Mac side or
 S> something so I could interface the monitor the help would be
 S> very appreciated.

 S> svaldez@sdcc13.ucsd.edu

The September '92 issue of Computer Shopper (page 777) has a complete
discussion of attaching VGA monitors to Macs, including what works, what
doesn't, why, and how to build your own cable.  The Mac II series is much
fussier than the LC series about the type of VGA monitor it will work with.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

Jim Johnson-
*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:31:32 GMT
Subject: Re: Is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, I write:

> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
>
> > 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.
>
>      This is not necessary if you run the latest version of the CMS
> tape backup software (version 2.54 is the first version that will work

     OK, I just stuck my foot in my mouth: /N4 (or is it /N2?) *IS*
necessary with ASPI4DOS.SYS.  You don't need to change the bus timing if
you are using "SCSIHA.SYS /V386" instead of ASPI4DOS.SYS (SCSIHA.SYS is
older and has fewer features than ASPI4DOS.SYS, and is available from
Adaptec's BBS).

     Also, it turns out that SETSCSI.EXE works only with SCSIHA.SYS.  IT
DOES NOT WORK WITH ASPI4DOS.SYS.  I thought that the Adaptec hardware
could be controlled independently of ASPI4DOS.SYS and SCSIHA.SYS, but I
guess not.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER (unoriginal): This message is the author's personal opinion
and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of
Hewlett-Packard.  Any resemblance between the above views and those of
the author's employer, his terminal, or the view out his window are
purely coincidental.  Any resemblance between the above and his own
views is non-deterministic.  The question of the existence of views in
the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the
reader.  The question of the existence of the reader is left as an
exercise for the second god coefficient.  (A discussion of
non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this
article.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: storm@uriel (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: 1x9 vs. 1x3 memory
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 01:01:46 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.164957.5227@ultb.isc.rit.edu> ajb8886@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>
>That's the first I've heard of 1MB*3s.  What you're really referring to is
>the fact that they use 1mb*4 bit chips instead of 1mb*1bit chips on the sim.
>
>On an older 1mb * 9 sim, you would have nine discrete 1mb chips.
>
>On a newer 1mb * 9 sim, you would have two 1mb*4 bit chips (= to 1mb * 8)
>+ one 1 mb * 1 chip (sometimes they actually use a 1mb * 4 chip here too),
>for a total of three chips.
>
>It should make no difference whatsoever: both types of simms are 1MB * 9 bits,
>just packaged differently.  The result should be transparent to the computer.

	A lot of people with older motherboards seeking SIMMs have had problems
using the 1MBx3 Chips.  However, I just recently plugged 1MBx3 SIPs into
a two year old 386SX and there were no problems, so I would suspect that
the board would have to be VERY old...

	ToodlepiP!
	Marc 'em.

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From: frasc@frascNODOMAIN (Frederic R.Roussel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Looking for a memory board
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:05:45 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: CETIA, France

Hi netters!

    I'm currently using a 4 years old 386-clone (386DX/16MHz
and brand is LEO)
But it has only 2MB of RAM. Of course I'd like to have more
memory. But it only accepts memory extension boards via
a 32 bits slots. At the shop where I bought the machine
(it is also the importer in France for that brand LEO)
they told me they prefer selling a new motherboard.

Does anyone have any idea if it is possible to get any
kind of 32bits memory board work in that kind of machine?

Any clue greatly welcome, thanks in advance.

-- 
Frederic R. ROUSSEL   -   frasc@cetia.fr
Ext   : 8269          CETIA
Voice : +33 94088000  BP 144 83078 Toulon cedex 9
FAX   : +33 94088001  FRANCE
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:49:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: tc.1992Sep10.214900.16603
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

In <11300025@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK) writes:
>     What's really amazing is that they claim that you'll get next day
>delivery (for those areas that support it) if you place your order by
>3AM EST!  If I read their ad correctly, this means that, if I call by 12
>midnight west coast time, I'll still get my package the very next day.
>
>     I haven't had the guts to see if this is really true, though.

I have.  It worked twice when I called at 11:30 PM -- had it by the
afternoon.  Two other times it showed up the day after, but I have a strong
suspicion that this is due to the morass which is our mail room.

                           "Besides, my first `real' book wasn't LOVE IN THE
                            TIME OF CHOLERA, either, but that doesn't mean I
                            should be satisfied reading CURIOUS GEORGE at the
                            age of 35 just because I enjoyed it when I was
                            five."
                                           -- Jerry Boyajian
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From: derekd@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Derek Dang)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:02:51 GMT
Subject: Full-height MFM drives for sale
Organization: Desktop Network Group (SSD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Hello,

    I have some older full-height MFM hard drives for sales for the following
prices:

        50MB    - $100
        40MB    - $80
        20MB    - $60

    If you are interested, please send me email.  I prefer the buyer to be in
the San Jose/Mountain View area, because I'd rather not have to deal with
having to pack the drives for mailing.

Derek.
derek@hpnst18.mayfield.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Out-of-state-shipping and sales tax (what's up?)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 23:52:35 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Distribution: na

The Supreme Court ruled a couple of months ago that the states cannot
collect sales tax on out of state sales but that congress has the
authority to pass laws permitting the practice. I think the idea is to
make the practice uniform if it is enacted. At the moment the sales
taxes cannot be collected since congress has done nothing.
-- 
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.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley)
Subject: Re: 160X200X16 on CGA
Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 12:22:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.091308.25174@nuscc.nus.sg> isc30108@nusunix3.nus.sg (AMBAT SASI S/O PALISSERY P) writes:
>i have little knowledge of registers of a CGA card
>but i've heard that it is possible to attain the low mode
>(160 by 200 with 16 colors)
>how does one do that ?
>i have a feeling it's like sending parameters to $3d4 as in VGA
>pls help.

[Note: I tried to email this, but failed so I am posting it.]

You must set up all the CGA registers by yourself.  There isn't any BIOS
support for this mode.

CGA 160x100x16 (not 160x200x16) is actually a text mode where all even bytes
are set to 0DEh which is a vertical bar.  Odd bytes contain a left pixel color
in the high order bits and a right pixel color in the low order bits.

Each line requires 160 bytes of storage so the screen needs 16000 bytes.

I tried for a while to get the mode set up correctly without success.  The 
documentation on the correct CGA registers is sketchy.  It is not simple as 
there are many registers.  Some must be set up as graphics mode, and some as
text mode, which is confusing.

I can give you some code (if I still have it; I think I do) which tries to use
160x100x16 CGA mode.  It is assembler.  It does not work properly, but you may
be able to get something out of it.

Harry

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From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: BAD FAT
Date: 8 Sep 92 03:09:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: abcd.Jim_Johnson.089o
Distribution: world
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

In a message dated Sat  5 Sep 92  0:44, Rchun@crick.bio.uci.edu (rene Chun)
wrote:

 RC> Our labs pc compatible just had a big problem:  a bad C drive
 RC> file allocation table.
 RC> We ran Norton disk doctor to try and repair the disk but some
 RC> of the applications now don't work.
 RC> Is there any way to recover the situation?
 RC> Or will we have to reformat the C drive.
 RC> The D and E drive appear to be fine.  

I recently went through this, so the following may help.
I use DRDOS 6.0 (I have no idea what you are using) with DELWATCH active
(deleted files are only marked for deletion, but are protected from being
overwritten until DELPURGE is run).  I managed to hang my system during a
purge and had to reset.  DELPURGE screwed up the FAT.  Norton Disk Doctor
(version 5.0) would fix it, but DELPURGE would immediately screw it up
again and hang trying to get rid of a file.

#1 - I hope you took advantage of NDD's suggestion to create an UNDO file
when you told it to go ahead and fix the bad FAT.
(I didn't need it, but it is good insurance.)

#2 - what solved my problem was to use Norton's UnErase to recover the file
that DELPURGE kept hanging on (it was erased).

#3 - I erased the file again after recovering it.

#4 - I double checked the disk again with NDD.

#5 - I ran DELPURGE again, this time without a problem; and NDD again, also
without a problem.

(You might also want to take a look at Norton SysInfo to check your CMOS;
and DiskTool to make a rescue diskkette).


#3

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

Jim Johnson-
*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Full-motion Video boards
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:56:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


	Does anyone have any recommendations/good experiences with
full motion video boards?

	I'm going to be starting a multi-media type programming project
and need some good advice as to what the best platform is.  Also, what
is a good programming environment?  Anyone used Microsoft's C/C++
compiler for that sort of thing?  Visual Basic?

Thank-you kindly, in advance.
From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AST ADvantage in Epson Apex
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:47:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle WA

In article <1992Sep15.093542.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu> geeslin@vms.ocom.okstate.edu writes:
>
>	I have a question about Epson Apex, too...so your
>	post caught my eye.  I have just installed two 16
>	bit cards into the 2 available 16-bit slots in an
>	Apex... You suggest the machine is an XT clone.
>	Did you mean AT clone?  Did I work on a machine 
>	that said "plus" or "AT" in small print?  
>

Call Espon's customer service center at (800) 922-8911.  They also have a 
faxback service available 24 hours at the same number.  Hope this helps.

George
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: isc30108@nusunix3.nus.sg (AMBAT SASI S/O PALISSERY P)
Subject: 160X200X16 on CGA
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 09:13:08 GMT

i have little knowledge of registers of a CGA card
but i've heard that it is possible to attain the low mode
(160 by 200 with 16 colors)
how does one do that ?
i have a feeling it's like sending parameters to $3d4 as in VGA
pls help.

sasi
<isc30108@nusunix.nus.sg>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jsalcido@nmsu.edu   (Jason Salcido)
Subject: help with throughput on 14.4k modem needed!
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:30:53 GMT


I have a 14.4k modem that I use to connect to my university.  It says that  
connects at 14.4 with v.42bis compression.  This should be 57.6k right?  Well,  
when I transfer files they come across no faster than 200 cps.  Is this the  
fastest this modem can go?  What do I need to set to increase the transfer  
rates?


Jason
please e-mail me.
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Micropolis 1325 ?
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:32:02 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep12.084303.23141@uwasa.fi> hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes:
>From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama)
>Subject: Micropolis 1325 ?
>Date: 12 Sep 92 08:43:03 GMT


>        I happen to get one old hard disk that is labeled
>        Micropolis 1325 (ST506). I wonder what is this ST506?
>        According to the great hard disk parameter catalog
>        (theref42.zip) this disk is normal MFM (ST412). But
>        when I try to format it using plain MFM controller
>        I can't get anything out of it. Or is it broken...

>        -harri-

ST506 is MFM, probably just a later rev.  It may be broken, indeed.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: txb31@isuvax.iastate.edu (Albert K.T.Tan)
Subject: What's wrong with my 386-DX?
Reply-To: txb31@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:54:11 GMT


	I have some trouble with my 386DX-16MHz computer. It was working fine
till I attempted to replace the IDE controller and hard drive by MFM controller
and hard drive. The system then broke down even I intalled back the IDE
controller and hard drive again.

	Now, whenever I switch on the computer, I can hear the hard drive is
running. Unfortunately, the system doesn't respond anymore. Since I don't hear
the sound of 'beep' from the speaker, I assume there is something wrong with
the motherboard. Then, I called the local dealer, they said they would charge
$50 per hour for the labor fee. The cost is enough for me to replace a new
board. Can someone tell me the possible reason to cause the computer down? i.e.
Does it possible that BIOS, Microprocessor, or RAM sets have been destroyed?
What I supposed to do?

	Please reply to my account txb31@isuvax.iastate.edu 

	Any comment and idea will be appreciated.

	Thanx.

Albert

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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Needed: Software for a Canon IX-12 Scanner
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:27:15 GMT

I'm looking for some freely available software to test a page scanner.
It's an IS-300 (allegedly a lone of the Canon IX-12 scanner) hooked up
to a JLaser card. We got the scanner for a bargain basement price from
California Digital, but the scanner came only with a couple of driver
files - none of the driver files or test software mentioned in the
scanner's manual was included. I suppose this is to be expected with
closeout hardware, but we still need something with which to test this
baby out and make certain it's working. A simple program which would
tell the scanner to scan in a document and save it as a GIF or TIF or
PCX file would be just fine. Anyone with any leads please email me.

Thanks very much!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro)
Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:04:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.010220.3250@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:

>>I too bought the CS1024 in 1990.  I was told by Gateway that it was the same
>>as the MAG monitor.  I also saw in one or two reviews that Gateway monitors
>>were made by Tatung.
>>  It seems to me that people in this thread have been assuming that MAG
>>actually manufactures the monitors.  I see no reason to believe that this is
>>true.  It could very likely be the case that MAG and Gateway monitors come
>
>No, I'm pretty certain that MAG makes Gateway's monitors.  For one,
>when I wrote gateway@aol.com, Cynthia Lloyd told me that they were
>having problems with the monitors and were working with MAG to fix the
>problem.  Second, I think their literature they send out mentions MAG,
>but I don't have it in front of me to check.
>

I think there are two different monitors at issue here.  One is the
older CS1024I, which is interlaced at the 1024x768 resolution.  The
other is the CS1024NI, which does non-interlaced 60Hz 1024x768.  We
have both models in the lab.  As far as I can tell, the CS1024I looks
exactly like pictures of Tatung monitors I've seen in magazines.  I'm
not sure if Gateway sells this monitor anymore, though.

Paul

-- 
Paul Secinaro
pss1@kepler.unh.edu
Synthetic Vision and Pattern Analysis Laboratory
UNH Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Packard-Bell or LASER PCs- Why not?
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:54:27 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: riechertg@gtephx.UUCP's message of 14 Sep 92 16:02:17 GMT


>I'm looking to buy a 486SX PC for home use. Locally, I see various
>stores advertising Packard-Bell and LASER brand computers for what
>appear to be pretty good prices. These are obviously oriented toward
>the "unsophistcated :-)" PC user in that in one package you get
>pre-installed DOS, Windows, mouse, modem, VGA monitor, and other
>software such as Microsoft Works.

>What I want to know is why one of these isn't the good buy it seems to
>be. Is it service, non-standard hardware, reliability or what? I'm
>interested in all opinions pro and con.

Unless they've radically changed, virtually everything is non-standard
in a Packard Bell (I don't know about the Laser).  I am in the process
of repairing a Packard Bell machine that is 15 months old.  An
extended warranty was purchased and the company that sold the warranty
went belly up (gee, I wonder how many times that scam has been
pulled).  It's only 3 months out of the original warranty and Packard
Bell is letting her hang out to dry.  The motherboard is completely
dead.  Packard Bell wants $500 to replace a 386/SX motherboard !!!

Now, the motherboard has one slot which has a passive backplane
plugged into it.  The actual cards plug into this backplane (thus
they're parallel to the motherboard.  The case and power supply cannot
be reused due to this strange configuration.  The only things that are
salvageable are the floppy drives and hard disk.  The keyboard is a
PS2 type keyboard and so will require a $10 adaptor to be used with a
"standard" motherboard.

Tieing yourself to such propritary hardware may seem like a good deal
now (because it's cheap) but it can cost you big time in the long run.

In addition, this motherboard has the VGA, IDE controller, and IO
cards on the motherboard.  So much for changing or upgrading video,
switching to using a caching IDE controller, or a 16550 serial chip.

My advise (as if you couldn't tell) would be to run, not walk, away
from any such systems.  They seem like good deals to the uneducated
but there are many more honest dealers out there, probably a couple
that are local to you.

There are many such dealers out there (such as myself) that will
install and preconfigure software for you.  I even deliver and install
the system up to 25 miles from Boston (oh, you're in Phoenix, sorry)
and will give some amount of tutorial on computer usage.

-Carl-
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