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From: rjb12@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Titch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Saving a PC's state
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:54:00 GMT
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

Does anyone out there no of a way to save a PC's state (DOS, applications,
TSRs, registers, data etc) which would enable me, at some later date, to 
restore the state so's I could carry on my work as if no interruption occurred.


Cheers.

Rich.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston)
Subject: Re: BOCA 14.4K Modem
Originator: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Keywords: BOCA


In article, pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
>In article umkirk07@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kirk) writes:
>>I have a BOCA v.32bis 14.4K internal modem.  I was curious whether it had
>>the UART 16550 Chip in it.  Someone told me that it didn't, but judging
>>from the performance, it doesn't seem to effect it.
>>
>>The modem does work flawlessly (with the exception of the rare CRC error)
>>and I would recomment it as a low cost 14.4K modem (Some group purchases
>>on misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone have found a price of 
>>only  $219.00 plus $7 shipping.  That is amazing!
>>
>>Anyways, if anyone knows which UART the BOCA modem has, please reply.
>>(I looked all through the manual, but no mention of anything..)
>
>Look on the modem itself.  The chip will be easily recognized.  Mine has
>the 16450, which is not nearly as nice as a 16550, but it's a pretty
>standard UART found in AT's, including the original IBM AT serial cards.
>
>I have no trouble getting 1675cps out of it (so says PCPlus) using
>Ymodem-G and a 14.4 v32bis/v42bis connection.
>

Well, I have a Boca 14.4 modem and the model number is M1440I.  This
internal FAX high-speed modem does not have *either* UART.  Instead
it has a new Rockwell chipset that *emulates* the 16450 UART.  Same
sad story about the 1 byte buffer.  Just thought I would add this 
in case you are frantically searching for a chip that sez 16450/16550.
It may not be there....

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From: gisie@wam.umd.edu (Satan)
Subject: SyQuest MESA 105 Mb Removable
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:25:04 GMT

Has anyone seen this availble for sale yet?????
I am in DIRE need of FASt removable storage at a moderate
price... Last I heard was that it *was* out, but this could
just be for OEMs...

Any info would be greatly appreciated..

Tim

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From: vincent@garnet.berkeley.edu (Vincent J. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How do you do a low level format?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:26:45 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

How do you do a high level format not a low level one. Sorry. It's for a 
Maxtor 200 mag hard. I tried formatting it and it formatted only 80 megs
of the drive. Does anybody know hwy it does this? Or how I could
fix it?
Thanks.
Please E-mail me back
Vincent@garne.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: mcramer@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Mert Cramer)
Subject: Re: IDE And SCSI with a Twist
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:45:03 GMT

From article <1992Nov14.214821.1@ttd.teradyne.com>, by rice@ttd.teradyne.com:
> In article <wo.721679811@rio70>, wo@rio70.snibln.de (Wolfgang Kalthoff) writes:
>> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>> 
>>>I am considering mixing a SCSI drive in with my IDE drive sometime in the
>>>near future.  However, I want to make sure that the 340MB IDE is still the
>>>drive that boots the system, and ends up as the C: drive.
>>>Can I add a SCSI Controller, tack a 200MB SCSI drive onto it, and still keep
>>>the IDE drive as the primary one.
> 
I have the Always IN2000 controller which does it all in the rom. Had no
problem with adding devices to the system. At the moment I have a Maxtor 200Mb
IDE drive, a Maxtor 340 Mb scsi drive and a Syquest 88Mb removable scsi drive.
You do need to take some care with your memory manager, mine is 386max, so
that the scsi controller part of umb is not available to the memory manager.

Mert Cramer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: emm@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Wendigo)
Subject: Problem with my monitor shuddering
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:22:00 GMT

After a recent transportation, the monitor on my computer has picked up a
funny habit.

The picture on the screen (be it text or graphic) "shudders".  That's about
the best word to describe it.  It seems to shake back and forth every now
and again.  It seems to happen of it's own accord and banging the monitor
seems to "agitate" it when it is already shuddering, however when the
screen is stable, I can't seem to coerce it into unstability.

What do I do with a paranoid monitor??? :-)

My best guess is that the ride in the back seat of my car shook something
loose inside, but I thought I'd search out some net.wisdom before I
procede.
(I'm a bit reluctant to go opening up the monitor, I know that those
"TV" tubes can store up a hell of a charge even when no power is
connected.)

For you information, the monitor is a VGA, not excatly sure of the brand
or model but it says "ELITE" on the front.  The vga card in my computer is
a 512K card with paradise chips (or at least is compatible with a paradise
driver).

Any ideas on what the likely problems are and how to fix??

Thanx in advance.

Evan McLean
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL)
Subject: Lotsa ?'s about new ZEOS computers
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:24:54 GMT

I have just finished reading the new(?) ZEOS ad in the December PC/Computing
for their upgradeable computers and I have some questions.

What kind of SIMMS do they use?  The ad mentions 36-bit memory, which
sounds proprietary, but I looked in the back of the mag. and didn't
see anyone selling "ZEOS" memory.

What chipset does the local-bus VGA have?

What kind of cache does ZEOS offer?  It is expensive, so I figure it
isn't your everyday 25ns write through cache.  Maybe 4-way set 
associative?

About the MS-DOS, WIndows v3.1, Lotus apps, and MS-Mouse, does ZEOS just
ship you the software on the hd, and the mouse, or do they ship you 
shrinkwrapped boxes. (ie-doc's, ability to register the products)

What kind of hd/fd controller does it use for the IDE hd?  Just a generic
16-bit card?

Is the 2s/1p I/O ports on a card or on the motherboard?  Is a 16550AFN on
the machine, or easy to add?

Does ZEOS offer other case options besides the desktop and large tower?

I have some more questions on pricing and prices too, but I'll wait.

I have tried calling, but was put on hold for about 30 minutes!  I figure
since I've seen ZEOS people here my questions might get answered.

Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rj@queens.edu (RJ Miller)
Subject: Magictronic boards
Keywords: info,hardware
Organization: Computing Services, Queens College
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:35:54 GMT

I am looking for documentation for an Everex I/O board (8-bit). I believe 
the model no. is 602 or 601. I have a machine that I am repairing that has 
this board and have no documentation. Please mail me your response and I 
will post if any one else is curious.

RJ
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From: Somewhere between heaven and hell   (The master of the universe)
Subject: HP LaserJet 4
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:32:59 GMT

Yesterday I saw a commercial advertising HP LaserJet4.
It was not advertised by HP but by a computer store.
According to the ad it is 600dpi, uses HPL5(sp) language as 3 series.
I think it also said it is postcript compatible but I'm not sure.
Does anybody have more info on this?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gilgan@ug.cs.dal.ca (Tommy Gilgan)
Subject: AMI BIOS - WPCOMP?  (was Re: ST-277R Formatting)
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:22:28 GMT

In article <BxLGMo.D7J@ecf.toronto.edu> dhaliwa@ecf.toronto.edu (DHALIWAL BIKRAM SINGH) writes:
>In my AMI Bios I have set the ST-277R with an RLL controller to type
>47 (USER CONFIG.).  I set :   
>CYLINDERS= 820
>HEADS= 6
>WPCOMP= ? but I set it at 820 just like my ST251 MFM
>LZ= 820
>CAP= 62 MB

What is WPCOMP for? For my current HD, a 120MB IDE I have it set to 65535 for
NONE. I was told this is correct. Is that so?
From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Opinions/reviews of PS/1 386/486 models?
Date: 17 Nov 1992 17:54:25 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

 I've been looking at the 386 and 486 models in the PS/1 line,
 with a leaning more towards the 486.  Does anyone have opinions of
 or experiences with these models (e-mail preferred, and I'll
 summarize to the net if volume warrants)?  Pointers to reviews
 that have been published? 
 
 I have concerns about: the slow clock speed, 20 MHz; the number
 of expansion slots; the capacity of the power supply (which is
 difficult to determine from the specs, but _seems_ to be 65 watts);
 the lack of external processor cache.  Otherwise, the package looks
 good for the price.

 Thanks for your input and insights.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL)
Subject: ? about Gateway 2000 systems
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:10:00 GMT

Can anyone tell me what type of secondary cache is used on the new
VL-Bus Gateway 2K systems?

Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: Re: Graphics Accelerator Cards
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:56:12 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.131945.8943@iscsvax.uni.edu> eadie5295@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
...(Quoted article deleted)...
>  On the contrary, reducing colors from 256 to 16 reduces the number of
>possible colors by 16, but will reduce the number of bits/pixel by a factor of
>only 2 (8-bits vs 4-bits per pixel).
...

Actually, it's a bit more complex (and potentially better) than that.
A VGA card in 256-color mode uses a simple 1-byte-per-pixel mapping in
the (paged) video memory space.  When you switch to 16-color mode, the
memory is arranged as 4 separate bitplanes, so that a 1-byte access
gets you 1 bit from each of 8 pixels.  Now this can be a real pain if
you're trying to update all 4 bits for each pixel.  However, for things
like text scrolling, all you're trying to do is switch pixel colors
between the foreground color and the background color.  A good text
scrolling program will arrange the pallette such that the foreground
and background colors differ in only one bitplane.  Thus, the program
can work within a single bitplane and manipulate 8 (or even 16) pixels
with each video memory access.  This yields a 8-to-1 speedup over the
256-color mode.

Of course, this all breaks down if you're displaying multi-colored text.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ong_mang@iastate.edu (sleeping_dragon)
Subject: Re: MAG 15" monitors - are users really happy with them?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:19:46 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.082506.15642@sfu.ca> mtichy@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Tichy) writes:
>> >       I wasn't that happy with the monitor I just bought 2 weeks a
>> >think the image is sharp enough, I should have paid $50.00 more to 
>> >NEC. I bought it because most of the people seems to have good opio
>> >But I won't spend my money on them again. I used it with Speedstar 
>> 
>> >display is not exactly that stable (you can noticed it when the bac
>> >white), and for that kind of money I paid ?
> 
>I'd just like to add that I believe there are two versions of the MAG
>available.  One uses a trinitron tube and the other uses something
                        ^^^^^^^^^
>another tube which isn't as good.  If it's a trinitron tube, if you
>look closely you'll see a cross on the screen.

	I think that one was MAG 17"? :) and Mag Inovation didn't realese the MAG 17" that using the TRINITON tube yet. 

							ong_mang


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
Subject: Re: Funny Quantum 240AT HD noise?
Keywords: quantum hard disk
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:48:27 GMT

In article <Bxt9sr.Ms2@cs.vu.nl> jjolive@cs.vu.nl (Olivera JJ) writes:
>ewadams@netcom.com (Ernest Adams) writes:
>
>>This may be an FAQ; I hope not.
>
>>I just bought the Quantum 240 AT hard disk drive. It has an on-board
>>256K cache, supposedly, and is supposed to be blinding fast. I haven't
>>really gotten a chance to test its speed, but I have noticed that
>>even when nothing's going on, it seems to make a chukka-chukka-chukka
>>sound about every ten seconds.
>
>>Is this normal? Am I misinterpreting what I'm hearing? I didn't get
>>any docs with this drive (it came installed in a system I bought)
>>and I'd like to know what's going on. It's a little disconcerting
>>and I'm sure it's going to bother me when I'm trying to think.
>
>>What's the story here?
>
>>-- Ernest

I have a Quantum 120lps SCSI disk and it does the same thing.  I am not quite
sure what it is doing, but it does appear to be the normal thing for
Quantum's lps drives to do.

Sean Harp
University of Tennessee
From: taylor@perlis.mcs.gvsu.edu (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Both floppies won't read disks
Date: 23 Nov 92 05:39:24 GMT
Organization: Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI

Hi,
   I've got an interesting problem that I can't solve.  I just purchased
a 486/50 clone with 2 high density floppies.  Neither the 3 1/2 or 5 1/4
will read write protected disks.  The drives will read the exact same disk
if the write protect notch is switched to be writable.  It formats disks
fine on both drives and acts normally aside from the reading problem.  When
I pulled the cables off of the chinnon drives and attached them to a friend's
Teac drives, everything worked fine.  The dealer responded by sending me a
new controller card and cables which didn't do a thing...they both will
still not read write protected disks.  Any ideas?  Thanks for the help.

Steve

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From: Donald.Wen@f201.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Donald Wen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Laser Printer Newsletter Free Sample Copy
Date: 16 Nov 92 02:13:48 GMT


 WV> Hi,
 WV>   We just sent out the fall issue of our newsletter, The Flash,
 WV>  about laser printers and related topics.  We have a few extra
 WV>  copies left over.  If you would like a free sample copy, send
 WV>  me your name and postal address.

 WV>   The Flash is an eclectic ~60 to 70 page quarterly newsletter
 WV>  about laser printing and related topics.  Some articles that
 WV>  have appeared are: Maintaining your laser printer (a whole
 WV>  series), self-publishing your own book.  How laser printers
 WV>  work, Laser printer upgrades, buying a used laser printer,
 WV>  going to offset printing from desktop publishing, making
 WV>  rubber stamps with your laser printer, how toner is made,
 WV>  ozone, patent patemonium, using laser printer transfer toner
 WV>  for t-shirts & such, laser printer output troubleshooting, and
 WV>  a lot more.  The Flash is a four year old newsletter with
 WV>  about 20,000 subscribers.

Walter, if you have any left I would be interested in having a copy sent
to:  646 Clarendon Ave.
     San Francisco, CA 94131

Thank you!

DONALD WEN


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From: goo0002@cuphub.cup.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP I'VE LOST MY MEMORY <2>
Date: 19 Nov 92 14:48:32 GMT
Organization: California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA



		HERE IS MY PROBLEM

The PC I just bought is listed as having 1meg of memory
However when I check both the setup file and use any memory manager
they no memory avaialble .
What gives have I been had.
If not how do I get my missing 1meg - 640k

		THE SYSTEM

AMD 386 40MH
1 MEG MEMORY ?
DOS 5.0
From: cpg@jet.uk (Dr Chris P Gatcombe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: TRIDENT 8900 jumpers SW3 and OSC1
Date: 23 Nov 92 11:02:32 GMT
Organization: Joint European Torus

In <BxzDLE.1Lt@newsflash.concordia.ca> david@donald.concordia.ca (David Gaudine) writes:

>My Trident 8900 doesn't correspond exactly to the manual.  Does anyone know
>the actual meaning of SW3 and OSC1?  I think that one or the other is for
>38/48K (interlaced/noninterlaced monitor).
>-- 
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
According to my TVGA 8900 manual:

SW3 configures scan rates for extended VGA modes.
Ie, if the jumper is open, then you get the higher scan rate of 48.7kHz.
Basically, this gives you non-interlaced operation.
You can only use this if your monitor is capable of handling this.

I don't know what OSC1 is for - there is nothing like this mentioned
in the manual.

The only switches that are mentioned are:
  Jumper J6  - Monitor detection
  Jumper J1  - IRQ9 control
  Jumper SW3 - see above
  Jumper SW4 - BIOS autodetect

Hope this helps.

Chris.
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Room K1/0/31, JET Joint European Undertaking, Abingdon, OX14 3EA, UK.
E-mail: gatc@tessella.co.uk or cpg@jet.uk
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From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Dead As A Door Nail
Date: 23 Nov 1992 11:28:23 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


DID YOUR 486 CPU HAVE A FAN ON IT??????
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: TriStar computers,any comments?
Keywords: VL-bus
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:33:42 GMT

stein@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov (Clifford M Stein) writes:

>I'm considering buying a TriStar VL-bus system.  Does anyone
>have any comments, gripes, praises, complaints about these?

Cliff,
I asked this same question one month ago and I received about 4 positive
responses and zero negative ones.  Their quality is apparently
very high.
Have you looked at teh systems from Micro-generation?  Also seem
to be high quality and very good prices.
patrick


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From: turkstra@cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
Subject: Re: Diamond 24X vs. Stealth
Reply-To: turkstra@cs.hope.edu
Organization: Hope College
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:29:09 GMT

>As another example, my macine at work originally came with a 1 meg SVGA card
>(it was an Everx Viewpoint card) and the performance of windows was
>very slow - you could NEVER tell that the machine was in fact a 486-DX 50Mhz
>by looking at windows.  So I replaced it with a Stealth VRAM at the
>thing cranks out speed now!  Remember, most people (Diamond) are saying
>that the 24x is faster than the Stealth.  NOW, I am running at 1024 x 768
>in 256 colors and it is VERY VERY fast.  (Sometimes things go by TOO fast
>on the scrren :)   )

Here's a question - do you notice any improvements on DOS-based graphics?  
Do the drivers (ie windows) need to be running for the accelerator chip to 
function?  I use DOS based apps often (familiarity reasons) and games, and
wonder about the (any?) speed increase on them.
	Turkstra@cs.hope.edu

Dood!  If I buy this totally K-RaD vid card, will like the graphics swirl faster on
my FaVoRiTe GaMEZ?  I Dunno, costs MaNY bucks, eh??

(Sorry, I've been roaming the BBS world too long today... I promise to restrict
outbursts like that in the future...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ravalent@mothra.syr.EDU (Bob Valentine)
Subject: Citizen MSP-15 printer
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 00:16:15 EST

   I just aquired a Citizen MSP-15 printer, for a low price,
but it lacks ANY documentation.  I plugged it in and it works fine,
but I'd like to know if anyone knows just what it can do.  
   The printer has no obvious dip switches/jumpers, or any little 
labels indicating it's capabilities.  If it matters, it is the 
132 colume version.  
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From: ross@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Ross)
Subject: Should I buy this?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:58:32 GMT

help!

I've got the opportunity to buy a 386DX 40Mhz for about 400 pounds 
(I think that's about ~600 dollars US, but please don't take much 
account of this because I know that hardware is cheaper over there anyway!)

The question is - am I shooting myself in the foot by buying a 386?
Should I save my money and buy a 486 when I can? (Might be a *long* time!)
Is this machine going to be fast enough to run most new software?

Please give me as much advice as you can - I'm yoyoing between opinions
at the moment!

Replies via e-mail would be appreciated - I don't have time to read c.s.i.p.h
very often.

Thanks v. much

Ross

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