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From: sjg@inf.rl.ac.uk (Simon Greenaway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Unknown Disk Interface
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:29:30 GMT
Reply-To: sjg@inf.rl.ac.uk
Organization: SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratories

Help! 
	I have an 8-bit disk interface but I which to know what type! It has a socket
marked HD ( mm... Head Disk perhaps?) and a floppy socket, into which is plugged a
3.5" 1.44M drive. How do I find out?? There is nothing sensible like 'RLL' or 'IDE' on
the circuit board.

Cheers,
	Simon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: evas@cs.few.eur.nl (Eelco van Asperen)
Subject: Re: Can I use a 387DX 33MHz on a 386DX 40MHz
Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 09:22:28 GMT

revpk@cellar.org (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) writes:
>forest@soda.berkeley.edu (Forest Edward Wilkinson) writes:

>> In article <4689@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> johnw@jupiter.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (
>> >He wants to add a math coprocessor which is rated at
>> >33MHz to his 386DX 40MHZ motherboard (AMD CPU) with 64k cache.
>> 
>> Sure it's possible.  Just be sure you don't overheat the coprocessor
>> by running it at a speed it's not rated for.  Use a heat sink if
>> possible.
>> -- 
>> Forest Edward Wilkinson
>> forest@soda.berkeley.edu

>        So, what you're saying is, if you want to buy a math coprocessor, it 
>has to run at the same MHz as the CPU. Correct?

That depends on your motherboard; my 386-40 board has a jumper that allows
you to set the coprocessor speed to 33 or 40 Mhz. I assume this was done
because there were no 387-40's around when the 386-40 came out.
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: XT Dead in the water
Keywords: hard drive, not recognized
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:04:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of North Texas

In <1992Jul28.030744.10962@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> thollowe@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Tom Hollowell) writes:

>I don't know if this is the right group or not, but it is my last hope.  
>I have a very sick PC, and I don't know what to do for it.  Luckily all I
>use it for is comm pacages, modems and stuff, but still, I would like to get it
>back in tip top shape. 

>Here's the problem, I have a disk drive that is, for some unknown reason, no 
>longer recognized by my system.  This is the C: drive, and the system is an
>old (1986) Leading Edge Model D (XT compatible).  The hard drive doesn't seem 
>to exist as far as the machine is concerned, it just sits there and spins on
>its own all day long.  

>Any suggestions?

>Tom Hollowell Ohio University, Athens  

If I remember correctly, the LE Mod D PC came with an RLL hard drive.
Two of my friends each have a LE-D and both experienced problems with the
hard drive.  The problems stem from an incompatibility between the drive
and the Adaptec RLL controller.  I would suggest either a new controller
or a new drive/controller combo.

--
***************************************************************************
* D. Keith Rice -- University of North Texas -- drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu *
***************************************************************************
*   "I like people.  I like the concept of people.  People ruin that."    *
*           -- Damon Wayans on "Late Night with David Letterman" 7/23/92  *
***************************************************************************
* Beta Test: To voluntarily entrust one's data, livelihood and sanity to  *
*            hardware or software intended to destroy all three.  In      *
*            earlier days, virgins were selected to beta test volcanoes.  *
***************************************************************************
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tribioli@arcetri.astro.it (Francesco Tribioli)
Subject: Re: NEC 4FG quality problems?
Organization: Osservatorio di Arcetri
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:12:07 GMT

In article <148k2dINNs3e@agate.berkeley.edu>, dbr@ocf.berkeley.edu (Daniel Rosler) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul17.234837.4567@unixg.ubc.ca> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
|>  >We have 2 4FGs in the department and will probably be getting more
|>  >because it has just been wonderful. We have had no such problem that 
|>  >you've faced. I even bought one for home. With all our 4FGs, it was
|>  >simply plug-n-play. We haven't even touch the knobs yet (with
|>  >autoscaling/positioning/sizing...etc). So, I don't know why you've
|>  >had your streak of bad luck. I did my research here on the net
|>  >before buying the first 4FG and aside from the glary screen, you are
|>  >the first one I'd seen with a problem.
|> 
|> I should say that you are the first person I've heard of who *hasn't* had
|> a problem.  I looked at several 4FG's at several stores and they were all
|> poorly focused and/or misalligned.  I've heard the same from everyone else.
|> 
|> Be ve-wy ve-wy careful, we huntin' for error-free NEC's.
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> 
|> -----------------------------------------------------------------
|> Dan Rosler                       Internet: dbr@ocf.berkeley.edu
|> Because you never get a third chance to make a second impression.
|> -----------------------------------------------------------------

I have a 4FG. I bought it 1 year ago and it is FANTASTIC. I have never had
problem with it. So I am the second one :-).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: 486 and co-processor
Keywords: 486, weitek, coprocessor, SAS
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 20:38:16 GMT

I'm a programmer who's been asked to pick out a fast PC primarily for use
with SAS database work.  I've been looking at Dell's fastest eisa, true dx-50
box, but I don't know anything about cpu co-processors,
I've only heard of the Weitek and Cyrix names.
First of all, I know that a math co-processor is part of the 486
chip, is there some sort of additional chip available to speed things up 
further?  I understand the software would have to address this.  Secondly, on
a different note, I presume a 32 bit eisa novell card would be overkill for
a standalone machine on a network (ie not functioning as a server).  Is there
any reason we should consider getting it?  What are it's advantages over a
regular 16/8 bit novell ethernet card?

email or post would be great, thanks alot for any and all pointers

--Don
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ychung@leibniz.uwaterloo.ca (Young Chung)
Subject: Re: Cyrix Math Coprocessors
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:00:29 GMT

In article <154rlqINNgl8@hilbert.math.ksu.edu> tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey) writes:
>hhtne@usho52.hou281.chevron.com (H.T.Nettles) writes:
>
>>    83D87-33  $ 85
>>    83D87-25  $ 85
>
>Assuming these prices are still valid, is there any reason to purchase
>the 83D87-25 over the -33?
>

If above prices are correct (identical), buy 33Mhz one no matter what your
386's speed is as long as 387's speed is equal to or greater than your 386.
387's will run with slower CPU's but not with a faster one.

Never know when you'd upgrade 386-25 to 386-33.


-------------
How long do those Energizers last anyway?
                                          I don't know, I have rechargables.
============================================================================
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============================================================================
From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 dirver for OS/2?
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:05:10 GMT
Organization: San Jose State University, Math & CS

In article <Jim_Johnson.05xb@abcd.Houghton.MI.US> Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson) writes:
>From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
>Subject: Re: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 dirver for OS/2?
>Date: 27 Jul 92 20:44:12 GMT

>From what I just read (Computer Shopper, I think) OS/2 is limited to
>standard VGA (640X480), and requires a XGA board to get any higher
>resolution.  Makes some sense - other than the 8514/A, IBM never released a
>VGA with higher resolution. Notice I said it makes some sense, NOT that I
>said IBM's attitude is correct.

IBM has developed VGA, 8514/A (an extension to VGA), and XGA.  It was never
a party to the various 'SVGA' groups.  But that does not mean that OS/2 
users are relegated to only those 3 choices for Video.  *BUT* 
development of such drivers are the responsibility of the chipset
manufacturers/card vendors, not IBM.  Same as with Windows.

>-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

>Jim Johnson-
>*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Subject: Re: Has anyone shopped for:Bernoulli PC Powered Pro 90 lately?
Keywords: Bernoulli,price info
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 17:22:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.021705.4538@edsi.plexus.COM> lon@edsi.plexus.COM (Lon Ponschock) writes:
>
>Has anyone shopped for a Bernoulli PC Powered Pro yet?
>Best price I have seen is $ 599.00 from PC Connection.
>Please specify if the boot card is included.
>Thanks
>-- 
>   Question Recently
>   Posed to the Net:'Kukla, Fran & Ollie' which one is which?
>   Answer: Tom Servo is Kukla, Crooow is Ollie and Joel is Fran.
>   lon@edsi.plexus.com

According to PC Connection catelog, the powered PRO comes with drive,
short-slot card (I assume ISA) software and 90 MB cartridge.  Speed is
18 ms and 9ms with caching software.


-- 
Pierre von Kaenel	| Skidmore College	     | pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu
Math & CS Dept.		| Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391
When asked his position on euthanasia, our local state rep. responded:
"I support youth all over the world."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: rzottola@umassmed.UMMED.EDU (Ralph Zottola)
Subject: Looking for smart serial card suppliers
Organization: Univ. Mass. Med. Ctr.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 14:29:14 GMT

I am looking for 4 and 8 port serial cards with microsoft windows drivers
which can be mapped above com port 4.  Any pointers to suppliers will be
greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance. --Ralph


-- 
Ralph J. Zottola			Graduate Student
UMMC/Prog. Mol. Med.			Voice: (508)856-6881
373 Plantation St.			Fax:   (508)856-4289
Worcester, MA 01605			Internet: rzottola@umassmed.ummed.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bp112@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven C. Lin)
Subject: Re: 14.4 modems
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 18:12:26 GMT


 
> I am considering buying a cheap ($250-350) modem.  What is
> the significance of the following?:
> 
>   MNP 4 vs 5?
> 
>   Class of Fax?
>  
>   16550 UART?
> 
>   Group III compat?
 
MNP is a data compression/error correction scheme. I believe that
MNP 1-4 is solely error correction, while MNP 5 adds data comp.
Note that the theoretical limit on MNP compression is 2:1, whereas
the limit on v42 compression is either 4:1 or 5:1 (I'm too lazy to
look it up), so you may want to look into the v42 and v42.bis types
of modems.  As far as the faxes, there is a GROUP and a CLASS.
Group refers to which types of other fax machines your modem
can communicate with, Group III at 9600 bps being the most common.
But, as far as fax/modems go, there are two CLASSES, class 1 and
class 2.  Unfortunately, I do not possess the knowledge to tell
you the difference, except that whichever fax software you use
must support whatever class fax/modem yours is.  As to the 16550
chip, I THINK it MIGHT have something to do with internal
buffering of incoming data, but I really have no idea!

> Also, any remarks about the following brand names?:
> 
>   Zoom?
>   Infotel?
>   Lightning Comm.?
>   April?
>   Spirit?

If I could add one, Practical Peripherals seems to me to be
alright.  I just got their 14400FX (supports MNP and v42, and
is a class 1, group III comp. fax, in case you're wondering!)
and it seems to be working pretty well.  WHat I like is that
they have a lifetime guarantee on their modems.  

Hope the above helps at least a little!!

Steve Lin
bp112@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: tgt@ecn.purdue.edu (Thomas G Tobin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Unix on a 486 PC
Keywords: unix 486 pc
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:51:44 GMT
Reply-To: tgt@neon.ecn.purdue.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Jul28.080203.3611@nevada.edu>, otto@nevada.edu (Frederick J. Haab) writes:
|> In article <99QD02ui1bij01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> nyp00@cd.amdahl.com (Nicholas Y. Pang) writes:
|> >What are some of the flavors of UNIX available for running on a 486 PC?
|> >Which are your favorites? How much does it cost?
|> >Any minimal hardware requirements?   
|> >
|> >Any info appreciated :-)
|> >
|> >-- 
|> >Nicholas Pang         nyp00@cd.amdahl.com       
|> >Amdahl Corporation    nyp00@outs.ccc.amdahl.com 
|> 
|> 
|> I just installed linux on my 386, with a 60MB dos partition
|> and a 60MB linux partition.  Only had it about a week, and
|> have some problems because I don't know what I'm doing, but
|> it's free, you can get it at several sites...try
|> doing:
|> 	archie -s linux
|> anyway, I think you can get it at banjo.concert.net in
|> the pub/Linux directory.
|> 
|> BTW, it's free (but copyrighted, I believe), not shareware
|> or anything.  Good luck.
|> 
|> 	-Fred

Try 386BSD, V0.1, which has just been released last week.  This is REAL
(BSD) UNIX, it's free, and it looks to be very stable.  Takes up more
space than linux (I have my harddisk partitioned for DOS and an 80M UNIX
section...the 386BSD binaries take up about 30-35M).  See comp.unix.bsd for
more info.

-- 
Tom Tobin				UUCP:     pur-ee!tgt	
Dept. of ChE				INTERNET: tgt@ecn.purdue.edu
Purdue University			Ma Bell:  home (317) 463-0189
W. Lafayette, IN 47907				  office "   494-4052 


Kirk:  "Bones..."
McCoy:  "He's dead Jim."
From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: One way modem?!?!?!
Date: 23 Jul 92 06:26:38 GMT
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle WA

About it not giving you an OK, CONNECT, etc. reply, do you have the result
code set to 1 (ATV1)?

George
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.forsale.computers
From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Subject: Re: $99 retail price, was Re: Cyrix Math Coprocessors
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 22:19:27 GMT

In article <cee1.711948808@Isis.MsState.Edu> cee1@ra.msstate.edu (Charles Evans) writes:
>whn@hardy.u.washington.edu (William Newman) writes:
>>>From an article in InfoWorld, The prices for Cryix 387DX chips were $99 for
>>>speeds up to 33MHz and (I think) $119 or $129 for 40MHz.  I don't have the
>>>articles here though :-(
>
>>I called ET Valueline (ad in BYTE July '92, p.339) last
>>Saturday (11 July) to get an 83D87-25 and Quicken for Windows.
>>They arrived on Wednesday for $99 (Cyrix) + $17.99 (Quicken) 
>>+ $9.30 (2d day air).  The ad's prices for Cyrix are about 50%
>>higher, but they'll quote you the new prices over the phone:
>>  1-800-395-1000.
>>(Yes, I have no connection with them except as a satisfied 
>>customer.)
>
>well, I just talked with my fellow poster.. He/we can get em for 85 bucks.
>(7/23).
>
>chuck
>
>
Anybody knows how much a SX20 387 would be?


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dsutch@helix.nih.gov (Dennis Sutch)
Subject: HP Scanjet
Summary: Looking for WIN.INI changes for HP Scanjet Scanning Gallery 5 
Organization: National Institutes of Health
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:04:31 GMT

Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: world
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Keywords: 

If you have an HP Scanjet, I would appreciate your help.  I am trying
to configure my WIN.INI file to support Scanning Gallary version 5,
but don't have the TXT files for it.  Please send the changes to WIN.INI
for Scanning Gallary to me at dsutch@zeus.rti.org or dsutch@helix.nih.gov.

Thanks
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hewlett Packard THINKJET device time out prob(help) 
Distribution: world
Date: 23 Jul 92 07:30:20 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

Are you sure your buddies ThinkJet is a RS-232 device and not HP-IB
(current loop)?

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

Jim Johnson-
*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bx304@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeff Epler)
Subject: Re: 32 bit BIOS, etc. (was RE: 486/50'2 vs Sun 2's
Reply-To: bx304@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeff Epler)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 22:47:12 GMT


In a previous article, REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU () says:

>   I seriously think that a 32-bit BIOS, direct mapped, true-color
>(accelerated or co-processed) video and Fast-clocked (50 MHz) EISA
>will be sufficient to blow the lid off of desktop performance.  When I
>think about the wasted clock cycles incurred by DOS, Windows, OS/2 and
>even Unix in dealing with archaic hardware standards, like segmented
>real mode memory, Multi-plane mapped video and slow-clocked I/O busses,
>I wonder how everyone stands for it.

No kidding -- People worry about "Will the P5 be compatible with my
80486???" (Some have wanted PIN compatibility, for god sakes!) But it
looks like we need to trash the system architectures that have us
trapped.  

Of course, the downside is having to completely redesign motherboards,
expansion cards, compilers, etc., each time something better comes along
in the CPU area.  Not to mention how much worse those of us who have
286s will feel....
-- 
|Jeff Epler               Additions Welcome                ;-) >{8-) |
| :) (=( =-] (-= Celebrating the variety of faces =-> :^) {-= |-) (: |
|                                                   Lincoln, Nebraska|
From: robf@Ingres.COM (Robert L. Fair--Premium Support NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Windows Performance, Scrolling, 387 Math ?
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:50:29 GMT
Reply-To: robf@Ingres.COM (Robert L. Fair--Premium Support NJ)
Distribution: na
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501

I'm running Windows 3.1 on a 386SX25 with a DiamondSpeedstar VGA. Graphics
performance is rather slow, especially when doing window text scrolling,
which is horrible.

The VGA card itself seems quite fast, so I'm trying to figure out the
bottleneck - would either a math coprocessor (387) help or a faster/wider
CPU (e.g a 386DX) ?

I've tried drivers from the Microsoft BBS, Diamond plus the TurboWindows
one, they are all within 10-15% of each other in scrolling performance.

Any ideas on what the bottleneck is/how to fix it ?


	Rob

System: 386SX-25 w/OPTI page interleave motherboard, 10MB 70ns RAM, DOS 5.0,
Windows 3.1.
From: eck@infopls.chi.il.us (John Eckert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WESTERN DIGITAL CONTROLLERS info fo you!
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:05:23 GMT
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

Once again, the time is rife to publish the phone numbers which will 
answer so many questions frequently asked in this conference.  
 
Specs on controller boards whose model number begins with "WD" can be 
obtained from the Western Digital phones.
 
===========================================================
WESTERN DIGITAL Corp.             WATTS LINE: (800)832-4778
2445 McCabe Way                     PAY LINE: (714)863-0102
Irvine   CA  92714                  FAX LINE: (714)863-1656
                     ATS7=60        BBS LINE: (714)753-1234
WESTERN DIG.                       9600 BBS#: (714)753-1068
===========================================================
CONNER PERIPHERALS, Inc.          WATTS LINE:
3081 Zanker Road                    PAY LINE: (408)456-4500
San Jose   CA  95134                FAX LINE:
CONNER                                        (408)456-3200
===========================================================
Maxtor/Miniscribe                800-356-5333  800-262-9867
===========================================================
 
                 Best regards, John
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From: rrosen@cesl.rutgers.edu (Robert Rosenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can I mix 70ns SIMMS with 80ns SIMMS
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:30:18 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

In <veit.712407248@du9ds3> veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit) writes:

>The problem is not really the different access time, as long as the slowest
>chipset is at least as fast as it should be for the processor clock
>frequency (e.g. 70ns for 386/33 with 1 wait state, 60 for 0 WS).

I'm confused about wait states.  My calculator tells me that 33MHz is 30ns , not
60 ns.  Now I hear that memory is often interleaved so that a given bank is 
usually not accessed on succesive clock cycles, but this is this guaranteed?

In particular, is main memory usually interleaved or paged in cached systems?

My memory was set to 5ws by thew people who built it.  When I inquired about
this, I was told that it's not critical, because the cache acts at 0ws. My cache
is 64k, so the hit rate should be well over 90% (shouldn't it?), but it still
seems like a high price for a cache miss.  Can I lower this?

My main memory is 8MB of 80ns DRAM (9 chip simms).  My cache is 64k of 20ns SRAM.
I have an i386DX-33Mhz system.  (C&T motherboard)

Comments, answers would be appreciated.

Rob
rrosen@caip.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: katuulos@polaris.utu.fi (Kalle T. Tuulos)
Subject: Re: Advice needed on Colorado Tape drive.
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 00:04:34 GMT

jwang@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Jane Wang) writes:


>I can connect a Colorado 120mb internal tape drive onto the floppy cable
>without an extra controller for it. So I checked the cable. There

I've been using a Colorado 120mb drive for half year, first in 386/25
machine and then in 486/50. I have 2 floppy drives already, and the tape
drive connects parallel to them. If you know anything about signals on
the cable, you can simply buy a card-edge connector which suits on
Colorado tape drive and push it onto your floppy cable. The connector
costs about $2 . But if you don't know exactly what to do, please ask
for futher advice.
  However, if you're going to use that tape drive heavy, don't buy Colorado.
It seems to be quite old-fashioned with it's technics and I don't believe
it will last long in heavy use. (I can't explain why, my vocabulary is not
big enough...)

>Tong Gao
>tgao@cad.cs.uiuc.edu

--
Kalle T. Tuulos		katuulos@utu.fi