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From: bmehlman@trirex.com(Ben Mehlman)
Subject: Re: How can I low-level format IDE drive ?
Reply-To: bmehlman@trirex.com
Organization: Trirex Systems Inc.
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 09:37:45 GMT

There are plenty of ways to reformat an IDE drive safely.  In the case of  
the Maxtor drive which touched off this thread, my suggestion would be to  
call Maxtor.  They will cheerfully supply you with their bbs number, where  
you can download a program to test and format the exact Maxtor model you  
have.  

I did this with a messed up Maxtor LXT200A I had and it worked out to be a  
fast and safe solution.  the drive is happily supporting a Netware server  
now.

Not that many IDE drives CAN be safely formatted with any format utility.   
I had problems with a Conner drive, and they told me to go ahead and low  
level it any way I wanted to.  They stated that Connor IDE drives DON'T  
have the problem of not being able to be formatted in the field.

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From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: [IBM] XGA-2 Specs.
Date: 19 Nov 1992 18:19:01 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

 This may get flamed as a much-too-FAQ, but I just joined this group.
 Could someone provide a reference that explains how XGA-2, and for
 that matter XGA vanilla, differ from SVGA?  Thanks.
From: rpress@bizhost.wariat.org (Richard Pressl )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Problem with FDD
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 15:05:40 EST
Organization: CMDA, Euclid, OH


A 5.25" FDD on one of our machines suddenly started issuing GENERAL 
FAILURE messages, so we replaced the drive....but the problem continues.
Any idea of what might be the cause?? The time/date function is correct,
and we have not seen any CMOS/Post errors.

Ideas of what to check??

Personal email would be MUCH appreciated.

rpress@bizhost.wariat.org     Fido 1:157/562
Richard Pressl: Commercial Micro Data Analysts: UCC-OC, Cleveland
SysOp: Bizhost BBS: +1 216 731 4769   Searchlight/Waffle/HST-DS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wes@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Wes Hart)
Subject: Monitor Problems
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:22:30 GMT

After four and a half years of faithful service, my IBM-8512 Monitor
has let me down.  I believe the power switch has gone bad.  After
listening to several service departments tell me "labor is $90/hr
with a two-hour minimum" (throw in cost of parts and I could practically
buy a new one!), I decided to have a try at fixing it myself.  If
my assumtion (that it's only the power switch that's gone bad) is correct,
this ought to be possible.  Can anyone with any experience working on
this beast (or ones similar to it) drop me a line?  Basically I'm 
looking for info on where I could find a suitable replacement for the 
switch (a Radio Shack part no. would be Excellent), and any general
info I should have before opening this beast up (I'm a SOFTware person,
be specific).  Email to me or post to the group with the same subject.
Many many thanks in advance!

-- 
Wes Hart       (wes@cc.purdue.edu)
Purdue University Computing Center  "It is much easier to put a knife in
General Consultant                   someone's back if they trust you
                                     enough to turn it your way." - The JCJ
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Subject: Windows software that supports Marstek scanner?
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 12:39:41 GMT

Hi folks,

my question is this:

I bought a Marstek 4096 colour hand scanner a while ago, and I'm quite happy
with it, cause it's good value for money (no super quality flatbed thing, but I
don't need that).

There are two scanning programmes that come with it, both run under DOS.
The driver included supports them both, but obviously no other programme.
However I'd like to do scanning under windows, cause I've got some nice
image processing software there, and I run Windows most of the time anyway.
(Running the scanning software in a DOS box is no option, cause it uses high
resolution graphics and XMS.)

So, is there a Windows software out there that supports my cheapo scanner??
I don't want to switch back and forth all the time ...

Thank you for any help

Wolfgang


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* email: wolfi@cs.tu-berlin.de       *      wolfaefg@w250zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de *

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cliff@engin.umich.edu (clifford  kaminsky)
Subject: Panasonic KX-P2123 with color option
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:27:11 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

I bought a Panasonic KX-P2123 printer with the color option.  Whenever I
try to print anything larger than 2 square inches in color from Windows,
I get a bunch of garbage on the paper.  I have been in touch with Panasonic
technical support and they have no idea what I am talking about.  They just
keep placing the blame on someone else.  It seems to be a memory management
problem in the printer driver.  I have all of the latest versions of the DLL
files.  I am using an AMI 386/33 with 8 megs of RAM and Windows 3.1.  Does
anyone have an idea of what's going on?

One other thing... when I print in draft mode from Windows, the blank
space seems to be spaced differently than the printed areas.  The symptom
is lines with large blank areas in-between being placed closer together than
lines with other graphics in-between, when they should all be spaced the same.

Is it just me, or does someone have to rewrite the printer drivers?

By the way,  I have none of these problems when printing graphics from
DOS applications.

PLEASE HELP.

Thanks,
Cliff
From: daparish@beckman.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: MAG M15FX OR M15FH
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:42:44 PDT
Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc.

In article <1992Nov17.183718.14560@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, khioe@gina.jpl.nasa.gov (Kent Hioe) writes:
> In article <1992Nov13.183448.18811@philabs.philips.com> kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan) writes:
>>	are the MAG M15FX and M15FH the same monitor or different ? If diff.,
>>what are the differences ?
> 
> I am interested in this information too. Would you please post the information
> so that every body interested will have the benefit too.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> kent
> khioe@juno.jpl.nasa.gov

someone posted a while back that the FH is made by Hitachi. (and I just saw a
post today regarding a hitachi 15" - could it be the same monitor?),
I forget who was credited with the FX.
Try calling Mag computronics - oh, its Mag Innovision now isn't it?

> 
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From: kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent P. Iler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Can you have 2 HD's and more than 2 floppies?
Date: 16 Nov 1992 01:11:09 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Hi,
  I have 2 HD's and 2 Floppies.  I was wondering can I add another
controller card then add a floppy?  I would like to add another
3 1/2" drive to my computer....just wondering if I can.
						--Kent
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan)
Subject: Re: MAG 15" monitors - are users really happy with them?
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:08:08 GMT

In article <BxywFL.H8F@encore.com> root@encore.com (root) writes:
>I'm considering getting a MAG 15" flat screen monitor.
>
>Regards,
>Mike palmer
>Telephone: (305) 797-2326 (W)   (305) 7546-3146 (H)

	I wasn't that happy with the monitor I just bought 2 weeks ago. I don't
think the image is sharp enough, I should have paid $50.00 more to get the 
NEC. I bought it because most of the people seems to have good opion about it.
But I won't spend my money on them again. I used it with Speedstar 24x, and the
display is not exactly that stable (you can noticed it when the back ground is
white), and for that kind of money I paid ?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors)
Subject: Hidden Refresh (was Re: 3 chip vs 9 chip SIMMS)
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Keywords: SIMMS, Hidden Refresh
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 17:55:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.152110.24880@concurrent.co.uk> nnw@concurrent.co.uk (Neil Watson) writes:
>Anyway, bouquet of the day goes to Robert Tashjian (tashjian@netcom.com)
>who suggested checking if the BIOS supported Hidden Refresh or Slow
>Refresh. Sure enough the AMI BIOS I have (1990 vintage) has "Concurrent
>Refresh" and "AT type refresh" options. Setting the "AT type refresh"
>instead of the default makes it all seems to work. Aparently the BIOS is
[...]

I just took out my 8 1MB SIMMs and installed 4 4MB SIMMs (upgraded from
8MB to 16).  I had to disable "Hidden Refresh" to get them to work.  My
motherboard manual says:

    Hidden Refresh:  This option provides separate refreshing of AT-
    bus memory and local DRAM, when it is enabled, without holding CPU.

This sounds like my system isn't going to run as fast as it use to.  What
kind of performance hit does this produce?  (I've got a 486/33 with 64K
external cache.)

Thanks
Ken
From: rg9538@ehsn2.cen.uiuc.edu (Ronald E Garnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 24 bit video with faster bus?
Date: 15 Nov 92 21:11:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bxs06u.r1
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

robinson@sml.cs.psu.edu (Andrew Robinson) writes:

>I have read that the Diamond SpeedStar 24X will not work at higher than
>standard ISA bus speeds (~8 MHz).  Is this true of most 24 bit video cards?
>(The reason I am asking this is because my system's bus speed is currently
>set at ~16.5 MHz, and I don't want have to slow it down to add a new video
>card.)



I am running the 24x at 12 MHz... I am having a few problems, but generally it
works okay.  I'm not sure if the probs are related or not!  Diamond claims to
support 16 MHz on that card, I think   




Ron Garnett
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald Jones)
Subject: Re: Full-Page Monitors (Tatung & Genius)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:32:12 GMT

In article <3223@aegis.or.jp> jroth@aegis.or.jp (Joel Roth) writes:
>This is a "please help me" request for information about two full-page
>monitors I just acquired.
>
>2. Genius 420 Paper White 15" Monitor
>
>   Are Windows 3.1 drivers available? Does MDS have a BBS where
>   the drivers can be downloaded? Does anyone have a phone number
>   for technical support?
>
>   (N.B. I have a spare Genius video card for use with a micro-channel
>   bus--probably for the full-page monitor It is unused, but untested.
>   Let me know if you are interested.)
>

MDS (genius) is out of business! They did have Windows 3.0 drivers prior
to going belly up.

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Newsgroups: isu.cc.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: niko@iastate.edu (Nikolaus E Schuessler)
Subject: Re: Heatsinks in 486DX-50 based PC's
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:42:34 GMT

In article <sheldon.722016560@pv1417.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
>
>I'm looking for sources of information regarding this.  Perhaps where I
>might find a copy of any Intel literature regarding this, or any studies,
>tests, etc.
>
You might call intel's literature distribution center (if that's what they
call it) say you're affiliated with the university and they can give you
the 'data book' for free. The like it much better if you have part 
numbers.




-- 
Niko Schuessler               
Project Vincent Systems Manager              email: niko@iastate.edu
Iowa State University Computation Center     voice: (515) 294-1672
Ames IA 50010                                snail: 272 Durham 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: ATI graphics ultra pro -- full motion video
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:18:42 GMT

After all of this complaining about the ati graphics 
ultra pro, I saw a couple of articles in the dec 
byte magaszine about the new video for windows standard.
Both articles claimed that the new ati cards had special
hardware in them to allow the viewing of 16bit video at
1024x768, and 24bit video at 800x600 with 30fps!!!

is there any truth to this, or are the magazine writers
dreaming again?

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 14:19:47 EST
From: <GNR100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help With Parallel Port, Please

             I need to know which pins in in the parrallel port are
connected to things like the data bus, Timing signals, and the sort.
Basically, I need a diagram or descrition of which pins go where.
I would appreciate as much detail as possible, as I need the information
to connect a project to this port.  All help is greatly appreciated.
                     Thanks,

                        Gordon Rogers
                         gnr100@psuvm.psu.edu
From: vincent@garnet.berkeley.edu (Vincent J. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How do you hi level format Hard Drive?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:42:42 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

How do you hi level format a Maxtor 200 meg. Tried it and set the Dos partition
for the enitre drive. Says it doens't work. Only formats 80 megs of it. Help!
Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cmlow@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
Subject: Re: modem trouble - Smartlink
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:20:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.200536.6287@gw.wmich.edu>, 998mangla@gw.wmich.edu writes:

> A friend of mine just bought a 2400 BS Smartlink modem. 
> (Archteck Telecom Corp)

> the terminal option in windows to dial out. but when a number is dialed
> the mouse locks up and nothing happens. the only way to get out
> is to hit Alt-F4

I had a similar problem with a Smartline 2400 modem I bought recently too.
In my case, my mouse driver start up with a default of COM1. After I get my
mouse driver to start up with COM2, the problem vanished. Hope this
suggestion will be useful.

Meng
From: marcusj@apricot.co.uk (Marcus Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ASPI driver for Seagate ST-01?
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:55:35 GMT
Organization: Apricot Computers Limited

Anybody got an ASPI driver for an ST-01?  Is there a reason why 
one can't be written?

Please mail me.

Thanks in advance.

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From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Questions about new HP Laserjets
Date: 18 Nov 92 11:20:15 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Nov17.221041.7360@news.columbia.edu>, mkg4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Michael K Gavin) writes:
> Anybody out there know if envelopes can (conveniently) be printed with
> the new Laserjet?

I don't know about the LJ4 but the series 3 still has manual feed as well 
as an optional envelope tray. The book says the trays are the same as the 
series 2.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: polosati@milton.u.washington.edu (Nadia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: AMI BIOS Error # 128 - what does it mean?
Keywords: BIOS, bios
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:04:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: milton.polosati.721937092
Organization: University of Washington


 While formatting (low-level) I get BIOS Error # 128.

 What does this mean. Bios is AMI. Happens to tracks
entered on bad track table most often.

 Much Thanks, N
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,biz.zeos.general
From: tpb9k@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Thomas P. Bleck)
Subject: Shipping dates and honesty (was: Re: Lotsa ?'s about new ZEOS computers
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:37:28 GMT

In article <sasbge.722479926@ant> sasbge@unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston) writes:
>
>The one question that *I* would really like answered is why it is now
>EIGHT WEEKS later and I haven't received my new system yet? =-()

You are not alone.  I placed an order for a 486DX2-66 system over 2 months
ago, and have received only progressively more distant shipping dates.
On the rare circumstances on which I've been able to get a human being
to answer at Zeos customer service, they can only tell me that some parts
are not available yet.  They never give a straight answer about either
_what_ parts are not available, or when they honestly expect to ship the
system.  I find it hard to believe that a system which is being tested on
one day is held up for parts for another month.

In the past, I've found Zeos systems to be excellent values and customer
service to be acceptable.  Something seems to have happened to change this
state of affairs, and I would be hard pressed to recommend Zeos again without
an explanation (an honest, believable one) of what has happened and why it 
isn't likely to happen in the future.


--
Tom Bleck    (Thomas P. Bleck, M.D.)   tbleck@virginia.edu
Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine
___________________________________________________________
From: ross@teafi.sublink.org (Fabio Rossetti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Sound Blaster Pro 2 & OPTi Motherboards
Date: 13 Nov 92 19:54:05 GMT
Organization: T.E.A. srl Pontassieve (FI) - ITALY

I - and a lot of people I know - have problems with the Soundblaster Pro 2,
the one with the 4 operator FM sound chip, and my 486 OPTi WBSX ISA motherboard
When playing music through the FM channel sometimes some voices are left on,
sometimes random noises are heard through the speakers. The only thing able to 
stop the noise seems to be lowering the FM volume to zero or resetting the
machine. I have heard that this is a problem with the OPTi motherboard oscilla
tor: it's badly designed and interferes with the FM chip.. Do you know if this 
is true ? Is there any way to overcome this situation ? Do you also know if 
the new Sound Blaster 16 card exhibits this problem too ??
  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: MIDWEST-MICRO'S Elite 386sx good?
From: lynn@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:10:07 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

Hello,

If anyone has any information regarding Midwest-Micro's computers, I would be
interested.  I am mainly interested in their quality, rather than their specs. 
Has anyone had any problems with the hard drives, monitors, etc, that they use
in their computer systems?  I am interested in their Elite 386sx-33Mhz.  Any
comments will be greatly appreciated.  

Please send any comments to:

LYNN@VAX1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU

					Thanks in advance,


					Stan Tyree
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.consumerscomp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: hungn@microsoft.com (Hung H. Nguyen)
Subject: Computer Discount Warehouse
Date: 17 Nov 92 23:45:11 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Summary: Unpleasant experience with mail-order
Distribution: na

The mail order experience I had with CDW was unpleasant and I
would like to bring it to your attention in case you are in
the process of buying mail order.  If you have a chance, call
the company and tell them you read this message.  Their # is
1-800-326-4CDW.

Saturday 10/6, I called CDW to order a NEC 3FGx and a video
card.  The sales person I talked to was Kirby.  He was pleasant
to work with and offered to ship the stuff out 2nd day air with
no extra charge.  I asked approximately when I would receive the
order and he replied with "Probably Wednesday (10/11) since the
items will be shipped Monday."

Thursday 10/12, I hadn't received the monitor or card yet
so I called CDW to check.  I talked with Kirby again and he
remembered me off the bat.  He said that he remembers me because
he couldn't verify the shipping address with directory assistant.

Kirby - "I called directory assistance, but they didn't have you
        listed.  Are you unlisted?"
   me - "No.  If you had problems verifying, why didn't you call
        me and leave a message on my answering machine?"
Kirby - "I tried but the phone number you gave was bad."

I had him repeat the number.  Sure enough, it was correct.  He
then put me on hold while he tried to verify again.  Sure enough,
I was listed and the address was verified.

Since the order hadn't gone out yet, I had my order changed.  I
wanted the NEC 4FG instead.  Great, he said, I should get it
Monday (10/16) since the order would go out that day.

Tuesday 10/17, I called CDW since I hadn't received anything.
Another salesperson answered and said the order went out Monday
and not the Thursday before.  I asked her what was shipped. She
said a NEC 3FGx and a Paradise Windows Accelerator card.  WRONG!!!
Kirby was on another call at the time so she said Kirby would
call me right back.

Kirby called.

Kirby - "Hello Hung, how can I help you?"
   me - "Do you remember me calling you Thursday morning?"
Kirby - "I do remember the name but refresh my memory."
   me - "Due to some mix-up with my original order on 10/17,
        I had to call on Thursday and verified everything.  I then
        changed my order from NEC 3FGx to 4FG.  Also, you said
        the order would be shipped out that day.  I found out
        it was shipped yesterday."
Kirby - "Well you know what?  I had a hard-disk crash Thursday."

I went ballistic.  The conversation went on and I closed the
conversation by cancelling the entire order.  I will never do
business with this company again.

-Hung

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//My own opinions only.
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