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From: ddj+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: VGA options
Date: 19 Nov 92 15:09:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bxyy4B.ADC.2
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon


I've got a Trident SVGA card.  It's got an edge connecter on it so
that options can be added to the card.  I have no idea what options
might be available, or where to get them.  Can anyone give me any
examples and/or pointers?  I'm interested in accelerators and in
graphics modes with more than 256 colors.  I'm also vaguely interested
in tuners (to capture video images).  Are any of these the kind of
options one can add to the VGA card?
-- 
Doug DeJulio
ddj+@cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.arch.storage
From: MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett")
Subject: Open Systems Today article on RAID 7
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:07:36 GMT

There's quite an interesting full-page article on RAID 7 in the
November 16 issue of Open Systems Today (Unix Today!).  This is
quite a good newspaper to subscribe to and is "free in the US to
qualified professionals in Open Systems/Unix organizations."  It's
$59 for others and $179 outside the US.  You could probably get a
subscription form or a copy of the current issue by calling their
subscription services at 516-562-5882.  (I have my own
subscription.)  You might be able to get reprints from Storage
Computer in Nashua, NH (603-889-1961) but it will probably be a
while before they have any since the article just came out
yesterday.

iX magazine in Germany also had a couple of very useful,
lengthy articles discussing RAID 7 this past month (in German).

Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: horen@netcom.com (Jonathan B. Horen -- [408] 736-3923)
Subject: Need Info on Microtek Products
Organization: NetCom -- OnLine Communication Services
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:53:08 GMT

The subject says it all -- I'm looking for information about Microtek
products: their scanners, OCR software, etc.

Please reply to me via email:  horen@netcom.com

Thanks.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:26:44 EST
From: <TJR122@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: 2 video cards?

Two questions...
1. Does anybody know of a CHEAP (CGA?) video card that has an RF output
  (or at least SOME kind of output that I can get onto a TV?)
2. Is it possible (easy) to get my computer to respond to 2 graphics cards
  at two different addresses (which leads to another question: How can I
  assign a different address to my video card?) so I can send two different
  images to two different TV's

Any info would be much appreciated!
-Tom Rusnock TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
From: gaspar@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Unknown harddisc
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:08:01 MET
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland

Some days ago, I had the chance to buy a 2nd hand Harddisc but the 
cylinders/sectors/head infromation the vendor gave me seem to be wrong.
Since I got the harddisc without a case and information I don't even know
what brand it is...
On top it says:     imprimis   M/N ST1100
and on the pcb:     Rigidyne

The vendor told me that it's a 80Meg MFM disc with 17 sectors, 9 heads
and 1024 cylinders. When I format the disc with these figures I get errors.

Has anyone an idea what kind of disc this could be.
Any help is greatly apreciated.

laci
-- 

*******************************************************************************
*             Laci Gaspar, University Basel, Switzerland                      *
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi,misc.forsale.computers,comp.sys.ibm.hardware
From: ballard@duesenberg.network.com (Dave Ballard)
Subject: 330 MB SCSI DRIVES FORSALE
Originator: ballard@duesenberg
Organization: Network Systems Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 17:15:24 GMT

I am posting this for a friend of mine and all correspondence should be
directed to him.
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
The drives forsale are ST4376N from segate, they are new pulls and have
very little run time on them. The ST4376N is a full high and formats to
330 MB with an access time of 19 MS. The cost of each drive is 550.00
+ shipping and COD cost (firm). Will only ship UPS blue and only to 
US locations, a total of 40 is available and comes with a 60 day warranty on each drive. If interested you can call at 612-827-9643 and leave your name,  address and phone number.      

Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.periphs.printers
From: jim@pustule.b29.ingr.com (Jim Weeks)
Subject: Re: Parallel port splitter
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:03:07 GMT

In article <447@bdofed.UUCP>, bob@bdofed.UUCP (n) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> I'm looking for something that will split the output from a parallel
|> port to two(2) destinations.
|> 
|>  ______                 _________
|> |      |      ___      | Printer |
|> | PC   |-----|   |-----|_________|
|> |      |     |???|  
|> |______|     |___|---   _________
|>                     |  | Printer |
|>                     ---|_________|
|> 
|> I don't want a print switch, more like a broadcast. I need it to go 
|> to both destinations at the same time with proper handshaking.
|> 
|> If you have any other ideas I would also appreciate it.
|> 
|> 	Thanx in advance
|> 		bob	(uunet.ca!bdofed!bob)


    I found a Parallel Data Broadcast/Fallback unit in a Black Box catalog
   item code GD-PI070A $295.00 + a splitter cable for $26.25, which may
   do what your looking for... I'd give'em a call... 1-800-321-0746

  Good luck.. 

-- 
Jim Weeks                            
Ph. (205)730-4494                     Intergraph Corp.
Fax (205)730-6239                     Huntsville, AL 35894-0001
internet: b29!pustule!jim@ingr.com    uucp: ...uunet!ingr!b29!pustule!jim
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: meulenbr@ce.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks)
Subject: Micropolis 1355 ESDI drive problems.
Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 10:30:57 GMT

Hi,

My 1355 drive gave up last week. Since I had a spare one lying around, I
decided to look into that one. However, I discovered the following
problems:
- the spare one works, but thinks it has only 3 heads instead of 8.
  Is there any way to convince it that it has 8 heads? I tried it, but
  could not get it to use its other heads.
- In order to salvage the data I tried to swap the interface and motor
  control boards of both drives. The old 1355 comes up, but thinks it
  has 3 heads. So the three head info must be stored on the interface
  board. Also it must be the interface board from my old drive that is
  bad, since otherwise it would not come up with the spare boards.
  Does anyone know if it is possible to repair the original board.
  The symptoms of the failing drive are: when the drive is powered the
  led turns on. If the drive comes to speed the led used to go out, but
  now doesn't any more. The led just stays on. No blinking of error
  codes. The drive also does not respond on commands.

Anyone any suggestions? Or probably schematics??

PS: Now I know why I always made backups :-)

--
Frans Meulenbroeks		Philips Research Laboratories
preferred email address: 	meulenbr@prl.philips.nl
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: rflukes@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard F. Lukes)
Subject: Speed of HP Laserjet Series II printers
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:19:12 GMT

Hello,

At work I use an HP Laserjet Series II printer which appears incredibly
slow when printing graphics images.  There does not appear to be any
difference in print speed whether I use a 9600 baud serial line or a
parallel port,  suggesting that the printer is the communication
bottleneck.  Should I expect to see an improvement in speed when I use
a parallel port?  What sort of improvement in print speed could I expect 
if I upgraded to a more recent model of HP Laserjet?

Oh,  I should mention that the printer currently has 1.5MB of memory.

Any comments would be much appreciated.
--Rich
-- 
Richard F. Lukes                    rflukes@ccu.UManitoba.CA
Computer Science Department         (or rflukes@ccm.UManitoba.CA)
University of Manitoba
WORK: (204)-474-8696                HOME: (204)-257-6701
From: decouty@irisa.fr (Bertrand DECOUTY, Atelier)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Apple LW-IIg and sun-transcript
Date: 19 Nov 92 10:30:40 GMT
Reply-To: decouty@irisa.fr
Organization: IRISA-INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE

In article 1ee593INNieu@life.ai.mit.edu, bruce@maypo.ai.mit.edu (Bruce Walton) writes:
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm having trouble installing an Apple LaserWriter IIg printer using
>sun's transcript spooling software.

I know, i had the same trouble when bying these "new" laser the first (and last!) time

>
>
>OK, so we suppose that 19200-baud is the best we can do for now,
>and proceed to set up the printer.
>

I have read once here that it is true: theu do not support 38400 bauds

>Second problem: Postscript files spooled to the printer produce an
>error message "WARNING: Check spooled PostScript for control
>characters" (and sometimes "printer out of sync").  This, even though
>the postscript seems to print OK.  In looking at the code for
>sun-transcript's "pscomm" filter, it seems that this error is
>generated when the process sees control codes sent back from the
>printer before the job has finished printing.
>

This should be in the FAQ: the serial section of the IIf/IIg is buggy.
It sends too many ctrl-D's and so confuses pscomm.

Either ask Adobe for a new version of pscomm (they have released one)
or Apple for the ROM 2.0 upgrade, which was spoken about here several
days ago (by soemeone NOT from Apple)

Even with these messages, it works.

>I'm confused about the compatability of this new model LaserWriter
>IIg.  It was purchased as a replacement for an old LWII-NTX, which has
>always worked just fine at 38400-baud using our (very ancient)
>sun-transcript software.  Of couse, calling Apple tech support was no
>help, since to them this is a non-standard configuration.

Exact. for me, IIf and IIg are for Apple machines ONLY. Read the doc, NOTHING for other architectures!

Last word: don't look for ZapfDingbats font inside the printer, there is not! 

Does anybody know if it is in 2.0 ROM ?

>
>What gives with the IIg?  How can I make it behave just like the old NTX?
>Surely the IIg must be backward-compatible with the old models?
>
>All responses welcome!				-bruce.

This is one. 
Bertrand.

>
>----------
>
>Bruce Walton	bruce@ai.mit.edu	MIT artificial intelligence lab
>		617-253-9667		545 tech sq. cambridge, MA 02139
>

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| IRISA - INRIA (Atelier)      |         {uunet,mcsun,inria}!irisa!decouty        |
| Campus de Beaulieu           | PHONE : +33  99 84 73 46                         |
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: K1.ARC@isumvs.iastate.edu (Arnie Cowan)
Subject: Re: DeskWriter 550 Transparency Film - Alternatives?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:42:17 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.081631.8750@iscsvax.uni.edu>,
hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>I would like to have some alternative to the recommended transparency film for
>my HP 550C.  It is likely that this was discussed when the 500C was out...
>
>-Tom

   The recommended film is sold by HP, isn't it? 3M makes one that
they call CG 3480. The bookstore here sells a package of 50 sheets
for a little less than $50, which I think is comparable to HP's
price.

   I have a 500C and have heard that *laser* transparency film does
*not* work well, so haven't tried it. It sure would be nice to have
a reasonably priced alternative, so if you hear of one, please post
the information.
--
Arnie Cowan                      |   k1.arc@isumvs.bitnet
Assistant Professor of Finance   |   arnie@iastate.edu
Iowa State University            |
From: hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: DeskWriter 550 Transparency Film - Alternatives?
Date: 16 Nov 92 08:16:31 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

I would like to have some alternative to the recommended transparency film for
my HP 550C.  It is likely that this was discussed when the 500C was out...

-Tom

Tom Hausmann // hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu //  (319) 273-2119 // 319-273-2546 fax
Dept. of Math & CS // University of Northern Iowa // Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0507
Readers Digest Condensed Books would release Alvin Toffler's works as pamphlets.

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: kchao@boi.hp.com (Kent_Chao)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4 and JetDirect - Pc and Macs
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:10:47 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Shan Duncan (duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu) wrote:
: 
:    If one buys the LaserJet 4M (w/ appletalk, postscript and 6Megs) with the
:      JetDirect Card can one print from both pc's and macs over an ethernet
:         10baseT network?  I was told by our dealer that that this
:        combination would work well for macs on ethertalk but they were
:        not sure if BOTH pc's and macs could share this printer at the
:        same time We are using a lpr tsr on the pc's at the moment and
:        sending jobs to a unix workstation.   
: 
: 
: 
:       Thank you for any information
: 
: 
: -Shan
: 
: 

No. you can't use one JetDirect card for both Mac and PC users. JetDirect
card for Mac uses ethertalk protocol.  As for PC, there are two different
cards: one for Novell Netware(IPX protocol), one for LAN Manager/LAN Server
(DLC protocol).  

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN KEN HWEE)
Subject: Re: Deskjet 550C - what does it offer?
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:33:19 GMT

550C uses two cartridges *at the same time* so that you have a black
cartridge AND a color catridge plugged in to neighbouring thingamings.
They work simultaneously meaning that there's no longer a problem with
blacks formed by mixing the three colors being OFF-black (greenish, I
believe).  Overall effect - much sharper colors, better performance, no
need to switch cartridges between color printing and b/w printing.
From: ead@cs.ucsb.edu (Eric De Mund)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: seeking (unix) hp deskjet 500 drivers
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:10:39 GMT
Reply-To: Eric De Mund <ead@cs.ucsb.edu>
Organization: UC Santa Barbara
X-Reply-To: Eric De Mund <ead@cs.ucsb.edu>

comp.periphs.printers people,

i've got an hp deskjet 500 (w/ 16k receive buffer) hanging off of my
sparc 1. i'd like to be able to print .dvi, .ps, and .pbm files. is
there a dvi2dj converter for the first? has anyone gotten gnu
ghostscript to work with the second and third? (i'm currently having
difficulty.) is there a pbmtodj(1), a la pbmtolj(1), for the third?

thank you,
eric de mund <ead@cs.ucsb.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma)
Subject: Re: seeking (unix) hp deskjet 500 drivers
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:54:18 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Eric De Mund (ead@cs.ucsb.edu) wrote:
: 
: i've got an hp deskjet 500 (w/ 16k receive buffer) hanging off of my
: sparc 1. i'd like to be able to print .dvi, .ps, and .pbm files. is
: there a dvi2dj converter for the first? has anyone gotten gnu
: ghostscript to work with the second and third?

I routinely print postscript files (in color, too) to my DeskJet500C from
an HP-UX host. For color, use device 'cdeskjet', not 'dj500c' - I've never
gotten the latter to work right.

Following is the korn shell script I use to feed ghostscript the proper
parameters:

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
    gs -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=djet500 -r300 -sOUTPUTFILE='|lp -ddj500 -oraw'
-
else
    gs -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=djet500 -r300 -sOUTPUTFILE='|lp -ddj500 -oraw'
$@ quit.ps
fi

Regards,

Ted Rypma
HP Panacom Division

(Speaking, of course, for himself only)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript
From: kchao@boi.hp.com (Kent_Chao)
Subject: Re: LaserJet IV? (some timings)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:52:06 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard

In article <1992Nov18.150539.9588@irisa.fr> decouty@irisa.fr writes:
>
>Regret: apparently, there is no way to change the resolution by program
>(like in QMS PS1700, with setresolution command).
>

LaserJet 4 can do resolution switch.  Send the following down before your
data file (approximately):  
	  @PJL SET RESOLUTION=600 or 300<LF>

Get a copy of PJL Technical Reference Manual for correct syntax.
From: ninja@willard.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: dead panasonic printer
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:05:08 EST
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

 
  I'm looking for a dead panasonic kx-p1123 24 pin printer with
at least the printhead in tact....
 


-- 
ninja@willard.UUCP (Sonic Druid)
{gatech,emory}!willard!ninja
Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
From: rogoza@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Kenneth T. Rogoza)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Cheap laser printers?? Panasonic or Sharp
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:32:43 GMT
Organization: New York University

Hi, a friend of mine up at RIT is looking to by a low cost laser printer - 
the major constraint is the cost and even with student discounts, the HP 
IV's (for example) price is out of his range. He has heard of a 9 ppm 
Sharp that goes for $699 and a Panasonic 4410 for $640. These are in his 
price range but he would, obviously, like to find the best deal. Has anyone 
used either of these printers or have any other recommendations.
Thanks in advance,

******
Ken Rogoza, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
INTERNET: rogoza@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu
******
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: bball@world.std.com (Brad Ball)
Subject: Help! LaserWriter IIf not working.
Summary: Indicator lights don't pinpoint problem.
Keywords: Apple, LaserWriter, IIf, indicator lights, not working
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:51:47 GMT

My LaserWriter IIf just stopped working in the middle of a job. The
indicator lights don't indicate a need for service, but something's wrong.
Can anypne offer a suggestion as to what the problem might be, and what
steps I might take before having it serviced?
 
The Low Toner Level indicator is Flashing. [The manual suggests the
cartridge is installed improperly.] It had been in for several months, and
had just printed a page, if fact.
 
The Paper Jam indicator was on Steady. [The manual says there's a paper jam.]
 
Neither indicator, alone or together, warrents service according to the
manual.
 
I removed the toner - shook the cartridge several times - found very
little toner there. Looked for a jam - there was none. Installed a brand
new apple toner cartridge, fired it up and got the same lights.
 
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance.

--- Brad
bball@world.std.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: annes@ups.com (Anne Scism)
Subject: Portable Printers - HP vs IBM?
Organization: UPS Research & Development
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:26:53 GMT

Can anyone tell me if they have had a good experience with a portable
printer (for use on the road with a notebook)?

Currently we are looking at IBM Portable Printer 5183-010 vs.
HP DeskJet Portable.  Any Comments?

Please email annes@ups.com.

Thanks in advance :-) 


From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:06:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Printing to LaserJet IIIsi from SUN
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

david Miller:
> I have a tape for HP and it does not say anything about version A.xx.xx.  
> All I see is "datecode 0592."  Does that mean anything?

If you have the option AAV tape for SunOS, then look just to the left of
the datecode on the same line.  You should see REV. A.02.00.  This
version of the tape has the automatic language switching filters on it.
Look at the readme files in the /usr/lib/hpnp/examples2 directory and
further subdirectories.  Note that if after installing your tape, you
have the /usr/lib/hpnp/examples2 directory (and subdirectories), you
have rev A.02.00 or later.

- Steve Kao
From: k@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Kao)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:01:20 GMT
Subject: Re: Printing to LaserJet IIIsi from SUN
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers

Alex Gunjko:
> My question: has anyone (eg HP) produced and input and/or output filter for
> the LJ IIIsi for Berkeley systems such as the SUNs? If so where can I get a
> copy! HP have been of limited help in this regard ...

You installed the software from a tape.  That tape has a label on it.
If the tape label says it's version A.02.00, then that tape has HP's
supported automatic language switching filter program for Sun systems on
it.  If the tape label says it's version A.01.xx, then you need to get a
copy of A.02.00 (or later).

Assuming you have A.02.00, copy the tape contents (before installing the
tape) to your Sun system.  Now install it on your Sun system.  The contents
of the tape are the same whether it can be read by HP-UX or Sun
machines.

The next note I'm posting to this basenote should help you with your Sun
installation.

- Steve Kao  for  Rnd USER
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: u911661@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Mad Mal)
Subject: Looking for HP 500c driver for Amiga
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 04:55:05 GMT

I am looking for a driver for the deskjet 500c (ie colour) for the Amiga ..

Does anybody know of one ???


Mal.


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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: deskjet 500 drivers (how about paintjet XL300)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:51:01 GMT

In article <By1uyJ.2wM@waterloo.hp.com> rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma) writes:
>I routinely print postscript files (in color, too) to my DeskJet500C from

Should the ghostscript pjet driver work on the HP paintjet XL300?  I can't
get it to work, although the laserjet drivers will work for black and
white output.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us