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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: My 386/40 Kills IDEs
Date: 08 Oct 92  08:21:42 mst

Hello Robert!

04 Oct 92 20:11, Robert E. Ward wrote to All:

 REW> From: reward@eos.ncsu.edu (Robert E. Ward)
 REW> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
 REW> Subject: My 386/40 Kills IDEs
 REW> Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
 REW> @Message-ID: <1992Oct4.201129.5496@ncsu.edu>
 REW> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 20:11:29 GMT
 REW>
 REW>   I've been trying to install an IDE in my 386/40 for about two weeks.
 REW> I first tried a ST1102a.  It was already formatted so I dropped it right
 REW> in.  It worked for about a day and then started giving me some weird
 REW> problems.  It would rename files,  changing .COM->.COE and .EXE->.EHE
 REW> and other strange things.  Sounds like a FAT problem to me.  NDD couldn't
 REW> do much so I had to reformat it.  It never would reformat.  Never could
 REW> write the bootab (and I guess the last meg or so for the FAT table).
 REW>
 REW>   I got a new HD (actually tried 3) and tried two other controllers.
 REW> Same format problem.  The other HDs had to be llformatted before I could
 REW> format them again on the other system.
 REW>
 REW>   Any ideas anyone?  Is this a BIOS problem?  All I have installed is
 REW> the IDE controller and a Paradise SVGA card.  It's a 386/40 with AMI BIOS
 REW> of 05/05/91.  Would a SCSI work fine?  This is really strange and very
 REW> perplexing.  Hope it's not a motherboard problem.  It's in a baby AT case
 REW> with the T connector for the cards to rest sideways.
 REW>
 REW> -Rob
 REW>
 REW> -+- Fred-Uf 1.8k
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 REW>

Check he power supply. Sume of the older xt power supplies would not run the faster mother boards.

David

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: zaid@seas.gwu.edu (Z.M.W.)
Subject: IBM XT + PRINTER FOR SALE
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:25:57 GMT

The following system is for sale:


IBM XT 640K 
ENTRE Color Monitor
2 half lenght floppy drives 31/2", 51/4"
10 MEG HD
Internal Modem


	Please, send E-Mail with your offer. All offers welcome.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wblee@euler.Berkeley.EDU (Wen-Po Bobby Lee)
Subject: Looking for Reputable Dealer in LA
Keywords: dealers, LA
Reply-To: wblee@euler.Berkeley.EDU (Wen-Po Bobby Lee)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ca
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 07:53:04 GMT

I am looking for a reputable PC clone reseller/dealer in the LA area,
preferably in the San Gabriel Valley area.  Sorry if this is a ridiculous
request.  Would you recommend chain stores like CompUSA instead?  Please
respond by e-mail.  Thanks.

--Bobby
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Why is Maxtor 7213A so cheap???
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:01:24 GMT

>>It is noisy.  My first one was too noisy, so I was able to get a
>>replacement from Maxtor.  It's also noisy, but not as bad as the first.
>>It's just a constant high pitched irritating whir.  I've heard that
>>there were problems with the early ones, my new one has a PsomethingBA
>>number of 63.  I guess they didn't spend much money on development.
>>
>>Ken Neighbors
>>wkn@leland.stanford.edu
>
>Actually, it's not supposed to be noisy.  According to Maxtor's literature,
>the 7213 drive borrowed the mechanical parts of its LXT213 family (also
>a 210 MB drive.  I have one, and it's the quietest drive I have ever had.)
>and the electronics parts from its 7000 series drive.  Therefore, it's not
>really a new drive, just a combination of the better parts of its two 
>existing drive families.  On Maxtor's commercial, it claims that the 7213
>drives have fewer mechanical parts than its competition and cost less to
>manufacture.

Noise is relative. I've found both Maxtors, 7213 and lxt200, to be extremely
quiet drives. It should be noted that the lxt series is built from a machined
casting and the 7213 is no where near as massive. you can barely hear
the 7213 with the power supply fan running. you can't hear the lxt
at all (normal office environment) and you got to kill the fan to hear
it in a home environment.

the old 7080at 84mb model tended to be a real screamer, however.

-steve
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Is 66DX2+$375 now better than 33DX+Overdrive later?
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:29:22 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              The opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <1992Oct14.184230.26955@PA.dec.com> jeff@raga.zk3.dec.com (Jeff Anuszczyk - Don't blink or you'll miss the future changing) writes:
>From: jeff@raga.zk3.dec.com (Jeff Anuszczyk - Don't blink or you'll miss the future changing)
>Subject: Re: Is 66DX2+$375 now better than 33DX+Overdrive later?
>Date: 14 Oct 92 18:42:30 GMT

>Erik E. Rantapaa (rantapaa@s6.math.umn.edu) wrote:
>:
>: One thing that would help deciding this is an answer to this question:
>: Can the Overdrive chip operate in the absence of the original processor?
>: If buy Overdrive I can use the original processor in another motherboard?
>:

>Sadly no.  I believe that Intel specifically engineered the overdrive chip to
>use a few signals from the original processor preventing you from removing it. 
>That's why you need to place it in the PES slot and not just replace the
>original processor with a new one.  I'm sure they did this to prevent people
>from upgrading and flooding the market with older DX/33 chips.

>- Jeff

This is also probably why the dx2/66, although a "direct replacement", is
rather hard-to-get.
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From: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Fan for CPU chips
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:27:17 GMT
Reply-To: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Originator: sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com


In article, morganti@sc2a.unige.ch writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>	2 or 3 week ago I have seen in this group (or in comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc)
>an news on a small fan for cooling CPU chips like 486DX2 50 or 66 MHz but I 
>have lost the informations (address, price etc). Can somebody help me ?
>
>Thank's
>PYM
>
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Do you get Computer Shopper in Switzerland?  There is an advertisement
in this months issue for this device.  Unless someone beats me to the
punch, I'll get the info and post it tonight from home.

BTW, the device is $49.00 (US) and plugs into the power supply inside
the PC.  It comes with mounting clips and blows air directly on the
chip.  The problem (as I see it) is that if the air around the chip is
hot, this device won't make it any cooler.  You also have to ensure that
proper ventilation is engineered into the cabinet itself.
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From: cs_wmmok@uxmail.ust.hk (MOK WaiMan Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What's mean:"Attachment failed to respond." ?
Date: 7 Oct 92 11:12:55 GMT
Organization: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

I have tried to use to the rawrite which can write a image of disk, to write
a 1.2M disk image file on my drive. But it failed during the process and it 
reported that "Attachment failed to respond". 

According to the Turbo C manual and the source code of rawrite, it is due to 
the error value 0x80 returned by biosdisk function of Turbo C.  

Is this meant that my folppy disk drive is failed or something else?
Because recently, my system frequencily hang up especially in copy file, 
format disk or disk copy. My system configure is listed below

Quantum AMD 386DX/40 128K Cache
8MB ram
Trident 8900C 1MB VGA card
Quantum 170M AT Bus Hard Disk
1.2M and 1.44M Teac Drive
Philips SVGA Monitor

I have used Qaplus to test the system and all test is passed. Is the hardware
is failed or a wrong setup in BIOS lead to the error?

Raymond MOK 
(cs_wmmok@stu.ust.hk)
From: shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Did Gateway File For Chapter 11?
Date: 14 Oct 1992 19:17:59 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: hailstorm.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Oct14.160207.20505@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
>>> a. Apple is coming out with its first IBM PC compatible machine
>>>    before Christmas.

Time to talk to my mac friends... 

>>> 
>>> b. IBM is considering dropping OS/2 completely and is negotiating
>>>    with Microsoft about Windows/NT licencing.

This has got to be the biggest joke i've ever heard... i'll take
a look at that article though.  I don't believe that os/2 is going 
to be dropped since ibm is working very hard at getting all the bugs 
and fixes taken care of.  Thus far, OS/2 has blown warbage 3.x away in 
every single category except wingif :)  (imho of course)

And to all those people who gleefully put down os/2, the fun is yet
to come when NT comes out.  (if it ever does...)

>>> 
>>> c. Unix is dead. 
>>

This I wouldn't know much about...

>>
>>IBM dropping OS/2?!  (Your nuts, it's not going to drop it).


David Shy
shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu
From: dhw10@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (David H. Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: speedstar 24x price
Date: 7 Oct 92 22:13:58 GMT
Reply-To: dhw10@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (David H. Wang)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I've been hearing alot of good things about the speedstar 24x; it speeds
up windows without slowing down DOS, etc.

My question is:  If the speedstar 24x is so great, why is it so cheap?
( < $200)

Dave
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From: fih1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Francis I Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.invest,misc.misc,misc.taxes,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: where to donate computers
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:22:07 GMT
Reply-To: fih1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Francis I Ho)
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University

does anyone know of organizations or places where they accept donations of
computer equipment?  (preferably in DC/noVA)

thanks

please send replies directly here (so as not to clutter the newsgroups)

fih1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Abdullah Faruque)
Subject: Need info about NEC D3756 100meg IDE hard drive
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:07:59 GMT

I need to know the jumper setting (master/slave) info for NEC D3756
100 meg IDE hard drive. Any additional info about this drive is a
plus. I need this info quickly, so please help me if you own this
drive. Thanks in advance.

Thanks.

-Faruque               email: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
From: tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu (Scott Karre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP!! Need info on a Maxtor 80Meg HD, model no. 7080AT  Help!
Date: 17 Oct 92 02:17:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: msuinfo.1992Oct17.021744.26849
Organization: Michigan State University, USA


      I own a Maxtor 80 Meg Hard-drive and just got a new case and motherboard.
What I need is the info on the drive, How many heads, how many cylinders,
what the Lzone is, etc.  Basically, all the info needed to set up the 
hard-drive in the Bios.  Ami-Bios doesnt have an on-board default for an
80 meg drive, and I cant boot the system until I get the settings, etc.

			Please Help!

	Kris

	     " That which does not kill us, makes us stronger... "

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Will IDE speed me up?
From: $dougn@sasb.byu.edu (Douglas R. Nebeker - MIS_SAS)
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:00:28 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1992Oct9.195526.29292@news.uiowa.edu> bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian) writes:
>Subject: Will IDE speed me up?
>From: bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian)
>Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:55:26 GMT
>I have a Northgate 386/25 tower which I am trying to "speed up".
>
>I'm basically thinking about either (1) replacing the motherboard
>with a faster CPU (I haven't sorted out the various upgradable 486
>options yet) or (2) replacing my harddisk which is getting full and
>seems slow to me (and waiting for the P5 or whatever is next).
>
>I currently have an Adaptec 2372C RLL controller with an 108MB CDC
>(94155.135?). I don't have the exact specs on the drive, but I think
>the average seek time is between 25-30ms, track-track about 4.5ms,
>with a 652 KB/sec transfer time.
>
>I am thinking about a IDE drive in the 200MB range. I understand
>that these drives have a much higher data transfer rate, and that
>most of them are about 16ms - will this make a noticeable
>difference? (I am open to specific suggestions for a drive too).
>Should I expect to pay $5-600 for a drive (and controller/interface)
>for this?
>
>Any compatibility problems I should be aware of? My BIOS is AMI
>dated April 9, 1990.
>
>Thanks,
>Esmail
>


I just bought a Connor 170Mb IDE drive for about $400.  The access time is 
about 16ms, not sure about the top transfer rate since its hooked up to an 
old 286, but it's quick!  My BIOS (date 1986) had problems so I bought an 
IDE controller card with on board BIOS for an extra $60.  Seemed like a good 
deal to me....

____

Douglas R. Nebeker            Internet: $dougn@sasb.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dap3257@zeus.tamu.edu (DON PERLICK)
Subject: \\  MORE on hooking up multiple RLL/MFM drives
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:38:00 GMT

	Well, as I've searched through a lot of messages today I've
learned a fair amount about hard drives, and think this is my game-
plan:  Hook up both my Seagate ST-238 and ST-238R to the RLL controller
I've got running now (is SMS a real brand name?  A fair number of the
chips say OMTI) and see if the 238 will run OK.  I started out with the
238R and this SMS/OMTI controller, and have lately come into possession
of the ST238 and an Adaptec controller for it.  The Adaptec doesn't fit
too well in my case, so I would like to try hooking up both drives to the
RLL controller.
	My questions concern configuring stuff...I'm not sure how to
adjust the jumpers on the drives, the jumpers on the controller (currently
none are closed) and what to do with the cables.  I'd assume I want to
connect the 2 small cables on the controller to each drive, but how do I
modify the large cable?  I've heard something relating to 'twisting'
cables.  Can someone tell me which leads to twist?  What do I do with
this MFM drive once I get it hooked up?  Do a low level format to get
it formatted RLL?  How do I make DOS recognize drive D: and possibly
drive E:?  I'm rather clueless with MS-DOS.  Lastly, where do I hook
my internal HD light to on one of these drives?

	By the way:  This is in an XT clone which I don't want to invest
much money in.

Thank you VERY MUCH,
Don Perlick

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: TAPE BACKUP VIA PRINTER PORT-SPEED,ETC
Keywords: SCSI
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:57:42 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.152043.16661@ssigate.ssinc.com>
msc@ssigate.ssinc.com (Michael S. Cross) writes:
>I tried to install an Adaptec 1542B card in my system, but the ROM conflicts
>with my HardCard-XL so the PC won't even boot off floppy.

Aren't the AHA cards BIOS-address-reconfigurable? My AHA-1522 can go to
several locations from the default (DC00?).

	-Kenny
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg)
Subject: Did Gateway File For Chapter 11?
Organization: The College on the Other Side of U. S. 1
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:28:24 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5


Subject says it all.
From: breit@ks25.chi.il.us (Robert Breitling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: V-Com Enterprises
Keywords: V-Vom
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:35:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: R. R. Donnelley & Sons

If you have already seen this please ignore it. I am sending it again
because we have been having problems with our news feed.

Anyway, I am interesting in hearing from anyone who has dealt with V-Com
Enterprises.  I am thinking about buying one of their EISA machine with
local bus graphics, a 486/25, etc.

I would like to find out about the quality of their machines, hows their
tech support, have you had any problems?  Basically, are they reputable.

Thanks in advance.

Bob

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Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 1992 01:15:34 MST
From: <ASHZJ@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How much is this LAPTOP worth?
Distribution: usa

Hi, Dear netters:


While I was looking for a cheap Laptop, someone offered me a GRiD 1624sx for
$700. Since I have no idea whether it is of any good and how much it is worth,
I decided to turn to the net for advice.  To give you a better idea about the
machine, I list here some of the information the seller told me:

       1. CPU: 80386sx, running at 16MHz
       2. 1MB RAM, when it is booted up, it says: "640KB working RAM, 360KB in
          shadow RAM (What does this Shadow RAM mean?)
       3. 20MB Hard Disk
       4. VGA
       5. 2 COM ports, 1 LPT
       6. 1 Internal Modem (2400bps)
       7. It runs on GRiD MS DOS, doen NOT run on MS DOS or PC DOS


 Could any one tell me whether it is worth buying? If yes, how much? (It is
 brand NEW.)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: 2 stupid questions
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:51:54 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.020212.23562@williams.edu> 93gke@williams.edu (Greg Ennis) writes:
>1. When people say "VL bus" are they referring to local bus???

VL Bus = VESA Local Bus. 
>
>2. Do local bus machines have ISA or EISA specific slots???
>   Or, can ISA cards be plugged into local bus slots?

Yes, they VL-Bus systems will have ISA or EISA slots plus 1-3 VL-Bus Slots.
You can use a VL-Bus slot as an ISA slot. There is an extra connector
in front of the VL-Bus Slots that tie into the VL-Bus.
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From: uprao@mcl.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: any gigabyte drive group purchases planned?
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:08:22 GMT
Reply-To: uprao@mcl.ucsb.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: U.C. Santa Barbara


 I'll be buying a gigabyte drive in a few weeks, and I was just wondering if
 anyone was planning on coordinating a group buy.  I bought one under a usenet
 group purchase a few months ago and was very happy with it.  I don't have the
 time or the contacts to organize a group buy myself :), but would like to
 join in on one.  Again, there is no rush, since its a future expansion
 item (2-8 weeks timeframe?).

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:57:18 EDT
From: Charles Fee <CXF111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CTX Monitors DOA Rate?

I just bought a CTX 5468 NI monitor, and it arrived semi-DOA..  It died
about two hours after I plugged it in..  Worked fine when it worked, but
died when it died..  the power doesn't even come on, it just makes a
chirping sound now..  Any ideas?  It's the monitor, not the rest of the
computer..  The power light doesn't even come on now..  it just makes
chirping sounds..

To the point..  Should I buy another one or take a credit toward another,
more reliable 14" 1024x768 monitor?  I can't afford to spend much ( I paid
$325.00 from Shecom for the monitor in the first place..) $400.00 or less
preferably, absolutley no more than $450.00 Any suggestions?

This monitor is supposed to be used running X windows under linux, if that
helps anyone..  (from what I saw with the CTX for the short time it worked,
it was pretty decent..) a friend of mine had it running with a diamond 24x
24 bit under windows, it looked great ( he has a ctx too)

for the price, it looked like a good deal..  I originally was trying to buy
a mag computronics 1448, but i only found one company selling it, and when I
calledthey said they no longer stocked the monitor..  Everyone on earth has
th 15" 1280x1024 monitor, but i can't afford it..

Some other questions (as I write, stream of consiousness style, :-)


is Shecom a less than reputable company?  ( i bought it because they were
lowest and would ship it to my school address, instead of home.)

Are CTX monitors any good, or I am just unlucky?

any information will be greatly appreciated..

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