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From: lentz@gandalf.ca (Jim Lentz (Wheeling Tech Support))
Subject: 3-chip SIMMs
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:23:34 GMT

 Anyone successfully use the (new) 3 chip SIMMs in their PC? I
tried them in mine and they weren't even close to working. I
bought them at Frys with the understanding that I could return 
them if they didn't work. They are significantly cheaper than
the standard 9 chip 1 meg SIMMs but aren't much good if they
don't work. I tried every CMOS parameter I could think of but
the PC would not boot at all with the 3 chip SIMMs.

Thanks for any info!
 
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Newsgroups: umn.comp.sys.ibm,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
From: mmoore@epx.cis.umn.edu ("None of ya Bizness")
Subject: ]* Low Norton CPU speed rating on 486SX's *
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 08:01:24 GMT

Well, I'm lookin around to buy a replace my old computer with a newer
and more powerful machine.  So I've been checking aorund all thr
computer stores around here to try and price one for myself.  Knowing
I shouldn't be thinkin about buying one right now but like Pepsi I got
ta have it.

Anyway, since dealers around here automatically assume that any
potential customer is a complete dumb shit (example:  I saw one
salesman trying to sell a couple a 286) and will lie to get any kind
of deal through, I have been bringing my copy of Norton Utilities'
SYSINFO program on disk wherever I shop.

I've noticed one peculiar thing, though.  Whenever I test it on a
486SX (or so it seems) The CPU Benchmark Speed Index rating is very
low.  Those who have Norton 6.0 know that the computer being tested is
matched against a Compaq 386/33 (SI 34.5), some damn 286 monster, and a
plain old 4.77MHz 8088 PC.  Just tonight I tested it on a Packard Bell
clone with 4MB RAM (don't remember if it had a cache or not) and a
humongous HD (I think it was 210MB or so), and I got a continuous
reading of 3.0-3.5!  And this is supposed to be a 486SX/25!  Another
machine I tried, the CPU benchmark SI rating fluctuated madly between
10 and sometimes 250.  I then tried it ona 486/50 and I got some
fluctuations in the SI rating, but not as bad as they were in the
486SX/25.

So what's the deal?  Is it because Norton can't keep up?  Is it
because there is no cache in the CPU chip?  Are these just isolated
incidents?  I'm going to use the SI rating to determine which box I
get, I want to have a reasonably fast machine if I'm gonna be maxxing
out my wife's credit card.

Thanx in advance,

Malcolm

-- 
Malcolm Diallo Moore, Honeywell/CIS-Univ. of Minn.     mmoore@epx.cis.umn.edu
				            Moore_Malcolm+@ssdc.honeywell.com	
	"Arresk the Presidink!"
				-- Popeye the Intelligent Hoodlum
From: stern@mble.philips.be
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Theodor A. Kaldis E-mail address ?
Date: 7 Sep 92 11:04:41 MEWT
X-From: stern@mble.philips.be
X-Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.wanted
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.wanted

X-Date: 7 Sep 92 11:00:03 MEWT
X-Organization: MBLE , Brussels, Belgium

Does anybody know if Theodore A. Kaldis is reachable via E-mail ?
He is the author of the fabulous QUUDCD program.

Thanks,

Marc Stern  --  <stern@mble.philips.be>
-- 

--  Marc Stern  <stern@mble.philips.be>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for 2 programs...
From: maven@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Jim Baltaxe)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 21:36:37 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Wellington

In article <Steven_P._Oliver.036k@bearsden.UUCP> Steven_P._Oliver@bearsden.UUCP (Steven P. Oliver) writes:
>CLip art you say?  There is bunches of stuff from PBS software, a shareware
>group out of Indiana..It can be obtained at various BBS sites throughout
>the good old US of A..But the main thing to look for is "Public Brand
>Software", and they can help you out.
>
>-- Via DLG Pro v0.992


Thanks for the rather clipped ;-) reply, but the problem is finding a
source of cheap - i.e. PD - clip art, preferrably in .WPG format (okay
maybe I'm asking for too much here, any major format would probably
do) that is accessible from N.Z. Bulletin boards in the US are not
really practical. Also, while the boss is happy  to make the pics
available on campus, he won't wear the site license cost and problems
of proprietary collections.

So, I am still stuck, and looking for a source of clip art which might
be accessible via Internet/ftp.

Thanks.
-- 
Jim Baltaxe - jim.baltaxe@vuw.ac.nz
Computing Services Centre - Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,ba.market.misc,su.market
From: mbparker@us.oracle.com
Subject: Is orig. IBM PC a collector's item?
Organization: Oracle Corporation, USA
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:48:04 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

I have an original IBM PC -- the real thing, not a clone-- and was
wondering if it has become or will become a collector's item.  Has anyone
had any experience with something like this, or has heard of something like
this?  If so, I'd really appreciate your feedback.  Please email
MBParker@Oracle.Com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ballen@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen)
Subject: DIP switches on a C. Itoh Model M-8510 dot matrix printer 
Keywords: Itoh, printer
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 03:22:24 GMT

I usually "hang out" in the sun workstation newsgroups, so I'm not sure
if this is the right forum for my question.  If not, please enlighten me!

One of my buddies (who I'm always boasting to, along the lines of "I can get
the answer to any question 10 times faster on the net than any other way")
has a C. Itoh Model M-8510 dot matrix printer which he has just connected to
a Leading Edge Model D PC.  The printer works, but seems to insert extra
line feeds and escape characters into the printout.  I suspect the DIP 
switches on the printer are incorrectly set, but there may be some totally
well known explanation in the PC world.

In any case, my buddy has no manual for the printer.  Could someone please
e-mail me a list of the DIP switch functions, and perhaps a comment about how
to correct the printer problem described above?

Fastest would be to e-mail me as ballen@dirac.phys.uwm.edu.
The IP number is 129.89.57.19.
Thanks very much,
		Bruce Allen


Newsgroups: poster
Subject: DIP switches on a C. Itoh Model M-8510 dot matrix printer 
Summary: 
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: na
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Keywords: Itoh, printer

I usually "hang out" in the sun workstation newsgroups, so I'm not sure
if this is the right forum for my question.  If not, please enlighten me!

One of my buddies (who I'm always boasting to, along the lines of "I can get
the answer to any question 10 times faster on the net than any other way")
has a C. Itoh Model M-8510 dot matrix printer which he has just connected to
a Leading Edge Model D PC.  The printer works, but seems to insert extra
line feeds and escape characters into the printout.  I suspect the DIP 
switches on the printer are incorrectly set, but there may be some totally
well known explanation in the PC world.

In any case, my buddy has no manual for the printer.  Could someone please
e-mail me a list of the DIP switch functions, and perhaps a comment about how
to correct the printer problem described above?

Fastest would be to e-mail me as ballen@dirac.phys.uwm.edu.
The IP number is 129.89.57.19.
Thanks very much,
		Bruce Allen


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: riechertg@gtephx.UUCP (Gerald E. Riechert)
Subject: Packard-Bell or LASER PCs- Why not?
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:02:17 GMT

I'm looking to buy a 486SX PC for home use. Locally, I see various
stores advertising Packard-Bell and LASER brand computers for what
appear to be pretty good prices. These are obviously oriented toward
the "unsophistcated :-)" PC user in that in one package you get
pre-installed DOS, Windows, mouse, modem, VGA monitor, and other
software such as Microsoft Works.

What I want to know is why one of these isn't the good buy it seems to
be. Is it service, non-standard hardware, reliability or what? I'm
interested in all opinions pro and con.

To save bandwidth, e-mail your reponses to me and I'll post a summary.
---
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    Phone: (602) 582-7332         Office: E65
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    Internet: gtephx!riechertg@enuccp.eas.asu.edu
From: so0y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen A. Oetjen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Wanted: megapel
Date: 8 Sep 92 10:19:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.UefCumC00iUyQ4CXEX
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hi, 
  I have an RT tower (125?) currently using a ACIS display.  I also have an IBM
5081 2 monitor sitting around.  I have been told that a megapel card can drive
the 5081, but I'm not even sure if the monitor works.  So, does anyone have a 
megapel adapter that they want to sell rather inexpensively?  I don't want
to spend a whole lot since the monitor may not work.  

Thanks,
Stephen
so0y@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: messmer@lut.fi (Willi Messmer)
Subject: Description of Aix221 /etc/master file.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:45:26 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Making my kernel effecient for my hardware confirguration, I
need to modify /etc/master for example, but I don't know what all
the options are and what figures they can have, so I'm
asking someone to mail me or here a short description of this file.

Thanks,

Willi
messmer@lut.fi

Organization: User Services, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:19:29 -0400 
From: Robert Joseph Kuszewski <lizard+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Info on BSD unix on RT

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt: 13-Sep-92 Info on BSD unix on
RT The brave Tauther@acca.n (546)

> Hello. I have heard that there exists a version of BSD 4.2 or 4.3 for
> the ibm RT. My source even claimed that ibm was distrubting it as
> "unsupported" (back when the rt was 'the' machine). Has anyone heard of
> this? Does anyone know where it might be located? Is it free? Thanks
> for any help/pointers you can provide.

It is true. It is called AOS (academic operating system).  IBM only
distrubted it to Universities.

But, it is owned by IBM.  That is, it would be illegal to give you a
copy of it.  IBM doesn't support or distribute it anymore, but I sure
run it on my machine (since I'm affiliated with CMU, it's ok).

-Bob
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: acyoung@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Aaron Craig Young)
Subject: Can I implement quota's on an RT running 2.2.1?
Originator: acyoung@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 21:40:59 EDT


Hello,

I am wondering how or IF I can implement quota's on an RT running AIX
2.2.1.  Is this possible?  If not, is there someway to hack it out?

Thanks,

Aaron
From: issc4@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Anyone want an old RT?
Date: 15 Sep 1992 23:49:37 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

Hi,

We have had an old RT sitting around the office for quite a while and there's
absolutely no use for it, so if anyone wants to work out a deal to acquire it,
I'd be more than interested in setting it up.  Basically, we'd like to get rid
of it with as little hassle as possible (and at no cost to us, naturally).

Anyone who wants it can send e-mail to an@isscdec.berkeley.edu.  Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: keith@dickens.com (Keith Devlin)
Subject: /etc/master modifications
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:24:58 GMT
Organization: Dickens Data Systems, Inc.

In article <BuDABr.3wL@lut.fi> you write:
>Making my kernel effecient for my hardware confirguration, I
>need to modify /etc/master for example, but I don't know what all
>the options are and what figures they can have, so I'm
>asking someone to mail me or here a short description of this file.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Willi
>messmer@lut.fi
>

Here is a list of the the kernel parameters I have found most useful to modify:

callouts:  number of callouts the kernel uses for event waiting
charlists:  number of character lists the terminal driver uses per terminal
filetab:  number of entries in the kernel open file table
kbuffers:  specifies the number of disk buffers in the kernel
kprocs:  number of kernel defined processes that the kernel supports
maxprocs:  maximum number of processes per terminal session
procs:  total number of simultaneous processes for the kernel
ptybuffers:  number of pseudo-terminals that can be present
slice:  percentage of time in quanta (each .333 seconds) that a process can
        run before it must relinquish control of the processor
texttab:  specifies the number of shared text segment entries in the text table


The best thing to do before modifying kernel parameters and rebuilding the 
kernel is to do analysis of system activity when it is most heavily in use.
For example, "sar -A 10 30 > /tmp/saroutput" will collect performance data 
30 times spaced 10 seconds apart.  I usually edit the output file and delete
everything except the headers at the top of the file and the averages at the
bottom.

--Keith Devlin
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From: geo@george.austin.ibm.com (George Noren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: What is a Matrox card - In a IBM RT 125
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:19:55 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD Early Systems Support

In article <9TaiqB2w165w@AntiMatr.hou.tx.us>, markw@AntiMatr.hou.tx.us (Mark Whetzel) writes:

|> I have just aquired an IBM RT 125 and I need a little assistance.

.... <stuff deleted>
|> 
|> Several questions:
|>   1)  What kind/vendor hard drives are needed for the EESDI controller?
|>   2)  Where can I get information on how to use this Matrox card?
|>   3)  Can it run X-windows?
|> Provided I can get info on the card and/or drivers, and ect...
|>   4)  Where can I get cable docs for making a cable.
|>   5)  What kind of monitor does the thing need, and what is the
|>       resolution of the card?
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> markw
|> ---
|> AIX - A misunderstood OS   - I have used AIX 2.2.1 and 3.2  runs fine for me..
|> Mark Whetzel                          | My own system.. My own thoughts..
|> DOMAIN: markw@antimatr.hou.tx.us      | Posted on 386/40 Running Waffle 1.65
|> UUCP ..!menudo!lobster!antimatr!markw |


-- 
1)  When we converted (upgraded) our RTs to the EESDI, they came with 
	a utility disk that performed a low-level format on the 
	existing ESDI drives to make them into the EESDI drives.  No
	I don't have the utility disk anymore.

	NOTE: the following is an assumption that the card in your RT
	was the Matrox card that I am familiar with.  I suppose they
	do make more than one card, but only one that I know of was
	supported on the RT.

2)  The Matrox card is a vendor card that one could buy from Matrox (i.e.
	not an IBM card).  When our principle machines were RTs, several
	people had the Matrox card (alas, not me ;^{ ).  It's a high
	resolution graphics card that does at least 1024 x 1024.  We 
	connected it to the IBM 6081-19 Color Monitor (which has been 
	replaced by the 6091-19).  It was supposed to be faster than 
	the IBM high res color ("megapel") card, but I have no experience
	with that.  Yes, it will do X-windows.

You might be able to contact Matrox for technical info (I don't know if they
are still in business, though)

All this seems a little sketchy.  I hope it helps in some way.

Sincerely,
George Noren

My opinions, of course...
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From: jeff@wsm.com (Jeff Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Newsgroup for IBM RS/6000 systems`
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:59:15 GMT
Organization: Western Scientific

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what newsgroup is for the IBM RS/6000 AIX systems?
I figured that the RT group was close, and that someone here should know.

Many Thanks,

Jeff Johnson
jeff@wsm.com
From: sean@chern.msri.org (Sean Brennan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: IBM RT Pageprinter for sale
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Date: 11 Sep 1992 01:53:23 GMT
Organization: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.188.52

For sale: IBM Pageprinter
for use with IBM RT
with 3 new tonor drums and one mostly full tonor drum in printer.
with font disk and cable.
I have a broken RT that may have the card, or it may be a video card.
the model number is 3812 2
$550
I also have some mice and a keyboard for RT's.
Also a moniterm monitor, 19", with cable.  $100
it's either b&w or grayscale.
Please respond to this account, sean@msri.org
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: olsonkk@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (OLSON KIRK)
Subject: Anyone have ZMODEM, rz & sz
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 07:02:18 GMT

Does anyone have the zmodem transfer protocols compiled on an rt?  I am
interested in these.  I can't get the copy I have to compile.  If you
have the executables compiled.... mind sending them to me?

Kirk
-- 
Kirk Olson

olsonkk@ucsu.colorado.edu
olsonkir@luther.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix
From: wollman@trantor.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman)
Subject: Re: What is a Matrox card - In a IBM RT 125
Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:55:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.131955.29480@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> geo@george.austin.ibm.com (George Noren) writes:
>
>You might be able to contact Matrox for technical info (I don't know if they
>are still in business, though)

Well, looking in our /usr/lib/news/sys file indicates that they were
in business last March 22nd, and DiG reveals that matrox.com is still
listed in the Domain Name System.  Hmmm, let's see what `whois' has to
say...


Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. (MATROX-DOM)
   1055 St Regis Boulevard
   Dorval, Quebec
   CANADA

   Domain Name: MATROX.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Page, Real  (RP111)  Real.Page@matrox.com
      (514) 685-7230  ext. 2359

   Record last updated on 01-Jun-92.


...So I hope this answers your question.

-GAWollman

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wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance.
uvm-gen!wollman      | It is a bond more powerful than absence.  We like people
UVM disagrees.       | who like Shashish.  - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
From: so0y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen A. Oetjen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: identify a card?
Date: 10 Sep 92 04:41:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.kefo_=S00alZE0d0Mw
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hi,

    One of my RT's has a rather strange card in it,  It doesn't seem to do 
anything (that I can tell) and I was wondering if anyone out there might
know what it is.
   It is an 8-bit card, and is short.  The metal faceplate has no connectors,
but is stanped with a 7.  At the bottom of the board is something that looks
like a battery, but is soldered on; it is marked 5154
There is a big, socketed IC in the middle marked P/N 59X1003 (c) IBM 1985
There are also 3 socketed chips marked PAL16L8ACN 8528 / IBM 85.
There are also several other chips, and an LED in the upper corner.  Any
leads on what this is/does?

Thanks in advance,
Stephen