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From: gillum@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Tim Gillum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What does AST Six Pack do?
Date: 5 Sep 92 16:19:44 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

My girlfriend picked up a used XT at a great deal but no doc's came with
it.

One of the boards is an AST Six Pack.  What six(?) functions does it
perform?  Considering there's a battery, it probably has a clock.  And
I also figure there's memory.  What else?

Would anybody out there know where I could get my hands on some doc's,
drivers, or the address of AST (e-mail or USPS) so I could ask them?

Any help would be appreciated and replies by e-mail are especially welcome.

Thanks,
-Tim
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From: gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka)
Subject: Re: Disconnect Phantom
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 23:40:48 GMT

In article <rdippold.715761587@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep4.091759.4300@nntp.hut.fi> tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand) writes:
>>>                                                           tsand@vipunen.hut.fi
>>>TEX disconnects, dial again for another session.
>>>D;+vC)?iH%"
>>>NO CARRIER
>
>>For those not dialing in on modems - it makes my modem think the session
>>has ended. When I reconnect - I find that the session is still active.
>
>So what does it do with a "+++
>OK

Nice try - my modem didn't even blink.

To follow up on my problem:
I found that the text "NO CARRIER" starting in the first column, all caps., 
was the culprit. My software read this as if it were one of the verbal result 
codes sent from the modem, and reacted as if the carrier was lost!!  
Pretty lame, I admit. (I'm using BITCOM).  This is not a problem with the 
Terminal applet in Windows.  

When I first realized that Tapio's .sig caused me problems, I suspected that
he might have known that this would happen to some people. 
My apologies to Tapio if this was not your intention!!
Based on the replies, no one else has experienced this - so I'll deal with my
software appropriately - and take my foot out of my mouth!

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NO NO CARRIER here
Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
Date: Monday, 14 Sep 1992 08:40:56 EST
From: Jeff McWilliams <JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Source for 16550AFN's?
Distribution: usa
 <1992Sep14.030348.3498@pdnfido.fidonet.org>

Can someone tell me the difference between the AFN suffix 16550, and the
other models?

Jeff McWilliams
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: xerox@cs.vu.nl (J. A. Durieux)
Subject: Harddisk parameters: What is WPCom?
Summary: See title.  What value should I fill in?
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Distribution: world,inet
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 10:01:43 GMT

I have two harddisks:

(1)   81 MB  980,10,17       Caviar
(2)  203 MB 1024,15,27       Seagate

Besides these numbers, my Setup program asks me to give a Parking zone
(I give 980 and 1024) and a "WPCom".  What does that mean, and what number
should I put there?
From: mallen@wyvern.twuug.com (Marc Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: gateway 2000
Date: 13 Sep 92 18:09:37 GMT
Organization: Tidewater UNIX Users Group

gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:

>I have heard a lot of bad things about Gateway 2000 here, 
>and would like the people who are pleased with them to give
>me some information about their good experiences.

Three years ago, I purchased a 386-20 (possibly the last of its kind) from
Gateway 2000.  I have had zero problems with it.  At work, we ordered a
number of machines from them, and while some had problems, Gateway had
always been quick to respond.

We have noticed, thought, that as they got more successful, and more
'upscale' they added cost, features, and their service department has
declined.  We often have to wait 20 minutes or more on their technical
help line to reach them.  They appear to have grown too fast for their
organization.

As an engineer, I find that I know more about the product than most of
their technical people.  (This isn't limited to Gateway, though.)  As a
result, I tend to look to other, gut-busting computer mail-order houses that
will simply provide me a great price, a good guarantee, and will listen when
I tell them what is wrong with my unit.

For the casual user, though, Gateway is still pretty good, but some may want
to consider Positive as an alternative.

Marc
From: billp@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Bill Putney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: WANTED: 3-1/4" x 19" Rack Mount PC Chassis
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:06:54 GMT
Reply-To: billp@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Bill Putney)
Distribution: usa
Organization: BT North America (Tymnet)
Originator: billp@niagara


I have a project that will use a PC motherboard in a rac mount system.
I only really need to have 2 i/o cards for this application so I've
been looking at the workstation style cases.  These have an adapter
I/O board that plugs into the mother board to mount I/O cards parallel
to the motherboard.  This reduces the hight needed from roughly 7" down
to something that will fit in 3-1/4".  Since I only have 5-1/2" left in
the cabinet for control equipment that's important.

I've called Industrial Computer Source and they don't make one and (I
guess) don't want to give me the names of other suppliers.

- Bill
From: jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jeff Meyers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need numbers on Conner CP-3041 hard drive
Date: 5 Sep 92 22:58:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Chico

I just obtained a Conner CP-3041 hard drive that may work (or may not), and
I need to know the following info:

	* capacity

	* # heads, cylinders, etc for cmos table

	* jumper info as I want this to be the slave drive

E-mail replys perferred.  Thanks!

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From: rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin)
Subject: Re: Opinions on Panasonic Laser Printer
Reply-To: rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 21:45:53 GMT

I have a 4430 and like it very much. Print quality
is good. I have not used it enough to tell about
drum/toner changing. I use it with Win 3.1 (the
HP3 driver as Panosonic  doesn't supply one),
WPWin, Excel, etc.

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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER CARD FOR PC?
Date: 11 Sep 92 11:16:21 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Sep10.181732.991@beckman.com> daparish@beckman.com writes:
>> Correct me if I'm worng, someone, but aren't all parallel perts bi-
>> directional?  Otherwise how would these tape backup units that connect to 
>> your parallel port work?
>>   - Patrick Taylor
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Ok, for anyone following this thread, we now have a couple of posts, one saying
>most parallel ports are made for "output-only", one saying read-write.
>for my 2c. I figure that most must be read-write. I've used both the parallel
>port tape backup and the lan-pocket-ethernet card. I've not seen a machine that
>wouldn't work with them.
>I had also heard rumors about cheap, output only parallel ports.
>
>Can anyone else explain/unravel the mystery of the output-only port?

FAQ time again.

Any parallel port can receive input by using the four status lines for
data. They must be mutiplexed (i.e. two cycles of four for one 8-bit
data byte) so reads take place at half the speed of writes.

All parallel port kludges like tape drives, floppies, hard disks, EPROM
programmers, ethernet adaptors, SCSI adaptors, etc use this approach  (EXCEPT
the new Trantor MiniSCSI 2 which actually uses bidirectional ports
when present).


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From: wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Re^2: 82450 -> 16550???
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:57:41 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <4lSBG9kJNt@tron.gun.de> Mike@tron.gun.de (Michael Gerhards) writes:
>
>I don't know much about the UARTs but i know, that the 16550 has an internal
>buffer of 18KB, which will save the data, if the CPU cannot look at every

BZZZZZZZTTTTTT!  Wrong answer, thanks for playing...

The NS16550xxx has a 16 BYTE buffer (not 18, and not kilobyte).  The
maximum it can save is 16 characters, which is sufficient in all but the
most bizzare cases (IE, ive never heard of one....)

Scott
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From: shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 1x9 vs. 1x3 memory
Date: 14 Sep 1992 01:48:54 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu

>>different banks.  If you put 3 and 9's in the same bank, there might be
>>a problem because the the computer might try to register them in two
>>different ways.                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I'm not quite clear on what is meant by "register".  I have 3 and 9 chips
>sitting on different banks, so I'm OK.  I've heard some people are having
>problems when they are on the same bank.  What exactly doesn't the computer
>like?
>

I don't remember anymore.  It was about two weeks ago and 

a nice memory expert was explaining it to me.  I guess I

really wasn't apying attention because I was still trying

to figure out why they called the 3 chip sets 1 X 9 simms. :)

David Shy
shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: magick@iastate.edu (Magick Man)
Subject: AST drives
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:56:48 GMT

I have an IBM Ast (Conner 40 meg) drive that I got from a friend... I was
wondering if someone could mail me and let me know if it is an SCSI drive
or not.

Thank you in advance.

Robert Gooch
magick@iastate.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: memory speed
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:03:50 GMT

bi927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Yi Jin) writes:


>How can one tell how fast a memory is? Suppose some one sell you some
>memory chips and tell you that they are 70ns. How can you verify it?

Typically, the chip designation will end in -xx or -xxx where xx indicates
the speed.  -70, -80, -10, -15, etc. are among the possible values, with
-10 and -15 being 100ns and 150ns, respectively.

-JTT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Experience with 50 MHz 486?
From: <A735FJO@HASARA11.BITNET>
Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 14:41:03 CET
Organization: SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam

I am in the fortunate position to buy me a new 486.
To my surprise, there now are 50 MHz 486's.
Are they reliable?  Or should I stick with 33 MHz?
 
Same question for the Hard Disk (IDE interface).  I now see
that I can have a 500 Mb HD.  Are they reliable?  (I have only
experience with 200 and 300 Mb HD's.)
 
Frans
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From: terence@tanru.tti.com ( Terry)
Subject: Adding second or greater devices to IBM SCSI adapter
Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:52:54 GMT

I have an IBM SCSI controller with an IBM 120MB drive.  I'm interested
in the procedure for adding more devices, HD, tape, CD-ROM, from non-IBM
sources.  I've borrowed several SCSI hard drives and tried adding them but
it didn't work.  The SCSI diagnostics recognized there was another device
on the bus and got the SCSI address right but thought it was a removable
non-hard disk type device.

I'm sure it's possible to do this (I've read of people using Fujitsu drives)
but I want to be sure first.  Is there some special type of drive required?
SCSI-II perhaps?  What about the order, I tried the new drive first and
last on the chain (changing the terminators as required) but still it wasn't
recognized.

Any hints?!

Thanks,

Terry (terence@soldev.tti.com or terence@tanru.tti.com)
From: baumgard@CS.ColoState.EDU (felix baumgardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: -- BNC to CGA for mitsubishi color monitor -- Help?
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:33:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State University



Hello.  I have a 1987 mitsubishi 14" color monitor with 5 BNC-type connectors -

 RED GREEN BLUE HD/COMP and one other:  VID -- or something (composite video?)

Rumor has it that the monitor has CGA scan rates -- Could someone send me 
pinouts to convert BNC to any PC-compatible plugs, i.e. DB9 CGA?

Thank you!

-Felix
baumgard@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IDE controller cards
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:54:08 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep15.160153.8011@schbbs.mot.com> RRSE50@waccvm.corp.mot.com (John Pigott) writes:
>From: RRSE50@waccvm.corp.mot.com (John Pigott)
>Subject: Re: IDE controller cards
>Date: 15 Sep 92 15:44:17 GMT

>There is no significant difference between controller cards. All they con
>of is an address decoder, and a line buffer. They have no effect on the s
>of the data transfer. 700kb/s seems to be about the top speed you can get
>a disk on the AT ISA bus.

This would work out to about 5.6 Mbit/sec.  On an 8MHz bus, assuming you 
could just force data on it every clock cycle, you could theoretically 
achieve 8M * 16 bit/sec, or 16MBytes/sec.  In practise, you're looking at
around 4 or 5 clocks, I think, so you should be able to get around 3 MBytes/
sec, anyway.

My IDE tests out at about 1,000 kBytes/sec, so I know better than 700 is 
possible.  I've seen numbers as high as 1,500 kB/sec (without cache).

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From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Modem difficulty--can't hang up!!!
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 18:34:20 GMT

I've got a Nuvotel 14,400IFX fax/modem with a problem.  Whenever I am unexpect-
edly disconnected, my modem doesn't hang up.  Not only that, it *doesn't*
hang up unless I turn the power off!  Requesting a disconnection/hang-up in
my comm software doesn't work.  This modem is using a Rockwell chipset.  Has
any of you net.gurus experienced this or a similar problem?  What should I do
about this?  I hate having to turn off the machine to reset the modem.

Oh, and it's an internal modem.

I used to have a cheap 2400 modem inside the machine and I had no problem like
this.

Tim Irvin  j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Subject: Cache questions
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 19:31:49 EDT

2 questions about caches, please:  first, is it really necessary
to flush the cache (or wait several seconds) before turning
off the computer?  And second, why does the cache have to be disabled
before defragmenting the hard disk?

					TIA,  Larry Stern

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From: tmalaher@ajfcal.uucp (Tom Malaher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Taking a PC to Japan
Summary: Would 100V, 50 or 60 Hz be OK with a PC power supply
Keywords: japan voltage frequency power supply
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:57:40 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Crafield Digital

A friend of mine is going to Japan to work for a year or so, and wants 
to take his PC with him.  According to the reference books he has, Japan
uses 100V (not 117) and 50 Hz in Tokyo and "the eastern parts", and 60Hz
in Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka (the west?).  The plugs are identical to
north-american ones (two flat prongs).

The question is, will the Power supply be OK with this?  Does it depend
on number of add-in cards, type of power supply, etc?

Also, any suggestions on safely shipping a PC and monitor to Japan would
be appreciated.

Please reply via e-mail (as I'm sure not many people care about the
answers.) to:
tom.malaher@nt.com  or  tmalaher@ajfcal.cuc.ab.ca

Tom
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From: cab6944@usl.edu (Brasseaux Carl A)
Subject: Seeking LT Plus and Fast Micro Experiences
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:50:15 GMT

I would appreciate hearing from persons who have dealt with either of these
two companies.  Thanks in advance.
Carl Brasseaux
P.S. Please e-mail replies to cab6944@usl.edu.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle)
Subject: Re: Reformat HD when XT->AT?
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:40:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.012320.4168@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>In article <d8olsth.715815727@dtek.chalmers.se> d8olsth@dtek.chalmers.se (Thomas Olsson) writes:
>>Do you have to make a low level format when you move a HD from a XT to an AT?
>
>Not as a rule.

This should be extended a little.  If you move the whole controller and all
a low-level should not have to be done.  If you just pull the drive and 
install it in the AT with a new controller, then it may have to be done.
This mostly depends on how 'compatible' the controllers are with one another.

Ed
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From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro: showcase for EISA?
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 18:27:56 GMT

halpin@vsg1.dsg.dec.com (Stephen E. Halpin) writes:

>In theory it should offer both.  The $64 question is can Windows get at
>the 2MB of VRAM through EISA directly, taking advantage of linear addressing
>and 32-bit transfers or do you peek at 2MB through a 64K window doing 16-bit
>transfers?  -Steve

Does the 8514/a have a memory-mapped mode?  I was under the (probably
erroneous) impression that all data input to it had to go through
ports.  Is the Ultra different in this respect?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kwang@zeus.calpoly.edu (Kevin Wang aka The Scarecrow)
Subject: Re: BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER CARD FOR PC?
Organization: The Outland Riders
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:28:48 GMT

< a whole bunch of people >
[ a bunch of talk ]

the only source that I currently know of true bi-directional ports is 
B&B Electronics.  You can contact them at 
4000 Baker Road
PO Box 1040
Ottawa, IL 61350-9973
(815)434-0846 
fax     -7094

They also offer all sorts of serial ports and I/O devices

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From: mrr1@Ra.MsState.Edu (mark r rauschkolb)
Subject: 2 IDE drives don't want to work together
Reply-To: mrr1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:35:21 GMT

     I have 2 IDE drives that I know the jumper settings for.  They
are set correctly.  I'm not sure which drive HAS to be in which position
on the cable, but I've tried them in both places and the machine won't
boot with both of them connected.  
(they both work separately, but not together)

One is a ST-3096A, the other is a miniscribe 8051A.

Any suggestions?

Mark
mrr1@ra.msstate.edu


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From: jocko@gagme.chi.il.us (Mark Jockel)
Subject: NEED INFO ON BUILDING PROTOTYPE BUS BOARDS
Originator: jocko@gagme
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 01:31:07 GMT

	I need some help finding documentation or manuals or bus pinouts and,
on building prototype bus boards.  I want to build a board that will
time a long term event through an on/off switch.  It sounds simple , eh?
Unfornately I have only a small bit of info on building one and, I welcome
suggestions on mauals or documentation on it for IBM 8086, 80286 chips.
Thankx.

jocko@gagme.chi.il.us

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From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
Subject: IRQ2 trace on video card, which one?
Keywords: irq2, interrupt conflicts, video, serial and net cards
Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 12:53:47 GMT


I am running Intel UNIX SYSVR4.0.3.  I seem unable to talk to the Belltech
ICC serial ports, even though the drivers look to be installed on startup.
The last step of the boot process when the onboard code for the ICC board is
supposed to be loaded, I get the error message "/dev/icc: device not found".
There is a dev entry for the /dev/icc, as well as each of the 12 ports, with
and without modem control.  I believe this started when I installed a Boca
SVGA card (with the ET4000 chip). Although I had not used the ICC ports
before, I am sure the ICC code used to load correctly.  The ICC cards expect
to use IRQ10.  Although I am not yet hanging on a network, I also have a net
card strapped for IRQ2, that will be recognized as IRQ9.

I would like to prophylactically disable the IRQ2 line on the video board.
Although I have a pinout description, I am having trouble bringing
everything completely into focus.  My pinout shows IRQ9 as pin 7.  That is
the one I need to disable on the video card, right?  How do I identify which
side and end of the board to start counting from?

If someone has other ideas, please share them with me.  Thanks in advance.

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