HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend)
Subject: Re: Boca v.32bis modem any good?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:34:46 GMT

PTS102@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>I am in the market for a v.32bis modem, and the Boca 14.4 v.32bis
>seems to have all of the standard features of a low-end modem.
>The price ($219 from PC Connection) is the cheapest I've found.
>Any experiences or reccommendations would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks.

>---
>Patrick Saxton  pts102@psuvm.psu.edu  pts@ecl.psu.edu

	Asked the same question on the 'net a few weeks back, got about
a dozen positive responses, the only negative ones were from older ROMs
which were quickly updated by BOCA. The new ones are V1.2, mine shipped
with this and all should be by now - they've been in production a number
of months. Been working _GREAT_ for me - an internal 14.4k. They have an
included sheet which specifies how to connect up with a US Robotics dual
standard - in case it doesn't work, but they mention its not a frequent
event..

						--> mike
From: jefftep@cs.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Grills)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinions on Iomega Tape250 Insider
Date: 8 Sep 1992 00:54:47 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: ozona.cs.utexas.edu

grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba) writes:
>I'm looking at getting a tape backup and the Iomega Tape250 Insider caught
>my eye.  It's a 3.5, 1 inch drive and that's about all I know of the drive.
>Although I have the impression that this is a pretty new product, I'd like
>to solicit opinion(s) from whoever knows anything about the drive.  Also,
>the drive goes for around $260.00 locally, what/where/who carries a better
>price around?
>
>George


I own one myself, and I have been quite impressed with it.  It comes
with Central Point Backup for Dos & Windows.  It does fit in a normal
3 1/2 bay (much to my liking).  I've not had a problem with it at all.
I've probably put about 1gig of data through the drive, and haven't lost
anything yet.

I do not have the fast floppy controller for it.  Backing up is slow,
through my stock floppy controller, but restoring seems to be relatively
quick.  I won't quote any figures, because I haven't timed them to be
accurate enough.  backing up is an overnight process for a compressed
200mb drive, tho.  Restoring can be done in real time.

As for price?  I can't really say.  A dealer I know owed me huge favour,
so I got it at just a little over what it cost him, and I don't think
I'm supposed to divulge those prices.  It retails for $299, so I'd say
to expect just under $250...  $260 sounds a little high.

Hope this helps.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mallen@wyvern.twuug.com (Marc Allen)
Subject: Re: DESPERATELY NEED HELP! 486 50Mhz problem!
Organization: Tidewater UNIX Users Group
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:33:47 GMT

cfoley@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ciaran Foley) writes:

>Hi all!

>Two questions for you:

>1) I own a 486 50mhz, 8 meg 70 ns memory, etc. etc. It IS a Dx. For the
>	last 3 quarters of a year, it hasn't given me ANY trouble. However,
>	recently, it has been acting up. The following message appears on
>	the screen:
>			ON BOARD PARITY ERROR
>			ADDR (hex) = (1000:A172)
>			SYSTEM HALTED

>	Sometimes it appears as:

>			ON BOARD PARITY ERROR = ????

>	The problem is random, and does not appear to be heat/humidity
>	related (as I installed a heat sink AND a second fan).
>	Any ideas as to what my next step should be?

>2) My girlfriend owns a 386Dx 25mhz. Recently, for no reason, she
>	turns on the computer and it gives 4 consequtive beeps and
>	fails to boot/activate screen/present any message at all?
>	Any ideas on this beast?

>And  no, the computers are not related, and have not transmitted any
>	viruses to each other! ;-)

>Thanks!

>Ciaran Foley

I'm not sure about the 486 problem.  Parity errors are generated through the
NMI interrupt line.  You may either be having problems with that signal, or,
you may be having problems with one of your memory SIMMs.  If you've
recently changed any of your internal memory configuations, you might cause
problems if you changed refresh rates.

As for the 386, check the manual on the motherboard.  It should give you
a list of "beep codes" to check out.

Marc
From: rick@rgb.com (Rick Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can you connect a RGB display to a SVGA controller card?
Date: 10 Sep 92 20:27:24 GMT
Organization: RGB Spectrum

esprit@netcom.com (Alan F. Perry) writes:


>I have a nice RGB display that I would like to connect to my clone.

>The display has five connectors for R, G, B, H and V.  It is from an
>engineering workstation (circa 1987).  That is all I know about it now,
>but I am able to find out anything else about it.

>I was at a store a couple weeks ago and saw an RGB display connected to
>an SVGA card in a PC, so I know it can be done.  I just need the
>details.

Covid makes a cable which will do this.  So do many other cable manufacturers -
so get a catalog.

The pinout of the VGA connector is:

1 - Red
2 - Green
3 - Blue
4 - Reserved
5 - Self Test
6 - Red Ground
7 - Green Ground
8 - Blue Ground
9 - Key ( no pin )
10 - Digital Ground
11 - Display ID 1
12 - Display ID 2
13 - H sync
14 - V sync
15 - Reserved

It is often possible to hook up Red,Green,Blue, H, and V to the monitor
and get it working. Sometimes, though the monitors will not run as slow
as VGA.  One problem that crops up has to do with pins 11&12. These may
have to be tied to ground to get the card to light up.  If you are an
experienced cable-hacker, you can probably get this to work pretty easily.


Rick Davis

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From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: MFM to IDE
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:25:24 GMT

paulo@bass.bu.edu (Paulo Lam) writes:


>hi, guys

>I have an old MFM hard driver in my 386DX
>now I want a bigger hard driver and I went 
>out and bought a 213M IDE drive, and before
>I go out and buy an IDE controller, I want 
>to know if I have to change the floppy drivers
>and can I used the old MFM drive as a slave to
>the bigger IDE drive.
>also, any recommendation on what type of IDE
>controller would be helpful.  

I just bought the maxtor 213.  I have heard (take that with a grain of
salt) that you cannot have an mfm drive cohabitating with an ide.
I bought an $18 paddle board as a "controller" for the maxtor.  since my
bios did not have drive type 47 (user definable) I got a friend with 
an eprom burner to edit my drive table.  works great!

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From: rcs95845@zach.fit.edu (Ronald A. Roff /ADVISOR Engle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: NEEDED: Technical info (or users manual) for Commodore PC10-III
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:59:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware


	Does anyone have any technical info or users manual for this beast??
It's an OLD XT-compatable manufactured by Commodore.  Any help would be
appreciated and I'll pay any reasonable price for copying costs and 
document shipping.  Please Email me with info if you have any.

Thanks in Advance,
	-Ron

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 00:02:47 EDT
From: <TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Diamond SpeedStar 24x problem

A friend of mine just got a 486DX 50Mhx system that came with the
24X graphics card.  He's been having problems with some games.  For example,
when playing Falcon 3.0, during the intro and during play, the screen flickers
to a screen of garbage.  Its usually just a quick flash and then back to the
correct screen, but sometimes the screen just turns to garbage and stays that
way.  Well, not total garbage, you can see that the garbage is influenced by
what was on the screen, like the resolution suddenly switched to CGA or
something.  Also, when using some of the SVGA modes with Windows (using
the X24's windows drivers, while in paintbrush, I noticed that when you
draw a circle some of it will appear a few lines high than it should.
We ran some of the tests that came with it, and in some modes, the rectangles
in the test pattern that should have had diagonal lines were messed up.
Unfortunately the company that sold him the computer sent the manual for
the Diamond vram board that they put in the computers before they switched to
the X24, so that is no help. (we called tech support and they are sending the
correct one, though I'm not to sure it will help any)
All of the games were installed off the originals, so its not a bad hack or
anything.
Thanks for any help!
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  The big wigs at PSU wish they could come up with opinions as good as mine!
From: yoon@csgo.usc.edu (Dae-kyun Yoon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ViewSonic SVGA NI monitors
Date: 9 Sep 1992 00:23:02 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: csgo.usc.edu

william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo) writes:

>>....
>>There are also other models (5, 5e,5SE or whatever), and one of these is
>>exactly like the 6 except it uses a sony trinitron tube.
>>
>>Could someone clarify what the other models are (along with their specs)?

>Only one model outthere which I haven't had a view of, that is the 6F 15"
>(in Australia anyway). There aren't any 15" trinitron tubes to my brief, 
>and I should think there isn't a trinitron Viewsonic model outthere. 

There is Viewsonic 5+ which has a trinitron tube.  The scan rate at 1024x768
is 70Hz with which you won't see any more flickering compared to 5E at 72Hz.
I have a Viewsonic 5E at school and 5+ at home and I think 5+ is worth extra
$100.  The screen is much sharper than that of 5E (as you would guess from
the famous trinitron tube).


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From: huebner@borneo.gmd.de (Uwe Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
Keywords: Streamer, Colorado
Date: 11 Sep 92 07:53:06 GMT
Reply-To: huebner@eissn5.gmd.de
Organization: GMD, German National Research Center for Computer Science

Sorry for asking stupid questions but

 - is a Colorado DJ-20 QIC-80 compatible?
 - is a DJ-20 == Colorado Jumbo 250MB?
 - Which streamer do you recommend?

Thanks in advance!

Uwe
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From: ndm1417@zeus.tamu.edu (MONTGOMERY, NOEL DAVIS)
Subject: Opinions on Panasonic Laser Printer
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 16:31:00 GMT

I am considering buying a Panasonic KX-P4430 laser printer
because it seems to be a very good value;
$880 (incl S&H) for a PCL5 with resolution enhancement,
1 Meg of RAM, and 5 ppm.

I run a 486-33, Win3.1, Winword 2.0, Excel 4.0,
Generic CADD 6.0.

Does anyone have experience with this printer or Panasonic
Lasers in general?  Are they reliable? How is Tech Support?
How is print quality?  Are the Toner/Drum easy to change?

Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Noel Montgomery
Texas A&M University 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jjs@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Jay Jeffrey Schuh)
Subject: EPSON prints slowly
Originator: jjs@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 22:38:46 GMT



	We have two Epson FX-1050 printers where I work and recently
	the tractors on one of them were screwed up so it was replaced
	with a another one.  The problem is that the new one we re-
	ceived prints slower.  The problem is when the printer encounters
	a blank area of print, instead of scrolling smoothly past it, the
	new printer increments at 1/2 inch intervals until it gets to the 
	next printed portion.  I know that there are software settings
	for the printer but I have know idea which one could control
	this behavior.

	Any help is greatly appreciated.

	Jay

	jjs@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From: imb@asstdc.oz.au (michael butler)
Sender: fredmail@asstdc.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Cache Upgrade on OPTI386/WB
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 01:49:00 +1000

I have an OPTI 386/WB running at 40MHz :-) but it only has 64k of cache.

Given that I want to add _lots_ of memory to run unix (I already have 8Mb), I
wonder if someone might be able to tell me what devices are required to
replace the existing cache and tag ram ?

Replies by email much appreciated,

    michael
    imb@asstdc.oz.au
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From: bphilip@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Benjamin Philip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Synchronous Comm Card w/HDLC  &  Data rate of 5 Mbps & RS-422 interface
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:15:52 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

The subject line says most of it.  I am looking for a PC-AT based Synchronous
communications board that can handle a data stream coming via an RS-422 port
at rates of 5 Mbps (preffered, but no less than 3Mbps).  It would also be nice
if the board also had on-board processor (but not absolutely necessary, a DMA
capability with Dual-Port RAM that can be accessed by the Host PC would be sufficient). The data coming into the board will have a Transparent HDLC format (OnlyFLAG|multiples of 32-bit data|FLAG).  The board would have to strip the Flags
and deposit the data into the DUAL-Port RAM of FIFO.  IF anyone out there knows
of a PC-Card that can do this and is available for immediate (or almost immediate) purchase please contact me via one of the following ways:

Telephone:  508-858-4596
email:   bphilip@ds5000.dac.northeastern.edu
         bphilip@lynx.northeastern.edu
         bop@swlvx6.msd.ray.com
         u91148@rsccgu.msd.ray.com

Phone calls are preffered.

Sincerely,

Ben Philip
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka)
Subject: Disconnect Phantom
Keywords: Knock it off!!
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 03:49:57 GMT

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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Keep this crap out of your posts!!

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.
Has this caused anyone else any problems, like disconnecting without properly
logging out and closing the session? 
Flames, jokes, sarcasm, etc. are the expected hazards of participating
in the newsgroups, but keep your posts off of our hardware!!!!!!
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bleher@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Rolf Bleher)
Subject: Re: BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER CARD FOR PC?
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Distribution: tub
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:38:14 GMT


Hi,

there should be bidirectional parallel ports on the market, at least in
some laptops.
Pocket ethernet adaptors work faster if you have a bidirectional port.
Otherwise they perform like 4 bit adaptors (the 4 status bits!).
D-LINK has a test program on their disk that tells you if your computers
parallel port is bidirectional.
My Toshiba T5100 laptop has NO bidirectional port and until now I have not
seen any on another computer...

Rolf
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: gateway 2000
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 13:28:25 GMT

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.

Also, I have been informed by G2000 that their 15" Crystal 
Scan monitor can only do 60Hz refresh at 1024x768.  Can
anyone confirm this?  If it's true then this monitor is 
definitely not the Mag MX15F, because it can do 76Hz at 
this resolution, right?

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: GRS00023@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve Williams)
Subject: Old Color Monitor + IBM XT => Work?
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:57:29 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

I have an OLD Commodore 64 monitor which has RCA input jacks for
video and audio.  On the front it is plain video/audio while on the
back the video is split into chroma and something else.  Is there
a way to use this monitor on an IBM XT or newer?  Any suggestions
on the video card?

Please reply to e-mail as I dont read this group usually.

Thanks in advance...
Steve Williams
GRS00023@ALF.APPSTATE.EDU

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: ATI Ultra VESA driver problems
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 04:16:47 GMT

I have an ATI graphics Ultra installed in a 486-33 and can not get
it to work with \vesa drivers.  I tried both the one on the ATI disk
and the one with links386 and neither work.  Also, the card seems
to only show 16 colors using vpic (select ATI VGA wonder+).  It 
does have 1MB VRAM.

Do I need a new driver from somewhere or do I have a buggy card?


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From: vond@outb.wimsey.bc.ca (Alec Vondjidis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Uninstalling Stacker.. grrrr...
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:29:56 PDT
Organization: Wizard Online

On Tue  8-Sep-1992  7:24p, H.C. Pulley wrote:
HP> In article <Bu8AGz.BGs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
HP> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
HP> >
HP> >Whats the approved method of doing this? I've had three self-avowed 
HP> >pirates call me in the last two weeks who installed Stacker on their
HP> >drives and had the machine crash. They couldn't un-install it. The 
HP> >first thing I asked was "Do you have the manual?" "Ummm.. no..."...
HP> >Resisting the urge to yell "You immoral software pirate you..." I had
HP> >to tell them that I didn't know how to do it since I don't have Stacker
HP> >myself. 
HP> >
HP> >Is there a quick, approved way of un-stacking a drive?
HP> 
HP> Remove the stacker entries in your config.sys.  Then delete the
HP> stackvol.sys
HP> file from the unstackered drive.  Et voila!  No more stacker... (no more
HP> data
HP> but that's not my problem...).
HP> 
HP> If you want to preserve the data then you probably want to back up the
HP> stacker
HP> data to floppies, do the above procedure, then restore the backup.  It
HP> probably
HP> won't fit onto your drive now though... (again, not my problem...).
HP> 
HP> Harry
HP> 
HP> -- 
HP>          hcp@csx.cciw.ca           | This message    | It takes all kinds,
HP>    hcpiv@grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca    | released to the | and to each his
HP> own.
HP> -----------------------------------| PUBLIC DOMAIN.  | This thought in
HP> mind,
HP> Stay away from the DOS side, Luke! |                 | I walk alone.
 
There is also the SREMOVE command in the Stacker subdirectory . . .
 
(FYI:  The stacvol files are +S +H +R. Either DOS 5's attrib command will be needed to remove these attributes, or a utility such as PCTOOLS)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: westes@sti.com (Will Estes)
Subject: 1280x960 Non-Interlaced Windows
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 06:25:22 GMT

Can someone please summarize which cards are available that will do
1280x960 *non-interlaced* under Windows?  Something that also emulates
VGA under DOS is required.

I understand that the S3-based cards do 1280x960 in interlaced mode.
Can someone who uses one of those cards at that resolution under Windows
comment on the appearance of the screen and performance under Windows
compared to the same card running in the non-interlaced mode at
1024x768?

I've been using 1280x960 on a black and white monitor under Windows for
about a year.  I'm so spoiled to the higher resolution that I can't see
going back, not even for color.  I'm hoping there is some color card out
there that will do the 1280x960 in non-interlaced color for under $500.

-- 
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From: davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! Sytos 1.32 does not want to work!
Date: 10 Sep 92 09:06:37 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.

In article <1992Sep10.014540.23748@unixland.natick.ma.us> scott@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Evernden) writes:

>Dump Sytos Plus, it's a major negative.  Cast about for ASPIBIN.ZIP, which
>is an ASPI'ed version of GNUTAR for DOS; it's on a bunch of ftp sites.
>Works consistently better than that crappy Sytron offering...

Problem with aspibin/tar is that you can't 'tag' directories / files. 
What I personally would like to see is something like the Parallel
Stream software but which writes to tarfiles instead of a 'custom format'.

Davei