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From: ccjason@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Jason Gabler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Makeshift PC sound card docs
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:06:02 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis
Originator: ccjason@hamlet.ucdavis.edu


Hello everyone,

	ABout a year ago I found a fairly short doc file on how to build a simple
	sound-card-type aparatus for a PC.  I was considereing building one.
	However I can no longer find the docs for this and the simple ascii
	schematic that came with it.  Does ANYONE know where this file exists, or
	have a copy?  If so could you please e-mail it to me?
	thanx!

Vale,
		jase

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: killer@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Francis J Park)
Subject: 720k Drives in XT
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 17:59:42 GMT

I am running a WWIV 4.21A BBS off a Samsung SPC-3000V XT clone with an 
onboard (motherboard) FDC...I was wondering whether a 720k 5.25" drive would
work with said disk controller - and how much and where could I find one for
a reasonable price (less than $40 maybe?  Used is okay.)

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From: shofioni@joule (Said Hofioni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help in Choosing 486/DX System
Date: 23 Aug 92 22:52:53 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


     I have recently become interested in purchasing a 486DX/33 MHz
machine, but unfortunately don't know a whole lot about the systems
that are out there in the market.

     Can anyone out there recommend a good system?

     I have heard that Companies like Dell, Northgate, and Compaq are
nice machines -> anybody out there own one of these beasts? 

     I plan to use the system with an NEC 3FGX Monitor and a Logitech
mouse.   Any Suggestions & Comments would be appreciated!

--  Tamim  >>>=====>  "I feel that Grad-School Comin'...."
From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:12:35 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <1852@junkyard.UUCP>, joe@junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) writes:

| The 486SX has a no connect on the FERR# pin, MP# pin, IGNNE# pin, all of
| which are for the numeric coprocessor.

  Do I read this that you can't use an SX with a Witek chip? Do you
really have to buy the DX with the FPU so you can't use it? Tell me I'm
misreading this.
-- 
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
    I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: TBARNETT@lexmark.com (Tyler Barnett)
Subject: 16550 UART support needed
X-Disclaimer: These views are the poster's and not necessarily those of Lexmark
Organization: Lexmark International, Lexington, KY
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:07:47 GMT

I am in need of either C or Assembler code that supports the 16550 UART.
My present Assembler-based Async package implies support of the 8250,
and does not take advantage of the 16550 FIFO buffer.  Alas, i just
discovered that data overruns are occurring on my PS/2 model 80, which
is being fed data (from a special hardware box) at 9600 baud.
This was proven by watching the serial port with a serial analyzer, and
i am missing data coming from the outside world for sure.
I hope that using the model 80's 16550 UART to it's fullest extent will
fix this data overrun problem.  Perhaps this append belongs somewhere
else, but this is my first stab at it.  Thanks, Tyler Barnett
TBARNETT.LEXMARK.COM  (606)232-4448.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: larsen@unislc.uucp (Steve Larsen)
Subject: Re: Addendum to my DSS 24X review
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 03:22:49 GMT

Brian Stretch (stretch@EMUNIX.EMICH.EDU) wrote:
: In my review of the Diamond SpeedStar 24X, I said that VPic v5.0's VESA
: option didn't work with the card.  Well, v5.0c fixes that bug.  I guess
: I should have tried out more programs. 
: 
: Anyhow, now there's one less excuse not to buy the card <grin>.  Wicked 
: Windows and fast DOS, what more could you want?  (For $200, folks..) 

An OS2 driver.  I wish Diamond would hurry up.  I need a new card.
From: CS19240898X@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (MINNELLI, DAVID)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 386SX-33????
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:25:03 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.22

Hi there,


	I would like to know if there is a 386SX-33 mother board just out now.
If there is, could someone give me info on speed specs with comparisons to
other boards.

	Thanks.

Dave.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kris@microware.com (Kris Hoffmeyer)
Subject: Re: modem question: V.32/V.32bis
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:33:23 GMT

In article <2532@news.cerf.net> preston@nic.cerf.net (Preston L. Bannister) writes:
>In article <19745@plains.NoDak.edu> wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken) writes:
>>This modem uses the rockwell chipset doesnt it?  If so, you probably want to
>>stay away from it..  There have been a great number of problems with V.32bis
>>modems based on rockwell's design....
>
>This is misleading.  
>
>If you open up a modem based on the Rockwell chipset you will find two
>large chips with Rockwell labels, and PROMs or ROMs from the modem
>manufacturer.  Most (all?) the problems have been with the board design
>or the firmware in the P/ROMs, which does _not_ come from Rockwell.
>
>So the real question is whether the modem manufacturer using the 
>Rockwell chipset (i.e. Supra, Zoom, Twincom, Hayes, Lightcom, etc.)
>has done a good job...
>
>-- 
>Preston L. Bannister 
>Upstanding Systems
>preston@cerf.net

On a more specific note...  I was shopping for modems the other day and
saw a Zoom 9600 V.42bis and what appeared to be a Hayes 9600 V.42bis...
Both seemed to have the same features, but the Hayes was $140 more.
Is this typical for the Hayes brand name?  Do some owners of Zoom modems
have opinions on their experiences?

Thanks for your Email replies.
Kris.
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From: davood@cbis.ece.drexel.edu (Davood Tashayyod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: EGA/VGA monitor
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:34:13 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, ECE Department, Philadelphia, PA

Could anyone recommend a PC monitor which is both EGA and VGA
compatible.  Please respond by E-Mail.  If there is enough interest, I
will summarize and post the results.

Thanks in advance.
Davood Tashayyod
E-Mail: Davood@CoE.Drexel.EDU
Tele: (215) 895-1913
From: fan@tammy.cath.puh.upmc.edu (Ningping Fan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ISA & EISA interface design book
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:36:54 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: School of Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA

Hello Netters!

Could anyone help me to find a book on ISA and EISA interface design.
Thanks in advance!

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Univ. of Pittsburgh,  |
Pittsburgh, PA 15213  |  Respect is a virtue of humanity.

  
From: gregb@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Greg Begay)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:02:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Occidental Systems
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

>The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that
>Occidental Systems is an unacknowledged subsidiary
>of Zeos.  This is seemingly good, since Zeos is
>reported to have good systems and the Occidental
>prices are fairly low.

>The ads I've seen, however, show the Occidental
>systems using local bus video while the Zeos
>systems use Diamond Stealth video.  This suggests
>to me that the two systems are not necessarily
>of the same quality.  Has anyone out there used
>Occidental equipment and formed any opinion as
>to quality?  Do they provide the same customer
>service as they do for their Zeos line?

I called Occidental to inquire about their 486sx computer.
The sales person I talked to claimed that local bus video 
is superior to any other 16 or 24 bit display card, better
than Diamond Stealth.  He also stated that their local bus
video is integrated with the mother board - what ever that
means?!? I'm sceptical only because I don't know enough 
about local bus video to know the difference.

Could anyone who *does* know the difference comment?  I would
also like to hear from anyone with experience with Occidental
computers.

>Thanks in advance.

>Keith Bockus
>----------

GregB
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal)
Subject: Televideo Hard/Floppy/Tape controller Info needed
Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:59:54 GMT


I have come into possession of a bunch of Televideo Systems, Inc. full length
floppy/hard disk/tape 16 bit controller cards. The boards are marked
#128600-00 Rev D. The MFM drive portion has a Western Digital WD1010A-PL
and WD1100-PE chips, the floppy part has a SMC FDC765A chip and 2 custom
PLCC chips labelled 1) LIA2048 270868-00 FD/HDTELAT and 2) LIA2047
270855-00 ATAPECNTLR are in the center of the board. The top of the board
has 2 20 pin and 1 34 pin header for the hard disks, a 34 pin for the floppy
and a 50 for the tape drive. There are a total of about 11 jumper blocks on
the board and a 10 position DIP switch visible through the mounting bracket.
The floppy appears to work on all cards, but the hard disk doesn't, probably
because the addresses are set wrong.
If you have any documentation on these cards, I'd like to hear from you.
I'd like to make use of them if possible.

Regards, Stu Beal, VE3MWM, U009@cs.cciw.ca,
National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com (Edward Householder)
Subject: Gateway 15" monitor vertical bar problem. UPDATE
Organization: Martin Marietta, Denver
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:08:03 GMT

In a previous article I posted the following:

>To: All monitor owners
>
>Problem: I have received two monitors from Gateway both of which
>display a vertical bar (looks like a shadow, or a reflection) on
>the left hand side of the screen. This problem is seen only at
>1024 x 768 resolution, not at lower resolutions.  I haven't tried
>it at 1240.
>
>Monitor: Gateway Crystal Scan 1572 fs, 15 "
>         (this is the 15" monitor upgrade)
>
>Graphics Card: ATI Ultra Graphics
>CPU: 486dx2/50
>
>Question(s):
>1. Has anyone out their experienced this phenomenon?

  To date three people have notified me that they have the exact
same problem.  Two have said that they have the same configuration
without the problem.

>2. Is this common? Do you know what the problem is? Any suggestions?
>3. Could the driver card being doing this?

UPDATE:

   I tried the monitor on a friends identical system (with the
exception of his NEC 3FGX monitor).  The problem was there with
the 1572FS driver being used.  The problem does not show up with
some other drivers (namely "vga or ps2" and the "crystal scan 1024"),
however that doesn't necessarily mean much. To date two monitors and 
two ATI ultra graphics cards on two 486dx2/50 systems exhibit the 
problem at 1024x768 mode.

  I talked to Gateway and they offered to upgrade the
monitor to a NEC 3FGX or a SONY 1304s (for $85 and $50 respectively).

  In other words they do not have a solution.

  Actually, they did suggest trying the new ati drivers with the crystal
fonts.  I haven't yet and will post if it works.

  Any helpful information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed Householder
email: ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com
phone: 303-977-4437
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:23000 alt.msdos.programmer:2290
From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,alt.msdos.programmer
Subject: ? Detect diskette drv capacity w/o access ?
Summary: How to determine the maximum diskette drive capacity w/o accessing it?
Keywords: diskette drive, capacity, cmos
Date: 31 Aug 92 02:31:28 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

This has made the rounds before, but I never saw a workable answer.

I have a need to know the diskette drive type (i.e., 360kB, 1.2MB
720kB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB, or none) for the A: and B: floppy drives in
various computers without requiring a diskette in the drive or causing
any drive access.

To make things easy, I only need to do this on 286 or better systems.

I know that various packages like Norton Utilities can read the CMOS
and get the drive type.  Can anyone provide the addresses and values
I need to check to do this?

The problem to be solved is several hundred differently configured PCs
on various university LANs.  The network menu system offers options
for various disk management chores (e.g., format, diskcopy, etc).  The
menu system is dynamic, and will only display options valid for the
system configuration.  Currently, I set two environment variables
(DRIVEA and DRIVEB) in the autoexec.bat to one of 00, 3D, 3H, 3Q, 5D
and 5H, depending on what drives are on this system.  However, this
means that machines that are not set-up properly cannot correctly
use the menus, and I (or someone) has to go around and edit hundreds
of autoexec.bat's to get things set-up properly.

PLEASE MAIL RESPONSES TO ME DIRECTLY.  I will summarize and post in
two weeks.

Thanks in advance.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: shanghai@athena.mit.edu (Edward S Chen)
Subject: fax, voice, answering machine switch
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:25:49 GMT

Hi, everyone,

I know this is a FAQ, so I will make it brief and clear.

I paid a visit to Radio Shack yesterday and found that their fax/voice/answer
switch is selling at a price of $89.

Is there any place that has cheaper price for this kind of switch?


Thanks,


Edward Chen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
From: greg@coombs.anu.edu.au (Greg Price)
Subject: HELP NEEDED: Sound Galaxy CDROM card
Keywords: sound galaxy panasonic cdrom
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  3 Sep 92 23:44:11 GMT



Hi there, I asked this a little while back and got no response and my
level of desparation is increasing.....

I have a Sound Galaxy Card connected to a Panasonic CDROM drive and I
need some low level programming info to drive the device from another
o/s. (386BSD). I need info relevent to writing a device driver. The
DOS driver is copyright to Aztech Systems Pte Ltd. If anyone can help
me find the info, point me in a direction, or anything, please let me
know. The retailer I bought it from is drawing blanks in finding out
information. Btw the model number is CR-522-B.

Thanks,
Greg

(greg@coombs.anu.edu.au)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: MFM Drives,386/33DX,Problems,Help
Keywords: MFM Drives,386/33DX,Problems,Help
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:49:25 GMT

lodzins@pilot.njin.net (Dean Lodzinski) writes:


>I was given a 386/33DX motherboard to replace my 286 board.  I have
>MFM drives (yes, I know, MFM drives on a 386??!!).  I installed my
>hard drives and floppy in the 386 case.  I booted up, changed the CMOS
>and rebooted.  My familiar config.sys and autoexec.bat programs booted
>up.  Now here is the problem.  When I viewed the directory on my hard
>drive, it only showed one sub-directory and nothing else.  Does anyone
>have any ideas as to why this is happening?

Is it possible that the CMOS setting on your original 286 was different?  
It may have worked, for example, but possibly with a different head/cylinder
count and lower capacity.  Even at the expense of some capacity, you have to
match the drive parameters _exactly_.  If this is the case, back up the
drive, then change the BIOS to the correct type, and do a low level format
to get the full capacity.  This would be a convenient time to check your
interleave and make sure it is optimal.

Are you using the same controller?  Try moving the original controller as
well, particularly if they are from a different manufacturer.  (It sounds
like everything else is the same, so this doesn't apply).

-JTT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: williaml@ee.ubc.ca (William Low)
Subject: HELP with Fuji Hard Drive DIP switches
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:43:33 GMT

I am trying to figure out the function of two sets of DIP switches
at the back of my 20M Fuji Hard disk. There is a bank of 4 switches
on the left and a bank of 8 switches on the right. The name stamped
on the side of the disk is "FK302-26" and the name silkscreened on
the PCB at the bottom of the drive is "Mk 3B19286   302-001".

Any help is appreciated.

PS: Could anyone tell me what the d0 and d1 jumpers on the floppy
	 drives do?  Thanks.
-- 
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University of British Columbia
Department of Electrical Engineering
2365 Main Mall,  Vancouver, BC, V6T 1W5
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stmfarqu@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Michael J. Farquharson)
Subject: Need Cheap, Reliable 60ns SIMM RAM!!!!!!!!!
Originator: stmfarqu@atlas.cs.upei.ca
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 01:27:06 GMT

Hi everybody... well, I have a question for all of you PC memory experts
out there.  A friend of mine has a 386sx/20 with 4 megs of simm RAM.  Now,
he wants to get an additional four megs to enable him to run OS/2 smoothly.

Here's my question:

Where is the best place to get cheap, fast, and reliable memory?

He's looked at a few places...  Swan, where he bought his computer, sells 
it for $92US per meg for 80nanosecond RAM.  TigerSoftware sells 60ns RAM
for $54US. 

It is essential for him to have 60ns RAM as that is what has already 
installed on his motherboard.  So any help that anyone can give me would 
be greatly appreciated.

You may write to me:  stmfarqu@upei.ca and I will forward all the answers
to my friend..... Thanks a lot

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stmfarqu@upei.ca          |  Sysop:  Starbase 1 BBS, Sherwood, P.E.I. Canada
Michael Farquharson       |  Phone:  902-628-1230    Supra 14.4k modem.
UPEI Engineering          |  Running Maximus 2.01wb
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From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Which VGA?
Date: 29 Aug 92 02:34:28 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Hi all,

	I am shopping for a fairy cheap (ie, affordable) VGA/SVGA card.
I wonder if you people can give me some advice.  I am looking for a SVGA
card which can be used on 16bit (AT bus) as well as 8bit (XT bus) 
systems.  Which brand would give me the most bang for the buck?  
is $150 for such a card (with 512k ram) unrealistic?  do most programs 
require 1024k Vram instead of 512k? are those <$100 ones any good?
(I am on a very very limited budget)

	Any advice/recommendation is appreciated.

	Thanks in advance.

Yours Sincerely,
Kelvin

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: u7811091@cc.nctu.edu.tw (IC YANG)
Subject: Re: ..SMARTDRV vs Built-in Cache, built-in is faster!....
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:02:50 GMT

	How about no built-in cache and 4Mb SMARTDRV?

Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:23433 alt.cd-rom:2958
From: bauman@casc.math.uh.edu (Evan Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,alt.cd-rom
Subject: need WORM drive for Compaq Systempro
Summary: recommendations?
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:07:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: menudo.1992Sep4.160756.17236
Organization: UH Dept of Math

I'm putting together a system to archive laboratory data.  I'd like to
do it on CD's, so I need a WORM drive.  This will be on a Compaq Systempro
running Novell Netware.  Any recommendations on a manufacturer/model of
a WORM drive are welcome (and appreciated!).

Thanks.

	Evan Bauman
	bauman@casc.math.uh.edu
	bauman@shell.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware