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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: S3 incompatilibity with Nec Multisync II?
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:53:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.230712.3347@ousrvr.oulu.fi> umokasev@phoenix.oulu.fi (Vesa Komulainen) writes:
>
>I have had plenty of problems with an inexpensive S3 graphics
>adapter (MVGA-S3C911). I was given the adapter on trial but I need
>to return it soon unless I buy it, so I could really use some quick
>solutions!
>
>The problem is that whichever high resolution video mode I use the
>screen behaves very oddly. The Windows logo is typically displayed
>OK, but when Windows starts showing it is badly scrambled:
>characters missing, extra characters, scrambled colors. In some
>modes the screen goes blank after the Windows logo and I have to
>reset my computer.
>
>I assume the culprit might be my monitor, a Nec Multisync II.
>However, I have set the DIPs on the S3 adapter for an interlaced
>mode and my Nec has no difficulty working properly when I use my
>Video 7 1024i in 1024x768, for instance. There should be nothing
>wrong with the adaptor itself, as it worked OK when I tried it in
>another computer today (a 16" Eizo 9070).
>
>So anyone who can confirm that a Multisync II is out of question
>for S3 operation or can suggest other solutions, please e-mail
>your replies to me urgently.
>
>
>Vesa Komulainen
>umokasev@phoenix.oulu.f

Hi, 

It is conceivable that your S3 card is having problems due to some other
peripheral on your system other than the Nec Multisync II.
For instance, I own a fax/modem card which when is installed on the system
it exhibits the behavior that you have stated. I own several S3 cards and
I am using  them to support an X server for 386bsd. However for the short
interim I am stuck with 45Mhz interlace monitor.


Amancio Hasty

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Subject: Which Monitor?
From: kodagali@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 1 Jan 93 13:49:44 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Hi netters,
    I am planning to buy a 14" inch non-interlaced monitor with 1024 X 768
resolution (.28 dot pitch) in the range of $300 - $350. Could you suggest
from your experiences which make should I go for? I have come accross
the following choices:

14" VIEWSONIC 6E SVGA 1024 X 768 .28 NI
14" CTX SVGA 1024 X 768 .28 NI
14" ACER 1024 X 768 .28 NI
14" PACKARD BELL 1024 X 768 .28 NI

Thanks for your time.
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Email : kodagali@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu



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From: simst@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Todd Sims)
Subject: Keyboard problems!
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:29:26 GMT

I have a true blue IBM pc (8088). I installed a 386 motherboard into this pc.  
I had no problems, except that I couldn't get the keyboard from the pc to work 
with the 386 board.  I subsituted a keyboard from another 386 computer and
it worked fine.  I wanted to know if anyone has a solution to my problem or an
explanation as to why my true blue pc's keyboard isn't compatible with the
386 motherboard. 


			Thank you,


			Todd Sims
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From: law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN KEN HWEE)
Subject: Re: the HP Deskjet - - info wanted
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:03:53 GMT

HP Cartridges are available at < US$20 in Singapore.  Mebbe u should
look around for a cheaper supply.  I paid $28 for one the other day (Sin
$) and this translates to about US$17.  Anyway, the double capacity ones
cost less than twice the price of the "normal" one and is _supposed_ to
last twice as long.  However, I felt print quality was headed down and
ink color was not as good as the normal capacity one.  Might be wrong on
that though.

I actually felt that I got better performance using JetFill refill ink!
That's another way to keep DeskJet consumables cheap.  

Note that the DJ is a pretty good workhorse but (i) it's a fair bit
slower than even an entry-level laser and (ii) it's very paper sensitive
in that if u use the wrong paper, the baby's going to smudge quite
badly, (iii) it's a lot less water-smudgeable than the Canon BJs.

Happy shopping.  I heading for a HP laser in a couple of years.... but
in the meantime, the DJ will do just fine....
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From: rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alan Peters)
Subject: Bus Architectures
Summary: What are the specs. of various busses
Keywords: bus architecture, ISA, EISA, VESA VL, Microchannel
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Distribution: USA
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 20:53:59 GMT

I am sure this is a FAQ. And if some one can point me to the 
appropriate literature I would be happy to RTFM. Actually, I
would appreciate references. Anyway:

What are the specifications of the various busses, in particular,
ISA, EISA, VESA VL, and MicroChannel? What about XT and AT busses --
are these different from the first four?

By "specifications" I mean bit-width (8, 16 or 32) and speed(s).
For example, I believe that ISA is 8-bit, 8MHz. EISA is a 32-bit
bus, I believe (maybe not). Is it 8MHz as well? Do any of the
busses have variable speeds? Can any of the busses keep up with
a i486DX/50? What about a i486DX2/66?

I presume that any of the i486 processors talk to main memory through
the bus. If true, then the maximum speed of a 66MHz processor
accessing main memory through an ISA bus it 8MHz for byte access
or 2 MHz for 32-bit word access. That can't be correct! 
Now, if it is true, then I presume that's why external cache's
were created. These somehow permit the processor access to a limited 
amount memory while bypassing the bus. The cache must be loaded
from main memory, however, and this must be done through the bus.
So, the only real speed advantage comes through the execution of
program loops small enough to fit in the cache. Is this correct?

Is there any PC setup with a 32-bit bus that can keep up with
a 50 or 66 MHz i486? 

Please forgive my dumb questions, however, most PC users that I
know, have been unable to answer them.

Thanks in advance!

Alan Peters

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From: dieter@dischw.toppoint.de (Dieter Fritzsche)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: EXABYTE 8002 PC DRIVER WANTED
Keywords: exabyte
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 11:26:13 GMT
Organization: Private Waffle Site

In <1992Dec21.183656.3690@litwin.com> avg@litwin.com (Anil Gokhale) writes:
>mpj@hemlock.cray.com (M. P. Johnson) writes:


>>I have a 486DX-33 PC and access to an Exabyte 8002 tape drive
>>with SCSI interface.

>I presume runnning DOS?

>>I would be very interested in ...... driver program for such a device.

>Only thing I found to work is a port of the gnu tar, called 'gtar' on
>wuarchive.wustl.edu   The file is called (I think) gtak100.zip
>It works with the ASPI drivers that come with the Adaptec SCSI host
>adapters.  

>The program has some speed problems due to the block size assumptions.
>I would certainly like an improved version or another utility.
>But gtar is the only thing I know that works. 

There is another fine Backup programm PC TOOLS 8.0 it works great with Exabyte and
ASPI-Drivers....


					dieter

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From: jhoward@uceng.uc.edu (Jerry Howard)
Subject: Orchid Drivers
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 03:12:25 GMT

Does anyone know the number to Orchid's bulletin board?  More specifically,
I need to get the Orchid ProDesigner II SVGA drivers for Win 3.
Thanks.

Jerry Howard   jhoward@uceng.uc.edu
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From: jph@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (joseph.p.haggerty)
Subject: Motherboard connections
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:34:53 GMT

I was trying to test a (Zeos 386SX-20) motherboard on my workbench the
other day, and I couldn't get any response from it.  The only things I
had connected were a (Hercules clone) video card and monitor, the speaker,
and the power supply--not even any memory!  I expected to hear a few beeps
indicating failure of the memory test, but I heard and saw nothing.  Are
connections required to the "turbo" switch, the "reset" switch, the "keylock"
switch, and the CMOS battery in order to make the board operational?  If so,
how should these connectors be jumpered?  (I don't have a case for this
motherboard yet.)

					Joe Haggerty
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
					Whippany, New Jersey, USA
					jph@wh.att.com OR att!whamr!jph
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From: jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr)
Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:08:20 GMT

In article <sheldon.725671411@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu>
	sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:

> But since these are targeted for commercial usage, they're most likely
>only testing 1 in every 100 or so, as Mike said, a few out of each batch.

I thought yields for recent microprocessors were well under 100% (and
probably under 50%).  If this is the case, every chip must be tested.

--
    John Carr (jfc@athena.mit.edu)
From: alpha@vpnet.chi.il.us (Randy Sales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: x10 programmable controllers & other stuff
Date: 26 Dec 92 19:47:18 GMT
Organization: Vpnet - Free Usenet access
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]


I have x10 system programmable controllers available.  For emailable infor-
mation and pricing, email me and I will reply.  Other modules are also in
the information.
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From: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Subject: Re: Need Help to ID PURE DATA product.
Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 10:10:19 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.105934.45831@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
 jwilson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu wrote:
>PDI508PLUS
>...
>PURE DATA LTD.
>....
>Can anyone help me identify and/or locate drivers for this board?

It's an 8-bit ISA-bus star-topology ARCNET card.

PureData's phone number is 416-731-6444, 416-731-7017 (FAX).
They are in the eastern time zone.

They also have a BBS where you could download the drivers
yourself.  Contact them for the BBS number.

...Sam
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Recommendations for 486 motherboards
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:34:17 GMT

In article <28367@oasys.dt.navy.mil> lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis) writes:

>Will I take a big hit on selling my 386-40 board/system?

These go for about $220 new so I'm sure you could sell it for
at least $150.




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From: gisie@wam.umd.edu (Satan)
Subject: Chip Sets, SCSI & Other Lore...
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:21:13 GMT

I am getting ready to purchase an EISA motherboard and have
found a variety of chip set manufacturers...

I currently have an ISA board that uses the SIS chip set and
have had no problems to date.  ANy reason *not* to buy an EISA
board using this chip set?

Also, are the new AMI 486 bioses out yet?

Last, along with the motherboard I am going to buy a caching SCSI
card to go along with it.  Currently I am looking at the AMI Fast
Disk EISA SCSI Caching Host, the DPT SmartCache Plus and the
Adaptec EISA SCSI Master (which isnt a caching card).  The AMI
uses a 386 processor to handle the cache - does this equate to
a better performing card?  Any suggestions on which of these to go
with?

I plan to have 1 SCSI hard disk (quantum) and 1 NEC CDR-84 hooked
up to the SCSI card.  Will it be better to use the manufacturers
SCSI drivers or 3rd party such as the COREL SCSI drivers???

TIA,
	tim

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From: fdeck@vyasa.helios.nd.edu (francis deck)
Subject: Re: Is there any merit to the 486SX?
Organization: OUC, University of Notre Dame
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:50:42 GMT

The 486DX may provide some advantage to non-number-crunchers
if it uses the FPU as a fast multiplier for address
calculation.  Does anyone know about this?  Someone rumored
to me that in the 486DX, the FPU is used in such a way.

Next question... any news on the 486SL?  It's supposed to
be a lo-power 486DX for laptops.  When will it be released,
and have any vendors announced laptop products with the
new chip yet?

f.deck
From: rob@sound.demon.co.uk (Robert J Barth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Weird server box + 18 ports ?!
Date: 2 Jan 93 22:34:03 GMT
Reply-To: rob@sound.demon.co.uk
Organization: Sound & Vision BBS (UK) 0932 252323
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $

WHAT IS THIS THING ?

>A THING WITH 18 PORTS IN THE BACK OF IT !!
>
>I have a very odd machine indeed.... any ideas what it is & what it can do ?
>Rough description :
>Appears to be 'Genroco GE1121' but has 'BusinessTelecommunicationsServicesLtd'
>stickered on it
>PC-Desktop case, with:
>  On the back there are 16 ports marked 0-15, these are 25-way female
>  Ports 7 & 15 are blocked off with some sort of terminator.
>  There are 16 LEDs, one for each port.
>  Also 2 other ports, also 25-way female, one is 'Local Shutdown' one is 'Run'.
>  5.25" floppy
>  1/2 height hard disk, Fujitsu (the M2227D2 I just mentioned)
>  Huge & loud fan, with a 2.5 amp fuse next to it.
>  On the front, 2 buttons : Run/Halt, and Boot
>Inside it's also quite odd -
>  3 boards behind the ports, 'General Robotics Corp 1987'
>  A stack-type case (25cmx30cm), with 4 slots, which have:
>    floppy card,
>    hard disk card,
>    2mb out of 4mb (I think),
>    other odd cards
>
>I have a VT220 terminal with it, which has 2 ports:
> MAIN -> server
> AUX -> serial
>   I've managed to connect a modem to this one, and call up the BBS,
>   so that works !
>
>Any ideas on how to connect the 2 things together, what comms protocols etc
>greatly appreciated... or source for a manual ?

Someone must know ?

cheers
-rob-
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From: shecters@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Robb Shecter)
Subject: WANTED: Old 9-pin serial printer.
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:24:12 GMT

Wanted to buy:  A serial, inexpensive printer to hook up to my 
		HP48.




		- Robb
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From: mikes@mikes.mentorg.com (Mike Stanbro)
Subject: Re: ESDI & SCSI Controllers
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:07:36 GMT
Organization: mentor
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

In article <1992Dec21.073130.1647@ausom.oz.au>, des@ausom.oz.au (Dale Staines) writes:
|> 
|> Hello
|> 
|> Can someone please help me I an tring to find out
|> If i can put a SCSI controller card In with my western digital ESDI
|> controller ( model WD1007 ) I have been tolled by different
|> people that I can or I can not i an now totally confused.
|> 
|> Please Help If you have Done this you what cards you used
|> and what was required.
|> 

I run a Western Digital WD1007 ESDI controller and an Adaptec 1542B SCSI
controller in the same machine and they co-exist very nicely.  The ESDI
controller handles a hard and two floppy disks, the SCSI controller handles
a CD-ROM and SCSI tape.

As far as what was required:

    - disable the floppy controller on the SCSI board (I use the
      floppy controller on the ESDI board)

    - install the Adaptec ASPI4DOS driver

    - install the CD-ROM and tape drivers
	
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From: victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Victor Volkman) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 386DX/40 VS. 486SX/25
Date: 3 Jan 93 11:57:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: HAL 9000 BBS, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Reply-To: victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Victor Volkman) 

I'm looking at buying either a 386DX/40 or a 486SX/25 (which are at
almost exactly the same price point).

Can anyone give me a coherent answer as to which would be faster and
why?  I have NO interest in any math coprocessors.
                             
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From: bampf@iastate.edu (TC)
Subject: Re: Micronics (Gateway) VL-Bus motherboards don't accept regular SIMMs
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 04:10:54 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.121035.45833@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> nschaper@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>I think all of the Gateway VL-Bus systems use Micronics motherboards.
>Anyway, it seems that these motherboards take some strange, non-standard
>type of RAM.  Talking to a sales rep at Gateway, I found out that they want
>$165 (U.S. dollars) for each additional 4Meg of RAM.When I commented that
that price seemed high......
 
With the current tariff on regular SIMM these days, $165 for 4 megs of RAM is
cheap.  A lot of places these days sell a meg for around $50 each, so 4 meg
would be around $200.
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: noisy fan...
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:01:19 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

In article <1992Dec15.181825.2110@spectrum.xerox.com> sprague.wbst311@xerox.com writes:
>I read in a magazine article where the author opened up his power
>supply, unhooked the fan, then remounted it using some rubber or
>nylon washers.  In his case, the fan was not balanced quite right
>(thy often aren't), and the power supply case, which was attached
>to the PC case was acting as a sounding board, and amplifying the
>sounds his fan made.  After it was mounted differently, he said
>all the noise went away.
>
>I have never really had the urge to open the power supply in my PC
>though.  :-)  Of course, it you decide to do somehting like this,
>make _sure_ you unplug the PC.

_And_ discharge the huge capacitors! You can kill yourself on
those things...or at least give yourself a nasty shock, or drop
the hard drive on the floor....

I'd balance the fan on my Hi-Point prop balancer Heh heh heh...

I knew the model airplanes would come into this somehow..








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From: superd@swamp.alt.ns.ca (Andrew Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Modem
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:25:20 AST
Organization: The Swamp Public UUCP +1 (902) 461-4773

 Some time ago, I purchased a used modem, with no manual. I now require a
manual for it, as the modem is not functioning properly. The modem is a
Convergent DC-2400, made by NEC. If you have any info, please let me 
know.
   Thanks.


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From: mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. Munoz)
Subject: Problem #2: 2 Copies of Video BIOS loaded.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:32:02 GMT

Hello.  Thanks to all who helped me with my MFM HD problem.  OK,
here's problem #2.  The problem is that when I do a cold or warm reboot,
my video BIOS shows up on the screen, then the Phoenix v1.1010 BIOS 
banner, then the system beeps, then the computer seems to do another video
reset which brings up the video BIOS banner again.  After this, the system
acts normally.  When I check the system using InfoPlus, CompTest (CTEST257.ZIP),
or Landmark Diagnostics I get a report that shows the video BIOS loaded
twice (once at the normal C000 location and again at E000 both take up
32Kb).  Any ideas why this is happening?  It never happened on my old XT
(the video card is 8/16-bit auto selectable).

Thanks!

PS-here is a list of my setup:

Micronics 386DX/20 (vintage 1988)
Cardinal VGA 400 512K memory (8/16 auto select) Cardinal BIOS v2.1.0
	C&T VGA chipset
WD 1006V-MM1 MFM controller w/ST251-1 42 MB hard drive
Twincom 14.4 DFi internal modem
Generic super I/O card IDE/FD/2S/1P (IDE & 2nd COM disabled)
Proprietary Micronics 32-bit memory board w/ 6 MB onboard

Other notes:
I tested the system with all of the other cards removed (just the mem board
and either just the FD controller or just the HD controller w/ the CMOS
adjusted to fit the proper parameters)

Please post or E-mail, your advice is very much appreciated!

Marc E. Munoz 
mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Merry Christmas!
From: ccasted@prism.gatech.EDU (Edward Deering Boykin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Ultrastore 34f vesa scsi controller
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:11:52 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I am looking to buy a vesa local bus scsi controller for my Gateway 200 486/66
vl bus computer. I can't find any advertised. I have looked in several of the
'shopper' magazines but have had no luck,
Could someone tell about the ultrastore model and any other good local bus
controllers out there. I would prefer one with a cache but it is not mandantory.

Thanks for your help

Ed Boykin
ccasted@prism.gatech.edu

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From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Irwin Magnetics - help
Date: 2 Jan 93 05:03:57 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1hsdj1INN3s1@nigel.msen.com>, msp@msen.com (Jerry Foster) writes:
> I am trying to connect an Irwin tape drive to my Amiga, and I have a
> couple questions about the Irwin.  It is the Irwin 125, 20 MB model and
> uses mini cartridges. Does this model follow the QIC-40 specs, or are the
> minis a separate specification?  (I can only get drivers for QIC-40 drives).
> 
> Does anyone have a phone number or address for Irwin Magnetics?
> 
> Thanks a bunch in advance.
> 
> --
>   //  Jerry Lee "3P"
> \x/   e-mail: jfos@msp.com

Irwin generally uses a proprietary tape format.  Contact them at:

	1-800-348-6242		8:00am - 7:00pm EST  Technical Support
	1-313-930-9000		Main Corporate Number

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: lui@netcom.com (Stephen Lui)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Quantum LPS40 vs. LPS52
Date: 30 Dec 92 17:50:20 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Is there any real difference between a Quantum LPS40 and LPS52? Can you
format a LPS40 as a LPS52? The drives seem almost identical.

Stephen