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From: xchen@staccato.rutgers.edu (Xinghao Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: HELP WANTED: UNRECOVABLE APPLICATION ERROR with MicroSoft Windows
Keywords: UNRECOVABLE APPLICATION ERROR with MS Windows
Date: 24 Dec 92 02:53:31 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I was running MicroSoft Winodws based PROFWIN (a windows learning
program) on my PC-386 with MS-DOS 5.0 and MS Windows 3.0 loaded.
During the session, I got the error message window saying

             UNRECOVABLE APPLICATION ERROR
and the computer would halt there until I reset it. Both my DOS and
Windows manual says nothing about this error message and I do not have
a manual for PROFWIN. If any of you knows the meaning of this error
message, please advise me at xchen@caip.rutgers.edu.

   Thank you and Marry Chrismas!

   -Chen
From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Intel's PCI Announcement...
Date: 23 Dec 92 03:24:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

Hi folks.  If anyone has the latest Intel news release on PCI wherein
they state which PCI technology will be in the public domain, please
post or point out a known source...

Thanks!
Tom

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From: 2760carpente@vms.csd.mu.edu (METALLICA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Aplha vs. Pentium
Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:02:16 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2760carpente@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

This question has been bugging me for a while and so I finally decided to post
it.  The new chip from DEC (Alhpa) is going to run Windows NT along with VMS
and UNIX.  If a 'Alpha' PC is running Windows NT, will this PC be faster than a
'Pentium' PC running Windows.  I mean, are these CPU's comparable...?  I am
assuming that the Alpha PC will be better and faster... Any comments..
Benchmarks..  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: kanakis@hsi.com (Tony Kanakis)
Subject: Pentium vs. 468
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:50:28 GMT


	So what exactly is the difference between the 486 and the Pentium?
How much faster is it?  Is it 64 bit or still 32?  More cache?
Please responed via e-mail.
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From: drchip@cup.portal.com (MYRON A LIEBERMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Simple CPU Questions
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 00:51:50 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

>Kevin Brewer (kevinb@unssun.nevada.edu) wrote:
>: I'll admit it. I use a Mac. But I have a simple(?) question about the
>: intel x86 CPU's. (If this is a FAQ, please direct me to the proper
>: place as I don't read this news group.) So here goes...
>:
>: My brother-in-law just bought a 486SX machine. What is the difference
>: between the 486SX and the _normal_ 486 chip? FPU? 16 v. 32 bits? ???
>: Is there a _normal_ (full powered?) 486 chip? The 486DX?
>:
>: Thanks - Kevin
>:
>:
>:
>Kevin, read the thread on the question above this one regarding
>386SX bus widths.
>
That won't answer his question. The 486SX is a 486 without a built-in
coprocessor but otherwise the same as the 486 (original) or 486DX. The
386SX has reduced address bus (24 bit) and data bus (16 bit). There is
no coprocessor issue with the 386 since no 386 has a built-in coprocessor.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
Subject: Re: ADAPATEC 1542B, TWO SCSI DISKS AND DELL UNIX
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:01:17 GMT
Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL

In article <1992Dec28.185350.7931@cpio1.fr.mugnet.org> bernard@cpio1.fr.mugnet.org (Bernard Fouche) writes:
>
>I still have a strange problem with a Dell 450/SE : I have an adaptec
>1542B and two SCSI disks. While I had only one disk, I encountered no
>problem. But since I installed a new disk, I see these messages on the
>console :
>
>WARNING: SCSI: HA 0 - Incoming message not found
>
>and nothing more. The system runs correctly, I just see that sometimes
>on the screen.
>
>But we also have a 433/SE and the story is nearly the same : one
>ADAPTEC 1542B and one drive, no problem. Two drives and then the
>message happens (Incoming message not found) ! 

This is a symptom of outdated software (:-).  You're running issue 2.1.

Update to 2.2 and the problem will disappear.  The message is harmless by
the way; it is a debug warning that was not removed.  The solution is not to 
use the console (use a VT); then it won't intrude.

>However, when I perform
>a job that requires a lot of transferts between the two drives, the
>system hangs : I can still have acces to "/" or "/usr", but not to
>"/usr3" (the slice representing the whole second drive). If I do a
>ls(1) on /usr3, I can't even kill ls(1) afterwards and my session is
>hung. The only solution is to reboot and then everything works fine.
>When I say 'reboot', it doesn't mean to switch the power off and on
>but to type 'init 6 < /dev/console' ( if I still can !)

Uh, are you getting a "***** RESET" (where the "*****" is a message
describing the adapter and target numbers) on the console?  If you are, then
you have problems with the >drive<.  

What is the second drive make and model?  Is it a Maxtor 4380S by any chance?
The older 4380s have had trouble in this area.  It seems to be particular to
some drives.  If you're having this problem you will see the "RESET" message
on the console; that is bad news (as in the drive is inaccessible until you
reboot once it happens, and any attempt to access it hangs the process).

>Of course, I looked at terminators, drive numbers, etc.
>
>PLEASE, HELP! I NEED TO FIX IT QUICK !!!!!! ANY HINT WELCOME !

See above... 

Upgrading to 2.2 might fix this; it certainly will help.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Subject: P23T
Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:13:46 GMT


I just bought a no-name motherboard that provides "...optimal
performance for 80486DX, 80486DX2, P23T, 80486SX & 80487SX bsed PC/AT
systems", and I have a couple of questions.

1) What is a P23T?
2) What would it take to upgrade from a '486SX-25 to a more powerful
processor? Just the CPU and clock chip, or is there possibly more?

Thanks.
From: jonathan@vinnie.cuc.ab.ca (Jonathan Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Looking for Ciprico 9-track controller
Date: 31 Dec 92 22:53:57 GMT


I'm looking for a Ciprico Tapemaster 1000 9-track tape (Pertec) controller.
Ciprico wants too much money for a new one (after all, it's obsolete... Huh?).
Does anyone out there have one they'll swap for:

	Ciprico Tapemaster A (TMA) 9-track (Pertec) controller
	Xylogics 450 SMD controller
	Ikon 10077 DR11-W Emulators
	Qualogy 5217 ST-506 / QIC-02 controller
	Interphase Storager ESDI / QIC-02 controller
	Exos 201 Ethernet controller
	Any number of complete Intel Multibus I systems (8080 & 80286)
	The odd Silicon Graphics 1000, 2000 or 3000 spare board

or any other weird thing I might have lying around?  I should mention that
all of the above (including the one I want) are Multibus I boards.

Yours,
Covetous in Calgary

p.s. Please reply to jonathan@vort.cuc.ab.ca as address @vinnie is giving us
     some trouble.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr)
Subject: Loading SS
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:52:45 GMT


An 80?86 disables interrupts for the instruction following a load of the SS
register, to allow for the stack pointer to be loaded.  What happens if the
following instruction faults?  Even if it doesn't reference memory, there
could be an instruction page fault.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: hays@ssd.intel.com (Kirk Hays)
Subject: Re: Loading SS
Organization: Intel Supercomputer Systems Division
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:56:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.205245.13080@athena.mit.edu>, jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr) writes:
|> 
|> An 80?86 disables interrupts for the instruction following a load of the SS
|> register, to allow for the stack pointer to be loaded.  What happens if the
|> following instruction faults?  Even if it doesn't reference memory, there
|> could be an instruction page fault.

External interrupts, only, are disabled - interrupts generated by the chip (aka
"internal interrupts") are always enabled.

I don't have my 386 "OS Writer's Guide" handy, but there was some discussion
about keeping certain instruction combinations from running over page boundaries.

It's a shocker to realize I was designing, writing, and testing protected mode
operating systems for the 386 eight years ago.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Mach 3.0 Microkernel Ported to 960mx?
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 14:51:05 GMT

Does anyone know whether the Mach microkernel has been ported to the
960mx chip?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: nigelc@cognos.com (Nigel Campbell)
Subject: SVR4 / iBCS2 compliance
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 02:46:14 GMT

I am trying to locate information on any 'program'/
verification process to assess how well a product
conforms to the SVR4/iBCS2 definitions. If anyone
could send me some technical information/contact
names and numbers (net addresses would be great)
it would be appreciated. 

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From: raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Subject: Power output/usage of an Intel 386DX (at any clock rate)
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:16:56 GMT

Does anyone have info on the power usage/dissipation of an Intel 386
DX at any clock rate (I assume it will scale linearly to the 1st order
approx)? 

I've looked in the big Intel  microprocessor source book and couldn't
find the answer.
From: matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Def. requested: Hyperscalar, Superscalar
Date: 30 Dec 1992 18:37:41 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Site
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpmvd069.nsr.hp.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.2 PL7]

ok, a superscalar processor has the ability to launch
commands simultaneously.  What is meant by 'hyperscalar?'
Please formally define some of these terms.
Thx,

Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
From: johne@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (John Eaton)
Subject: Re: endian, what is it?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:20:40 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Eli Burk (eburk@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu) wrote:
: howdy
: What is "big" endian and "little" endian? How do they relate
: to 386 and 486? I am not certain if "big" and "little" are
: the correct modifiers.
:-------------------------------

Those terms originated in "Gullivers Travels". Gulliver found 
two kindoms were at war because one thought eggs should be
opened on the big end while the other thought they should be
opened on the little end. Both sides kept comming up with a
series of stupid arguments as to why they were right and the
other side was wrong.

It seemed to be an apt description of the Mot/Intel byte order
arguments.

John Eaton
!hp-vcd!johne
From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Intel IC spec sheet/documentation ...
Date: 22 Dec 92 00:25:10 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1992Dec20.202126.7047@gw.wmich.edu> x90farleigh1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>Can someone give me the info for Intel's document distribution system...
>Do they have internet mail capability?
>

Fred... if you dial 1-800-555-1212 they will give you the number...
which is 1-800-548-4725 (If you want good service I wouldn't tell them
that you got the number from me :)

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From: Bruce.Weinel@p1.f456.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Bruce Weinel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: PC port I/O for Linux MS-DOS emulator (long)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:14:19

gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU was heard in "The Pit" saying to All

  gU> Here is a summary of what I DO know:
  gU> 
  gU> <8250, 8259, et cetera>

I strongly recommend that you get a copy of Robert Joudain's book
_Programmer's_Problem_Solver_for_the_IBM_PC,_XT_&_AT_
(ISBN 0-89303-787-7 or a newer revision) from Brady/Prentice Hall. This book
covers 8237 DMA, 8250 UART, 8253/8254 PIT, 8255 parallel, 8259 PIC, 6845 CRTC,
and u765 FDC chips as they are implemented in PCs and clones. It provides
sample
code in assembler and (yecch) BASIC of examples of program use of the
hardware.


With the foundation provided by Jourdain it is much simpler to follow both the
chip data sheets, or other technical documentation, and code that uses it.

 * Origin: Howls from "The Pit" BBS (03) 321-3295 (3:632/456.1@fidonet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: 486SLC chip..NextStep on Cyrix
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:44:17 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.192352.1041@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>>One somewhat related question:  Did they test NT on it?  Doesn't NT
>>require a 486?  ( I could be wrong on this...)
>
>You are.  Hardware target for NT is a fast 386 or 486.

It will also supposedly run on a variety of other non-Intel 
processors, eg. R4000 and Alpha.




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From: olsont@stein.u.washington.edu (Todd Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: which to buy--a 486/dx 50 or a 486/dx2 66
Date: 24 Dec 92 18:22:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec24.182252.15072
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


  Does anyone have an opinion as to which chip/motherboard to buy
right now?  Does either one have a better possiblity for upgrading
in the future?  I'm not to worried about the difference in speed
between the two, mainly the upgrade path.  (does anyone have benchmark
information with the chip actually running in a motherboard--not simply
a CPU meter?)

Thanks,
Todd Olson
olsont@stein.u.washington.edu
From: xchen@staccato.rutgers.edu (Xinghao Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: QUANTUM PRO-DRIVE info wanted
Keywords: PRO-DRIVE info wanted
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:12:32 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I need to know the following data for my 120MB IDE QUANTUM PRO DRIVE HD:

   1. The numbers for the heads, sectors, tracks, cys, etc., needed
      for the setup on a PC.
   2. the setting on the jumper: 
        It seems that there are three: SP, DS, CS (the words are not
        clearly printed on the board, so the spelling may wrong).
        I need to know what they mean and how to set them in either
        as a master drive or a slave (second) drive.

   Thanks to all and Happy New Year.
     
   Please forward your reply to my email address.

   -Chen        xchen@caip.rutgers.edu
From: comins@tecrus.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Intel's PCI Announcement...
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:44:43 GMT
Reply-To: comins@tecrus.enet.dec.com ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


The PCI Special Interest Group can be contacted by calling:

	503-696-2000
From: spl@ivem.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Blur Convolution kernel
Date: 26 Dec 1992 17:05:39 GMT
Organization: University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging Resource
NNTP-Posting-Host: ivem.ucsd.edu
Keywords: Image Processing

In article <1ha4sfINN8ck@life.ai.mit.edu> bstevens@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bob Stevens) writes:
>I'm interested in information on convolutions.  I'm looking for a reference
>work that explains the processes behind them.  ...

Just about any good image processing text should get you started.
Here are a few from my bookshelf (okay, so I'm a bibliographic packrat!).

Russ, John C., _The Image Processing Handbook_, ISBN 0-8493-4233-3

Pratt, William K., _Digital Image Processing, Second Edition_, 
ISBN 0-471-85766-1

Lim, Jae S., _Two-Dimensional Signal and Image Processing_, ISBN
0-13-935322-4.

Gonzalez, Rafael C. and Woods, Richard E., _Digital Image Processing_, 
ISBN 0-201-50803-6  (There's also an earlier edition by Gonzalez and
Wintz that some have criticised for minor errors in math, etc.)

Jain, Anil K., _Fundamentals of Image Processing_, ISBN 0-13-336165-9

Castleman, Kenneth R., _Digital Image Processing_, ISBN 0-13-212365-7

although it's a little old, these days, I also like

Pavlidis, Theo, _Algorithms for Graphics and Image Processing_,
ISBN 0-914894-65-X

Of these, I'd probably start out with Pratt or Jain and branch out from
there.

							spl
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: sadasiva@cs.tulane.edu (Thyagarajan Sadasivan)
Subject: Graphics text
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-18552]: zeus
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:48:51 GMT



I am looking for two good texts - one on AI other on database, both as related
to computer graphics.  Anyone who can help me find them please send me e-mail
at
		sadasiva@cs.tulane.edu 
Thanks. 
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,uiowa.comp.mac,uiowa.comp.ibm-pc,biz.comp.hardware,alt.graphics.pixutils
From: tclark@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Terry Clark)
Subject: Waddda ya like 'n Digitalizer Pads?
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:24:10 GMT

Does anyone have any recommendations on Digitilizer Pads?
I'm looking for 12"x12" or slightly larger pad to use for 
art work/image manipulations.  All suggestions appreciated.
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: mmurali@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Magical_Flute)
Subject: How to convert GKS Metafiles to GIF?
Organization: Dwaraka  
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:03:38 GMT

[ Article crossposted from alt.binaries.pictures.utilities ]
[ Author was Magical_Flute ]
[ Posted on Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:23:41 GMT ]

Hello GIF Gurus out there!

I have got a question for you.

Assume that a GKS graphics metafile has been produced.
How does one convert this graphics metafile to a GIF?
The metafile has been produced on a VAX9000 machine
in a VMS environment.  GKS graphics functions have
also been used as an interface to the NAG graphical
functions to produce the metafile.

GKS - Graphics Kernel System
NAG - Numerical Algorithm Group


Would appreciate a reply to the above question.

Wish you all a Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year.



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From: mkj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mary K. Jones)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:35:08 GMT
Subject: Re: PHIGS with MOTIF on HP9000
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA