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From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: How (in)compatible is a Victor computer with MS-DOS machines?
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:09:50 GMT

This is quaint little computer (the Victor), but is running DOS 1.25
or something wierd like that, and the hard drive is drive A:, and
it has a 620K 5.25" floppy drive for drive b:.

Is this thing worth the hassle of getting DOS 4 or 5 to run on it,
or should it be trashed and maybe the hard drive salvaged?
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From: edmoore@vcd.hp.com (Ed Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HPIB --> parallel converter?
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:51:08 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

HP sells the MicroPrint 45CH as HP P/N 92203J.  I know of a few of them in
use inside HP to connect LaserJets and HP plotters to HP-IB.  The one near
me hasn't caused any communication problems that I've heard about.
From: huhta@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chris Huhta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP! Memorey Parity Error--System Crash
Date: 28 Aug 92 04:30:28 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Michigan State University


  I have recently come across a problem where Windows will crash, the screen
will wig out, and turn blue, stating "Memory Parity Error.  System Halted."  I 
think it is a BIOS error message, not a windows one, but I cannnot seem to
figure out where it is coming from.  I am paraluzed...Sometimes my computer
will boot up windows fine, only to unexpectedly hang like this and give me
this error message.  I need help badly, since I ned to use my computer very
urgently.

huhta@crs.cl.msu.edu
Thanks.

Please forward your suggestions and help to me if possible.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: carpenterj@gtephx.UUCP (Jim Carpenter)
Subject: MediaVision PAS 16 SCCI Interface
Summary: What kind of cable is required for the PAS16 SCCI port
Keywords: SCCI PAS16 CDROM 
Reply-To: carpenterj@gtephx.att.com
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:42:38 GMT


I am considering buying the MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 card, and I
like to use the built in SCCI port to drive my NEC CD ROM (74).  Can 
someone tell me what kind of cable connector is used on the card for
an external SCCI device.

I called up MediaVision.  They only sell (direct) the drivers w/cable for
each particular CD ROM.  And at $79 it seems a little steep. ($39 for an 
internal drive w/cable and drivers).  It sounds like they want to charge 
$40 for the privilege a buying a cable from them....And they only sell it
direct.....not thru resellers.....gee....

Any info would be appreciated.

thx
--
Jim Carpenter, AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZ, USA
UUCP: ...!{ncar!noao!enuucp | att}!gtephx!carpenterj
Internet: carpenterj@gtephx.att.com | carpenterj%gtephx@enuucp.eas.asu.edu  
voice:(602) 582-7633  fax:(602) 582-7624       (* I speak only for myself...*)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jlarke@css.itd.umich.edu (Jason Larke)
Subject: Advice: Symphony chipset
Organization: Game:Guild
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:46:58 GMT

I'm looking at buying a local bus 486sx that uses the Symphony chipset.
I intend to use the system with OS/2 and a wide range of games and 
communications programs, including Telnet. Does anyone have any opinion,
good or bad, about this chipset? 

(I don't know the motherboard manufacurer, only that the slot is
proprietary and that is uses this chipset and AMI BIOS.)

Reply via net, if possible, but e-mail will do fine.
-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Jason Larke - jlarke@umich.edu - Computer Consultant, Philosophy guy|
|Ain't none of this blithering endorsed by anybody. Darn.            |
--------Windows: n. When bad programming meets swell marketing--------
From: jjolive@cs.vu.nl (Olivera JJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Problems with Maxtor HD 7213A
Summary: Problems installing Maxtor 7213A
Date: 27 Aug 92 08:36:32 GMT

I recently bought a Maxtor 7213A IDE disk and ran into problems installing it 
on my 486/33 clone with AMI bios dated 5-5-91 (using DOS 5.0). At first 
when trying to partition the disk with fdisk (or something else) the disk got 
stuck. After turning the external and internal cache off in the cmos I managed 
to partition and format the disk. But problems still remain. Very regularly 
the disk stops for a while when writing (about ten seconds). It then continues 
the write action or gives an error message `not ready writing drive C`. I have 
used the correct disk parameters ( 683x16x38 ) and the jumpers are set allright.
Anyone any ideas? 
Please email me at jjolive@cs.vu.nl, thanks in advance.
JJ. Olivera.
From: tdbear@tandon.com (Tom Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:56:51 GMT
Organization: Tandon Corporation, Moorpark, CA

In article <1992Aug27.191235.16283@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>  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.

Yes and no... most manufacturers probably cannot afford to put
two sockets down on the board (one for the overdrive and the
other for a possibly never-used Weitek).  Soooo... the Weitek
go bye-bye.


-- 
Tom Barrett (TDBear)    tdbear@tandon.com          voice: 805-378-6207
Tandon Corporation      609 Science Drive          Moorpark, CA  93021 
Sr. HW Design Engineer  "War is Peace, No is Yes, And We're All Free!" 
-=>NOTE:  The feed to tdbear@tandon.com may be interrupted in Sept.<=-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen)
Subject: Re: Gateway 15" monitor vertical bar problem. UPDATE
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 06:09:25 GMT

Ok, I think what may I may do is buy the GW Crystal Scan 15" with the
system when I buy one and if it doesn't work just return it for a full
refund and get one locally or otherwise.

As for the problems other people are having - are they problems that
are very evident when using the monitor?  For instance, will I notice
if my monitor has this same problem as some others or is it something
that may appear normal but could get worse in the long run?

As for the other option, a friend of mine told me that, in his
opinion, Mag monitors aren't very good.  He recommended Samsung or
Samtron, but I couldn't find a 15" NI SVGA one at a good price
anywhere really...there wasn't a Samsung 15", I think.

How about Dell's monitors?  I can get a Dell Ultrascan 15" monitor
(this is NI, right?) for $529 (plus 6% tax, 1% packaging or some such
charge) at the educational discount at my school.  I'd have to see how
this compares to their mail order price when tax is not factored in.

But, how are the monitors as far as quality goes?  If I have to, I
could see myself spending a little more for a Dell monitor if they are good.

Thanks,
Mike
--
Michael Rosen						"Beer - It does
Tau Epsilon Phi - George Washington University		 a body good."
mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu
Michael.Rosen@bbs.oit.unc.edu or @lambada.oit.unc.edu
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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: i82510 UART (Serial Port)
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:56:58 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <1992Aug25.153637.169@access.usask.ca>, tan@skorpio.usask.ca (Chris Tan) writes:

| Can anyone supply me with:
| 	1) programs that take advantage of the i82510 UART.
| 	2) assembler routines that will activate the 82510 UART.

  The FAS program uses this, and will work with most varieties of UNIX.
It also provides a good starting point for writing your own device
driver for DOS.

  Note that just turning it on won't help, since the DOS standard
drivers still run in the 8250 mode. I /think/ kermit knows about these,
you might try running that just to see what a difference it make (if any).
-- 
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: mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen)
Subject: Re: Gateway 15" monitor vertical bar problem. UPDATE
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 18:27:20 GMT

So far, besides the Telepath, are the only problems people are having
hardware-wise with the monitors?

Would I be safer not buying a monitor with a Gateway system and buying
locally?  How much do they drop from the system price without the
standard 14" monitor?  

Mike
--
Michael Rosen						"Beer - It does
Tau Epsilon Phi - George Washington University		 a body good."
mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu
Michael.Rosen@bbs.oit.unc.edu or @lambada.oit.unc.edu
From: ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:54:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Private Computer, Totowa NJ

In article <1992Aug29.010023.5604@pool.info.sunyit.edu:, ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
: Nope, not always.  I have received mail from several people in the past
: whose Crystal Scans were made by another company.

I've sent mine in for repair, its Tatung.

-- 
Kenneth Ng
Please reply to ken@eies2.njit.edu for now.
Apple and AT&T lawsuits: Just say NO!
From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Ice-cap to tune a 486/33 to 50Mhz speed?
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:35:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: atlantis.CARL.92Sep4113501
	<183lkgINNjfb@wendy-fate.UU.NET>
	<1992Sep3.162247.12898@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: tomd@oakhill.sps.mot.com's message of 3 Sep 92 16:22:47 GMT


> The problem with speeding up the CPU is usually in the other chips on the mother
>board, especially the Cache SRAMS 33Mhz is 30ns cycle, 50Mhz is 20ns. Your external

Hmmm, most motherboards that I've seen have 25 ns cache chips for 33
Mhz machines.
--
From: mikew@hpwarha.wal.hp.com (Michael Williams)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:50:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar 24X REVIEW
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Waltham, MA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In article <1992Sep1.162651.12194@infonode.ingr.com> bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:
>stretch@emunix.emich.edu (Brian Stretch) writes:
>>Unfortunately, I've yet to find any DOS graphics software that is compatible
>>with the 1meg Paradise chip, and not all the 512K Paradise software worked
>>either.  CShow (newest version at this time) displayed correctly at
>>640x480x256 and 800x600x256 with its Paradise drivers, but VPic 5.0's failed.
>
>Vpic 4.8 works just fine on the 24X in vesa modes.  I coulnd't get
>vpic 5.0 to work in this mode either, so I use 4.8.  Also, PICLAB
>1.91 hangs with the 24X, but 1.82 works fine.  I wonder, what's going
>on here?  I have hacked my own begware gif viewer, sgif, to support
>all the 256 color modes on the 24X.  It is in the GIF directory on
>simtel.  The file is SGIF17.ZIP.

I couldn't get any of my DOS SuperVGA software to operate correctly,
either, in any of the VESA modes that I bought the card for.  The
Diamond Computer Systems BBS (sorry; I don't have the number here at
work) has a TSR program called VESA.COM or VESA.EXE that seems to fix
the problem (and, thankfully, easily loads high).  With this program
installed, I can use VPIC 5.0's VESA modes just fine.  Last I heard, it
had been inadvertently left off of the distribution disks.

--
Michael B. Williams
Hewlett-Packard Company
Medical Products Group
Waltham, MA 02254                    Prodigy: Dumped it
(617) 290-3734                       CompuServe: 73667,3264
mikew@hpwarga.wal.hp.com             America Online: Mike W99
From: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Maxtor 7213 IDE drive for $250 *STREET PRICE*?
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:59:59 GMT
Reply-To: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- Maynard, MA


Did anyone read the 'Upgrading your System' article in Sept. 1992
issue of PC WORLD.  The author claims the Maxtor drive can be had for
a street price of $250.  Is he on drugs?  Considering that the article
must have been written 2-3 months ago, did he really mean $550 or
$650?

I paid $499 for mine in June and thought I got a good deal.  Now I see
places selling them for $470 and $459, but I still believe I got a
good deal *at the time*.  I can't believe that 2-3 months ago, even $450
would have been attainable on the street.

This must be a typo or editing error, right?

- Jim

--
James J. Reisert                Internet:  reisert@sttng.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.         UUCP:      ...decwrl!sttng.enet!reisert
146 Main Street			Voice:     508-493-5747
Maynard, MA  01754		FAX:       508-493-0395
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rlee@andy.bgsu.edu (Bob Lee)
Subject: Re: Tape Backups and memory
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:46:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.141940.16516@col.hp.com> bae@hplsdrn.col.hp.com (Bruce Erickson) writes:
>(Out on a limb here -- I am not familiar with the CMS tape drive -- but I 
>am quite familiar with tape units in general....)
>
>This is probably a limitation of the software.  Tape backup units typically can
>overwrite sections (perhaps with "fuzzy edges" where they start/stop, depending
>on the precision of the transport mechanism).  But consider this: if you want
>to keep the data *after* the volume you erase, you can only store something
>that is the same size or smaller than the volume you overwrite.  This is 
>because few, if any, tape software allows fragmenting of data sets...
>
>                  - Bruce Erickson
>                  bae@col.hp.com

I figured that unless tape drive hardware is what determines where a volume
begins and ends then fragmentation of volumes could be done. If this is
the case there has to be some software out there that will do it. If not
then there should be a way to do it youself (after several hours of
painstaking coding though).

The reason why I'm so bent on this is because I want to use my new tape
drive not only to backup my harddrive but also make it sort of a removable
hard disk that I can throw software on that I don't plan on using for a
while. I know I could've gotten one of those SyQuest 88MB removable drives
but when you consider the price difference I went for the tape backup.

-BOB

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka)
Subject: Re: Dial tone, but no dialing
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 03:16:15 GMT

 dowling@oasys.dt.navy.mil (John Dowling) writes:
> ...when I go to
> dial out, I can hear a dial tone for about 5 or 6 seconds, but no familiar
> touch-tone dialing.  After 5 or 6 seconds, the dial tone is lost and
> the message "NO DIALTONE" comes up.

Most modems nowadays include circuitry to check for "supervisory
tones" on the telco line.  The modem listens to for a tone, and
makes a guess based on the pattern of the tone as to what is
happening with the phone line.

In your case, this circuitry cannot hear the tones.  This could be
because the circuitry has failed, or it could be that the level of the
phone line connected to the modem is too low.

A workaround would be to include the characters 'X0' in your setup
string -- this will turn off the supervisory circuitry and cause the
modem to "blind dial."  Of course, this means the modem will happily
dial away even if there's no phone line attached, but do you care?

In this mode, you will lose the ability to detect busy signals also.
Your modem _may_ allow the selective enabling of various detections.
See your doctor for details, your mileage may vary, etc.

-- 
----------------------------------------------------
Gordon S. Hlavenka           cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
  Don't forget:  Dave Barry/Joe Walsh in November!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: schludermann@sscvx1.ssc.gov
Subject: Wanted intel 403e manual
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:43:54 GMT


  Does any one out there have a manual for intel 403e microcomputer?

                                         Thanxs
                                            Kris

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ace3@quads.uchicago.edu (Tony 'LLama' Acero)
Subject: Re: Please help with gateway modem!!!!!
Keywords: Frustration, heartburn, high blood pressure, rip-off
Reply-To: ace3@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:01:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.215506.23872@nmsu.edu> jsalcido@nmsu.edu (Jason Salcido) writes:
>
>
>I just got my Gateway 2000 modem and have yet to get it to work.  All I get is  
>garbage anytime I connect to anything.  Anyway my real question is should I  
>forget the GW2000 modem, get my $200 back, add $70 or so and get a TWINCOM 
>14.4 data/fax modem (external).  I have heard that externals are better than  
>internals.  Anyone know much about this modem?  Opinions for/against this
>are really needed!  Please e-mail at jsalcido@scf.nmsu.edu or post back
>here.  
>
>
>Jason

My first Telepath appeared via 2nd day air (only 6 1/2 mo. late)
and refused to acknowledge that I had a dial tone.  I talked with
technical support and they sent me another one 10 days later (they
were still fulfilling backorders or would've been sent next day) I
received my present modem -- and it works flawlessly.

In spite of spilling oceans of ink acknowledging the customer
service problems, they continue.  If technical support hadn't been
so wonderful (knowledgeable, understanding, apologetic), I doubt I
would ever have ordered from them again; as it is I can no longer
recommend them unreservedly as I had in the past.

So, Jason, call technical support.  If you can get through, they
will take care of you.

tony acero
ace3@quads.uchicago.edu
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 01:47:50 EDT
From: <SPW103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What HD for older IBM AT?

I have to replace the harddrive in an older (6Mhz) IBM AT.  The current hard
disk is not working, so the hard drive and controller need to be
replaced.What I'm wondering is which interface technology should I buy?
Most drives noware either SCSI or IDE, and I'm pretty sure this old computer
won't support IDEhard drives, and SCSI would be pretty expensive, and this
computer isn't worth a whole lot.  So, what should I get, and MFM drive?  An
RLL drive?  Will these work on this old AT?  Any and all help and comments
will be greatly appreciated!

                              Thanks,


                               Stephen Walker spw103@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ez6806225@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
Subject: <None>
Keywords: /
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:41:08 GMT

I'm having some problem with the IRQs when using my modem. Modem is at COM4
Irq3 & I have a soundblaster at Irq7. DOS comm software works fine by software
in windows (Xtalk, winfax) in 386enhance mode doesn't recognise it or worse,
windows doesn't even boot in 386enhance mode. Did i forget to set something?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg)
Subject: DAT Drives; Parallel-to-SCSI Adapter
Organization: The College on the Other Side of U. S. 1
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:22:52 GMT

I have a DAT drive on a UNIX 386 computer system that I would like to
use as a portable tape backup for several MS-DOS 386/486 PCs.

I have in front of me an ad for a "MiniSCSI Plus", a device that lets
you "...run a CD-ROM, tape drive, SCSI hard disk...or other SCSI device
from almost any parallel port." Does anyone have any experience with
this (or similar) device?

If it indeed works as advertised ($229, BTW), would I need special SCSI
drivers for the DAT? (It came with a UNIX driver but no MS-DOS driver).
It's a WangDAT 1300.

Thanks,
Pete
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Adaptec Probs...
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:56:04 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles) writes:

> Has anyone got a copy of this SCSIHA.SYS ? I have just obtained an Adaptec 
> 1542B and I have come across the problem with the Virtual memory conflict.

     I've got a copy, obtained from Adaptec's (minimally-useful, in my
opinion) BBS.  I tried using it last night and found it to be pretty
slow.  Using QEMM and the Win 3.0 Smartdrive is faster.

     If anyone really wants a copy of this, send Email (and please give
a valid email address).

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Which monitor?
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:23:40 GMT


The Sony 1604 is a larger version of the 1304 which I have owned for errr about 3
yrs now...the image is pretty good, and the screen in cylendrical so right to
left it is curved, but up to down it is straight make for very straight lines, a
few problems, I will warn you about, there can be a pin cusioning problem, and
the image can destort because  of it, also service (sony at least) sucks they are
the worst service centers, the one here in Phoenix, was so bad that I kept have
to drive the 30+ miles to look it over, and the monitor was in worse shape that
when I brought it in, I finally had to fix it myself (then the tube lost pieces
of it phospher coating) so sony corperate replace the whole thing, the new one is
a dream (that is the one I have owned for 3 yrs....When the 1304 came out it was
ahead of it's time, and has aged really well, however the 1604 is new technology
they really should have gone digital in it's set up (the way NEC has)...that is
another problem...placement of controls, and how often you have to use em...hope
this help..
Stephen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: NE2000 programming information needed
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 07:34:41 GMT

I need to write a driver for an NE2000 Ethernet card and need some
printed information.  Looking through a lot of source code hasn't quite
done the trick.  Please send responses via email, since I'm working
against a deadline.

Thanks in advance,



-- 
Jim H.
*
* James L. Henrickson
* ujlh@sunyit.edu        "Some day I might have a real .signature!"
From: jim.dennis@u2u.lonestar.org (Jim Dennis) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IBM PS/2 MONITORS
Date: 26 Aug 92 08:29:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: USER-TO-USER PCBoard (214)492-6565 (USR DS v32bis)
Reply-To: jim.dennis@u2u.lonestar.org (Jim Dennis) 

I was given a IBM PS/2 Model 30 to check out. There was no monitor with
the unit and I know nothing about the PS/2 series. Can anyone tell me if
an adapter can be used to connect a standard monitor to the 14 pin plug
on the unit or if these computers work only with special PS/2 monitors?
                                                                                               
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