HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Why memory costs doubled
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:13:14 GMT

In <palane.725673526@pv7427.vincent.iastate.edu> palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane) writes:

>In <1992Dec29.212413.15066@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>>Of course they did, because it wasn't stopped until late in the game.
>>How many U.S. manufacturers of DRAM can YOU point to now?  How many
>>were there when the Japanese started dumping and leveraged their SC
>>industry? 

>IBM and Micron Technology, though there's been rumors of TI working on
>high density chips. 

IBM only makes DRAM for their own systems, so I wasn't counting them.
TI, on the other hand, does sell DRAM (and is currently the largest
domestic producer, I think -- I don't know, though; I do weapons, not
chips). 

>>[Hint:  I know of only two domestic producers of DRAM.  Extra point:
>>explain what really happened then, what the Koreans hope to achieve by
>>dumping in the U.S., and why the Japanese are now aiming to move out
>>of DRAM and into ASIC.]

>The full details would take a thesis or two, which I have neither the
>time nor the interest to complete. Basic point. An international monopoly like
>that is unsustainable. It's hardly my fault that U.S. companies are unwilling
>to stay in a market if it doesn't provide profits the next quarter (I also
>blame shortsightedness of U.S. investors for this failing).

>>Guess who was damaged most by the dumping?  Can you say U.S. DRAM
>>manufacturers? 

>They pulled up stakes and left the market before it became profitable again.
>Short term smart. Long term stupid. That's why you can find no mass-market
>consumer electronics made in the U.S. and only one domestic TV set (Zenith).

A company can only sustain losses for so long.  For those folks who
had DRAM as their major source of income, they quite simply went broke
trying to compete with dumped product, with the government waiting too
long to step in.  You can describe it is "pulled up stakes and left
the market before it became profitable again" if you like, but there
is a limit to the quantity of loss that ANY company can take.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
From: georgem@microsoft.com (George Moore)
Subject: Re: Windows Memory Protection (was Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...)
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:39:19 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

tracer@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu (Roger M. Wilcox) writes:
>
>And what [Windows] replaces DOS with is actually quite a powerful OS 
>in its own right.  True, even in Protected Mode (Standard/Enhanced) 
>all applications run at privilege level 0 (Kernel level), ...

Correction.  As of Windows 3.1, all applications, including the shell, 
GDI.DLL, and USER.DLL run in Ring 3.  Only the p-mode kernel runs 
in Ring 0.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.windows.ms
From: johnn@eskimo.com (John Navitsky)
Subject: MS-Windows + Fahrenheit 1280 + MAG MX17F = problems!
Summary: [ Sorry if I messed up any of the newsgroups, I don't subscribe ]
Organization: >>> Eskimo North (206)-FOR-EVER <<<
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:33:57 GMT

Hello,

I recently got a Comtrade 486DX50/EISA with a Fahrenheit 1280 (1MB) and a 
MAGinnovision MX17F monitor.  I'm running MS-Windows 3.1 and the Fahrenheit
windows drivers version 2.21 (at least that is Orchid Setup's version). 
Well, I want to use this beast in 1280x960x16 (or higher).  Well, this works
(I'm using it now) and works fine except on the far right of the screen, which
has problems with scrolling.  It appears after about (just guessing) 1024 on
the horizontal axis, applications do not scroll correctly.  If you take a
DOS window and set it on the left side, the left side (on the left of that
magic boundry) it scrolls fine.  On the right, it does not display anything, or
shows what was first brought up, or the background.  Basically, you can set
things over there, but real, live, scrolling applications are unusable.  

Any thoughts?  I would sure like to use that area!

Thanks! 
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From: yuri@amath.washington.edu (Yuri Yulaev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: second HD with KALOK KL320
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:09:58 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Applied Mathematics, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: orcas.amath.washington.edu


	Hi,
I have KL320 20MB HD and I am ready to by second. But I don't know, what is it type?
(Or it doesn't matter at all). I'd like to buy 40-80-120 MB HD. Can you advise me, please?
	Yuri Yulaev
	6553, 38th ave NE
	Seattle, WA 98115
	h:(206)-524-9547, 524-2806
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord)
Subject: Re: is CMS trakker 250mb tape backup for real
Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 04:16:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan2.192357.22165@digi.lonestar.org> kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) writes:
>In article <rreiner.725841329@yorku.ca> rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) writes:
>>hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz) writes:
>>
>>>Someone mentioned that the Colorado 250 mb tape backup
>>>was really a 125mb tape system with compression software
>>>and CMS hoped to get 2:1 compression. Is this for real??
>>>If so, why can't I buy a CMS 125mb drive and use Norton
>>>Backup to get the same thing.
>>
>>Probably because the 125 is really a 60MB drive with data compression
>>software...
>>
>>This appears to have become standard practice in the PC tape drive
>>industry.  IOMega sells a series of "250" drives that use DC2120 -- i.e.
>>120MB -- tapes, with a bundled copy of Central Point Backup doing the
>>compression.  Irwin and CMS label their stuff the same way.
>
>The Jumbo 120 and Jumbo 250 use different encoding schemes on the tape.  The
>250 encoding scheme succeeds in squeezing about 125 MB of data onto a DC2120
>tape.  The Jumbo 120 can get about 60 MB of data onto a DC2120.  
>

The way CMS explaned it is that the difference between 60M and 125M on
the same tape is not encoding, rather data density.  The DJ-20 (jumbo
250) puts 125M of uncompressed data on the tape by using smaller read
write heads that allows for narrower tracks, there fore more tracks on
the tape.
From: roypat@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Patrick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Maximus EISA/VL-Bus system
Date: 31 Dec 92 23:39:40 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Looking through Computer Shopper I found what seems to be a good
deal from Maximus (p. 350).  But before buying it, I would 
appreciate some comments about the system and the company.
 
Maxi-EV, EISA/VL-Bus
 
Combination EISA and VL-Bus (2 slots) mother board
8MB 32bit RAM (70ns), expandable to 128MB
256K ultra-fast writeback cache memory
True 32bit EISA hard disk controller, 
        super-fast 4.125MB/sec data transfert rate
212MB Super-quick 12ms IDE hard disk, (Western Digital)
        with 64K 30%-faster look-ahead cache buffer
15" Flatscreen SVGA-NI, 1280x1024, 72hz 
        (I forgot to ask but from the ad it seems to be a MAG)
MAXIGRAF VESA Standard Local Bus video with S3 Accelerator for windows
         up to 1280x1024, up to 16 Million colors, 
         50-100 times faster than VGA, Winmark 50.1M
         (32bit driver for OS/2 available)
TEAC's reliable 3.5" & 5.25" FDDs
Futitsu soft click enhanced 101 keyboard
2 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game port
MS Windows 3.1, MS DOS 5.0 and high resolution serial mouse
 
The price for the 486DX2-66  is 2625$
Shipping 145$ to Canada (it would take 10 working days)
From: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Can someone please send me a list of the hard drive types 1-15 for bios
Date: 27 Dec 1992 22:04:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu




Can you please send me the bios types of hard drives,there are 1_15 listed in
my setup file.
I have a 42 meg seagate st-251
and a fuji 20 meg.
Please,any help is appreciated.
LEAVE MAIL
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Parallel Port; Tape Drives ???
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:16:36 GMT

In <1992Dec21.234306.4661@scf.loral.com> andres@scf16.scf.loral.com (Jeff Andres) writes:

>What organizations/companies make them ??? and how reliable are they ???
>What is their expected throughput ???

>I've heard of one from H45 Technology, which is either out or soon
>to be announced that does 8 meg/minute. 

 So far I only know of two, there are probably others.

 Microsolutions Backpack
 Colorado Trakker (or some such name)

 We have the microsolutions Backpack.  It's basically just an Archive XL
tape unit with an interface for the parallel port.

 Pretty good, speed ain't impressive tho can't expect much from parallel
port.
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sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
Project Vincent                    ICSS Resource Unit
SCO ODT, Arc/Info, Atlas GIS       2142 Agronomy Hall
                                   Iowa State University
From: thw@po.CWRU.Edu (Tang H. Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: AIM motherboad experience?
Date: 21 Dec 1992 20:50:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Hi:

I am considering buying a upgradable AIM motherboard. I am wondering
has anyone bought from them before and what waws the experience.
Thanks in advance.

Tang
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: nwickham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Neal Wickham)
Subject: 286 ----> 386sx
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Reply-To: nwickham@nyx.UUCP (Neal Wickham)
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 12:18:31 GMT


Can a 286 be upgraded to a 386sx without too much hassle or money?

Thanks,


                                  NCW
From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Looking for BIOS setup program for Phoenix 286 3.06
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:26:26 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Dec24.061001.5150@rock.concert.net>, bdaniels@rock.concert.net (Brian L Daniels -- Personal Account) writes:
> 
> I have a old 286 that has lost its CMOS information.
> 
> It's now requesting that I run the setup program (and it no longer
> recognizes it's HD :-(
> 
> Is this an internal program that can be activated by a key secquence,
> or is it an external one?  If it's an external one, where can I get
> it?
> 
> It's a Phoenix 80286 Rom Bios Version 3.06
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Brian
> 
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Brian Daniels                   Printed on 100% Recycled Bits
> bldaniel@rock.concert.net  Comprising 70% Post-Computer Waste
> ---------Public Keys Available by E-Mail Request----------------

I don't have my 286 anymore but it had a Phoenix BIOS which was accessible 
by pressing Ctrl-Alt-s. Some other machines used Ctrl-Alt-Esc. Most can 
also be accessed through separate programs, check out your local BBS for 
shareware setup programs.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: frank@ut-emx.uucp (Frank Abernathy, ET1(SS))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Packard Bell Experiences?
Summary: had mine since 88
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:08:37 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas


I've had a PB 386DX-16 since 1988, it's been on 24hours a day since
then and has survived multiple thunderstorms.

I have added a tape drive, cdrom, different video, scsi and ide controllers.

All of those items worked well in the machine.

I did replace the VGA display this year.

Certainly my experience has been good.

I suspect their product is still as good as any other clone in the 
price range.  I would be sorry to hear if the 'quality' has gone down.

later
frank

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Work: (512)-471-3216      Home: (512)-244-0625 (talk to the ans. mach.) 
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From: slb1b@cc.usu.edu (Holographic Banana)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP: DETAILED FD controller info
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:21:46 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


I've got a really bizaire question here:

Where can I get the specs for floppy drive controllers? I need enough detail as
if I were building one from scratch (I'm really NOT, but I need the level
of detail).

Also needed is the differences between 720k, 1.44 Mb, and 2.88 Mb in that
information.

This is needed for my project, and yes, it's a wierd question. 
THANK YOU FOR *** ANY *** HELP pointing me in the right direction!

-------
James Knowles
slb1b@cc.usu.edu
aristophanes@cc.usu.edu

"Can't you ask an EASY question?????" :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
Subject: Re: The Death of x86 Arch. ?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:23:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.234248.28259@informix.com> aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:
>In article <1gqsv5INNiel@hpscit.sc.hp.com> matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm) writes:
>>Imagine this:
>>You're "upgrading" operating systems and currently use MSDOS 5.0
>>and want to keep the investment you've made in PC s/w safe. Will you 
>>run your software on an x86 platform, or buy a "PC" running windows
>>NT with an Alpha processor, say, with 10x the computing power!  I'd 
>>BAG the antiquated x86 family and go with RISC.
>
>Eh?  You're expecting to run your x86 DOS 5.0 executables on an Alpha
>machine running NT?   What else did you ask Santa for this year?

Actually, this will work, provided the application doesn't directly access
the hardware (as many games do).  But for things like WordPerfect and
Lotus 1-2-3, there shouldn't be any problem.

>Alan Denney      aland@informix.com      {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland

     - Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: Reading the Parallel Port
Reply-To: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:12:15 GMT

In article <HINKER.92Dec21101541@booboo.acl.lanl.gov> Paul J. Hinker <hinker@acl.lanl.gov> writes:
>     I've recently aquired a video digitizer that connects to the
>parallel port.  What I need is a code fragment or pointer to
>literature describing how one would go about reading the parallel port
>on a PC type machine.
>
>     I realize that most PC's don't have bi-directional parallel ports
>but I've purchased one for my wife's machine [386DX/25] so that's not
>the problem.
>
>     The following piece of code [with different addresses, of course]
>works fine on my Amiga but gets me nowhere on the PC.  Note : This is
>not a 'My machine is better than your machine' post.  I'm simply not
>familiar with the PC way of doing things and am trying to learn.

Now hold on here dude. You're not in AmigaLand anymore (and I think
AmigaLand is a great place to be personally). Unlike the 68XXX products
that Commodore uses, PC's I/O space is not (I repeat NOT!) memory mapped.
Like the Z80, 8080, 8088 and all that has come before, the 80386 has
a SEPARATE I/O SPACE called ports!

Fortunately the fix is simple. Just use the port based IO instructions
appropriatly named "in" and "out". You didn't specify a compiler so I'll
assume TurboC. We must change your code:

>
>void main()
>{
>   unsigned char *Parallel_Port = 0x378; /* 0xbfd200 on the Amiga */
>   int i;
>
>   for (i = 0 ; i < 320 * 200 ; i++)
>      printf("%d\n", *Parallel_Port);
>
>}
>

To the following. (This is from memory folks, please don't nitpick).

#include <dos.h>

void main()
{
   int Parallel_Port = 0x378; /* 0xbfd200 on the Amiga */
   int i;

   for (i = 0 ; i < 320 * 200 ; i++) {
      printf("%d\n", inportb(Parallel_Port));

}

In turboC the inportb macro translates directly to an "in" instruction.
It's defined in the header file "dos.h". The function "inportb" says to
read one byte from the specified port.


>
>   From what I can tell, the 0x378 port number is missing a base
>address and the above code fragment is simply reading the value from
>somewhere in my program's current data segment.

Bingo!

>
>   Could some kind soul tell me where to find the base address [so I
>can construct the correct FAR pointer with a MK_FP call] for the
>parallel port?

Ah Ah! We're in the land of I/O ports now.

>
>   Alternately, can anyone recommend a good reference for doing
>this kind of thing?

Most any lower level PC book will give a listing of the PORTS. Many
advanced C books will show how to do port programming.

Hope this helps. And please take all my commentary with a grain of ;-) because
I know this is a new environment to you.

>
>   Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

No problem.

BAJ
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Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332   Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: HD Clones anyone? (Re: Recommendations on PC companies (FastMicro and Midwest Micro)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:14:31 GMT

In article <1992Dec7.165401.833@news.columbia.edu> jbaltz@hebrew.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B. Altzman) writes:
>I'm sure this is an FAQ, but here goes anyway...
>
>I'm looking for anyone who has had experience with either Midwest Micro
>PC's (the "elite" series) or the FastMicro PC's. Since these aren't GW2K,
>Zeos or Dell, I don't see their names mentioned anywhere, but their prices
>aren't too bad (and I'm on a reasonably tight budget)

"Slowmicro" has probably had more flames about it on the Net than
Gateway, and I'd tend to lend more credence to them. The bulk of the 
complaints were slow shipping of software. Don't know about their 
machines.


By the way... has anyone bought a HD clone? I was about to buy from 
them a year ago but ended up buying locally. They had had good (but 
few) net.reviews and were willing to ship you almost any configuration 
of hardware. Apparently they've been selling clones in the Bay area 
for years before going mail order.





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson)
Subject: Memory addressing in protected mode (specifically address pin A20)
Organization: Verdix Corp
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:35:19 GMT

I am trying to run some code on a 'bare' IBM AT board, ie no DOS.  I have
everything working fine except for one problem:  I cannot get the board
to recognize address bit 20.  If I access memory at address 0x100000, it
is the same memory as at address 0x0.  I am switching the board into protected
mode 'manually', not by using the BIOS function.  Does anybody out there
know what I have to do to get a PC board to use bit 20 in protected mode?
On a PS/2, there is a configuration I/O address that you have to write to
to turn on gate A20 addressing.  I can find no equivalent for the AT.  

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Drew Johnson
drew@verdix.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:18:47 GMT

matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm) writes:
: : The usual route is exactly as Danny had stated: test every part at 33MHz.
: : If it fails, test it at 25.  If it fails, keep going down until you are
: : out of speed.
: 
: This is very possibly wrong.  If this were the case, then the cost of test for
: the 16Mhz chip would be three times that of the 33Mhz chip (assuming 33,25,16
: speed grades for their microprocessors).  Every chip test insertion
: cost bucks, and the 25Mhz chip with two test insertions would cost Intel MORE
: than the 33Mhz chip!  One thing we used to do (when I worked at a semi. co.)

You didn't read the rest of my response, did you?

You put the part in a socket.  The program runs non-speed critical tests
first.  If the part fails, the package autohandler kicks it out to the fail
bin.  If it passes, the test program then runs a 33MHz test.  If that passes,
the autohandler bins it out to the 33MHz bin/tube.  If it fails, the test
then turns the clock down to 25MHz.  Run the (smaller vector set).  If it
passes, bin to 25MHz.  Etc.

Note that there is only one (1) insertion, everything is autohandled via
machine, and the test time is NOT 3x, but something quite a bit less.  A
person simply loads parts in the top of the autohandler, and removes packages
pre-binned out the bottom.

Scott Linn
scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: swong@envmsa.eas.asu.edu (Wong, Shan-Yung)
Subject: Parity Error
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:58:00 GMT

Hi,

  Why do I get the message 'Parity Error ????  System Halted' in 40-column
mode when I run certain softwares like Windows 3.0 in standard mode but not
Windows 3.1 and Turbo C++?  I only get this message after installing a math
co-processor i387SX-20.  My system, a notebook, is a 386SX-20 with AMI
BIOS.

  Does anyone know the cause(s) of this error message?

Thanks for any help.
Happy 1993
From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ATI GRAPHICS ULTRA PLUS.. INFO PLEASE!
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:12:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: a2i network

I'd like to know some information on the ATI Graphics Ultra +.

o  What chipset is on the board?  What is it compatible with?
o  Does the board come with drivers for Win 3.1?
o  Does the board come with a VESA driver?
o  Does it support 24bit color?  15/16bit color?  In what modes?
 
Thanks for any and all information.

If anyone has used the card, please email me!!..



-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: impster@ais.org (Charles Budensiek)
Subject: Experiences <good or bad> with Leading Edge?
Organization: UMCC
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:39:06 GMT

I recently found out that good ole Saint Nick is bringing me a new computer
for Christmas. This supposed new computer has the following:

386DX-33 MHz
4 Meg of memory
107 meg 16ms hard drive
SVGA Monitor 
1 meg SVGA card
blah blah blah

This computer is made by Leading Edge Computer. My question is, has anyone
out there had any bad experiences <or good ones> with this brand of
computer?

Oh yeah... anyone know if the above mentioned computer uses an OPTi chipset?
I have a gravis ultrasound and would like to know if it <the computer> has
the dreaded OPTi chipset.

Thanks,
impster@umcc.ais.org

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware