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From: morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse)
Subject: Focus Adjustment on VRT-19?
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Distribution: comp
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:38:52


My DS5000/200 was recently upgraded from CX/VR-262 to HX/VRT-19. While
I like the increased real estate and color and graphics performance, I
find the screen is less sharp than I expected. In particular, it is
also less sharp than the VR-262, at least when the VR-262 was focused
properly. (My experience with the VR-262 was that the focus drifted
and had to be adjusted periodically.)

Would some kind soul please tell me whether it is possible to adjust
the focus on the VRT-19? I don't mind taking the cover off the screen
to make an adjustment, but I don't want to do so if a) there aren't
any adjustments or b) the adjustments are possible from the outside
(like the VR-262).

Thanks, very much.

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From: YOUNG@tattoo.cs.widener.edu (Rob Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: CISC vs. RISC, VMS vs. UNIX
Date: 16 Oct 1992 21:38:59 GMT
Organization: Widener University Department of Computer Science, Chester PA
Distribution: world
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In <61209@mimsy.umd.edu> hoel@umiacs.umd.edu writes:

> I recently had a very heated discussion with a peer concerning the relative
> strengths and weaknesses of VAXes and workstations, as well as VMS and UNIX.

I have many of these same heated debates.

> Although my personal knowledge of these two topics is limited, I do feel that
> each must offer various advantages relative to each other otherwise they
> would have died off long ago.  My friend on the other hand was vehament in
> his assertions that both workstations and unix were clearly superior...


I'm actually getting more excepting of Un*x.  I like the way the command recall
is set-up in ksh.  I like the faster boxes.  My likes are limited because many
of the same tools can be found on VMS in public domain ( grep, sed, flex ).  
Now with the posix shell you actually have all these features albeit slow.
However, piping is a cool Un*x feature.  With that said let me say that VMS
is much more management oriented (security, monitoring, auditing) and has
a file system that is *the best* AND a memory system that is excellent.  I
enjoy tuning (SYSGEN, UAF, etc.) and most Unices do not have near the 
tuning capabilities.  BUT AIX has alot of tuning tools available and manages
memory differently (and better) than others.  So you can see that some of them 
are getting much more robust (the AIX stack of manuals is nearly as tall as 
VMS!!).  

But now lets talk about direction...
Digital realized that VMS would die (so to speak) if it didn't change.  What
they are doing (have done) is:

		1)  Changing licensing/pricing of VMS
		2)  Alpha (lifesaver)
		3)  Incorporating standards (Posix, etc.)
		4)  Opening VMS up to other vendors (no takers yet)

Like a politician that cares to survive, DEC and VMS are changing.  

We expect that our application will actually be in demand on a VMS box next
year when a similarly priced and configured RS/6000 is much slower and the 
editor is a drag.  :-)

				Rob

                                                     young@tattoo.cs.widener.edu
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists
 in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends 
  on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw	 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,alt.sys.pdp8,misc.books.technical,alt.folklore.computers
From: cuadrasola@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: PD software for VMS and BBS?
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:27:48 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

I would like to know what the best FTP locations to get public domain VMS
software are.  In particulart, I am looking for BBS systems.  Can someone help?

Thanks

--- Juan
    cuadrasola@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
From: abbasn@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: SEND source code...
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:29:14 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

Hello Everyone,
              
              I hope this is the right place to ask the question I have,
if so
  { 
     please tell me if  
              {
               it is possible to obtain the source code for the
               SEND program or something similar used for sending messages
               interactively between users on a VAX system.
               }
   }
 else
   guide me to the proper channel


Any help will be appreciated. FTP site, any addresses anything.........

Thanks a lot
Nasir
				Please reply to 
					abbasn@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
					nasir@thor.ece.uc.edu        
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: oivind@itek.norut.no (Oivind Buvang)
Subject: DECwrite question about style files
Reply-To: oivind@itek.norut.no (Oivind Buvang)
Organization: FORUT Information Technology
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:02:22 GMT

I am using DECwrite 2.0 on a decstation 5000/20. I want to put my own created styles and style files into the Style File to Use option box. Today I have to choose the "Other..:" option, and then get my own style files to appear. Instead of getting the menu with the list General .... Example....Private1 ...etc, I want only my own styles to appear in the popup menu, i.e. letter, report, etc. How do I do this, I have not found anything in the documentation. 


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From: grant@glg.ucs.dec.com (Gail L. Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.os.vms,comp.org.decus
Subject: request for feedback on patches on the internet
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:21:36 GMT
Organization: poor.   organization has never been one of my finer points.

last march, i posted that DEC was going to do more with the Internet and
asked customers to send me suggestions as to what they would like to see
us do.  one of the most common requests was to make patches available over
the Internet.  we are in the process of looking at doing this.  THIS IS
NOT A PROMISE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN, IT IS A REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK AND HELP
WITH JUSTIFICATION ON WHY WE SHOULD.

so i'd like to hear from you on these questions:

should DEC make patches available to customers over the Internet?

if so, why do you think this is a good idea?

any comments/suggestions on implementation of this would be welcome as well.

i can't overstate this: we are CONSIDERING doing this, but are in no way
PROMISING that we will.  but your input could help greatly.

the people putting this proposal together have promised to let you know the
outcome to all respondents.

look forward to hearing from you,

g.
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From: sean@coombs.anu.EDU.AU (Sean Sebastian Batt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: built PC532 for sale
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:41:41 GMT
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos

G'Day Benjamin,

On Thu, October 15, 1992, you wrote:
> [ ... you'd like to sell one of your PC532s ... ]
> Is there any interest?

I would be very interested! How much were you thinking of asking for
it? I have *no* clue as to what it'd be worth.

Sean
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From: s861298@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Marc A. Boschma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Miniscibe problems
Date: 16 Oct 92 05:03:45 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

rhyde@ucrengr.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:

>I too have had one of these drives fail on me.  Turned out to be the controller
>card.  I'll be getting the drive back on Fri.  The original drive was $800 +
>]$220 to get it fixed.  For $1,000 today I can buy a fast 512mbyte drive!
>BTW, I sent the drive to Maxtor (or whoever it was that bought out the

	Was it CSC ? If thats the way they handle things maybe I should give
up with trying to get them repaired..

>remains of Miniscribe) while it was still under *warranty*.  They sat on
>it for a year.  It took to threatening letters from a lawyer to even get
>the drive back (still unrepaired).  I turned it over to a local disk drive
>repair shop to get it fixed.  In the past 1-1/2 years I've had about four

	Can you give us a report on the local drive repairer ? They may be
a better bet than the above. Locally we don't seem to have Disk Drive fixers -
problem with having Marketing/Box pushers for the majority of the companies
out here.

>hour's total use on this drive.  I will never make such a purchase again!
>*** Randy Hyde
> 

Marc
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From: rhyde@ucrengr.ucr.edu (randy hyde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Miniscibe problems
Date: 14 Oct 92 16:35:53 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Organization: University of California, Riverside

I too have had one of these drives fail on me.  Turned out to be the controller
card.  I'll be getting the drive back on Fri.  The original drive was $800 +
]$220 to get it fixed.  For $1,000 today I can buy a fast 512mbyte drive!
BTW, I sent the drive to Maxtor (or whoever it was that bought out the
remains of Miniscribe) while it was still under *warranty*.  They sat on
it for a year.  It took to threatening letters from a lawyer to even get
the drive back (still unrepaired).  I turned it over to a local disk drive
repair shop to get it fixed.  In the past 1-1/2 years I've had about four
hour's total use on this drive.  I will never make such a purchase again!
*** Randy Hyde
 
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From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Miniscibe problems
Date: 13 Oct 92 05:58:08 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

I have had miniscribe problems for years.  Try getting into
your chassis and physically turn the little motor pin looking
thing with another little piece screwed onto it then turn it on.  
If it spins up you won't have the problem again until you power down.  
The Apple drive I have automatically parks on the same sector every time
and that sector sticks.  I had mine serviced and it went bad again after
nine months.  I've since gotten an external drive and switched mechanisms
leaving the screws off of the now external Miniscribe so that I can get to 
it easilly when I need to power it up.  Sure wish someone would offer
a way to low level format and change the sector it parks on.  I'm just
guessing with the formatting  idea but the above solution of turning
the drive works quite well.  One can even leave the drive on twenty-four
hours if you use it every day all day.  Hope this helps.

maurices
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: bpan@chips.COM (Benjamin Pan)
Subject: built PC532 for sale
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 21:09:00 GMT


Well, it is time to reduce my collections - one of my two PC532s is got
to go. The one I'm thinking of selling has everything but FPU. The monitor
code is kind of old since I have no FTP access. If you want, I can include
the Dallas Semi real-time clock socket/chip which has not been plugged in
yet. Of couse manuals are included and I can sell the board with or without
memory. Is there any interest?

-Benjamin Pan-
bpan@chips.com or ...!daver!chips!bpan
(408) 434-0600 Ext 4296  (Work and voice mail)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: johnc@manatee.UUCP (john connin)
Subject: Re: ET532 Ethernet Card - Parts List
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:16:47 GMT

> 
> Here is the Parts List, so some some of you can get IC prices please.
> (personal Cc'd copies have gone to bdavis@apple.com, sef@kithrup.COM )
> (I got a floppy from George Scolaro today with ET532 Gerbers etc )

Just a thought, it might be easier and cheaper to pull the ethernet
related parts from a no-name 8-bit ethernet card.  I am looking at a 
8-bit board marked "DFI NET-300" which schematicly is nearly idential
to the et532 design.  If I am not mistaken, this board goes for around
$80.00 US.  Such a board would get you:

   DP8390CN   (socketed on the board I am looking at)
   DP8391AN
   DP8392AN
   20Mhz CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR MODULE
   2VP5U9 - ISOLATION SWITCHING 9V POWER SUPPLY
   PE-64103 - ISOLATION PULSE TRANSFORMER
   BNC - BNC COAXIAL CONNECTOR
   DB15 - 15 WAY D CONNECTOR
   6264 - 8KX8 FAST STATIC RAM
   plus a bunch of 74XXX, resistor packs, capacitors, etc...

Just a thought...

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From: s861298@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Marc A. Boschma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Miniscibe problems
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:18:17 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

rolf@bucklan.stupi.se (Rolf Andersson) writes:

>I am sittinig here with two Miniscribe 9380s harddisks. None of them
>is functioning. I have been told that the company Miniscribe is no more.
>Is there anyone out there that knows where I can find a service manual
>with schematics. I want to try to fix them before they goes into the
>garbage.

>Any help is appreciated

Rolf,
	I have the same problem. I'm about to send them back to CSC for
repair/replacement. Mine are our of warrenty, so its pay up more money.

	Just for peoples info. both drives where replacements for the two
origonal drives.... Anyway, if your prepared to pay alittle, they'll fix them.

	I'm hoping that mine get replaced with something other than Miniscribe
that work of cause....:|

Marcb
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From: rolf@bucklan.stupi.se (Rolf Andersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.periphs
Subject: Miniscibe problems
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:35:19 GMT
Organization: Svensk TeleUtveckling & ProduktInnovation

I am sittinig here with two Miniscribe 9380s harddisks. None of them
is functioning. I have been told that the company Miniscribe is no more.
Is there anyone out there that knows where I can find a service manual
with schematics. I want to try to fix them before they goes into the
garbage.

Any help is appreciated

Regards
Rolf
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: rickr@virtech.vti.COM (Rick Rodman)
Subject: Re: et532 for me....
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:43:09 GMT

> pc532@bungi.com writes:
>  > One Idea, that due to lazyness hasn't been followed up, is that there exist' 
>  > SCSI based ethernet cards (usually used with MacIntoshes) that could be used. 
>  > All that would need to be done is to write a high level driver, like the 
>  > disk/tape ones and above that you could run IP, etc.
> 
> When ever people say "all you have to do is..." run a hundred miles!
> 
> The real problem is extracting the information on what scsi commands
> it expects to do what from the supplier/manufacturer. You might have more
> luck being closer to the source, but mostly you just get blank looks
> if you talk about getting documentation for these things (other than
> how to install them on a mac).
> 
> Ian

I second that. Trying to get SCSI command set specs out of these people is
like pulling teeth.  I had to sign and return a non-disclosure agreement
to get the SCSI command set for the HP IIc scanner.  (Think for a second about
why anyone might want that...)

The same is true for all of the fax boards and modems out there.  In fact,
you can almost say the same for the X terminals...  Suppose we wanted to 
just *use* the X terminal as a display for, say, MGR over Minix.  While the
X stuff itself is well documented, each of the X terminals out there has its
own, well, quirks...

SCSI looks beautiful from a hardware standpoint, but alas, the marketing and
software folks have converted it from sunny Dubrovnik to shell-shattered
Sarajevo.
From: s884764@otto (Grant Waldram [Atom Smash])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: et532 for me....
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:19:43 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: otto.bf.rmit.oz.au

I, like Marc Boschma (greets Marc) would be interested in a board only,
given that they are cheapish (cheapskate? nah...  student :(

Is there any idea being floated around as to the price?

Grant
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: rickr@virtech.vti.COM (Rick Rodman)
Subject: Re: ET532 Ethernet Card - Parts List
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:25:08 GMT

PC532 folks:
> Here is the Parts List, so some some of you can get IC prices please.
> (personal Cc'd copies have gone to bdavis@apple.com, sef@kithrup.COM )
> (I got a floppy from George Scolaro today with ET532 Gerbers etc )
> 
> PS Note it is said that
>   The 32532 shown below can be replaced by a Much cheaper GX32.

However, if you want to run Minix, the GX32 won't work.  It has no MMU.
Let's talk about what software we're going to run before spending beaucoups
bucks on CPUs.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: stacey@guug.de
Subject: Re. If you could have a PC532 Graphics Board...
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 02:11:12 GMT

rjohnson@mprgate.mpr.ca says:
> Subject: If you could have a PC532 Graphics Board...

> AUI- only thick ethernet or go the distance and include a thin
> (or UTP?) interface as well?

I have thin ethernet at home, it's cheaper, the 1/3 km limit for thin 
(as opposed to 1 km for thick), is more than sufficient ;-) & thin cable
goes under doors without drilling holes in the doorframe (it's a rented flat).
I guess most other PC532s live at home ? So thin would be most use,
however ...

On Cost:
Those like me lucky enough to already have an Xwindows screen 
(mine's an SVGA on a 486 that runs xterms on other hosts over ethernet,) 
just need an ethernet connection to the PC532.
Building a combined Ethernet + Graphics card would mean either having to stop
using the existing SVGA, or buying another monitor (& finding room for it).

A graphics + ethernet combi card would seem most attractive to those who both
	a) dont have graphics yet
	b) are happy to wait for a board to be designed

The ET532 has both thick & thin ethernet, is ready to build now,
so I'll push on with it.

Julian		stacey@guug.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
From: stevek@netcom.com (Steve Kile)
Subject: Help with HP-16C
Keywords: HP, calculator
Organization: Netcom Communication Services - San Jose, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:00:11 GMT

Having just received an HP-16C calculator (without an owners manual) I'd like
to find some happy HP-16C owner that can give me a few pointers. (Get your
orders in, I believe EduCalc has a few left.  :-) )

The biggest question I have right now is how do you get it out of decimal,
hex, octal and binary modes to allow entry of numbers with decimal points?
My manual is backordered for a few weeks and I can't wait.  Thanks.

Steve
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From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Where to buy HP48SX
Date: 14 Oct 1992 12:58:35 +0100
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk

For buyers in the UK, it is cheaper to by from Educalc in the US than
from HewCalc in the UK, I find the UK price is the US price -10;
e.g. Library Card $70 or pounds 60

If you buy from US with a credit card, the credit card co. should give
some insurance against failure, and you will get charged the minimum
shipping rate

this way you can get a 48SX for about pounds 150 instead of pounds 280

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From: rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:23:06 GMT
Subject: Re: What about if the HP with a card has been dropped?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds

In comp.sys.handhelds, twh18@isuvax.iastate.edu (Phoenix) writes:

> 	Anyway, just one question came in to my mind:  What about
> if the HP48SX has it's RAM/Program card plugged in?  I have never
> seen a HP48SX before, and don't know if the end of the card sticks
> out once it's plugged in.  Since those cards couldn't be very
> thick, would they have a chance to be broken if the HP landed
> with the card end touching the ground first?

Happened to me once, with a RAM card.  The hatch cover stayed in place, but
the card was knocked out of its slot.  The 48 lost its memory, but I restored
it from a backup file.  No permanent damage at all.


Regards
Ray Depew
Integrated Circuits Business Division
Hewlett Packard Co, Fort Collins, Colorado
rrd@hpfiqa.fc.hp.com
(I'd still buy HP, even if I didn't work for them!)
From: akcs.hedman@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Brent Hedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Wanted:  HP-41 IL module & I/O Module
Keywords: hp-41, i/o , il, module
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:40:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvbbs.2addcc31.4913comp.sys.handhelds

I am looking for an HP-IL module and an extended I/O module for the
HP-41. If you have one or both that you would like to sell, please
contact me at hedman%39a.decnet@scfb.nwc.navy.mil. Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops
From: James.Gorak <James.Gorak@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: Psion Series 3 - where are dial defaults held ?
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:47:38 GMT

In <1992Oct16.111736@axion.bt.co.uk> rharnwel@axion.bt.co.uk (Richard Harwell) writes:

>Anyone know which file the defaults for Tone Time, Delay Time & Pause Time
>are held in ? I have the DTMF proc (written by DWW ?! at Psion) to DTMF
>dial from OPL, but whish to ammend it to use my personal defaults.

I changed my dial defaults than went through the directory to find the file
with the most current date & time. None matched the time I made the chance.
maybe the defaults are only stored in RAM and not in an accessable file? 
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From: rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:12:01 GMT
Subject: Re: machine language on the TI-85
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA