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From: hant@htsa.aha.nl (Han Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 'Fixup' command for SS24X??
Date: 28 Jan 93 10:37:26 GMT
Organization: Hogeschool van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, E.E. & C.S. Dept.

In article <1993Jan19.155026.14839@cs.unca.edu> boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes:

>My Speedstar 24X didn't come with monitor model specific drivers! It
>came with a (DOS only) program, 24xmode, which allows you to select
>the behavior for the various video modes. 

When I bought my computer, the dealer installed the SS24x, and put the 'Fixup'
command in the autoexec.bat.  The SS24x manual doesn't mention it at all, 
does anyone know what it is supposed to do?  I don't use it anymore, sometimes
when I tried to display a GIF, it would display only the top 1/5 of the screen,
with the rest of the picture displayed 'on top of it' (difficult to explain :-)
This even happened to the SS24X-intro-picture, after running the install-
program.  (It still happens occaisionally when displaying a picture in a low
resolution (using VPIC) )

Also, dos anyone know a FTP-site with the latest drivers?  (Please tell me the
exact location and filename, since I have to get them through FTP-mail..)

Han.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Viewsonic monitors
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:32:04 GMT

In article <C18Epr.1BE@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> roger@sr.hp.com (Roger Petersen) writes:
>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu <Iskandar Taib> writes:
>
>| In article <blah blah> roger@sr.hp.com (Roger Petersen) writes:
>|
>| >The 5E runs at 72 Hz up to 1024x768, which is nice.  But since I run
>| >Windows at 800x600 (14" isn't really big enough for 1024x768), it's not
>| >as exciting as I had hoped.  (Still handy for other apps., however.)
>|
>| I think your problem is the Trident card. The Trident 8900C 
>| chipset was a plot hatched by the Devil to force Windows users 
>| to move to OS/2 (the Trident is supposedly the only SVGA chipset
>| that has decent OS/2 drivers). Dump it and get a Tseng based card.
>
>I don't quite understand your comment, Iskandar.
>
>I don't have any problem getting my Trident + Viewsonic 5E to run
>Windows at 1024x768x8.  It's just that the tiny icons and text
>are a bit small (on a 14" CRT) for my preference.  Just like Ou Zhao said.

I was being a little facetious. What I should perhaps have 
said was that the installer routines for a lot of Trident based
cards don't let you install the 8514 font set, which will display
a lot bigger on your monitor (the 8514 was IBM's 15 or 16" 1024x
768 monitor).




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From: whitesto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: mixing IDE and ESDI
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:58:55 GMT
Reply-To: whitesto@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Jr., Robert Whitestone)
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Annapolis Facility, Carderock Division, NSWC

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, dpoole@hydrogen.oscs.montana.edu (David Poole) writes:
>  I have an older Everex 386/33 with an ESDI drive controller.  Can I use an
>IDE controller on the motherboard with it, or do I have to cave in and buy
>another ESDI disk?
>
>  Thanks for any info.
>
>Dav[e|id]


   I too have an ESDI drive controller on my computer.  I was goning
   to add a second IDE drive to my system, but the manual for the IDE
   seemed to say that it could not coexist peacefully with an ESDI.


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From: naiming@eng.umd.edu (Naiming Shen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Is Golden Image Technology's Hand-held scanner any good?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:49:35 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland
NNTP-Posting-Host: bagend.eng.umd.edu


I'm looking a hand-held optical scanner for IBM/PC machine. I saw some
ads about Golden Image Technology's scanner D.E. 64+ or D.E.64 PRO sell
for $89 and $109. the 64 PRO package even comes with a OCR software. I
have talked to the sales people of that company, he said their OCR was
no good at all. Any one there have experience with Golden Image's scanner
and OCR stuff? thanks in advance.

Naiming Shen

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
Subject: Re: HELP WITH A COLORADO
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:24:06 GMT

In article <7k8ZXB4w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us> davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) writes:
> The latest version of their software is pretty buggy, so you 
>might want to consider an older version, as well. 
>
The latest version I know about is jumbo303.  I have not encountered
all these bugs.  Please give us some examples.

Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: matess@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (Eliza Strickler)
Subject: Six graph, Diamond Viper and the P/9000
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:00:38 GMT

I have ordered a machine with a local bus video card
that is based on the Weitek 9000 chip. I assumed that
the card I was going to get was going to be the 
Diamond Viper, but I have come to find out that it
is the Six graph card based on this chip. I know
nothing about this company - can someone tell me
about Sixgraph and their card. All information is 
welcomed.

Thanks,

Elizabeth
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: dpoole@hydrogen.oscs.montana.edu (David Poole)
Subject: mixing IDE and ESDI
Organization: Montana State University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:38:18 GMT


  I have an older Everex 386/33 with an ESDI drive controller.  Can I use an
IDE controller on the motherboard with it, or do I have to cave in and buy
another ESDI disk?  

  Thanks for any info.

Dav[e|id]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mts@wam.umd.edu ()
Subject: TVM Monitors.... who sells them???
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:36:29 GMT

   I asked here if anyone knew about Hitachi monitors, and someone said that
the TVM monitors use Hitachi tubes.  The only place that I can find that
sells TVM monitors is Insight and they have them on back order.  Does anyone
know where else I can get one?


Dave.
.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ralleger@gandalf.ca (Bob Alleger)
Subject: NEC 5FG convergence
Keywords: NEC 5FG
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:22:44 GMT

I recently purchased an NEC 5FG (actually my second, the first was DOA).
The only problem with this monitor is that the upper left-hand corner of
the screen is not as clear as the other quadrants.  It seems that the
red gun is not in convergence with the green and blue guns.  A simple
Windows-based test program that displays a dot pattern on a black background
shows this right away.  Is it possible for an end user to adjust for this
without the need for expensive test hardware?  If so, how?
    .

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tennesen@mars.dgrc.doc.ca (Andy Tenne-Sens)
Subject: Re: Gateway Unresponsive
Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:48:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.203035.17472@src4src.linet.org> scottw@src4src.linet.org (Scott Weintraub) writes:
>People aren't whining.  I've heard horror stories in this newsgroup about
>people who waited 11 weeks for their system!  We're not talking about supply
                   ^^^^^^^^

          [  Stuff deleted.  ]


>they're not qualified to lead the clone market.  
>
>I am eagerly awaiting my 66V and if it doesn't come in three weeks (it's been
>16 days now), I'm going to be angry.  I have every right to be.


I ordered my 66V system on Nov. 92, and am still waiting for it.  Tomorrow it'll
be 11 weeks for me, too, unless it arrives today, but I've long stopped torturing
myself with futile optimism that "gosh, maybe TODAY it will arrive".  It'll come
when it'll come.  

To be fair to Gateway, part of the reason for the delay was initial unavailability of
the CD-ROM and 16-Meg SIMMs.  When I found out in December that the CD-ROM was
causing the delay, I cancelled it, and may have caused more delay due to paperwork.
Had I known the snafu the CD-ROM could cause, I would never have ordered it in the
first place.

My conclusion from reading this newsgroup is that you are most likely to receive your
system in the promised 3-week time if you don't ask for any extras or modifications.

Had I known the delay would be so long, I might just have paid $500 more for a Zeos.
These delivery problems are making me nervous about how good Gateway's after-sales
service will be.

If anyone at Gateway is reading this, what assurance can you give this newsgroup that
"troubles are temporary"?



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From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP! magnetised screen
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:16:37 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <C1DIy2.FJ9@cs.psu.edu> robinson@sml.cs.psu.edu (Andrew Robinson) writes:
>
>I have heard of people using demagnetizers (the sort of thing used to bulk
>erase tapes and disks) to degauss a monitor.  I personally don't know how 
>well that works. 

I did this with a tape head demagnetizer I got from Radio Shack on my Sony
1034 monitor.  It worked fine.  You have to get a feel for it, but once you
do, it's easy.  I haven't had any problems with the monitor since, either.

-Bill
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From: MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu (Matthew E. Bernold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,news.groups
Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: 23 Jan 93 18:32:30 GMT
 <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> <1jmrn2INN9ck@fido.asd.sgi.com>
 <1993Jan22.124855.4289@athena.mit.edu> <2B6049B9.12EB6@tct.com>
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X-School: Penn State University
X-Nickname: <<APOCALYPSE>>, Lord of Destruction

In article <2B6049B9.12EB6@tct.com>, chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) says:
>
>According to dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch):
>>ibm.pc, or perhaps ibm.pc-clone is better.
>
>No -- once you say "pc-clone", the "ibm" part is redundant.  Just
>use comp.sys.pc-clone.*.
>--
>Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT  <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
>  "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
>   want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagels to my face /
>   and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"

Also, the misc.forsale.computers group has already split, and it's group for
the pc/ibm-pc/x86/pc-clone/whatever is misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone

We might want to concider keeping consistency across all the computer related
newsgroups and use the pc-clone moniker.  FYI, I liked the idea of using
pc-clone BEFORE I noticed the split in m.f.c had used it.

       Matthew E. Bernold             MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: h9117228@hkuxa.hku.hk (Li)
Subject: Re: Symphony chipset problems?
Organization: The University of Hong Kong
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:54:40 GMT

In article <C12GIy.nB@wang.com> pvr@wang.com () writes:
>epcodjs@houston.unocal.com (Doug Seyler) writes:
>
>
>>OK--now that I've gone and bought a no-name 486DX-33 motherboard with a Symphony
>>chipset, does anyone have any comments, good or bad, about this chipset? 
>
>   I wrote a program that reads the internal registers and interprets
>the meaning if the bits.   I also wrote a program that allows you
>to set the registers.
>
Does it work on the Symphony Chipset only, or on other chipsets too?
I'd like to see the program too...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson)
Subject: Re: What is a P23T processor?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:29:44 GMT
Keywords: processor, P23T

In article <fictorie.727519530@athena.research.ptt.nl> H.Fictorie@research.ptt.nl writes:
>Hi,
>
>According to the manual, my motherboard can hold, besides a 486SX or
>486DX processor, a P23T processor. So, what's a P23T processor,
                    ^^^^
>overdrive?, pentium? anything else??
>
>Henk Fictorie
>
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>2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands      Fax      : +31 70 3326477

   Are you sure thats not P24T.  The P24T is supposed to be an Overdrive chip
based on Pentium technology. True Pentiums will require redesigned motherboards
from what I hear.  This sort of makes it the Pentium SX I guess :)

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From: starr-daniel@yale.edu (Daniel Starr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: FASTMICRO/RITEMICRO: Thumbs down from PC World...
Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:13:35 -0500
Organization: Yale University Science & Engineering UNIX(tm), New Haven, CT 06520-2158
NNTP-Posting-Host: minerva.cis.yale.edu

Your local public service message:

In the latest PC World, the Consumer Watch department says it has received
(and continues to receive) dozens of customer service complaints about
Fastmicro; that it has been receiving complaints about their new subsidiary,
Ritemicro, as well; that the Better Business Bureau in Phoenix (where they
are based) gives both companies an unsatisfactory rating for unresolved
complaints; and that as of January 1993, neither Fastmicro nor Ritemicro
advertises in PC World.

Which is not to say that their computers don't run -- I bought a Fastmicro
a couple of years ago and it worked tolerably well -- but that there are
probably safer choices for comparable prices, no?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: morvai@ncs.dnd.ca (Steve Morvai)
Subject: PC/AT System Board Initialization
Followup-To: morvai@ncs.dnd.ca
Summary: Information on initializing the PC/AT system board components
Keywords: PC/AT Hardware Initialization
Organization: DND, Ottawa, CANADA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:48:51 GMT

  Could someone provide information (articles, documents, referrences) or
sample sources (C, ASM) outlining the procedure to initialize the PC/AT system
board components following power-up in a similar manner that the BIOS does.
The system components include the timer, interrupt controller, DMA,
keyboard controller, etc ... The intended purpose is to replace the BIOS
with an embedded application operating as a diskless system.

  Replies to "morvai@ncs.dnd.ca" or the newsgroup is much appreciated.

  -SRM

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan)
Subject: Re: PICTURE OFF CENTER IN SVGA MODE
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:57:12 GMT

In article <106067@netnews.upenn.edu> balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Eric J Balog) writes:
>I'm having some problems in SVGA mode under Windows 3.1. I have a Tatung SVGA 
>monitor and an OAK video card with 1 MB DRAM.  Normally, I run windows in VGA 
>mode, but recently I switched to SVGA mode, using the SVGA driver that comes 
>with Windows.
>
>The problems are:
>
>1) when in Windows, the screen is off-center (it is shifted right of center);
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>2) after switching to a DOS prompt under Windows and exiting, the screen was 
>total garbage.                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Can anyone help with these problems? Is it most likely a problem with the 
>monitor, the video card, or the Windows SVGA driver? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

All three, really.

The off-center thing is quite normal and there isn't much you can do about
it other than adjust your monitor every time you switch modes or get a
really expensive monitor that has processors to do it automatically (the
Mitsubishi Diamond Scan does this I think, but it runs about 2 grand <choke>).

The garbage screen problem is caused by the driver, you should be able to
find the lastest driver for your card on a variety of ftp sites or
compuserve.  Check with an archie server, but I think they have some on
oak.oakland.edu or ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  I had the same problem with my old
Oak and also with my Trident-based card in 800x600 mode and the new drivers
cleared it up...

If you want to do high-res, I'd recommend getting another video card;  Oaks
are pretty low-end (slow).  Anything based on the Tseng ET4000 will perform
quite nicely at 1024x768x256.  Or if you're a serious Windows-geek like me,
you might want to look into an S3-based accelerator like the STB Wind/X HC
-- they're coming down in price as new chipsets are coming out to replace
them.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
Subject: EISA .CFG files for ISA cards?
Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:46:03 GMT
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Hello out there.  I just bought a 486 EISA motherboard, and although it
came with an EISA configuration program, the manual keeps mentioning a
diskette full of configuration (.CFG) files for common ISA cards, which I
seem to have lost.  The configuration program is from MCS.  If anyone has
a .CFG file for a generic ISA card, could you please uuencode it and mail
it to me?  Many thanks in advance.
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From: mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 1M SIMM and 4M SIMM
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:00:32 GMT
Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ
Originator: mark@joule.pcl


When putting in memory, you must put in the correct number of bits.  A SIMM is
only 8 bits (plus parity).

a 286 is a 16 bit bus so 2 SIMMs are needed
a 386SX is a 16 bit bus so 2 SIMMs are needed
a 386DX is a 32 bit bus so 4 SIMMs are needed
a 486 (SX or DX) is a 32 bit bus so 4 SIMMs are needed.


You could use 2 4Meg SIMMs and 2 2Meg SIMMs in a DX, but it will only register
4Meg.



Mark



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From: PFAN <PFAN@MUSIC.LIB.MATC.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Motherboard woes
Date: 26 JAN 93 20:37:03 CST
Organization: Milwaukee Area Technical College
NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.8.64.2

Thanks to all who responded about my troubles with a local vendor
and my motherboard.  I have taken steps to warn off others about
them, and have replaced my motherboard with a faster one (386dx-40).

Again, thanks for all your thoughts/comments.....

Pete Fanning
Computer Operator
Office of Information Technology
Milwaukee Area Technical College

Internet: pfan@music.lib.matc.edu
From: biediger@lonestar.utsa.edu (David . Biediger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: CMS Jumbo tapes - Does it really matter which brand?
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:41:17 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <sheldon.728058970@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
>
>In article <C1ExnK.1zF@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
>
>>CMS recommends certain tapes for it's drives.  Does it REALLY matter, or is
>>it an "I'll scratch your back" arrangement?
>
> I'd say yes it does matter.  These QIC80 tape drives, especially the
>Colorado are pretty flimsy, low quality items.  They have enough trouble
>using a high quality 3M tape properly.  I would hate to see what they do
>with an elcheapo generic.
>
> Granted, if all you want to do is write data to a tape, then they'll
>probably work fine.
>
> The big question is, are you going to be able to restore the data?
>
> If it's of any value to you, go with something you can kind of trust.

  Good point.  I'll stay with 3M tapes forever even if they cost a
  couple dollars more per tape because of 3M's guarantee.  You know,
  the one on the inside cover in the box.  Basically, it says if you
  loose the data on a tape 3M will replace it with a new one and if
  possible will try to recover your lost data.

  David
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From: DonH@cup.portal.com (Don - Hirschfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.multimedia,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: CD-ROM Comparisons
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 04:23:00 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

	Is there a FAQ, review, or magazine reference for buying a CD-ROM?
I want to buy something that will be useful in the new future for playing
animations off it when the technology becomes available. I suppose I should go
with the drive with the fastest access and transfer rate. Is the Toshiba
3401B now the top of the line?
	Any feedback on the pros and cons of particular drives would be 
appreciated. I believe others would be interested. Maybe a FAQ
list can be started.
	Thanks.

Don