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From: wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken)
Subject: Re: UART 16550afn seller needed!
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:06:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <1992Dec16.221905.10504@cs.wisc.edu> leo@snake31.cs.wisc.edu (Leo Lim) writes:
>Hi there!
>
>	I need to replace my UART 8250 with UART 16550 afn. Is it possible?

Actually UART isnt really part of the name of the device..  Its a description
of the device (your usuage is sort of like saying you own an AUTOMOBILE FORD
MUSTANG instead of just saying you have a Ford Mustang automobile).

As for if you can replace it, this depends.  ALMOST for sure you can do it,
however some serial cards dont use a standard 40pin DIP package for their
UART.  Some of them put them in an ASIC with several other UARTs, and possibly
even some other support hardware.

You also may have to de-solder your old UART if it does happen to be a 40pin
DIP, but non set into a socket.

>If so, Does anybody know where to get it at pretty good price?

Just try asking around town.  I was going to buy mine (several years ago) mail 
order, and found it locally for only 1$ more (im sure that shipping/handling
on the mail order IC would have been much more than 1$ anyway, plus I didnt
have to wait to get it).

>I knew it was something like $49/ chip.

This CANT be true.  Ive had an NS1650AFN in my serial card for just under 2
years, and at the time I bought it for about 15$.  Id say that current prices
are under 10$..

>
>thanks in advance.

Your welcome, in retrospect :)

Scott
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Andrew BW Colfelt)
Subject: Re: CMOS Memory Size Error
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:47:19 GMT

lebeld@JSP.UMontreal.CA (David Lebel) writes:


>CMOS Memory Size Error, and then suggest me to press F1 to go in the
>setup menu. Often, I just reboot, and the problem no longer exist.

Sounds like you need to stop ignoring the
error message and do the following:

Go into CMOS setup when prompted and change
the "Scratch RAM option."  If it is now set 
to 1, change it to 2, or vice-versa.  These
options handle memory allocation for the
Shadowed BIOS; you appear to have the 
allocation set for a Non-Shadowed condition.

The problem arises because you have Shadow RAM
Enabled.  Should you wish to disable the shadowing
of BIOS in RAM, (and forego the usable RAM sacrifice)
that will also take care of the problem, at the 
expense of slowing down the system dramatically.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
Subject: Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:11:59 GMT

Iskandar Taib (ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:

} are gurus anyhow. I also have to know quite a bit about Macs since 
} we have an equal number of Macs and Mac users. I try to avoid them 
} for my own work as much as possible however - they just annoy me 
} too much. The exception is MacDraw II - I wish Claris would hurry 
} up and port it to Windows.

Imagine that. MacDraw for Windows! I don't think it will happen
because Claris is a spinoff of Apple Computer.

--
Harris Wulfson
hjwulfson@amherst.edu
From: charles@gremlin.muug.mb.ca (Charles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Cyrix "486" cpu really compatible ?
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:20:11 GMT
Organization: The Haunted Unix Box

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>Who cares? How many operating systems _do_ you want to use? I don't
>think Cyrix will lose too much sleep over the users who want to run
>BSD386 - there aren't that many. (Wonder if running something in the
>DOS compatibility box would work?)

You're quite close minded.  Whoever said anything about BSD386?  
But since you mentioned it, what about all the thousands of people still
running Unix SysVR3.2 variants? Has IBM or MS pledged to turn this cache
on with OS/2 or NT?  

I've read that this isn't an issue in mother boards designed for this chip
as then the cache can be controlled via BIOS, however, I definately
wouldn't recommened this chip as an upgrade to existing 386 systems.
From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help with processor speed indicator s.v.p.
Date: 12 Dec 1992 11:22:11 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


I have set up about 6 different ones and I can tell you that if
you didn't get the code sheet for the block jumpers you will
never get it working. Get the code sheet from who ever the case
came from. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: v923137@vms.ucc.okstate.edu
Subject: Re: Choosing a tape backup.
Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 04:06:08 GMT

In article <MORGAN.92Dec19145940@dl5000.bc.edu>, morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair) writes> 
>   I'm looking for the best tape backup I can get for under $500.  I've
> seen adds for a $250-ish 250Mb Colorado tape backup, but what I'm most
> concerned with is portability and reliability (vs capacity).  I've
> only got a 210Mb drive to worry about (right now).

The Colorado 250MB drive only actually stores 124 Million bytes (120MB) on
a tape.  The 250MB comes from on-the-fly compression when backing up a
hard drive, with an optimistic 2-1 compression ratio(I have never got this,
it is usually around 1.6-1 or less).  If you are going to use the drive
for mass storage of pre-compressed data(gifs,zips etc) like I do, then
you will only get 120MB out of it.  So, if you 210MB hard drive is full, you
would likely need two tapes to back it up.

As far as reliability/compatibility goes, the CMS stuff is hard to beat.
Their new software is excellent, throughput is acceptable, and it is very
easy to use.  Also, the 2120 tapes (used by the CMS 250 and 120) are 
available at Office Depot for $19.99 each, in lots of one.  Thats a very
good price (Sony and 3M).
 
>   A friend tells me that QIC-24 format will be readable just about
> anywhere.  What are the most common tape formats, and who supports
> them?

QIC-80 is the format the CMS and almost ALL other backup units use, any good
drive should read it. (I have successfully read my tapes on two other 
manufacturers tape drives that were QIC-80 compatible).

Just go with the Colorado 250, you'll love it (5 of my friends and I all
have one, no one has had ANY problems or complaints.)

-Jason
From: thomas@plxsun (Thomas Leibold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Matrox Impression TrueColor video card ?
Summary: Anyone knows this video card ?
Keywords: truecolor 24bit matrox videocard
Date: 12 Dec 92 09:26:49 GMT
Organization: PLEXUS Software, a division of REI
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I have been looking for an affordable truecolor video card for some time now
and came pretty close to buying the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (800x600x24bit).
However I found now advertising for the following card:

Matrox Impression 1024
24-bit TrueColor card
1024x768x24bit
3MB VRAM
S3 Chip
$655

I have never heard the name Matrox before and would like to know if anyone
else did. If you do please mail me a short description of your experiences
with Matrox. 

I would also appreciate any other information about 24bit TrueColor cards under
$1000 with a resolution of at least 800x600.

Thanks
	Thomas

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From: 12100z@d1.dartmouth.edu (Tom Buskey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI HD for MAC & PC
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:01:46 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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X-Xxdate: Fri, 11 Dec 92 20:01:48 GMT
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><AGCKK@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
> Does MAC use the same type of SCSI HD as PC use ?

I have a Syquest 88MB that I use on a Mac SE/30 and a PC w/ an Adaptec
1542b.  On the PC I can use a DOS formatted cartridge.  On the mac,
running Access PC I can use DOS & Mac formatted cartridges.  I have also
used an EMAC 60T teac tape drive (from the MAC) on the PC with GNU Tar.
 
I think early Macs could run drives that supported only a subset of SCSI
& those drives might not work w/ the PCs.  But any of the newer
removable drives will certainly work.  And (newer) regular hard drives
will work if you reformat.

Tom Buskey   12100z@d1.dartmouth.edu
From: dunguyen@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: >> Specs on Toshiba 3101 CD-ROM needed <<
Date: 20 Dec 92 02:56:42 GMT

Hello All (again),
I found out that I have the Toshiba model XM3101BME (IBM PS/2 CD-rom)
drive.  Can anyone give me some specs on this drive, please?

How fast is it?
Is it MPC (multimedia) compatible?
Does it have a 64K buffer?
Can it do multisession (XA)?

Any thing would be helpful

Thanks again!!!!  Duc N.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tiger@netcom.com (Tiger Zhao)
Subject: Re: Bustec/Buslogic SCSI-Adapters
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:46:12 GMT

pott@tun.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Ruediger Pott) writes:


>Hi !

>Can anyone tell me the german distributor for Bustec/Buslogic
>SCSIAdapters? 

>Thanks,
>Ruediger
 
   Call Athena Microsystems Inc. at +1 415 962 8686 Sales
                           or FAX +1 415 969 3361
good price on Buslogic cards.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cb_rw@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
Subject: SALE **** 240MB for $700 or best offer
Organization: 
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:20:40 GMT

For sale: Bernoulli Box: 2 20MB drives incl. adapter + 12 20MB cartridges

For sale by owner: 1 external Bernoulli Box with 2 20-megabyte drives
in one enclosure, a microchannel adapter card (which can be exchanged
for a nominal shipping charge with Iomega for an AT adapter card if
desired, or which I can exchange for you before you buy this), and 12
20-megabyte cartridges, for a total storage of 240 megabytes.

These drives are great because they combine the best features of hard
disks and tape backup drives.  Unlike a tape backup drive, you can
access the files just like you access the files on your hard disk: a
drive letter gets assigned to the drive.  For example, if you have one
hard disk labeled C:, the system automatically assigns the Bernoulli
drives as D: and E:.  But, unlike a hard disk, the storage capacity is
effectively unlimited: when you want more, you just buy more
cartridges (much, much cheaper than buying more hard disk drives).

I'll take the best offer for these.  Reply via e-mail to
cb_rw@gsbacd.uchicago.edu.  I'm in Chicago, but I can send these
anywhere you'd like.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL J BRIAN)
Subject: are gateways upgradeable to P24T?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York
Date: 14 Dec 1992 20:30 EST  

Zeos and Dell now have 486 systems that are upgradeable to the
Pentium.  Does anyone know if Gateway systems can do this?
If not, does anyone know when Micronics will start building
motherboards that can?

Thanks in advance.

Brian Cassel
jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL)
Subject: Re: What graphics card should I get for Windows NT ?
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:44:24 GMT

>I would like the following specs:
>* Drivers for Windows NT
>* High refresh rates, my monitor supports 80Hz at 1024x768
>* 1280x1024 support
>* EISA would be nice
>* I'd rather not spend more than $500

My advice would be to wait 9-12 months until Windows NT v1.0 is released.
See what drivers are available, and buy a card.

I'm sure a year from now their will be some *great* video cards available.

>Thanks for any reply

Your welcome.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: AMD rubbish????
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:58:45 GMT

In article <1068@mavrick.UUCP> luis@mavrick.UUCP (luis basto) writes:
>: For price, buy 386DX-40.
>: For speed, buy 486SX-25 or 33.
>
>If I look at ten clients, 9 of them would go for price and one for
>performance. It's unfortunate but true.

Why unfortunate?  Does every secretary and stock-clerk need a 486, or
even 386, on their desk?  It just so happens that the vendor makes more
money on higher-performance systems, and they push these systems on
institutional/corporate buyers.

Institutional/corporate buyers are usually VERY stupid as far as computers
go, and if they are told by a vendor that all their secretary's computers
need to be 486-33's, then they believe them.  I see it happen around here
all the time.  The news-letters and technical help and general knowledge
level of the "in-house" computer support staff is a joke to the very few
employees that know their way around computers.

>Most people just look at the 
>bottom line. The tenth person is either a developer/programmer, or 
>wants to run some flavor of *nix, OS/2, and soon NT.

And that 10'th person KNOWS what he does, KNOWS what wants, KNOWS what
to look for, KNOWS how to shop around, and at least gets what he NEEDS.

You've got to take into account a machine's capability and the user's 
needs, and pay less attention to a vendor's marketing strategy.

And buy the way...

What 486sx has the same performance as a 386-40?  My gut feeling is that
a 486-sx-25 is about even with a 386-40.  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wcsintd7@alfred.carleton.ca (Peter Kuciak)
Subject: ASUS motherboard, what do you think ???
Keywords: ASUS Motherboard
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:27:30 GMT

Hello all, a local store is putting ASUS (sp?) motherboards in the
systems he sells.  The one I had in mind was 486DX2-66 ISA.  He says
they have a good reputation (as good as Mylex), should I belive him ?
If you own one of these please e-mail.  Thanx.

Peter A. Kuciak               e-mail : wcsintd7@ccs.carleton.ca

.sig on vacation
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Local bus IDE or SCSI?
Date: 11 Dec 92 22:38:52 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <1992Dec11.201540.9903@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>Assuming, of course, that you're getting cache hits with the
>controller.  Under most multitasking OS's, it's a lot harder to get
>those cache hits because multiple stuff is running at once.  The head
>tends to get to bounce around the drive, and the cache tends to get to
>read stuff over and over, just as if the cache is not there.  The
>caching built into the file systems of multitasking OS's tends to be a
>better win than a caching controller, and a caching controller may
>actually slow you down.

Unless of course you have a set-associative cache.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    !!! H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S !!!

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    exuptr@ZGNews.Lonestar.Org  <SLOW!>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok)
Subject: Re: Where the mac really wins
Organization: Inst. f. Thermodynamik u. Waermetechnik (ITW), U. of Stuttgart, FRG
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:49:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.193654.14395@netcom.com>, chuck@netcom.com (Cheuk Cheng) writes:
> Hmm, I am just curious in all these discussion.  Can anybody give me some
> examples of how the Mac interface and Finder work better than Windows?  Or
> how it lead to shorter time of learning to use programs of the same or
> similar category?  One thing I do know is that all the keyboard commands
> for cut, copy and paste are the same for most if not all Mac programs.
> 

Well, after writing a 46 page report containing some vector graphics
(about 20 figs.) and finding that it took Winword 2.0 3.6 MB to store
it, I decided that it would be the last report to be written with that
crummy app. 
We're a university here, so the thing didn't cost us so much.
Furthermore, there are others here at my institute happy to use W4W so I
just passed it on to them. But purchased at the full price W4W is a
disgrace to MS-programmers. 
Want more?
Well, the equation editor is bought from another company and doesn't
conform to standard interface guidelines (if there are any under
Windows). Gripe: Trying to turn something written in full size into an
index by first selecting it and then choosing the index function in the
menu results in an empty index box. The selected text is gone
completely, not even to be found in the clipboard. 
Gripe: Importing graphics files into W4W MUST be done by copying the
contents of the graphics file into the W4W doc resulting in TWO copies
of the graphics data on the disc. Same holds for W4W docs ! 
Gripe: Double clicking on an imported Lotus *.pic graphics in W4W
deletes the graphic since MSDraw does not include an import filter for
the PIC format. No warning, no chance to stop the process. Have to go
back and import the graphics over again.
Gripe: updating fields (variables for automatic numbering and such)
takes LOOONG (on a 368 33MHz, 8MB RAM and fast disk).

Conclusion: have now deleted W4W from my disk (and rinsed with ozone
friendly solvent, just to make sure, called in an exorcist and a voodoo
doctor to take care of Bill Gates) and swear solemnly to henceforth use
only LaTeX for document preperation purposes. Seriously, the output
looks better, the compilation is faster than the updating mentioned
above and I feel more like a real, knowledgeable computer buff now.

HSK
-- 
Sie singen das alte Entsagungslied, das Eiapopeia vom Himmel,
womit man beruhigt, wenn es greint, das Volk, den grossen Luemmel.
Ein neues Lied, ein besseres Lied, oh Freunde, will ich Euch dichten,
Wir wollen hier auf Erden schon das Himmelreich errichten.    ... H. Heine
From: booth@ccad.uiowa.edu (Michael Booth)
Subject: Re: >800x600, 16 colors ???
Organization: CAD-Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:31:43 GMT

In article <nqg2hdg@rpi.edu> sigma@degas.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin) writes:
>czim@hub.caltech.edu (Chris Ziomkowski) writes:
>>Please forgive me if this is an obvious question, but I come from a UNIX
>>background and have no experience with PC's. I have a 20" Magnavox monitor
>>for my PC, and was wondering what environments would allow me to use the
>>1 MB of VRAM I have on my SVGA card. Experimenting has told me that I can
>>only get 800x600, 16 colors out of it, which would make sense if one
>>assumed that the only VRAM was that between 640K and 1 MB. If it is possible
>>to get more, where does this extra video memory get mapped in? Do I have to buy
>>a special card, or install a software driver?
>>I'm running on a 486/50 if that makes a difference. I'll put UNIX on if
>>necessary but I just don't have the disk space. Could someone explain to
>>me the fundamentals of how video cards work on PC's? I'd like to get at
>>least 1024x768/256 under windows.
>
>OK, here's the situation.  SVGA cards these days typically carry 512K-1Mb
>of their own memory on board, because they can't access system memory
>across the bus nearly fast enough to actually display anything.  There is a
>reserved 64K segment at 0xa000:0000, which is right at the top of the 640K
>boundary, where this video memory maps in.  For modes which require more
>than 64K of storage, different sections of the video memory are paged into
>this area through a hardware operation.  Different SVGA cards do the
>hardware paging in slightly different ways, which is the biggest reason for

 Now, if you have a SVGA card on a VL bus, this is no longer the case, right?
 The CPU can write directly to the frame buffer memory at the speed of 
 the CPU right? (Please say yes...)
 
 [info about windows drivers deleted]
 
>-- 
>Kevin Martin
>"I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY didn't you BELIEVE me?!"


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Re: SpeedStar 24X and mouse in box
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:37:48 GMT

y55j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Mike Duttweiler) writes:

>Anyone having luck getting their mouse to work in a windowed DOS application
>using the Diamond SpeedStar 24X in 800X600 mode?  If so, any suggestions why

My M/S and Logitech mouses work fine with my 24X.  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why does 8Mb RAM mean swapping?
Date: 16 Dec 1992 02:42:46 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services
NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu
Originator: news@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu

In article <977@pacs.pha.pa.us> noyles@pacs.pha.pa.us ( Juan Noyles) writes:
>Can someone who understands these things tell me why I get so much swapping
>in OS/2 with 8Mb RAM?  I'm using a 33MHz 80386.

Yeehaw! Welcome to OS/2!

Grab your wallet and head on down to the store -- another 12Mb and that
system will be downright *nice*


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: carter@cae.wisc.edu (Carter Gregory)
Subject: IDE/MFM controllers at the same time...
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:53:08 CST

Would it be possible to use an MFM controller with an IDE controller?

Reason why I ask is that I have an 70 meg mfm drive and its just sitting
here doing nothing.

So, can I stick in the MFM drive and use it with my IDE drive?

-Greg
From: ronr@ateami2.EBay.Sun.COM (RON RICHARDSON - SUN MICROSYSTEMS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SCSI board question/recommendation?
Date: 14 Dec 1992 19:48:24 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: ronr@ateami2.EBay.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: ateami2.ebay.sun.com


What are the main differences between SCSI boards?  I've seen prices
from $100 to $400 and by reading the specs on the boxes can't tell
much difference.  Are there different speeds of SCSI boards?

I want to have one SCSI board that will connect a CD-ROM drive and
hard drive.    Any recommendations?

Thanks! 

Ron Richardson