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From: robert@solan.unit.no (Robert Schmidt)
Subject: Q about Chips & Tech 451 SVGA
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 14:23:38 GMT


Hi!  

I have a little question about Chips & Technologies 82c451 Super VGA
card.  The accompagnying booklet says that the only SVGA mode usable
with this card is 800x600x16.  Now, Richard F. Ferrero claims that the
451 card can also do 640x400x256, in his EGA/VGA programmer's guide.

This 640x400x256 mode is supposed to be BIOS mode 78h, but setting
this mode via int 10h doesn't even clear the text mode screen, 
using my version of the 451.

Some image viewing utilities also claim that my card supports 640x400x256,
but when I press the key to view the image, the text screen persists, 
and I can only see the color palette being changed.

I also looked up the VGADOC archive by some person I don't remember
the name of.  It too mentioned the 640x400x256 mode, but added that
on the 451 it was 'not documented/not on all cards'.

My C&T 451 card version is 2.0.1, as it says on bootup.

I was hoping that someone could shed some more light on this.
And, if anyone out there in netland has a 451 that *do* support
mode 78h (640x400x256) I would like to hear from you.

I would like you to use my TWEAK utility to get the register configuration
used to put your card in this mode.  If those register values work for me,
I'm going to make a TSR that makes the BIOS support mode 78h.

Please respond via e-mail!


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From: hho@aludra.usc.edu (** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 1542B
Date: 31 Aug 1992 11:14:00 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Aug31.170511.10048@zip.eecs.umich.edu> ziff@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Brian Moore) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone could give me some help with this.  I have a small
>problem with my Adaptec 1542B SCSI board on my 386/25 PC with an AMI BIOS
>(5/15/91).  The problem is that when I push in the turbo button to cut
>down the speed the machine hangs with a  "NO ROM BASIC PRESENT  SYSTEM HALTED"
>message.  The board goes through and finds the only SCSI disk fine and dandy

Yes yes, I got the same error last night when boot up
386-40 with Adaptec 1542B, with AMI Bios and Orchid Pro IIS & 4 mesg
:-((
Please help us :-))
H.


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From: msnider@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193)
Subject: Composite output via PC
Organization: Sanders Associates
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:28:55 GMT



Sorry if this is a FAQ, but, I can't find extensive info anywhere...

Please tell me of any VGA and/or SVGA display boards which also output
NTSC composite video.  Preferably I would like to locate a 24 bit board
capable of doing this, but info on all is appreciated.  Any composite
out capability (regardless of board bandwidth) is of interest, even if   
encompassed via a multifunction board.


Thanks in advance for the info,
M. Snider
msnider@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com

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From: brant@seq.uncwil.edu (AT-Dreamer)
Subject: VGA card to >EGA or TV
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:43:49 GMT

I have a VGA card and a TV and a EGA monitor
could I use my ega monitor to get 64 colors
or my TV to get full VGA?

IF this is possiable (or not) 
please let me know.

thanks, chuck
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From: rab@hal.cwru.edu (Roger Bielefeld)
Subject: H-P Vectra RS/16 Memory Question
Organization: CWRU Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 19:05:57 GMT

I've just inherited responsibility for caring for two old H-P
Vectra RS/16 machines.  Each contains one meg of memory in the
form of four 256K SIMM's.  I'd like to upgrade each to four
megs of memory right away and eventually to eight megs.

I'd like to fill four of the sixteen SIMM sockets on each machine
with 1M SIMM's and later add four more SIMM's to each.  However, I
RTFM'ed and it specified sixteen 256K SIMM's to achieve four megs.
I'd really rather not have to scrounge up that many 256K SIMM's and
then have to get rid of them when I go to eight megs.  So, my question
is whether anyone happens to know whether I can just install four 1M
SIMM's instead of sixteen 256K SIMM's in these particular machines.

Thanks!

Roger
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From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Ice-cap to tune a 486/33 to 50Mhz speed?
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:17:50 GMT


Please do not do this, We at intel have rated that chip at 33 mhz, that means it
hasn't passed a quality test for 50mhz, and using it at that speed will cause
errors, and possible damage to the processor, if it were able to go at 50 mhz, we
would be selling it as one, and making the profit from it..:)
From: lehtonen@krk.fi (Antti Lehtonen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Future Domain TMC-850
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:11:08 GMT
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)

How I can start the low-level format on FurureDomains TMC-850?
Is it some debug command or something else?
From: stevek@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Steve Kauder)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:56:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Classic H-P Vectra upgrade questions & H-P service :-(
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian) writes:
>
>    I am trying to upgrade my "Classic" H-P Vectra and having a very
>    hard time finding out the necessary info. The GOAL is to increase
>    the size of my harddisk storage to around 100 MB at minimum cost.
>
>    My questions are re ROMs, setup program, DOS versions and
>    harddisks.
>
<<stuff deleted>>
>
>    My harddisk is a 80ms (!) 20MB ST225 and I have a WD-1003-WAH.
>    What sort of drives have worked for you in this machine? I would
>    prefer to keep the same controller (minimize cost) but am open to
>    suggestions. If I'd added a second MFM drive, could I continue to
>    use my original ST225 even though its size would be different?

Hi,

Please accept my responses solely as an HP pc user.  I don't know
much about them technically and this is certainly not an offical HP
response.

I have a now-old HP pc that I purchased as am employee.  I bought
from HP because of the quality and ruggedness, but that's another
story.  Also, note that my PC is later than yours, but I had the
same kind of slow and small disk problems as applications got much
bigger.  My controller is an ST-506 and I have a 40mb drive ST251-1
which is better and faster than your 20mb drive.

Anyway, I did not throw away what I had.  Instead, I purchased a
105mb Hardcard II XL.  It cost about $450 and filled up one slot.
I still have my original disk, so I totaled 145mb.

I use the slow original disk to boot from and do everything else
from the Hardcard.  One plus is that with two disk drives, I store
critical data on both drives.  I saves me from having to back
up the system as often.

If you choose to follow this advice, you'll have to make sure the
Hardcard will work with your system.  I can't help you there, but
the Hardcard looks like it plugs easily into any 16 bit bus.

Good Luck!

sk


P.S. The Hardcard does require that you install a driver for it.  I think
     it takes about 17k, but that's just an old recollection.  DOS 5.0
     might work for you and might let you load this driver and most of
     DOS high.  Again, good luck!
From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Date: 29 Aug 92 15:44:17 GMT
Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department

In <1852@junkyard.UUCP> joe@junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) writes:
>The 486 SX is also available in the 168 pin PGA ceramic package like the 
>regular 486DX, and I suppose that the DX will fill the same socket without
>any problem if the PGA socket is used.

The PGA 486SX has a slightly different pinout than a 486DX. The DX
won't work to well in an SX socket.
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From: dbasinge@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger)
Subject: ViewSonic SVGA NI monitors
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:51:43 GMT


Has anyone had problems with ViewSonic SVGA NI monitor? I want to make
sure that it is a fairly decent monitor to get. What other type would
people suggest.

Mike Basinger
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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IBM PC 5150
Keywords: Switch Settings, Help!
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:25:32 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Sep3.130603.15217@cbfsb.cb.att.com> dlvk1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (david.l.van kampen) writes:
>A friend of mine just received a genuine IBM 5150 PC (64K/256K Sys Board,
>65 Watt Power Supply, Keyboard AND CASSETTE interface, only 5 expansion
>slots).  He asked me if I could get it working.  It was labeled "defective
>hard disk".  I have several questions:
>
>       1. Does this machine support EGA or VGA video boards?

Only with the final (10/82) BIOS which supports BIOS extensions.

>       2. Does this machine support 1.44M or 1.2M floppy drives?
>          (The floppy controller is missing anyway - so I'll have
>           to replace it)

Only with a floppy controller card having its own firmware for high density
drives ... and the planar BIOS mentioned in #1.

>       3. There appears to be a relay on the system board next to the
>          keyboard.  It is marked "Omron" (Cash Register Fame?).  Does
>          anyone know what this is for?

Ya got me. Cassette interface switching?

>       4. This system board has two 8-position DIP switches.  The docs
>          I have from an XT only mention one 8-position DIP switch. 
>          Could someone email the meanings of these switches?


Block 1:   1,7,8 number of 5.25" drives
           2     not used
           3,4   system board memory config
           5,6   display type

Block 2:   1-5   memory options installed
           6-8   off

The details of the above are too much to type in right now. Tell me
what you have/want, and I can look them up.


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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: ?? ETEQ chipset? Good or Bad?
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 21:35:33 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Keywords: ETEQ

I'm running os/2 v2.0 with 20 meg ram on a 386/33 Morse motherboard
which uses the ETEQ chipset. No problems so far.
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Given Civil Seizure, from the DEA's point of view, winning the War on
Drugs would be killing the Goose that lays golden eggs.

The Drug War is a government-sponsored, taxpayer-financed,
full-employment program for psycho/socio-paths, wannabees and
gonnabees.

It's not surprising that the Republican Administration has done
nothing to stop the "ethnic cleansing" going on in Yugoslavia. Ethnic,
political and religious cleansing is an implicit plank of the
Republican platform.
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From: robert@triton.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Angelino)
Subject: XGA boards in PS/2s?????
Reply-To: robert@triton.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:24:22 GMT


pc gurus,
	Has antone out there had any luck with installing an XGA
graphics card in a PS/2.  How do you tell the PS/2 to use
the graphics card instead of the built-in VGA???

-robert

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kevin@dipl.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Kevin Anderson)
Subject: Re: AMI BIOS Password - Answer!
Reply-To: kevin@dipl.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 21:04:14 GMT


In article <20981@optima.cs.arizona.edu> jaw@cs.arizona.edu (Jim Wilson) writes:
>>can't seem to access the  BIOS Configuration Program (BCP) anymore. Is
>>there any way to 'break' into the BCP or to remove the password?
>

> I did the same thing about 2 months ago.  :)  I called up my computer 
> manufacturer and they said use the backdoor password "AMI".  Try this and 
> then remove the password you put in there "accidently".

"AMI" is the default password for AMI bios until you change it.  If you ever
forget your changed password, there are a couple of ways to kill your password. 
One way is to disconnect your cmos battery.  This will cause the cmos to
loose its memory, and the bios will boot up using default settings (including
using the default password, "AMI").  Some boards (like mine) have a jumper on
the mother board that you can short which will have the same effect as dis-
connecting the battery.  The other way is to zap the password directly in cmos
memory.  The cmos is located at i/o port addresses 70h and 71h.  There are 64 
bytes in cmos memory.  Write the address to port 70h, and read/write registers
at port 71h.  For example, to read address 20h in the cmos, write 20h to address
70h, then read address 71h.  The password occupies six bytes from 38h to 3dh.
The addresses 3eh, 3fh, and possibly 37h are used in decoding the password,
but I don't know how.

In case anybody out there was thinking about trying to read the password, good 
luck.  The password is encoded and I have no idea how to un-encode it.  Anybody
out there know how?

Kevin Anderson
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From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
Subject: Re: Why does HIMEM.SYS not work with some keyboard chips?
Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:17:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.023741.3497@leela.cs.orst.edu> youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:
>My keyboard stopped responding after I installed HIMEM.SYS today.  After
>some fussing and fretting I determined that this only happened with
>AWARD keyboard BIOS 1.5.  I changed to another keyboard BIOS chip and
>the problem was solved.  BTW it was on a Hyundai 286.  How could an other-
>wise working keyboard chip stop working because of HIMEM.SYS ?  Has anyone
>else had this problem ?  
>

Read the article in August 1992 Byte, page 293, 'A20 poltergeist'.
It seems that the keyboard interface chip on the motherboard is
what guards the A20 address line, which himem.sys uses.
Wierd, but true.
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From: msh@otc.otca.oz.au (Michael Homsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Tandy DAC sound system?
Date: 27 Aug 92 04:49:04 GMT
Organization: R&D, OTC Sydney, Australia

Some childrens games and others seem to work with a tandy dac
Is this  a simple DAC interface? does anyone have any info on how they
do it (ie is it an 8bit port at such-and-such an address and you control it
..... 

any pointers please

msh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Help with G2000 Telepath Modem
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:41:47 GMT


Forgive me, if you have been told this before..have you gone into Main group, and
set the ports system under Drivers, also have you set pcplus for windows to the
right port...also I would recomend a 14550afn Uart for that setup if you don't
have one yet!!
Stephen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Help in Choosing 486/DX System
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:30:39 GMT

shofioni@joule (Said Hofioni) writes:


>     I have recently become interested in purchasing a 486DX/33 MHz
>machine, but unfortunately don't know a whole lot about the systems
>that are out there in the market.

>     Can anyone out there recommend a good system?

>     I have heard that Companies like Dell, Northgate, and Compaq are
>nice machines -> anybody out there own one of these beasts? 

I recently evaluated 486DX machines for use as a Novell file server.  I
chose the Northgate 486/33e EISA Elegance tower, with 32mb RAM and a mirrored
pair of 1.6GB SCSI drives.  Unless your use will be similar, however, the
stronger points of the Northgate (like Novell OEM-level tech support) may
not apply to you.   Northgate, the company, is in financial trouble, which
may be a bigger factor to you as an individual buyer.  I think it was this
spring that PC Magazine picked the Northgate as an Editors' Choice for a
file server.  Again, that may not apply to you.  Personally, I like Northgate.
I was a little surprised when the system arrived without rubber feet or
"trestles", although it came with mounting screws for the latter.  Also the
control cover on the Panasonic monitor was missing.  Not broken, _missing_.
Those are not good signs, if QA ia beginning to slip like that.  My reasons
for choosing Northgate were more technical in nature (also price/performance
related), so I stand by my decision; these concerns are probably more (or
perhaps "differently") meaningful to you.  There's always that great keyboard.
Some people here at work, however, swear by Dell.  Compaq is still a little
pricey in that configuration, despite their impressive recent cuts.
Swan has gotten consistently excellent ratings in reviews for service and
support among mail order companies.  Zeos and Gateway also do very well in
general, however I have heard (some on the net) of specific cases of
infuriating problems, particularly with Gateway.

If I were personally buying a system today from one of those vendors, I'd
probably most seriously consider Swan for everything but the keyboard, which
I'd get from Northgate.  You did say a 33MHz machine; Swan's 50 was a DX-2,
which I ruled out for the file server, but their 33 should be fine, and at
a reasonable cost.

-JTT
From: Ted.Beilby@f1020.n391.z1.FidoNet.Org (Ted Beilby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Quantum IDE + another IDE
Date: 30 Aug 92 00:11:00 GMT

I have a WD 40 mg and a Maxtor 130 cohabitating in a 286.  Was hard to get
 both running at first but after calls to Maxtor and Western Digital,
smooth as
 silk.  Incidently I am running stacker 2.0 on both and they are filling
up.

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From: hho@aludra.usc.edu (** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ISA cards in an EISA bus
Date: 3 Sep 1992 23:07:34 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

>
>1)	Does the 1740 bios allow booting from a hard disk?
>	(It's hard to imagine that it wouldn't, but I'd safer to
>	ask before I've spent any money.)

Yes, i can boot from my 1740 EISA and 1542 ISA

>2)	Will I lose the 1740's 32-bit performance due to
>	the presence of an ISA card in the system?
>	 (I'm not sure why this would be, but I've heard rumors
>	that having even one ISA card in an EISA bus effectively
>	trashes the whole reason to have an EISA bus in the
>	first place.

No, I am using it at the expand (?) or turbo mode perfectly (haven't
open that thing for so long :-)

I have a ISA NIC and ISA serial/parallel, no noticable different 
in speed when measure using novell..

Good Luck
H.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller)
Subject: Re: New Gateway 200066Mhz local bus ISA
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:05:20 GMT

In <78978@ut-emx.uucp> slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Glen Anthony Graham) writes:

>Edward-
>Can you please confirm that the ATI GRAPHICS ULTRA is a LOCAL BUS version?
>The last I heard (2 weeks ago when my room-mate bought a Gateway 486-33) is thatthe video cards are ISA.  ATI has not released local bus versions yet, so how
>could Gateway have such beasties...?
> 
>Thanks for the info though,
>Glen Graham

I called Gateway as well. Here's what I got. The ATI Graphics
Ultra IS going to be a local bus card, however the machine itself
is putting the cart ahead of the horse. According to the rep that
I talked to, the 66 DX/2 hasn't been given to developers yet. She
said they were expecting a 20 - 50 day wait for the chip. Then
their motherboard has to undergo certification. I am assuming
that she meant FCC Class B, but I didn't ask. I had not heard
about the HD controller being local bus, but it does make sense.
I was quoted $2995 for the system, plus shipping. This was the
standard configuration (8 meg ram, 300+ meg hard disk, ATI local
bus video, tower case, 15 inc crystalscan monitor)

Hope this helps.
From: kl2i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kwan-Yong Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Ethernet advise please..
Date: 2 Sep 92 09:09:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MedDJ_i00Vp2QE811J
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hi.  I am trying to buy an 16-bit ethernet 10 base T card so I can
hookup to my school network.  I have dell 486 DX2 50 with 8 Mb RAM,
Pheonix BIOS with ISA bus.  I really haven't fooled arounded with
network much, so I have no Idea what to watch for when I buy an ethernet
card.  I am looking at:
FastData 16bit Ethernet card 10baseT for $109 by Fast Micro Inc.
Intel 16bit Ethernet 10TP (I hope it stands for 10baseT) for $129

I would appreciate any tips, experiences, etc.  Thanks.
From: csas400@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Ice-cap to tune a 486/33 to 50Mhz speed?
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:11:48 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <1992Sep4.171721.12521@leela.cs.orst.edu>, youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:
> In article <1992Sep2.191750.16003@ichips.intel.com> smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~) writes:
...real part of the artical removed.
> Also, doesn't temperature have a lot to do with the performance of a
> silicon juction?  Even though the chips is made by Intel, is it not still
> governed by laws of physics the same as other chips?
Actually Intel has made a deal with the Devil and no longer has to follow the
laws of physics.  ...and I expect this explains a lot of things!
> 
> Dean


					-Jeffrey E. Hundstad
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