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From: perry@wsinfo01.win.tue.nl (Perry Egelmeers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Archive 5580 info. wanted
Summary: Archive 5580 & CPBACKUP, any problems?
Keywords: tape streamer
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:42:56 GMT
Reply-To: perry@win.tue.nl


Hello,

I had some trouble with a CMS Jumbo 250MB tape drive,
the shop where I bought it replaced it by a Archive model
5580 (as far as I know, there are three model numbers
which identify the same tape drive.  The only difference
is the "size":  5 1/4", 3 1/2"  and 1").  I don't know if
it is a good deal for me.  If you have some useful
information about this please reply by e-mail.

Something else:
	The software which came along with it was CPBACKUP
	V7.2.  I'm having trouble with formatting tapes with
	this piece of software (I tried this on 2 computers,
	and the tapes (3 of them) can be formatted just fine
	in another tape drive (CMS) with CPB).  CPBACKUP
	formats the tapes with *NO* error message (One would
	expect an message that it couldn't format the tape(s),
	won't you?).  When I try to access the tape I get an
	error message which tells me that the tape first should
	be formatted!  I personally think the error is due to
	some timing trouble (of the soft- and/or hardware).

	So: are you using also Archive the above mentioned tape
	streamer?  Do you also have any trouble (with CPBACKUP)?

Please use e-mail (perry@win.tue.nl) if you reply.

Thx in advance,

Perry Egelmeers


PS:  If you read one of my other questions, which are also posted in this
	area, you will probably have noticed that I've trouble with some
	3M tapes which have bad blocks.  But I'm pretty sure that the
	above problem is *NOT* "a tapes with bad block(s) problem".
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: solsman@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Mark Solsman)
Subject: Ultrastor 34F controller? ADVICE ON SCSI CONTROLLER NEEDED
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:30:47 GMT

I am in the market for a new SCSI host adapter.  I have a EISA/VESA
motherboard, with both local bus and eisa slots.

Does anyone have the new Ultrastor 34F controller?  If so, do you like it?
Have you had any problems with it?  Basically, I am looking to use it with
dos, os2 and linux or bsd386.  If you have one, what do you use it for?

I guess that my other option is to purchase an adaptec.  linux and bsd386
both specifically want a adaptec 1542B compatable scsi host adapter.  Will
the ultrastor 34F still work?  

Does Adaptec make scsi loval bus controllers?

Oh, I forgot to mention.  I would prefer a VLB controller over an EISA.
Infact, I would prefer an ISA over an EISA controller card.

Thanks in advance
Mark Solsman
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From: shankar@navajo.berkeley.edu (Shankar Narayanaswamy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SCSI question: OK to have peripherals off?
Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:08:13 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: navajo.berkeley.edu

Netters,

I'm thinking of hooking up a CD-ROM drive in my SCSI chain and I was wondering: 

<<<
would it be a problem if one or more peripherals in the chain were OFF when I
use the computer? Or is this dependent on the card and peripherals.
>>>

Reason I ask is I'm hoping to not have to power up all peripherals in the chain 
during usage.

Thanks. I'm using a friend's account. If you wish to respond via email, please
direct it to cheng@silver.geoworks.com.
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From: amn@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Anthony Naggs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: V25 chip (by nec)
Keywords: v25 sbc dma
Date: 28 Jan 93 21:48:54 GMT
Reply-To: amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

James Williams, <elejw@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, writes:
>I am working on aproject using the V25 cpu, made by NEC. The v25 is 80186
>compatible, with serial ports, dma, etc, all on chip. ...

Well, not quite 'compatible', though very similar the built-in peripherals
are a little different and vary in their functionality.

> ...  Anyway, I am having trouble using the Special
>Function registers (SFR's), specifically those that control the dma. You are
>supposed to be able to read/write to/from them just like memory. I can read
>them,
>but not write to them. Anyway, has anyone here used the V25 (the chip, I
>doubt if anyone has used jenlogix's sbc!). I can elaborate further if anyone
>thinks they have any suggestions.

I don't understand your problem, so long as you have the IDB set and
referenced properly you should just do normal reads & writes with the
internal data area.  Hmmm, I am not sure that I have used DMA on a V25,
but the Macro Services usually work fine for me.  I presume that the date
code on the chip you are using is at least '91, I don't remember being told
of any mask faults in more recent versions of the chip - certainly I have
seen very strange stuff happening on early edition, where macro services
and interrupts would collide.

Please explain your problem further, either here or by email to:
	amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk

Hope this helps,
Anthony Naggs
Software/Electronics Engineer                   P O Box 1080, Peacehaven
(and virus researcher)                          East Sussex  BN10 8PZ
Phone: +44 273 589701                           Great Britain
Email: (c/o Univ of Brighton) amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk  or  xa329@city.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jeclee@uncc.edu (Jeffrey Charles Lee)
Subject: Centrix Comp. & Nationwide Warranty
Reply-To: jeclee@uncc.edu
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:25:12 GMT

Just a few months ago, I purchased a 486 from Centrix Computers. The
machine has worked flawlessly since day one. Unfortunately, this past
week I received a notice from Nationwide (the company that does the
on-site maint.) that Centrix has gone out of business... BUT Nationwide
would be glad to sell me another service contract.

My questions:

1. Doesn't Nationwide have to honor the rest of the original service
contract?

2. Renewal of the contract is rather steep. Would it be worth it to
renew? The computer is working fine so far.

3. Would the manufacturers of the name brand peripherals (Mag monitor,
Diamond video, etc.) included with the system honor their factory
warranties?

4. Just what happened to Centrix anyway? I have had no problems with
their stuff and I was surprised to see them go.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
From: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,news.groups
Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:27:41 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College


I think comp.sys.x86.* is very clear.  The name MAY not cover
everything to come, like the p5, but if the architecture for the p5
isn't x86 based (yeah right) then it probably shouldn't be discussed
c.s.x

I guess my point is, this entire strain of computer architectures is
rooted in the x86 chips from Intel.  At this point it seems to be the
only common denominator.

Morgan
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From: bytehead@bp1742.UUCP (Bryan Price)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: New Adaptec drivers?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 18:09:13 EDT
Organization: Burning Point, Columbus OH  43229-5646

djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson) writes:

> I use my adaptec 1542b in conjunction with an IDE HD.  It won't work in
> windows without the aspi4dos device driver.  However this takes up 70k
> of dreaded lower memory.  Loading it high and windows does'nt work.  Are
> there new drivers or is there any tips that I can get the 1542b to work
> under windows correctly.

I use my Adaptec 1542B in conjunction with an MFM HD. ;-)  You're right,
it won't work in Windows with ASPI4DOS.  Actually it did, but it
blew all of my .GRP files (along with others) away..... :(

Call Adaptec BBS @ 1-408-945-7727.  They have the latest I have
(Version 3.0) available.  There is supposedly a version 3.1, but
I've only heard that being with Central Point's PCTools (of
which I could upgrade, but I'm steamed about the 7.0 fiasco...)

This driver uses only 6672 bytes on my machine.
Bryan L. Price       | [ bytehead@bp1742.UUCP ]           *Burning Magnesium*
<Why would I make    | [ bytehead@bluemoon.use.com]
my disc any laimer?> | [ Bryan.Price@p1742.f340.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG ]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: using an (RLL) ST-238 drive with an MFM controller
From: djlewis@ualr.edu
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:45:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In article <106476@netnews.upenn.edu>, tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) writes:
> I have an Adaptec RLL controller and a Seagate (RLL) ST238 drive.
> Either the controller or the drive (or both) is bad.  
> Since I don't have an extra RLL controller or RLL drive, Its difficult
> to trouble shoot.
> 
> Since I'm under the impression the ST238 (RLL) drive is the same
> as Seagate's ST225 (MFM) drive (with the difference being something
> along the lines of different platter surface density), I'd like to
> use a known good MFM controller to test the ST238.
> 
> Q: Can I use a MFM controller with the ST238?
>    (I understand that after low-level formatting, the storage will
>     be reduced (from the ~30Meg using RLL to ~20M using MFM).  However,
>     that's OK by me.)
> 
Yes you are on the right track. It should work MFM. The specs are:
615 cylinders, 4heads, write precomp N/A (616), reduced write current N/A(616),
parking 670.
> Any help would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
You are welcome.
> 
> --tony
> 
Don Lewis
<djlewis@ualr.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: copp@wind.bellcore.com (David H Copp)
Subject: need memory diagnostics
Organization: Bell Communications Research
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:51:23 GMT

I am still looking for memory diagnostic tests for a 386SX.   No pointers
received from net readers.  Searching for "mem" and "diag" on ARCHIE came
up empty too.  Good grief, how do people verify that their expensive new
SIMMs are doing their thing reliably?  If you almost responded to my last
request, but didn't, please do now!  TIA -- David
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From: je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Optical disks - advice?
Date: 21 Jan 93 15:08:24 GMT
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

I'm thinking of buying a rewritable optical disk in the near-ish future
and would be grateful for any advice...

My system is an ISA 486DX-33 with a pair of IDE drives (700M) and a 60M
tape drive & controller (QIC? not sure).  I'm running DOS and OS/2 and plan
to run a Unix (SCO or Linux) soon.  I'm drowning in floppies and am not
convinced of the reliability of tapes (I've lost a couple after leaving
them sitting on a shelf for a couple of months) so I thought a 3.5in 128M
optical drive would be more reliable (and the cartridges will take
up less space on the shelf!).

Does anyone out there have any experience with these drives (they seem to
be fairly new) -- good points, bad points, recommended manufacturers, etc.?
I presume they're SCSI devices, so I'll need a SCSI controller -- will I
get conflicts with the IDE controller? Are there any with a full set of
drivers available for the OSs I'm using? Are there any that can double
as a CD-ROM drive (or will I have to budget for one of those too, as
OS/2 releases seem to be coming out on CD only at the moment)?

All advice gratefully received.  E-mail responses to je@unix.brighton.ac.uk
and I'll summarise later if there's enough interest.
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From: y55j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Mike Duttweiler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NANSI and SpeedStar24X
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:03:28 EST
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

I recently installed a SpeedStar 24X board and experienced a perplexing
problem.  It behaved fine in Windows and in DOS but I had problems with
screen redraws when returning to Windows from the DOS prompt.  I tried
every switch setting on the board and tweaked PIFs until I was blue in
the face with no resolution.  Than I recalled that I was using the
popular ANSI.SYS replacement NANSI.SYS.  When I went back to plain old
ANSI.SYS the problem went away.  I also tried it with the newer NNANSI.SYS
and the problem recurred.  So.... if you are having similar problem and are
using NANSI or a something similar, give it a try.  Might save you a headache.
-- 
Mike Duttweiler
Internet: y55j@vax5.cornell.edu
...from far above Cayuga's waters.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Andrew BW Colfelt)
Subject: Re: 486 too fast for Sound Blaster Pro?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:14:36 GMT

wsaker01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Willard S. Akers) writes:

>In <mortenk.182.727557040@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:

>>>I have not been able to get my Sound Blaster Pro to work in my Gateway
>>>486DX2/66.  

>>>I called Creative Labs (yes, it took a long time to get through!) and 
>>>they said that the bus speed of the 486 is too fast for the SB Pro 
>>>which causes the card to not be reset properly.  

Lies, lies, lies!

Oooops, before I spout, I should ask if you have 256k cache,
and anything alse that might affect speed. (I only have 64K).

My SB-Pro works fine, except under 386MAX in Links386- I use
Himem.SYS instead for that one.  Also, some other programs 
don't seem to load in Turbo mode, but will function properly
if I select Turbo AFTER the software has loaded.

I have found that most of the problems I have had are software
related, and not hardware problems per se.  Buy, of course, since
this thing is SO F*CKING FAST, I don't care because it only takes
a few seconds to reboot, compared with 2:48 on my old PS/2.


-- 
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From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Subject: Re: What is a P23T processor?
Keywords: processor, P23T
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:20:08 GMT

In article <fictorie.727519530@athena.research.ptt.nl> H.Fictorie@research.ptt.nl writes:
>So, what's a P23T processor, overdrive?, pentium? anything else??

The P23T is the DX2 OverDrive(tm) and the P24T is the 237-pin, 32-bit
OverDrive(tm) which uses Pentium(tm) technology.  And... I think that
they P23 was the 487sx (ie. the OverDrive(tm) DX).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tim@src.cppa.utah.edu (Tim Ma)
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth VRAM.  VESA?
Organization: University of Utah
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:35:37 GMT

In article <1k49hqINNsj0@hpscit.sc.hp.com> matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm) writes:
>From: matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm)
>Subject: Diamond Stealth VRAM.  VESA?
>Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:13:30 GMT
>I purchased the Diamond Stealth VRAM windows accelerator
>card before local buses became so popular.
>
>I can't find any mention in the documentation referring to
>VESA compatibility, but when I run the 'msd' program that
>comes with windows, the s/w lists the video card as VESA
>compatible.
>
>Is this detectable in software?
>
>Does anyone know if the Stealth VRAM card is VESA compatible,
>or is there a seperate version which is.

Huh?  It was my understanding that the VESA standard applied to the local 
bus expansion *slot*, not to the cards that go into the slot.  Am I
wrong?  Someone please clarify.

Tim Ma
Associate Programmer
University of Utah
Email:  tim@src.cppa.utah.edu

>
>Thanks,
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From: mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: MIDI interface
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:10:59 GMT
Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ
Originator: mark@joule.pcl



Can anybody out there recomend a midi interface.

Cheers.
Mark

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From: perry@wswiop09.win.tue.nl (Perry Egelmeers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: QIC-80 info. wanted
Summary: see subject
Keywords: QIC-80, tape streamer
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:06:53 GMT
Reply-To: perry@win.tue.nl


Hello,

I have trouble with my tape streamer.  Both the CMS Jumbo 250MB and the
Archive 5580 give me a headache if I place them in my computer
(I80386-33DX cache), the last tape streamer also won't work in another
computer, I tried).  I tried a lot but I can't find what is coursing it
(if I assume it is only one bad component).  If I assume that it is a kind
of timing problem then I can explain most of the errors.  One of my
problems, to be able to make the right conclusions, is that I don't know
much about the communication between the software, floppy controller and
the tape streamer.
So what I want to know:
When a piece of software formats a tape, what is the role of:
* the software
* floppy controller
* tape streamer
and, which adds what to the, software conclusion, if a block on the tape
is bad.

With respect to the above mentioned problems and my common interest:
I'm also interested in information on "how to write a program for a QIC-80
tape streamer".  I already know that I can get the source code of the
QIC-80 software from Linux.


If you are so kind to reply, please do so by e-mail, since I don't read
this area so often,


Perry Egelmeers
From: xyzzy@imagen.com (David McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Yet another Hard Drive setup question
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:08:01 GMT
Organization: IMAGEN

I have a rather obscure SCSI hard drive called a XENEC mdl. 4000.  Can
anyone give me any tech specs on this box?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wshu@ingrid.actel.com (Bill Shu)
Subject: SB 16 ASP........
Organization: Actel Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:26:32 GMT

Hi, all. Does anyone has info. or experience with SB 16?

--Bill
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Actel Corporation
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: nrh@philabs.philips.com (Nikolaus R. Haus)
Subject: How do I connect a second disk to a Seagate ST22R?
Originator: nrh@philcat1
Keywords: second hard disk seagate st22r
Reply-To: nrh@philabs.philips.com (Nikolaus R. Haus)
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, NY 10510
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:47:17 GMT


Hello, netlanders!

I just re-inherited (it's a brief story, but I still don't feel like telling
it) a MiniScribe 20Mb FlashCard hard disk. I have a Seagate ST22R controller
in my system, and a Maxtor disk already hooked up. I would like to use the
Seagate controller for both drives (it's 16-bit: the controller that comes
with the MiniScribe has an 8-bit interface).

So, maybe I'm doing something dumb, but I can't seem to get this to work. 
I detached my Maxtor and hooked up the MiniScribe as C:, and the SeaGate 
BIOS ran me through the format no problem. This concluded my test of whether 
the controller could talk to the disk at all (it can).

Next, I crammed a new plug on the cable running out of J2 (the big connector)
on the controller so that I could connect it to 'J1 on both drives', as the 
seagate manual sez to do. I didn't put any twists or anything in the cable.
I hooked the little connector of the MiniScribe to J4 on the controller, and 
figured I was all set.

Not so. Both drives acted in sync, indicating to me that the controller 
thought they were both drive C:. 

So, I tried the floppy cable instead of the big HD cable, figuring that the
twist in the cable might have something to do with it. If I use just my 
Maxtor on the untwisted connector, all is well. With the MiniScribe hooked
up to the twisted connector, same problem as before.

So. Can anyone tell me how to get two disks hooked up to my Seagate 
ST22R?

Thanks for yer help!

-nik


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa)
Subject: Can anyone recommend a strange laptop configuration
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:32:05 GMT

I need to get a laptop with a fairly strange set of requirements -
Something with a 486 and lots of ram (not too hard) but it has to have
a 3/4th length expansion slot (8 bit is fine, tho I won't complain
about ISA) - The only thing I can find are the breadbox sized units,
and the Toshiba 6400 - both are line cord dependent and something that
had batteries would be real convienent (I am not expecting great
amounts of battery life, I just want to unplug it for a few min while
moving it from place to place without needing to wait for it to save
my state and retreive it.)  Something with a built in ethernet and a
price tag less than $3k would have me jumping for joy... something
that weighs less than 7 Kg (15 Lbs) would keep me from adding a back
injury to my hand injuries.  (I currently have the board in question
in a 12kg breadbox, and it is a real trial to move around)

Why? I need a home for my DragonDictate card - this is my "keyboard",
I am one of the typing injured - I have to be able to drag it around
with me, it needs 12mb (8 for the speech system, 4 for DESQveiw/X) an
ethernet, MS-DOS - It doesn't need Windoze, color, more than about
80mb of disk or better than standard VGA resolution. It does need an
international compatible power supply, two com ports (one for the
keyboard cable driver box, and one for a modem...) and a parallel port
(that can be used with one of those ethernet lumps, since I don't
expect to find a machine with ether built in)

Respond by email, I will summarize if interest is indicated. If I
don't hear of anything battery powered, I will buy the toshiba
($$ouch$$ but it is 5kg) in a few days (I have been quoted $5k with the memory
expansion and the ether adapter)

I urge everyone to grab the FAQ from sci.med.occupational - typing
injuries can happen to you if you aren't careful - it is far better to
prevent it, as I am an example that shows that you can't always cure
it once it happens.

<dp>
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