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From: eadie5295@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Graphics Accelerator Cards
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:19:45 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

> Due to the antiquated hardware design of the PC the CPU has to put the
> image onto the Windows screen pixel by pixel and all that via the slow
> AT-bus. 640x480x256 - that's a lot of info to be put into the VRAM on
> your card (How many MB does that amount to, by the way? I could never
> get that right). And that takes TIME.
>>
> For a quick fix, try switching to the plain vanilla VGA-driver included
> with Windows. That'll only give you 16 colours, but at the same time it
> reduces the amount of info on the screen by a factor of 16. Consequently
> things like scrolling are a lot speedier.               ^^
> 
> HSK
> 
  On the contrary, reducing colors from 256 to 16 reduces the number of
possible colors by 16, but will reduce the number of bits/pixel by a factor of
only 2 (8-bits vs 4-bits per pixel).
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chiu@alumni.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: S3 VGA coprocessors: What is the difference between 911/924/928 ?
Summary: Differences
Originator: chiu@alumni
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:24:43 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.130639.26220@cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
>Could someone explain me the difference between the various
>S3 video accelerator chips ? I've seen models 911, 924 and 928.

According to tech note from S3 Inc., "For ISA board designs, the 86C924
silicon is a direct replacement for the 86C911. There are no significant 
hardware differences in the products... 86C911 has a bug for the hardware
clipping in the 1280 modes. The CAD drivers from S3 performs the clipping
in software for the 86c911... A future version of the S3 windows driver
may make use of the hardware clipping when run on the 86C924 in 1280x960"

In other words, one might consider the 924 to be a direct replacement for
the 911 (a bug fix)

86C928 on the other hand, is a brand new chip... up to 4MB VRAM
supporting all 86C911 resolutions plus:
1600x1200x256
1280x1024x64k
1024x768x32 bit, 24 bit

>Also, which of them is required for the 386BSD/Linux S3 X11 server ?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
Subject:  Funny Quantum IDE 240lps noise 
Keywords: quantum hard disk
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:40:27 GMT

>I was told it does some self-checking.  I don't know if you can turn it
>off but I wish I could sometimes.
>-- 
>The key to life is one thing.  It's up to you to figure out what it is.
>                                    - Kurly in City Slickers 
>     Torry V. Schreiner                                       t06@clark.edu


It may get a little annoying, but that's ok with me because both the
Quantum 120lps and 240lps are VERY VERY fast mechanisms.  I gladly take
a funny noise to make my Maxtor 7213 go faster.

Sean Harp
University of Tennessee
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet)
Subject: Re: Gateway experience (positive to date!)
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:37:18 GMT

I just thought I would put in my 2 cents worth about my experiences with
Gateway's tech support so far...

I called tech support yesterday morning and I got a real live tech after
only 15 seconds of muzak.  I had a number of problems (mostly the result
of my fiddling as it turned out), and he was able to solve them,
and put me on a disk mailing list for the new ATI drivers (which may fix
the lines-missing-on-my-printer problem that I have).  He also gave me a
pile of helpful tips regarding the Telepath modem (setup strings, etc.).  

All in all, I have to say I'm very happy so far...

------------------------
Kevin Fluet
fluet@ee.ualberta.ca
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From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Bernoulli and memory...
Date: 18 Nov 1992 06:24:04 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 <1992Nov17.164856.1@ualr.edu> djlewis@ualr.edu writes:
>In article <92321.183419JD2859A@auvm.american.edu>, Jeff Dubin <JD2859A@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>> I've got a gateway2000 w/ 120meg HD which is 110% filled...
>> Would a bernoulli box be a good purchase?  And moer importantly, does the
>> computer see it as just another drive or does one need TSRs and the like?

You need a little TSR to recognize the drive as removable.  It also handles
operation of the drive through the serial port if you get that interface
kit (which makes it truly portable, but slower and not usable as a boot
device).

>I like but can't afford (as yet) the new bernoulli drive. It is an internal
>and it is SCSI. I believe there will be a tsr. The good view point is that
>for a backup you can use a compress mode and backup up to 180 meg I believe.
>When it is'nt backing up, unplug the cart plugin another and you have a spare
>90 meg 19ms harddrive. There can be a real advantage to such an expensive
>removeable harddrive (cartridge). The worst drawback I know of is the $90.00
>apiece carts. Hey, it comes with one.

It's worth mentioning that you can probably easily get another hard drive
to hang off that controller that the 120Mb drive is on (IDE?) that will
cost the same as the Bernoulli and easily give you 400-500Mb.  If you really
have a need for portable media, then the Bernoulli is a good solution, but
otherwise you should just get another hard drive, esp. if you want to avoid
putting two controllers in your machine, which can end up being a major
hassle.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Abdullah Faruque,334CH,3752,2654247)
Subject: Re: Can you have 2 HD's and more than 2 floppies?
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:52:50 GMT

From article <92321.36722.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>, by J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM:
> In <1e7hidINNcot@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>, Kent P. Iler writes:
> 
>>  I have 2 HD's and 2 Floppies.  I was wondering can I add another
>>controller card then add a floppy?  I would like to add another
>>3 1/2" drive to my computer....just wondering if I can.
> 
> I'd say you have two options.  One is to consider one of those new "combined"
> drives which have both a 5.25" and a 3.5" floppy in one drive bay.  To do this
> you would need to remove an existing 5.25" floppy drive and replace it with
> the combined drive.  You would not need another controller card, but the drive
> would cost around $150.
> 

I think you still need another controller card (If I am wrong please correct
me) to drive the 3rd floppy. The combined floppy drive consists of two physical
devices and the existing controller can handle only two devices at a time.
Although only one connector of the floppy cable will connect to the combined
drive, but they are internally connected as A: and B: drives (which is user
selectable via some jumper setting). So, probably you can not connect the
other free connector to another device. You need a controller that can handle
4 floppy drives or you need a secondary floppy controller card that can
co-exist with the current one. Also to access the 3rd and 4th floppy drive
you need a device driver in your config.sys file or your controller card 
should have an onboard BIOS to do that. 

> Another option would be to *replace* the existing controller card.  There are
> controller cards on the market which can handle four floppies.  I've seen these
> for around $35.  If you have enough open drive bays, this is what I would
> recommend.

Yes, this is probably the cost effective solution. There are 2IDE/4FD, 2MFM/4FD
and 2RLL/4FD cards out there. You normally need a device driver to access the
3th. and 4th. floppy drives. The driver usually comes with the card.

> 
> I don't know if you can add a second controller card, though.  I'll leave that
> for the net.pc.gurus to answer.

Yes, this type also exists. They normally have an onboard BIOS and can be
configured as primary or secondary controller. But they are little expensive.
You can also get the new type that can handle upto 2.88mb and can co-exist with
any other floppy controller card.

> 
> 
> Tim Irvin

-Faruque
Email: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
Subject:  NT pre-release woes 
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:15:28 GMT

I just read a list of supported hardware for the October prerelease of the
NT beta.  I was sad to find that neither my Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller
nor my Ati Wonder XL were supported.  Does anybody know Adaptec's phone
number?  I'd like to give them a call and see what the story is.

Sean Harp
University of Tennessee

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ohumukin@spectra.com (Kawika Ohumukini)
Subject: 80386 Physical Memory
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:24:38 GMT

My '386 holds 32MB onboard and I want to make the largest
ramdisk humanly possible, any ideas?

Maximum physical memory?

Best RAMDISK driver capable of handling more than DOS's 1K number
of files?

Other solutions?

I am running a program that accesses sound files and I will potentially
have 500MB (between 2,000 - 7,000 files) that must reside in the same
directory.  Thanks for any information.

Kawika 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sppp@hippo.ru.ac.za (Prof P Piacenza)
Subject: Tape Streamer Drivers
Keywords: Archive, Tape
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:27:33 GMT


I have several ARCHIVE Corp. FT60 tape streamers (60 Mb).  These have
both DOS and SCO XENIX drivers.  Has anyone managed to get them to work with
Unix (specially SCO Unix)?  Since we are chronically short of funds we
cannot afford a new tape streamer and I would really like to use one
of these to backup our INTERNET Unix server.

What I need are Unix drivers for this tape streamer.

I would appreciate the required information, preferably by email.

	 L.Piacenza - Chemistry Department - University of Transkei
	 Internet: 	chpp@unitrix.utr.ac.za	Tel: +27-471-3022384
			sppp@hippo.ru.ac.za
  
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	 Internet: sppp@hippo.ru.ac.za  Tel. 27-471-3022384
	 Internet: chpp@unitrix.utr.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: Seokmin Ahn <smahn@vx.cis.umn.edu>
Subject: HELP: Screen Font for 800x600 mode in Windows
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7365A1AB401C368@me51-3-104.me.umn.edu>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 23 Nov 92 09:51:22 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:49:16 GMT

Hi! netters,

My friend recentely purchased G2000 with 15" monitor (NEC) and 
ATI Ultra Pro.

The reason he paid extra for his monitor ($350) was he wanted
good screen (clear and better looking).  He satisfied with "clear" part
but not with "better looking" one.

With 1024x768 mode, the fonts are two small as expected.  So we
changed it to 800x600.  The screen font, which used for icon label and so
on,
are still not big enough and has jaggy.  We found that in 800x600, that 
ATI Ultra Pro uses standard VGA fonts, which we can find in system.ini
(vgasys.fon, oemvga.fon, fixvga.fon).

Is any body out there who found a solution for this?  A oem font for ATI
Ultra Pro with no jaggy and large size in Windows.

Thank you.
From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: OVERHEATING?
Date: 17 Nov 1992 16:48:22 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Distribution: world
Reply-To: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <20611.58.uupcb@cccbbs.UUCP>, daniel.campbell@cccbbs.UUCP (Daniel Campbell)  writes:
>-> My 386SX/20 system has been crashing in unrepeatable ways recently
>-> and the pattern suggests something is overheating.  Here's a detailed
>It may be a power supply problem. You say the problem occurs most when
>reading or writing to the HD, well thats when the added draw on the PS
>would cause the voltage to drop to critical conditions. Thus causing the
>malfunctions. My first thought is reduce any un-necessary loads, a
>second HD for example to see if it makes a difference. Try disconnecting
>the HD, if the only one, and run programs from floppies and see if the
>problem re-occurs.
>                                                    
Since the hard drive spins all the time, I don't think that the current
draw would change that much when reading/writing.  I would think if that
was the problem you would notice it a lot more reading/writing to the
floppy drives, since they draw more power when spinning as they are
accessed.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Subject: Future Domain TMC-830 as secondary controller
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:41:34 GMT

I have a 486/50 eisa with two disk controllers in it.  The primary is a
DTC 2290 EISA IDE controller running my 240 meg seagate, and the secondary
is a Future Domain TMC-830 running a Rodime 100meg.  My problem (if you
can call it a problem) is somewhat nitpicky, so bear with me :)

My machine used to boot up fairly quickly, with no real delays, and I
appreciated that.  Ever since I added the TMC830, however, it has really
slowed down the boot process.  The machine powers up, checks the ram, says
hello to the floppies, and then I get a Future Domain BIOS message which stays
on the screen for about 10 seconds.  THEN, the future domain bios prints a 
message identifying my Rodime drive, which sits on the screen for another 10
seconds or so.  Finally, the boot process continues and up comes my OS/2
boot manager from where I can select DOS or OS/2.  

I want to get rid of this 20 second delay, it is somewhat annoying.  When
I first added the TMC830, I was under the impression that I did not
need the BIOS since it was to be a secondary controller with only one SCSI
device.  I thought I could remove the BIOS chip and it would work fine. 
So I tried it that way...but my machine wouldn't boot this way.  It hung
around the time it now shows the Future Domain messages.  So I reinstalled
the BIOS, and everything works fine, except for the annoying 20s delay.  
Is there anything I can do to speed it up?

Thanks for the help...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu (Scott Karre)
Subject: Diamond Stealth Query : Is there A VESA driver for it?
Organization: Michigan State University, USA
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 08:36:10 GMT

       I recently purchased a Stealth VRAM  v2.32, and can't find a vesa driver
for it so that Delux Paint 2 will run, as well as some other applications I 
run that require a VESA driver.  The Diamond BBS didn't have anything that 
looked like a vesa driver, does anyone out there know if such a beast 
exsists?  Compuserve didn't seem to have on either.  

       Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated!

	  Kris Kortright
 

	     " That which does not kill us, makes us stronger... "

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*  Kris Kortright  ( tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu or kortrigh@cem.cemvax.msu.edu )     *
*  Research : Laser analytical chemistry under Dr. Gary Blanchard             *
*  Depatment of Chemistry  -  Michigan State University  -  E. Lans. Michigan *
*******************************************************************************
From: ms184@castor.geog.ucsb.edu (Mark Timothy Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 486SX/33--is it available yet?
Date: 19 Nov 92 03:48:27 GMT
Reply-To: ms184@castor.geog.ucsb.edu ()
Organization: U. C. Santa Barbara, Geography Department

In article <92321.37235.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
>Greetings from net.land:
>
>I'm currently looking at purchasing a PC sometime soon.  After looking at
>several different configurations and CPUs in the $1800-$2000 range, I finally
>decided on a 486SX/25.  However, I've recently seen ads (mostly from mail
>order companies) for 486SX/33 systems.  If these will soon be available, this
>may be my chip of choice.  Are 486SX/33 systems shipping yet?  How much more
>expensive are they than a 486SX/25?  How much cheaper than a 486DX/33?
>
>Will there be any difference between the SX/33 and the DX/33 other than the
>lack of the FPU in the SX?  If that's the only difference, will applications
>which don't use the FPU run as fast on the SX/33 as on the DX/33?  Or am I
>missing something here?
>
>I had trouble deciding on a price/performance basis between the SX/25 and the
>DX/33.  This could be the answer for me.
>
>
>Tim Irvin

If you want 486SX-33 performance here's whatcha do.

Buy a 486-50 motherboard.

Buy a 486SX-25 CPU.

Set the motherboard up so it runs at 33Mhz.

Buy a $20 486 chip fan.

Put the fan on the chip.

Put the chip in the board.

Count your extra money.  

The only difference between your 486SX-25(33) and a 486DX-33 will be the
FPU and a whole lot of money.  Also, when other chips come out you get
to upgrade for only the cost of the new CPU.  With a 50Mhz motherboard
you could improve your system all the way up to a 486DX/2-100 if you
wanted, without ever having to swap motherboards.

Of course, the advantage of getting a 33Mhz 486SX is that you get to 
push it to FIFTY MEGAHERTZ. :-)
From: mehdi@armon.rain.com (Mehdi Attaran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PAS 16 is a dog
Keywords: sound pc ibm drivers
Date: 21 Nov 92 20:08:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: armon.1992Nov21.200813.2698
Organization: Armon Public Access Unix System -- Portland, OR, USA

rcomg@melomys.co.rmit.oz.AU (Mark Gregory) writes:

>Hello everyone,
>this is a short note to warn people against buying
>any of the Pro Audio products.  We have bought several
>of the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound cards and have found
>that they do not work if you have a pc connected to a 
>Novell Network.

This is not true... I have (and 3 other co-workers have) PAS16's and wer are
connected to Novell Network without any problems.  I have the CD-ROM as well.

>More importantly if you try the latest windows drivers put
>on ftp.cica.indiana.edu, you will find that the PAS16
>will not boot up with these drivers.

I have version 1.42 of their Windows driver which was downloaded from
Compuserve.

>We have found that the PAS16 drivers clash with netx.com

False again.  That's what we have been using without any known problems.

>We have also found that a tape drive cannot be connected
>to the SCSI port.  Apparently (heard this second hand) Trantor
>does not support tape drives connected to this interface.

This is true, but that port was designed for a CD-ROM not a tape drive or hard
disk... although you can connect a hard drive to it with proper drivers from
Trantor.  I don't know of any other sound card that does have this capability.
Do you?

>what a dog!!!!!!

PAS16 is the best sound card for the price. I have both PAS16 and Sound
Blaster Pro, and PAS16 out performs the SB Pro in all aspects.

-- Mehdi --

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From: b19517@asbt01.gedlab.allied.com ((LARRY DILLIE))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Talon hard disks?
Date: 16 Nov 92 07:19:24 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: ASAC, GED, Phoenix, Az

In article <1992Nov10.190648.27102@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, lutz@solace.psych.rochester.edu (Dave Lutz) writes:
> 
>   I'm considering the purchase of a 120MB Talon IDE hard drive, and would like
> to hear from anyone who has had experience with them.  I don't know anything
> about Talon, and am mostly concerned with reliability.
> 
>   The drive I am looking at is the TA3020A drive, advertised by Hard Drives
> International.
> 
>   Comments about Hard Drives International are also welcome.  So far, I'm
> pretty impressed with them (price, technical knowledge, etc).
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Lutz
> Internet: lutz@psych.rochester.edu
> BITNET:   lutz@uordbv

	I purchased the TA3020A drive two months ago and haven't had any
problems with it! As far as Hard Drive International I done business with them
for many years and their prices sometimes is 5 percent higher then their
competition, but they do back their products! If you buy their hard drive and
if it goes bad 1 day before the guarantee they still will replace it with a new
one! Also they have been through the ups and downs of the computer business and
they still are around! Anyway I highly recommend doing business with them!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (David Monro)
Subject: specs of old monitor (TP 250)?
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:31:52 GMT

This is probably very wishful...


I have a spare VGA monitor lying around. It's a cheap Taiwanese one,
a TP 250. Does anybody have specs for it? Am i likely to blow it up if
i feed it stuff from an SVGA card? (I'm sure I heard of someone tweaking
video modes and blowing up a monitor - something to do with the
horizontal scan rate and the HT or something bizzarre I know thats a bit
off but anyway, I don't want to blow it up.)

Thanks,
	David Monro


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