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From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Power loss scrambles HD
Date: 20 Dec 92 02:42:45 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

> Question: how can a power-down, with the machine sitting idle with no files
> open for writing in DOS, cause a scrambled SCSI drive?

Did he have a write delayed ram cache? Maybe some of the latest changes 
were still in ram when the power went down.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: root@cibbs.UUCP (Mark Buckaway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI is making me mad
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 01:18:13 EST
Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)

frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX)) writes:

> Where are the OS/2 drivers?  It's been out for 8 months and there's nothing.

OS/2 drivers for the ATI VGA Wonder's and the Graphics Accelerators have been
out for months. They are the drivers for OS/2 1.3 and work fine with OS/2 2.0
with the 16Bit GRE. The VGA drivers have been on their BBs for ages (if you
can get on it!) and the Accelerator drivers have mysteriously appeared
recently.

> Calling ATI is a waste:  A rude person answers that doesn't even acknowledge
> you've reached ATI.  Phone etiquette notwithstanding,  I have friends who

Yea...some of their techs need a couple courses in computers...and Customer
Support...

> have bought UltraPros that now seem like they were not entirely finished.
> They are buggy and the promised windows drivers a mess.  Reading this
> newsgroup confirms this.

Did you every here the adage that says whenever a company first releases a
product it is like a widespread beta? I, myself, won't buy any great and
wonderful "new" product until at least 6 months AFTER it hits the market. Let
them fix the damn thing first...then buy it.

> I will think very seriously about buying an ATI card in the future.

Mark


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From: Doug Brownfield <dbrownfi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Scanners
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:50:59 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]


I need to find a hardware/software solution for tabulating test and survey
results for our college. Many of the tests are of the
"fill-in-the-circle-with-a-pencil" (bubble) variety. Anybody using a scanner
setup to accomplish similar results? If so, could you recommend a scanner or
scanner+software combination?
Thanks


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From: erics@cadkey.com (Eric Smith)
Subject: Re: More on Adaptec 1542B
Organization: cadkey
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 22:32:24 GMT

In article <Byp5o1.I3v@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:
>Lee Burley (lee_b@sn4901.oldham.gpsemi.com) wrote:
>
>> When I got my adaptec the corel software bundle was unavailable, so I have
>> no tape software. Is there any SCSI tape S/W anywhere on the internet????
>
>     Nope.  You've got the following choices:
>
>* Buy the Corel driver kit (note that you need to buy Adaptec's ASW-1410
>  ASPI driver kit before you can use the Corel drivers).  The Corel kit
>  comes with tape drivers (and a tape backup program).
>
>* Buy a copy of Central Point Tools 8.0 for DOS (note the version:
>  "8.0").  This program is supposed to support SCSI tape devices.  It
>  even comes with a couple of Adaptec drivers from the ASW-1410 kit.
>
>* Buy Adaptec's ASW-1410 ASPI driver kit.  On simtel20, I've seen a
>  program called "GNUTAR", which is supposedly a version of GNU tar that
>  works with ASPI drivers.  I have no idea how well this works, or even

Actually, another shareware solution exists.  Get a copy of ASPITAPE.
It is available on Compuserve's IBMHW forum, as well as Adaptec's BBS.
(If you can't find it, try contacting the author at
marva4!gks1!greg@ucdavis.edu.)  It uses the ASPI driver (ASPI4DOS.SYS
with the 1542B) to make the tape look like any DOS device.  I use it
with the MKS cpio and tar all the time.  The tapes can be read on any
Unix system or similarly equipped DOS computer.  It really works
great.  Highly recommended.

Disclaimer: Other than a happy user, I have no connection with either
ASPITAPE or MKS.

Enjoy.

Eric.
From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Help on VideoBlaster
Date: 17 Dec 92 00:12:32 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1992Dec15.181136.1732@worldbank.org> wds@worldbank.org writes:
>General quality of NTSC is good. Ability to grab NTSC signals
>directly to JPEG makes a TV screen dump about 40 kbytes.

cool!

>One thing that is a ROYAL pain in the ass about this card is
>that you cant have more than 15 Meg of memory. Why? Because they
>map 1 Meg of the 1st 16 to the video blaster frame buffer.

Bummer... just be thankful that your BIOS looked first (some BIOS
may have just checked for memory on the m'board.

This is sorta weird... can you manipulate the video buffer or was it
just put there as a convenience to dump the buffer during a capture.
If the latter, the toaster people ought to be a shamed of themselves :)

>This limitation is due to a Chips and Technology Chip that
>only reconizes the first 16 Meg of memory.

You mean your chipset on the m'board?  If so, yes it probably does
not allow holes to be mapped out... even if it did, you would not 
be able to use the memory since most operating systems are hard to 
configure to not fall in to the hole.

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From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMD rubbish????
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:20:54 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1992Dec15.134558.1422@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
>In a 486 chip-set comparisson in the c't (German magazine), the author claimed
>that it is possible for a well designed 33MHz 486DX motherboard to run without
>external cache.

This is quite true... programs which overrun the 486 internal cache
would get "knocked-out" to any external cache, but one could easily
find an example of overrunning the external cache (ie. a server or
multitasking windows).  That is way most cpu manufacturers recommend
at least a 128K external cache... although something on the order of
1MB might be better for servers and/or multiprocessors. 

But, an external main memory which provides nearly 0ws reads and
writes might be just as good or better.  With the introduction of
synchronous DRAM, cache might soon be a thing of the past.

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From: jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL JAY)
Subject: Re: Discussion of P5-SX in Computer Shopper is outrageous
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York
Date: 10 Dec 1992 18:44 EST  

93gke@williams.edu (oldwanda) writes...
>If you have this months computer shopper, check out p. 850 in the tech
>section where there is a little article about the possibility of a P5
>SX which would work in a 32-bit 486 motherboard. 
>According to author, we are all "tired" of these "k-mart discount",
>"hobbled" processors which are backward-compatible to "archaic"
>motherboards. He states that this would "look silly". Then he
>questions the motives of anyone "unwilling to pay for system
>performance that parallels processor performance".
>This is revolting and disgusting! Does this person think that everyone
>is as rich as he is??! Excuse me, but I can't afford to pay for a new
>system every time a new processor comes out.
>Or maybe this guy just gets all his systems for free on the condition
>that he gives them good reviews.
> 

The editorial is typical of Computer Shopper, which is why I usually
just look at the pictures.  The 486-->586sx upgrade is the only
one I've seen which makes any sense... the 486sx-->486dx2 idea
is just a marketing ploy by Intel to get you to buy two of their
processors instead of buying the right one the first time.  It costs
them more to make a 486sx, since they have to disable the math
co-processor, but they reduce the price by $100 or so to suck you 
into getting an upgrade chip for $600 or $700 later on!

I'm not buying a 486DX with local bus until I can get one with the
240 pin upgrade socket for a 586sx (P24T) chip.  Dell and Zeos have
them now -- I'll wait for Gateway and Micronics to get their 
collective act together.  I do hope that Intel doesn't disable the
P24T's FPU or seriously reduce its power in some other way, to make
the upgrade less useful to me; but I'm waiting for the socket to be
there just in case it is worth it.


Brian Cassel
jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu
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From: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: I'm sick of off-white computers!
Date: 19 Dec 92 19:53:57 GMT
Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College


   >        So in short, could someone humor me and let me know
   >if most PC dealers can supply different "colored" systems.
   >I'd really appreciate the information.

   Nothing stopping you from getting a can of paint and a brush and
   putting on your own designer color. :-) I'd suggest rust-o-leum in
   heat resistant mix ....

Airbrushed computer cases.  What a concept.  But seriously, if you
want a new case that bad, order one for $75 in computer shopper.  I
remember seeing an add with about 50 different cases.  You ought to be
able to find one somewhere.  I've seen black cases at computer shows.
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From: mjln_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mikeey Jean Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: combining a SCSi and MFM HD
Date: 13 Dec 92 21:44:17 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hi alll,

	I just recently brought an used Seagate ST-296N 85 meg SCSI HD and 
an 8 bit SCSI controller that I would like to add to my system. I already 
have a  Seagate ST-251-1 41 meg HD installed in my 386DX-40 with AMI BIOS. 
(upgraded from a 286) What must I do to the CMOS setup if I want to set up 
the SCSI drive as the primary drive and the MFM drive as the secondary drive?
(or vice versa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: levinson@halcyon.com (Don Levinson)
Subject: Want prog docs for DEC DEPCA,DE201,DE101
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:03:30 GMT

I am looking for some kind of programming docs for the DEPCA,DE201,DE101
ethernet cards manufactured by DEC.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.windows.ms
From: jching@watnow.uwaterloo.ca (John Y. Ching)
Subject: Adaptec 1542B and ATI Ultra+ Conflict running Windows 3.1
Keywords: Adaptec, SCSI, ATI Ultra, Win
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:10:56 GMT

Hi there,

I just purchased an ATI Graphics Ultra+ card and am having all kinds
of problems trying to get it to work.  My problem is that Windows
dies upon loading when I try to use the Mach32 drivers that came
with the ATI card.  My system is an ISA 486/33 with an AHA1542B
SCSI controller and a Fujitsu drive.

Everytime I start Windows, the logo is displayed normally.  But right after
that, I see a bit of garbage flashing quickly on my screen.  Then the
Program Manager comes up, and everything freezes.  After two days of trying 
everything I could think of, I finally traced the problem to my SCSI controller.
It just happened that my other computer (a 386DX25) has an IDE drive.  So I 
took out the 1542B and pluged in an IDE card with the "borrowed" IDE drive from
my other machine.  Windows and the Mach32 drivers worked flawlessly on my 486
with the IDE drive.
 
My 1542B uses the default settings (DMA 5, IRQ11, DC00, base addr 330H etc.).
Regular VGA and 8514/a drivers that came with Win31 worked fine with the ATI
card, so I don't think it's a hardware problem.  The ATI card uses base address
2e8-2ef.  I have tried excluding the ROM location in SYTEM.INI and config.sys
(X=C000-C7FF) with no success.  I have also tried different DMA and IRQ settings
on my 1542B.  I am using ASPI4DOS,SYS driver dated 6-20-91.  Is there a newer
one available?  The memory aperture feature of the ATI card is another
possibility, for that is the main difference between the 8514/A driver and
the mach32 drivers.  As I said, 8514/a driver works fine except it is a
bit slower and has no virtual desktop support.  Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

- John

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From: lmebold@csghsg5a.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: EISA vs. ISA -VESA Local Bus MotherboardsDIR
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:12:15 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

In article <TOMW.92Dec10205510@orac.asd.sgi.com>, tomw@orac.asd.sgi.com (Tom Weinstein) writes:
> In article <1992Dec10.232429.13724@rti.rti.org>, rac@rti.rti.org writes:
> 
>> I need some help deciding whether to buy a 486DX EISA motherboard,
>> or a ISA-VESA Local Bus motherboard.
> 
>> It is my understanding that the EISA bus is a 32-bit wide bus,
>> and can therefore process more/larger information chunks than a
>> 16-bit wide ISA bus. Although the ISA bus is running at (usually)
>> 8MHz, I've not heard what speed the EISA bus is normally.
> 
> EISA runs at 8.33 MHz.  Comparing this directly to ISA's 8 MHz (even
> taking into account the 32-bit/16-bit difference) can be misleading,
> however.  EISA's maximum transfer rate is 33 MB/s.  ISA's maximum is
> 8 MB/s, but in most systems, and for most cards, it can only get
> 5.33 MB/s.


When you say you can only get 5.33 MB/s with EISA, look what you get with
ISA in real life! EISA just IS faster than ISA.


> 
>> In addition, since the VESA Local Bus standard is for video only,
>> it is my understanding that motherboards that have additional
>> local bus slots and /or have the IDE controller on the local bus
>> are proprietary arrangements which may be incompattable with
>> some hardware. 
> 

I'd be careful when buying a local bus pc. Although der is a VESA standard
that still doesn't mean that all these pc's will be compatible. If you want
to go with local bus I would suggest you make up your mind on what you want
to get and buy that - it's not guaranteed that you can upgrade later on.


Apart from that EISA has more advantages like IRQ-sharing, DMA-functions
(with ISA bus you cannot address more than 16MB RAM directly - EISA can),
easier setup of new cards (you don't need to set any jumbers - at least it
should be like that; there are still some cards which need to be jumpered).
Furthermore EISA is a standard and you can use every EISA-card in every
EISA-system (just like ISA-cards in ISA-systems) whereas with local bus
that's not possible.

My suggestion: If you can afford it, get an EISA.

       - Luke
From: mece1us@rosie.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Mac emulator board.
Date: 18 Dec 1992 21:57 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I heard that there is a Mac emulator borad for PC which requires a Mac Plus ROM.
Does anybody know the name of that board? Have anybody used it? Where can I 
find article about it?
Thank You.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fles0092@rz.uni-hildesheim.de (Frank Leskova)
Subject: Win 3.0 drivers for HPLJ 4
Reply-To: fles0092@rz.uni-hildesheim.de
Organization: Universitaet Hildesheim, RZ
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 10:06:28 GMT

Hi,

does anyone know, where I could find these drivers? They didn't come with
the printer itself - but there was a postcard with which you can order
them... with 4 weeks delivery time.
The problem is: I need them before the 24th of december...
Please e-mail any responses, as I don't read this group too often.

Thanks,

Frank

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From: sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester)
Subject: Boca/Cardinal 9600 Modems
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:50:14 GMT


I am presently in the market for an EXTERNAL 9600 v.32 modem.
In COMP.SYS.IBM.PC.HARDWARE, many people have recommended 
Cardinal's and Boca's.  What have been the cheapest places
to buy either of these modems?  If you recommend any
other external 9600 v.32 modems, please tell me what
brand, approx. price and if you have had any compatibility
problems.  

Also, I am going to using it off of a PS/2 55SX with 2 meg ram and
a mathco, am I going to have any problems with my UART not
being fast enough or whatever (never paid much attention to the 
different UART's since I was not in the market for a 9600 modem).

Thanks.....happy holidays

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From: root@cibbs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI is making me mad
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 22:44:40 EST
Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)

Bill Laird <COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:

> It really burns my ass that ATI is playing these kind of games. After
> promising os/2 drivers "real soon now", and then pushing back the date
> to 2Q '93, one has to wonder about buying ATI products in the future.

This is true. If you have the service pack for OS/2, you're SOL unless you can
run either the 8514/A or VGA drivers that come with it.

According to the ATI tech I talked to, the reason that are not supporting
OS/2 2.00 (notice the extra zero for the service pack), is IBM has not
supplied them with the SDK for 2.00 yet.

Don't know how true it it...
Mark

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From: boba@miki.pictel.com (Bob Alexander)
Subject: Re: NO Product support. BOYCOTT?
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:54:34 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.124541.1@ualr.edu> djlewis@ualr.edu writes:
>	It is my opionion that the supplier should include addresses and 
>phone numbers but I am willing to forgo this at times, depending on the 
>bargain, as I am comfortable. 
>	Do you , the people of netland, have any recommendations that could
>be put into a bill and given to congress? Is this important to you? Should
>we the people boycott the said products?

You're willing to forego suppliers' addresses, yet you're contemplating
introducing a bill in Congress?  I don't understand.

If you want addresses of the manufacturers, buy a name brand board.  If
you want to save money, buy a no-name board and live without the technical
support.  You have a choice; there's no need to pass a law.  (Especially
since any law that required low cost manufacturers to behave like higher
cost manufacturers would simply put low cost manufacturers out of
business and reduce our choices.  What good would that do?)

As far as a boycott goes, you're welcome to try.  I won't join in, since
I'd rather save money than pay for technical support that I don't need.  I
suspect that many people on this net would agree.

     Bob Alexander                                     boba@pictel.com
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