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From: lien@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au
Subject: Mega EVA ET4000 cards
Organization: Computer Science, Monash University, Australia
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 04:21:02 GMT

At the Melbourne PC Show, there was one company selling the following 5 
Mega EVA cards:

	1. TsengLab Mega EVA/2S (8bit 256 colour)
	2. TsengLab Mega EVA/2S-24 (24bit true colour)
	3. TsengLab Mega EVA/1024S (8bit 256 colour)
	4. TsengLab Mega EVA/1024S-24 (24bit true colour)
	5. TsengLab Mega EVA/2S-NI (from 1280x1024 Non-Interlaced)

I was told that the 2S cards are built on 2 layer board and do not have a
feature connector, whereas the 1024S cards are built on 4 layer board with
feature connector.  All cards support VESA standard of 1024x768 at 70Hz
Non-Interlaced, furthermore, the EVA/2S-NI support 1280x1024 Non-Interlaced.

I have two questions with regards to the cards mentioned above:

	1.  What is a feature connector?
	2.  I am interested in the Mega EVA/2S-NI card (since it supports 
	    1280x1024 NI), does anyone know whether I can run X with that card?
	3.  Does X support any of the above 5 cards at all?

Any comments/recommendations for the above cards would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tam.
From: dgs@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com (Dave G. Sokolowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Does IBM EGA support composite video?
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:40:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Unisys Corporation, Tredyffrin

I was given what I believe to be an IBM EGA card (no doc, of course).
Beside a 9-pin connector, it has 2 RCA jacks.  Are these for composite
video?  If so, how do I use it?  Thanks for any help.

Dave S.
From: amn@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Anthony Naggs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: "fast" page-mode SIMMs? What's the diff?
Date: 20 Aug 92 00:44:39 GMT
Reply-To: amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk
Organization: Brighton Polytechnic, England
Bcc: ericsa@microsoft.com

In article <1992Aug17.230809.12952@microsoft.com>, Eric Sassman asks:
> I'd like to upgrade my SIMMs. My motherboard manual says to get "fast page-
> mode" SIMMs. I called IC express, and they don't carry "fast" page-mode,
> just "regular" page-mode SIMMs. Are fast page-mode SIMMs uncommon?
> Unfortunately, IC express didn't have anytone I could speak to that knew.
> What is the diff between "fast" page-mode and "regular" page-mode SIMMs?

I think your manual just means fast "page-mode SIMMs", as page-mode is a fast
way of accessing consecutive memory locations.  Allowing upto 256, 512 bytes,
depending upon chip size & memory interleave, starting and finishing limited
by 256 (512,..) byte boundaries, to be read at 3 times the normal rate.  This
is normally used to fill cache, etc..

So I, for one, would just ensure that the SIMMs support page-mode.

Regards,
-- 
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Janet:    amn@uk.ac.brighton.vms |      I think I hear people say things.
    or    xa329@uk.ac.city       |      More I cannot say.
Internet: amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk |
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From: combee@prism.gatech.EDU (Ben Combee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: IBM bi-sync SIO card
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:31:38 GMT
Organization: Satellite of Love, Gizmonic Institute

Where I work, we are using IBM bi-sync cards on many PC's to communicate
to our Honeywell/Bull mainframe.  We currently have to go through a
proprietary software package called Cambridge to communicate with the
cards.  Does anyone have any information on this card or pointers to
where I could get information on it.  Please e-mail and I will post a
summary message.

Thanks!
-- 
Benjamin L. Combee                 |  -===-
Internet: combee@prism.gatech.edu  | =   ___  "Home of the Big G Burger" 
1991-1992 joint enrollee           | -     =    -- MST3K, Comedy Central
C, Modula-2, C++ resource          |  -===-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From:  shura@speech.lang.lgu.spb.su (Alexander L. Gorlovsky)
Subject: Programming VGA in extended modes
Reply-To: shura@speech.lang.lgu.spb.su
Organization: University of St-Petersburg, Speech Recognition Lab.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:32:20 GMT


Hi, guys!

  Have your any information on Video RAM organization
  for VGA Extended modes for 512K or 1M :
	   640 x 480/256
	   800 x 600/16
	   800 x 600/256
	  1024 x 768/4
	  1024 x 768/16
  Is it the same for various VGA cards (I have Trident VGA with 512K RAM) ?

  Thanks in advance.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ericsa@microsoft.com (Eric Sassaman)
Subject: "fast" page-mode SIMMs? What's the diff?
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:08:09 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

I'd like to upgrade my SIMMs. My motherboard manual says to get "fast page-
mode" SIMMs. I called IC express, and they don't carry "fast" page-mode,
just "regular" page-mode SIMMs. Are fast page-mode SIMMs uncommon?
Unfortunately, IC express didn't have anytone I could speak to that knew.
What is the diff between "fast" page-mode and "regular" page-mode SIMMs?

btw they'd be 4x9 70ns SIMMs for a 386-40 clone.
-- 
Eric Sassaman, Microsoft NT Developer Support
ericsa@microsoft.com
  I don't speak for MS, I just try to figure out how NT works.
  "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: msdos1@nic.funet.fi (Petri Hartoma)
Subject: Floptical disk & CD-ROM in a perfect harmony?
Organization: Finnish University Network Information Centre, Finland
Distribution: comp
Date: 21 Aug 92 09:59:26

I have Hitachi external CD-ROM with 8-bit SCSI controller card
without BIOS. Now I'm seriously considering of buying floptical disk
for my machine, and I know that the ones that are available at this
moment also use SCSI controllers. One of the complete kits have a
controller included.

I'm wondering if I could use two SCSI controllers at the same time in
my machine or should I use only one controller for using both the
drives? I thought the second alternative would have been obvious until
I read that Adaptec has released a special SCSI controller for
floptical drives. Do they (or CD-ROM drives) need special controllers
or could I use some standard ones as Adaptec AHA-1542B?

Thanks for those numeral replies in advance!

Feel free to use mail if you prefer.

&& Petri
--
(* Petri Hartoma - moderating MSDOS material in nic.funet.fi *)
(* msdos1@nic.funet.fi,Petri.Hartoma@cc.tut.fi *)
From: fromme@cip1-22 (Michael Fromme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help with XT-Controller needed.
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:29:12 GMT
Organization: Universit"at Hannover, Germany
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4



--
Michael Fromme               Lehrgebiet      Rechnernetze und Verteilte Systeme
fromme@rvs.uni-hannover.de                       Universit"at Hannover, Germany
fromme@rvs.uni-hannover.dbp.de                       Tel: (ger) 0511 / 762 3681
From: terra@diku.dk (Morten Welinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What speed rep/movs on a 486?
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:56:54 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

eyal@echo.canberra.edu.au (Eyal Lebedinsky) writes:

>Hello Everyone,

>I am eveluating a 486/50 for myself. I have a program that measures the
>time to rep/mov a 20KB block as bytes, words or Dwords. On my 386 the
>measured time is accurate. I get 2.000ms which translates to 4 cycles
>per item (this is a 386/40). Moving words/Dwords kepps the item rate so
>the total time drops to 1.000 then 0.500.

>The same program on a 486/50 produces strange results. First, the best
>that I get for rep/movsb is 2.000ms for 20KB which is 5 cycles/item. The
>spec says it should take 3 cycles/item. Moving words/dwords gets a worse
>per-item result of up to 7 cycles/item. The result is not regulat enough
>to suggest a fixed wait state. With 8 megs installed there should be
>enough interleave to allow burst move, but it does not. Is the cache
>getting in the way? the 256KB cache should latch the whole 20KB block
>and work at full speed?

1) Just a reminder: When you move Dwords they must be aligned 0 mod 4.
   This is the same for a 386 but not a 386sx where aligment can be
   2 mod 4 also.

2) Rep Movs? were not optimized in the design of the 486. An aligned loop
   (0 mod 16) might perform better.

Morten Welinder
terra@diku.dk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: edanlx3@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Wayne Harris)
Subject: Hard Drive Recovery firms
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Analex Corp.
Date: 13 Aug 1992 15:14 EDT  

Does anyone have info on a reputable company that recovers hard drive data?
I need phone numbers or address's please.  Thanks!


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From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x
Subject: which et4000 vga card
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:39:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Guido's home 486 box

I want to run X at home. I can choose between 2 vga cards: a Tseng Labs
et4000, and an orchid pro designer II. Which one is better, and why?

-Guido
-- 
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Bisschopsmolen 16          \        phone: ++31-40461433
5612 DS Eindhoven          /
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: venaas@siri.unit.no (Stig Venaas)
Subject: Re: IDE HD and MFM (XT) HD in the same AT ?
Organization: University of Trondheim
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 15:46:23 GMT

I've got a caching IDE disk controller that can be used as a
second controller. You can use another IDE, or MFM or RLL
controller as the first controller. If you use it as a second
controller, you will have to load a small device driver though.

The controller is from Promise Technology Inc and is called
DriveCache DC-2031. It's a 16bit ISA card. It has an
80186 processor and can be fitted with up to 16Mb RAM. The card
without RAM isn't that expencive. I paid around $ 300 for it.
It uses standard 1 and 4 Mb SIMMs.

-- 
Stig (venaas@siri.unit.no)
From: sjp@sybil.pub.uu.oz.au (Steven Pemberton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ///////// Dual monitors? \\\\\\\\\
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:15:19 GMT
Organization: Not an Organisation
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1992Aug13.150231.2213@alw.nih.gov> gregh@alw.nih.gov (Gregory Humphreys) writes:
> |> 
> |> >I am very interested in using two monitors together, for programs that support
> |> >dual monitor mode (eg  Turbo Pascal 6.00). Is there any way I can use
> |> 
> |> Me too, only I have a super VGA and a HERC card.
> |> 
As I understand things, _normally_ you can't get two colour video cards
working in the same machine. One colour (ie. SVGA) and one mono (ie. Herc)
should work though. That's what I use at work, both in graphics mode.
 (I work with Intergraphs 'MicroStation' CAD software.)
BUT! Some high-end graphics cards (I forget the actual brands at the moment)
contain two SVGA-type adapters on one card, and can use both at once.

I'm not sure if there are any other combinations that would work.
Hope that helps.

-- 

             Steven Pemberton        \o/       AmigaOS 2.05
      ------------------------------- | ----------------------------
          sjp@sybil.pub.uu.oz.au     / \   UUCP 1.16    Grn 1.29e
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From: nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Re: i486 info wanted
Date: 20 Aug 1992 01:45:22 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>mike@egf-bbs.uucp (System Operator) writes:

[...]
>>So, could someone give me a brief rundown of the difference 'tween an '386
>>and '486, and in the '486-class machines, what is the difference 'tween
>>'486SX, '486DX and '486DX/2.

[ explanations and good advice ]

>I opted for a 486-50DX on an EISA motherboard.  This comes in around
>22.5 MIPS (which is about SPARCStation 2 and Sun SPARC IPX country).

MIPS aren't really a good measure of processor performance, especially
between CISC and RISC machines.  According to the SPECmarks I have (if you
believe that), a 486-50 wipes the floor with a SPARC 2 in integer perfor-
mance, and is right up there with an HP9000 710 "Snake".

[ from comp.benchmarks ]

Here are some SPECint92 and SPECfp92 figures from a table in Microprocessor 
Report.

System           clock   cache   SPECint92   SPECfp92
------           -----   -----   ---------   --------
Sun SS-10/30       36    0+36k      44.2       52.9
Sun SS-10/41       40    1M+36k     52.6       64.7
Sun SS-2           40    0+64k      21.8       22.8
MIPS Magnum      50/100  0+16k      36.8       40.0
SGI Crimson      50/100  1M+16k     61.7       63.4
HP 710             50    0+96k      31.6       47.6
HP 750             66    0+512k     48.1       75.0
IBM 340            33    0+40k      27.7       51.9
IBM 560            50    0+72k      42.0       85.6
Intel Xpress (486) 50    256k+8k    30.1       14.0

[ end excerpt ]

The 486 sucks rocks at floating point, which is to be expected.

Note: I only pass along this info, but make no claim wrt its validity.
If you dispute these figures, go argue with the editors of Microprocessor
Report.

-- Nan
From: derekd@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Derek Dang)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:03:15 GMT
Subject: PROIIS (VGA) for sale
Organization: Desktop Network Group (SSD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Hi,

    I have an Orchid Pro-designer IIs VGA card with 1 Meg of memory for sale.
I want $105 for it and this price includes shipping.  Please email.

Derek.
derek@hpnst18.mayfield.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck)
Subject: Looking for current driver for SONY CDROM
Reply-To: chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu
Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:46:29 GMT

Does anyone know where I can get a current driver for a SONY
CDROM drive (the one that uses SONY's interface card).  I have
a SONY 6201 and received the SONY_CDU.SYS and MSCDEX 2.20 (which
requires loading SETVER, it wants DOS 4.0).  I tried using the newest
MSCDEX (2.21) but the system locks up.  Does SONY run a BBS?  Or would
someone like to uuencode & email it to me?
-thanks
 chris
-- 
chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu   Chris Peck, SUNY Binghamton, NY 13901

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From: shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SpeedSTAR 24X performance?
Date: 20 Aug 92 10:12:32 GMT
Organization: University of North Florida, Jacksonville

In article <oo96qi8@fido.asd.sgi.com> pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close) writes:
>david.e.wexelblat (dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com) writes:
>>
>>My advise to you is to trade in your SpeedStar 24 on an Orchid ProDesigner
>>IIs.  I can't give any time tables on when X386 1.2E will support the
>>24 and 24X, because we have not yet been able to obtain the information
>>we need from Diamond.
>
>The SpeedSTAR 24 and Orchid ProDesigner IIs both use the Tseng ET4000 chip.
>Trading one in for the other is silly.
>-- 
>Paul Close	     pdc@sgi.com	   ...!{ames, decwrl, uunet}!sgi!pdc
>
>			No fate but that we make

  Paul, it has nothing to do with the chipset.  If you can't get to the
higher dot clocks (or program them), then X386 1.2E cannot be used
at > 640x480 (25 and 28 are the only "visible" dot clocks on the DS 24
as seen by X386 1.2E currently).

  The Orchid Pro IIs and many other ET4000-based cards do not have this
problem because it appears only Diamond Computer is using a proprietary
technique of programming dot clocks they do not with to share with the 
world.  Hopefully, their DS 24X developer's kit will reveal some answers.

Steve Hite
shite@sinkhole.unf.edu
From: rmartin@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Backup software for CMS Jumbo 250?
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:02:10 GMT
Reply-To: rmartin@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Martin)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:
-     Can anyone recommend some good (commercial) backup software for the
-CMS Jumbo 250 tape drive?  The software that comes with the drive is not
-exactly the world's best (although it does get the job done).  I know
-about Central Point Backup and Fastback, but what do people recommend?
-
-     Thanks,
-     -- Darryl Okahata
-        darrylo@sr.hp.com


FASTBACK v3.1 supports the JUMBO 250.  We have a few people around here
using it and they like it much better than the factory software.


GOOD  LUCK   ...  BOB
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: ZEOS, Centrix
Summary: looking for a 486
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:55:59 GMT

I am looking for a 486-33 that is upgradable to a DX2-66.
after looking around for a while, I have narrowed the
search down to 2 companies that I would like to do buisiness
with.  I would like all of those people who have had experience
dealing with zeos (zeos reps not included) to send me mail
to advise me on whether to buy a centrix computer, or else 
splurge with the extra $550 and get the new zeos machine.
The basic configurations contain:
	8Mg RAM
	~200Mg IDE HD
	SpeedStar 24x
	15" monitor 
If I decide to buy the centrix machine, I have the opportunity
to use the $550 mentioned above to upgrade to a Viewsonic 7
monitor, which I will probably take.  Please respond quickly
if you have any input, because it is getting very close to 
the semester...

If you would like to know what i am doing with this machine,
I will be running mostly windows (maybe os/2), doing thesis
work, a lot of programming.  The screen is important to me
because I get a headache if the refresh is too slow.
Thank you all in advance.  If anyone else would like a copy
of the responses, e-mail me and I will send you a log of them.

---------------------------------------
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI controllers & int 13h bios call
Keywords: Adaptec SCSI
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:09:15 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

gburke@unix2.tcd.ie (Garrett Burke) writes:
>	Could any of you SCSI gurus out there please confirm this:
>Page 7-5 of the Adaptec AHA-1740A/1742A/1744 Tech. Ref. Man. states:
>'SCSI devices are addressed by logical block address without regard to
>the physical geometry of the disk. For this reason, all SCSI devices are
>defined as drives with 64 heads and 32 sectors/track'
>                       ^^           ^^
>Q: Can I take this as true i.e use #define HEADS 64 etc when writing
>software for creating boot blocks?

>From experience it seems to be true and would make things easier to do.
*----
Yes, as long as you never update the controlware on your Adaptec
board, and always use controllers of the same vintage, you can
make that assumption.  But don't bet that the 64-head remapping
will always be standard.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.wanted,mi.wanted
From: gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin)
Subject: Want info on Computer Sales Professional
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:33:01 GMT


Hi.  I ordered a 486DX50 system from CSP yesterday and I want to know
if this was a wise choice.  they seemed to have a good price and a good
warranty policy (1 year onsite, 1 years parts/labor).  Th person
was courteous and knowledgeable.  My question is:  are they a bad
company?  Has anybody had any bad/good dealings with them?  I will
summarize (I also have a summary regarding Packard Bell which I
will post soon).

While I've got your attentio:  What is the fastest graphics board
that 386BSD and X11R5 supports?  Probably based on the ET4000.
I'd like decent graphics performance under X, DOS and Windows.
Are there any VESA standard local bus gfx boards/systems available
yet?  I can still cancel my order with CSP (they don't do local bus).

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: brims@bnkl01.astro.ucla.edu (George Brims)
Subject: Re: Backup Software for i486DX2/50 Based Machines
Organization: UCLA Dept of Astronomy
Distribution: na
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:25:04 PDT

In article <15rqfmINNd2r@agate.berkeley.edu> braver@magnolia.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Braverman) writes:
>A friend of mine just got a DELL 486D/50 Machine (i486DX2/50, ISA, 
>NO external cache) and asked me advice on what backup software to get.
>I read that some backup software has trouble when running on the faster
>machines like the 486DX33 and i486DX2/50.
This is true for the version I now have of Fastback Plus. It locks up when 
I try to install it on a 486DX33 with DOS 5 loaded high. According to 
software support at Fifth Generation Systems both these things are 
no-nos, but the latest version is fine (upgrade $49 so I ordered it). I
have been using FB in various versions for about five years and it's
great. The error correction is good enough that we once tried an
experiment where we backed up some files, put a couple of staples
through the floppy, removed them, then restored the files without
errors. The recent failure to install on my new system is the first
problem I have ever had.

George Brims
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: akctai@acs.ucalgary.ca (Alan Kar-cheung Tai)
Subject: How to construct Loopback Plug?
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 05:09:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to build a loopback plug to test serial ports?
(preferably instructions for a 9 pin type of com port).

Alan


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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Lap Link Serial And Parallel Pin-outs 
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 18:20:31 GMT
Organization: Crynwr Software

In article <1992Aug13.231701.20520@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> CS19240898X@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU writes:

   
   
   
   To Lap-Link Users,
   
                   Could someone please post the pin-outs for the serial and
   parallel lap-link cables. (I will be using Lap Link 3).

Here's parallel information.  BTW, I've found that parallel lap-link
cables are often called "Turbo LapLink" cables.


1 - 1
2 - 15
3 - 13
4 - 12
5 - 10
6 - 11
7 nc
8 nc
9 nc
10 - 5
11 - 6
12 - 4
13 - 3
14 - 14
15 - 2
16 - 16
17 - 17
18 nc
19 nc
20 nc
21 nc
22 nc
23 nc
24 nc
25 - 25 (ground)

On the control pins, this is the truth table:

          0    |     1
--------------------------------+
 0 |  00000    |   01011        |      Upper set of bits is the value read
 0 |  00000    |   11011        |      on the left side.  Lower set of bits
--------------------------------+      is the value read on the top side.
 1 |  11011    |   11111        |
 1 |  01011    |   11111        |
--------------------------------+


> I'm looking for clones of LapLink's cables, both parallel and serial.
> Does anyone know if anyone makes them?  Failing that, does anyone have
> recommendations for cable manufacturers?

Dalco sells Laplink type cables in 6, 10 and 15 foot lengths. Their # is
1-800-445-5342. The part #s are 98945, 50 and 55.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com>  I'm proud to be a humble Quaker!
Crynwr Software            Crynwr Software sells packet driver support.
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