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From: stlombo@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Steve J. Lombardi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,biz.comp.hardware,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Hardrives- 426 meg SCSI for sale!
Keywords: Harddrives, SCSI
Date: 2 Oct 92 02:12:25 GMT
Organization: The Voice of Fate


THEY'RE BACK!!

Last month I posted a message that I had some Seagate 420 Meg SCSI
drives for sale at an extraordinary price. They were all sold
but I was just able to get 6 more... 

They are Brand New and still boxed! Here are the specs:

Seagate St1480
Full SCSI/SCSI II compatability
14ms access
64k buffer on the drive!
4400 rpm
3.5 inch half height

These drives currently are selling for 1150 in computer shopper
and like publications. I'm selling these for only 700$ and would like
to sell them soon. They perform wonderfully and run extremely
silentl. email if interested.

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From: s750884@otto (Peter NUNN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Adlib/gold vs SoundBlaster Pro?
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:49:54 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: otto.bf.rmit.oz.au

cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Cholette Martin) writes:


> I am debating whether to buy an Adlib gold sound card or a Soundblaster Pro.
>sound card. I would appreciate some suggestions, which is superior? They
>cost about the same amount of money. Whenever I ask a computer dealer, the
>suggest I buy the one *THEY* are selling whether it is adlib or SB Pro, so
>I am unable to get an unbiased answer.


>Thanks in advance to anyone who help's out!
>Martin Cholette

I have just read that Adlib has gone bankrupt and The Gold card will no 
longer be produced.  None will arrive in Australia.

>cholette@jsp.umontreal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: int704v@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham)
Subject: Re: expanded/extended mem
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:47:57 GMT

tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa) writes:

>lari@saadi.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari) writes:

>>I guess this is a FAQ (is there a FAQ list somewhere?) but what is the 
>>difference between expanded and extended memory? 

>>		  FRANCESCO

>Basically extended memory is the real physical memory above 1Mb, while
>expanded memory is emulated memory that is broken up into pages and
>swapped in and out of conventional memory as it is required. 
>And I bet I'm totally wrong too. ;)

>As far as I'm concerned they both suck. Protected mode 32 bit memory is
>best!
>Tim

Well, that's not wrong - only how you generally see it nowdays..
Extended memory is accessed by the processor changing into the 'protected'
mode where it is able to access the memory directly.
Expanded memory, on the other hand, was originally designed for computers
which did not have the protected mode ( <XT ) and therefore could only
access the first megabyte of memory.  To solve the problem, hardware was
created that switched memory into and out of a 'page frame' which sits
in the first meg, typically at E000-EFFF.

Basically Extended memory requires protected mode (286 or above), while
Expanded memory doesn't.  

Generally, though, expanded memory is only available through an emulator
which converts it from extended memory.

Mark
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rainer@spot.Colorado.EDU (Rainer Malzbender)
Subject: Re: Will an original IBM Mono Adapter work in 486/33?
Keywords: mono monochrome adapter 486/33
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:53:14 GMT

In article <5300@sumax.seattleu.edu> davej@sumax.seattleu.edu (Dave Jenner) writes:
>Can I use an original IBM monochrome adapter in a 486/33 to get a second
>display for dual-monitor debugging?  Or, is it just too slow for the faster
>I/O bus in the 486/33?

The I/O bus isn't faster. Enhanced statement: for most motherboards the bus
can operate at various speeds (independently of the CPU clock, although the
CPU clock is frequently divided by various factors to get the bus clock),
one of which should be slow enough for older cards.  See the documentation that
came with your motherboard. Should work fine.

-- 
Rainer Malzbender
Post-doc, Physics
U. of Colorado, Boulder (303)492-1366           rainer@boulder.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chrisa@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (C. G. Albone)
Subject: Jumpering info for Western Digital WDAC140-00M drive
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:57:04 GMT


Hello all,
	Could someone email me information on jumper settings for a
WD WDAC140-00M 42Meg IDE drive? I wish to share it with a seagate drive
that  have recently acquired. Any tips or info would be most appreciated.

Thanx in advance

chris.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: ZEOS success/failure stories wanted...
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 13:04:56 GMT

In article <1OCT199214412769@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY) writes:
>In article <15591@borg.cs.unc.edu>, frederic@cs.unc.edu (Robin Fredericksen) 
>writes...
>
>>Well, I might cut them some slack if ZEOS is being a good company and 
>>practicing Just In Time (JIT) delivery of materials.  JIT is a method by 
>>which you save money through keeping your warehouse size down, normally by 
>>contracting with someone to deliver specified (according to demand) 
>>quantities of material on short notice.  If the clock time on this is one 
>>day, then you can respond to fast fluctuations in the market.  If the clock 
>>time is 1 week, then that may not work if there is a big fluctuation
>>in demand.  Ken, does ZEOS practice JIT?
>
>>Oh, the catch in JIT is that your supplier can cause you to be "out of stock" 
>>because they missed a shipment, or just do not have the capacity to make 
>>enough widjets.  In the case of JIT "lead time on shipping" and "having it in
>>stock" can be pretty much the same thing.  It depends on the resolution of 
>>the delivery clock.
>
>>By the way, JIT is intended to reduce overhead, and thereby prices to the 
>>customer (or margin, depending on your point of view).
>
>Did someone just finish an Inventory class in Industrial Engineering?  Let 
>us know when you cover "Customer Satisfaction" or TQM.  
>
>There are many additional catches in JIT than those mentioned and use of 
>JIT in and of itself does not make a company a "good company", particularly 
>if the demand for the product is not fairly constant and the supplier 
>selection process is flawed.
>
>Whether or not JIT is employed at Zeos is a moot point.  The original 
>issue was whether customer expectations for delivery was being met.  And 
>JIT is never a good excuse for anything...
>
>We return you now to the regularly scheduled program...

Our concern is to get the product to the customer as quickly as possible.
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From: JCT3@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Mail Order--HELP!
Date: 28 Sep 92 15:51:29 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

With my aged 8086 (that's right, 8086) machine rapidly going the
way of all flesh, I'm looking into getting a new system around
Christmas.  My price range is around $1500, and I don't HAVE to
have a video package; since my Princeton Ultrasync has been
behaving squirrely of late, though, I would not put up a fuss
if I got a new monitor in the bargain.

I've been looking at upper end 386-40s (as long as I can upgrade
to 486s) and 486sx's (ditto).  The brands in the running at the
moment are

ZEOS - a little pricey, but they've got a good reputation

PC Brand - they're running a good deal on a 386-40

FastMicro - They're running a REALLY good deal on a 386-40

Edge - Pretty good prices on a 486sx, but they have a 24bit video package


Any comments on any of these companies?  Or are there other companies
I should take a look at.  As I said, I'll be getting the machine
(IhopeIhopeIhopeIhope) around Christmas; there's a fair chance prices
will drop slightly by then.


Jim "My machine won't run 80% of the new GAMES" Thomas
Penn State
From: atzeiner@iastate.edu (your mom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 24x in 800*600 32K colors for windows PROBLEM
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:11:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Sep29.151119.4989
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <BvCA34.3ot@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
>Greg.Reinacker@FtCollins.NCR.COM writes:
>
>>>>>>> On 23 Sep 92 12:56:05 GMT, mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) said:
>
>>> HAs anyone sucessfully used a 24X in windows 800*600 32K mode?  I get the top
>>> and left side missing from the picture.
>
>>I've used this mode with no problem...
>
>There is a new driver out that fixes this.  In the mean-time use a lower 
>refresh rate (60Hz) - that fixes it too.

Where do you get the new drivers??  Also when will 24x OS/2 drivers be out??
From: BSS_GRAEME@vd.seqeb.gov.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Conner CP30174E + Fujitsu M2611T
Date: 26 Sep 92 13:09:28 EST
Organization: South East Queensland Electricity Board

I have a Conner CP30174E IDE drive of which I know the geometry. I want to add
a Fujitsu M2611T as a second drive. Could someone tell me the geometry and
switch settings for the M2611T and the jumper settings for the CP30174E.

		Thanks, in advance
		Graeme Wightman
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jensenjp@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Johnny Lydon)
Subject: soundblaster question
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:46:21 GMT

I don't know if this is the place to ask this,
and I really don't follow this group, but I need  some help
what is the difference between
sound blaster(v.1.0) and soundblaster (v.1.5) and Thunder board?
I am considering getting a sound board(not adlib)
and I want to know what the differences are...(I don't need an expensive one)
thanx a lot
please email me the info
thanx again
jon
jensenjp@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
From: avery@xanadu.ucsb.edu (Avery Juan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Sound Blaster Pro for SALE --------- $150 used
Summary: I have to sell my system!  If anyone is interested in a Sound Blaster
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:56:33 GMT

I have used it for about 2 months and it works fine.  I can't keep my machine
so I will have to sell it.  I sold the machine and all I have is the SB Pro.

If interested it is the whole kit with the midi hook-ups.

You can email me at:

avery@ece.ucsb.edu
.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Keep computer on all time or turn off once everyday ?
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:00:16 GMT

In <1992Sep24.160644.23265@tandon.com> tdbear@tandon.com (Tom Barrett) writes:

>This is sorta related... the EPA has begun contacting the
>computer manufacturers around the country to get them to
>design "instant-on" systems with automatic power-down.  Used
>mostly in notebook systems, power management will soon come to
>desktops.  In Europe, sales have been pretty brisk for such
>systems... mostly because the EC is a little more concerned
>about ecology.  I've forgotten the figures, but it seems that
>the EPA was concerned that by the year 2000 the systems which
>were left on all the time would be using a majority of the
>energy at night and causes tons of pollutants to be put into
>the air for energy generation.

And is the money saved enough to repair/replace the unit because it
wears out more quickly?  Is the pollution reduction more than the
pollution production of producing the new system?  Have they even
thought about these things, or, as usual, did they just see 'green'
and go for it because it sounded like a good idea at the time?

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sandkuyl@seri.philips.nl (Henk Sandkuyl)
Subject: Unisys laptops recommendations?
Reply-To: sandkuyl@seri.philips.nl
Organization: SERI-CEN Network Services, Philips C&P, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:37:39 GMT

I'm thinking of buying a Unisys laptop: 386/DX 8M and 120Mb disk.
Together with a docking station for connecting external keyboard and
extra slots.
Does anybody know if a numeric keypad can be connected to this laptop?
Any comments on the system itself, specially screen quality.
Thanks.

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Email: sandkuyl@seri.philips.nl                  The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: david@gdstech.grumman.com (David Nettles)
Subject: Re: IBM XT Intermittent problem...
Reply-To: david@gdstech.UUCP (David Nettles)
Organization: Grumman Data Systems-Woodbury
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:51:56 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.005933.2782@news.acns.nwu.edu> delusion@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Schmezer) writes:
>	Hello all. This is my first time posting on this particular newsgroup,
>so if this post is at all inappropriate for this group, please let me know
>where to post it.
>
>	I am having an intermittent problem with an IBM XT during bootup.
>History: I recently installed a SOTA286i 286 Accelerator board in an original
>IBM PC/XT (4.77 Mhz, made in 1982). For 12Mhz operation, the Sota286i requires
>a driver to be installed, SOTA286I.SYS, for a 16Kbyte Cache. A day after I
>successfully installed the board, the computer refused to boot off the
>harddrive. It would, however, boot off a floppy. Ok, now here is the
>interesting part, after about 5 minutes of operation from a floppy-booted
>system, if one rebooted the computer, it would SUCCESSFULLY boot off the
>harddrive. It seemed that the 286/XT would ONLY boot on the harddrive when it
>was warm! (or running for >= 5 Minutes) I thought there was a harddrive/disk
>controller problem, so I replaced both. Same problem. It would only boot off
>the C: drive when running for more than 5 minutes. Here may be a clue: when I
>would boot off the C: drive, when the computer was run cold, the computer
>would successfully run the drive and enter DOS, but when it encountered the
>CONFIG.SYS line that had the SOTA286I.SYS driver, it would freeze the computer
>as it was trying to install the 16K cache. However, as I mentioned earlier,
>the C: drive would boot flawlessly when I had the XT running for >= 5 Minutes.
>Is there a memory problem with the XT? Is there a problem with the
>accelerator? I wouldn't be so puzzled if the computer didn't work ALL the
>time... but since it doesn't work SOME of the time... I'm puzzled! Please
>help!
>
>	Thanx in advance to all!
><<delusion
>
>


I have the same configuration as you do, but I don't have that
problem...

Instead my problem is some apps are crashing on my system now!!!
Apps that crash for me:

	VMIX
	TurboC v1.0 (during link)
	TurboC v2.0 (during link)
	Borland INSTALL.EXE that comes with TurboC and Turbo Pascal
	Desqview
	Norton SI when I specifiy the hard drive (SI C:)

Could you try these or anything else that you have out and tell me if
you have the same probs??
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   Grumman Data Systems
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: singer@uwovax.uwo.ca
Subject: Monitor Mystique: Trinitrons Not Good
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:39:51 GMT

I have recently looked at a 14-inch Sony monitor, a Nec 4fG, Compac and
so-called Trinitron Viewsonics, and haven't seen anything among the crop that
was worth considering at their higher price. On the other hand, I have seen a
less expensive Samsung 4C (flat screen) that was slightly less and much much
crisper; and an Everdata I am told was made by Darius(?) which despite a price
half as much as the others, was a better monitor. Am I missing something in the
high priced Trinitrons and Necs? Most color monitors are pretty bad stuff, and
seem to be the second major cause for going blind. Has anybody discovered any
moderately priced monitor that approaches the clarity of monochrome?-- 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: 486/50 Dies at 1024x768x256!
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 16:53:36 GMT




Here is some pretty intense weirdness:

I just got a 486/50 with 16MB (4MBx9 x 4 60nx RAM) and it seems to be absol-
utely perfect, except for a couple of REALLY scary things:

It runs perfect, and as expected at the following resolutions:

640x480x16 and 256
800x600x16
1024x768x16

However, it Dies on massive Parity errors and GP Faults when I run 8x6x256
or 1024x768x256.  Even weirder is that they work mostly if I disable the system
cache, and the only problem is that there are some random holes (really just
small lines) missing and not being drawn fine.

Does this point to a problem with my Diamond Speedstar 1MB, or the drivers
perhaps???

I didn't notice anything like this with the same card in a 40Mhz 386...

Toodlepip!
Marc 'em.

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 00:53:16 EDT
From: Ed Dentel <EXD108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Quantum Hard Drive

   I recently purchase a Quantum LPS120AT hard drive.  It comes with a built in
 256K cache.  The manual lists is with a 16 ms access time, and an Effective ac
cess time with "DisCache" as <12ms.  Now what is Discache? A poor translation?
I can not get the drive to run anywhere near that 12ms time.  Could someone poi
nt me in the right direction...PLEASE!
                                         EXD108@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: choudhry@wam.umd.edu (Zafar Ullah Choudhry)
Subject: Need info. on TMP47C434N microprocessor...(does anyone have datasheet..
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:01:18 GMT

 I am looking for some data on TMP47C434N microprocessor. This is made by
TOSHIBA and unfortunately we have all kinds of data books except that of
of TOSHIBA.

	I will appreciate if someone can send me pin assignment and if possible
application circuit.                     

Thanks.
Zafar.
From: lrxi00@icts01.Kodak.COM (James Nonnemacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Any info on WD95044-A?
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:10:50 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co

According to my Micro-Science Ency. of Hard Disks, the drive is an IDE drive, there should be a jumper
on the bottom right next to the DC power plug. Size=43megs, 4 hds, 782 cyc, spt = 27, seek = 28
WD product support: 1-800-832-4778
From: dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Use RLL drive w/ MFM Controller?
Date: 29 Sep 92 00:43:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: frackit.1662
Organization: Data Factory Services, Harrisburg, Pa.

In article <1992Sep24.202654.23574@csx.cciw.ca>, u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal) writes:
> In article <1992Sep24.123857.43306@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2fubgarble@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Jason L. Wilson) writes:
> >...
> >support.  Is it posible to use the 30MB RLL drive as a 20MB MFM drive
> >with the controller I have or will I have to purchase an RLL contoller?

> Should work fine. Running a MFM drive on a RLL controller, though
> is asking for problems.

Sorry but I have to object to your generalization. In SOME cases it's a
Bad Thing [tm] to run an MFM drive as an RLL but this is definately NOT
generally the case. I administer 2 different Unix sites running MFM
drives as RLL (all are Maxtor drives, 2 XT-1140's 1 XT-1085 and 1
XT-2190). All run on DTC 7287 controllers. All are, and have been,
running flawlessly. The XT-1140's for 4 1/2 years. Anyone who knows Unix
knows it's NOT a drive friendly system since the drives are nearly
always running for something. 

My DOS machine is running a Priam V-185 and a Miniscribe 8425F.  Both
are running flawlessly and the controller is also a DTC 7287. I have
also run, in the past, an AT&T 6300+ under DOS with an Adaptec RLL
controller and a Seagate ST-238 MFM drive. Ditto, no problems.

Hell, I even used an antique IMI 10 meg drive under RLL for a short time
and except for it being slower than molasses in January even IT ran
flawlessly. 

Of all the MFM drives I have fired up under RLL controllers only an
ancient Seagate failed to funtion properly (lost data, excessive bad
sectors after a few days, etc.). 

This is not to say that ALL MFM drives can be safely used as RLL.  I
just want those who are interested and new to playing with hardware to
know that in many cases it CAN be done and fairly safely. 

WARNING ----- If you DO try to run an MFM drive as RLL, MAKE SURE IT'S
RELIABLE BEFORE TRUSTING YOUR IMPORTANT DATA TO IT. 

Oh, and as for the original question, Yup, you CAN use an RLL drive with
an MFM controller but its kinda like dropping a VW bug engine into a
Formula IV racer :)





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From: bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need Microscience specs
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:44:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpspkla.43920001
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.

I need to set up my bios for a Microscience 7100-20 hard drive.  

Could someone tell me following about this drive?

HEADS
CYLINDERS
PRECOMP
LANDING ZONE

Regards,

Lee Bollard              
HP Spokane Division
bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com