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From: kamp@ecf.toronto.edu (KAM PAUL PING-YAN)
Subject: QIC-02
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:12:45 GMT

Does anyone know what tape backup format QIC-02 is?  I have an offer
a QIC-02 tape backup for under $100 from a distributor, but I have
no idea if this format is supported by anything.  Would it be useable
under CP Backup or Norton Backup?  If not, what program do I need?
Thanks in advance for any information.

- Paul

e-mail: kamp@ecf.toronto.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Subject: Re: Viewsonic monitors
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:57:38 GMT

In article <C0pxo0.EHo@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> roger@sr.hp.com (Roger Petersen) writes:
>Steve Madden (smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU) wrote:
>
>| >I'd like to see some opinions about the Viewsonic 5E and 6 monitors.  I
>| >would also like to hear of other comparable monitors.  I will be using a
>
>I have a Viewsonic 5E, and am very happy with it.
>
>I have it in a sunny (South facing) room, and the screen is
>still viewable with sunlight shining directly on it!
>(You wouldn't want to use it this way, but it has plenty of 
>brightness to compete with a brightly lit room.)
>
>The 5E runs at 72 Hz up to 1024x768, which is nice.  But since I run
>Windows at 800x600 (14" isn't really big enough for 1024x768), it's not
>as exciting as I had hoped.  (Still handy for other apps., however.)
>
>				.  .  .
>
>My friend just bought a 14" CTX monitor.  It has a nifty feature
>that my Viewsonic 5E doesn't -- it has "save/recall" registers
>to store the screen size and position settings for various 
>video resolutions.  So you don't have to tweak the controls
>when you change video modes.  Very nice.
>
>With my Viewsonic 5E, I have to tweak the vertical height control (only)
>when I switch from 640x480 to any higher resolution.  (Switching between
>800x600 and 1024x768 doesn't require any tweaks.)  This is with my
>cheapo Trident 8900 card.  Your Speedstar may vary.
>
>Roger Petersen
>roger@sr.hp.com
>

Anybody have the ViewSonic 5+???  Very curious to get some feedback because
I am about to order it.  Any comments?

- Eric
From: khuber@ub.d.umn.edu (Kevin Huber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: When is the 586 due?
Date: 8 Jan 1993 16:38:51 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ub.d.umn.edu

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but when are systems with the Pentium (aka P5
aka 586) going to be on the market?


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: polvino@ssd.kodak.com (Joe Polvino)
Subject: Attaching Sony Erasable Drive
Originator: polvino@earth
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 17:37:43 GMT


I am considering attaching a Sony erasable drive (optical) to my pc.  It
communicates via SCSI, so I know I would need a scsi card.

My questions are:
   1. If a driver is needed, where can I find one?
   2. How would the system recognize the drive? (i.e., as D:?)
   3. Is there any special setup software needed to get the whole thing
      working?

Please email any solutions or ideas to polvino@ssd.kodak.com

Thanks!

-joe polvino

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From: lief@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Lief Sorensen)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:00:32 GMT
Subject: Re: Monitor died. Any experienced repairmen around?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Erik,

I had exactly they same thing happen to me with my television set.  My set got
shut down severely when lightning hit nearby.  After some time, I powered it
up again, and all seemed OK, except that it took several hours to DeGauss
properly.  Then a few months later, it started showing the symptoms you
describe.  Every so often, while watching TV, it would suddenly click off and
then click on again, as if the power had glitched or something.  Once in a
while, when I would power it on, it would only light the power indicator light
and make a little clicking noise but never activate the high voltage (and it
seems that the power indicator was not as bright as it should be).  Anyway,
these episodes got more frequent over the next few months until it finally
quit altogether.  Now, it never powers up, although the power indicator light
sort of lights up.

I plan to try fixing it one of these days if I get time.  I have repaired
several monitors in the lab.  In general, the most likely candidates are the
power transistors and power diodes.  What I have done in the past fairly
successfully is to take an OHM meter and measure the resistance accross all
diodes as well as the junctions of all the transistors.  If you find a junction
that has a fairly small resistance (say less than 10 ohms, regardless of
the orientation of the probes), then you have a dead device.  Replace it.

You might also check for internal fuses that are not customer accessible.
These are soldered in.  Sometimes, some power supply folks use low value
resistors as fuses.  Anyway, check the resistance of all these guys.  If the
resistance is excessive (indicating an open circuit), replace it.

The chance of your tube being damaged is quite slim.  I would guess that your
problem is a diode or transistor.  Give it a try -- you could save yourself
a ton of money!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lance@hartmann.austin.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann)
Subject: Re: Diamond VRAM Tech Info Needed
Summary: Port addresses used by Diamond Stealth/VRAM adapter.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:52:19 GMT
Reply-To: lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Austin
Keywords: Diamond,VRAM stealth address video display adapter

In article <C0JGLA.18q@acsu.buffalo.edu> spsmith@acsu.buffalo.edu (Steven P. Smith) writes:
>Help!
>
>We recently got a Diamond VRAM card and have no technical information on it. I
>need to know the Hex Modes for the SVGA modes.  I also need to know what 
>chipset it uses.  We are using QEMM, so if I need to exclude any memory, Please
>let me know.  Finally, If anyone has a reliable VESA driver, that would be 
>helpful.
>

My version of the User's Manual which accompanied the Diamond Stealth/VRAM
card listed various addresses used by the card, HOWEVER, TWO IMPORTANT
PORT ADDRESSES WERE ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED FROM THE DOCUMENTATION; NAMELY,
LOCATIONS 2E8 and 2E0.

I learned about these from a Diamond tech-rep when I encountered conflicts
with a COM port.

Regards,
Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
               Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
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From: DonH@cup.portal.com (Don - Hirschfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How do I disable COM ports on Motherboard?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 15:57:23 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <0fGN02Ul31vD01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <3bQ702Uo310=01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>

I have a Leading Edge Model D3, 386-DX 16MHz system. It is built around
the DAEWOO motherboard. Recently one of the COM ports on my motherboard
stopped working and since I've been considering installing a game port,
I thought I'd get a multi I/O card. I don't think the I/O card and the
MB ports can coexist so I'd like to know how to properly disable the
ports built into the MB.

The 2s/1p ports are on one LSI chip (in a square, recessed socket, I
think it's called the PLCC package). I figured I could just set a jumper.
The manual offers no help on how to do so. And all the MB jumpers in the
manual are accounted for, so a jumper can't be the answer.

Can I just pull the chip? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

______________________________________________________________________
I had a similar problem when my COM conflicted with a newer card. I just
pulled the serial controller chip and everything was OK.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: jemenake@zeus.calpoly.edu (Joe Emenaker)
Subject: I need a good benchmark program to test a 486s compatibility
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 12:48:32 GMT

I have the opportunity to buy abrand new 486DX-33 motherboard with AMI
BIOS for a mere $100.

Needless to say, I am a *TAD* wary. I was wondering what all of you
folks thought would be the best compatibility test program in the public
domain. Would it be the PC-Magazine benchmarks, or what?

Respond via e-mail, please.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Comment on noise of Western Digital harddrives
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:54:02 GMT

 There was some discussion on here a while back regarding the noise level of
Western Digital harddrives.  These messages were mainly in reference to
the Caviar 2200 drives, but I just thought I would comment here.

 We just received a shipment in our lab yesterday of 4 more computers.
We now have 7 computers which are all configured as 486DX-50's with 340 Meg
IDE drives, 16 Megs RAM, etc.
 The first 2 we received had Maxtor 340 Meg IDE drives, and AT desktop case
style A(for lack of better description).
 These drives were made a slight buzzing noise, but the noise was certainly
acceptable.  Transfer speed reported by Norton SI and Checkit was around
700-900 KB/s.

 The next computer we got had a Western Digital Caviar 340 Meg drive and AT
desktop case style A.
 This setup had a slightly louder buzzing noise, but was still acceptable.
Transfer speed was reported as 1100-1200 KB/s.

 The last 4 computers we received had WD Caviar 340 Meg drives and AT
desktop case style B.  (different case)
 This setup had absolute no drive noise.  Transfer speed is still reported
as 1100-1200 KB/s.

 By buzzing noise, I'm referring to normal drive access.  It's not a klunk,
it's not a kerplunk, it's just the drive head moving back and forth, and the
platter spinning.  Perfectly normal, IMO.  The drives(RZ55 & RZ58) in our
DECstation 5000/200 make a klunking noise, and are quite loud in comparison.

 In conclusion: I find from this that drive noise is directly related to
case style, and location of the drive within the case.  Certain cases and
drive positions will dampen the vibrations and noise made by a HD, others
will reverberate with certain drives and make noise levels worse.

 Without testing different drives and different case styles it is going to
be difficult to identify beforehand whether a drive/case combination is
going to be "noisy" or "quiet".  Usually this experimentation can only
affordably be performed by OEM's.

 On a side note we have one case where if the 3.5" drive is installed in one
drive bay it's quiet, if installed in another drive bay it's very noisy.

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Project Vincent                    ICSS Resource Unit
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                                   Iowa State University
From: altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alexander King Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IDE vs. SCSI
Date: 13 Jan 1993 03:57:30 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan - ITD Consulting and Support
NNTP-Posting-Host: uglymouse.css.itd.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

I was just wondering how good a Future Domain 1660 SCSI contoller is?  It uses
a device format called CAM (Common Access Method). NOT ASPI, which is supposed
to be the standard of the future???  they claim to be poroducing a software
drivers to let ASPI run on this board.  Does anyone have any information 
regarding this?  

Second.  I found a Rodime 210MB SCSI drive mode RO3259T real cheap.  
I was thinking of buying this drive 'cuz it's cheap.  Any info on this too? 
						Thanx.

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From: pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:43:46 GMT
Organization: not much...

> I have been working with customer service to get the computer shipped. 
> (after wasting hours of time dialing, redialing and being put on hold)
> Customer service is polite but powerless to get it shipped.

Absolutely correct.  They drove me nuts.

> I ordered the system with many options, a fax/modem, soundcard, tape backup
> and a CD-rom. The main problem appears that not all of the parts are in 
> stock at the same time. At various times they have been out of the tape backup,
> motherboard, the sound card, and the CD-ROM.

The problem was probably either the CD-ROM or the sound card.

> They also will not ship parts to you later. They allow you to cancel parts and
> then charge more to order them separately.

Not quite true, I believe; call your sales rep and ask.  I specifically asked
my sales rep whether I could buy, say, a CD-rom later at the same price, and
he said unequivocally "yes".  I imagine that they'd charge additional
shipping, and you'd have to install software yourself, but you should be able
to get the stuff at same price.
From: mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: TIKO
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:03:09 GMT
Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ
Originator: mark@joule.pcl


If anyone has a TIKO PC that works, sell it quick.  They are crap.

-- 
Mark 
______________________________________________________________________________
mark@uk.ac.ox.physchem
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: When is the 586 due?
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:11:00 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1ikvprINNunc@ub.d.umn.edu> khuber@ub.d.umn.edu (Kevin Huber) writes:
>Sorry if this is a FAQ, but when are systems with the Pentium (aka P5
>aka 586) going to be on the market?

The chip was released very recently.  Systems should be out within 6
months, probably less.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lawriel@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Linda Lawrie)
Subject: Norton Backup and Backpack Tape Drive
Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:28:52 GMT

I recently posted asking for information about the Trakker vs.
the Backpack Tape Drives.  Due to availability, we ended up with
a Backpack.  Seems to work well -- thanks to everyone who sent
information.

Now, another question.

Can the Backpack or any tape drive designed to hook to the parallel
port be used with Norton Backup?  We are using Norton Backup for
Windows, if that makes a difference.

Either mail or posting replies.


-- 
     Linda Lawrie
     lawriel@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: dc2120 tape cartridge error rate
Keywords: dc2120 tape cartridge error rate
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:08:58 GMT

No, this is not normal. Try cleaning your tape drive, then see if the
errors go away. If they don't, try a different tape. If you see the same
thing happening, you might have a problem with you tape system. Perhaps
you have a marginal set of tapes. You might even want to reformat your
tapes.
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Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect the
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
From: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: BIOS Update Price??
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:28:00 GMT
Reply-To: ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rob Henry)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu




What does it cost to update a BIOS in a 80286 10mhz computer?
I would like a version that controls more monitors and hard drives.
Please send me any known prices.
Organization: Middle East Technical University - Computer Center
Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1993 17:26:18 TUR
From: bahadir guler <E62095@TRMETU.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Math coprocessor question - Use a 387-40 in a 386-33?

Take care of its legs||

Bahadir Guler
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: steve@dec2.me.stevens-tech.edu (Stephen P. Ramm)
Subject: 40ns SIMMs
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:00:15 GMT


Does anybody know where I can buy 40ns SIMMs.  I would like 4 4Mb SIMMs.  I
realize they are expensive, but I would like to run my 486/50 with 0 wait.

I would imagine that they would be 9 chips SIMMs.  I don't have the computer
yet, but it's an AMI motherboard so I'm pretty sure it's not proprietary.

Please send e-mail to steve@dec1.me.stevens-tech.edu

Thanks,

Steve Ramm
Systems Administrator, Fielding CAD Lab
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken N.J. 07030
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From: din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Setting up PC as a server?  How?
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:55:23 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

We have an IBM PC XT and a CD-ROM drive.  Ideally, we'd like to
use the PC as a "server" that people can login to and use the
CD-ROM as a resource.  What kind of Ethernet cards and software
can you recommend to help us achieve this goal?  Could you give
an estimate of what each part will cost?  Is it more economical
for us to get at least a 286?  We do not intend to use Windows.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. Munoz)
Subject: Re: What is MCGA?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:42:00 GMT

MCGA also does 640x480x2 (monochrome)

Marc Munoz
mem28103@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: antony@werple.apana.org.au (Antony Suter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: S3 info
Date: 9 Jan 1993 00:55:23 +1100
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: werple.apana.org.au

cs_wmmok@uxmail.ust.hk (Raymond Mok -Maison) writes:

>I am going to buy a S3 board but it seem that there are different S3 
>chips available 911, 805, 804, etc. I don't know what is the difference and
>which one is better. Can anyone pls tell me sth about this?

911 and 924 have been out for a while and perform well.
801 and 804 are out and the 801 performs twice as fast as a 924.
928 is barely out and is expected to run three times as fast as a 924.
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"Call me Jack - stranger things have happened!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC Hard Disk Upgrade
Keywords: IBM PC, Hard Disk Controller Compatible?
Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:15:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.143056.23050@cbfsb.cb.att.com> dlvk1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (david.l.van kampen) writes:
>I've got an original IBM PC that supports cassette BASIC and has one
>5 1/4" Full Height Floppy Diskette Drive.  It's over 10 years old!
>Anyway, I want to make a terminal/simple word processor out of it and
>I'd like to add a hard disk, either 10 or 20 Mbytes.  Which hard disk
>controllers will work?  I checked the date of the ROM's and the docs
>I have indicate these ROM's will support Hard Disk Boot-up.  Will any
>off-the-shelf MFM controller work or does it have to be IBM?  WIll I
>need a HD controller with on-board ROM?   Any hints will be greatly
>appreciated.   Thanks!

Any XT-class hard disk controller (which has a built-in ROM BIOS extension,
that's why you need the proper PC BIOS) will work. I recently did this
for a friend, over my objections, and found the easiest thing to do was
to buy a 20 MB MFM hard card at a flea market for $100. It just drops in and
you're off and running.



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