HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: villa_t@cs.uwa.oz.au (Tim Villa)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 1.5 recording
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 05:48:03 GMT

In <1bebacINNfmb@iraul1.ira.uka.de> s_furrer@irau28.ira.uka.de (Andreas Furrer) writes:

>I have got a Sound Blaster 1.5 and I want to record some
>songs from a CD player.
>The problem is that the SB 1.5 has only an input for
>a microphone. If you use tthis input with the line out
>of a CD player (or something else) the quality is not good.

>The specs of the SB 1.5 input are:

>10mV - 100mV, 600 Ohm

>and of a normal line out:

>-350mV, 30000 Ohm

>Now, does anybody know some little electronic circuit diagramm
>to convert the line out signal to the microphone specs?
>I think, I have seen one in a german journal but I don't
>know where.

>Andreas Furrer
>s_furrer@ira.uka.de

This isn't an answer to your question and you probably have done so already
but try comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard. I'm sure you'll get heaps of replies there.

Tim
From: carl@crazyman.med.ge.com (Carl Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: tandon's phone number
Date: 16 Oct 92 05:00:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: mr.1992Oct16.050035.10669
Reply-To: carl@crazyman.med.ge.com (Carl Crawford)
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee,  WI


does anyone have tandon's phone number or their address?
i am trying to get some technical support. thanks.
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GE Medical Systems	   Fax: 414-521-6575
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen)
Subject: My GW 2K is up and running
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 03:32:18 GMT

As I mentioned, I received my Local Bus 486 33 MHz system from Gateway
on Friday.  I was able to pick it up on Tuesday and finally set it up
last night.  Everything is working fine.  I only had one major problem
today when I got an error on the setup in regard to the drives.  I
just had to open her up and reseat the cables and everything was ok.

Is it normal for there to be a second of garbage in between screens
when switching in between windows in Windows?

Also, when I switch on the monitor (CrystalScan 1527FS I think, the
15") it doesn't turn on immediately.  There's about 2 seconds between
when I hit the switch and the green power light comes on and it starts
to function.  

Mike
--
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From: ma90alb@brunel.ac.uk (Ashley L Brandwood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Speeding up 386-25 to 386-40
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:45:37 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

A friend of mine has a 386-25 cached machine, and would like to know it is      posible to upgrade to either a 386-33 or a 386-40, andwhat would need to be doneto do so.
The documentation for the motherboard (what little there is) says it is for a   386-25, 386-33, and 386-40 dx cached processors.


Also I would like to know if there are any 486 upgrades for my 386-33, and if sowhat speed increase?, How much it would cost (US dollars or UK sterling)?, whereto get required parts?, and what parts would be required?

Thanks for any information.


Ashley
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: westes@sti.com (Will Estes)
Subject: Re: SIS Chipset EISA motherboard any good?
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:32:03 GMT

>You will find the SIS Chioset in the high end Motherboards. as for the new OPTI chip set, I have onley know about the old one, and stay away from it.

What are the reasons to stay away from the OPTI chipset?  Their chipset
for ISA is excellent.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tribioli@arcetri.astro.it (Francesco Tribioli)
Subject: Re: Which is best between 386 and 486SX ?
Organization: Osservatorio di Arcetri
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 09:29:31 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.020329.21877@datamark.co.nz>, david@datamark.co.nz (David Rowland) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct8.155639.214@cmu.unige.ch> cohen@cmu.unige.ch writes:
|> >I am planning to buy a notebook. I am using a bibliographic
|> >database manager, WinWord 2.0, Excel and Windows 3.1.
|> >Shall I better choose a 386/25 or a 486SX25 based system ?
|> >Thanks for any help.
|> >Emmanuel Cohen-Laroque
|> >University of Geneva
|> >Medical School
|> >Switzerland.
|> 
|> If you use mega computations in Excel, it will pay to go for the 486
|> as this has a built in maths co-processor.  Otherwise, go for price as
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> you don't want to go for an overkill on computers just for the hell of
|> it.
|> I used a compaq 386/20 SX laptop with 8 Megs of ram and found it to be
|> more than adequate for what I needed.
|> -- 
|> | David Rowland       | The British are using New Zealanders.  They must |
|> | Datamark Intl Ltd   | really mean business !                           |
|> | Wellington          |      -  General Rommel During Northern African   |
|> | NEW ZEALAND         |         Campaign WWII.                           |

486SX does NOT include a math coprocessor. The funny thing is that the
circuits are there in the chip but Intel burn them out in 486SX. So really
486SX is more expensive to build but it is sell to lower price!! 
However 486SX 25MHz is twice faster than 386 25MHz so, if you don't need a math
coprocessor, 486 is a better choice.

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From: dittman@skitzo.dseg.ti.com (Eric Dittman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Dexxa+ mouse on COM3 or COM4?
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:47:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: skitzo.1992Oct14.214721.726
Organization: Texas Instruments Component Test Facility

I have a Dexxa+ mouse that I'd like to put on COM3, but apparently
the mouse software doesn't support it.  When I called the support
line, they told me only COM1 and COM2 are supported since there
would be interrupt conflicts if the mouse were on COM3 or COM4.
This doesn't sound right to me, since all my COMx ports have their
own interrupts (actually, I ran out, so I have COM4 disabled).

I thought I may be able to patch the Dexxa+ mouse driver, but I
thought I'd check to see if anyone else has done this before I
try.
-- 
Eric Dittman                  Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility
dittman@skitzo.dseg.ti.com    (214) 578-3575
Disclaimer:  Not even my opinions.  I found them by the side of the road.
From: carl@crazyman.med.ge.com (Carl Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: mono adaptter card - setting jumpers
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:49:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: mr.1992Oct16.044903.10599
Reply-To: carl@crazyman.med.ge.com (Carl Crawford)
Organization: GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee,  WI


i am trying to figure out how to set the jumpers on a
mono adapter card that came w/ a tandon '286. however,
i do not have documentation for the card. the card is
also parallel interface. it is labeled "8720". how do
you set the jumpers?

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GE Medical Systems	   Fax: 414-521-6575
P.O. Box 414, W-875	   Internet: crawfordc@med.ge.com
Milwaukee, WI 53201
From: dakos@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Dennis Akos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need PC MB Help, Please
Keywords: Oscillator, MB
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:05:09 GMT
Organization: Ohio University C.S. Dept, Athens


     I have to hope the good people of the net can help me out w/ this
one. I have purchased a used motherboard (Gateway) and haven't had it
working properly yet. Alright here is what is wrong, or at least the problem.

     Everything seems to work fine, windows, dos, everything; but then I check
the system using Norton and when I get to the System Info, I find out my
clock speed is running anywhere from 12 MHz to 37 MHz. Not jumping all 
around but slowl varying over that range. (IT is suppose to be a 20/16
switchable). So I assume my oscillator is bad and switch to the other (start
it at 16 MHz, Turbo off) but no change. So now I'm at a loss, could both be
bad? Or What?

     Now the really bad news, after shutting it down, I power it back up
(next day) and nothing, no beep, power supply works, starts the HD spinning
but that is it, nothing else.

    Any suggestions would sure be appreciated. Should I salvage and junk it
and sell the parts or what would you suggested. It is a Gateway M/B, 16/20
MHz switchable, AMI BIOS, 4 MB RAM.

Thanks

Dennis Akos

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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Which to buy, VESA (Tri-star) or EISA?
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:19:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: mksol.1992Oct15.181917.25497
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <lestrade.719010533@Ra.MsState.Edu> lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade) writes:

>I thought I had an easy choice of EISA over ISA but now they 
>tell me I can get VESA.  Can anyone tell me the main differences?
>thank
>you

VESA is a 'standardized' local bus board.  If you use VESA disk
controller and video card, this should be VERY fast (the VESA slots
run at CPU speed instead of at the standard 8 MHz bus speed).
Personally, I still prefer EISA, if you're going to do anything with
something like UNIX or OS/2, but a VESA slot for a video board can
really help things like X performance (or Windows, if you're going
that route).

Personally, now that they seem to have decided on a local bus
standard, I would be inclined to recommend EISA with a VESA slot for
the video card.

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From: bilimoria@inland.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: <None>
Date: 13 Oct 92 08:43:54 CST
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

I have had a Pana 4410 for about 9 months. It's a good printer; I have no
problems with quality.  I like the straight-thru feed capability - can print
on fairly heavy stock.  It has been essentially trouble-free.  My dislikes:
	- Limited memory on basic unit (512K) -- can be increased
	- Limited font sizes and types (Truetype takes care of this for me)
	- On some proprietary software (for an insurance co.), I could not
	  get it to print identical to a HP II which is supposed to emulate.
	- Fan stays on whenever printer is on whether its printing or not.

Another like - the back of the standard 8.5x11 paper tray opens to allow
you to use 8.5x14 or 17 without the need for another paper tray.
On balance, I like and intend to keep it for a while.

							Yaz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: vojta@powdermilk.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Looking for MORE info on IBM-PC motherboard
Date: 12 Oct 1992 22:08:06 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
Distribution: us
NNTP-Posting-Host: powdermilk.berkeley.edu

In article <Bvz7Gw.Gpu@acsu.buffalo.edu> dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (David T. Dudek) writes:
>dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (David T. Dudek) writes:
>
>>I purchaced a motherboard at a flea-market, and, like an idiot, I forgot to
>>ask if there was any documentation on it.  It is an XT motherboard with an
>>Intel P8088 CPU.  It has no distinctive markings that would inform me of
>>it's manufacturer, but many of the chips say "IBM corp" on them, so one can
>>assume...   
>
>First off, I would like to thank all the people who mailed me information.
>If anyone would like a compilation of the replies I received, just mail me.
>
>I have a few more questions on this motherboard:
>
>1. Can I use a regular XT keyboard with this motherboard?  

Yes, but not a regular AT keyboard, unless it can be switched to XT mode.
(I believe this is the case, but I haven't tried it.)

>2. If I felt like goofing around (for nostalgia's sake) with the cassette 
>   connector, how would I go about doing it?  How do you connect it?  How 
>   do you read from and write to it?  

Very slowly.  :-)

>3. What are the power requirements of this motherboard?  (ie: 100w, 150w,
>   etc.)

Any PC power supply (60W, e.g.) should be ample.  If you want a hard disk,
though, 100W should be the minimum.

>4. Can I use 360K 5.25" and 720K 3.5" disk drives with this motherboard?

Yes, but of course you'll need a disk controller.

>5. Has anyone ever managed to get this to fit in a regular XT case?

Yes, of course it fits.  As for fitting this into a regular AT case, I
doubt it.

>6. What DOS should I use with it?

Any DOS will work (1.0 or higher).  Or, just turn it on and run BASIC from ROM.

--Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Subject: ATI Ultra +?
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:55:51 GMT

I recently bought a system that included a Diamond Speedstar 24x.
Although it works well and is fast, I'd like a card that supports
hi-color (16.7m colors) at greater than 640x480 and that has OS/2 video
drivers.  Neither is true of the Diamond.

The new Graphics Ultra boards seem promising.  Assuming the boards are
available now, what is the least expensive source of them?  PC
Connection says it won't have them for a few weeks yet and that the +
will be $339 with 2mb and $299 with 1mb.  The Pro version is sky-high,
so I didn't even ask...;-)

Any info appreciated.
--
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Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  47405
CIS 72730,1017; Internet burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu; Bitnet burleigh@iubacs
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd
From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 03:13:43 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.144110.8875@osf.org>, kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct14.033731.28397@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
|> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes:
|> >All this is now totally beside the point:  I now have it on good authority
|> >that the original code posting was either accidently or maliciously "doctored"
|> >to set the clock at the highest possible value -- 
|> 
|> >..."If someone compiles that code thinking that it will set up the clocks
|> >for him, his monitor will likely go 'pop'".
|> 
|> Yeah. Right. Who is your "good authority"? Someone from Diamond Legal?

Not!

The clock frequence it selects is (I think -- can't quite remember) 120.  The
harmonics on this could probably cook a monitor with either older electronics
or a PLL that tries too hard to match them, and rapidly switches frequencies.
It is fixable with a code change, but I don't want to get into supporting
code that supposedly discloses a trade secret.

|> The old IBM monochrome monitors had a non-recurring-sweep horizontal (==
|> high voltage) output section. You could feed that monitor any H and
|> was outside a certain range, the HV output transistor would draw too much
|> current through the flyback transformer, and the only damage was a 10-
|> cent fuse, (which IBM in its infinite wisdom (NOT!!) decided to solder in
|> so that the non-wireheads had to take it in for service).

The monitor I cooked cooked better than that -- I had to replace a trnsistor,
the flyback, and one polar (probably should have been bipolar) capacitor.
Still less than half what Samsung would have asked to repair it.

|> Any VGA monitor (== any monitor you're going to plug into that SS24X) has
|> a real, live horizontal output section with lockable free-running oscillator.
|> If you feed that monitor a signal out of range, the PLL (or whatever is
|> applicable) will say "screw you", do the best it can, but not fall outside
|> of its designed range. No "pop".
|> 
|> Please don't spread propaganda. 

All I said was that I wouldn't use the code as a result.  If the frequency
values were deliberate, then there's no way to tell if the code actually
does everything necessary to set the clocks the right way, other than our
belief in "Batman"'s good faith, which is now suspect.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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From: rsilver@milli.cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Subject: Sweet 'P' plotter.
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:05:47 GMT

Somebody gave me a Sweet P plotter.  (little flatbed, takes 8.5 x 11
paper)  How do I talk to this thing?  It has a 20-pin header plug, but I
didn't get any docs with it.  (overstock from an OEM product)

It wouldn't be a Centronics interface in disguise, would it?

E-mail preferred, so I don't miss anything.
--
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From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: QUERY:is local bus/vesa killing EISA?
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:40:03 GMT
	<rantapaa.718437728@s6.math.umn.edu>
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: rantapaa@s6.math.umn.edu's message of 7 Oct 92 06:02:08 GMT
bcc: carl


>sure how EISA performace scales with processor speed, but
>theoretically you can double local bus throughput by going from a 33DX
>to a 66DX2.  From what I know, I don't believe that a 66DX2 EISA would

Only the chip runs at 66 mhz, the external interface, and that
includes all the "local bus" components such as DRAM, etc still run at
33.  This will *not* give you more local bus throughput if the local
bus is your bottleneck.  If your bottleneck is the processor then
going from a 33DX to a 66DX2 then your local bus speed will increase
until *it* becomes the bottleneck!!!

>advantage is expandability.  VLB has the advantage in performance and
>cost.  In my opinion, EISA is becoming less relevent for the majority

Here's a real monkey wrench.  Many of the local bus implementations
currently available are *proprietary* implementations and do not
strictly adhere to any hw spec (i.e. VESA).

The VESA local bus standard was just recently completed.  There were
preliminary versions that many hardware vendors designed to (which,
other than those who *admit* their local bus is proprietary, is
probably most of the boards available today).  I would be *very*
careful about buying local bus hardware for the next several months.
It could turn out to be another fiasco like the original SCSI disks
were (for those who don't remember the original SCSI spec left vendors
certain "options" and many of them did not implement them
consistently).

I was going to get a copy of the local bus spec for myself but I
cannot justify the $100 per copy cost (seems pretty outrageous, just
like the EISA spec).  Perhaps someone on the net can tell us the exact
*date* that is on the (final, approved) local bus spec!!!  Then,
consumers can judge for themselves if they believe that hardware could
have been designed, tested, and manufactured since the spec was
adopted.

This could have the implications of requiring you to change all your
local bus cards if you decide to change your motherboard at some
future point!!!

-Carl-
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From: ECN101@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re:DOWNLOADING FROM PSUVM
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:56:47 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I would like to thank the people who E-mailed information to help me, and would
 like to thank them for their help.  Knowing that it might push my luck,  could
 someone  tell me how to download files that are bigger than 600K or how to dow
nload GIF's from WUARCHIVE.  Thank you in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CORE CNT-HCR controller
From: mosbrook@beach.csulb.edu (Brent Mosbrook)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:55:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cal State Long Beach


I have what appears to be a 16-bit ESDI controller.. it has its own BIOS, but I
can't figure out how to access it.. it is at c800, but doesn't appear to have a
menu driven utility.  does anyone have specs/jumper settings?

BTW: the P/N is 403001, rev. B

thanks

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|         mosbrook@beach.csulb.edu     |
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From: harry@alcbase.gun.de (Harry Forker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,bit.listserv.ibmpc-l
Subject: AST RSN card info required
Summary: Who knows that board?
Keywords: AST RSN
Date: 11 Oct 92 18:46:46 GMT
Organization: alchemist's research kitchen
NNTP-Posting-Host: alcbase.gun.de


Does anybody know the AST RSN board? 
I've got one without any documentation. It's a old (1984) full size 8 bit 
PC-slotcard with a BNC connector. The main controller chip is a i82588.
I think it's thin wire ethernet? If so, is there a packet driver available?

Any hints welcome.
Thanks in advance!


Harry



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ehf@philabs.philips.com (Eberhard Fisch)
Subject: Standard Computer Windows Workstation
Originator: ehf@oscar
Reply-To: ehf@philabs.philips.com (Eberhard Fisch)
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, NY 10510
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:47:18 GMT



After comparing features, performance, bundled software, and reading reviews 
Ive decided on a Windows Workstation-Plus 486DX2-50 from the mail order
PC company Standard Computer. Before making the purchase I would like to know
if anyone has any experience, good or bad, with this company and their products.
Any help would be appreciated.

Eberhard Fisch
Philips Labs, NY.
From: ingar@cs.hw.ac.uk (Ingar F Pedersen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ISA Bus
Date: 15 Oct 92 10:22:05 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland


Hi,

I've got a couple of ideas that I'd like to try out, but these ideas
requires some hardware pieces. 

Therefore I need a spesification of the ISA bus, so that I can build these
HW pieces. So if anybody have got such a spesification, PLEASE mail it to
me.

I also need some help with how to access a card on the ISA bus (in C if
possible).

Thanks.....

ingar@cs.hw.ac.uk
From: David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman)
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