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From: jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick)
Subject: Re: Keep computer on all time or turn off once everyday ?
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 08:19:48 GMT

In <1992Sep25.163817.26841@honte.uleth.ca> buchignani@hg.uleth.ca writes:
>We have now had about a dozen posting giving people's opinions
>of this subject based on personal experience. Doesn't ANYONE
>know of any controlled studies done by realscience types?

This is not strictly on the subject, but it is somewhat close.  There is an
article in the September 1992 issue of Byte talking about the environmental
impact of computing.  Much of the first part of the article deals with
recycling, but the later part is about power consumption, and they seem to
recommend turning off PCs at night except for systems such as file servers
and mainframes.

                            Jim Lick		       
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From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: SCSI Question???
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:06:14 GMT

I have a 16-bit Emerald SCSI controller, and a Seagate SCSI 40M HD (I
forget the nomencalture).  

How do I get this hooked up??  I do not have a cable, or any drivers.

Your help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Howie
(please reply via e-mail -- I'll post replies)

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Howard Michalski		howie@fnma.com
Fannie Mae
Washington, DC



Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal)
Subject: Re: Need Microscience specs
Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:40:31 GMT

In article <43920001@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard) writes:
>I need to set up my bios for a Microscience 7100-20 hard drive.  
>
>Could someone tell me following about this drive?
>
110mb, rll, 10 mbit/sec xfer rate, 3-1/2", 18 ms, 36 sector/track
>HEADS
7
>CYLINDERS
855
>PRECOMP
855
>LANDING ZONE
probably 855
>
>Regards,
>
>Lee Bollard              
>HP Spokane Division
>bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com

 
Regards, Stu Beal, VE3MWM, U009@CS.CCIW.CA,
National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
 
"There was only one time in my life when
 I was happy to find a hair in my milk." - Anita Locke
From: scst52@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mr. A.M. Blanchard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Amstrad 1640 +DOS 5 mouse problem
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:45:12 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University

A friend of mine has an Amstrad PC1640, which she has recently upgraded
to MSDOS 5.  This has had the effect of stopping the mouse from working
as it should.  Although the cursor appears, the buttons on the mouse do
not work.  We have tried running the NVR program, proning Amstrad (that
was a waste of time, on hold for 10 minutes & then told "er, I dunno.")

So.  Any ideas, mail for preference.

Thanks,

   Andy

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From: david@gdstech.grumman.com (David Nettles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: ** PROBLEMS WITH TurboC v1.0/v2.0 **
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:56:45 GMT
Reply-To: david@gdstech.UUCP (David Nettles)
Organization: Grumman Data Systems-Woodbury



Whenever I try use TurboC on my current computer, it appears that it
crashes the computer during the link.

On my old computer, an Amstrad XT portable with 2-720K floppies, I
have been using both compilers successfully for quite a while.  But on
my "new" computer they both crash during the link.

Also, the Borland INSTALL.EXE utility that comes with this programs
always crashes during installation complaining about error in its
GETKEY.C routine.

The computer that is giving me trouble is configured as follows:

-	*original* IBM/PC-XT with SOTA286 daughter-board
-	640K RAM
-	21.5Mb hard drive

Is there something about my config?
Does is the system trying to make PC-AT calls in my hyped-up PC-XT
because I have the 80286 and, thus, hanging itself?

Oh!  By the way, Turbo Pascal v5.0 and v5.5 work perfectly on both
systems.
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From: tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu (Scott Karre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 486DX 50's w/ Local Bus -->  Are they too fast for games?
Date: 3 Oct 92 05:20:25 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, USA


       Im thinking about getting a 486DX motherboard for my PC, and need some op
-inions as to if 486DX 50's are too fast for the popular games or not.  I've
seen a 386DX 40 with a windows accelerator card annhilate games like wing
commander, etc, but which ran great under windows.  Would a 486DX 50 with 
local bus video cause many problems with running software too fast?  If so,
is slowing the system down via bios or turbo switch enough for all the 
popular games?  

	ALso about Local Bus Video, I knew last I heard that there was not 
a real standard for it, but that Intel had published a standard for local
bus about 3 months ago or something.  Are many companies jumping on the
bandwagon and producing local bus systems that are more standardized, or is
it still a mess with you having to get just the right graphics/disk I/O
cards for your specific Local Bus.  

	  Any information would be Greatly appreciated!

    Thanks,
	Kris

  
      

	     " That which does not kill us, makes us stronger... "

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*  Kris Kortright  ( tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu or kortrigh@cem.cemvax.msu.edu )     *
*  Research : Laser analytical chemistry under Dr. Gary Blanchard             *
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From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: VESA Specification
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 14:14:13 GMT

In article <BvGzrM.4qv@rice.edu> fontenot@ravl.rice.edu (Dwayne Jacques Fontenot) writes:
>In article <1992Oct01.204809.4221@zeos.com> kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann) writes:
>>
>>Interface Speeds
>>
>>The VL-Bus operates up to 66MHz. Electrical characteristics of the Physical
>>VL-Bus connector limit the speed of a VL-Bus device operating across the 
>>connector (i.e, an add in board) to 40 MHz. The VL-Bus clock operates at
>>the same frequency and phase with the CPU clock. CPU's using double speed
>>clocks (386-type CPUs for example), must divide down the CPU clock before
>>driving the VL-Bus clock.
>>
>
>What does this mean? I can't get from this whether VLB is possible on a
>true 50MHz machine. Can the CPU run at 50MHz while a VLB card is running
>at 40MHz ? i.e is a 50MHz VLB machine by definition not possible?
>

The DX-50 is currently unsupported by the VESA Local Bus specification.
This may change in the near future. Any questions on the specification
can be answered by calling VESA to request a complete copy of the
VL-Bus Specification at 408-435-0333 Voice, 408-435-8225 Fax.

ZEOS cannot post the entire specification to the 'net.
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From: ralcala@sura.net (Roy Alcala)
Subject: Re: Pertec 9Track <--> PC bus ?
Keywords: pertec interface
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:48:29 GMT

In article <1352@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM> camerons@NAD.3Com.COM writes:
>Some friends of mine need to connect their old Cipher
>9 Track (1/2" tape on 1/2 mile reels!) drive to their
>386 AT-compatible PC.  Believe it or not!  This old drive uses
>the Pertec interface, which predates SCSI by about two decades
>and is still somewhat common on these drives.
>
>Does anyone make a Pertec tape controller for the IBM PC?
>Does it work?  Is it documented?  (We are resigned to building
>our own cables and would even consider writing drivers!)
>I'd appreciate any leads.  You can mail me at
>cls@truffula.sj.ca.us or call 408/929-7601 or 764-6339.  Thanks!
>
>Cameron
>


I have used many of our old Cipher and Kennedy pertec drives with an 
interface board made by the following company:


	Flagstaff Engineering, INC.
	1120 Kaibab Lane
	Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
	(602) 779-3341

They can sell you an ISA board as well as software to use it under DOS.
They will also sell you libraries to access the tape drive from your
own programs.  Their staff has always been very courteous and helpful.

The last time I purchased a board from them was about three years ago,
so the above information may be a bit out of date.  We paid around
$1000 for one board and software.  

The software wasn't really great, but it suited our needs.  We only 
needed to read straight data tapes; I don't know if they sell any 
software that can deal with any archive formats.  I do believe that
the software will read ANSI tapes.

It is also possible to upgrade your Cipher to SCSI.  Cipher makes a 
piggy-back board that converts the pertec to SCSI.  I had looked into
these at one time, but we never did purchase any, so I can't tell 
you much about them.  Contact Cipher for more info.


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From: ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Modems(14.4) Supra vs. Boca vs. Zoom vs. Cardinal. Which one?
Date: 27 Sep 1992 14:11:00 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ciembron@spot.Colorado.EDU (Shawn Oster) says:

>	I've decided to hurdle from 1200 to 14.4 and in my wanderings for a new
>modem was wondering what people had heard about the Supra, Zoom, Boca, and
>Cardinal. Especially the Boca line of 14.4 modems I don't want to pay more than
>300 and found a Boca for about 208 and that looked like a snazy deal. Any feed
>back will be appricated. Thanks in advance.
>

I too am interested in v32.bis modems, and PC Connection has the Zoom external
modem advertised at $289.00.  I have had a Zoom 2400 modem for a few years and
had no problems with it.  However, in reading over the review in PC Magazine
(Mar 17, 1992) re: v32.bis modem, I found out the following:

1.  At that time, not all v32.bis will work with each other.  The most 
    trouble-free (i.e. connects every time at 14.4) was the one from AT & T
    Does anybody know if that has changed since March?

2.  A critical connection is the RS232 port.  I gather standard RS232 can
    run at a max of only 38.4 Kbps, but more efficient use of the 14.4 modem
    needs a serial port running at 57.6 Kbps.  Does anybody know if the
    Zoom modem, or for that matter, whether the Cardinal modem will do that?
    (I guess whether they provide drivers to work the serial ports at those
     rates).

3.  Anybody has telephone numbers for Zoom and/or Cardinal?

    Thanks for your response.

C Cho Yue
ccy@po.cwru.edu

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From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: SpeedStar 24X
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:59:42 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.163211.12598@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> smithgr@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Gregory P. Smith) writes:
>Could someone give me a complete list of all the video modes (above standard
>VGA that is) that the Diamond SpeedSTAR 24X video card can support?  Or does
>someone at least know where I can get this information.
>
>Greg

I set up an FAQ for the SPEEDSTAR 24X. It can be retrieved by sending
'get faq speedstar24x.faq' to listserv@zeos.com.
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From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: VL-BUS specs
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 14:16:19 GMT
Keywords: VESA VL Local Bus Specification

In article <1992Oct1.232342.24041@grebyn.com> malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak) writes:
>Where can I get the specs for the VESA local bus, VL-Bus?
>The company I work for is interested in designing a board for it.
>Thanks.
>
>

VESA, 408-435-0333 Voice.
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From: george@lloyd.Camex.COM (George Pagan)
Subject: Re: *** please tell what these simms are
Keywords: Here ya go!
Organization: Camex Inc., Boston MA
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 10:45:52 EDT

In article <9210060600.AA27285@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU> gsgathin@SACAM.OREN.ORTN.EDU (golando s gathings) writes:
>
>
>	I have some simms, but I dont know whether they are 
>1Mx9 .. etc .  They are the nine chips to a simm, each chip numbered
>as follows:  
>
>	TI
>	TMS4C1024DJ
>
Golando- Those SIMMs that you have are 1 Meg
	 Made by Texas Instruments. The TI part number for these SIMMs
	 is TM024EAD9.
	 The speed of these SIMMs are on the first line of the chip
	
	 TI	-XX   \ 
			> Where -XX is the speed -80= 80nSec
	 TMS4C1024DJ  /				 -70= 70nSec
						 -10= 100nSec
						 -15= 150nSec

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From: ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Greg Girard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway Telepath
Date: 2 Oct 1992 15:05:05 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen) writes:

>One of the problems that I have with the Telepath is that I don't really
>know what modem to tell comm software that I am using. I always say
>"Hayes 2400" running at 9600. Anyone have a clue on this?
 
What software are you using?
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From: nott@grouse.dsg.dec.com (ravishankar nott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: My Gateway 200 66Mhz is coming soon
Date: 1 Oct 92 18:49:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntpd.1992Oct1.184908.9522
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <69357@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccasted@prism.gatech.EDU (Edward Deering Boykin) writes:
>I just recieve a message from the nice folks at G2K. They said my
>66Mhz local bus system had been issued a shipping date for this week and that it should arrive late next week.
>Now, I'm not too optimistic with Gateway's mesage but hey tyhey called me
>. As soon as I get my system up and running I will post an article about it...
>
>

I ordered the same 66 Mhz local bus m/c and was told yesterday that it
will be 2 more weeks for shipment. I ordered mine w/ 4 MB memory for now
and was told that this would be a single 4MB SIMM. I plan to buy the
rest of the memory elsewhere. 

I have talked to Gateway tech support and Sales man, both have not
clearly said what kind of SIMM this m/c would take ie. the # of pins (36
or 32 or 72). Also the info regarding the number of SIMM slots.

If anyone out there receives their m/c, would post these details, it
would be helpful.

-ravi
From: westvang@elux2.cs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP. Need to ll-format a MAXTOR LXT340A disk!
Date: 27 Sep 92 07:39:48 GMT
Reply-To: westvang@elux2.cs.umass.edu ()
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


I have in my 486DX-33MHz computer a MAXTOR LXT340A harddisk with IDE
controller.  It has been working perfectly until I today tried to
lowlevel format it.  For this task, I used a program called HARDPREP
ver 5.13b.  Instead of initializing the tracks, the tracks ended up in
the Bad Track Table.  I verified these errors by later running a
Surface Scan.  I tried two other lowlevel formating programs too,
without any success (Disk Manager and FixedFormat).  Unfortunately,
track 0 was one of the damaged ones, which made me unabled to
highlevel format the disk too.

I suppose I need some kind of special program from the manufacturer.

Does anyone know where I can get the right software or information to
get the system running again ??


Please respond by e-mail.


Lars Westvang
westvang@elux2.cs.umass.edu


	  Lars Einar Westvang - westvang@elux2.cs.umass.edu
		 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
From: klein@sunrise.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: serial null modem cable
Date: 1 Oct 92 11:56:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: pita.5638
Reply-To: klein@sunrise.huji.ac.il ()
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


I need a serial null modem cable to link two PC's via their COM ports
(For the norton commander's Link option) Can anyone tell me what exactly
I need in order to build such a thing ?

Please reply by e-mail as I am not a common reader of this newsgroup.

   Thank you,

      David Klein
      KLEIN@SUNRISE.HUJI.AC.IL
From: andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: BEWARE GATEWAY!
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 18:53:12 CDT
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

yuan1@husc10.harvard.edu (Nina Yuan) writes:

> Yes, but if you do receive it and something goes wrong later, you'll have
> more leverage if the credit card company's on your side.  Having a credit
> card which doubles the warranty also gives you an extra bit of reassurance.

  Have you checked recently? Most companies have SEVERELY limited the
amount that's covered by those 'double warranty' deals.

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From: hshaw@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Hubert Shaw)
Subject: Re: WANTED: 17" monitor recommendation
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Date:  2 Oct 92 07:29:21 GMT

sinclair@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Andy Sinclair x4605 (Bldg. 3)) writes:

>In article <Bv57oJ.JCw@unx.sas.com>, sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston) writes:
>> 
>> In article, sidbury@jaguar.uofs.edu (Dick Sidbury) writes:
>>>
>>> ...  I am considering the 17" MAG 17F ( I'm not sure of the
>>>model number but it's the non-Trinatron model) and the 17"
>>>ViewSonic 7 and possibly the 17" NEC 5FG.
>>>
>>>Any experiences and/or suggestions would be helpful.  So would sources.
>> 
[ good info about nanao f550i deleted ]

I just ordered the Nanao T560i monitor.  What finally made me decide on this monitor were the Trinitron tube
(which I have grown used to) and the high bandwidth (120 mhz).  This 17" monitor can do 1280x1024@76hz.  You may
want to consider this in your purchase decisions.  The drawback in the deal is the monitor costs around $1780.
The soon to be released ATI Ultra Pro will support 1280x1024@76hz so there will most definitely be cards which
support the high refresh rate (rumor has it os/2 drivers will be shipped with the pro as well)

If you can spare the money I would go with the T560i, I saw it at a local store and was impressed.  If there
is desire, I can provide further info when my monitor arrives.

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From: erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith)
Subject: Colorado DJ20 "Jumbo" Tape Drive speed
Summary: six hours vs one hour
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 20:10:42 GMT


When I back up 150 megabytes from my hard disk to my Colorado tape drive,
it takes less than one hour.  When I back up 188 megabytes, it takes about
six hours.  Does anyone know why?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wiggins@hurricane.cs.odu.edu (Samuel E Wiggins)
Subject: novice question about UART
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:08:30 GMT

I'm considering buying a new modem, maybe a 14.4k.  But, I saw on the net
that an I/O card with a 16550 UART may be (is?) required.  I used Windows
3.1's msd.exe program to identify what my current card has installed.  It
revealed an 8250.  So, I was wondering if I bought a new modem, would I have
to buy a new I/O card (or buy the 16550 and install it instead of the 8250)
or could I get good use out of what I have now?  Also, could someone tell me
what the big difference is between an 8250 and  a 16550?  (I know the stuff has
appeared before, but I wasn't interested to know it at the time...)
Thanks.
From: tfridley@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NEED HELP WITH DYNA 286 MOTHERBOARD!!!
Date: 27 Sep 92 12:05:18 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

QUESTION!!!!!

I have a friend with a DYNA 286 who has just added 8 256x4's on his
motherboard, what I need to know is what jumpers need to be set to get it to
recognize the extra ram. (He bought this system for $400 and no manual,
Figures!)  Any help at all would be greatly appreicated, and even the phone
number for DYNA would be of great help if nothing else.
 
				Thanks,
				   Troy
 
Please mail responses to:
		          TFRIDLEY@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU

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