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From: bs@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM (Robert L Swarts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Windows video speed
Keywords: Windows, video, monochrome graphics
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:42:33 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.

If you are looking soley to increase the speed of Windows, and you
are using Windows for serious work (spreadsheets, line drawings,
word processing, etc.) consider this. I just installed an old TTL
monochrome card and monitor in my backup 286 16MHz computer and it
scrolls identical files about twice as fast as my 386SX 33 MHz with 
Genoa 6400 in 800x600/16 color mode. You can buy used cards and
monitors for about $25 a pair.This is really low-cost graphics
acceleration -- 'course games don't look so good!

Here's another idea. Does anyone know of anyone working on a multiple
display system for use with Windows? Something that might provide
for two or three monitors and the capability of assigning different
windows to different monitors -- like Program Manager in a central
color display flanked by a pair of monos running your favorite
word processor and spread sheet?

bs
From: gbrand@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Graham Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Maxtor 7120A and Seagate 157A IDE drives working together - help please!
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:29:41 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

I have a '386 running DOS 5.0 with a 40 MB Seagate 157A. Recently, I 
bought a Maxtor 7120A, 130MB drive and am trying to get them to work 
together. I have found that the only way to do this is for the Seagate 
to be the master and the Maxtor the slave. Can someone explain why the 
other way around does not work? I would prefer this arrangement 
(130MB as master -> C: and 40 MB as slave -> D:).

Cheers,
-Graham Brand
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: vrv@cimage.com (Victor Volkman)
Subject: DIPs for Paradise and Tseng VGAs
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:17:44 GMT


Hello,

I need DIP switch settings for the following two cards:

1)  Paradise "VGA PLUS C", 256K RAM, WD BIOS, circa 1988.

2)  Tseng ET3000AX "REV E", 512K RAM, STB BIOS, circa 1989.

Thank you for any help, 

Please email to "vrv@cimage.com".


From: keith@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Keith)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:01:52 GMT
Subject: Do I need to reformat C:?????
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

I need some help to determine how to proceed with a problem I am having with
my hard drive. After running a windows application from a DOS prompt (via
win <executable filename>) I got an error message saying that a "serious disk
error" occurred. During the boot process I get the following message

	Sector not found reading drive C
	Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail

I have run chkdsk and it did find one problem with the file allocation table.
I told chkdsk to create a file but I can't access that file (get the same
message as above.) Running DT (disk test) in the Norton Integrator gives me
error messages that state:

	cluster read error; not currently in use -- DANGER TO COME

All data files and programs still seem to be intact. 

What do I need to do to correct this problem? Do I need to reformat the hard
drive? (I can still backup the disk.) 

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your help.

John Keith  keith@fc.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: nyarko@ee.ualberta.ca (David Nyarko)
Subject: HELP! 486-50Mhz pc purchase
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:38:25 GMT

I would like to have any recommendations for :
a)
Choosing a Maxtor 210MB hard drive over a Western
Digital 210MB type. These are the 2 options 
available for a 486-50 Mhz system I have in mind.
b)
The 486-50 Mhz system I have in mind, uses the
Symphony chip set. Will there be any problems
regarding running unix in the future ?
c)
I'm thinking of adding a 24-pin printer, preferably
one with a colour option. Could anyone give
me any recommendations.

In order not to take up much net bandwith, please 
reply by email.
			David

email address: nyarko@bode.ee.ualberta.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: devil@techunix.technion.ac.il (Gil Tene)
Subject: 14"/15" 1280x1024 @ 60Hz capable monitors?
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:54:48 GMT

Hello NetWrold!

I am looking for 14" or 15" monitors capable of displaying a
1280x1024 60Hz picture. I know of at least one option, the 
MAG MX14S, but I'd like to hear about other models from other
makes as well.

I am looking for :

- Specific Maker and model number.

- Electrical specs (Hor./Ver. scan frequency ranges, Band width, etc.)

- Picture quality (in your opinion).

- Estimated price range.

- Overall personal impression.

- Anything else you have to say.

Please e-mail, as I don't usually follow posts to c.s.i.p.h.
I will summerize.

AdvThanks,

-- Gil.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: plummer@vax  (William W. Plummer)
Subject: Re: WANTED: SCSI Controller Recommendations
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Reply-To: plummer@babyoil.ftp.com
Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:49:29

I have had very good luck with the Always Technology IN-2000.  It
simply plugs in, no drivers, no switches, nothing.  I use it with
DOS, OS/2, Windows and have 2 ST-296Ns (NOT recommended!) and a
XM-3201B CDROM.  Even DOG316 works!  --Bill

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ggawron@comm.mot.com (Glenn Gawron)
Subject: Opinions Wanted: Viewsonic 6 monitors, any good?
Organization: Motorola
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:09:29 GMT

I finally broke down and bought a SpeedStar 24x and am looking for a monitor 
to use with it.  I am looking at the ViewSonic 6E ~450.00 is that a good 
choice?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: prh@essence.demon.co.uk (Peter Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Diamond 24X vs. Stealth
Reply-To: prh@essence.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $
Organization: Organization?  What organization?
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:10:39 +0000

In article <mph.722191234@pssparc2.mitek.com> mph@pssparc2.mitek.com (Mike Hare) writes:

> The problem I have is with Diamond as a product..  I have several problems
> with the drivers for my Stealth and Diamond is not very quick to
> respond.. in fact they may fix the problem and never let me
> know..  I just check their BBS for new drivers..  I have seen
> similar comments about the SpeedStar..
 
I've never had any trouble with my SpeedSTAR.
 
Rgds

Peter Humphrey  |  prh@essence.demon.co.uk         | Voice 0932-343158
Woking, UK.     |  unionjack@cix.compulink.co.uk   | Data  0932-353948
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: rmccown@world.std.com (Bob McCown)
Subject: WD1007v-SE2 / 9380 combination
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:21:25 GMT

I'm trying to install a new ESDI drive in my 386sx/16, and am having
trouble.  Im using a WD1007V-SE2 controller, and have a 9380 drive (330
meg formatted capacity).  The hardware goes in fine, and I can low-level
format with WDFMT.EXE (from Western Digital), but can't access the
on-board BIOS (I dont have the docs for the card).  What happens is that
FDISK will only show me 270 meg of the disk, and tell me that the 270meg
partition it makes is 100% of the disk.

What I would like:
 Jumper specs for the WD card so I can use the standard g=c800:5 to format it.
OR
 Some shareware program that will let me format all 330 meg as a partition.

BTW, I have the drive set up as type 47 (other) in my CMOS, with the
proper settings for the 9380.  HELP!!!


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From: lance@hartmann.austin.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: video cards and 16megs of ram
Summary: Question regarding video memory mapping, constraints.
Keywords: video display #nine memory
Date: 19 Nov 92 16:16:06 GMT
Reply-To: lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Austin

In article <74640@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7691c@prism.gatech.EDU (Jay Lofstead (gt7691c)) writes:
>Is there a problem with cards other than the ati ultra (was that it?)
>when a machine has 16 megs of ram and an ISA bus?  I am trying to
>decide which video card to buy for a 486-50 with 16 megs of ram, but
>do not want to run into a problem with overlapping memory areas.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>-- 

I, too, am concerned about the memory limitations I've read (ie.
cannot run ABC-mode if you have > 8megs of RAM).  Does anyone know
how those video boards which have lots of RAM operate, eg. the
Number Nine #9GXITC with 4MB VRAM?  Is all of this mapped to the
system's address space?  All handled "quitely/nicely" by drivers?

Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
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From: mkg4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Michael K Gavin)
Subject: Two questions: (i) power supplies, (ii) floptical drives
Reply-To: mkg4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Michael K Gavin)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:26:09 GMT

(i)  I want to replace the power supply in my computer because it makes
huge amounts of noise.  I plan to buy one of the "Silencer" units
from PC Power and Cooling, but I don't know how powerful a unit to
buy.  The one in my system is an (I think) absurdly powerful 450
watts, and the quite units seem to go only to 270 watts.  Will 270
watts be enough?  I have a SCSI drive, CD-ROM, '486 motherboard.

(ii) Anyone know if I can run a floptical drive from my (Adaptec 1542b) 
SCSI controller?  Does the drive come with an ASPI module or would I 
have to find one somewhere else?

Thanks for any help.

                                    Mike Gavin
                                    mkg4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
                                    uunet!columbia.edu!mkg4
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: david@donald.concordia.ca (David Gaudine)
Subject: TRIDENT 8900 jumpers SW3 and OSC1
Organization:  ORGANIZATION!! HERE? You must be kidding
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:44:01 GMT

My Trident 8900 doesn't correspond exactly to the manual.  Does anyone know
the actual meaning of SW3 and OSC1?  I think that one or the other is for
38/48K (interlaced/noninterlaced monitor).
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From: gajdos@hpavla.lf.hp.com (Larry Gajdos)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:40:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Temp sensor with PC interface?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Little Falls Site
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, slh1y@cc.usu.edu (Jay Cliburn) writes:

> I originally wrote:
> >>> Can anyone recommend an ambient air temperature sensor which interfaces 
> >>> to a PC?  It doesn't need to be very sophisticated or super accurate, I 
> >>> just want to use my computer to monitor the temperature in a room and 
> >>> report when the temperature exceeds limits.

> Allen Mulvey <mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu> responded:
> >>You should be able to rig a thermistor with an adjusting potentiometer 
> >>across a joystick analog input. You would probably have to write your own 
> >>software to monitor it.

> And Kevin Chalker <kcc@pt.com> said:
> > Radio Shack sells an electronic thermometer module (~$20) that allows you
> > to program high/low temperature alarms.  You could connect this output
> > to a parallel port on your PC.

> Both good ideas.  Thank you.  However...

> I left out an important piece of information from my original post -- the
> room(s) will be up to ~1000 feet from the computer.  I believe this will drive
> me to use an RS-422 interface tied to a serial port with software polling.
> Can RS-232 devices be transparently connected to an RS-422 interface?  Is
> RS-422 a superset of RS-232?  Can anyone recommend a 4-port RS-422 ISA-bus
> compatible board?  I've seen RS-232 temperature modules advertised in various
> industrial computer application catalogs.  Could I use one of these on an 
> RS-422 line?

> Thanks.
> --
> Jay Cliburn			jay@prometheus.idec.sdl.usu.edu
> 				slh1y@cc.usu.edu

Check out Analog Devices or Omega Engineering. I'm not sure how cheap they'd
be but they would at least offer a serial interface (RS-232 for sure).

Larry Gajdos
not speaking for HP
From: ank@robosoft.riga.lv (Alexander Kirpa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Conner CP 3204F drive
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 11:13:18 +0100
Distribution: world
Organization: Robosoft Ltd., Riga, Latvia
Reply-To: ank@robosoft.riga.lv

>Need some information about this 212 Meg (?)  disk.
>Does anybody got the jumper configuration+ manufactors specifications,
>does it has built in cache, etc.?
>Greatful for any answers!

IDE/AT Drive Identify Program 1.0
(c) Copyright 1991 by Thomas J. Newman
All Rights Reserved.

The System BIOS reported 1 hard drive(s).
A scan of the hardware found 1 IDE/AT hard drive(s).

Drive 0 Information

   Cylinders........... 684
   Heads............... 16
   Sectors per track... 38
   Bytes per track..... 25740
   Bytes per sector.... 660
   Buffer Size......... 64 Kb
   ECC bytes........... 7

   Model Number........ Conner Peripherals 200MB - CP3204F
   Firmware Revision... 2.77
   Serial Number....... Q95TG8

   Drive capacity...... 203 Mb


>
>Thanks.......victor@gribb.hsr.no
>
Best regards,
 Alexander Kirpa


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stevenh@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (steven.t.heinsius)
Subject: Re: ?IBM Convertible Upgrades?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:00:44 GMT

add rope---makes a great boat anchor

Steve
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From article <92310.235210GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu>, by <GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu>:
> 
> Can the old IBM laptop called the convertible be upgraded ?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: trk@unislc.uucp (TR Krishnan)
Subject: Windows NT on a 486 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:24:54 GMT

Does anyone have any problems running Windows NT on the commonly available 486 machines. Can it run with VESA and non-VESA local busses ?
Thanks.
From: jrbanks@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Ralph Banks Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need SuperFloppy controler for 10mhzTurbo XT
Summary: Fast XT SuperFloppy Controler
Keywords: XT Floppy Controler
Date: 18 Nov 92 14:42:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: matt.1eeutrINNd61
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


Hello, 
(I know I know Get anouther computer)

I have a Laser Turbo XT computer that I recently aquired HD drives for both
5.25 and 3.5 and have tried two differnt SuperFloppy controlers that both failed
because of the High (9.44mhz) bus speed when in turbo mode.  Does any one know
of a Card that works?  If so could you tell me where/when you got it etc.
I would be most thankfull.

James R. Banks Jr.
jrbanks@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

416 Marlatt Hall
Manhattan KS 66506
(913)-532-4861

8088's never die.
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:53:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B Hanging Under Windows
Organization: Center for Primal Scream Therapy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:

> Has anyone else experienced a problem with the Adaptec 1542B hanging
> under Windows?  I've checked for DMA and IRQ conflicts, and there just
> aren't any.  The board works fine when I first boot up, but as soon as I
> get into Windows, and after I leave Windows, any attempt to access the
> SCSI bus hangs the software that attempts it.
     [ ... ]
> Any theories on possible causes for this problem?

     Does it really hang the bus, or does it trash parts of your hard
disk (requiring a chkdsk/f to fix)?  If it trashes parts of your disk,
and you've eliminated all other possibilities, then I'd suggest trying
to load both ASPI4DOS.SYS and SCSIHA.SYS (load "SCSIHA.SYS /V386" after
ASPI4DOS.SYS).  If this fixes your problem, then you've got the
following choices:

* Keep on using both ASPI4DOS.SYS and SCSIHA.SYS.  The only penalty here
  seems to be memory (but you can load SCSIHA.SYS high, unbelievably
  enough).

* Get the latest version of ASPI4DOS.SYS, which seems to be 3.1.
  Unfortunately, version 3.1 is *NOT* available via Adaptec's BBS (as of
  the last time I checked, which was a week ago), and only seems
  available as a part of Central Point Tools 8.0 for DOS (no, that is
  not a mistake -- version 3.1 is a part of a third-party software
  package).

SCSIHA.SYS is available from the Adaptec BBS at (408)-945-7727.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
From: aa581@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sandra Rozhon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Deskjet Plus not "online"
Date: 22 Nov 1992 23:05:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aa581@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sandra Rozhon)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


I'm having a problem with a Deskjet Plus that is connected to a PC through
the parallel port.  Everytime I try to print something out (whether from
DOS or from  a program nothing happens or I get a message that the printer
might be offline.  I checked to be sure it was physically online (cable seems
tight and LED is lit) so can't figure out why nothing seems to be getting
through.

The computer was recently upgraded from a 286 to a 386.  Could something
have been overlooked in the upgrade?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: K Wayne Thomas <K.Wayne.Thomas@williams.edu>
Subject: (3) SIPPs and (1) SIMM in one machine?
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A73057231201054D@jesup316_04.cc.williams.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23: 25:07 GMT
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:22:53 GMT

Another strange question:

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use 3 one-M SIPPs and one 1-M
SIMM in the same machine?

The motherboard requires that I use memory in groups of four, but pairs
the modules, so the question may simply be if you can pair a SIPP and a
SIMM and if this will cause any problems.

Thanks in advance,

 -Wayne
K.Wayne.Thomas@williams.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: stevel@osf.org (Stephen Lewontin)
Subject: Equity II+ questions
Keywords: setup, bios, epson
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:39:41 GMT

I have an old (in computer years) Epson Equity II+ at home to which I have
recently added an SVGA card.  The card works fine, but unfortunately the 
SETUP utility that comes on disk with the machine only knows about CGA and 
monochrome.  As a result, I get an annoying message from the POST (162 -System
Options Not Set) and I have to hit F1 to boot up.  I'm looking for some way 
to overcome this minor annoyance.

One thing I have tried is to set the appropriate CMOS bits myself using 
DEBUG.  As I understand it, bits 4-5 of the configuration byte need to be 00 for 
a video card with onboard bios (like a VGA).  Its easy to do this:  you
send the configuration byte offset (14h) to port 70h and the configuration 
byte value to port 71h.  I've confirmed the change by reading the value back in,
so I know it works.  However, this has no effect on my problem.  I know that 
there is also a checksum byte in the CMOS, so I suspect that my problem is that
it needs to be recalculated.  Does anyone know how this value is figured ?

In a more general vein, does anybody know anything about the BIOS on these EPSON
machines?  There may well be a ROM setup program that can do what I want, but if
so, I have been unable to figure out how to invoke it.  The Crtl-Alt-Esc
combination has that works with other BIOSs has no effect.

While I'm at it, a question on another subject.  The ST-250R that came with the
machine is a miserable performer, despite having a reasonable seek time.   I
believe this has to do with the 8-bit Seagate controller: it seems to give
its maximum performance with an interleave of 4 or more.  While this would be
reasonable for an XT, it seems pretty poor on an AT type machine.   Is there
anything one can do to improve things short of getting another controller?
I don't really want to spend any more money on this machine.

Thanks,

Steve Lewontin
stevel@osf.org
From: cn445@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joe Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: keyboard too fast -- how to slow it down?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 15:47:20 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


This is a WISE brand 101 key keyboard. I often get repeated characters
if I touch the keys a little longer. Is there anyeway I can reduce the keyboard 
speed? Both in windows and DOS. Thasks.

Joe
From: syzygy@rhps.chi.il.us (Eric Swanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Any chance we'll see a clock-doubled 386SX?
Keywords: 386SX, Cyrix, DRU
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 12:44:26 CST
Organization: CrissySoft Incorporated

spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:

> From "InfoWorld Direct," November 1992 issue, p. 29:
> 
> "Neither Cyrix nor AMD competes in the upgradables market at the 486 level.
> 'There are far more 386s out there; that's what people need to upgrade, not
> 486s,' said Cyrix spokesman Mike Bruzzone.  Cyrix's DRU and DRU2 chips
> address this market, allowing 386SXs to be upgraded to 486s."


    I don't think you'll see a clock-doubled 386sx, at least not from Intel.
It's the whole price/performance deal.  A 486sx-33 would be the machine of
preference, for example, to be a file server (who needs floating point for a
file server?!!), but the performance scale seems to go, 486sx-20, sx-25, dx-25,
dx-33, dx2/50, etc. etc.  Besides now that AMD and Cyrix have cloned the 386
Intel seems to be leaving it behind.
  -Eric Swanson