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From: larryd@milton.u.washington.edu (Larry Desoto)
Subject: Re: Pertec 9Track <--> PC bus ?
Keywords: pertec interface
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 03:25:25 GMT

camerons@NAD.3Com.COM (Cameron Spitzer 408/764-6339) 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!

Why not just buy a new drive from an outfit like Qualstar.  The drives
are okay...nothing fancy but they do work.  The come with DOS and Xenix
drivers and an ISA interface card so you can use them right away.  They
also have a DOS tar utility that makes and reads tar tapes from UNIX 
machines.  It will be a *lot* less aggravation than designing an
interface and writing device drivers.  It will also probably cost less
in the end too.

Disclaimer:  I have no interest in Qualstar or any other PC 9-track
tape drive vendor other than I have a pair of them, one on a 386 XENIX
machine and another on a 286 DOS machine.

---
Larry
larryd@u.washington.edu
From: ms70+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark D. Schroeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: MAU schematics needed
Date: 6 Oct 92 12:27:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.AeoTOyG00WB_BLCmd1
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I'm looking for schematics for the token ring MAU. Anyone know where I can
get 'em?


Thanks...
?d
From: richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.sysv386,biz.sco.general
Subject: Graphics hardware recommendations sought
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:53:09 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

I am buying a new 486 for one of our employees, and would like to make
sure this unit can run both SCO Open Desktop (X Window) and Microsoft
Windows very well.

If you have had good or bad experiences with any 768x1024 or larger
color or monochrome display and display adapter which is compatible with
these software environments, I would like to hear your comments
regarding (a) performance, (b) resolution, (c) price.  Ideally, the
monitor should be in the 14" to 17" range.

Since these can be on the expensive side, I'd also be interested in
hearing price/performance comparisons with low-end workstations.
(Unfortunately, the requirement of running DOS applications will
probably rule out most of them.)

Thanks!

-rich
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:53:20 EDT
From: Floyd L. Roberts <U5CAB@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: cmos and shadow ram. need help!!

How much memory is on this machine?

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From: dowling@ncifcrf.gov (Paul Dowling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Caller ID card for PC
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:36:15 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Organization: NCI Supercomputer Center, Frederick, MD


	I'm looking for a caller id card for my PC.  I had the address
of a company that made them for $50, and the software for $50 more.
I know Supra is coming out with a modem that will have caller id built
in.  I want to interface it with some software, so I'd like it to have
a programmers toolkit.  Does anyone know of a place that might sell one?

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From: u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal)
Subject: Re: Plug VGA monitor into a MAC...
Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:14:05 GMT

In article <BvAw3M.5Dq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>In article <BuoLMr.J6H@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
>
>>Yes, but a couple of articles in MacUser and MacWorld strongly implied
>>that one could, with the right cable, use VGA monitors on Mac II series
>>computers.
>
>I've seen a Mac II hooked up to an old Nec MultiSynch using a 
>cerebus cable (3 heads  9-)  ). Don't know about a standard VGA 
>cable though......
>
I got an adapter (from NEC) with my NEC 4FG that will connect it to a Mac.
If no-one else replies in a day or so, I'll dig it out and figure out the
pin connections (mini DB15 to DB15) and post them.
 
Regards, Stu Beal, VE3MWM, U009@CS.CCIW.CA,
National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
 
"We'd made it through yet another nuclear winter and
 the lawn had just trapped and eaten it's first robin." - Kyle J. Spiller

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From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Re: 24X still will not do 800*600 32K at 72Hz
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:53:01 GMT

bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:

>mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:

>>I received version 2.02 of the 24X drivers yesterday from Daimond in response
>>to my 800*600 32K problem @ 72Hz.  (Missing top 2" of screen - Ok at 60Hz).

>>The new drivers DO NOT fix the problem.  I suppose no one else has this working
>>at 72Hz either?

>Since when has the 24X supported 800x600x32K at 72Hz.  When I bought
>mine, it would do only 800x600x32K at 60Hz.  It would do
>72Hz at 800x600x256 and 1024x768x256, though.

I looked in the manual last night and found that it will only do 800x600x32K at
60Hz.  This is a bit of a sham really.  They advertise that this does 16M colors
and has a refresh rate of 72Hz.  They don't say you can't get 16M colors AND
72Hz or 32K AND 72Hz at the same time.

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From: Andrew.Jackson@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Andrew Jackson)
Subject: AT bus adapter...
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
 
 
 
 
 
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From: lu-chien-ping@CS.YALE.EDU (Chien-Ping Lu)
Subject: ATI's new graphics on VL-bus?
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:44:26 GMT


I heard from some previous post saying that the graphics card on
their VL-bus machine is ATI's Graphics Ultra Pro. But isn't only
for ISA, EISA and MCA. Or there is a special version for VL-bus.
version for VL-bus. Is it sold as individual product somewhere
else? What's the price?

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Dept. Computer Science
Yale University
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From: amodra@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Alan Modra)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Can a '486DX drop into a '486SX socket?
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:33:53 GMT
Organization: The University of Adelaide
NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au


wehr@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (Bruce Wehr) writes:

>    I am posting this for a colleague (who doesn't have net access) who
>    would like to know:

>    "Can I simply install a '486DX chip into a '486SX socket to get a
>    `fully functional' 486 computer system?"

Intel made the pinouts for a 486DX and 486SX slightly different, so the
general answer is no.  Many newer 486SX motherboards, however, have
a set of jumpers that allow either processor (or even a 487SX), to be
installed in the CPU socket.  Tell your friend to check the motherboard
documentation for this feature before buying, as you will save money
when upgrading.  A 487SX is dearer than an equivalent 486DX.
(The motherboard should cost less too! - 3 jumpers are rather cheaper
than an extra socket and 2 or 3 extra chips.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: johnston@ug.cs.dal.ca (geoff)
Subject: VGA / Realtek???
Summary: anyone heard of them?
Keywords: vga,1meg
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:12:12 GMT

I have this 1meg VGA card from a company called Realtek.

They supplied lots of drivers for it with an accompanying disk, but I guess
I'm out of luck when it comes to new software.  Anyone out there
have one of these / know where drivers might be available by
FTP? (I checked simtel already and others, but found nothing).
There is a vesa driver that came with it, which allows me to use 
programs such as FRACTINT with vesa support.  It would seem like
a good idea for all graphics-type programs to use vesa.

I checked over the board and the chip says Realtek / RTG3106 / 9151AC.
Could this be a 'clone' of some more popular chip?

any help/comments appreciated,

Geoff Johnston
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
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From: knutson@mcc.com (Jim Knutson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Repairing broken Thrustmaster joystick
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:27:06 GMT
Organization: MCC, Austin, TX

I've been through 5 Thrustmaster FCS joysticks since April or so.  The
first 3 failed with pot problems within 30 days of buying them, so I 
exchanged them (bought it at Babbages).  The fourth failed with a broken
firing button wire within 30 days and the 5th feels like one of the gimbal 
mounts is about to fall off.  This is not the quality I would expect from
a joystick this pricey.

If you have already passed your 30 day return policy from wherever you
bought it, the stick itself has a one year warranty.  You should be able
to return it to Thrustmaster for warranty work.  I've also heard someone
say they did the repair themselves by obtaining new pots from Thrustmaster
and doing the solder work themselves.  It's not something I'd recommend
unless you have experience doing it.

-- 
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From: lakerb@rcwusr.bp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,biz.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: Pertec 9Track <--> PC bus ?
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:55:16 -0500
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: BP Research, Cleveland, OH (USA)

In article <1352@bridge2.NSD.3Com.COM>, camerons@NAD.3Com.COM (Cameron Spitzer 408/764-6339) 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
> 
> 
> 

Having designed a Pertec mag tape controller for a DEC Unibus, just about 20
years ago ...  there was a box that provided a serial port to a Pertec
tape drive interface.  We bought one about 9 years ago to put on some
UNIX system.  The problem was that it would NOT read anything except ASCII
tapes, as it had "in-band" control  ---  the interface control signals were
sent over the same data path as the tape channels.

If you are dealing with ASCII tapes only, I might be able to dig out the
vendor's name from the files.

Rob Lake
BP Research
lake@rcwcl1.dnet.bp.com
From: Charan van Tijn@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Charan van Tijn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate ST-157R
Date: 2 Oct 92 08:47:12 GMT
Organization: ACCU, Academisch Computer Centrum Utrecht

In article <1992Sep29.181124.23572@ee.ubc.ca> johnt@ee.ubc.ca (john jay 
tanlimco) writes:>Is the Seagate ST-157R a certified RLL drive?
>Would somebody please email me some specs on this drive.
>Thanks.
>-- 
The specs are:
Heads: 6
Cyls: 615
Sect: 26
Write Precomp: none
Reduced Write: none
and it should format at roughly 46 Mb. 
Interface: ST412
and yes, it is RLL 2,7
Seems to be a reliable HD

Charan@cc.ruu.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ukrainec@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca (Andrew Ukrainec)
Subject: Re: SIS Chipset EISA motherboard any good?
Keywords: EISA, bus
Organization: Communications Research Laboratory, McMaster Univ
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 19:13:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.150438.5012@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO) writes:
>Does anybody has experience with SIS Chipset EISA bus motherboard?
>The motherboard I am thinking about has 6 EISA bus expansion slots, and
>2 ISA bus expansion slots (16-bits). It uses the SIS Chipset as opposed
>to the INTEL Chipset and the manual claims to have EISA spec. 3.1 compliance.
>It can use 25/33/50 MHz 486 cpu (jumper configuered).  Also able to use
>1,4, or 16MB SIMMs, giving a max. of 128MB RAM on board!

Along the same lines, has anyone any experience with the new OPTI chip
set for EISA?  I thought it was suppose to be out at the end of this year,
but the other day I went into a store and saw a EISA motherboard with 
4 OPTI chips on it, 2 of which I assume are the bus mastering chips.
No Intel chips were to be seen (except the CPU, of course).
Are they available already?

Thanks in advance,
Andy
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From: Mike@tron.gun.de (Michael Gerhards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 16C450??
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:27:00 GMT
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neurath, Germany

Hallo,

> From: reznick@acf3.NYU.EDU (Daniel Reznick)
> Subject: 16C450??
> Message-ID: <54830010@acf3.NYU.EDU>
> Organization: New York University
> [..]
> What is this 16C450 Uart, and is it going to affect data communications at
> speeds like 9600 or 14,400 bps because it is not a 16550?  Being used
> under either Windows 3.1 or DOS 5.0?  (I'm planning on using it under
> both).  And what, if anyone can elucidate, is the "C" in the middle of
> 16C450?

My 8450 UART works fine up to 115000 bps in singletasking. In multi-tasking,
the cpu have to look at the port every time a character is received. If it
doesn't, some characters will be lost.

The 'C' means CMOS , thsi chip will use less power.

c u

Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dkm@col.hp.com (Dave K. Martin)
Subject: Trantor Parallel<=>SCSI Adapter?
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 20:01:31 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Has anyone tried the Trantor (or any brand) adapter that allows you to use
SCSI devices through the parallel port?  This seems like it would be an 
ideal way to share my CD-ROM and SCSI tape drives between several systems 
without having to buy a SCSI card for each system.  Blinding speed is not a 
major concern here, saving $$$ is.  Any idea what driver software is provided?

Any comments welcome.  Email and I'll summarize if I get enough response.

Dave Martin - dkm@col.hp.com
From: hyatt@hydra.cs.unc.edu (Brant Hyatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Intel 80386 and 80486 multi-processor?
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:57:58 GMT

I read in some specs of the 80486 that it was capable of
mutli-processor support.  Does anyone know of a company(s)
that has made multi-processor motherboards?
Of course, they would need to make their own os also. 
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From: rob@dexter.psych.umn.edu (Robert Stephens)
Subject: Everex Modem Pinouts?
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 22:51:44 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Distribution: world
Followup-To: 
From: rob@dexter.psych.umn.edu (Robert Stephens)
Organization: 
Subject: Everex Modem Pinouts?
Keywords: 


I cleaned out our equipment room and I found
an Everex 2400 baud modem.  I wasn't able to find the
power supply.

Model: EMAC MD-2400

Does anyone have the pinouts for the 5-pin
DIN plug on the back where the power plugs
in?  If so, Email of this info would
be greatly appreciated.


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Robert C. Stephens   rob@dexter.psych.umn.edu
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Human Factors Research Laboratory
University of Minnesota
60 Norris Hall
172 Pillsbury Dr. SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sb205cs@opie.bgsu.edu
Subject: Unknown IBM HD
Organization: Bowling Green State University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:55:11 GMT

To All :

I recently bought an IBM Hard Drive with these markings:
 
                        MODEL : WD-325N
			MLC : A07282
			P/N : 90X6806
			Type 30  20 MB

Could someone tell me what type of HD this is?  I've called IBM and Western
Digital(because of the "WD" in the MODEL) and IBM didn't have any records
on this HD and Western Digital didn't make this drive for IBM.

What type of system was this used in and could I use it in an IBM P/S 1
Model 25?

Thanks in advance!!
Tim Hornbeck
Bowling Green, OH

E-MAIL address : sb205cs@opie.bgsu.edu



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From: jrutledg@cs.ulowell.edu (John Lawrence Rutledge)
Subject: Looking for VGA cards
Organization: Interactive Media Group - University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:30:51 GMT

I am looking for VGA cards with the following requiresments:

	- uses the T4000 chip
	- 1024x786 resolution
	- has a feature adaptor
	- technical docuements availible 
	  (I need to write a UNIX device driver)

Any information on cards which meet these requirements is greatly 
appreciated.  If known, please include manufactures address and
phone number.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: notarus@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus)
Subject: Re: Modems(14.4) Supra vs. Boca vs. Zoom vs. Cardinal. Which one?
Reply-To: notarus@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 17:57:42 GMT

ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue) writes:
}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?
 I dont know about technical compatability, but i've been using this zoom
14.4 external for about 5 months now...nice modem, no problems.
 I connect to everything i'm supposed to...USR dual standards, v.32/v.42,
wetc.


}    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
 Serial ports are capable of transmitting at up to 115.2Kbps...
the problem is not the serial port, but the UART that is handling 
communications TO the port. I've got a 286/16, with a 16550AFN as my UART, and
it runs smooth as silk.



 mail me if you or anyone else has any specific questions. 
:)

mark
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From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 66MHZ 486DX2 SYTEMS GATEWAY VS. ZEOS
Date: 26 Sep 92 08:11:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: gibdo.1992Sep26.075143.20080
Organization: University of Washington

sfullenkamp@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil first wrote:
| Now, what differences exist in the systems.
| 1- Gateway gives you 1 free software package.  Zeos gives you 2 free 
|    software packages.  I estimate the value a software package to be
|    $250.  So now the cost difference is $650.

I responded:
|  $250 is too much.  As a Gateway option you can get Word 4 Windows,
|  Excel and Power Point for $175.  The street value of this is much more
|  than any two of the three software products offered by Zeos.

sfullenkamp@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil answers:
| I don't think that the software options are that much different.
| 
| MS Word vs AMI PRO
| MS Excel vs 123
| Power Point vs Freelance Graphics
| 
| It just seems you get one additional package with the ZEOS system.
| (i'm ignoring personal preferences)

  I'm not trying to promote Gateway, I'm just trying to get an honest
  assessment of the two systems.  I was making a logical argument of why
  your original estimate of $250 was too high.  Ultimately, every person
  is going to put a different value on each package depending on their
  particular needs and tastes.

  Also, Gateway has resurrected a previous software option:

      Paradox and Turbo Pascal 1.5 or C++ 3.1

  which is a pretty good deal if you can use them.
  ==

  Bob
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