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From: smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace)
Subject: Re: Help in CMOS SETUP
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:55:40 GMT

In article <massoud.76.715291525@chemteca.sdsu.edu> massoud@chemteca.sdsu.edu (Massoud Ajami) writes:
>In article <la4kurINN3t2@aludra.usc.edu> hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***) writes:
>>From: hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
>>Subject: Help in CMOS SETUP
>>Date: 31 Aug 1992 10:16:11 -0700
>>Hi World,
>>
>>I just bought a 386-40mhz (AMD) motherboard which has an AMI
>>bios in it. I am upgrading my system from a 286..
>>
>>My problem, is after I put everything together..
>>Upon boot up,
>>I get
>>
>>"No ROM BASIC" :-((
>>
>>What did I do wrong??
>>I have 1 3.5 floppy drive and an Adaptec 1542B controller
>>with 1 SCSI Seagate hardisk.. 
>>Everything is great until that..
>>
>>I called my dealer and they said I must alter the Advanced chipsetup
>>and the advance CMOS setup ..
>>& I have to send in the whole system, they charge $50 + s/h :-((
>>
>>Could someone on the net show me what to set? :-)
>>Thanks..
>>
>>Please mail hho@usc.edu
>>H.
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>*******************************************************************************
>>Hung P. Ho, Jr. (John)     USC DENTISTRY    PH.SYSTEMS          CCCOGP  
>>                           hho@usc.edu      hung@phsys.com      hung@cccogp.com
>

try booting up in turbo mode, and that message should go away.  Same
thing happens to me.  

Scott Mace

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From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:43:59 GMT

gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:


>Does anyone know about any monitors that can refresh this fast?
>The fastest NI refresh I have ever seen on a monitor at 1280x1024
>is 60Hz, this includes viewsonic, NEC, etc...
>If so, I would like to hear about them, especially $$$$

I know that the Taxan UltraVision 1150 has a vertical scan rate of 
up to 80Hz.


It lists at about $3500 but I'm relying on very ancient memory so could
easily be wrong.

It's a nice monitor, 21" with a Max bandwidth of 200MHz and a
Horizontal scan rate of between 30-78KHz. I've had one for a couple of
years with absolutely no problems.  Nice on te eyes too!

Kevin
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: VGA-->composite
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:40:07 GMT

I'm looking for an inexpensive way to convert VGA RGB output to feed a
composite color monitor (RCA jack inputs).  Anyone know of any
specific devices?    Email please, as the traffic here gets pretty high
sometimes.     Thanks in advance.


--Golden

-- 
Golden Richard III             OSU Dept. of Computer and Information Science
grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Backup software for CMS Jumbo 250?
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:42:17 GMT


You guy are still forgeting Norton backup, very nice piece of software!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: Query: Quantum Quality?
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:15:31 GMT


Quantum (plus devolpment) make some of the best drive in the industry, supreb!!!
the tech support is fantastic, and so far every review I have ever read is in
good word for them....I have installed about 300 of them, mainly the 120at, and
only one has come back, and that was because the customer droped it!! I own two
of the drives, they are fast, reliable, and quiet as death...never so much as a
problem!! hope this help...
Stephen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,biz.zeos.general
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Occidental Systems
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:44:41 GMT


	Telephone numbers and a brief history and description of 
the newly formed subsidiary of ZEOS is available on our list server.
I posted the marketing release and phone numbers to biz.zeos.general
(here). Please direct any questions about Occidental Systems to the
sales and technical staff at Occidental Systems. 
	To retrieve  the marketing release and telephone number information
send an e-mail message to listserv@zeos.com with a 'get occidental' and 
'get occidental.phone' in the body of the message i.e.

$ mail listserv@zeos.com
Subject: Doesn't matter.
get occidental
get occidental.phone

The ads are in most Ziff Davis publications. The easiest of these to 
find is the latest Computer Shopper in the inside page. Try the 
fax back system for more information or call the sales and tech
phone numbers for more information on their product offerings.

Any questions posted or sent to ZEOS via e-mail or the USENET 
about Occidental Systems will be refered to the telephone numbers
available on our list server. Access for Occidental Systems to 
the internet is being looked into. I will post the information
about their potential internet access when it becomes available.
There are no e-mail addresses set up for Occidental at this time.
-- 
       	     
Ken Germann		ZEOS International, Ltd.  
Technical Support				support@zeos.com.
Operating Systems Group.			os@zeos.com
From: wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Info wanted: Video Blaster
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:51:27 GMT
Organization: Purdue University


	While travelling in Hong Kong this summer, I came
	across the 'Video Blaster'. I strongly believed
	that it was from Creative Lab (the company which
	produces the Sound Blaster).
	Upon my return to the States, no one, however, seems
	to know anything about it - neither the computer 
	stores, or magazines, or any of my PC friends.

	Is there anyone here has any more info on the 
	Video Blaster? Where might I find it, or when is it
	due to release, etc.etc.
	I would appreciate any info given.

	From what I remembered, the Video Blaster has a 
	capability of placing TV images onto a PC monitor
	(with approiate SVGA cards and screen, of course.)
	using MS Windows, and it can play with images like
	how the Sound Blaster plays with audio sounds.
	In Hong Kong, it costed slightly more than $400US.
	It was released in Hong Kong earlier this year, as
	told by the salesman.

	Many thanks.


	 - Benjamin Wai  < wai@cn.ecn.purdue.edu > < wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu >
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: walls@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Gerald Walls)
Subject: Re: Nuvotel 9600 Baud Modem w/ 14440 Baud Fax
Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 19:41:38 GMT

FWIW, Gateway offers a 9600 bps fax/modem called the Telepath that
has v.32/v.32bis/v.42/v.42bis, meaning that it can go at 14,400 bps
to another v.32bis modem and has error correction and data
compression modes with other v.42/v.42bis modems.  this modem is
available to previous and current customers only at $195.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: OCR/Scanners
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:29:36 GMT


	What is the best flat bed and OCR scanner combination for 
scanning text and graphics? Will post summary.

E-mail or news replies.
-- 
       	     
Ken Germann		ZEOS International, Ltd.  
Technical Support				support@zeos.com.
Operating Systems Group.			os@zeos.com	
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jjh@col.hp.com (Jeff Haeffele-x3570)
Subject: Re: Backup software for CMS Jumbo 250?
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:39:04 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
> 
> Chaning the subject a bit, I have a CMS 250 which is only a few months old
> and is now giving me problems. It says all tapes are unformatted and when I
> try to format it says Error 99 (24) (I can't find subcode 24 anywhere in
> the manual). I have done the obvious like reseating all the cables,
> cleaned the tape heads with isopropyl alchohol but have not blasted air
> on the light sensors yet (can't find a can anywhere locally). Anybody have
> any ideas before I try to return to CMS.
> Thanks
> 
> Laurence Chiu

I had a similar problem with my CMS 250 and tracked it down
to a dma conflict with a sound board I had added.

Hope this helps.

Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: monitors, was:Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:52:37 GMT

sc05@newshost.gte.com (Shih-Chio Chang) writes:

>I am following this thread because the Diamond Stealth (S3) card can only
>deliver 1280x960 interlace with 16 colors in windows.  I am looking for a 
>better video card to match this monitor.  Any one has any suggestions?

Both the Helios (S3) and Graphics Ultra Pro (8514) can do 1280x1024x256NI.
The Graphics Ultra Proc costs $600, but the Helios probably costs 
alot less.

------------
Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: song@cds855.Cadence.COM (Song-Yu Yang)
Subject: SVGA card: Recommendations?
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:02:19 GMT

Hi Folks,

I am looking for an SVGA card, but I need your recommendation.

The SVGA card should have the following features:

	1. Has accelerator.
	2. Has a lot of software support. Better has a programming guide.
	3. Supports 24 bit true color.
	4. Under $300.

Originally, I am waiting for Diamond Stealth 24. Unfortunately, I heard
they are not going to release any programming information, that makes other
3rd party group cannot support this card easily. I decide to look for other
SVGA card. I don't know what's the right one. I need your help.

Thanks in advance!

Song-Yu
From: pratt@aramis.rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Quantex computers?
Date: 1 Sep 92 22:23:24 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Hi,

My sister's buying a PC clone soon.  She lives in Ann Arbor, MI, and is
considering buying mail order. I wonder whether you might be able to
give her any information about a small computer company based in east
Brunswick, NJ called Quantex.  Their 386-40MZ computer got a very
positive review in PC sources magazine (August).  Its a small, newer
company and I'm wondering if anyone on the network has had dealings
with this company and what they think of the product and of the
service.  Also, what are the risks involved in dealing with small,
upstart mail order companies in general.  Oh, and does anyone have an
opionion on AMD microchips versus those made by Intel (The quantex 386
has an AMD microchip)

Please respond to my sister, Faith, at:
  Faith.Pratt@um.cc.umich.edu

(or write to me and I'll forward responses)

Thanks in advance for any help!

  --Lori
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pratt@cs.rutgers.edu                Rutgers University	          |BIKE   ,_~o
(908) 846-4766 (home)               Hill Center                   | TO   _-\_<,
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From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CACHE
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:05:27 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.


Anyone got an update on the 486 cache problems?  I just ran into a situation
with my 486 where Word for Windows crashes (blank screen and processor halt) 
with the external cache enabled.  I have no problems running anything else, 
including SQL Windows, TPW, and PKWare's 486 cache-bug snooper programs.

Has anyone seen anything this evasive out there?  It will crash 100% of the 
time with the cache on, and I have yet to make it crash with the cache off 
(external).  Internal cache has no effect, except to really slow things 
down, of course.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    "This must be Thursday.  I never could get the hang of Thursdays"
                                                       - D Adams
  - Patrick Taylor
    Ericsson Network Systems
    exuptr@exu.ericsson.se                       "Don't let the .se fool you"
    alternately, exuptr@ZGNews.Lonestar.Org
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:23101 comp.os.msdos.programmer:8927
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: More on DMA
From: dueck@brandonu.ca
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:21:54 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

In article <1992Aug26.162928.20891@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk>, adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) writes:
> Well, my DMA saga continues. Several people told me after my last post that
> vanilla MS-DOS does map virtual to physical as in real mode until you start
> filling memory up (contrary to what I had claimed). I now have basic DMA 
> working on a 386, having fixed the timing problem that had been causing the
> virtual DMA to fail.
> 
> So far, so good, but I still need a `proper' mapped solution for general use,
> especially under Windows. Several people (not least Ralf Brown)have drawn my
> attention to the existence of the Virtual DMA specification (VDS) which sounds
> like just what I want, but beyond the information in Ralf's interrupt listing
> nobody seems to know much about it. Can anybody enlighten me, or point me some
> documents?
> 
>                           Adrian
Try Microsoft's Device Development Kit (DDK), available from Microsoft
for a merely exorbitant price.

Gery Dueck
dueck@brandonu.ca
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CD ROM for PS/2 80's SCSI
Date: 30 Aug 92 23:14:38 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand

We have a few PS/2-80's with SCSI drives (120M?). Anyway we would like
to put CD ROM's on them all. Apart from buying IBM ones does anybody have
any experience with CD ROMs that work through the SCSI interface on these
machines? Will they work? Clearly we can't use CD ROMs with proprietary
interfaces since they are usually ISA cards and putting in an Adaptec
SCSI card might be a problem given that the machines already have SCSI hard
drives.
Multimedia compatibility is not a major factor since they will be used to
install IBM Mainframe software. However they will be used under OS/2 2.0
if that's a factor.
Thanks


=========================================================================== 
 Laurence Chiu                      |
 Principal Consultant               |
 GCS Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand   |
 Tel: +64 4 801 0176                | Internet    : lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz
 Fax: +64 4 801 0095                | Compuserve  : 71750,1527

 Disclaimer: I speak only for myself - usual caveats apply!
===========================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar 24X REVIEW
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:36:50 GMT

roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes:

>Well if you simply treat the 16bit pixel as 2 8bit pixels you can use
>all of the blitters features (to a certain degree). Also the cursor
>should work (with a few crude tricks) at up to 32x32 pixels.

I think to some extent, the 24X's performance is limited by the  memory
bandwidth on the board.  It seems to do better at the lower refresh
rates and with fewer colors.  It is definitely much slower in
15 and 24bit color, but not so slow as to make me think acceleration
is turned off.

Also, I ran winbench on my 24X using the "generic" windows 3.1
800x600x16 SVGA driver.  It got 44,000 chars/sec.  I guess
the generic driver knows about the 9031.  It didn't use the
hardware cursor, though the Diamond 800x600x16 driver does. 

BTW, I put winbench 2.5 in the uploads dir on cica.

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Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dale@manet.wustl.edu (Dale Frye)
Subject: Re: Mixing 70 & 80 ns SIMMS in a 486?
Reply-To: dale@manet.wustl.edu
Organization: Washington University, School of Engineering, St. Louis MO
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:19:45 GMT

In article <Jim_Johnson.078t@abcd.Houghton.MI.US>  
Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson) writes:
> In a message dated Sat 22 Aug 92 16:25, Grund@pyrite.som.cwru.edu  
(victor G
> wrote:
> 
>  GG> I have a Gateway 486/33 ISA which has 8 MB of 70 ns SIMMS.  I have
>  GG> a meg of 80 ns SIMMS around the house, and I'm wondering would be
>  GG> possible
>  GG> to add these to my system without risking ill-effects?
> 
> I don't recommend putting chips slower than the manufacturer recommends
> into a machine - nasty things can happen.  I have only recently been
> hearing advice against putting RAM faster than the manufacturer  
recommends
> into a machine, unless you make ALL the RAM faster.  You won't see a
> performance increase with RAM faster than recommended by the way.


In a word.   W R O N G !!!!!!

As long as it's fast enough it doesn't matter how fast it is. You can mix
and match speeds to your heart's content as long as the speeds are fast
enough for the MB. You can mix and match speeds between banks and within
a bank. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

Dale Frye
Washington University in St. Louis
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Subject: Re: 82450 -> 16550???
Originator: smintz@alamo
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:25:37 GMT


If the chips are socketed, 90% of the cards can use a 14550 Uart, no problem!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.consumers
From: chow@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Christopher Chow)
Subject: Re: PC Connection is *great* (Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex )
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:39:14 GMT


I too concur that Mac/PC Connection is great. For years I too also used
to place orders through MacConnection. Now that I've also acquired a 
486/33, I also order through PC Connection.

I was initially somewhat disappointed regarding PC Connection's 
shipping policy, however. I though it was strange that the same company
would offer its Mac division $3 overnight shipping for any size
order (h/w or s/w), generous 30 or 60 day money back guarantees whereas
on the PC side it was second day shipping, actual cost for overnight,
and actual cost for hardware. 

One thing to realized, however, is that Mac/PC Connection is the same
company, and I've placed a couple of my PC orders through the Mac
side. Also, for those who are tempted by the somewhat lower prices
of some other mail order stores: use a credit card from a bank which 
offers price protection, and you can buy then buy from Mac/PC Connection
and get your credit card to eat the difference. I've done this in 
several orders and easily made up for the high annual fee CitiBank
charges me.

-- 
Christopher Chow
---------------------------   Phone:          518-426-0687
1 Notre Dame Drive - Rm 335   Internet:       chow@theory.tc.cornell.edu
Albany, NY 12208-3413         America Online: Chris Chow
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chungh@armory.enet.dec.com (Henry Chung)
Subject: Re: What program tells HD interleave factor?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 23 AUG 92 20:47:42    


In article <1992Aug23.003408.220@weyrich.UUCP>, orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich) writes...
>In article <1992Aug19.015845.7696@ra.msstate.edu> cbb1@ra.msstate.edu (Chris B. Borchert) writes:
>>Can someone tell me a good program to determine the optimum interleave
>>factor for any HD?  I have used HDTEST 1.28 (and it works great!), but
>>it says it only runs on RLL drives.  I cannot find a newer version of
>>this program.  Are there others for MFM and IDE drives?
> 
>Spinrite will do this  for MFM and RLL; I don't know about IDE's. [My version
>of spin-rite predates IDE's].
> 
>
Norton Utilites' Calibrate will work on MFM and RLL drives.  Never try
to change the Interleave for IDE and SCSI drives.  IDE and SCSI drives
have 1:1 interleave set at the factory.
/Henry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ran26@cas.org (Bob Novak)
Subject: IRQ 2
Followup-To: email
Summary: Can IRQ 2 be used by a peripheral and still provide access to high IRQ
Keywords: IRQ
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 12:12:05 GMT

I have a 386DX-40 running an AMI-BIOS dated 5/91.  I have the following
periperals using the following interrupts:
(Note: PAS16 is the ProAudioSoundcard)

    0   - system timer                         8
    1   - keyboard                             9
    2   - access to high IRQ                  10  one of these is used
    3   - COM2/COM4 (used by my modem)        11  by my hard drive
    4   - COM1/COM3 (used by my mouse)        12
    5   - Soundblaster portion of PAS16 card  13  12, 13 or 14
    6   - Diskette Drive                      14
    7   - Printer & PAS16                     15

I have purchased a scanner which can be configured to IRQ 3, 4, or 5.
The soundblaster can be reconfigured to 3 (no help), or 7.
The PAS16 can be reconfigured to 2, 3, 5, 7 or HIGH.
				 ~
I could get around the problem "easily" by putting the scanner on 5,
the soundblaster on 7 and the PAS16 on an upper IRQ.
BUT I lose DOS program support for the PAS16 by doing that.

My question is - what happens if I put the PAS16 on IRQ 2?  Does this
mean I lose access to all the high IRQs?  That would NOT be good since
I need them for the hard drive.

If I can use IRQ 2, I'd prefer that - other solutions would be having
multiple CONFIG.SYS - one that allows scanning and the other that allows
sounds.

Email prefered UNLESS you think this is of more general interest.  A lot of
times I read a question, say ME TOO, but never see an answer because of
email replies only.  If you don't want to waste bandwidth and you've had
a similar problem and would like to hear the responses I get - drop me an
email and I will send you a summary directly.  I'll also post a followup
with responses as well.

Thanks in advance

Bob
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