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From: wiedeman@altair.acs.uci.edu (Lyle Wiedeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: MFM -> RLL
Summary: which drives work
Keywords: MFM RLL Harddrive
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:35:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California, Irvine

Is this a FAQ?  Apologies in advance.  I have seen no FAQ posted.

I am trying to buy a second hard disk for my PC/XT.  I have an RLL
controller, with a disk on it, formatted to 30MB, which works great.

I would like to buy a 40MB MFM drive, and reformat it as an RLL drive,
but I have been warned that not all MFM drives will format for RLL,
and not all of those work reliably.  Where can I learn which MFM 
drives are trustworthy for this use?

Please write to me directly; I will happily summarize to the net.

	Lyle Wiedeman                 Office of Academic Computing
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From: dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (David T. Dudek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.misc
Subject: HELP: Looking for info on IBM-XT motherboard
Date: 2 Oct 92 03:08:23 GMT
Organization: UB

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...   

It has two banks of 10 dip-switches (their purpose is unknown), 256K RAM,
and it appears to have two keyboard connectors side-by-side.  If anyone has
any information on this board, or on the jumper and switch settings, it
would be greatly appreciated.

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From: starkg@helium (Gavin E Stark )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 486/33 suggestions
Date: 1 Oct 92 08:12:09 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


I am, at some point in the near future, planning on purchasing a 486/33.  I'd
like to hear suggestions on a brand/line/producer to purchase from.  Here
are some of my requirements:

	o Target range: about $2000
	o Good warranty and service such that if I move (to a decent size
	  city) I can be sure that I can get it serviced locally
	o Good performance ratings for basic CPU and Windows.
	o Good monitor resolution and display quality.

Please send me your suggestions.  Right now I am looking at the dell
dimension, Packard Bell, COMPAQ, and others...

-Gavin Stark
starkg@gas.uug.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: evas@cs.few.eur.nl (Eelco van Asperen)
Subject: Re: BERNOULLI BERNOULLI
Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:05:15 GMT

jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
>mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>>Bernoulli has been warrantying their cartridges for 5 years for quite
>>some time now.  You must have a very large 'recently'.

>Gee fred, I just bought a 3 pack of 20 mb cartridges from the local
>retailer about 3 weeks ago. Right on the back it says "30 day limited
>warranty" and the usual other disclaimers.

Well, I have some 5.25" 20Mb cartridges that are all labeled
"Five Year - The Bernouilli Gold Standard Warranty". Some of these
cart's are more than a year old. Of course, a five year warranty on
the cartridge does not help much if it fails; sure, you get a new
cartridge but that won't replace your lost data. In our department,
we've found that cartridges should be discarded after about a year
of work (light duty as primary storage for a secretary). The new drives
are supposed to be better.

BTW, the info-to-mud ratio of this thread is much too low.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Subject: PCMag benchmark metrics
Keywords: metrics benchmarks conversion
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:52:14 GMT

I'd like to evaluate my spiffy new machine relative to others of its
class using *PC Magazine's* benchmarks 6.0.  The trouble is that the
benchmark programs do not seem to produce the same metrics as are
reported in the magazine.  For example, in the magazine they report
Processor (operations per second) for the system they review, but the
benchmark program doesn't report a number with that label.  Instead,
the benchmarks report metrics for a series of processor-intensive
tasks, like an instruction mix, sorting, math operations, and so on.

Presumably the metric reported in the magazine for "Processor" is an
amalgam of the (perhaps weighted and/or scaled) values reported by the
benchmark program.

Does anyone know how to express the benchmarks produced by the
benchmark program in terms like those reported in the magazine?

Thanks for any insights.

[Alternatively, if someone knows how to write an appropriate person
from the internet, I could ask *PC Magazine* directly.]

--
Frank Burleigh
Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  47405
CIS 72730,1017; Internet burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu; Bitnet burleigh@iubacs
From: deanc@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Cashen)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 23:57:45 GMT
Subject: Re: 486 Summary
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware / johnson@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Don Johnson):

> Cyrix:			486SLC : a 386sx with a faster mircokern and 1k
> (texas Instr.		Instruction-Cache, no FPU, Power Managment -> needs
>  has second		more pins -> not pincomp.
>  source)		486DLC: a 386dx like the one above, but with a fast
> 			FPU
> 
> So, as you see, there is NO REAL 486 avail from anyone other than Intel.
> And, as a result, there is no Low Power version of an 486 avail, so there
> is no 486 notebook out yet (or it is a Cyrix 486..).

> The '486' from Cyrix is more a 386sx....confusing us all
                   .
                   .
                   .

I see a lot of misinformation in your post.  

- "There is no 486 notebook out yet"

    Actually, there are several, and many of them use a (your "real")
    486.  Gateway, and Toshiba come to mind immediately.
    Several of them use other 486's, which just happen
    to be made by another manufacturer than Intel.

- The Cyrix chip is "not pincomp." 

    With what?  It fits in a 386sx just fine.

- "So, as you see, there is NO REAL 486 avail from anyone other than Intel."

    Well, from your "info," it would seem so, but just because you
    prefer to think of the Cyrix as a 386sx doesn't make it so.
    What are you basing this on?  Why isn't the chip a "real" 486?

- "The '486' from Cyrix is more a 386sx....confusing us all"

    Isn't this really just opinion?  You present it as though it were fact.

    Actually, the confusion, for me, comes from refrains of "The Cyrix
    chip isn't really a '486 because it's not as fast."  Or, "...because
    it 'only' has a 1K cache" (as if cache size determines cpu architecture).
    Or, "...because it sits in a 386sx socket."  Or, "...because it
    doesn't have an FPU."  Or, lastly, "...because it's not made by Intel."

    That the chip runs the instruction set of the i486 is somehow relegated
    to minor status when people argue about the "realness" of a 486.  What,
    then, defines architecture if not instruction set?


> If only the flamers could be eliminated!

Yeah, then people wouldn't call you on making grand statements of
opinion and presenting them as fact.  Actually, I'm not trying to
flame you; I just have to wonder if you don't work for Intel ;-)

Dean Cashen
-- Boise

--------<disclaimer>----------
HP and I share some views, but
the ones above are all mine...
From: gsgathin@SACAM.OREN.ORTN.EDU (golando s gathings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: *** please tell what these simms are
Date: 3 Oct 92 06:00:11 GMT



	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

Any help would be welcome..

Golando  


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: reynolds@doppler.ncsc.org (Mark Reynolds)
Subject: Setup for 40MB seagate ide drive.
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:46:31 GMT

	I just bought a 3.5 40MB ide drive made by Seagate. Could someone
	tell me what the specs are for this drive, so I can enter it in
	my setup.

	Thanks, just e-mail to reynolds@ncsc.org

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: ZEOS success/failure stories wanted...
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:27:32 GMT

>In article <5158@sumax.seattleu.edu> grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba) writes:
>>I hate to say this but isn't that TYPICAL?  Always blaming it on the other
>>guy.  You didn't even acknowledge that there was a problem with your sales
>>reps (and I think you never will) and if they have been confronted with
>>the issue and maybe given a slap on the wrist "you naughty, naughty sales
>>reps you."

In any company that has a sales department, there are always going to be
problems. It is the nature of a sales person to want to sell something
to provide for his or her living. The lead times that you were given
were accurate at the time that he or she quoted them. Information for
you to contact our sales department has been sent to you via e-mail.

Events that have happened since you had the difficulty with ordering
your Cardinal Modem :

An automated order status program has been implemented, you can check
on the status of an order by calling our customer service department.
There is an option to select the automated order status. You will need
an order # and the zip code of the address that the order was placed.

E-mail access to our sales department has been proposed and 
should materialize in the next two months.  I wrote the proposal and 
submitted it on Friday, the 25th of September. 
-- 
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From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ching Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need (Price, Standard, etc.) on Magneto-Optical Drive
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:11:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvnuJ7.2JC
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Hi,	I am thinking about upgrading my storage system to those 600+MB
magneto-optical disk drives, and I would like to get some more info.
before actually deciding.

	I'm not too current on the prices and standards on those things,
so any information on those would be greatly appreciated.  (I'll post a
summary if I get enough info. to make a decent summary out of it.)

	I need
	(1) the current street price (perferrably a store name/phone #
with it as well). 

	(2) what standards (if any) have the manufacturers (e.g. Sony, 
Cannon, etc.) currently agreed on.  (i.e. will I be able to, say, read a
disk written by a Sony drive in a different brand's M-O drive?)

	(3) Any personal experience and recommandations.  (Such as the
speed, convienence, etc.)

	I think M-O drives can provide me with a good MB/$ storage for the
next few years, but since I don't have too much money, I'd like to get as
much information on it as possible before buying one.

Thanks,
Ching
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg (NG YENG YONG)
Subject: Re: Math Coprocessors
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:49:00 GMT

There are some articles currently in the group (articles 223 - 228/9)
about maths coprocessor (what they are, Types and differences). Read it
up before deciding on one that suits you. I also own a 386DX-40 system
but I need it only for programming so I do not need maths copro, if I do
need a copro, I would have gotten a 486DX-33 instead. 

Best regards,
Steve
From: rbn@Apple.COM (Robert B. Neville)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HELP! 286 With Phoenix BIOS hates me! :-)
Date: 29 Sep 92 10:27:02 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

I'm about ready to give up...

I have a 286-16 with 1MB of memory (640/384). I also have a fully-populated
Everex EV-159 RAM card I'd love to be using...if only I could!      

The machine has Phoenix BIOS...on boot it reports

     Phoenix 80286 ROM BIOS PLUS Version 3.10 13
     Copyright (C) 1985-1988 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
     All Rights Reserved

     High Performance 286 ROM BIOS Ver C.12
     - Press Ctrl-Alt-S for system SETUP -

I don't have documentation for either the CPU or the RAM card, so I've been 
'flying blind'.

The CPU CMOS setup includes a screen to set 'CS8221 Chip Set Feature Control',
including shadow BIOS, shadow video, 11 'Shadow 16K at XX00' and EMS settings.
The EMS Base Memory Address is 'Segment C000:', the EMS Base I/O address is
'258h/259h'. Yes, EMS memory is enabled. :-)

I've tried every reasonable variation I can think of, to no avail. Any hints,
suggestions, etc?

Thanks in advance...I've had it! :-)

rbn@apple.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
Subject: Re: are EISA & local bus mutually exclusive?
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 13:32:32 GMT

chyang@engin.umich.edu (Chung Hsiung Yang) writes:

>In article <91131@netnews.upenn.edu> sergei@upenn5.hep.upenn.edu (Sergei Borodin) writes:
>>
>>  I would be interested to hear from people why they want EISA 
>> *AND* Local Bus? Besides the point that the thing is cool.
>>
>> Practically speaking, if HD and video are on the LB (well, I 
>> know about eithernet) why would you put a printer in the EISA?
>> ISA too slow for it? 
>> 
>	Interesting, I don't know why people would want EISA and
>Local Bus in the same box.  That seems a little redundent (not to
>metion the cost).  Local Bus, I think will be able to transfer data
>at a much higher rate then EISA.  I thought.  Hmm....  Go figure!

>Chung Yang

>> The only other thing I can imagine (besides LANs) is the data
>> aquisition. 
>>
>>  So, WHY??

Why?  Well, the Local Bus Spec (VL-bus) limits you to only 3 local-bus
slots.  You need a few more (generally, and preferably).  Your choice
is then ISA, EISA and Microchannel.  I'd choose EISA for any fast machine
with a likely need for a 4th card with high data-transfer capability.
Say you had 3 VL-bus slots, Video, HD Controller and Network. Then say
you wanted to add a 32-port serial card.  Hmmm.  EISA would be nice, eh?




-- 
Adam G.
adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
From: frederic@vivaldi.cs.unc.edu (Robin Fredericksen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ZEOS success/failure stories wanted...
Date: 2 Oct 92 05:02:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1OCT199214412769@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY) writes:
>In article <15591@borg.cs.unc.edu>, frederic@cs.unc.edu (Robin Fredericksen) 
>writes...
>
>>Well, I might cut them some slack if ZEOS is being a good company and 
>>practicing Just In Time (JIT) delivery of materials.  JIT is a method by 
...stuff I said about JIT....
>>customer (or margin, depending on your point of view).
>
>Did someone just finish an Inventory class in Industrial Engineering?  Let 
>us know when you cover "Customer Satisfaction" or TQM.  

No, I've never been near an Industrial Engineering class.  My alma mater
does not even offer the curriculum.  On the other hand I wish that they
had offered a good engineering economics class at that time, but that
is a different story.  In any case, where I come from (back when I had a
real job) customer satisfaction was everything.  I don't need to take
a course. :0)

>There are many additional catches in JIT than those mentioned and use of 
>JIT in and of itself does not make a company a "good company", particularly 
>if the demand for the product is not fairly constant and the supplier 
>selection process is flawed.

If I remember my "Quality" seminars correctly, constant product demand
is not as important as predictable demand.  Of course that still leaves
todays PC market out in the cold.  Does anyone know how to predict it?
Let me know and we can write a stock trading program.. :-)
BTW, a perfect selection process won't make up for a flawed supplier.
And by good company, I mean trying to cut overhead costs.

>Whether or not JIT is employed at Zeos is a moot point.  The original 
>issue was whether customer expectations for delivery was being met.  And 
>JIT is never a good excuse for anything...

I am sorry if I took the discussion off in an unwanted direction.  I don't
claim to be an expert on JIT or anything like that.  I was just trying to
point out that there may be legitemate reasons for individual problems.  
(Just in passing, have you had a bad experience with JIT and/or related
issues?  It seemed to bring out a good reaction. :-)  )

>We return you now to the regularly scheduled program...

....already in progress.

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I don't need a disclaimer, I'm a graduate student so no one cares what I say...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: medin@catbyte.b30.ingr.com (Dave Medin)
Subject: Re: Hard Drive for Amstrad PC 1512SD
Keywords: Hard Drive
Reply-To: medin@catbyte.b30.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:29:27 GMT

In article <carlos_l_qualls.1.0@ccm.hf.intel.com>, carlos_l_qualls@ccm.hf.intel.com (Carlos Qualls) writes:
|> I am looking to get a hard drive for an Amstrad PC 1512SD.
|> Can anyone tell me what type to get. Will a hard-card work?

I've used two generic hardcards (one with the venerable Seagate
ST-11R RLL controller) with the 1512SD. Both worked fine, except
Norton Utilities SYSINFO bombed during the disk test unless the DOS version
was 5.0 (don't ask me why).


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: 11dmcvay@gallua.gallaudet.edu
Subject: HELP: Controller interferes with monitor
Organization: Gallaudet University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:32:27 GMT

I have an western digital controller, XT style, with a ST-238R controller.

Seems that my controller is interfering with my monitor. Every time the hard
disk is read off, the screen is like going whammy, flickering all over the 
place. Is there a way to change the address to which the controller is using
or do I need to do something?

I have a Tandy 1000SX, old-model 8088 computer.

Any help is urgently needed, no matter how insane :)

Dan

PS- Anyone have the Disk-Manager that was packaged with seagate drives? And
also the device drivers? I need those if possible.
From: marie@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: VGA on RGB monitor
Date: 4 Oct 92 01:56:07 GMT
Organization: Mankato State University

I have a PGA (Professional Graphics Adaptor) monitor (a Verticom CD-5A)
from an engineering workstation and I would like to upgrade the card to get VGA.
Verticom is gone, so I'm kind of up a creek, as far as direct technical
assistance is concerned.  You see, PGA came out before VGA was even invented
and so it defaults back to CGA without special drivers.  Can anyone help me find
a card suitable for this?

Here's the specs on the monitor:
 
        Video Signals:          Red, Green, Blue analog
        Sync. Signals:          Composite sync, TTL level, neg. level
        Signal Connector:       9-pin D-SUB connector
        Display Tube:           19", .44mm dot pitch
        Display color:          analog
        Display Time:           Horizontal: 23.6 us, Vertical: 15.5 ms
        Retrace Time:           Horizontal: 32.3 us, Vertical: 16.67ms
        Resolution:             640 x 480
 
I made a cable and hooked up a VGA card, and it produced all the colors and was
in sync horizontally, but it would scroll vertically, even if I adjusted the
V-Hold. 

However, it worked fine inside of windows...  Apparently only certain video
modes are ok.  Using CSHOW, I found that the best I could get is 
360x480x256, but 640x480x16 worked too.  640x480x256 and Text mode don't work.

I think my problem could be with this "composite sync" thing.  Don't
know much about it....  Any suggestions?
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 22:45:48 EDT
From: Mitch Lewars <MAL112@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: SmartTEAM Modem Settings.

I need the dip switcj settings for a 1200 baud
SmartTEAM modem.  It has 8 dipswitches.
Please send replies to MAL112@psuvm.psu.edu
THanx in advance!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware