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From: hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Priam/Vertex V185
Date: 15 Sep 1992 08:04:50 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Hi, I seem to have problem with my V185 Priam/Vertex RLL drive
(1166 cyl, 7 head, 26 sec) and the OMTI8257 RLL controller.

It makes rattling noise when it gets hot, otherwise, it is perfect..
The noise it makes like the thing is about to blow up :_)
I am using speedstor and formated to 1024 cyl only..
I can run Spinwrite perfectly..

My question is, is it worth it to repair ($140) the drive??
Who own Priam/Vertex, and may I have their number if you have please :-)
Thank you

hho@usc.edu


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mattias@lysator.liu.se (Mattias Olofsson)
Subject: Accessing the 4-char display on Dell 433TE
Organization: Lysator Computer Society, Link|ping University, Sweden
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:50:54

A few days ago we got a Dell 433TE which are (and will be) running
Linux. It has a 4 character display on the box, which is used during
boot, before Linux takes control. Does anyone know how to access it?
Would be nice to scroll a message on it or somthing like that...

Any help appreciated,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Information needed about Visual 1083 portable PC (1983 vintage)
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:55:22 GMT

I have an old Visual 1083 portable PC, that I would like information
about.  I know the basics (4.77 MHz 8088, 512K RAM, two 360K floppies,
socket for copro, composite and RGB video ports, serial and parallel
ports), but I have a few questions in particular and would appreciate
any other information that I might not know about this thing.

1.  A serial port "semi-incompatibility".  I can get a modem to work
    using a very old version of Hayes Smartcom.  Everything else that
    I've tried locks up the machine during initialization, with 
    "Unexpected Int 10" displayed on the screen.  Is there a fix for
    this, or is there other communications software that works with
    this computer?  I can only download ASCII at the moment.

2.  This model appears to have provisions for a flip-up screen.
    Were they ever available?  There is a jack located in front of 
    the left floppy drive.  (Looks like a phone jack.)  Is this
    for the flip-up screen?
 
3.  There is an unused expansion port and an unused sync/async port
    on the back of the computer.  Was anything ever developed (or
    better yet, is anything available) to use these?  Even specs
    would be useful, if I could make something that would use it.

I bought this thing a few years ago from someone who originally bought
it from DAK.  I didn't get any documentation with it.  I did locate
Visual's phone number, but they said it isn't supported anymore and
I couldn't get any further information.  I'd like to learn all I can
about this computer because it was my first and I'd like to keep it
around, and I'd like to make it as useful as possible.  :-)

Please respond by mail, as news delivery has been unpredictable lately.

Thanks in advance,

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ladanyi@cs.cornell.edu (La'szlo' Lada'nyi)
Subject: NEEDED: jumper settings for Mitsumi D509V2 1.2MB FD
Organization: Cornell University Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:38:45 GMT

My drive doesn't want to read/write any low density disk.
I suspect that the problem is with the jumper settings, because 
my 1.44MB FD is a Mitsumi D359T-2, and it can be set up not to 
recognize any low density disk. Unfortunately I do not have the 
user guide for the D509V2 1.2MB FD.
The current setting of the jumpers is the following:

 o   o   o   o   o   o
 |           |   |  
 o   o   o   o   o   o
     |
 o   o   o   o   o   o

 LD DS1 DS3  MS RDY  LS

I would greatly appreciate if someone could tell me what this 
setting means, and what other settings are allowed. 

Thanks in advance
Laci Ladanyi
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From: gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: paradise card refresh rates
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 18:24:34 GMT

I have an oem version of a paradise vga card (not plus or any other
special model).  Well, I would like to know if anyone has refresh rate
info on it.  It is very usable at 640x480x16 and at 640x400x256, but 
flickers like mad at 800x600x16!  I have been using it with an NEC 
multisync plus for a while now, and even though it flickers I use it
in 800x600 for the extra space.  I would be interested to know what 
refresh rates that it runs at, because I am buying a new computer, and
would like to make sure that it doesn't flicker this much.

Please e-mail me with any info that you have
Thanks.

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu
From: ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ISA cards in an EISA bus
Date: 5 Sep 92 05:45:16 GMT
Reply-To: ti@bazooka.UUCP (Ti Kan)
Organization: AMB Research Labs, Sunnyvale, CA.

In article <1992Sep4.231928.7930@news.columbia.edu> mkg4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Michael K Gavin) writes:
>In article <1992Sep3.190409.17253@microware.com> adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg) writes:
>>dab@ubitrex.mb.ca (Daniel Boulet) writes:
>>An EISA bus runs at 16MHz, but an ISA bus runs (usually) at 8 or 10 MHz.
>>When you plug an ISA card into an EISA bus, the EISA bus sees the ISA
>>card and lowers it's speed to 8MHz.  Thereby decreasing throughput
>>because of the lower clock speed.
>
>Does this mean that if I have an ISA modem in my computer (and it would be kind
>of pointless to get an EISA modem, if they even exist) that my EISA SCSI
>controller starts working at half speed?!?!?!?!?  If so, then I feel pretty
>stupid having gone ahead and paid for EISA....

NO!  An ISA card on the EISA bus does NOT slow down the system.  EISA bus
contains many extra pins that EISA boards will come in contact with,
amongst which are the connections that makes EISA true 32-bit, as well as
higher speed clock signals.  ISA cards, when inserted in an EISA slot,
will come in contact only with the "compatibility pins" and will be clocked
at 8MHz just as it would on an ISA bus.  Just think, what's the point of
an EISA system if the presence of an ISA video card would slow down the
system!  You wouldn't think that the designers were not that naive,
would you?

-Ti
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From: jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Who makes VESA local bus motherboards?
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:48:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:

>...and, from whom could I purchase one?  Would an EISA bus be cheaper?

>Another related question:

>A comparison benchmark I saw recently (sorry, I don't recall where) of
>local bus video has an interesting statistic.  It showed that all the
>local bus video cards (well, the ones they tested) only provide a 16
>bit memory interface.  This was apparent from the benchmarks; moving
>DWORDs was no faster than moving WORDs.  I can understand why this
>would be, since all the local bus video cards use the same 16 bit
>chips (S3, ET4000) as are used in ISA bus cards.

>So, does anyone know if there are any VGA cards for local bus with a
>*real* 32 bit data path?

    The VESA standard for local bus isn't expected till later this year.
    So, for now, nobady makes one. 
    I think the reason they dont use 32-bit access is because all the
    software written now doesn't, so it would mess things up.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: Which network card?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 07:30:40 GMT

joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott) writes:

>ebrown@bud_light.kodak.com (Eric Brown) writes:


>>I'm trying to buy a TCP/IP thin (BNC Coax) eternet card. For NT purposes,
>>I must choose between:
>>    Etherlink II (8 bit)           $179
>>    Etherlink II / 16 (16 bit)     $279
>>    SMC/West.Dig. WD8013 (16 bit)  $179
>>    SMC/West.Dig. WD8003 (? bits)  $???

>I have not used the Etherlink boards, but I will tell you why I use and like
>the WD boards.   
>1) I have found them generally reliable.
>2) They are relatively inexpensive compared to other boards.
>3) They include good diagnostic software.
>4) They are now entirely software configurable.  This means that the same
>   IPX.COM will work on the board no matter which IRQ , I/O address, and
>   RAM base address is being used by that particular board.

>For a workstation, an 8 bit card should suffice.  I generally put 16 bit
>cards in servers.

>-JTT

I agree, the WD cards are pretty good.  Although I would
recommend the 80XX? elite plus cards that have the extra
interupts.

For a while we could not get our ethernet going because
we needed interupts that didnot conflict with
our Windows setup and hardware setup.  If you only have
a card with 3 possible interupts, this can be rather tricky.
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From: baumgard@CS.ColoState.EDU (felix baumgardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: BNC to CGA for a mitsubishi color monitor.  Help?
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:31:35 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University



Hello.  I have a 1987 mitsubishi 14" color monitor with 4 BNC-type connectors -

 RED GREEN BLUE HD/COMP and one other:  VID -- or something (composite video?)

Rumor has it that the monitor has CGA scan rates -- Could someone send me 
pinouts to convert BNC to any PC-compatible plugs, i.e. DB9 CGA?

Thank you!

-Felix
baumgard@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Dragon Lord)
Subject: Re: Memory Cache questions
Keywords: Cache  
Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 03:20:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.003938.9490@sarah.albany.edu> jjo619@thor.albany.edu (John O'neill) writes:
>
>I was wondering if you could use regular (non static) ram for a 
>memory cache.  I realize that static memory is used because it remembers
>when the power goes off, but after using the computer the cache should
>be filled with instuctions.  It seems to me that the static memory
>is only better than regular memory at start up time.  The reason  for
>all this is that static ram is much more expensive than regular ram. 
>I do realize that cache ram is fast and so is more expensive but I believe
>that regular (ie non statice) would be cheaper.
>
Forget it.  

1.  The static ram chips are of a different package size than regular
drams.  Srams appear to be about half again as long as equiv. drams.

2.  I've seen 32kX8bit sram chips for $14 apiece.  So, for 8 chips (256K
of cache) that comes to $112.  Not really all that bad.

I'd say it's time to start saving those aluminium pop cans.

Mark.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Re: Program to erase IBM Mod 80 password (Was: Re: program to erase AMI BIOS passwd)
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:57:28 GMT

In <1992Sep10.182307.13248@cognos.com> perryd@cognos.com (Perry Devetzis) writes:

>drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:
>: 
>: The following the the summary of the responses to my request for
>: a program and information on erasing the password on an IBM Model
>: 80 PS/2.
>: 
>: Thanks to Perry Devetzis (my only responder).
>: 
>: Keith
>: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu
>: 
>: <----------------------- summary follows ---------------------->
>: 
>: cmospwd.zoo provided by Perry Devetzis (perry@cognos.com).
>: 
>that's perryd@cognos.com

>Perry Devetzis                           Cognos Incorporated
>Voice   : (613) 738-1338 ext.3224        3755 Riverside Dr.
>Fax     : (613) 738-0002                 P.O. Box 9707
>UUNet   : perryd@cognos.UUCP             Ottawa, Ontario
>Internet: perryd@cognos.COM              CANADA  K1G 3Z4

Sorry about that, Perry!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: wolff@zen.et.tudelft.nl (Rogier Wolff)
Subject: Re: Reformat HD when XT->AT?
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 15:40:39 GMT

esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle) writes:

>In article <1992Sep7.012320.4168@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>>In article <d8olsth.715815727@dtek.chalmers.se> d8olsth@dtek.chalmers.se (Thomas Olsson) writes:
>>>Do you have to make a low level format when you move a HD from a XT to an AT?
>>
>>Not as a rule.

>This should be extended a little.  If you move the whole controller and all
>a low-level should not have to be done.  If you just pull the drive and 
>install it in the AT with a new controller, then it may have to be done.
>This mostly depends on how 'compatible' the controllers are with one another.

>Ed

I once bought a harddisk at the same time my friend with an AT did.
(We walked over to the shop and told them "two of these please")
Anyway, I formatted mine on my XT using the g c800:5 command in debug.
This didn't work for my friend's AT (there's no extended bios on an AT
I know now) Anyway, one of the solutions we tried is to LowLevel format
it on my XT and then plug it into the AT. The AT wasn't able to
do anything with it. No performance penalty: It just didn't work.

Don't ask me why, but those are the facts.

					Roger.
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From: reznick@acf3.NYU.EDU (Daniel Reznick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Ultra Graphics Pro Release Date ???????
Date: 12 Sep 92 17:54:00 GMT
Organization: New York University

How does the Ultra Graphics Pro compare with the normal Ultra Graphics
card?

Daniel Reznick
reznick@acf3.nyu.edu
From: johnson@cps.msu.edu (Graham K. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Can my 3.5" 1.44M floppy handle >9 sectors/track?
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:26:35 GMT
Reply-To: johnson@cps.msu.edu (Graham K. Johnson)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: johnson@indian.cps.msu.edu

I am trying to create a disk for a 780K file that both a 386 and an
Atari ST can read.  (A double sided disk)
I tried formatting a disk to 10 sectors/track on the ST, and on the
386 dir and chkdsk worked fine (saying the disk was ~820K), but I
wasn't able to write to it (drive not ready error).
To get this far I put the line:
drivparm=/d:0 /s:10
in my config.sys file.

I think my drive is a pretty standard internal drive.  Is it possible
to get a double sided floppy formatted for other than 80 tracks & 9
sectors to work on a 386?

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From: ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Nanao 17" monitors 
Distribution: world
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 15:00:00 GMT
Organization: ananke


In article <1992Sep4.002805.10331@odin.diku.dk> joker@diku.dk writes:

  >                        F550i         T560i
  > 
  > Hor.scanfreq.         35-65Khz      30-78Khz
  > Ver.scanfreq.         55-90Hz       55-90Hz
  > Bandwidth            80Mhz min.    120Mhz min.
  > 
  > Max. res.           1280x1024 (I)  1280x1024 (NI)

The F550i will do 1280x1024 noninterlaced at 60Hz. If you're running a
RS/6000 you won't get a higher refresh rate anyway :-(.

		Gruss, Andreas

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From: dpl@aber.ac.uk (David Philip Langstaff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need jumper settings for Adaptec ACB-2320 card
Date: 15 Sep 92 11:20:02 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth


Hi there,
        Can some kind sould please mail me with jumper info for the Adaptec
ACB-2320 card. Specifically we need to find out which jumper on the board
tells it to be the second controller in the system rather than #1.

Many thanks in advance..


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: s106275@cc.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Subject: Re: 82450 -> 16550???
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 06:04:21 GMT


In <4lSBG9kJNt@tron.gun.de> Mike@tron.gun.de (Michael Gerhards) writes:

>I don't know much about the UARTs but i know, that the 16550 has an internal
>buffer of 18KB...

18kB??? I thought it's just 16 bytes?

Anssi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Replace 486/33 by 486/50-CPU possible?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:05:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.171833.168@csghsg5a.bitnet> lmebold@csghsg5a.bitnet writes:
>Can every 486/33 Computer be upgraded to a 486/50?
>So is it possible with every 486/33-motherboard to take out
>the 486/33-Chip, take out the crystal (provided it is in a socket),
>plug in the 486/50Mhz-CPU and a 50Mhz-crystal to get a
>486/50Mhz-Computer or is that not possible with all systems?
>If not, why (means, what parts on the board is the mentioned
>crystal responsible for)?

The DX2-66 would be more closely fit to what you would want to 
accomplish. 

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From: hackeron@athena.mit.edu (Harris L Gilliam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.wanted
Subject: WANTER - Info about Amstrad PC1512SD clone
Date: 16 Sep 92 04:06:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Sep16.040641.1279
Distribution: usa
Organization: MIT Project Athena


Hi,

	A friend of mine has aquired an Amstrad PC1512SD IBM clone.
He wants to get either a second 5.25 floppy drive or a CHEAP ~10 meg
hard drive (with controller or as a hard card).  Does anyone know
anything about this machine ?  It says on the front of the machine
that any additional floppy must be from Amstrad.  Where can he get
peripherals for this beast ?  Is this thing even manufactured anymore
?  Basically any info will be greatly appreciated.

	Please reply by email as I do not read this newsgroup
regularly and thanks in advance.



						---Harris





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Which 486 to buy
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:10:24 GMT

sdoran@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:


>	I'm considering upgrading from a 286 20mhz to a 486 (not an sx or dx2)
>I'd be interested in hearing from people who have 486s both 33 mhz and 50mhz,
>and what kind of problems they have had, what they like/dislike etc.  And
>any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

A few months ago, I evaluated 486DX machines in order to choose one as a
Novell file server.  I chose the Northgate 486/33e EISA Elegance tower.

-JTT
 
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:15:24 GMT
Subject: Re: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, jim@n5ial.chi.il.us writes:

> QUESTION:  why, if this company is so great (and from the previous posts,
> I have no doubt that they are), have I never heard of them before?  do
> they advertise much?  or do they just advertise in trade rags I don't
> read?

     You obviously don't read PC Magazine.  ;-)

     -- Darryl Okahata
	darrylo@sr.hp.com
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: XT hard disk controllers in ATs
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:15:27 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep11.195344.5072@dcatlas.dot.gov> joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott) writes:
>From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
>Subject: Re: XT hard disk controllers in ATs
>Date: 11 Sep 92 19:53:44 GMT

>u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au writes:


>>We've tried putting XT contollers and hard disks on AT motherboards (genarally
>>after a motherboard upgrade) and it seems not to work.  I've heard of other
>>reports of this.

>>Does anyone out there know why?

>They should work, although with _lousy_ performance.  You *must*, however,
>tell the BIOS that you do *NOT* have a hard disk installed.  The extended
>BIOS on the XT controller card will then boot off the hard disk as usual.

>-JTT

My experience says I second this.  An XT controller will boot, but the AT
POST will report the disk controller is not working if you enable any
drive type.  I ran a 286 this way for quite a while until I had the money
for a 16 bit RLL card.

A few controllers may not work because of the faster bus speed, but they 
would have to be pretty poorly designed not to handle 8 MHz.
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