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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.consumers
Subject: PC Connection is *great* (Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex )
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:15:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: tc.1992Sep2.171502.25136
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Distribution: na
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

In <BtsF4s.4vH@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:

>In article <1992Aug29.191640.16695@yenta.alb.nm.us> ben@yenta.alb.nm.us (Ben Klausner) writes:
>>The only place I have ever in my _extensive_ never had any real problem with
>>is PC Connection (800) 243-8088. I don't know how they do it, but there
>>service is incredible, and their prices competitive. Try the PPI PM14400FXSA
>>fax/modem from them for $399. That's what I'm using now.
>
>I can also say good things about PC Connection.  I've ordered several
>items from them, and have never had any problems whatsoever with the
>product or with after-the-sale service.

I have to concur -- PC/Mac Connection is the Disneyland of mail order
stores.  I ordered from MacConnection for seven years, and I never had any
problems with them whatsoever.  Not to mention that during that time I
*never*, *ever* saw a complaint about MacConnection on any of the Usenet Mac
groups.  Knowing some of the people on Usenet, I find that grounds for
sainthood on the Marlow, NH gang.

Since switching to a PC, I've switched to PC Connection.  I know friends who
shop at other mail order stores because they're sometimes $3 or $4 cheaper
than the Connection; to me, an occasional (and it *is* occasional) $4 is
worth what is close to absolute peace of mind.

                           "There is nothing funny about a clown in the
                            moonlight."
                                           -- Lon Chaney Sr.
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From: dakos@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Dennis Akos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Need Help installing New Motherboard, What is XCMOS error?
Keywords: CMOS, motherboard
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:33:24 GMT
Organization: Ohio University C.S. Dept, Athens


     Help Help Help!

     I am installing a used 386DX20 motherboard in my old 286 case
and not having a fun time. I have it all set-up, I believe, properly
and still having some problems. I get an:

'XCMOS checksum error' on start-up which forces me to go into setup

but once in set-up (I believe it is configured properly) I can exit
to boot and usually (90% of the time) it'll
startup then (otherwise it won't read my hard drive, which was and has
been working fine)

but even when it starts then, it is slow (an SI index of about 9.5 and
it is rated at 24.0 or so according to the specs) and the turbo switch
has no effect.

the drive (an MFM Seagate 251 -1 40 MB) also does not sound the same
but this could be due to the fact I'm not use to the cover being off
but I'm not sure, I've never had any problems w/ the drive previously

I have no cards other than controller and VGA installed the bios is
AMI dated 1987

If anyone could give me some leads or suggestions as to what to try
(next, I plan to swap controllers/drives to test that) next, I'd
really appreciate it. The board was fine before shipping so I'm really
not sure what the problem could be.

Thanks in Advance!!

Dennis AKos
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: msb@eos.ncsu.edu (Mark S. Basel)
Subject: Best price on 4Mx9 Simms?
Organization: NCSU Project Eos
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:25:41 GMT


I haven't been following SIMM prices lately....  What's the current average
and cheapest prices around for 4Mx9 SIMM's (60,70 and 80ns)?

I'd also like the names of some of the better memory dealers.... I'll pay
a little bit more to get decent service.

Thanks,

Mark Basel
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From: rwojtowi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryszard Wojtowicz)
Subject: ==AT&T Problem setup==
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:11:13 GMT

-----> I am looking for User's Manual AT&T 6386 WGS, and
       setup program for this computer AT&T 6386 WGS.

-----> Now, I have this unite with configuration ;
       ----- 1024 Kbyte (RAM) 4 x 256 Simms.------

-----> I would like upgrade my system to 4000 Kbyte (RAM).
       I have 4 x 1000 simms. I don't have the manual book so
       I don't know how to setup my memory board.

>>>>>> If somebody have the same computer (AT&T 6386 WGS) with
       the user's manual book. Please give me call or leave
       massage for me in my E-mail. <<<<<<

            I will appreaciate that.

                                        Ryszard Wojtowicz

          ========================================================
          Ryszard Wojtowicz   <rwojtowi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
          ===================
                            =         614 - 777-1210
                            =======================================
From: cptvideo@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (david.vlack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Mouse power
Keywords: power supply
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:03:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how a serial mouse is powered?
The 9 pin serial connector does not have any pins devoted to power.
Does it get is power from one of the logic signals? Just curious.


Dave Vlack                           cptvideo@ixstar.att.com
AT&T Bell Labs                       (708) 713-5003
1200 E. Warrenville Rd.
Naperville, Il. 60566-0545
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tharvill@cse.unl.edu (Thomas Harvill)
Subject: MT-32 4 $
Summary: MT-32 for sale
Keywords: MT-32
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Distribution: global
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:13:02 GMT

Hi...

I am selling my MT-32.  It is in good condition.  I would like somebody
to buy it from me for $250.  If I can't sell it, I will update it.  Does
anybody know about that chip that I heard about sometime ago that can
clean up the signal and increase the digital effects?
Thanks.

Tom Harvill
tharvill@cse.unl.edu
(402)-475-1657
From: oistony@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M. Petro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: anyone know of cheap 16550 uart single-port serial boards?
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:03:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

i'm contemplating getting a high-speed (v.32bis) modem and using it 
under os/2.  this virtually necessitates using the 16550afn uart for 
its buffering capabilities.  

i can get an internal modem with the 16550 built in.  however, i would 
prefer to get the external modem which would require me to buy a 
serial card with the 16550 on it.

jdr microdevices, according to computer shopper, wants something like 
$90 for a super-duper 2 com, 1 lpt, game port and etc card with the 
16550 uart.  i have no need for any of this save a single buffered com 
port, and i consider this price to be outrageous (especially 
considering i can SAVE $15 by getting the internal modem AND get the 
16550 to boot).

does anyone know of a CHEAP, serial-only, 16550-based card?  one can 
by a nonbuffered (is it the 8650 uart that's the low end?) 2 com port 
card for about $10 through most of these places.  i wouldn't think the 
16550-based com-only card should be more that $30.

failing that, has anyone ever replaced the uart in their gateway 
486-33?  (i think they use a 16450.)  i was told once that it was 
soldered and not socketed.  is the 16550 in fact a drop-in 
replacement?  i'd take the top off and check myself if the thing were 
socketed, but i'd like to minimize the number of times i lift my 50 
lb. 5fg off the top of the case :)

anthony m. petro   "beethoven"    i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad
oistony@UBVMSD.BITNET             "frame by frame,
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petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu         in your own
                                   in your own...
                                   analysis..."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.laptops
From: sze@enel.ucalgary.ca (Peter Sze)
Subject: Maxtor 202MB Hard Disk Problem
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 18:57:37 GMT
Organization: ECE Department, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Keywords: Hard-Disk


I have a probelm of Read/Write Error after partitioning
the Maxtor hard drive into 4 logical drives using MS-DOS 5.0 fdisk.

The error mostly is write fail error. The dealer shippped with
my 486 33MHZ as a single drive. I wonder is this kind of 
IDE drive preferrable be allocated as a single drive.

Any hint or info about the problem would be appreciated.
Please send mail to me directly.

Thanks.

sze@vlsi.enel.ucalgary.ca


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dab@ubitrex.mb.ca (Daniel Boulet)
Subject: ISA cards in an EISA bus - are some EISA advantages lost?
Organization: Ubitrex Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 02:54:15 GMT


Are any of the advantages of the EISA bus lost if ISA cards are used in
an EISA system?  I've heard that if any ISA cards are present then the
EISA cards may not perform and/or function properly.  Is this true?

Here are some of the things that I've heard:

    - that the presence of an ISA card prevents EISA cards from doing
      DMA to/from memory above the 16meg line.
    - that the presence of an ISA card reduces the performance of EISA
      cards.
    - that some unspecified problems or limitations are encountered.

If anyone could confirm or counter any of these statements, it would be
really useful to me.

P.S. You're right!  This is a resubmission of an article that I posted a
few days ago.  My first article was too vague.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jchapman@polaris.cv.nrao.edu (John Chapman)
Subject: Can 220 V 50 Hz. Stuff be run on US 220 Volt 60 Hz power ?
Organization: suomynonA scixelsyD
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 07:53:55 GMT

	Some friends of mine came to the US with several 
pieces of equipment from FRANCE. They are all 220 Volt
at 50 HZ. and none of them have switches to set the 
or separate transformer taps. I need to know if I will 
fry their stuff if I plug it up to standard US 220 
volt 60 cycle power ? If anyone can advise me on any/all
of the following and/or suggest the most cost effective 
way to get 50 hz power, I would be MOST appreciative :

1) An Armstrad PC. The power supply for the PC is in the
   display unit and passes DC power to the system unit
   through a cable.  Switching Power supply used to derive
   with very non-standard connectors.
2) A musician's audio power amplifier hand made somewhere in
   France. There is a HUGE transformer to step down the AC and
   it only has the one 220 v primary winding. Probably needs
   250 Watts of power.
3) A cd player with a cheesy little power transformer, that I 
   could replace.
4) A musician's mixing board -- low power consumption but lots
   of little analog circuits.

You can e-mail me or post it your response to this group.
			THANKS.......


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bi927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Yi Jin)
Subject: Looking for the phone number of IRWIN tape drive manufacture
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 14:04:44 GMT


I got a used IRWIN tape drive. However, I don't have manual and software
for it. ANyone has the information for the IRWIN? Their customer support?

Thanks.
From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:31:02 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, mccrate@netcom.com (Joe McCrate) writes:

> wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher) writes:
>
> >PC Connection is the only place I feel comfortable referring
> >FNG's and other ignorants to - blind.
>
> I bought a pile of software from PC Connection two years ago.  Their prices
> were good and their service excellent.  Since then, however, they have
> raised their prices A LOT.  You can now get software much cheaper locally.

     I don't know if I'd say PC Connection's prices are much higher than
the average.  Sure, they're higher, but they don't seem that much
higher.  Around here (locally), you can buy hardware and software for
prices cheaper than PC Connection's.  However, in California, we pay
over 8% sales tax and this can easily make any local prices look the
same or worse, especially for things like CDROMs and high-end software.

     I'd rather spend a little extra and get good service, than take my
chances with some of the local stores (for me, "local" is a 90-mile
drive south).

     Best of all, PC Connection's standard shipping is next day delivery
(for a flat rate of $5).  If you want Saturday delivery, you have to ask
for it (assuming that you're in a delivery area that supports it).  Even
though I'm somewhat in the boonies, I can order stuff on Friday and have
it delivered to me the next day (as a matter of fact, I've done this
twice from PC Connection in the last month).  It's very nice.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	darrylo@sr.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: alawrenc@sobeco.com (a.lawrence)
Subject: Adding an XT type drive to an AT class machine
Reply-To: alawrenc@sobeco.com
Organization: Lawrence & Assc.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:00:14 GMT

I've recently seem some post here and on FIDOnet about being able
to install an XT drive and controller as a second disk on an AT
class machine.  I would like very much to be able to put the drive
from my old XT into my current 386.  I tried last night, but the
system failed to boot completely.  Not even '1701' etc.

If anyone has actually done this, I would appreciate an E-mail note
on how you did it.  The technical specs are:

	XT drive: WD-1003 RRL controller with 30 Meg Kyocera drive (55ms)
	386SX 209Mhx system w/ 120 Meg WD IDE drive (18ms)

Thanx in advance, and of course if it works, I will post the receipy.

-- 
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3605 St-Urbain, #1605                            |  uunet!sobeco!alawrenc
From: wilson@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (David Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Boca expansion board good?
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:54:57 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger CAD/CAM at Ann Arbor, MI

I'm new to this group, so I'm probably asking a boring question: what is
the best way to add 4 or 8 meg of expanded memory to a 286?

I just ordered Borland C++, and have been told I absolutely have to add
memory to use it.  I've seen the BocaRam AT Plus in a couple of ads in
the most recent PC Magazine for $379 with 8 meg.  Is this the best way to
solve my problem?  (I have a 4 year old Zeos 16mhz 286 with one meg.)

Your advice/recommendations/opinions would be appreciated.  Email me if
this question would be old news to the group.

Dave Wilson
From: psun@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Pete)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: motherboard buzzes when system is busy
Summary: Mine did too.
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:18:31 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <rreiner.715223216@yorku.ca>, rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) writes:
> A friend's Tiawanese-clone 386-33 motherboard makes very distinct and
> varied buzzes whenever the system is not idle.  The sounds are
> unrelated to disk activity, and they seem to be louder on warm days.
> They sound something like very quiet hard disk noises (but that is not
> what they are -- I've checked very carefully).  The sounds appear to be
> coming from the mainboard itself, and seem to be related to bus activity.
> 
> I've never heard anything like this before.  Has anyone else?

Richard,

    Yes I have a 286-20mhz by dell.  It use to buzz when the monitor was
displaying graphics, and when certain memory intensive operations occured.
I finnaly located the problem to the cheapo Taiwanese power supply by Senstron
Not only is the Senstron power supply loud but it appeared to be a reconditioned
I think I was pushing the limits of its abilities.
My solution was to purchase a new power supply with more wattage.

You may want to operate you computer without its case and put your ear to
the power supply to listen for a buzz.  BTW does your CMOS configuration
occasionally screw up?  I believe it is a symptom of a bad power supply. My
apparently was not putting out very constant power and it spiked occasionally.
Sometimes serious enough to mess up the CMOS config.

I hope this helps.

Pete

email:	psun@ecn.purdue.edu	or	psun@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chuck@cco.caltech.edu (Charles M. Higgins)
Subject: 486-50 vs. 486-66 - performance?
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:33:00 GMT

      Which is the ``better'' machine: a 486-50, or a 486-33 with clock 
doubling so the CPU seems to run at 66MHz?  The 50MHz board will be noisier and
more expensive; is there any disadvantage to running your bus at 33MHz?  
DMA transfers will not get any faster.

      Anyone who owns one of these machines, please comment on their reliability
and performance.  

     Thanks very much,
         Chuck Higgins, Caltech EE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.arch
From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 21:46:39 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

Regarding the power consumed by these Intel CPUs, my understanding is
the following.  (Please let me know if I'm wrong.)

A 25/50MHz 486DX2 chip (25MHz off-chip clock, 50MHz on-chip) will draw
less power than a 50Mhz 486DX chip, but will drow MORE than a 25MHz
486DX chip.  (This applies for the faster DX2 chips as well.)

So plugging in a 25/50MHz DX2 into a board designed for a 25Mhz DX chip
could cause a meltdown, especially in laptops which are much more
sensitive to this sort of thing.  (Unless your board is designed for
taking the clock-doubler chips, I wouldn't try plugging one in without
first checking with the manufacturer.)

As far as the 487/Overdrive series of chips go, they'll draw as much
current as the equivalent 486DX, since that's what they really are on
the inside.  However, when one of these is plugged in, the 486SX it
overrides is also still plugged in and drawing power.  This will waste
power (which will shorten the battery life on portables), but at least
the board is designed for it so it should not be damaged.


	-- Parag Patel <parag@Netcom.COM>
From: gah@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Gary A. Hildebrand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Wanted: Disk Drive Type Info for AMI BIOS
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:58:57 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

All,

Someone I know recently got a very good deal on a used 70MB ESDI drive made
by IBM, to be used in a Microlane 486DX/33 clone with an AMI BIOS and an
Adaptec ESDI controller.  But he doesn't know which drive type number to
use in the CMOS Setup of the system's BIOS, because the drive came with no
documentation.

It is a full-height, 5.25" hard drive, probably used in a PS/2 or
late-model AT system.  The "type" printed by IBM on the drive is 0667,
with the letters VOC written above.  The IBM Part Number is 65X1432.  The
serial number is 071289-ESP213-85 (don't know if that will help).  Could
some kind soul who knows about this drive either provide the AMI BIOS type
number, or at least info. on heads, cylinders, sectors, interleave, etc.?

Please e-mail any responses, as I do not read this newsgroup.  Thank you
for your time.

Regards,

Gary
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From: poe@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Query: Quantum Quality?
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:38:40 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Aug27.201531.14454@ichips.intel.com>, smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~) writes:
> 
> 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

Don't beat around the bush! Tell us what you think! :-)

Phil
another happy quantum user
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:22928 misc.forsale.computers:31441
From: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Re: PANASONIC, support number or driver !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 29 Aug 92 15:19:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: vms.0095FCFC.3F491500
Reply-To: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services

In article <exuptr.421.714923248@exu.ericsson.se>, exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se) writes:
>
|>Does anyone out there have a technical support number for Panasonic?
|>
|>Or do you know where I can get Win 31 drivers for the 1524?  Seems 
|>likeevery printer they have BUT this one has drivers for Windows.

	Panasonic Tech support:

	1-800-222-0584

	-Anis.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: cjohnson@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Johnson)
Subject: Does anyone have any info on adaptec hard drive controllers
Summary: I want to make a ESDI hard drive controller secondary
Keywords: ESDI
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 13:40:54 GMT

Hello all,

I was wondering If anybody has any info..or know where there might be
info on adaptec hard drive controllers.

The controller I have is :

adaptec inc.
acb-2320
assy412906-01 rev d

If this helps I have an ESDI 89.8 meg hard drive.

I want to be able to make that controller secondary, because I allready
have a 40 MG IDE hard drive that I want to run as well.

If anyone can help that would be great.

Thanx,

Chris..

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