HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: imes@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes)
Subject: Re: Logitech address
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:49:32 GMT

In article <1ii0qgINN6j8@shelley.u.washington.edu> dsartori@cac.washington.edu (Diana Sartorius ) writes:
>Hi, 
>
>I am trying to reach Logitech.  I have several of their mice with incredibly old drivers (1988).  I can't seem to find any of the original literature and was hoping some kind soul would share their address or phone number with me.  

Ok here's Logitech's current address

Logitech, Inc.
Fremont, CA  94555
(510) 795-8500

Product Support : 510-795-8100
Logitech BBS : 510-795-0408

That should do it.  I have a new mouse from them and have any other info you
might need.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Disappearing UMB's, get this.
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:31:17 GMT

linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:


>The funniest thing happened to me. Yesterday, when I booted my
>dos partition, I noticed I had no UMB's. I was rather surprised,
>since I hadn't changed anything since I last used dos.
>And behold, the himem.sys and emm386.exe settings were still
>ok, yet, from the dos prompt (4dos or command.com) I could not
>see any UMB's, emm386 repports 0 bytes available/free UMB
>but a correct UMB start segment (C800), SI repports no UMB server
>present, BUT the drivers in DEVICEHIGH's were loaded high and
>functioning!!!

Are you sure they were up high?

>How's that for a mysterie. Has my processor maybe gone off DOS
>after having been running OS/2 for a while now :-) ?
>I reinstalled DOS, reformatted c: disected config.sys, and what
>else. No indication of failure. OS/2 runs fine, checkit confirms
>the system board to be ok, yet, NO UMB's.
>My suspicion is rather arroused though, by the fact that SI,
>repports different memory sizes in the various info screens.
>It finds 638 to be useable by DOS, yet 640 to be available.

Sounds like some of your BIOS settings may have been changed, such as the ones
for shadow RAM.  How much RAM is in your system?

-JTT

Good .sig, by the way.  Crazy, isn't it?  We invent a God, and then pretend
he/she/it invented us.
I guess there are those who never outgrow the need for a "Father" figure,
who will surely make everything all right somehow, someday, somewhere...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: brydon@asl.slb.com (Harvey Brydon (918)250-4312)
Subject: How do I get hi res out of DECpc 452ST?
Reply-To: brydon@dsn.SINet.slb.com
Organization: Schlumberger/Anadrill Sugar Land, TX
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 11:53:50 GMT

I purchased a DECpc 452ST from Digital Equipment Corp, with their high
resolution graphics card and 20" screen.  No matter what I do, I can't get
more than VGA (640X480) resolution out of the thing.  I would like to get at
least 1024X768, and 1280X1024 would be better.  Is there anybody out there
that has a DECpc xxxST that managed to get it working properly?  DEC sold it
to me and they don't have a clue.

Details:
 DECpc 452ST system (486DX2/50)
 FR-PCTAZ-AB EISA SCSI controller
 FR-PCXAR-AB 426 MB drive
 DE422 ethernet
 FR-PCXAG-AD 1280X1024 hi res adapter (TI 34020)
 VR320-DA and/or NEC 6FG monitor
 16 Megs
 DOS 5/Windows 3.1

The TI34020 has 2 Megs memory

Any help would be appreciated.
_______________________________________________________________
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Dowell Schlumberger   | P.O.T.S.:   (918)250-4312
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: pjsmith@iastate.edu (Phil J Smith)
Subject: Insight/Hard Drives Int'l blunder
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:53:48 GMT


I just had an interesting experience with Insight.  I had ordered a Diamond
Speedstar 24x, Teac 3.5" floppy, and a Western Digital 212 meg HD for the
USDA.  The price they quoted me was $189, $59, and $399 respectively.  When
we got the order, the invoice said the prices were $259, $69 and $399.  So,
I called them up and inquired about it.  The salesman said that they charge
the price stated on the purchase order when it comes in and basically gave me
the impression that they weren't going to do anything about it.  I then replied
by asking why were we charged the extra amount then!?!?!!  He asked me where
I had seen the prices and I told him the page numbers in their winter catalog
which came with the order.  He quickly relented and said that when the USDA
people called to confirm the order, they were quoted prices from their computer
which I assume was the list price.  Weird.

Has anyone else had similar experiences with Insight?

Just curious,

Phil Smith

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mboone@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael B Boone)
Subject: DOS Blankers
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:06:06 GMT

Hi all.

I'm looking for a good DOS blanker that will do more than just
make the screen black.  I'd like one of those moving starfields or
something like that.  If you know of one, please email me the filename
and ftp site.  Thanks.

Mike.
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 I guess it's time to mark this down."-J. Buffett \        G O  B U C K S !
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: Transferring software to CD-ROM
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:30:34 GMT

Does anyone know of services out there that will transfer your software from
a diskette to CD-ROM?  I have the name of one company, that came with my
CD-ROM sampler, but am curious if there are any others out there.  Also, how
much should I expect to pay for such a service?  And what kind of legal
issues are involved with this, regarding to transferring commercialware or
shareware to CD-ROM?

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: sphilips@bach.udel.edu (Santosh S Philips)
Subject: PKZIP 2.04C...BUGS!??!
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:41:27 GMT

I seem to have come across a bug related to pkzip 2.04c.

The problem:
===========
Using Norton Desktop 2.0...I run a dos session (full screen) of Norton
Commander 3.0.  I then run 
PKZIP TEST.ZIP *.*
After pkzip completes the requested task...it kicks me back into the Norton
Desktop environment (instead of leaving me in Norton Commander).  If I then try
to run any applications I get a "out of memory" message.  Upon exiting windows
(version 3.1) the system locks up and the DOS prompt is never seen.

Similarly if I run a full screen DOS session  under windows and run a 
PKZIP TEST *.* I do not get kicked back into Windows 3.1.  If I keep repeating 
the pkzip command I sometimes get "out of memory".  Other times I get no e
rror messages.  However, when I try to exit Windows later, the system locks 
up and I do not get the DOS prompt. 

A POWER (COLD) BOOT is the only way to reset the system.

NOTE:
NO PROBLEMS NOTED WHEN RUNNING A REGULAR (VANILLA) DOS SESSION. (no windows)

CAUSE:  
======
When I disable the 386/486 instruction features and run... 
PKZIP -3 TEST.ZIP *.* 

...ALL of my problems mentioned above go away!

It appears to be a bug related to the advanced memory/chip features that
PKZIP 2.04c uses to enhance performance.

I did not know PKWARE's e-mail address...I would appreciate if someone would
forward this message to them (please post so the rest of us know!)

THanks,
Santosh

p.s. HARDWARE : 486DX 33 w/4 meg RAM, 220Meg disk, Hercules monochrome graphics
2 serial. 2 parallel, 1 game port
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= Santosh Philips                                                           =
= e-mail: sphilips@brahms.udel.edu                                          =
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From: hsi@netwrx1.NW1.COM (Peter Hsi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Novell Netware 4.0 and disk compression
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:38:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: Open Networks, Inc., Reston, VA

Has anybody used or have insight on Novell Netware 4.0
support of disk compression technology? I believe there is
a product called "DataStor (?)". Any info on this?

Please e-mail your replies if possible as I infrequently read
this newsgroup.

Thanks in advance!
--Peter Hsi			Internet:	hsi@netwrx1.nw1.com
Open Networks, Inc		Usenet:		uunet!netwrx1!hsi
Reston VA, USA			Phone:		(703) 648-0013
"Quayle '96...NOT!"
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:16427 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:35094
From: aoki@risk.stanford.edu (ikuro aoki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Zenon Computers
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:24:51
Organization: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: risk.stanford.edu
In-reply-to: schottd@ucs.orst.edu's message of 7 Jan 1993 17:15:16 GMT

Hi,

  >>Does anyone know anything about this company and their service.

I haven't experienced the zenon, but I know that they are featuring
AIR's motherboards, and I am using their(AIR) EISA/VL-bus board.

If you are interested in installing Linux, 386bsd, or other pc-unix,
I recommend to avoid their EISA/VL-bus motherboard.

My board is EISA/486EI, and SVGA card is Orchid F1280/VLB and Actix
GE32VLplus. These combination will mess up your graphics screen, 
even if you use MS-Windows. I tried both.

On my 386bsd, mouse doesn't work correctly. I am pretty sure that 
this mouse problem is because of the motherboard.
--
Ikuro
aoki@risk.Stanford.EDU
From: ms3@reef.cis.ufl.edu (McArthur E. Sandridge III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PC Speaker Volume Control
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:45:49 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

In article <1992Dec30.181506.693@pony.Ingres.COM> sergio@Ingres.COM (Sergio L Aponte) writes:
>
>	What we need here is some enterprising soul that will write a TSR
>	or a device driver to redirect speaker output to the (card-of-choice)
>	once (card-of-choice) is installed. This could be loaded on boot and
>	all sound should then come out thru the card.
>

I thought this was what the PC Speaker connection on the SBPro was for?
I know that my friend (I have not found the proper 2 pin connectors to
set me up yet...) has all his sound comming from the board (His memory
ticks on bootup was what gave it away initally...).  I don't know if you
can then adjust the volume, but by far, it would have to give you
something better than the speaker itself!

Buddy Sandridge
ms3@reef.cis.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: sean@uhura.neoucom.edu (Sean A. Temple)
Subject: Scalable Fonts for Dos?
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:44:26 GMT

Hello out there. With practically everyone at work jumping into the
desktop publishing lane, Fonts have become a major concern to our
users. I am curious to the various solutions to fonts. We have a
mixed bag of printers, postscript cards , font cards.and soft fonts.
Unfortuneately not everyone has Windows 3.1 (or even the hardware
to run it ;') where TrueType would be the solution. I am looking
for comments on DOS based scalable fonts. I believe there is a
package that provides Truetype fonts for Dos. I am curious to
speed, disk space, and hardware requirements. My main concern is to
provide scalable fonts to XT's on up that work under Wordperfect
5.1 an up for DOS. Any similar product would also be of interest.
Thank you for your time. Email responses would be great!!
					Thanks,

+-------------------+------------------------------+-------------------+
|   Sean A Temple   | Computer Systems Coordinator |sean >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
|(216) 325-2511 x386|NorthEastern Ohio Universities|@uhura.neoucom.edu//
|Rootstown, OH 44272|College of Medicine | NEOUCOM |@troi.neoucom.edu//|
+-------------------+------------------------------+--------------\\//-+

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From: gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Malamas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Are WordPerfect for Windows file portable to Macs ?????
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:00:37 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


	The subject pretty much says it all. I am using WordPerfect 5.1 for
Windows, but I lack a printer. On the other hand, there is a very nice 
Quadra cluster next door with WP for the Macs. Will the Mac WP read and accept
a Windows WP file? If not, is there a way (perhaps a PD/SW program) to get 
around this?? Thanx in advance....



Costas Malamas________________________________________________________________
Georgia Institute of Technology
Internet: gt7692b@prism.gatech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rb@dasc.nl (Remco Bruijne)
Subject: PCtools 7.1 CPBackup buggy?
Organization: Data Sciences B.V.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:57:21 GMT

Hello,

I use CPBackup for windows (PCTools 7.1) and experience the following problem:
when I change the list of files to include/exclude in a backup and I
save that list, all file specifications are lost (the .set file gets mangled).
Re-installation did not help, so I now edit the .set files by hand, which
is an acceptable workaround. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong?

Responses preferably via email.

Remco
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis)
Subject: Re: Parallel To SCSI Interface For PC
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 08:58:54 GMT

> >In article <1993Jan2.003109.25202@kd4dts.dixie.com> jcw@kd4dts.dixie.com (Jo
> >=Does anyone out here in netland know of a device that would let me connect
> >=my laptop (with no expansion slots, but with a parallel port) to the SCSI
> >=chain on my '486 so that I can treat the 120mb drive on the laptop as a
> >=disk drive on the '486?
> >=
> >=What I want to accomplish is being able to backup the laptop drive to the
> >=tape system on my '486.  It would also be useful for installing software
> >=from the CD ROM drive on the '486 onto the laptop.  

Why not go the other way?  There are programs to allow the drive of one
computer (the laptop in this case) to be accessed as just another drive
of the other computer (the 486) through the parallel port.  One such is
Brooklyn Bridge, published by 5th Generation Systems, which I've been
using for several months.  

Fred Jarvis     ferdie@coyote.datalog.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman)
Subject: Re: netnews readers for DOS?
Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 03:32:20 GMT

>From: daniels@xstor.com (Daniel A. Segel)
>Subject: netnews readers for DOS?
>I'm looking for a DOS-based netnews reader, similar to NewsWatcher or
>TheNews on the Mac side of the world.
>
>Any info or recommendations for shareware or public domain software that is
>available via ftp?

I'm using a very good reader for DOS called TRUMPET. Unfortunately
the version I have only works on a network. I don't know if there
is a version for use with a modem.
The author is Peter Tattam. His email is: peter@psychol.utas.edu.au



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: coop@panix.com (Robert Cooper)
Subject: What is AOX???
Summary: What is AOX?
Keywords: AOX IBM/RT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:37:27 GMT

We've been running RT's for a long time under AIX. But as I've been
reading this group, I keep bumping into references to the AOX o/s.
Could some kind sole please explain to me what AOX is (and why I've
never heard of it before???)


-- 
Robert Cooper  Brooklyn, NY | "We have to learn to manage information and 
coop@panix.com              |  its flow. If we don't, it will all end up 
212 309-9600 (Work)         |  in turbulence." Grace Hopper

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
From: repass@austin.ibm.com (Jim Repass)
Subject: Re: changing disk configuration with VRM
Originator: repass@futserv.austin.ibm.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:17:13 GMT
Organization: IBM Corporation, Advanced Workstation Division
Keywords: VRM, harddrive


In article <1ikvmjINNg75@shelley.u.washington.edu>, ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter) writes:
> I had this old RT running for about three years.  Several IBM
> products had been installed which produced hard drive partitions
> and links to them with VRM.  I wanted to recover and reuse the
> space.  I so deleted the partitions using minidisks.  I then 
> created a new partition using minidisks.  Now to the question.
> What do I need to do to make VRM happy?  On boot its gives me
> errors about the vrm configuration.  It is complaining about the
> partitions I deleted.  What tool do I use to tell VRM that these
> partitions are deleted?
  
You used the right tools. There must be something else wrong. Was something
added to /etc/rc "manually" when these partitions were created?
> 
> P.S.  I checked the manuals and I booted the VRM floppies.  I 
> checked the configuration and it looks OK.  Do I need to install
> VRM again after I get the configuration correct?  

Not if minidisks is working.

> 
> I feel foolish asking because I just can't seem to remember or find
> the correct steps to make this process happen.  I'm sure that two
> years ago it would have been obvious.  Thanks for any help provided.
> 
> Mark Ganter/Univ of Washington/Dept of Mech Engr/FU-10/Seattle, WA 98195 USA
> ganter@u.washington.edu
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From: mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: SCSI-DISKS
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:07:20 GMT
Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ
Originator: mark@joule.pcl


In article <1992Dec27.195328.125@vms.huji.ac.il>, allon@nesher.fh.huji.ac.il (Allon herman) writes:
> I am trying to install a non IBM scsi disk on my RT (running AOS 4.3).
> I am also aware that there has been recently a discussion regarding this topic
> in this newsgroup. I will be most thankful to the person who can tell me if
> and where can I find old articles that were posted on this newsgroup.
> 
> 			Thanks,
> 				Allon Herman.
> 
> E-Mail: allon@batata.fh.huji.ac.il


The fact that it is a not an IBM SCSI disk shoulod have no effect.  SCSI is a
standard.  If it is a SCSI drive and it does not work with a SCSI controller, one
of the devices does not meet the SCSI standard.

Mark


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Mark 
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Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt:691 comp.sys.sun.hardware:6661 comp.sys.sun.misc:6148
From: censjg@caledonias3.caledonia.hw.ac.uk (Simon Greaves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Emulex MD24 info/SCSI help?
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:05:27 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland


I'm desperately trying to get some disk attached to a Sun 3, I need some
info/help.

I have a Sun 3/60 that I want to connect to a disk tray I got from an
IBM PC RT setup. The tray has 4 EDSI drives which are connected to an
Emulex MD24/C which is connected to a Rancho RT-SDA, a differential to
single-ended SCSI converter.

I think the MD24 is essentially an MD21 with support for 4 EDSI drives 
rather than 2, and for differential SCSI rather than single-ended. I 
plugged my Sun into a Sun (Wangtek) tapedrive then into the Rancho 
convertor card. The Sun boots ok from the tape, but using format(8), 
the disks are not seen. If the disk tray is powered off then on, the
tape drive rewinds and clatters about (implying a SCSI reset?) but
still no sign of the disk.

	a) Is the RT-SDA convertor two way?
	   Originally it was used with a differential SCSI host
	   and single-ended tape & disk drives. I want to use it
	   with a Sun so the host is single-ended and the Emulex
	   is differential.

	b) Anyone know about the MD24/C? Is it like a MD21? Are the
	   dip switches the same? What LED's should be lit?

I need to get some disk working with my Sun, and I'd like to use the 
kit I have already, though at worst I suppose I could buy a couple of
MD21's...

If anyone out there can offer any help, suggestions or likely sources of
more information I'd be most grateful, email to addresses below preferred.

Supplemental info:

	Emulex 		MD24/C
	Assy		MU2410401 Rev C	(c)1986
	Firmware	MD2410201-02B
	ROM (?)		E80C
	SW1-1		off
	SW1-2		on
	SW1-3		on
	SW1-4		off
	SW1-5		off
	SW1-6		off
	SW1-7		on
	SW1-8		on

	Rancho		RT-SDA Rev T

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Simon
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From: piglet.caltech.edu!egrayver (Eugene Grayver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: OLD RT hard disks--for ibm pc?
Date: 6 Jan 1993 21:56:02 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.caltech.edu
Keywords: rt hard
Originator: egrayver@piglet

I have a few old rt hard disks (40 and 70 megs).  We no longer have rt's  
and I would like to use them for an IBM 386.  I think those disks are  
ESDI.  Is that so?  How can I use them on a 386?  How much would a  
controller cost?
Thanks, reply by e-mail
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt