waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
In article <1qn627$iv@darwin.sura.net> wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) writes:  >Recently my cousin got a second internal IDE drive (a Seagate 210MB, >I can look up the model number if it's important) and I've been >trying to help him install it.  [I've got a vested interest, since >my machine's busted and I have to use his until I get mine fixed.] >He already has a Seagate 85MB IDE HD (again, I forget the model number >but I can find out.)  >Anyway, I can't seem to get the bloody thing up.  I've managed to get >one or the other drive up (with the other disconnected), but not both >at the same time; whenever I try, the thing hangs during bootup - >never gets past the system test.  The IDE controller's instruction >sheet says it supports two drives; I think I've configured the CMOS >correctly; the power's plugged in properly; I even learned about the >master/slave relationship that two HDs are supposed to have (didn't >know PCs were into S&M! 8^) and I think I configured the jumpers >properly (the 85MB one is the master, the new 210MB one is the slave).  >The only thing I can think of is maybe I'm doing the cabling wrong.  I've >tried several combinations:  >controller - master - slave >controller - slave - master >master - controller - slave  >None of them worked.  Unfortunately, I can't think of any others.  >Another possibility is that the 85MB one is already partitioned into >two seperate drives, C and D, and the CMOS asks for "C: drive" and "D: >drive" setup info rather than "drive 1" and "drive 2" like most others >I've seen.  Could this be confusing things?  >So, I need HELP!  The drive came bereft of any docs, except for some >info for the CMOS setup; the controller has a little piece of paper >about the size of an index card; I cannibalized the cable (it's one >of those with a connector at each end and the one in the middle, so >it looks like a serial connection); now I be lost!  >Many, many thanks in advance!  This is practically an emergency (I have >two papers to do on this thing for Monday!)!  Help! >--  >----------------------- >William Barnes         SURAnet Operations >wbarnes@sura.net       (301) 982-4600 voice  (301) 982-4605 fax >Disclaimer:  I don't speak for SURAnet and they don't speak for me. I've been told by our local computer guru that you can't do this unless you  perform a low level format on your existing hard drive and set your system  up for two hard drives from the beginning.  I took him at his word, and I  have not tried to find out any more about it, because I'm not going to back  everything up just to add another HDD.  If anyone knows for sure what the  scoop is, I would like to know also.  Thanks in advance also.
I need definitions of the SPEC and Dhrystone benchmarks. Any background material would also be welcome.  If anyoneand email something to me or point me to an anonymous FTP server  I'd appreciate it.   Thanks.  Al Dykes
Article #61083 (61123 is last): >Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware From: scholten@epg.nist.gov (Robert Scholten) Subject: Re: How hot should the cpu be? Date: Wed Apr 21 19:01:49 1993  The temp on my 486DX2/66 is over 96C (measured with a K-type thermocouple  and Fluke 55 dig thermometer).  This is an "idle" temp - not doing lots of bus i/o, not doing floating point, not doing 32-bit protected mode etc.  This is in a Micron computer, without heatsink.  I recently put a heatsink/fan on the chip, but I might take the fan off.  It makes a horrible whine at times, and I wonder what the vibration is doing to the pins on the cpu etc...  --  Rob Scholten scholten@epg.nist.gov End of File, Press RETURN to quit  Rob, Don't worry about the whine of the fan it will go away in about 3 weeks of use, mine did... As to the vibration well that something I thought about to as I have a tower case and the mb is mounted vertically. So I mounted the fan on the case so that it just blows air at the CPU and its heatsink instead. Work just like a charm, but the realy biggy to think about is after the whine goes away on the fan. If the fan should stop (burn out) how would you ever know this before the cpu goes up in smoke. Thats what you should be thinking about. I have the parts together but have not had the time to assemble them as yet. But you build a thermistor controlled circuit that will turn on a pesso speaker and a LED when the temp. goes above the normal operating range (96c) or there abouts. Cheep to do if you use Radio Shack junk under $5....Think about that one for a while! Sam
Is it possible to connect a atari monochrome monitor to some kind of VGA card?  If someone have done this please let me know how.  	Thanx
In <C5wAvE.AsG@news.udel.edu> jlredd@ravel.udel.edu (Joshua Smith) writes:    >Once again, someone else with a Gateway Monitor problem, anyone who can >help, please do, it would be much apprieciated.  Thanks in advance.  >Ok, I have a Local Bus 486/66 machine, with the Crystal Scan 15inch >monitor.  I have 1 meg of loca memory on the ATI ultra pro, w/ the >mach32 driver (the newest release).  >My problem is in Windows when I use the 1024 mode. I get shadows down >the sides of the screens, and very blurry type in the corners.  The >types on the screen are all out of focus. I've gotten replacement video >cards, and a replacement monitor.  None of that has helped though. >Could someone pleae help me with this very frustruating problem.
I own a Zoom V.32bis modem and I am having some strange problems, I would like to contact the manufacturer.. but there is no address on the box. Does any1 have their address? or telephone number?  Thanx, Don Smith
In article <wayne.02uv@amtower.spacecoast.org> wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith writes:  >> but I still want to know why it intrinsically better >> (than IDE, on an ISA bus) when it comes to multi-tasking OS's when >> managing data from a single SCSI hard drive. > >A SCSI controller that transfers data by DMA allows the cpu to request data >from the hard drive and continue working while the controller gets the data >and moves it to memory.   IDE also uses DMA techniques.  I believe floppy controller also uses DMA, and most A/D boards also use DMA.  DMA is no big deal, and has nothing to do directly with SCSI.  > For example, when rewinding or formatting a tape, the command is >issued to the controller and the bus is released to allow access to other >devices on the bus.  This greatly increases productivity or, at least, do >something else while backing up your hard drive :-).  Which happens to be >what I am doing while reading this group.  You can thank your software for that.  If DOS had a few more brains, it could format floppies etc. while you were doing something else.  The hardware will support it, but DOS (at least) won't.  Again, this has    nothing to do with SCSI.  >Its a long story, but I still use IDE on my 486 except for the CDROM which, >thanks to SCSI, I can move between both machines.  If, and when, SCSI is >better standardized and supported on the ibm-clone machines, I plan to >completely get rid of IDE.  And if you stick with DOS you'll wonder why you can't multitask.
Yes, but what if my monitor only has 3 BNC's on it, and is expecting to get a composite sync signal on the "green"?  There ought to be a little black box that takes the VGA signalling (which has horiz, vert, and composite sync on different pins, plus the R, G, and B pairs) and merges the green and composite sync together in the output.  It's all 1V analog, as far as I know.  I can build this with op-amps but I don't think I can get the shielding done well enough to handle the frequencies involved without lots of shadows and junk on the screen.  Does anyone know of a VGA->RGB(composite sync on green) converter?
In <1993Apr21.194301.6430@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA writes: > You can find the drivers at wuarchive.wustl.edu in the /msdos/windows3 sub- > directory.  I think the files are called "tvgawin31a.zip" and "tvgawin31b.zip." > Those are the latest drivers available as far as I know.  I downloaded these files a couple of days ago and they appeared to be incompatible with this particular card. None of the SVGA drivers worked. They're probably for the newer 8900 and 9000 series.  	JM
hurley@epcot.spdc.ti.com writes in article <1993Apr14.090534.6892@spdc.ti.com>: >  > What about VLB and a 486dx50.   Does the local bus still run at 33Mhz or does > it try to run at 50Mhz??? >  >  > Brian >  >  Hi, VLB is defined for 3 cards by 33MHz and 2 cards by 40MHz  there are designs with 50MHz and 2 VLB-Slots. (s. C't 9.92, 10.92, 11.92)  50MHz and 2 Slots are realy difficult to design.
Would someone be willing to explain to me the 486DX 50MHz is not more popular than it is?  I would think it would be just as fast, if not  faster than the 486DX 66MHz for certian applications.  Plus, a 50MHz  motherboard would seem better if you had any plans on upgrading the chip in the future.  I must be missing something, since everyone is  buying the DX2 66...  Many adds don't even mention the DX 50.
In article <C5Myzn.puE@austin.ibm.com>, lance@hartmann.austin.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann) writes: |> In article <1qmrdd$70h@umcc.umcc.umich.edu> jon@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Jon Zeeff) writes: |> >I'd like to add a second S3 based video card to my system.  Does anyone |> >know of a company that sells a card that can coexist with another one? |> >All I really need is color text on one monitor and fast color graphics |> >on the other. |> > |> >Probably just a configurable address would do it. |> > |>  |> For what it's worth (I haven't confirmed it), a Diamond tech-rep told |> me that ALL S3-based video cards use port addresses 0x2E0 and 0x2E8. |> If this is true, it appears that you canNOT use more than one S3 card |> in your system. |>  	Actually there is an S3-based card on the market that supports 	multiple adapters in one system. Unfortunately, It is VL-Bus 	only (They may have an ISA version by now...?) from a company 	called Metheus. The address and phone number is:  			Metheus Corp 			OGC Science Park 			1600 NW Compton Dr. 			Beaverton, OR  97006-6905 			(503)-690-1550 	Be aware, this is a very high-end card, capable of 4MB of VRAM, 	so it does not come CHEAP. But, I have personally seen TWO of 	these boards running a dual screen Windows 3.1.   |> Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com) |>                Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address. |> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |> All statements, comments, opinions, etc. herein reflect those of the author |> and shall NOT be misconstrued as those of IBM or anyone else for that matter.
This may be a very naive question but is there any basis for the claim that a CPU will get hotter when a computationally intensive  job is running? My friend claims that there will be little difference in the temperature of an idle CPU and a CPU running a computationally intensive job.
In article <1993Apr23.072854.21873@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, penev@rockefeller.edu (Penio Penev) writes: > On Fri, 23 Apr 1993 07:01:17 GMT Markfried Fellensiek (ins413j@mdw056.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote: >  > | If you're considering buying a system, with a view to using > | it to run Unix (Linux, bsd, etc...) or some other special software, > | there is a good chance that it WILL NOT WORK with the Diamond cards. > | This is due to Diamond's propriety attitude to it's hardware: > | it's impossible to get free information from them about their chips  > | (specifically their dot-clocks) without paying, and signing non-disclosure > | agreements. >  > | This made it impossible for the Free Software Foundation to provide > | X-Windows compatibility with these cards, as diamond didn't want to  > | divulge programming neccessities.  I don't think the two main free X systems ( XS3 and XFree86 ) are part of the FSF as such.  >  > Considering the above, and some postings about Diamond's bad attitute > towars customers, I ordered and ActixGE+ VLB 2M card. It will arive > these days.  Does anyone know of an e-mail address for Diamond to which Penio could forward his purchase information?  >  > -- > Penio Penev  x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu >  > Disclaimer: All oppinions are mine.  Guy
I finally got the vesa driver for my ATI graphics ultra plus (2M).  However, when I tried to use this to view under 24bit mode, I get lines on the picture. With 16bit or below, the picture is fine.  Can someone tell me what was wrong? Is it the card, or is it the software? -- Thanks 8)     _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/    _/    _/    _/_/    _/_/_/    _/_/_/      _/	     _/    _/  _/    _/  _/    _/  _/    _/  _/    _/    _/_/_/_/  _/    _/  _/ _/ _/  _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/    _/    _/  _/        _/    _/  _/ _/ _/  _/    _/  _/  _/    _/    _/  _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/      _/ _/   _/    _/  _/    _/  _/_/_/
In article <1993Apr22.162835.4286@oracle.us.oracle.com> ebosco@us.oracle.com (Eric Bosco) writes:  > > I dont think you can mix the two types of drive, unless you have one of   > the > > SCSI/IDE cards that is available.  You will have to turn your IDE off. > >  >  > Is this true??? I was under the impression that people on the net had both   > SCSI and IDE working together.  I have had a SCSI and IDE drive working together for some years now. SCSI is supposedly pretty transparent to other types of drives (ESDI,RLL,IDE,etc) - but oftentimes you need to get the correct drivers to get it to work with odd environments.  For information purposes, I had:
In article <C5xwrI.2npE@austin.ibm.com> lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com writes: >In article <1993Apr23.070117.22214@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> ins413j@mdw056.cc.monash.edu.au (Markfried Fellensiek) writes: > >Come to think of it, though, I hear and see a lot of complaints about >the ATI boards too, though recent word looks like the build 59 code looks >much better.   	Build 59 still has a number of problems--sheared fonts, for  	instance, if you have Crystal Fonts enabled.  Some other problems--	 	"color darkening" and some others.  I don't use the drivers in  	any mode other than 1024x768x256, so if there are bugs in the 	other modes I can't say.   >Does ANYONE have an accelerated video board with drivers for Windows >(OS/2?) where ALL the modes function properly?  Anyone?  Anyone?   	To be honest, up until now, I have only found one bug in the  	Diamond Viper drivers, and it seems innocuous.  	That is, under Microsoft Word, select Format Border, click 	shading and take a look at the patterns.  The 5% pattern 	has been swapped with the 90%, and so on.  The whole list 	is _completely_ reversed--looks right onscreen, but take 	it to another machine (i.e., a GUP or ss24x machine) or 	print it and iy shows--badly!    	Keep in mind that I use mainly 1024x768x65k mode, so I can't 	speak for the others, but otherwise these drivers seem pretty  	solid.  --  	"What's big, noisy and has an IQ of 8?"
>Has anybody bought a Pentium motherboard? If so or you where I can >buy it, please send me a E-mail. Thank you in advance.  Pentium processors / motherboards are not available to the general public as  of yet.  Intel has released them to companies such as Gateway and Dell  to do testing, etc.  It'll be a while...
The JP5 on the Speedstar 24x is for those systems with boot-up problems. If your system fails to boot-up proprtly, please pull off the jumper block from jp5. This will not affect the proformance of the SpeedStar 24x.   This is what my manual says about jp5. I never knew that it was there but the card is a real ask kicker in my book. It beats the hell out of my junk Sony 1604s to the point that I can't even use above 648x480 mode much...Sam Some times an upgrage turns out to be a big overkill, like driving a Sony with a 24x that the monitor can't handle. Or installing 60ns simms and then finding out that your mother board doesn't have a cmos wait state adjustment to take advantage of the new 60ns simms that you just bought!
I have a Always IN-2000 SCSI card for sale  w/manuals, software, and cables.  Make your best offer on this...
Hello,     I have a Diamond Stealth VRAM card (the older version with the DIP switches on the back).  I have two problems:  1 ) I've lost the manual!!!  2 ) I have it in a machine with a network card, and     everything works fine until I run windows, when     the network connection dies.      (In case it's important, the network card is an      SMC ArcNet 8-Bit compatable card.  It's I/O      address is 02E0 and it's RAM base address is      D000.  It's also using IRQ 2)       I believe there is a file on the Diamond Bboard that explains how to sort this out, but with no manual, I don't know the Bboard number.      If you can, please help me with as many of the following as possible:  a ) Send me the Diamond BBS number b ) E-mail (or post) the DIP switch settings for the card     (or fax them to me at (412) 521-8668) c ) Tell me what I'm doing wrong, so I can magicly get     everything working.      Any help at all would be much appreciated.                  Thanks in advance,
I am planning on upgrading my old XT compatible system with a new motherboard, hard drive, and 1.4 MB floppy.  I am interested in using my old power supply (150 W) to power the new hardware, if possible.    I have been told by the motherboard vendor that I could probably use the supply if it had twelve wires going to the motherboard. (Apparently some XT vintage supplies had only 11 wires -- the 12th wire is a 5v line used to charge the motherboard battery).  My question is has anybody tried bringing an additional wire out of an 11 wire supply OR using an auxiliary power source to charge the motherboard battery?  I do not wish to buy an entirely new power supply if I can  make use of my existing one with simple hacks.  Thank you for any information.   An email reply to rarbanas@rcsuna.gmr.com would be fine.
In article <1993Apr14.062219.11573@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, mej0381@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes: > >In <115080@bu.edu> heiser@acs2.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes: > >  > >>In article <C4rDy0.Fw9@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) w > >rites: > >>>>The video blaster doesn't work with the ATI GRaphics Ultra Pro, doesn't work > >>>>with >15M system RAM. > >  > >>Are you serious?  So I can't use a Video Blaster in my 16mb 486/33? > >>What are the alternatives (other than removing memory?) > >  > >Get a better one.  Hows about the Win/TV thing? > >-- > >The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn              | banshee@cats.UCSC.EDU       | > >Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head?    |                             | > >oD#0667  "Just a friend of the beast."      | banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU      | > >2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....| banshee@ucscb.BITNET        | >   > No good. I perfer WatchIT TV. It can run in DOS and Windows. Win/Tv only run in  > windows. Sorry.... >   > -- Still no good.  WatchIT TV will not work on a with local bus video. It will not work in any high reolution modes either.  The people who make the card assure me that they will have a card available in June  that supports both local-bus and hi-res.  BTW does anyone know the name of the company who makes watchit tv?  Phone #?  BBS? Internet?  Thanks
In article <C5DxBs.5ov@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes: >In article <lsj4ruINNl7o@saltillo.cs.utexas.edu> goolsbey@cs.utexas.edu (Keith Goolsbey) writes: >>I have an ORIGINAL IBM PC (not an XT or AT) that >>has never had a hard drive.  Questions: >> >>[1] Do I need new BIOS to add a hard drive? >>[2] Does anyone sell a complete package to do this? >> >>Please e-mail me with suggestions.  I only need to >>add about a 20Meg or 40Meg hard drive. > >Sent by mail too. >You need the 10/82 BIOS which has support for ROM BIOS extensions, such >as the ROM on a hard disk controller. > >A 20 MB hard card, available for not much over $100, will do the trick >if you have the proper BIOS date. Use Norton SI or similar program to >find out. you also need to set the correct switch settings on your xt controller, which can be a pain, since most pc's don't come with proper docs for all hardware contained inside it.
Hi!  When posting Winmark results, it is a good idea to give the version of  WinBench that you used to obtain the scores, as well as the resolution that you tested and the version of the drivers.
In <C4zwC0.6LK@acsu.buffalo.edu> v063kcbp@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (MITCH) writes:  >Now, does anyone know a way to back up the masters of Word-Perfect 5.1 for >Windows, Windows 3.1, and Norton 6.0 so I can send another copy to my >permanent (non-college) address for safe-keeping?  Students keep borrowing >my masters, and I'm worried they'll get screwed up!  (Please don't tell me  You realize, of course, that inevitably some anal retentive moron is going to come along and wag his fingers and his jowls in outrage that personal politics are more important than [SMCAP][BOLD][Font:God 999pt.]The Law[smcap][bold][font].  But that's irrelevant to the problem here.  Windows came with my system, but on 5.25" disks.  I hate using 5.25" disks, so I copied them over to high density 3.5"'s using xcopy.  It worked fine.  In fact, for a while I was changing configurations and whatnot so much that I decided to try putting them on the hard disk.  Not only can you copy them over with one disk per directory, but if you want to, you can simply copy them all into one directory.  Makes it a lot nicer when you're switching printer emulations around.  Norton 6.0 I don't have much experience with, but when a friend's system crashed, we restored from a backup rather than from the originals, and it worked fine.  This would imply that arj a -r norton c:\nu would create a workable backup, and if you did a full install the first time, you've got the whole thing.  Never played with WP for Windows; I'm not too big of a fan of anything from Utah.  Good luck....  Disclaimer: Don't Copy That Floppy! (tm) Just Say No! (r) Respect Your Elders! For The Wages Of Sin Is (sic) Death And A Hefty Legal Bill!  DO YOU OFFEND?  Rob
RE: Midwest Micro,    Article #61200 (61302 is last): >Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.consumers From: wilson@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Bob Wilson) Subject: Re: *** CONSUMER WARNING ***  MidWest Micro (Ohio) Date: Thu Apr 22 15:12:28 1993  I posted almost the same bad experience with  Midwest Micro but our %^*^&*^&* news program only sent one paragraph out of the middle. In addition to the facts that: (a) the modems (I had ordered two) wouldn't work as documented and (b) the tech person had NO CLUE as to how it should work, it also turned out that: (c) one of the two modems they sent was clearly USED but the techs thought that was standard practice and (d) the modems made all three of my floppy drives quit working and my CMS250 tape drive start running away.  That they are incompetent is one thing, but that they sell used stuff as new and won't even apologize for it is another. Stay away from these crooks!  Bob Wilson Shown 97%, press <SPACE> for more, 'q' to quit, or 'h' for help                                                                                  wilson@math.wisc.edu End of File, Press RETURN to quit  Bob, I have walked into Micro Center here in the Cleveland area and bought a new track ball and picked the only one that was sealed in plastic rap. Only to get it home and oped it up to find a good year old USED dirty old track ball with a warranty card for some software package.  I would never even think of installing anything that looked like it was used at all. You should of called Medwest Micro and made them do a PUS PULL TAG on it. They would of picked it up and sent you out a ner one the same day.  Things get better in knowing how to but equipment after the FIRST try!
Could someone please tell me if the 486SLC and 486SLC2 processors IBM is putting in their Thinkpad 700's and other PC's is a REAL 486 with a math coprocessor or if it is really some Kludge that should not be called a 486 at all?  Thanks, Eric