waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
==== BEGIN REPOST ====  IBM, Apple, Motorola Ready to Unwrap PowerPC 601 Processor   The wraps will come off the PowerPC 601 processor this week, as Motorola Corp., IBM, and Apple Computer Inc. detail the results of their yearlong effort. This first in a series of PowerPC processors will be a 32-bit processor with a 64-bit memory interface, much like Intel Corp.'s Pentium, with the capability of performing as many as three instructions per clock cycle, according to sources familiar with the chip. Motorola is expected to release the chip in volume by year end in two configurations, running at 50 and 66 MHz with performance of 40 and 50 SPECint89 marks, respectively, sources said. Floating-point performance for the 3.6-volt processors will be even better, as their SPECfp89 performance will be 60 and 80, respectively. The 601, a scaled-down version of the Power 220 chip developed by IBM for its RS/6000 workstations, will also include a 32K single buffered cache on the chip with protocols to support Motorola's 64-bit multiprocessor 88110 bus built in. The chip, which is being designed initially to support the Micro Channel Architecture, is bus independent, so vendors could develop PowerPC- based systems using a number of different architectures, including ISA, EISA, or Sun Microsystems Inc.'s S-bus design, one source noted.  According to sources familiar with the development effort, Motorola has been extremely successful in developing the PowerPC as an inexpensive architecture, despite a complex design made up of more than 2.8 million transistors using a 0.6-micron technology. Initial chips are expected to be priced from $300 to $400 -- only slightly higher than Intel Corp.'s 486 processors -- but could be sold profitably for less than $100, one source said.
I'm using a QIC-compatible 250MB streamer, and I really like it. But now a terrible typo in an archive description drives me mad ervery time. Is there any software which can rename, or even better, delete such archives? Any help really appreciated.
Rithea Hong (r0h7630@tamuts.tamu.edu) wrote: : I'm in the market for all small (12x12 or so) digitizing tablet and would : like any comments.  The main names I see are Calcomp, Summagraphics, and  : Kurta.  What are the major differences?  Any particular preference?  Also : what should I look for and what should I avoid?  Thanks for any input : you can provide.   :                               Rithea Hong :                        (r0h7630@tamuts.tamu.edu)
Hi world,                  I want to buy a Spirit II 14400 Data/Fax modem (made in U.S.A.). Have anyone heard about it or using it? What is it's performance? Is it stable or not? Please give me some advice.           In addition, I heard a news from local distributor that a new 28800baud CCITT ROM (the distributor said it will be the new CCITT  standard.) for this modem will be produced at the end of this  year. After replaced the old ROM by this 28800 ROM, this Spirit II can transfer data at 28800baud without any hardware alternation. Is this  new true and possible? Would the telephone line really able to transfer  at such high speed? Please give me some advice.           At last, can anyone tell me how to contact with the central  dealer QuickComm. Inc.? (I am not sure whether it in U.S.A. or not.) Please leave me a e-mail.   Thank you very much.
Hello there,  I am looking out for good scanners (gray-scale only, no color) which can be connected to IBM PC compatibles. Also, automatic tray feeding is a must. Can somebody point out good scanners? What are things that one should look for while purchasing a scanner? I do not want hand-held scanners.  My preliminary requirements are 1. 75 to 300/400 dpi 2. dithering / half-toning (various patterns) 3. drivers for DOS and windows 4. Standard file formats (what are they?). 5. Automatic feed. 6. Anything more?  	Is there any comparative survery in Byte or PC Mag? Which issue?  Please e-mail. I'll summerize.  - satam. satam@saathi.ernet.in  -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirtikumar G. Satam ===>> satam@saathi.ncst.ernet.in Scientist, Network Division. National Center For Software Technology, Juhu, Bombay 400 049 Tel : +91 22 620 1606			Fax : +91 22 621 0139
A weird thing has happened to my computer lately, it gets locked (stops doing anything) at any instance without any reason whatsover. I might be using  Edit and gets locked, or i might be at the prompt at the same occurs. It happens almost once every 3 times i connect the computer, Does Anyone have the slight idea what's wrong with it?  (If i try to use CTRL-ALT-DEL after that, no response. I have to turn it off and back on again)  Thanks. Any help will be really appreciated.  E-mail if possible as sometimes i can't access this service.
Today I recieved a in-warranty replacement for my Diamond Speedstar 24X.  On the card I've noticed a few changes; mostly there is a new jumper labeled JP5. (The card is revision 5A)  My detective work has shown that this jumper simply connects/disconnects the BALE line on the 64-pin part of the ISA bus.  The question I have is simple: To those people who own this revision of the Speedstar 24X, what does the manual claim that this jumper does?  To anyone with an ISA-reference, what is the function of the BALE line?  On a related note: Are there any FTP sites which contain a descriptive reference to the ISA bus?  My motherboard manual has a simple pin-to-signal-name chart, but that is it.  -Douglas
Phil Hunt (phil@howtek.MV.COM) wrote: > I'm kind of new at the pc stuff.  My machine has 4 serial ports.  Com 1 and3 > and 2 &4 share same IRQs.  You mean I can't plug a mouse into Com1 and a modem > into com3 and expect both to work?  No, but some OS's ( COHERENT , etc ) are able to drive one of the ports in polled mode without using the IRQ. In your example, after accessing the modem, the mouse won't work until you reboot, because the IRQ is used by the modem.  > If Answer is NO, should I change IRQ's for com ports to be different?  And, > does it really matter which IRQ I set the ports too?  Yes, you can change the IRQ's for com3/4, but it depends on your other hardware. com1 uses IRQ4, com2 IRQ3.  If you have only one printerport  ( IRQ7 ), you can change com3 to IRQ5 ( normally 2nd printer ). For com4, you can assign IRQ2, if its free. As far as I know, no other IRQ can be used until your I/O-card is 16bit and caould access IRQ's > 8.  Michael
I need some help with a multi port serial board of unknown origin.  I'm hoping someone knows what this board is, or, even better, what the various switches and jumbers are used for.  Anyway, here's  description of the card:  It is a 16-bit card, although I noticed that none of the contacts in the 16-bit extension are connected to anything.  It has 4 NS16550AN chips in sockets, and 4 corresponding connecters labeled COM1 - COM4.  There is also an external female connector with 37 pins.  There are 8 banks of 8 switches, 2 banks of 4 switches, and 7 jumpers.  I believe that I have determined, by following traces, that SW5 and SW6 (12 switches in all) control the interrupt level for each of the COM ports.  SW5[1-4] are for IRQ3, SW5[5-8] are for IRQ4, and SW6[1-4] are for IRQ5.  The other switches are beyond my meager ability to follow. 	      The only identification printed on the board is "MULTI SERIAL PORT BOARD" across the bottom.  There is a box for serial number, but it is blank. Immediately below the words "SERIAL NO", but not in the box left for the S/N, are the numbers "1990 2 8".  Anyone have any clues?  Your help is greatly appreciated.
Hi all,       I'm looking for some info regarding an old pcmade by Otronics (or maybe Oltronics) called the Attache.  This little beauty is an 8088 / Z80 luggable with a 4 or 5 inch screen (monochrome CGA) and 2 360 floppies.       For serial ports it has 2 DB-15 connectors (one is labled 'printer') and I can't figure out the pinouts for them.  I also don't know if they  are standard com ports addressable as COM1 and COM2.  I have figured out  that they'll only work with DOS 2.something.            If anyone can give me some pointers on this one, I'd be most  appreciative.  Please reply via email, as I can't keep up with news  lately.  (Finals are coming up you know :( )
Hi,     Can somebody tell me step by step how to add a 40Mb IDE Kalok? HD to an existing 120Mb IDE Maxtor HD with Stacker 3.0 and DOS 5? I know how to set the jumpers on the 40M to be slave and the settings for heads, wpcom, sectors, etc. I also know that I have to do some CMOS settings and fdisk. The problem is: what letter will the CMOS give the new drive? If it's D:, what will happen when Stacker creates D: and swap? Can I tell CMOS to make it E:? So that if I Stack it, I will have C, D, E and F?     I know this could be an FAQ or in a readme somewhere, but I want to hear from somebody who've actually done it. Thanks! 							     Romy
What are the current products available to upgrade the resolution? Which ones support postscript?  Any experiences with them, either good or bad?  Is the quality difference really noticable?
On a few computers which we have here at Sheridan College there are files which we would like to make read only.  I have used the Dos attrib command but some people, who carry around the attrib program in their pockets, have still been able to erase some of the more important files.  Are there any software packages which would make an entire drive read-only? An example, partition the drive into two partitions and have the first drive contain the important files which can be only read and the second drive you could both read and write.     Any and all enquiries or help would be appreciated.
In article <1993Apr06.121342.25130@kub.nl>, volkert@kub.nl (Volkert) writes: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Anonymous, >  > I saw a posting about the choice between 80486DX-50 and a 80486DX2-50. > I was wondering: although a DX-50 is faster because of the path to it's > external cache, shouldn't the choice be the DX2-50 as that one can be > made to work properly with a local-bus? I mean, cache speed is one thing, > but all your speed will be blocked during video I/O, so just get that > faster...  > I'm willing to speculate that the DX2-50 with local-bus will be 2-4 times  > as fast as the DX-50 and probably as expensive (or cheap ;-)! >  Technically there is no reason why a chip set cannot support a 486DX50 and a 25MHz local bus.  I'm waiting for the mezzianine (sp?) VL bus that will be decoupled from the main CPU clock and allow for many more slots due to the user of buffers.  This will allow the use of ever faster CPUs with the same standard I/O cards. Until the next buss spec...   > regards, JV >                                                                 ///// > name:    J-V Meuldijk                                          [ o o ] > address: gildelaar 4                                            \_=_/ >          4847 hw teteringen                                     _| |_  >          holland                  e-mail:  volkert@kub.nl      / \_/ \ > _____________________________________________________________oOOO___OOOo__  Guy
Hi,  I have a few enquiries about PC's and compatibles in general.. Some software others hardware orientated.. (Probably the wrong newsgroup .... as everyone  claims..)  Anyway..  1) Does any one happen to have the board jumper details for a Trident 8900 SVGA graphics card (1MB) or even what the dip switches do on the end.. Mine already works fine (albeit slow) and after having blown up a monitor I found  out which switch controlled the interlace/non interlace facility..   But I'm curious as to why there are 8 dip switches on the card with apparantly little use..  2) Secondly, does anyone know why Commodore had to be so crazed in their design of the PC-40 motherboard with respect to the RAM.. (IE 512 + 512 or 640 +0K) ??  3) Can anyone supply pin details for the expansion ports for a pc (8 or 16 bit ) .. or even a sample circuit to cause an irq when a button is pressed... (Yeah I know its a piece of cake.. I'm lazy 8)  4) Software wise.. Anyone care to divulge some tips on accessing expanded RAM on a PC (from a program written in Turbo C++)....   For instance, using farcoreleft() and coreleft() return only memory available from the base 640K regardless of combinations of EMM386 etc etc... What I want is to be able to use the RAM above and beyond the 1MB boundary...  I'm not certain whether farmalloc / new actually uses it anyway but I'll  suspect not ..   5) Also.. what half brained wit created DOS so as not to be re-entrant??????    As a follow on, does anyone have any comments about the use of DOS calls    0 to 0C from within a DOS interrupt? Ie will changing the stack size on    entry be of use.. Two articles I've read on the subject have given     conflicting views... Does anyone have any views on writing direct to    screen memory in terms of portability?
Is there a QIC-80 format tape drive that comes with an EISA controller ? Colorado's 250 only has ISA and MCA controllers.  Thanks. e-mail please.  --
Frederic PIERRE (fred@sobel.u-strasbg.fr) wrote: : Hello *.*, : I'm looking for a supplier of Archive tape drive controlers (European : preferred) who could provide me an SC400S card for my old 5945l-2 drive. : Who knows where I could find such a beast? I thank you in advance for your  : attention...  I'm similarly looking for controllers for Archive 5945c.  Even the number to contact Archive (or whatever the company is called) would help.
Can somone explain to me all the stuff about modems... like v.32 v.42 HST USRobotics...   why cheap 14.4 can' t cannot connect fast to some modems...   just explain to me everything!!!  thanks..
>: >>I almost got a hernia laughing at this one. >: >>If anything, SCSI (on a PC) will be obsolete-> killed off by Vesa Local >: >>Bus IDE.  It must be real nice to get shafted by $20-$100 bucks for the >: >>extra cost of a SCSI drive, then pay another $200-$300 for a SCSI controller.  First off, with all these huge software packages and files that they produce, IDE may no longer be sufficient for me (510 Mb limit). Second, (rumor is) Microsoft recognizes the the importance of SCSI and will support it soon. I'm just not sure if it's on DOS, Win, or NT. At any rate, the deal is with Corel who makes (I hear) a good cohesive set of SCSI drivers.  --
My roommate is selling a Sega Genesis system with Sonic I, in very nice condition, for $100 obo.  Please respond via email to: 		pathall@as.arizona.edu  Alternate email addresses are phall@noao.edu and moe@ccit.arizona.edu.
[ Article crossposted from misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone ] [ Author was Mark Wilson ] [ Posted on Fri, 16 Apr 1993 13:18:42 GMT ]  UPDATE ("for sale" items): (All plus shipping)  1. CORE 72Mb Hard drive, model AT72, works fine,         5 1/4" full-height, reduced to $90  2. MFM controller for the above, would like to sell         with above, have $15 asking price,         but will sell with #1 above for $100 combined.  3. AT-style case $10 (in process of selling)  4. VGA card, 512K, now asking $25  5. 386 Max, version 6.0, now asking $25  Please email mark@ocsmd.ocs.com or use phone #s below.  - Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Wilson, Online Computer Systems.  1-800-922-9204 or 1-301-601-2215 (Try email address mark@ocsmd.ocs.com....) This file .disclaims everything signed with my .signature, I .mean it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Wilson, Online Computer Systems.  1-800-922-9204 or 1-301-601-2215 (Try email address mark@ocsmd.ocs.com....) This file .disclaims everything signed with my .signature, I .mean it!
I have the following items for sale.  The highest bid for each to arrive in my email box by 5:00 pm EDT Wednesday April 21, 1993 gets the item.  1] Skillcraft Senior Chemlab Set 4581         Safe for Ages 10 and Up         Used little         25 bottles of different Chemicals, Plastic Balance, Alcohol Lamp,         Test Tube, Litmus Paper         Manual with "Over 1100 Experiments"         $4 shipping will be added to your bid  2] Eye of the Beholder II         Fun game for the IBM PC         In original box, with original media and Manual         $3 shipping will be added to your bid  3] Clue Book for Eye of the Beholder II 	Solve your dilemmas in a hurry and find all the loot 	$1 shipping will be added to your bid 	Free shipping on this item if you bid highest on this and item 2].  4] Ethernet Transceiver (ST-500 With LanView (AUI to 50 Ohm coaxial))         Works fine         Has nifty blinking leds for send/receive/collision/power, etc.         Built-in T         Includes one 50 Ohm terminator         $2 shipping will be added to your bid  5] Super Nintendo Super Controller         Auto Repeated Fire         Hands-Free Continuous Fire         Slow Motion (accomplished by automatically pausing/unpausing) 	Add to a one-controller console to allow two players         $2 shipping will be added to your bid   Be sure to include a  *SHIPPING ADDRESS* with *ALL* bids. Be sure to include an *EMAIL ADDRESS*    with *ALL* bids.  Send bids to battle@cs.utk.edu (David Battle).  You will be informed by email if your bid is the highest by 5:30 pm EDT Wednesday April 21, 1993.  Items will be shipped US Postal Service First Class COD on Thursday morning. A money order for your bid plus the indicated shipping amount will be needed to receive the item.  Please keep this fact in mind when bidding.
Is there anyone out there with a copy of the driver for Turtle Beach's Samplevision program that allows you to use a Always Tech IN-2000 SCSI card to do SMDI dumps between your PC and your Peavey DPM-SP / SX / SX2 ???       This is normally only available directly from Turtle Beach but I was just wondering if there was someone who got it and couldn't find a use for it..     If you have a copy let me know!
I have the following software for sale, prices are neogotiable,  MS-Window 3.1, by Gateway, with manuals, $20 MS-Work	with manuals, $30 PC-TOOLS 7.1 with all manuals, $40 MS-DOS 6.0!	$20  All softwares are almost new
Maxtor XT8670S  660 MB SCSI Drive 16ms access time 2 years old External Casing  $777
I am selling Joe Montana SportsTalk Football '93 for the Genesis for 30 bucksm which will include shipping. Firt come first some.
Andy Freeman writes: >Joe Doll writes:  )>>   "The Catalog of Personal Computing Tools for Engineers and Scien- )>>   tists" lists hardware cards and application software packages for  )>>   PC/XT/AT/PS/2 class machines.  Focus is on engineering and scien- )>>   tific applications of PCs, such as data acquisition/control,  )>>   design automation, and data analysis and presentation.    )>>   If you would like a free copy, reply with your (U. S. Postal)  )>>   mailing address. >> >>    I am very interested in your catalog, but E-mail to you bounces. > >Don't bother - it never comes.  It's a cheap trick for building a >mailing list to sell if my junk mail flow is any indication.  I have a copy of this catalog in front of me as I write this. It does have tons of qool stuff in it.  My impression is that they try not to send it out to "browsers". It appears that if your not a buyer or an engineer they do not want to waste a catalog on you. When you get a catalog there's a "VIP Code" you have to give them "to ensure your continued subscription.". Anyway, if you want to get in touch with them, the company is  Personal Computing Tools 550 Division Street Campbell, CA 95008 (408) 378-8400  (They also have fax #'s and toll free #'s for ordering and tech support)
In article 12144@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca, cs3sd3ae@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Holly       KS) writes: >In article <C5qoBy.9n5@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL) writes: >>>> 486DX/33 CPU chip for sale, $250+shipping.  If you like to pay $250 for the >>>> chip, you will get it immediately.  Otherwise, I will take the highest offer >>>> in a few days.  Thanks. >>>>  >>>Please refer to 7870, he is selling $150 for that CPU. >> >>Correct. & $150 may be high now that AMD has started selling 486 clones! >> > >You're both dreaming. That guy who is selling at $150 is ripping himself off and >once those chips are gone it'll be a while before you see that price again, AMD >or not. A clone is still a clone, if you want the genuine article then you pay >for it. Just because one guy decides to sell at a ridiculously low price doesn'tmean everyone else has to. > >Kevin >   	Heay bud, get a life in the real world.... Do you still play with your Atari with the paddles? Geez man,  open your eyes on the technoledgy of today...  I have been quoted a price from a local dealer friend of mine, that I could get a  Motherboard (386DX/33 with 64K cache, with 1 meg base ram.) for $285 !!  	Here is some friendly advice, go to your favorite book store (Walden Book's) and pick up a Computer Shoppers Guide...  	You think that was aa good price wait till you see some of the OTHER goodies they sell
Wanted: Summer sublet in NW DC, on red Metro line. Have own bedroom, but can         share common areas with others.  Apartment or room for $400 or less.         Move in Memorial Day weekend through end of August.  No smokers.
Cheap airline ticket to L.A. on April. 21 (tuesday) from Indi. or    Chicago and return about in 10 - 14 days wanted.
Forsale: Nintendo control Deck with two controllers and gun, one controller has grips attached.  the NES will only connect to a composite monitor or TV with audio and video RCA Input jacks and needs some repairs.  25$ or best offer  games for sale  15$  Tecmo Baseball 15$  Techmo Bowl 15$  Double Dribble 15$  Wayne Gretzky Hockey 15$  Golf 10$  Super Mario/Duck Hunt 15$  Super Mario II 20$  Super Mario III 15$  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade game 15$  MegaMan 3 10$  Toobin' 10$  Spelunker 25$  Tecmo Super Bowl ============ 175$ total, I'll give all of them to you for the best offer and throw in the control deck...  I'll also accept the best offer for each of the games individually.  the oldest of these is two years old, most of them are less than a year old.  Email at tligman@andy.bgsu.edu Phone at 1 (419) 372-5954
For sale:  NEC TurboGrafx-16 video game system.  Package includes:  * Base unit:  with power supply, TV hookups, controller, and the games              "Keith Courage in Alpha Zones" and "Ordyne". * One extra controller * TurboTap: let's you hook up as many as 5 controllers to the TG16. * All original packaging, manuals, etc. for the above items. * The games TV Sports Football, Alien Crush, Splatterhouse, and   Takin' it to the Hoop.  Current market price for the above system is approximately $130. Asking price is $75.  System was purchased in January of this year, and has seen little use since then.  If interested, contact me via one of the methods in my signature file!
In article <1r9lu9$s1d@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, coates@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jeffery David Coates) writes: ) From: coates@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jeffery David Coates) ) Subject: TEST ) Date: 23 Apr 1993 21:09:29 GMT ) Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute )  )  )  ) Test )  Failed
I also have a pair of size 11-11.5 Raichle Flexon Comps. These boots are black and yellow.  they are in good condition. I would like around $100 for them also but feel free to make an offer.  Please reply to:  crane@coral.bucknell.edu  Thanks,