waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
>beta. Support for the BusLogic cards is not included with OS/2 2.0 any longer.  Why not?  This is rather disappointing...  >If you wish to install the beta from the CD/ROM, you will need to REM out the >Adaptec device drivers, as they have a nasty tendency to crash the BusLogic >cards when OS/2 attempts to use them. (Thanks Adaptec!)
sleeping_dragon (ong_mang@iastate.edu) wrote: : I'm looking to buy a 17" monitor soon, and it seems that I can't decide what : monitor I should buy. I have a MAG 17S (this is a .25 dpi version and it using : a TRINITON tube) and a NANAO 560i in mind.  Good luck finding an MX17S.  When I was looking around back in December/January, Mag wasn't producing any because they couldn't get tubes from Sony.  I asked when they expected to restart production as I was willing to wait a few months to get an MX17S but they said not any time soon.  I wound up getting a T560i and am extremely happy with it.  David
In <1993Apr16.205724.26258@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:  >In article <1993Apr12.171250.486@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:  >>I almost got a hernia laughing at this one.  >You'll probably get one when you realize that your $100 vesa super >dooper local bus ultra high tech controller sucks...  >>If anything, SCSI (on a PC) will be obsolete-> killed off by Vesa Local >With any luck PC bus archeitecture will be doen any with by sbus.  >Have you ever seen what happens when you hook a busmaster controller to >a vesa local bus.  It actually  slows down your system >>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.  Yeah, there is absolutely no use for VLB except for video graphics. And no IDE could possibly take advantage the VLB, because it runs at 8 Mhz and 16 bits. Do people forget that the IDE was specifically designed to interface directly with the AT ISA bus? We've seen IDEs come out for EISA, XT ISA, and now even MCA, but at all times it was a 16 bit standard, running at somewhere near 8-10 Mhz. When you run an IDE off of the VLB, there's no way that you're running it at 33 Mhz, it would burn up. Of course same goes for SCSI, ESDI, whatever, none of them run at CPU speed.  The only way to gain advantage with a VLB IDE is to hook it up to a caching controller. I suspect it would be much, much better to get a software disk cache instead, since you get write-caching as well.  >because you have an ide and no one makes ide disks that big.  I've seen some Fuji IDE drives going as high as 1G.
Chris Crayton (chris.crayton@ozonehole.com) wrote: |  JCL> this garbage?, my modem doesn't have any of these on hardware, can a |  JCL> software implemented protocol do the trick?  | There is a software version of MNP-5 available from MTEZ, and it will often | connect with other modems that are MNP compatible, but if the modem that you  There's also a program called ODYSSEY (MODEM directory on the Simtel archives) that emulates MNP 4 and 5 (others, too, I think, but these were what I was interested in).  I was getting a lot of garbage when I called one number, and MNP 4 cleared it up completely on my ordinary 2400 modem. (Fortunately, the remote end had an MNP modem.)  I tried MNP 5, too, but it seemed to lock up the computer.  Your mileage may vary.
In article <1993Apr21.030410.22511@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes: >In article <62890018@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> taybh@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Beng Hang TAY) writes: > >>   Hi, >>       I am buying a Quantum LPS240AT 245 MB hardisk and is deciding a >>       HDD/FDD controller. Is 32-bit VL-bus HDD/FDD controller faster  >>       than 16 bit IDE HDD/FDD controller card? > >No, VL-bus IDE is no faster than ISA IDE.  The IDE interface is >fundamentally nothing more than an extension of the ISA bus, and if >you hook it to VL-bus it'll work as fast as the slower of the two, >meaning ISA speed.  It's not true.  IDE bus uses signals which has similar name and same meaning to the counterpart of ISA bus but its (IDE bus) signal timing doesn't have to be same to ISA signal timing.  My VL-IDE bus card has a set of jumpers to set its transfer rate from 3.3MB/sec up to 8.3MB/ sec (the manufacturer might have to correct these numbers as 3.3 *milion* byte/sec and 8.3 *milion* byte/sec respectively).   You cannot transfer data at a rate of 8.3MB/sec on the ISA bus.  >>       I hear that >>       the VL bus controller is SLOWER than a IDE controller? > >On the other hand, I wouldn't expect it to be *slower*... >--  >Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com >OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...  Ken Nakata
I have a 386 clone, and an internal modem set to COM4. It worked fine until I upgraded to DOS 6.0 and at the same time reloaded Windows 3.1  Now the system can't find COM4; MSD says COM4 is "N/A", and three of my four comm programs say "hardware not present" or some similar error message.  Procomm, however, finds the modem no problem and works fine!  Curiouser and curiouser.  Any hints/help?  Thanks.  Mike m14494@mwvm.mitre.org
dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard) writes:  >I have a 486DX-33 ISA pc-compatible (Insight) with an Infotel internal >14.4FAX/14.4data modem with QuickLinkII for Windows.  When I first put the >modem in, I pulled a phone out of the jack in another room, and ran a phone >line extension to my surge protector and then my computer.  The modem >worked fine.  Then I split the line from the jack in the other room, ran >the line into my room into the surge protector and up to my computer.  Then >I got a regular phone and plugged that into the phone jack in the modem. >Now when I try to use the modem, QuickLinkII says "No dialtone".  The phone >plugged into the back of the computer works fine.  I tried unplugging the >phone, but still no dice.  Is it that the phone line was split too many >times?  (I don't understand how this could be a problem, since the phone >worked fine.)  Please note: none of the software or hardware parameters >were changed, only the phone line itself.  Is my new modem faulty?  What >can I do?   Try swapping the phone cables in the back of the modem.
Are there anyone who wants to sell used 386dx-33 motherboard? If you have one please let me know the price and the specification  I am also interested in buying Trident VGA card  (1Meg)
johnn@eskimo.com (John Navitsky) writes: >Hello, I've been following discussions on 17" monitors in  >comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware and noted that the Nanao seems to get very good >reviews.  I'm interested in getting more information about Nanao's products >... How can I get ahold of Nanao?  Nanao: call 1-800-800-5202. Ask for a catalog.  > What's list and street cost - if avail. from a third party...
In article <1993Apr21.011615.6677@ultb.isc.rit.edu> rxg3321@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.X. Getter) writes: >This may be a dumb question, but I need to put a hard drive on my father's >PC/XT, either MFM, RLL, or IDE. I know how to hook it up, but how do I tell >the computer the geometry of the drive. On my 386, you set it in the BIOS, but >I doubt that's how it's done on an XT. I thought it might be software with >the controller card, but the IDE card for XT's that I saw didn't come with >any. Also, how do I low level format it once it's on the computer? (Assuming >a drive which needs formatting)  Since there is no BIOS support for ST-506 interface hard disks in an XT, that support must come from a BIOS extension ROM on the (MFM/RLL) hard disk controller. Usually the controller has a ROM-based low level format program (a common jump address is C800:0005 ... you can type G=C800:5 from debug to see) and a small table of drive geometries it "knows" about. Sometimes these are selectable using jumpers on the card, sometimes you can enter them manually in the LLF menu. Failing that, you must use a third-party HD prep program like SpeedStor, Disk Manager, or the like.  IDE drives come formatted already, and since the is controller part of the drive mechanism itself, concerns about geometry are irrelevant. Plug it in and go to FDISK.
Which 486 CPU will give the better performance on math intensive programs, a 486-66 DX2 or a 486-50 DX?  Thanks in advance,
I'm buying a new system this week to replace my brain dead 286, and could use some feedback on a couple systems I'm looking at if anyone is familiar with them.           The system that looks the most interesting is the Budget 486/66 VLB tower.  For about $2343 (delivered) it offers VLB, 8MB, 200MB IDE, a Mitsumi CD-ROM (with software bundle), Media Vision Sound board, 14" CTX 1468NI, 128K Cache, and the usual drives, ports, & OS software.  Since my budget is $2350 for a system, it seems almost too good to be true (which may mean it IS too good to be true, of course). Among other things, I've never seen a review of the Budget systems (or their parent company, Micro Smart), or of the motherboard they are using (the Aetana). Any feedback would be appreciated.           In a similar vein, the second system I'm considering Midwest Micro's Elite VESA 486/66 tower with a Diamond Viper (2MB) & Midwest Micro 14" MI monitor is one I've never seen reviewed anywhere.  I'm familiar with the firm but not the product line - and some idea of their quality would be abig benefit here as well.           Any other suggestions in the price range would be appreciated - my greatest needs are speed and graphics capabilities.   	Email response would be greatly appreciated.  	Thanks,  --
In article <C5yp5C.2Kt@acsu.buffalo.edu> v063kcbp@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (MITCH) writes: >	I am right now working on an MPR-II certified (Swedish standards for >low emissions) Hitachi Superscan 15 monitor.  It's 1024x768, up to 72hz at >that res, and it got a good write-up for image quality in a recent (Feb.?) >issue of PC Magazine.  As far as I know, very little fully matches a NEC in >image quality (at least according to the mags -- I can't tell any >difference between the two!), but I think NEC is low emissions on only one >of the two types.  There's VLF (Very Low Frequency) and ELF (I think that's >Extremely Low Frequency).  The MPR-II standards set strict limits on both. >But many comapnies, NEC included according to one article I read (I get a >bunch of mags so it's hard for me to remember which!), which claim "low >emissions" but not specifically "MPR-II Compliant" or "MPR-II Certified" >only control for one, usually VLF, and ignore the other.  Nanao's F-Series (e.g. F550i) and T-Series (e.g. T660i) monitors are MPR-II compliant.  According to my little pamphlet, the T-Series monitors are also TCO-compliant, whatever that is.
Hi,  I just inherited an NCR 1204 external floppy.  This thing has every port known to man on the back. The question is: Does anyone know how to connect this thing to a PC. What hardware is needed? Software?  TIA, Alex
In <joedal.735221221@dfi.aau.dk> joedal@dfi.aau.dk (Lars Joedal) writes:  >Except from clock frequency, what are the differences between the >various types of 386 and 486 processors? >The following is a list with what I know (or perhaps only what I >think I know!). Can anybody extend & correct?   >80386:  True 32 bit processor. >        (cache?) No cache.  >80386SX:  Emulates 80386 with a 16 bit bus.  >80486:  True 32 bit processor. >        Internal mathematical coprocessor (Correct?) Correct. >        Internal cache (Correct? How big?) 8kB. >        (extended instruction set in any way?) Was it six instructions?  >80486SX:  Probably sorta like 80486... 80486DX without the mathematical coprocessor (FPU). >80486DX:  Probably sorta like 80386...  Actually, the 80486 you described above is 80486DX. (There is no separate 80486 nor 80386, either).  This is for Intel processors. Does anyone have a complete list with Cyrix and Ibm products?  Anssi
I have a 486sx/20, 5 megs RAM, 85 meg harddrive (Stacked to 160 w/Stacker 3.0), 3.5 floppy, 3 expansion slots, 2 drive bays, VGA card, no monitor. $650.00 or interesting combination of cash and trade.  Located in Chicago. Please e-mail to this address (tmccn@merle.acns.nwu.edu) or call Allister at (312)743-5603.  Thanks.
Serial cables:  There are only three output signals: TD, DTR, and RTS. There are five inputs signals: RD, DSR, DCD, CTS, and RI.  There are many differnt null modem requiremts as dictated by the software. The IBM BIOS requires asserts DTR and RTS and then waits for both DSR and CTS before sending.  When a BIOS recieve call is made, it asserts DTR and waits for DSR to become true (times out after a while and returns with an error if DSR never becomes true).  It requires CTS to be true for sending AND recieving.  Most communications packages bypass this and replace it with their own protocol.  The key is that each comm. package could very well have different requirements.  My favorite cable works in many cases: short RTS to CTS at each end, but also run RTS through to DCD at the opposite end.  TD runs through to RD and DTR runs through to DSR from both DTE's and of course SG goes through to SG.  I have never had trouble with this null modem even though I have used it with a comm. package that was expecting RTS to go to CTS instead of DCD. The advantage of this cable is that it also works with the IBM BIOS.
In article <1993Apr16.033258.27998@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) writes:  Once in a while you have to put in a good word for something that works well.  I have had no problems with my Toshiba 3401.  It works very well with DOS and OS/2.  For OS/2, you don't need to load any special drivers.  The installation will detect that it is a Toshiba drive and you are done.  BTW, it's also very fast!
Could someone please give me some info regarding the USR Sportsters that have recently dropped below $200? I was going to buy a used Courier v32bis external without fax for $200 but now I see the Sportster with Fax is selling below $200 brand new! Are these good modems? What warranty do they carry?  Any info very much appreciated.  Kevin
In article <1qulqa$hp2@access.digex.net>, rash@access.digex.com (Wayne Rash) writes: |> The F550iW is optimized for Windows.  It powers down when the screen |> blanker appears, it powers down with you turn your computer off, and it |> meets all of the Swedish standards.  It's also protected against  EMI from |> adjacent monitors.   Thanks for the info.  |> Personally, I think the F550i is more bang for the buck right now.  How much more does the F550iW cost?
It is model number #7033D, a 14" interlaced .28dp.  BTW, if you have a number to contact the company, that would really be helpful to.  Thanks for replying.  I was beginning to believe that I was never going to get a reply.  I posted this on the netnews bboard because the first message I sent to you was returned, and I didn't know if my second message would get to you.
*** On 04-20-93  21:56, Tim King had the unmitigated gall to say this:   TK> accidentally discovered that if a have a floppy from ONE particular  TK> box of diskettets in the A drive when I boot up, rather than getting  TK> the "Non-system diskette" message, the machine hangs and the CMOS  TK> gets overwritten (luckily, Gateway sends a print of the standard  Just a wild thought here, but how about this: there is a small boot program on every formatted diskette, whether or not it contains system files.  It is this small program that prints the "Non-System Disk" error, not DOS.  If this program tries to transfer control to a BIOS location that is nonstandard on the Gateway, then it could clear the BIOS.  I don't think that the BIOS is overwritten, there is usually a small routine to clear the CMOS area, in case an invalid configuration prevents the machine from booting.  I think that the boot code on the Fuji disks may inadvertantly call this routine.  Just a thought.  ... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! --- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10
>I'm planning to buy a computer and I like TC's ads.   Can you tell anything >about the company and their computers?  Also, if anyone has a company they  >would prefer, please let me know.  Yes, they are nice ads, and even better: great prices.  But this is all on  the outside.  The consumer sees this and orders.  Little do they know, they  will get *POOR* service (very poor).  When I ordered a 105mb hard drive from  TC about 6 months ago, I received it in the mail, installed it, and  discovered it DIDN'T WORK!!!  I sent it back to them, and they said they'd  send me a refund check.  IT TOOK MANY, MANY, MANY phone calls and hate-mail,  as well as threats of lawsuit to get back my $250.00!  In fact, it took TWO  WHOLE MONTHS of calling and threatening!  Every time I'd call, I would be  put on the run-around until I finally wound up on an answering machine.  I'd  leave my name and phone #, but I didn't even get called back *ONCE*.  I AM  ONE PISSED OFF T.C. CUSTOMER, 	AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET RIPPED OFF, OR  IF YOU WANT DECENT SERVICE, DO NOT --I REPEAT-- DO NOT BUY FROM THIS  COMPANY.  THE MONEY SAVED IS NOT WORTH THE ULCERS YOU WILL GET.  PASS THIS  WORD AROUND TO YOUR FRIENDS.  		Companies like this do not deserve  to stay in business, so let's not give them out hard earned money.    Discount Micro, Systems Powerhouse, and Gateway 2000 all have given me  excellent service and speed in the past.  I highly recommend them to anyone.
I use a Nanao 20" Multisync and switch between a Windows 1024x768 and a Sparc 1+ display.  Works quite well at these resolutions.   ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael C. Busby                |  Unix System Support System Engineer, Sr.            |  Design Environment/Automation Compaq Computer Corporation     |  Internet: mcb@compaq.com         P.O. Box 692000 m/s 050701      |  Uunet:    uunet!cpqhou!michaelb  Houston, Texas, USA 77269-2000  |  Phone:    713-374-5638
In article <1993Apr21.152632.709@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> victor@comms.ee.man.ac.uk (Victor Buttigieg) writes: >Lino Montuno (montuno@physics.su.OZ.AU) wrote: >>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? > >I totally agree with your friend, since when the CPU is apparently idle >it is still in fact churning away millions of instructions per second >(checking for keyboard input for instance).   > >The exception to this is for CPU's used in laptops, where the CPU can >enter an idle state where it is just preserving its current status but >doing absolutely nothing.  In this case it needs a hardware interrupt >to get it going again.  Actually, the iAPX86 family has a HALT instruction that causes the CPU to cease processing instructions.  The CPU resumes processing either by being reset or by receiving an external (hardware) interrupt.  This is different from the power management facilities Victor mentions.  Of course, whether an operating system's idle loop uses the HALT instruction is another matter entirely. --  Kenneth R. Ballou				VOICE:		 (617) 494-0990 Oberon Software, Inc.				FAX:		 (617) 494-0414 One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA  02142	Internet:     ballou@oberon.com
Does anyone know what the standard port addresses are for COM ports 5 through 8? (If there is a standard of any sort!)  Please e-mail, as I don't read this group very often.
In article <IISAKKIL.93Apr23125341@beta.hut.fi> iisakkil@beta.hut.fi (Mika Iisakkila) writes: >randy@msc.cornell.edu writes: >>Do all SCSI cards for DOS systems require a separate device driver to >>be loaded into memory for each SCSI device hooked up? > >No. All that I've seen have also an on-board BIOS which enables you to >use up to 2 hard drives directly under DOS (2 drives is a DOS >limitation and you have the same problem with IDE and all other >standards for that matter). Software drivers often allow for better >performance, though. You have to use them if you want to use other >devices besides hard disks or have more than 2 disks. > No.  The Always IN-2000, among others requires no drivers for up to 7 SCSI hard drives.  DOS does not have a 2 drive maximum, as I already have 3. All is done in hardware, there's no software drivers at all.
RYAN JEFFREY BAUCOM (rjbaucom@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote: > 1) What is a 16550 UART?  I don't know the exact meaning of UART, but I think it is something like Universal Arithmetic Receiver Transmitter. Normally, the older boards have a 8250 or 16450 UART on board. Those chips generate an IRQ for every char they received. The 16550 UART has an internal 16 byte buffer, so - with the right software installed - it generates an IRQ every 16 chars.   > 2) What does it do for high-speed modems? > 3) Is it necessary for 14.4k or higher throughput?  If you ran dos, you don't need a 16550, because dos runs only ONE task at a time and the whole cpu-power could be used for the transfer. But if you are running a multitasking OS such as OS/2, Unix, etc. ( windows ? :-) ), the cpu cannot work the whole time with one task.   The result are lost characters or broken transmissions because of timeouts.  > 4) Is it only for internal modems?  NO. The only diffrence is that internal modems have the UART on board, whereas external modems are connected to the computer over a serial port which has the UART on board.  > If you have any experience with 9600 or higher speed modems, please > let me know what you think.  Also, any particular brand name reccomended, > or will a cheapo clone do just a well?  I use a Zyxel1496B with a 16550UART under COHERENT 4.0. I'm very satisfied with it but I think that nearly everyone is satisfied with his own modem.  Michael