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In article <1993Apr22.192408.2272@msc.cornell.edu>, Randy Ellingson writes: > Which would YOU choose, and why?  I have both!  I have IDE only on my DROS box and IDE and SCSI on my Unix box.  IDE on the DROS box 'cos it only has a hard disk, SCSI on my Unix box 'cos it has a SCSI hard disk, CD-ROM and tape.  I bought SCSI as it makes adding many devices easier. For the price of one irq and dma I have three different types of device connected up.  Faster drives are also available for SCSI - I have a DEC DSP3085s that realy does have a 9ms average seek time. I.E it finds data 25% faster than my 12ms Toshiba drive.  >  > Like lots of people, I'd really like to increase my data transfer rate from > the hard drive.  Right now I have a 15ms 210Mb IDE drive (Seagate 1239A), and > a standard IDE controller card on my ISA 486-50.  I don't think that SCSI will increase your data transfer much on an ISA bus :-(  >  > I'm currently thinking about adding another HD, in the 300Mb to 500Mb range. > And I'm thinking hard about buying a SCSI drive (SCSI for the future benefit). > I believe I'm getting something like 890Kb/sec transfer right now (according > to NU).  890KB/s is pretty good...  >  > How would this number compare if I bought the state-of-the-art SCSI card for > my ISA PC, and the state-of-the-art SCSI hard drive (the best system I could > hope for)?  Many state of the art SCSI disks use the *SAME* mechanicals as many state of the art IDE drives. Only the interface electronis differ - look at the 520MB Fijitsu drive for an example!  >  > Obviously money factors into this choice as well as any other, but what would > YOU want to use on your ISA system? And how much would it cost?  I use an Adaptec 1542B on my Unix box and no-name IDE cards on both.  >  > Along those lines, what kind of transfer rate could I see with my IDE HD's if I > were to buy the top-of-the-line IDE caching controller for my 200Mb, 15ms HD? > And how much would it cost?  Caching controller! Why? What does it give you that smartdrive ( for DOS ) does  not? About 30KB extra lower memory! That's about it.  A properly configured main memory cache will produce better results than a caching controller! My Unix reads reads data from its main memory cache at 8.5MB/s! That's faster than the standards ISA bus can ever sustain!   >  > Thanks for any comments. >  > Randy >     Guy
In article <1993Apr19.144814.17736@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus) writes: >   I am unable to get my Gateway 486DX2/66 to run Windows > in 1280x1024.  I ordered a 2M ATI Ultra Pro, and I'm pretty > sure the 2M is really there because I *can* select > 1024x768x65536.   But no matter what I do with the Flex program > in the ATI's program group, 1280x1024 remains ghosted out. > I have Windows 3.1, build 59 of the drivers, DOS 5.0.  The > drivers were installed by Gateway, not by me, so perhaps there's > a file missing from the hard drive.  It runs 1024x768 just fine. >   I did go into the Desktop window and select 1280x1024.  Sometimes > it refuses (ghosted out), other time it accepts it, but when I hit > OK and re-enter Desktop, it's back to 1024x768.  At no time does > it unghost 1280x1024 in the main Flex window.  Help! >  > --  Keith,  I had a problem getting 256 colors (I was stuck with 16) even though the flex-stuff said I was at 1024-256.  I solved it by entering the 'advanced' window on the flex program pannel and changing the 'color palette'.  Sorry for the vaugeness, I hope it helps some.  BTW, I have a GW2000-66V and 1M ATI GUP.
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In article <87402@ut-emx.uucp>, reza@magellan.ae.utexas.edu (Alireza Vali) writes: > Hi there.  We just bought a 486 DX2/66 Gateway system with a 2 meg ATI > Ultra Pro video card.  Everything seems to work fine except for the > Windows Drivers for 800x600 24 bit, and 800x600 and 1024x768 16 bit > modes.  The fonts and icons start deteriorating after windows startup, > and within minutes of use, everything on the screen is totally > unintelligible.  Naturally, I called Gateway tech support to inquire > about this.  The technician asked me about the drivers, and I told him it > was version 1.5, build 59.  He told me that the 16 and 24 bit drivers for > the ATI Ultra Pro simply do not work!!!  Is this true?  If so, I'm simply > amazed.  How could this be?  The strange thing is I would have expected > to see some discussion on here (unless the subject has made the FAQ!!!). >  > One very suspicious point that came up later was that he stated that none > of the Windows Accelerator boards have working 16 and/or 24 bit drivers > for Windows 3.1.  I easily challenged him on that because I've been > running a Diamond 24x in 15 bit mode at home for 4 months now, and I have > tested and used the 24 bit mode as well.  He then backed off and said: > "Well, Diamond has been working on those drivers much longer."  Anyway, I > just wanted to see if anyone else had any trouble and what they did about > it.  Any feedback will be appreciated. >  > The system configuration is: >  > Gateway 486 DX2/66 Local Bus > 16 Megs Ram > SCSI HD & CD-ROM > Ultrastor 34F Local Bus SCSI controller > ATI Ultra Pro Local Bus with 2MB VRAM > DOS 6.0 > Windows 3.1 > Mach 32 drivers version 1.5 (build 59)  I have been able to successfully use both 16 and 24 bit color modes on my Gateway system, although my setup is less complicated than yours.  It sounds as if you may have a hardware conflict or problem.  Is your memory aperture above 16M?  I have heard rumors of incompatibilities with that SCSI card with a variety of systems.  Call up Gateway and give them hell until they help you fix it.  Dan
I have a 486DX 25mhz with local bus.  Would I see much of an increase in speed in my drives if I got a VESA IDE controller card?  I need advice!
We have a Gateway 486DX50 with a SMC Elite16 Series Ethercard Plus.  When we use NCSA FTP to send from the Gateway with hash turned on, we see 4 hash marks immediately.  Then the computer  r e a l l y  drags.  If we turn  off the internal cache of the 486, the speed is better, but doesn't match the speed when we receive to the Gateway.  It doesn't matter if we send from the Gateway or get to it: 4 hash marks and  then extreme slowness if the cache is not disabled.  Does anyone know any more about this?  Is there a fix?  The Gateway was purchased in June, 1992.  Please respond directly.  You wouldn't believe how slow the news is on this  system.
I have the PAS16 / Toshiba 3401 combo and have no problems with it.
In <199304181719.AA08489@sune.stacken.kth.se> hhaldre@stacken.kth.se (Heikki Haldre) writes:  >Can anybody send CONNER CP-321 harddisk specifications? >It has 612 Cyl, and 4 HD, but I am more intrested in its time-out values,  >precomp, etc.  >Heikki Haldre Internet: hhaldre@sune.stacken.kth.se  conner peripherals has a 1-800 number with a touch-tone /voice response data bank giving all the info.  if you call 1-800 directory assisatnce (1-800-555-1212) and ask for the phone number of "conner peripherals," you should get what you need.
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)  advTHANKSance,
In article <C5t53q.6Iq@dove.nist.gov> livigni@bldrdoc.gov (David livigni 303-497-5898) writes: > >Looking for help in just the right place... > >Does anyone have experience with the Promise Technology Caching >IDE Controller DC99M?  I just ordered one, $110 with 512k installed, >and have a few questions: > >1.  Is it easy to use?  Does it need any kind of TSR's, or is >it completely transparent to the system board, so that I won't >have to change the bios configuration? > Yes, it's easy to use. It's just like an ordinary controller. You don't have to change the bios config.  >2.  Is it transparent to the IDE drive?  Will it work with any drive >or does it have to be configured explicity for the type of drive >installed? > It's transparent. It works with any drive. If you change the drive you only need to change the bios config. as usual.  >3.  Will it work with a dual-drive system (master and slave)? Yes, no problem.  > >4.  With it, will I need smartdrive or DOS buffers? That depends. You will get a little better performance if you use smartdrive and buffers in addition. That's because access to the card through the ISA bus is slower than access to system RAM. I don't use smartdrive myself, but I have a few buffers.  > >5.  Is the Promise Technology controller a good one? > >Any information would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks! > >David Livigni >--  >| livigni@bldrdoc.gov - Anything stated here is my opinion only! Y @--D | >| Rule of the Great:                                                    | >|         When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep     | >|         thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.             |
I've had similar problems downloading using WinCIM, I discovered that if I disabled data compression on my modem, it works fine.
In article <1qsa97INNm7b@dns1.NMSU.Edu> bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:  >   richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes: >   [Stuff about the connection between IDE and IDA deleated] >   >8MHz clock, 16 bit width, 5MB/sec. >   If IDE speed come from IDA WHERE does the 8.3MB/s sighted for IDE >   come from?  Well, some quick math on my part shows that an 8.3MHz bus, 16 bits wide, performing a transfer every two clock cycles will provide 8.3M bytes/sec.  Someone said that it really takes 3 clock cycles to perform a transfer, so that reduces the transfer rate to 5.5MB/s, which is the commonly-used figure for ISA bus speed.  However, I believe a two-clock transfer is possible (0 wait states).
I have a 386DX clone, with a DTC ESDI controller and Toshiba 660 mbyte drive. Since installing DOS 6.0, when I tried to re-install software from 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 disks, when I mount the second..third..fourth disks, DOS 6 doesn't recognize that I have changed floppies. If I do a "DIR", I see the contents of the previous diskette. The only way to get DOS to recognize that diskettes have changed, is to do a "label", and then to not label them.     Buying DOS 6.0 has been a colossal mistake. DOS 5.0 was stable, and worked well with my equipment. I have Superstor Pro, and DESQVIEW/X ( with QEMM,  Manifest, etc), so there aren't any features of DOS 6 that I am using. I guess I should roll back to DOS 5.0 but I am wary of what will happen when I do it.     Besides, like a fool, I don't have a DOS 5. bootable disk anymore. I've made the same mistakes I caution my users not to make. Like sheep, I joined  the crowd flocking to DOS 6. Baaa Baaad system administrator.
turtle@west.darkside.com (Fred Waller) writes:  >> 16550s are _not_ stupid!   >  >   Actually, they are, in the sense that hardware solutions to  >   a software problem are not proper.  A programmer's function   [much deleted]  amazing.  I could not find _one_ reference to waffle in all of this.  followups redirected out.
In article <794@wpsun4.UUCP> mikgr@wpsun4.UUCP (Michael Grant) writes: >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 > >Michael Grant >(mikgr@wordperfect.com) or >(mikgr@wpsun4.uunet.uu.net) >  I have a promovie spectrum, it seems to work very nicely with Video for Windows. With my setup (386-25, 17 ms HD, PAS-16, and orchid F VA), the board could handle up to 15 frame/s.
> What's the difference between a 16550 UART and a 16550A UART? Thanks!
In article <1993Apr17.204247.6741@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:  >   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.  IDE does not do DMA.  This is because it's like te PC AT hard disk interface.  The controller moves a sector to some buffer memory on the controller card, then the CPU moves the data from the buffer to main memory where it's needed.  If IDE doesn't work this way, then it's not compatible.  Heck, if IDE used DMA, then you'd hear all kinds of complaints about ISA bus systems with more than 16M RAM not working with their IDE drives.  16M is the DMA addressing limit of the ISA bus, and if IDE did DMA there would be trouble.  (BTW, there are DMA-enabling signals in the IDE cable spec, but the last report I heard was that they are never implemented, because it would require a different kind of IDE adapter and different drivers.)
Anyone familiar with this video card? What chipset does the winjet use - S3? As I am in the market for a VLG video card, what is the best chipset among S3, Cirrus Logic and Tseng Lab (ATI is out of the question - too expensive) ?
HUAYONG YANG (yang@titan.ucs.umass.edu) wrote: : Most, if not all, credit card companies offer to double the warranty up : to one year, namely, if you make a purchase by a credit card, you get : additional warranty up to one year. Does it apply to the purchase of : computers? I wonder if anyone out there has used it. Is there any catch? : Thanks in advance.  I am just about to post the results of my big computer purchase.  One of the key points was the ability to use my American Express card.  I  read the fine print between double warranty policies of Amex and Citibank VISA.  Sure, both will allow you double warranty on computers, but Citibank has a maximum claim of $250.00.  Could you imagine trying to get your monitor or mother board fixed for $250.00?  Amex has NO limit on claims.  Remember, if you use Amex, you must either send a copy of the warranty info to them in 30 days from purchase, or you must call them to pre-register and then send them the paperwork within 90 days of purchase (my pre-register pak arrived today).  Citibank VISA requires no pre-registration.
Hi,      I've just replaced my existing DTC SCSI controller with an Adaptec 1542B, and am now having trouble restoring from a Jumbo 250 tape drive.      I had no trouble installing the Adaptec and DOS recognises both the SCSI drive and an existing IDE drive - however when I went to restore the backups from the Jumbo tape I found that it was extremely slow (estimated time 3 mins actual time 15 min!) I have no trouble restoring from the same tape to the IDE drive.      I seem to remember reading that some settings had to be changed to  enable the Jumbo drive and the Adaptec to work together but I can't find any mention of it in the manuals.   My system config is:    i486DX/33 4Mb     Adaptec 1542B running 180Mb Fujitsu SCSI    IDE Controller running 200Mb IDE    Jumbo 250 running off floppy controller on IDE    Any help would be appreciated      Thanks,     Ron. (ronaldm@extro.ucc.su.oz.au)  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Mastus		        		    ronaldm@extro.ucc.su.oz.au  						    41 Mariposa Rd Phone +61 2 ???-???? (work)		            Bilgola Plateau 2107       +61 2 918-8152 (home)			    Australia  --
Hi all,    I would like to purchase CD-ROM drive. The specs I would like to have is:     * Applicable to Kodak multisession Photo-CD    * SCSI(2) Interface    * Compatible with Adaptec-1542B    * Does not need any caddies    * Cheaper ( < $500 if possible)    * Double Speeded    I believe there are no drives satisfying all of the above condition,   so I would like to know all of your opinion.  The above conditions   are sorted by my priority.   I think NEC CDR74-1/84-1 is a little bit expensive, but it DOES satisfy   almost all of the above conditions. The problem is that I do not know   the compatibility with 1542B. Has someone succeeded to connect these   NEC drives to 1542B? I have heard a rumor that NEC drive is incompatible   with 1542B adapter.   Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I am trying to put together a new PC with VESA Local Bus.  I would like to get VLB cards for Video and SCSI but I have heard of a problem with bus mastering controllers on VLB.  Something to the effect that they will actually slow down a system.  Anyone heard of this problem?  Specifically, I am interested in the Ultrastor 34F VLB SCSI controller. Before I shell out the bucks for this thing I would like to get the straight scoop from someone who knows.  Does anyone have this controller? Any problems with it?   --
Would someone please email me the pinout for a PS/2 6-pin mini DIN mouse port?  I'm trying to make an adapter for a serial mouse, and the dealer who knows what adapter works with the mouse I bought doesn't have it in stock. I have several different adapters, but none of them make sense based on what sketchy information I have about the port (they have connections to "reserved" pins).
As of today I will no longer be a contact for Zeos International on the net. This responsibility has been taken over by another tech (davidm@zeos.com) and I am moving up and on (mo money, mo money :)).  I just wanted to thank all of the netters who have supported and encouraged the participation of Zeos on the net. I personally feel it is important for companies such as Zeos to provide their customers with as easy access as possible when they have questions/problems and being on the net is an big step in the right direction.  I hope that other companies will follow suit (as Weitek and others have done). Again, thanks.  ---JRE---
I have a 5 1/4" drive as drive A.  How can I make the system boot from my 3 1/2" B drive?  (Optimally, the computer would be able to boot from either A or B, checking them in order for a bootable disk.  But if I have to switch cables around and simply switch the drives so that it can't boot 5 1/4" disks, that's OK.  Also, boot_b won't do the trick for me.)  Thanks,   Davebo
Has anyone had experience buying computers from Comtrade?  When I asked about  TC, I got one reply describing problems returning a defective hard drive. Should I expect any problems from Comtrade?  Thanks,
I just picked up a second-hand "color option" for the NEC P5200 24pin dot matrix printer.  Alas, there were no installation instructions, so I am totally confused on WHY it WON'T GO IN!  Do I have to remove the actaual print head?  It seems *almost* to fit, but not quite.  Please... any info would be most appreciated!
In article <1qlbrlINN7rk@dns1.NMSU.Edu>, bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes: > In PC Magazine April 27, 1993:29 "Although SCSI is twice as fasst as ESDI, > 20% faster than IDE, and support up to 7 devices its acceptance ...has > long been stalled by incompatability problems and installation headaches." > note what it does NOT site as a factor: PRICE.  There is a premium of approx $200 for the controller. What is nice is  being able to run hard disks, tape drives, cd-roms and scanners of one dma channel and interupt!  SCSI makes sense is you are going to load up a machine, if you just want a standard box for Windows then IDE makes sense.  I have one loaded box that uses SCSI and run Unix and one standard box that runs DOS/Windows that uses IDE.   [ By standard I mean - 486, 4-8MB RAM, 200MH disk, S3 video ]  > int eh same article the PC would will get plug and play SCSI {from the > article it seems you get plug and play SCSI-1 only since SCSI-2 in FULL > implimentation has TEN NOT 7 devices.}  I beleive this last bit is just plain wrong!  > SCSI-1 intergration is sited as another part of the MicroSoft Plug and play > program.  Guy
wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes: >What does a 200-400 meg 5 megs/sec SCSI drive cost? Since the Quadra is the only Mac able to deal with 5MB/s and Hard drives START at 160MB I have NO idea. For the Mac I have the following {These are ALL external}  20MB $299 {$15/MB}  52MB $379 {$7.3/MB}  80MB $449 {$5.63/MB} 120MB $569-$639 {$4.75-$5.33/MB 210MB $979-$1029{$4.67-$4.90/MB} 320MB $1499-$1549 {$4.68-$4.84/MB} 510MB $1999-$2119 ($3.92-$4.31/MB} etc  So scsi-1/SCSI-2 for the Mac goes down in price/MB as hard drive size goes up {and I assume the same for the PC world.}
GRUBB (bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu) wrote: : wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes: : >What does a 200-400 meg 5 megs/sec SCSI drive cost? : Since the Quadra is the only Mac able to deal with 5MB/s and Hard drives START : at 160MB I have NO idea. : For the Mac I have the following {These are ALL external} :  20MB $299 {$15/MB} :  52MB $379 {$7.3/MB} :  80MB $449 {$5.63/MB} : 120MB $569-$639 {$4.75-$5.33/MB : 210MB $979-$1029{$4.67-$4.90/MB} : 320MB $1499-$1549 {$4.68-$4.84/MB} : 510MB $1999-$2119 ($3.92-$4.31/MB} : etc  I thought you might want the latest prices:  As of MacWeek 4/12/93:    Meg:   Int   Ext   20M - couldn't find one available.   42M - $159  $219   85M - $199  $269   127 - $279  $349   170 - $299  $359  All above are quantum, low profile (1") 3.5" drives   240 - $369  $449   525 - $899  $979   1225- $1499 $1569 - the last three are quantum 1/2 height 3.5" drives.  [ bunch o stuff deleted ]  : SCSI came FROM the high end computer world with multitasking OS were the : standard for the most part.    Hear, hear.
Could someone tell me if the ATI graphic ultra pro is supported in a version of vpic now. If so where is it located. thanks Robert  email replies would be appreciated :-)