waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
As most of you know, we have recently changed our standard VESA local-bus video card from our own NCR-based card to the new Diamond Stealth 24 VLB card for packages 2, 3, and 4 (package #1 still has the NCR "screamer').  We also have added the $149 upgrade from the Stealth 24 or NCR to the Diamond Viper to our product list.  Below are the comparisons of the different cards in the configurations we will offer:                       NCR              Stealth 24 VLB        Viper VLB 64Ox480 Colors       16,256           16,256,32K,64K,16.7M 16,256,32K,64K,16.7M * 8OOx6OO Colors       16,256           16,256,32K,64K        16,256,32K,64K * 1024x768 Colors      16,256           16,256                16,256 1280x1024 Colors     16               16                    16 Video Processor      NCR 77C22E+      S3 86C805             Weitek Power 9000 Video RAM            1M               1M                    1M Max RAM addressable   by Vid Processor   3M               2M                    2M RAM Type             DRAM             DRAM                  VRAM User RAM Upgrade?    No (no sockets)  No (no sockets)       Yes (thru Diamond) 64Ox480 Refresh      60-72 Hz         60-72   Hz            60-72   Hz 8OOx6OO Refresh      56-72 Hz         56-72   Hz            56-72   Hz 1024x768 Refresh     44-70 Hz         43-72   Hz            43-72   Hz 128Oxl024 Refresh    43 Hz            43-60   Hz            43-74   Hz 26 pin VESA   Feature Connector  No               Yes                   No  Conflict with x2E8   port addr (COM4)   No               YES*                  No* Drivers for:   Win 3.1            Yes              Yes                   Yes   ACad    9/10/11    Yes              Yes                   Yes   ACad 12            No               Yes**                 Yes**   VESA               Yes              Yes                   Yes   OS/2,     WinNT    NO***            NO***                 NO*** Win 3.1 WINMARKS     10.5M****        21 M****              50M****   ^L *    Viper VLB with 2M of video RAM also gives 8OOx6OO 16.7M, 1024x768 32K &      64K, and 1280xl 024 256 color.  S3-based cards, since they are downward      compatible, will have the conflict with 2E8.  Diamond admits conflict will      exist with the Stealth 24.  The prelim Viper manual incorrectly lists the       S3 port addresses.  No conflict.    **   AutoCAD 12 drivers are now currently available for Stealth, SpeedSTAR      24X, Stealth 24 VLB, and Viper VLB.  They can only be obtained from      Diamond Tech Support, 408-736-2000 and NOT on any BBS.   **   OS/2 2.0 is supported for Standard VGA for all cards.  SVGA drivers      available in the near future.  Windows NT is not released yet, and no      drivers are available currently.  Diamond hopes to have all current      products supported in the Win NT release, on the NT disks.
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. 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.} SCSI-1 intergration is sited as another part of the MicroSoft Plug and play program.
In article mtc@fnnews.fnal.gov, uchima@fncrdh.fnal.gov (Mike Uchima) writes: >I also am having a problem with COM4 on a G2K system.  I have a Gateway 2K 486DX/33 system with the ATI Ultrapro video card (identical to the system mentioned in the original posting, except 33MHz instead of 66).  For some reason, the system refuses to recognize COM4.  For example, if I configure the on-board (motherboard) COM ports for COM1/COM2, everything is fine; if I configure them for COM3/COM4, COM3 works OK, but COM4 is not recoznized.  The diagnostics shipped with the system, the MSD utility > > > > > >Windows all act as if the port isn't there.  It's not an IRQ conflict, because I can swap the IRQs for COM3 and COM4, and COM3 still works (and COM4 still doesn't). > >I actually noticed this problem when trying to install 2 additional ports (a BOCA high speed 2S/1P card).  The behavior with the BOCA card was exactly the same (e.g. it would work as COM1, COM2, or COM3, but not as COM4). > >This has the smell of an I/O port conflict, but I can't imagine with what.  There are no other expansion cards installed in the machine other than the video card, and Gateway would have to be pretty stupid to have the on-board COM4 conflict with something else on the motherboard! > >Has anybody else had this problem?   I ran into this about six months ago.  My system is a GW2000 486DX/66V, 8 megs RAM, 1Meg ATI GUP VLB. It seems the problem is that the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro card consumes the COM4 port for some reason, so only COM1-3 are available.  I believe this is documented somewhere in the system manuals, but I can't recall where.
In article 6819@sol.ctr.columbia.edu, penev@rockefeller.edu (Penio Penev) writes: >On 15 Apr 1993 20:14:20 GMT Divya Sundaram (sundaram@egr.msu.edu) wrote: > >| I would like to hear the net.wisdom and net.opinions on IDE Controllers. >| I would liek to get a IDE controller card for my VLB DX2 66 Motherboard. >| What are good options for this (preferably under $200). It MUST also work >| under OS/2 and be compatible with Stacker (and other Disk Compression S/W). > >I have a Maxtor 212MB on an ISA IDE controller, although my machine is >DX2/66 VLB. I has the save transfer rate of 0.647 MB/s regardless of >the variations of the ISA bus speed. I tested it with speed between >5.5MHz and 8.33MHz. Not _any_ difference. The problem is not the >interface between the controller and the memory. > >My advice: Buy 4Megs of RAM, save $70 and enjoy performance. > >-- >Penio Penev  x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu > >Disclaimer: All oppinions are mine.   I also have a DX2/66 and a Maxtor 212. I have a local bus IDE controller (generic) and I get 985 KB/s. I tried swapping my local bus IDE controller for an ISA IDE controller and my transfer rate went to 830 KB/s. The specs for this drive show a maximum platter to controller transfer rate of 2.83 MB/s. I dont know how to get there from here. The local bus interface got me a little, but certainly not as much as I had hoped. I am also looking for a way to  improve my disk performance, but Im not convinced that the controller is the bottleneck (although Im willing to entertain the possibility that it is). I am already running a big main memory disk cache, so Im not really interested in this solution either.  --- Chris Brinton Teradyne, Inc. brinton@icd.teradyne.com
Hello, a friend a mine has a commodore 386sx and we've put in that machine a second harddisk, he now has 100+200 MB. But the problem is that the 200MB harddisk isn't supported in the bios. Alas there's no user type 47 in the setup. At the moment we use it as a 193MB type but there are getting bad blocks on the harddisk :-<. Question: who knows a solution to this? I've seen a small program for this once in the BYTE, but I haven't been able to find this. Would speedstor or diskmanager work for this, I used these programs quite a lot in the XT-days, but I don't have these anymore, Seagate used to ship diskmanager with each drive they sold.   Help will be greatly appreciated.
Hello folks!  I have an Archive XL5580 (internal QIC-80) tape drive, which is pretty comparable to the Colorado Jumbo 250.  Since I have two floppy drives in my system, I'm using a small card (not accelerated) made by Archive to  attach my tape drive as a third floppy device.  The problem: Although the DOS-based QICstream software works just fine, both the Norton and Central Point backup programs for Windows fail unless I switch the machine to non-turbo speed (I'm using a 486DX/33 EISA).  Since the DOS software works, it can't be a hardware problem, can it?  Has anyone seen similar problems?  Any solutions?  Thanks in advance.
Hi,  I just bought a Mitsumi CD-ROM drive and a SB Pro soundcard.  The pin outs on the CD-ROM line-out and the SB Pro CD-IN are not the same.  I am considering taking the RCA output jacks on the Mitsumi interface card and routing them to the line-in input on the SB Pro.  Will this work with multi-media software that uses the CD-ROM and the SB Pro or do I need to go to the CD-IN pins on the SB-Pro.  Thanks,  John  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |    John Manning                       |  Opinions expressed are my own.     | |    j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com       |  I do not represent Digital Equip.  |
Anyone have experiences, good or bad, with replacing the MFM controller and drive with an IDE controller and drive in a Zenith 386/16? I had heard some rumors about bus mastering problems on some CPU board  revisions.
I have 2 new SMC 270E ARCNET cards for sale . They are brand new. $50 each
Hi!  I'd like to switch my floppy drives so that my 3.5" b: drive becomes a:, while my 5.25" a: becomes b:. I'm having a few problems, though.  I know that the ribbon cable must be switched, as well as the CMOS settings,  to reflect this change, and I think that I've done that correctly. However, the drives do not operate correctly in this configuration. From the C:> prompt, if  I type a:, the 5.25" drive light comes on; if I type b:, both the light for the 5.25" and 3.5" drives come on.  There are some jumpers on each drive: 5.25"  Label   Original Pos.   Pos. I changed it to         DS0      ON               OFF 	DS1	 OFF		  ON 	DS2	 ON		  ON 	DS3	 OFF		  OFF 	IO	 OFF		  OFF 	MS1	 OFF		  OFF 	D-R	 ON 		  ON 	MS2	 ON		  ON 	FG	 OFF		  OFF  3.5"    DS0	 OFF		  ON 	DS1	 ON		  OFF 	DS2	 OFF		  OFF 	DS3	 OFF		  OFF 	MM	 ON		  ON 	DC	 ON		  ON 	MD	 OFF		  OFF 	TTL/C-MO8 ON		  ON   Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
hi folks i have a 386 25 mhz and now i'm buying a new 486 first question) which is the best way to share hard disks and printer p.s. my two pc will be far about 10 meter and i like to use a parallel port or ethernet card and i like to share resource under dos linux os2.1 and windows 3.1 & nt  2) which 486? i think to buy 486 dx2 50mzh local bus   but i heard that some board coulnd't work properly    cause some incompatibilites is that true?    should a 486 dx 50 mhz a better solution    in case i buy local bus it's better to buy an accelerated   svga card with a normal local bus ide controller   or it is better to buy a local bus svga card non accelerated   with a normal ide controller?    3)  is there any accelerated local bus and possibly true color        svga card? at which price?      4) i need to buy a cd which is the cheapest that is able to read      musical photo kodak and computer cd rom      i have heard about a sony and a mitsumi which is best?      and which controller work with its?
In article <s106275.734980377@ee.tut.fi>, s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari) says: > >In <1993Apr16.105809.22218@walter.cray.com> huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes: > >>I would also like an explanation of this. If anyone can explain >>why the SB Pro and LPT 1 can share an IRQ, please do so. > >I think it's simply because DOS doesn't use the IRQ for anything. OS/2 does, >so with that you can't share the IRQ. > That is correct.  in DOS you can use IRQ 7 for your SB.You can't do that under OS/2 because it uses IRQ 7 for the printer
For the past week or so I've been trying to install a QIC-36 tape drive and an everex 8bit full size controller in my 486dx50 EISA system with no luck. I end up getting an error (miscompare) during the streaming read part of the test. I am pretty certain that the port setting, irq & dma are set properly since the tape responds properly to all commands, rewind, retension, write and erase, I also booted the system clean and still the same proble so I also tend to eliminate any memory conflicts. It has been suggested that my bus speed is too fast and that I need to slow it down. My system has an AMI BIOS and I don't have the advanced chip setting option that I have seen on other systems so I cant do this. Am I going to have to accept that this set up won't work? or can anyone suggest a work around? I will be glad to hear your advice/suggestions. Tony
In article <ikosC5t7Lt.J5r@netcom.com> ikos@netcom.com (Ikos) writes: >I'm in the market to upgrade my BIOS to a Phoenix 1.10 (got a new hard disk, >discovered my BIOS doesn't have a "type 47") and I would like know where I >can purchase one of these things. > >So, can anybody help me out on this quest?  Pick up a copy of PC Magazine or Byte, and look in the classifieds and small-print ads in the back. There are a handful of shops that specialize in BIOS upgrades.
From article <1993Apr15.205654.20845@news.cs.indiana.edu>, by "Mohammad Al-Ansari" <alansari@mango.ucs.indiana.edu>: >  > (CLIP) I am in > the process of purchasing an EISA/VL Bus 486 DX2-66 computer  > (CLIP) > The first is Ares and they use a Cache motherboard (that's > the brand of the motherboard) with OPTI chip set, the other is Micron > (formerly Edge Technology) and they use the Micronics EISA/VLB > motherboard. > (CLIP) > I would REALLY appreciate any input on this. Is the Micron machine the > clear choice?  Does anyone know anything positive or negative about > either company? Has anyone ever heard of Cache motherboards? Should I > go with Micron just because it has the Micronics motherboard? etc. >  > Thanks very much in advance for any information. >  > -- > Mohammad Al-Ansari Get back to your vendors, or better yet the board manufactures and get some more info:    Where made.    Norton indexes (yeah I know BMs suck but whats a mother to do?)    number of slots, and types, # ESIA and # 32 bit?    Any IDE or SCSI on board?    How easy to upgrade RAM, location and # of pins.    OVERDRIVE?    Oscilator kits?    Does it have a 16550 UART?    Who's BIOS?
Has anyone taken a look at the new ViewSonic 17? They claim 1280x1024 at 76Hz. How does it compare with the T560i in terms of price, and quality of display?
In article <1r74fr$d04@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, maf@Corp.Sun.COM (Mike Figueroa) writes: >  > Does anyone know if there are any problems (or if it's possible) > adding a third hard drive(scsi) to a dos pc. >  > I currently have a 386 pc with  Future Domain scsi board  and  2 > Maxtor  scsi  drives  installed.  They work great, I haven't had > any problems! >  > Well, now I want more disk space and went out and  got   another > (larger)  scsi   hard  disk  thinking all I had to do was add it > to the chain(50pin ribbon  that  has  3  connectors)   and   run > the   fdisk   program   to format/initialize the disk. >  > That didn't happen.  When the pc boots, the  scsi  prom   shoots > back   the  devices   that   are  attached  to  the board[target > 0/target1/target2].  All three disks are seen. >  > When I run the dos fdisk program to format the disk, I choose to > select another  disk(option  5(dos6)) and voila, it's not there. > The first two disks show up no problem, but the  third  disk  is > no-where to be found.... >  >  >  > ARGH! >  > Ideas anyone????? >  > Thanks in advance!   I have got an Adaptec SCSI card, that comes with its own version of FDISK. The problem with DOS is that it will only see two hard disks, any more need to be done by device drivers.
In article <C5uAoq.5v@ulowell.ulowell.edu> mcook@cs.ulowell.edu (Michael Cook) writes: >Recently, I have been getting a CMOS Checksum error when I first turn on my >computer.  It doesn't happen everytime I turn it on, nor can I predict when it >is going to happen.  I have an AMI BIOS and all of the setting are lost, for >example the drive types and the password options.  However, the date and time >remain correct.  If anyone knows what can be causing this, please let me know.  Most likely reason is that your backup battery is failing - this battery  maintains the contents of the CMOS memory when AC power is turned off, and if the battery is flakey then the contents of the CMOS will be lost and  the checksum will be wrong (along with most other of the CMOS data). Try  replacing the battery.  If, however, your PC doesn't use a battery but a large capacitor to power the CMOS, you should check to see if you can replace the capacitor with a  more normal lithium battery. If this isn't possible, make sure you leave your PC on for a half hour or hour each day; this will keep the capacitor  charged. I'd opt for the battery change, though.
Article #61214 (61317 is last): >Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware From: arnolm2@aix.rpi.edu (Matthew Richard Arnold) Subject: DX50 vs DX266 Date: Wed Apr 21 19:55:12 1993   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.   Thanks a lot,    -Matt  End of File, Press RETURN to quit  Yes its realy simple, no one makes a mother board that runs the bus at more than 33MHZ....Sam
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 	This is pure bull.  I've had the 24 bit mode (640x480 and 800x600) 	working since the version before 59 (??55??).  Bld 59 added  	the 24 bit option to Flexpanel.  Try getting the drivers from  	ftp.cica.indiana.edu or wuarchive. >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!!!). > >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) Mine is: Gateway 486 DX2/50 LB 8 Megs ram IDE HD ATI GUP w/ 2MB (installed upgrade myself) BLD 59 drivers.
Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 19-Apr-93 AMD i486 clones: Now legal .. by poe@wharton.upenn.edu  > A friend of mine called me on the phone and told me he was wathcing CNN > and saw a report that the ruling prohibiting AMD from selling their i486 > clones has been thrown out, making it legal for AMD to ship in the US. > Can anyone out there verify this?  It's true.  I read about it from an article in ClariNet (can't send it here though).  U.S. District Court Judge William A. Ingram, of San Francisco, threw out the jury verdict prohibiting AMD from using Intels' microcode for the 486.
I have two UN-opened, NEW Epson Action Printers 2250 for sale.   List price at CompUSA is $169, I'm asking $100 + shipping for each.  My friend and I got the printers at a promotional event at one of the CompUSA stores near our area.  We didn't need printers, so we're  selling it.  Specs for printer:  9-pin dot matrix printer 240 cps Draft, 40 cps NLQ 50 sheet paper tray (Does single sheets!) Prints on letterhead Small footprint (Can be used either flat or upright!) Quiet operation can support an optional tractor feeder comes with Full (2-year) manufacturer's warranty  if interested reply to:  phillyg@acs.bu.edu  Trades are welcome!!!
Hello, I am trying to hook an Apple Imagewriter to my IBM Clone. I seem to have a problem configuring my lpt port to accept this.  How can you adjust baud, parity, etc. to fit the system?  I tried MODE, but it did not work.  If anyone can help, post of e-mail.  Thanx.
I must say that I have been a customer of Midwest Micro for over 4 years now, and have been well taken care of on each purchase. I have had many friends that have bought that same modem and (THEY) do have some experience with setting up modems, so there have been no problems in 6 of them that I know of. The fact that your time to valuable for you to spend on the modem is where you went wrong. WHY you say because I must tell you of the 12 yes I say 12 PPI modems that I have had in the past that I was trying to use on my bbs. They all were junk and were replace 3 times each, to ther point that I just said forget it and I wanted my money back. PPI's teck even said that they didn't even repair them. That they just strip the parts that are good and junk thr rest of the modem. I think it was more your fault than Midwest Mirco's faulkt...Sam
russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell) writes:   {deletions} > the "attached" fans look slick and work well but I'm bothered by the potential > loss of cooling if the fan goes out. at least with the power supply fan you > can reach back there every few days and feel the fan blowing. >  Yes, this is a valid concern IMHO.  With the directly attached fan units I've seen, it looks like if the fan were to stop the chip cooling would be  a good bit worse than no heat sink at all.  In other words, if the fan stops the unit turns into an insulator and the chip might get hot enough to suffer permanent damage, not just stop working temporarily.  > I prefer to put a stock fan off the drive brackets or front panel > to blow air across the cpu - depends a lot on case and board layout, though. >  My Zeos 486DX2/66 (tower case) has a passive heat sink on the cpu, and it's located so the front fan, which sucks air into the case, blows right on the heat sink.  If that fan stops the heat sink is still cooled by convection air flow so should not see too dramatic a temperature rise.  Essentially the  arrangement you're talking about and a good idea IMHO.  > on-chip fans from Fry's Electronics in the SF Bay Area are about 30.00. I > get the stock power supply fans for about 11.00. >  > -steve
I'm thinking about getting a Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM and hooking it up through the SCSI port on a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum sound board. Does anybody have this configuration out there?  If so, does it work?  For anybody in general who has the Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM drive, have you had any hadware problems?  Door not opening, scratched disks, door not closing (getting stuck or not closing all the way), CD holder jamming and any other CD related problems.  Thanks in Advance
Andrew BW Colfelt (colfelt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote: :  :  : Shadow mask is when you put your face into : main memory. :
In article <1993Apr16.033802.6605@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, els390r@fawlty1.eng.monash.edu.au (G Chow) writes: > In article <1qegfd$dqi@wsinis03.info.win.tue.nl> monty@wsinis03.info.win.tue.nl (Guido Leenders) writes: >>Hi, >> >>Is it possible to use an ESDI-controller with HDD together with an >>IDE-harddisk + controller in one ISA-system? >> >>I've read stuff about secondary controllers. Does this trick work? >> >>Thanx in advance, >> >>Guido >>monty@win.tue.nl >  > I have the same question as Guido. It is possible to use the ESDI drive  > as a master and the IDE drive as the slave ?   I can definitily say that you can use an RLL as Master and IDE as slave, as I have just upgraded my machine with a 200Mb IDE ( And custom Controller Mdl CI-1010 Extended IDE Controller ) While maintaining my RLL'd Wren as master Drive.  The trick is the controller which supports up to 4 IDE Drives while coexisting with existing Controllers ( MFM,RLL,ESDI,SCSI ).  So according to the Documentation it should work with ESDI, and I can assure you it works with RLL.