Unnamed: 0
int64
0
11.3k
label
stringclasses
20 values
content
stringlengths
6
66.5k
2,100
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
will somebody create a messie dos faq please was dos question hi there i think it is time to create a ms dos faq since lots of questions about it are actually flooding the net i won t be able to write it my self because of the lack of time knowledge experience perry egelmeers
2,101
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re ide vs scsi here we go again in article apr mnemosyne cs du edu smace nyx cs du edu scott mace writes if you don t belive what i said about busmastering and vlbus then pick up a back issue of pc week in whihc they tested vlbus eisa and isa busmastering cards do you recall which issue this was in i posted a message r...
2,102
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re winjet accelerator card in c r ya ef unix portal com wil shell portal com ville v walveranta writes winjet is not a video card it s printer accelerator manufactured by lasermaster eden prairie mn i know there s a winjet for the laserjet and there s also a winjet accelerator video card this is probably not available ...
2,103
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
pentium clock counts does anyone have a list of the clock counts for pentium instructions or know if the integer mul is down to tick thanks hw stockman hwstock sandia llnl gov
2,104
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
amd i clones now legal in us 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 i clones has been thrown out making it legal for amd to ship in the us can anyone out there verify this thanks in advance phil
2,105
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
need pinouts for ext db floppy connectors please hi all this is my first posting so be gentle i have a zenith external floppy which has a db connector and i d like to use it with my sharp and toshiba laptops which also take a db for their ext floppy but it doesn t work i have the pinouts for the zenith and would like t...
2,106
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re diamond stealth giving winmarks hi when posting winmark results it is a good idea to give the version of winbench that you used to obtain the scores as well as the resolution that you tested and the version of the drivers eric balog balog eniac seas upenn edu
2,107
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re uarts was uucico for windows turtle west darkside com fred waller writes s 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 russell s...
2,108
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re can t get x to work w m ati ultra pro in article apr aio jsc nasa gov mancus sweetpea jsc nasa gov keith mancus writes i am unable to get my gateway dx to run windows in x i ordered a m ati ultra pro and i m pretty sure the m is really there because i can select x x but no matter what i do with the flex program in t...
2,109
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re monitors mikey eukanuba wpd sgi com mike yang writes in article qulqa hp access digex net rash access digex com wayne rash writes the f iw 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 protect...
2,110
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re how much should i pay for a scsi cable with or connectors in t y b w w hub parallan com danj hub parallan com dan jones writes also i seem to remember a posting saying that the scsi spec calls for foot between devices on the cable but most cables you get internal don t meet the spec scsi ii draft proposal rev h sect...
2,111
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
can i have printers on a pc lan i have recently plunged into pc world i have been using amigas before trying to establish a network lan here that could use different printers panasonic kxp for printing receipts and okidata ol for letters etc is it at all possible in this world i know when using unix etc i can specify w...
2,112
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
avi file format hi would someone please email and post the avi microsoft file format i wish to do some research using this format as there are disks available with video clips it is interesting because it interleaves sound and video thank you mark gregory lecturer m gregory rmit edu au ph fax royal melbourne institute ...
2,113
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
utility to switch cap locks ctrl keys being a big fan of the official ibm keyboards i have a ps keyboard attached to my clone computer i want to know if there is a software utility out there that can be used to switch the locations of the ctrl and cap locks keys even better does ibm or any third party make ctrl and cap...
2,114
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
can t set com i have been unable to get com to work diagnostic programs such as msd show nothing installed i think the software options are ok is there a known hardware conflict and or workaround for this problemand cd rom system is a g k dx tower with ati video card ports are set as follows on board coma com irq to ex...
2,115
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
run box w o cover b i am interested in getting the pulse of this group regarding b extended operation of my g k v with the cover removed b from the enclosure there are a of reasons i am considering b this including quick access to jumpers during complex i o card b setups b my concern is that without a complete enclosur...
2,116
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re umbdr zip any later version
2,117
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
dos i know of two people who have horrer stories about the dos that s of the people i know with dos both have had to reformat their disks and start over one had drive d compress and work fine only to compress c to have the thing choke spit out an unintelligable warning and then hang all that was left on either drive wa...
2,118
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
hayes external ac pins hello i have a hayes moden with no cables or manuals the modem requires a source of v ac but i do not know how to connect the power source to the pin connector i know that the top pin is the ground so i would guess that the other two are the ac pins right if you have any hints please e mail me i ...
2,119
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re amd i clones now legal in us excerpts from netnews comp sys ibm pc hardware apr amd i 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 i clones has been thrown out making it legal for ...
2,120
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
sx for sale i have a sx megs ram meg harddrive stacked to w stacker floppy expansion slots drive bays vga card no monitor 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 thanks
2,121
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
cdrom audio cable i am looking for a cdrom audio cable to connect my toshiba b l r audio to the pro audio spectrum sound card thanks in advance for any pointers steve steve la network manager stevela csulb edu calstate university long beach bellflower blvd long beach ca
2,122
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re ide vs scsi in article qsa innm b dns nmsu edu bgrubb dante nmsu edu grubb writes richk grebyn com richard krehbiel writes stuff about the connection between ide and ida deleated mhz clock bit width mb sec if ide speed come from ida where does the mb s sighted for ide come from well some quick math on my part shows ...
2,123
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re date is stuck jamesc netcom com james chuang writes when you leave your radio on at night it may not be doing anything useful but computers can do something useful even when you are not in front of it just because ms dos and windoze does not know how to schedule tasks does not mean that all computers hould be shut d...
2,124
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re monitors has anyone taken a look at the new viewsonic they claim x at hz how does it compare with the t i in terms of price and quality of display living on tulsa time rusty foreman rforeman trc amoco com amoco production research uunet apctrc zrdf p o box phone tulsa ok fax
2,125
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
gateway booting from floppy i have a gateway dx v with my inch floppy as drive a i accidentally discovered that if a have a floppy from one particular box of diskettets in the a drive when i boot up rather than getting the non system diskette message the machine hangs and the cmos gets overwritten luckily gateway sends...
2,126
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
vl bus hdd fdd controller or ide hdd fdd controller hi i am buying a quantum lps at mb hardisk and is deciding a hdd fdd controller is bit vl bus hdd fdd controller faster than bit ide hdd fdd controller card i hear that the vl bus controller is slower than a ide controller which one is true please shed some light by e...
2,127
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re debugging possible hardware problems in article r rslinnnv senator bedfellow mit edu jfc athena mit edu john f carr writes i m running linux on an eisa system and i m having what i think are hardware problems it could be software but i don t see why i d be the only one having trouble i d like some advice on how best...
2,128
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re what s the diff between mouse sys com x sanson gw wmich edu wrote what s the difference between loading mouse com in autoexec bat and doing device mouse sys in config sys the only difference is the time the driver gets loaded mouse sys will be loaded during the config sys and therefor before the command com mouse co...
2,129
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re help ten beeps with ami bios g wayne nichols gwni troi cc rochester edu wrote i have a motherboard with ami bios after multiple reboots now it only gives beeps and sits there referring to the manual of my motherboard with ami bios beeps are a cmos shutdown register read write error if the system stops after these be...
2,130
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re weitek p future plans in article qttufinn dr uniko uni koblenz de from apr gmt you wrote in article apr jetsun weitek com robert weitek com robert plamondon writes in article q n pinn m uniko uni koblenz de hodgen ozzy uni koblenz de wayne hodgen writes to sum up when an accelerated board with mb vram true colour x ...
2,131
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
reboot problem from x b usma usma edu tue apr received from usma usma edu by trotter usma edu smi eef id aa tue apr edt received by usma usma edu eef id aa tue apr edt message id aa usma usma edu date tue apr edt from x b usma usma edu peckham david cdt to cs au decster uta edu subject problem status or i am running a ...
2,132
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
sound blaster midi hi i m currently in the process of writing a number of pd programs for the sound blaster the first of which is a cmf voice editor which is hopefully going to be available soon as soon as i can get it to an ftp site anyway the next stage is to use the midi port to enter music and play the fm synth rem...
2,133
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
sending a null character across ethernet i have a question regarding sending a null character across ethernet connection the actual problem is that emacs unix editior needs the null character for setting a mark and unfortunately we don t know how to sent that from ibm pcs across ethernet i am wondering if anyboy knows ...
2,134
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re can t set com in article c rajn cbnewsh cb att com k bnc cbnewsh cb att com john a siegel writes i have been unable to get com to work diagnostic programs such as msd show nothing installed i think the software options are ok is there a known hardware conflict and or workaround for this problemand cd rom system is a...
2,135
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
need advice to select sound card hi i need some advice from the netland in selecting a sound card i am about to buy a sound card for my kid i don t know which one to buy which one to select from the following list sound blaster miscrosoft sound card audio spectrum sound blaster pro sound blaster my allocated budget is ...
2,136
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re funet fi artieb vnet ibm com writes i saw a posting earlier that refered to funet fi directory pub msdos however when i log on to funet fi i cant even find the pub directory let alone the msdos directory can someone tell me what i m doing wrong perhaps you should try nic funet fi instead of funet fi nic funet fi is ...
2,137
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re ati build drivers good in article c fomu o austin ibm com larryhow austin ibm com writes how stable are the build drivers are people having success installing and running with these i ve been using the build drivers on a gw k dx v for several weeks with no problems i m running windows in x and all software i ve run ...
2,138
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
gamecards i own an sx mhz mb ram machine and am finding it too slow for certain games such as x wing i was in a computer store there the other day and saw a series of gamecards which claim to speed up your machine to up to mhz i was wondering if anyone out there who has a similar machine had bought one or seen one of t...
2,139
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re no bit box on gateway i got this from gw from gateway aol com x mailer america online mailer to pastor vfl paramax com subject re bit disk access date mon mar est message id tn aol com status ro jon to get bit access in windows all you have to do is edit the system ini look under the enhanced section and add this li...
2,140
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
eric bosco where are you eric send me your email address i lost it i ve reconsidered kevin
2,141
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
pcs from gateway opinions sought sorry if this has been beaten to death on this forum i am looking seriously at buying a dx from gateway i will probably buy it without a monitor as i ve heard negative stuff about gateway monitors i ve also heard its tough to get through to technical support i m seeking opinions on whet...
2,142
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
summary doubledisk gold v hi netters as promised here are the summary of opinions on doubledisk gold v people seem to be quite happy with the product there is no much of opinion on how good it is compared to the industry leader stacker superstor pro is not considered since it is slower than stacker although just as rel...
2,143
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
vlb bus master problem 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 intereste...
2,144
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re no bit box on gateway in article apr hpcvca cv hp com scott hpcvccl cv hp com scott linn writes while playing around with my gateway local bus machine last night it became apparent that windows didn t give the option for bit access for virtual memory i am using a permanent swap file and the disk drive is on the loca...
2,145
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re x on ati ultra w nanao i mancus sweetpea jsc nasa gov keith mancus writes reference to running ati s install program and using its functions to position size images at various resolutions i thought this was a neat feature until i noticed that when an image is re sized the scanning frequency is necessarily changed th...
2,146
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re dos i know of two people who have horrer stories about the dos that s of the people i know with dos both have had to reformat their disks and start over i used the standard installation program to put ms dos on my machine with stacker already installed no problems i kept stacker rather than switch i am very pleased ...
2,147
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
how is a null modem cable i am interrested in the extrodinarily simple concept of the null modem cable actually i have no idea so don t count that last statement what i m asking is what pins does it use or what are it s specifications i just want to solder one myself instead of buying one i don t even know what port is...
2,148
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
kentucky fried cmos beats hardees hey folks is it possible to short out your cmos chip i think mine is fried these are the symptoms i have to do the following to get my computer a gateway dx to boot turn the power off disconnect the battery to the cmos chip turn the power on get into setup upon getting the cmos configu...
2,149
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
wanted your opinions on the insight talon ta or ta multimedia kits for those of you who might be familiar with insight distribution network inc and their multimedia kits i m seriously considering buying the insight talon ta mm kit which is bundled with the cd rom drive with ms access time kb dtr multispin multi session...
2,150
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
how hot should the cpu be how hot should the cpu in a dx machine be currently it gets so hot that i can not hold a finger on it for more than s i keep a big fan blowing on it but am considering using a heat sink any advice chris kushmerick kushmer bnlux bnl gov i found my niche in life i just didn t fit in
2,151
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re monitors in article c shlj ere trc amoco com zrdf trc amoco com rusty foreman writes has anyone taken a look at the new viewsonic they claim x at hz how does it compare with the t i in terms of price and quality of display i m interested in the new viewsonic as well has anyone seen one of these monitors in the flesh...
2,152
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
mounting cpu cooler in vertical case i just installed a dx cpu in a clone motherboard and tried mounting a cpu cooler on the chip after about hour the weight of the cooler was enough to dislodge the cpu from its mount it ended up bending a few pins on the cpu but luckily the power was not on yet i ended up pressing the...
2,153
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re hint vlb isa eisa motherboard in article c ovwv lmo news iastate edu schauf iastate edu brian j schaufenbuel writes i am looking at buying some companion brand vlb isa eisa motherboards with hint chipsets has anybody had any experience with this board good or bad any information would be helpful thanks brian j schau...
2,154
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re soundblaster irq and port settings these lpt com disk controller are call devices there are devices that requires exclusive interrupt ownership eg disk controller i and keyboard i there are also devices that does not require exclusive ownership ie it will share an interrupt with another device eg lpt no in a standar...
2,155
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re zeos computers i have had a zeos for a couple months while the experience was not painless or perfect it was way better than that endured by most people i personally know who have ordered gateways of course several of the gateway buyers were rewarded by getting free stuff as gateway can t seem to keep track of what ...
2,156
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
ibm link to imagewriter help 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 abort retry format doctor give me the ...
2,157
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re how hot should the cpu be christopher kushmerick kushmer bnlux bnl gov wrote how hot should the cpu in a dx machine be currently it gets so hot that i can not hold a finger on it for more than s i seem to recall that s run somewhere close to the boiling point of water anyone have an exact temperature anyway putting ...
2,158
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re orchid p vs fahrenheit mini review in article apr adobe com sherwood adobe com geoffrey sherwood writes in going with the modern trend the orchid p card only supports colors in x mode without a driver of course this breaks any dos program which uses svga modes like most of my cd roms this is not the case the rom on ...
2,159
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
do the mb ati ultra pro and bit windows drivers work hi there we just bought a dx gateway system with a meg ati ultra pro video card everything seems to work fine except for the windows drivers for x bit and x and x bit modes the fonts and icons start deteriorating after windows startup and within minutes of use everyt...
2,160
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re problems with toshiba cdrom in article apr news columbia edu imj cunixa cc columbia edu imad m jureidini writes hi i recently purchased the toshiba cdrom i own an adaptec b scsi card and i have so far failed to get the cdrom to work under dos it works very well under os so i know that the drive is not faulty in my c...
2,161
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
volante warp board i ve been troubleshooting the existence of way too many general protection faults on a eisa vlb system at this point i think i ve narrowed the problem down to the video drivers for the volante warp adapter by national design inc yet somehow i find this hard to believe does anyone else have any experi...
2,162
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
should i get vesa controller card i have a dx mhz 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 jimmy buddenberg internet jbuddenberg vax cns muskingum edu muskingum college
2,163
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
what dma s are my system using hello i am having a small problem with my sound blaster pro and a game is there a utility out there that would tell me what dma s my system is using thanks mark brown
2,164
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re need info on diamond viper video card experiences with diamond viper vlb video card several problems the ad specified million colors at x resolution with mb of vram which is what i have this color depth is not supported with video bios version and drivers version a max of k colors are supported at x and x resolution...
2,165
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
how do i put an hd on an xt 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 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 t...
2,166
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
the p t hay all has anyone out there heard of any performance stats on the fabled p t i was wondering what it s performance compared to the and or pentium would be any info would be helpful later bob robert novitskey rrn po cwru edu cwru cleve ohio computer engineer and c programmer now seeking summer jobs
2,167
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
where can i buy a bios i m in the market to upgrade my bios to a phoenix got a new hard disk discovered my bios doesn t have a type and i would like know where i can purchase one of these things i checked with the motherboard manufacturer for the curious it s from mylex and hearing the figure prompted me to at least tr...
2,168
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re non turbo speed nic percival x nmp mfltd co uk wrote just taken delivery of a mhz dx machine and very nice it is too one query the landmark speed when turbo is on is or something mhz thats not the problem the problem is the speed when turbo is off its mhz the equivalent in car terms is having a nice porsche with a b...
2,169
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re how is a loopback connector made uwovax uwo ca wrote i need to know the pins to connect to make a loopback connector for a serial port so i can build one the loopback connector is used to test the serial port thanks for any help steve me too skcgoh tartarus uwa edu au
2,170
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re hint vlb isa eisa motherboard in article id xnfz vj nmti com korenek nmti com gary korenek writes in article c ovwv lmo news iastate edu schauf iastate edu brian j schaufenbuel writes i am looking at buying some companion brand vlb isa eisa motherboards with hint chipsets has anybody had any experience with this boa...
2,171
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re floppy only reads what it wrote in article netxcom netx com pdressne netxcom netx com peter dressner writes i have a gateway with a floppy the drive only reads files it wrote to the floppy floppies that have been formatted and contain files from other machines are unreadable also floppies that were written by this d...
2,172
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
gateway ethernet card drivers needed hi all could anybody please tell me where i might be able to find device drivers for a couple of older gateway ethernet cards i don t have the model number off hand but they have only a bnc connector and a header connector for a novell keycard one has one installed i m looking at us...
2,173
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
otronics attache luggable info needed 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 z luggable with a or inch screen monochrome cga and floppies for serial ports it has db connectors one is labled printer and i can t figure out the pi...
2,174
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re help with hooking irwin tape drive to pc i would like to thank all those people who responded to my post i would however like to clear some things up my tape drive is external also the connector on the back of it is of the male db pin variety as a result i cannot easily find a cost effective solution to use the driv...
2,175
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
for sale sound blaster card hurry well it seems that i have a soundblaster card for sale since i recently purchased a sbpro the card comes complete in mint condition with box manuals docs disks and original packaging make an offer canadian inquiries prefered respond before april e mail at acps ryevm ryerson ca j m
2,176
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re do the mb ati ultra pro and bit windows drivers work in article ut emx uucp reza magellan ae utexas edu alireza vali writes hi there we just bought a dx gateway system with a meg ati ultra pro video card everything seems to work fine except for the windows drivers for x bit and x and x bit modes the fonts and icons ...
2,177
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re vl bus hdd fdd controller or ide hdd fdd controller in article hpsgm sgp hp com taybh hpsgm sgp hp com beng hang tay writes hi i am buying a quantum lps at mb hardisk and is deciding a hdd fdd controller is bit vl bus hdd fdd controller faster than bit ide hdd fdd controller card no vl bus ide is no faster than isa ...
2,178
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
need help identifying serial board 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 bit card although i noticed that none of the contacts in the bi...
2,179
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
actix graphicsengine plus i just bought an actix graphics engine plus with megs i am not impressed i have been having all sorts of problems with the board various lock ups in windows problems with the screen not centering no flexibilty in choosing synch rates for a monitor buggy windows drivers lack of x x k driver if ...
2,180
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re a drive won t boot balog eniac seas upenn edu eric j balog writes hi i recently switched my drive to a the problem is while i can read and write to both the new a and b correctly i can t boot from a floppy in a i ve checked the cmos settings it is set for floppy seek at boot and boot order a c once i had a floppy th...
2,181
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re simms and sipps mb needed yuri atmos washington edu writes i need simms and sipps mb but price should be around piece i assume you are talking about meg x simms or meg x sipps with speed of ns i would take k pieces per week if you have that price fob us port i am not waiting for an offer with that price i could only...
2,182
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
disk data compression and interleave does anyone have enough experience to report whether disk data compression has any effect on the optimal disk sector interleave offhand i expect that the time required to decompress disk data would increase the optimum disk sector interleave alan hinds
2,183
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
chaining ide drives hi i am trying to set up a conner and a quantum at drive i have the conner set to the master and the quantum set to the slave doesn t work the other way around i am able to access both drives if i boot from a floppy but the drives will not boot themselves i am running msdos and have the conner parti...
2,184
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re ide vs scsi in article apr julian uwo ca wlsmith valve heart rri uwo ca wayne smith writes stuff deleted so the lowly low density original pc fdd card used dma and the pc at hdd controller doesn t that makes real sense actually it does make a reasonable amount of sense fixed disk sectors are buffered by the controll...
2,185
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re date is stuck in article apr oec orbital dialix oz au oecjtb oec orbital dialix oz au john bongiovanni writes stuff deleted did i once hear that in order for the date to advance something like a clock has to make a get date system call apparently the clock hardware interrupt and bios don t do this date advance autom...
2,186
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re amd i clones now legal in us poe wharton upenn edu writes 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 i clones has been thrown out making it legal for amd to ship in the us can anyone out there verify this thanks in advan...
2,187
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re diamond stealth giving winmarks on my dx with the stealth vlb i get winmarks with ver
2,188
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re atari mono and vga in article apr oregon uoregon edu arosborn oregon uoregon edu alan osborn writes in article apr tdb uu se m max tdb uu se max brante writes have anybody succeded in converting a atari monomchrome monitor into a mono vga monitor if so please let me know exactly how you did and what graphics card yo...
2,189
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
multi i o card with uart s is it possible to buy a serial i o card with the uart s built in rather than having to buy them separately and socketing them in my current i o card uses s correct number the braindead ones anyway it also controls two floppy drives and two ide hard drives ideally i d like to get a new multi i...
2,190
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re problems with toshiba cdrom in article r nt oa ratatosk uninett no hktth nho hydro com writes in article apr news columbia edu imj cunixa cc columbia edu imad m jureidini writes hi i recently purchased the toshiba cdrom i own an adaptec b scsi card and i have so far failed to get the cdrom to work under dos it one o...
2,191
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
cpu temperature vs cpu activity this may be a very naive question but is there any basis for the claim that a cpu will get hotter when a computationally intensive job is running my friend claims that there will be little difference in the temperature of an idle cpu and a cpu running a computationally intensive job lino...
2,192
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
test don t read gosh i think i just installed a virus it was called ms dos don t copy that floppy burn it i just love windows crash
2,193
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
color drivers i would appreciate the driver name from cica which functions as a color driver for a quadtel video card the type of chip or chipset used would suffice as well umeister u washington edu
2,194
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re g k jumbo backup problems in article apr den mmc com snorman den mmc com writes i have a colorado memory systems jumbo tape backup unit in my gateway v tower system i have found the supplied backup capability to be fairly unreliable in approx cases out of i have had the backup fail at one point or another often hang...
2,195
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re diamond stealth giving winmarks pc mag only got around winmarks when they tested the steal it sounds like you are ok jamesc if someone asks if you are a god you say yes
2,196
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
re how is a loopback connector made uwovax uwo ca writes i need to know the pins to connect to make a loopback connector for a serial port so i can build one the loopback connector is used to test the serial port thanks for any help from a recent byte magazine i got the following question and part of the answer deleted...
2,197
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
any comments on eisa bus book hello i have the following list of books about isa eisa buses isa system architecture by tom shanley don anderson mindshare press eisa system architecture by tom shanley don anderson mindshare press isa eisa pc xt at e isa isa and eisa i o timing and specs by edward solari copyright isbn a...
2,198
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
smc e arcnet cars for sale ea i have new smc e arcnet cards for sale they are brand new each wow cup portal com wally waggoner
2,199
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
hayes jt fax card for sale i have a like new hayes jt fax for sale or offer or trade wally waggoner wow cup portal com