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Info-IBMPC Digest           Fri, 22 Jan 93       Volume 93 : Issue  11

Today's Editor:
         Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <[e-mail]>

Today's Topics:
                     10,000 file dos limit - True?
                  Differences between 386SL and 386DX
                           Amstrad upgrade??
                  Building a File Server From Scratch
                         What is CDROM ISO 9660
               Drivers for Hitachi CDR-1705S CDROM drive
                            email addresses
                       Re:  LZS format? (V93 #4)
                          PC-Video Interfaces
                          Got an Everex modem?
                          IBM Joystick reading
            IBM PC 256K MB dip switches info needed (V93 #3)
             Info requested on 24 Bit Video Cards (V93 #5)
                          Memory Parity Errors
                        OS/2: leave it running?
                         Problems with OS/2 2.1
              Version of RN.COM that works with DOS 5.0 ?
                            word for windows

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:45:17 PST
From: Bruce Heimbigner <[e-mail]>
Subject: 10,000 file dos limit

Is it true that there is a 10,000 file limit per partition for DOS???

I have a 440 MB SCSI drive and recently repartitioned it to a single
440 mb drive to simplify maintenance--WRONG--DOS chokes on >10,000
file, (at least according to Central Point Software who built the same
limitation into their DISKFIX program.)

Is there any way around this (4dos??)

thanks
 Bruce Heimbigner
Email:
 [e-mail]
 [e-mail]

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Date: 12 Jan 1993 11:10:45 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Differences between 386SL and 386DX

Could someone please tell me what a 386SL processor is, as opposed to a
regular 386DX?  (Apologies if this question is too low-brow for this
list.)

Regards and Thanks,
Dana Hollander
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 16:10:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Amstrad upgrade??

(Please reply to [e-mail] or [e-mail] and I'll
summarize results for any interested parties.)

A friend has an Amstrad PC1512SD, an 8086 MS-DOS machine which is Not A
Clone. She is interested in upgrading its floppy drive from the
existing 360K 5.25" to a 1.44M 3.5" or possibly one of the combined
3.5"/5.25" drives. I'm looking for information on such an upgrade,
including possibility and how-to. I had thought it to be a routine
switch of drive and controller until I saw the machine and opened the
box. The controller is apparently on the main board (hidden from sight
by shielding). Do I need to disable it? _Can_ I disable it? I'd welcome
other information suspected of being useful.

Thanks in advance--            --Karl

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 09:31:45 EST
From: James Williams <[e-mail]>
Subject: Building a File Server from scratch

I manage a small network of about sixty PCs.  Recently one of my oldest
servers died, so I'm replacing it.  The new computer will be a file
server for sixty PCs and will be a print server running three networked
laser printers.

I'm not a hardware guru, so my question is this.  What hardware would
you pick and why?  I'm specifically curious about disk types and sizes,
disk and processor caches, processors and coprocessors, serial and
parallel port options, and various bus architectures.

While something like a Netframe is everyone ideal; please be realistic.
I've only got $4500 to spend.

Thanks

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| James Williams                           |
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 14:33:56 CST
From: Jose Luis Martinez Salinas <[e-mail]>
Subject: What is CDROM ISO 9660

HI:

   We are going to buy data stored in CDROM, the company who sells this
information says that our CDROM driver must comply with the ISO 9660
standard.

   There is no information about this standard in my CDROM manual, the
manual says that this CDROM needs CD-ROM Mode-1 or Mode-2 data discs.

  Is the same ISO 9660 and CD-ROM Mode-1 or Mode-2 data discs ????

   My CDROM is SONY model 6100-01/6101-01

Jose Luis Martinez Salinas
National University of Mexico

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Date: Thu, 14 JAN 93 14:52:32 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Drivers for Hitachi CDR-1705S CDROM drive

I've just picked up a Hitachi CDR-1705S CD-ROM from a bankrupt company
auction, it'd be nice to get this running on my PC, so can anyone
provide a suitable driver for an AT class machine for this drive, or
point me to a set of suitable drivers.

Any info on this drive would be much appreciated, there's also a SCSI
tape streamer and a scanner to connect yet, but I thought the CD-ROM
might be easier to sort out first.

Any hints, tips, experiences, titbits gratefully received .........

                                  ,,,   Wot, NO funding!
                                 (o o)
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 Craig Morgan                       Research Associate, SPEDE project
 School of Computing                Janet: [e-mail]
 Staffordshire University           Email: [e-mail]
 Beaconside                         Phone: [phone]
 Stafford, UK  ST18 0AD             Fax:   [phone]
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Date: 13 Jan 93 09:49:00 EST
From: "PIMS3::MORRIS" <[e-mail]>
Subject: email addresses

>Info World: [e-mail]; [e-mail]

From info-world:

"Internet: This distributed network of computers gives outside access
to every single person at InfoWorld.  To address a message to an
individual at InfoWorld, use the following form:

  [e-mail]

We have listed our staff on the masthead in the same form that their
name apprears in our network directory, so that you can use the
masthead as a guide for addressing."

Interestingly, it used to say "distributed network of unix computers".
I wonder how much email they got about that!

j
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 12:54:04 CET
From: "P. Rovers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  LZS format? (V93 #4)

> Archive Format?:
> hi... I've got a document that has an LZS extension.... now i've
>heard of arc, zip, lzh and WHOLE bunch of others... but not LZS.  Is it
>a unix compression?... I want to decompress the doc but have NO idea
>how to get

LZS is the format used by LARC, a Japanese archiver from which LHarc
was derived. If you want a decompression program look for the FAQ on
comp.compression (I don't have it here or I would have been able to
tell you) or try LHarc itself (LHA213.EXE), as I recall it should be
able to read .LZS files too. I think the FAQ is also available from
Simtel in directory info as COMPRESS.ZIP.

Hope this helps,

|Perry Rovers, Faculty of Economics/Econometrics (KUB/FEW)           |
|Tilburg University (KUB), The Netherlands                           |
|Internet: [e-mail]     | What do you mean you've never been to|
|Bitnet  : PROVERS@HTIKUB5    | Alpha Centauri?                      |
|DECNet  : KUBVX1::PROVERS    | Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (THHGTTG)     |

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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 15:43:33 MET
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PC-Video Interfaces

Hi,
I want to use my PC for working with video's. Mainly grab a picture
from the video recorder (Hi 8, S-VHS), work with it and then send it to
a recorder.  Now I need some advice about what I should buy.

Regards Hermann Schneider
        Network Coordinator
        ESOC (European Space Agency's Operations Centre)

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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1993 04:53:15 GMT
From: [e-mail] (George Nassas)
Subject: Got an Everex modem?
Keywords: everex modem dip-switches
Summary: Help needed on Everex modem dip switches

Hi All!

A kind soul gave me some spare equipment the other day including an
internal modem. It's an Everex EV-940. Does anyone have any info on
this beast? In particular, what do the five DIP switches do? I'd like
to set it up as my COM3 but I don't really want to power cycle my
machine through the 32 permutations possible!

- George Nassas
  Laurentian University

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Date: 15 Jan 1993 17:55:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Raphael Pungin)
Subject: IBM Joystick reading.

Hello, does anybody know how to read the buttons of the joystick on an
IBM PC. I am writing a program in Turbo Pascal 6.0 that requires
joystick input.

Thank you very much,
      Raphael Pungin -  [e-mail] / [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 03:53:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: IBM PC 256K MB dip switches info needed (V93 #3)

[e-mail] writes:

>I need to know which DIP switches on the original IBM PC/XT 256K MB
>control the memory on the board. I recently moved and can't find the
>docs.  Specifically, what are the switches and positions required for
>256K on the MB?

To start with, you set the *total* RAM in the system not just the MB
RAM.  That is, if the system has 640k, you set the switches for 640k,
regardless of whther 256k or only 64k of it is on the motherboard.

SW1 switches 3 & 4 should be off.

SW2 settings (X=ON -=Off)
RAM  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
256  X - - X X - - -
320  X X X - X - - -
384  X - X - X - - -
448  X X - - X - - -
512  X - - - X - - -
576  X X X X - - - -
640  X - X X - - - -

The other positions on SW 1 are:
1    On= no floppies, off=floppies present
2    math coprocessor
5,6    both off=Mono/herc display
    both on =EGA/VGA (or no display if *old* BIOS)
    5 off, 6 on CGA 40x25
    6 on, 5 off CGA 80x25
7,8    number of floppies
    both on     1 floppy
    7 off, 8 on 2 floppies
    7 on, 8 off 3 floppies
    both off    4 floppies
--
Leonard Erickson              [e-mail]
CIS: [70465,203]             [e-mail]
FIDO:   1:105/51     [e-mail]
(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)

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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 15:59:32 EST
From: Paul Forscher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Info requested on 24 Bit Video Cards (V93 #5)

Anyone who has cut their teeth on PC-based computing and then fooled
around with a well loaded Mac, say an Fx or a Quadra with a 24 bit
video card, can experience a bit of Macenvy when running DOS graphics
programs not to mention Windows 3x... BUT THINGS MAY BE ABOUT TO
CHANGE!!!

Has anyone out there tried out any of the new rash of 24 bit video
cards that are coming out to solve our Windows graphics blues? I don't
mean the $2000-3000 variety of high end graphics engines that have been
around for a while; I mean the new cards supporting 1024 X 768 pixel
res and 24 bit color and are rumored to be under $1K. Have you tried
vector-based drawing and CAD programs on the new cards?  Do appications
like Corel Draw or Micrographx Designer move like greased lightning? I
have considered the #9XiTC from Number Nine Computer Corp, but it's
still quite pricy. If any one one has comments on any of the Windows
accelerator cards reviewed in this moth's BYTE (p. 202, "Making Windows
Rock and Roll").  I would be interested in your comments.

Thanks,
P.Forscher

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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1993 15:37 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Memory Parity Errors

        I get them in what seems to be software generated fashion.  How
is this possible ?   All memory tests run fine using many patterns dor
a long time.  How does a parity error arise ?

I thought a chip or two checks the 8 bits against a 9th bit for error
detection.  ( Even in an 80486! )  Maybe wider, but the saaaame isea.
Next, a signal is gated into NMI, and the CPU is vectored to action.
Is this how it works, and is the MNI vector stored in RAM where it can
be corrupted? ) As well as the MNI routine itself.   A good technical
description wouls be appreciated.  What else used the NMI?  (Keyboard,
clock ? )

        I have several 486/33s and run Windows ( Ahaaaa... ) along with
dBase 4.1 in a DOS box.  Enough to choke a horse, but why is my PC
messing up.  Is it hardware or software?  How does it happen.

        Most importantly,  what things should I try to fix it.  Thanks.
I usually don't ask stupid questions unless I'm stuck.  Lack of books
or information force me to the net, which is always better anyway!

If this is covered in an FAQ, how do I get it from Bitnet?  Email
replies are fine.  Thanx in advance.

Joe Gladstone>  <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu Jan 14 15:22:00 GMT 1993
From: Mike O'Carroll <[e-mail]>
Subject: OS/2: leave it running?

> >[e-mail] (Dave Serls) writes:
>
> >  I'm wondering how many users keep their OS/2 2.0 machines running
> >full-time; that is, 24 hours a day.  Is there any benefit gained,
> >thereby; or, are shorter sessions less injurious to HD hardware.
>
>     I've had OS2 2.0 loaded since August or so. I hardly ever  turn

Our network servers (PS/2 80s) have been running since OS/2 V1.2,
barring power cuts!  Our Dos PC Net servers have been going even longer
than that.

Incidentally, one of the great benefits of our switch to OS/2 on the 40
odd requesters in our lab is the reduced number of times we have to
reboot or power off/on when Dos or Windows apps crash.

--
Mike O'Carroll, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering,
        The University, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
E-mail: [e-mail][.ac.uk]
UUCP:   ...uunet!mcsun!uknet!lena!mike

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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 14:12:33 MST
From: "Brian E. Travis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problems with OS/2 2.1

I just installed the OS/2 2.1 Beta release (41 diskettes!). It seems
very stable. There is, however, a problem with the way UUCICO works in
a DOS box. When it executes, it seems that the communications is very
slow. What ultimately happens is that the modem, UUCICO, or the host
times out. The result is that nothing gets delivered.

I fixed the problem by dusting off the OS/2 native version. But I would
like to use the DOS version, since I have more tools in DOS to
coordinate the batch poll and distribution procedure.

All of my other communications programs work in the new release (DOS
and OS/2).

Does anybody have a fix?

Brian.
--
Brian E. Travis                                              [e-mail]
SGML Architect,        Managing Editor,               Tele: [phone]
InfoDesign Corp.       <TAG> The SGML Newsletter       Fax: [phone]

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Date: 15 Jan 1993 13:46:19 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Version of RN.COM that works with DOS 5.0 ?

Does anyone have a version of PC Magazine's RN.COM that works with DOS
5.0?  If not, can anyone recommend a shareware replacement?  Thanks.

John L. Cofer            Applied Computer Analyst, User Services
University of Tennessee Computing Center      [e-mail]
Knoxville TN  37996      [phone]      [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93  15:18 GMT
From: Bob Findlay <"FINDLAY"@JII.AFRC.AC.UK>
Subject: word for windows

Does anyone have a program for de-encrypting a word for windows 2 file?
and/or a program for repairing such a file?

We have a 5mb document, that crashes winword when you try to load it,
and the user would rather like to get the contents back (no shit!)

ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated

Bob

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