Linux-Hardware Digest #47, Volume #13 Thu, 15 Jun 00 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: X Config with ATI rage 128 (Bob Terrell)
Lexmark 3200 ghostscript driver - v 0.3d (beta) (Daniel Gordini)
USB drivers for Redhat 6.1? (Timothy Stark)
Looking for ALPS MD series specs (Timothy Stark)
Re: Can I format a Jaz drive with ext2? (ricker)
Re: z-51 (Eric)
Re: R, G, and B ("T Bluck.")
Compaq Armada 1700 ("Madeleine Wright")
Re: HELP: SIMPLE IRQ Routine Crashes (Tod Daniels)
Re: CDR and sound card under SUSE linux 6.4 (Esther Klabbers)
external CDR (theCelt)
Winbond w89c840 for Linux Mandrake 7.1 ("Gore")
Re: Can I format a Jaz drive with ext2? (David C.)
Logitech TrackMan (Mark Guzzo)
Monitor Fraquency ("Gore")
compaq ML350 network problem (Kostis Mentzelos)
Ethernet (Matthew Clay Shultz)
ati rage 128 pro requires ChipId (Bob Terrell)
All-In-Wonder 128 ? (Ralf Meermeier)
Re: Athlon recomendations ("Sriram Narayanan")
Tape backup solutions (Keith Geffert)
Re: hardware recommendations for athlon system ("Sriram Narayanan")
Olivetti Monitor Frequencies (Richard)
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From: Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Config with ATI rage 128
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:14:43 -0400
It sounds like you're saying you got yours working with this. Is that right?
Mine didn't. Can you send me your XF86Config?
thanks,
Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I used XF86Setup program for version 3.3.6. It is available from RedHat
> site if you do not have it. In the program I picked the SVGA server along
> the top. DO NOT pick a chipset. Set the video memory. Click on Cardlist.
> Pick Rage 128GL or Generic Rage 128 from the list of cards. Select Mode
> and color depth. Mine is 1024x768 and 32bit color depth. Exit program
> saving changes to XF86Config file. Say yes when asked to create symbolic
> link. That should do it. JH
> Tobi wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've a problem: I've a Pentium III with a ATI rage 128 Graphics
> > Accelerator Card
> > and a Eizo FlexScan F57 monitor. I tried to config X but I didn't suceed
> >
> > in that.
> > Now I've found a fix for X for the ATI rage 128 card on the website of
> > xfree86.org (ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.6/fixes/fix-01-r128).
> >
> > But I don't know how to "fix" this problem. Can anybody help me?
> >
> > Thanks, Tobi
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Daniel Gordini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lexmark 3200 ghostscript driver - v 0.3d (beta)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:22:28 GMT
A printer driver that enables Ghostscript to print on
the Lexmark 3200 Color Inkjet printer is available as
a beta release for Linux.
The driver is made using informations obtained by
reverse-engineering the printer protocol, and it has no
kind of support or acknowledgement from Lexmark.
** This is the first public release of this driver, and
** it must be considered a development version.
This version supports both monochromatic (black and
white) and color printing at 600dpi resolution. Color
printing supports both standard 4-colors mode (with the
color and the B/W cartridges) and photoquality 6-colors
mode (with the color and the photo cartridges).
This release does not support 1200dpi and bidirectional
printing: these features are planned for a successive
release.
Anybody interested in testing the driver can find the
documentation and both source and precompiled binary
packages at the URL:
http://www.geocities.com/dgordini
I will much appreciate anybody's help in beta testing and
development of the driver. If you decide to test it,
please do read carefully the documentation before
installing, and after the test send me a short mail
stating your experience (success, problems, bugs,
whatever).
Many thanks!
Daniel Gordini
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From: Timothy Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB drivers for Redhat 6.1?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:45:43 GMT
Hello Folks:
I have some devices on USB ports. Does anyone know how to set USB device
for my 2nd printer with USB-to-Parallel cable? I am looking for
more information about USB settings.
Thank you!
-- Tim Stark
--
Timothy Stark <>< Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==========================================================================
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Amen." -- John 3:16 (King James Version Bible)
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From: Timothy Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for ALPS MD series specs
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:47:58 GMT
Hello Folks:
Since I have ALPS MD-5000 printer as my 2nd printer, I am looking for
software that support that for Linux. I am looking for ALPS
MD series specs to write programs to print.
Thank you!
-- Tim Stark
--
Timothy Stark <>< Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==========================================================================
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Amen." -- John 3:16 (King James Version Bible)
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From: ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I format a Jaz drive with ext2?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:50:39 -0500
Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:05:44 -0500, ricker
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >And if I do will there be any problems I should look out for?
> >Does Linux support the removable feature of the Jaz disk?
>
> A JAZ drive is a SCSI device, and should work like any other removable-
> media SCSI device. I'd think it'd work like a SCSI Iomega ZIP except for
> the larger capacity. If your JAZ is on /dev/sdb for instance, you would
> first insert a JAZ disk, then "fdisk /dev/sdb" and change the partition
> type from whatever it was before to Linux Native (0x83) then "mke2fs
> /dev/sdbX" where X is the partition number. You should be able to eject
> the disk by doing "eject /dev/sdb". Just in case I missed anything, check
> out http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Jaz-Drive-HOWTO.html
>
> If you are trying to put a complete Linux system on a JAZ disk, you will
> not be able to eject this disk unless you do some trickery with RAMdisks
> and the like.
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
> \----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
> \There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
> But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
Thanks, I've searched deja and every Linux book at the local bookstore
and couldn't find this information. Your info and the link have provided
me with everything I need to now about Linux and the Jaz. Thanks again.
ricker
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: z-51
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:43:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm Your Handiman -Online- wrote:
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > I'm Your Handiman -Online- wrote:
> > >
> > > hi anyone..
> > >
> > > I use a lexmark Z-51..so far only text driver.......anyone out there
> > > got a graphics driver working with it and hopefully color ta boot......
> > >
> > > lexmark doesn't have anything for it yet what i h ave is from linux user
> > > just no color/graphics..
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > lee-
> >
> > You got a text driver??
> > where did you get it from?
> > could you please post the url where you found it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Eric
>
> http://bimbo.fjfi.cvut.cz/~paluch/l7kdriver/
>
> hope that helps :-))))))
>
> lee-
Thanks a lot,
hope to get mine working too.
Eric
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From: "T Bluck." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: R, G, and B
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:20:07 +0000
<><>snip<><>
>
>Some cables (like the ones I have for attaching these kinds of monitors
>to Sun workstations) have R, G, B and HSync, but not VSync. This also
>works fine - at least all of the monitors I use don't seem to have a
>problem. I'm not sure if VSync is on the Green wire or if it's muxed
>with the HSync signal.
>
>-- David
hiya.
This is "composite sync" with the H and V being on
one BNC, and RGB on the other three. (I use sun kit here too"
--
Tim Bluck. TB565 http://www.planet-tharg.demon.co.uk
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From: "Madeleine Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq Armada 1700
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:11:14 +0200
I know that this model is supposedly "dealt with " in the Linux for Laptops
webpage - but I haven't found those suggestions solve the problem! I still
have jagged text! When I tried importing the XFree text file that one
writer suggested, X windows wouldn't even run; and the alterations suggested
by the other contributor didn't make any difference. Has anyone really
solved this problem of jagged text on this laptop?? Are you out there?!!
HELP!!
Madeleine Wright
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tod Daniels)
Subject: Re: HELP: SIMPLE IRQ Routine Crashes
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: 15 Jun 2000 10:24:35 -0400
Arnaud,
Thanks for the advice. It always amazes me how a coder (like me, for example)
can look at a line a hundred times and never see an obvious error.
Of course, now that the oops is gone, the system just hangs. You wouldn't
happen to have any troubleshooting tips for resolving complete system hangs
in a device driver.
I believe I have ruled out a hardware IRQ conflict (the only things in the
system are a floppy, a NIC, and a single IDE interface). The device
drivers loads and runs normally, but when I send data to the new interface,
the system hangs -- no console, no network response, no ctl-alt-del,
nothing. I have tried the interrupt as both a fast and a slow handler
-- no difference.
I appreciate any help you (or anyone else) can give.
thanks again...
Arnaud Westenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Tod Daniels wrote:
> > Here is the output from the KERN_DEBUG message:
> See rubini's book about making (a little) more sense of oopses
> > The code I wrote to service the interrupt is as follows:
> [snip]
> > if (request_irq(Card->Irq, &dcpInterruptService, 0,
> [/snip]
> Don't use the address of operator (&) in front of your handler name, the
> name alone is already a handler.
> Regards Arnaud
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From: Esther Klabbers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDR and sound card under SUSE linux 6.4
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:35:46 +0200
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:36:37 +0200, Esther Klabbers
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >> Where is the CD-ROM plugged in, and is it SCSI or IDE? Most systems these
> >I don't know what you mean by where is it plugged in. It is an IDE2
>
> Most motherboards these days have 2 IDE controllers, and each controller
> has 2 places to attach a drive, the master and slave positions. Master on
> controller 0 is /dev/hda, slave on controller 0 is /dev/hdb, master on
> controller 1 is /dev/hdc, slave on controller 1 is /dev/hdd.
>
> >mount: block device /dev/hdc is write protected, mounting read-only. On
> >my KDE desktop trying to mount the CD-ROM leads to the message:
> >mount: the kernel doesn't recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe
>
> The first is not really an error message--a CD-ROM is a read-only medium,
> and you can't write to it. Mount it with the option "-o ro" tacked on to
> the end of the command line if the error message bugs you. The KDE error
> message means that /dev/cdrom isn't pointing to the right place. As root,
> do a "ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom" to fix that.
Thanks, that fixed it.
>
> >> insmod cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
> >> insmod opl3 io=0x388
> >This gets a lot of errors about unresolved symbols in sound.o and
> >CS4232.o and an error saying: op131: no module by that name found.
>
> That's "opl3" not "op131". Hmm, looks like I forgot something--run
> "depmod -a" and then try again, changing the "insmod"s to "modprobe"s and
> the soundcore module will get loaded at the appropriate point.
>
> >alsa-conf seems to work. It recognizes the sound card as CS4236B. But
> >still I don't hear anything.
>
> Check the mixer settings. If the volume is at 10%, it's tough to hear
> things.
This also works now.
>
> >Thanks for your trouble so far. Bye the way, the floppy disk has the
> >same problem when trying to mount it. It says /dev/fd0 is not a valid
> >block device.
>
> Try mounting the explicit device instead of the autodetect
> device--/dev/fd0h1440 for a 1.4M disk, /dev/fd0h720 for a 720K disk.
>
And this too. Now I can really start doing something useful.
thanks a lot.
Esther Klabbers
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From: theCelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: external CDR
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:34:36 GMT
Good day -
I have been searching (via HowTo, usenet, pricewatch) for an external
CDR that I can use under Linux-Mandrake 7.0+. If anyone has found one
that works with either USB or parallel, I would love to hear about it.
Thank you for your help and (kind) suggestions.
David
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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From: "Gore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Winbond w89c840 for Linux Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:49:11 GMT
Hi,
Can smoebody help me to find driver for my network adapter Winbond W89C840,
please.
I have Linux Mandrake 7.1
Thanks for Help.
Gore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Can I format a Jaz drive with ext2?
Date: 15 Jun 2000 10:48:15 -0400
ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> And if I do will there be any problems I should look out for?
> Does Linux support the removable feature of the Jaz disk?
It should work just fine.
The drive will be locked whenever a disk is mounted (meaning the
front-panel eject button won't do anything until you unmount a disk),
but the same thing happens with FAT-formatted media as well.
-- David
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From: Mark Guzzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logitech TrackMan
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:50:47 -0500
Does XFree86 4.0 support the Logitech TrackMan (marble)?
I have it working as a three button mouse, but would like to use it like
a wheel mouse and maybe use the fourth button.
Mark
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From: "Gore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitor Fraquency
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:05:38 GMT
Hi,
How to change dispaly fraquency under Manadrake 7.1
Now I see display refreshing
Gore
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From: Kostis Mentzelos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: compaq ML350 network problem
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:59:10 +0300
Hi all,
I have installed SuSE 6.3 on a compaq ML350
kernel 2.2.14
This is the problem:
The server close all network connections and the ethernet
card is dead. When it happens I cannot ping to server while
I can ping to other hosts.
The Network device i use is EtherExpress 10/100 (not as a module)
This is an error message after ifconfig command:
:error fetching interface information: device not found.
after init 1 and init 2 (stop and start networking) the
network is coming back to normal.
these are some messages from /var/log/messages file:
ttloop: peer died: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character.
eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0000 0000 at
2409047/2409061 command 000c0000
Trying to restart transmitter
Thanks in advance,
Kostis Mentzelos
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From: Matthew Clay Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:17:46 GMT
I am using a OptiPlex GX1 (DELL). It has an ethernet port on its
motherboard, but it is of type 3Com PCI 3c905B-TX (Fast Etherlink XL...)m
so it ought to work with the 3c90x driver i believe.
HOWEVER, in /dev there is no eth0 listed, so it is not surprising that the
alias in conf.modules 'alias eth0 3c90x.o' give me an error of 'eth0:
interface not found' or something like that.
Can you give me any suggestions on what is happening? To make things more
complicated I am doing all of this under Debian Linux.
thanks,
m@
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From: Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ati rage 128 pro requires ChipId
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:25:34 -0400
In case anyone else needs this: Mine is a rage 128 pro, and it works in
XFree86 3.3.6 if you put
ChipId 0x5246
in the Device section. I got this from at site at ncsu, sorry I can't find
the reference right now.
Bob
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From: Ralf Meermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: All-In-Wonder 128 ?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:36:46 +0200
Hi!
Does anyone of you know if the MPEG-2 compression capability
of the ATI All-In-Wonder 128 is supported under Linux ?
Thanks in advance,
Ralf Meermeier
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From: "Sriram Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athlon recomendations
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:55:51 +0530
Hello,
We are running an excellent Athlon with the following configuration:
Athlon 600
Asus K7M motherboard (BIOS ver. 1006)
512 MB PC100 SDRAM
Seagate 20 GB UDMA/66 Hard disk
SiS 6326 4MB AGP Video card
Samtron 17inch
We are currently running NT 4 enterprise server, and it runs just fine.
before using the Asus K7V motherboard, We had tried the Asus K7M
motherboard.
We got kernel panics whenever I gave the line mem=512 in lilo.conf
We later came to know that the BIOS had to be updated in order to install
NT. But NT still crashed with the K7M.
We didn't try linux after the BIOS update.
the NT problem was solved by switching to the K7v mther board with BIOS
version 1006.
I read at http://www.redhat.com/hardware that Redhat does not work well with
Ahlon systems, as their motherboards use cutting edge technology (they must
be refering to UDMA/66, I think).
However, I did install and run Redhat 6.0 and RedHat 6.1 on the Athlon 600/
Asus K7M/ 64 MB system. Worked fine for 2-3 hours before we switched it off.
Now I'm new to this newsgroup, and request answers or poiners to answer
sources/ FAQs to the following questions:
1. Has any one tried Linux on Athlon/ Asus K7V ?
2. Is the directive "mem=512" right ?
3. Since Linux ran fine on the Athlon system, how can you say that Athlon is
not 100 % compatible with Intel architecture ?
I have always booted a new system with Linux to see the hardware config
etc.
4. What's wrong with using an Athlon for a server ? We have decided to
purchase only athlon systems henceforward.
Sriram
purple dreams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gero H. Marten wrote:
>
> >You obviously aren't serving a network, running apache, sendmail, inn,
> >junkbuster, bind, samba, etc. simultaneously. Athlons are never used
> >as servers, because they are not 100% i386 compatible. Remember, Linux
> >was written for the i386 chipset. More questions? Be advised, not to
> >by an Athlon if you want to do serious work under Linux. On the other
> >hand, if you just want to peep into Linux and otherwise use Windoze,
> >be happy.
>
> neither is any pentium processor since the PPro 100% compatible!
>
> the AMD processor is just as compatible as your compiler's optimizations.
> if you compile "apache, sendmail, inn,junkbuster, bind, samba, etc" poorly
> or incorrectly then of course you will have problems, but if you do it
> incorrectly for a P3 you will have problems too.
>
> don't make the mistake that hardware is the only cause of
incompatibilities,
> or you will be left behind when the itanium gets here (which relies so
> heavily on compiler optimizations as to be almost independent of hardware
> optimizations!)
>
> i am a big fan of AMD, but I would also agree that the athlon is probably
not
> the best platform for a hard core server, but because of the motherboards,
> not the CPU. the athlon is a much nicer design (IMNSHO) than the CuMine
:)
> once the AMD 760 (and higher) chipsets get here we will see just wether or
> not an athlon can be a contender in the server marketplace....
>
> enjoy :)
>
> --
> purple dreams : http://purpledreams.com
> I often dream about being carried away by a giant squirrel.
> Does that make me a nut?
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From: Keith Geffert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape backup solutions
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:29:44 GMT
Ok, so I've scanned about 400 to 500 usenet posts about tape backups and
Linux. But so far I've yet to find any product that stands out the best
for low cost. Do the Segate / HP travan 20 gig drives work?
Is there a website for this yet? After checking the Hardware
compatibility howto I found that tape drive information looks merely
like an afterthought.
I would like suggestions on either sites I can look at. Or, specific
tape products to research.
I'm looking for something at least 10gig, IDE or SCSI. Price range from
200-650.
The only tape devices I've used are DDS1/2/3 DAT drives. However I
can't justify spending $1000 or more on a backup solution when the box
to backup doesn't even cost that much :P
I'm leaning torwards the IDE travan drives from Segate or HP but I've
yet to find anything that makes me feel warm and fuzzy about them.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Sriram Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hardware recommendations for athlon system
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:27:14 +0530
Hi Leon,
I've used The Asus K7M motherboard for a few hours wih Redhat.
But the K7V board that I'm using now is better and faster under NT. I don'
know abut linux though.
Sriram
Leon Hall Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:use%4.29582$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> i'm in the process of building a dual boot athlon system. does anybody
have
> any recommendations for an athlon motherboard, modem and a video card?
> i'm considerring using a matrox g400 tv 32MB dual head card, but not sure
> how well, if at all, this will work in linux
> also, i'm not sure about which modem to get, i found one for $40 +
> shipping, but it's ISA, so should i just get a strictly PCI motherboard
and
> use an external modem?
>
> any info would be greatly appreciated, thanx
>
>
>
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Olivetti Monitor Frequencies
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:45:46 +0100
Hi,
Does anyone know the H and V frequencies for the Olivetti 27-039?
Cheers,
Richard
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