Linux-Hardware Digest #722
Linux-Hardware Digest #722, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 06:13:27 EDT
Contents:
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Jay Patrick Howard)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Chris Robato Yao)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Dean Kent")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Dean Kent")
Re: Internal Modem ("Asim Shankar")
Re: Recompile Kernel in Redhat 5.0 (Chris Mahmood)
Re: GRAVIS PC GAMEPAD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Stephen M. Caplan)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Myc)
How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp ("Jae Il \"Joker\" Ko")
Re: 2.2 SMP brief lockups (Bryan)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Jay Patrick Howard)
Re: SoundBlaster Live! (bono)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Charismo")
Logitech 3 button MouseMan on a SPARCstation 5 ("Khyber Zaffarkhan")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (kls)
Re: Recompile Kernel in Redhat 5.0 (Stuart R. Fuller)
From: Jay Patrick Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 00:11:10 -0500
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Chris Robato Yao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: People don't report failures as they do with successes, so reading the
: newsgroup is not a good indication of ratio.
Actually, failures may get reported more often than sucesses. How many
"My Celeron 366 won't do 550 - Help!" messages have you seen lately?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Robato Yao)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 05:43:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Robato Yao)
In 7m6kle$oqp$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Jay Patrick Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Chris Robato Yao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: People don't report failures as they do with successes, so reading the
: newsgroup is not a good indication of ratio.
Actually, failures may get reported more often than sucesses. How many
Not in my experience. It's sort of like pride vs. shame.
Rgds,
Chris
(And the NUMBER ONE top oxy-MORON
1. Microsoft Works
---From the Top 50 Oxymorons (thanks to Richard Kennedy)
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From: "Dean Kent" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 00:02:32 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
I have to agree with Chris on this one. I don't know about the psychology
of it, but based upon the number of 'failures' I heard about when selling
product, and the number I saw posted on usenet (vs. successes), it made my
life very difficult. Far too many people having extremely high
expectations, and always blaming the product when it didn't function like it
did for 'everyone else'...
Regards,
Dean
Chris Robato Yao wrote in message 7m6mhr$fef$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
In 7m6kle$oqp$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Jay Patrick Howard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Chris Robato Yao
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: People don't report failures as they do with successes, so reading the
: newsgroup is not a good indication of ratio.
Actually, failures may get reported more often than sucesses. How many
Not in my experience. It's sort of like pride vs. shame.
Rgds,
Chris
(And the NUMBER ONE top oxy-MORON
1. Microsoft Works
---From the Top 50 Oxymorons (thanks to Richard Kennedy)
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From: "Dean Kent" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 00:03:31 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
I'll wager a bet that it isn't anywhere *near* the number that get returned
as 'defective' with nary a post.
Regards,
Dean
Jay Patrick Howard wrote in message 7m6kle$oqp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Chris Robato Yao
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: People don't report failures as they do with successes, so reading the
: newsgroup is not a good indication of ratio.
Actually, failures may get reported more often than sucesses. How many
"My Celeron 366 won't do 550 - Help!" messages have you seen lately?
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From: "Asim Shankar" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:31:29 +0530
You're right,
it is NOT a Winmodem.
However, the jumpers can be used to set the IRQ only. Will that help a great
deal considering that it is probably IRQ3 anyway as Windows thinks.
Even so, how exactly do I configure the modem?
Thanx,
-- Asim
Michael McConnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Wouldn't be so sure about that. IIRC USR actually labelled their winmodems
as
such. I wish other manufacturers would do the same.
Also... (but I may be wrong here) the USR Sportster PnP cards
Linux-Hardware Digest #724
Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 13:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: USR Sporster voicie 33.6 internal ? (Pierre Royal)
Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64 (JLKirkham)
Re: Asus P2B and the 366a (Lord Dark)
HELP! AHA-2940 not recognised by LinuxHi, ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: AHA-2940 not detected ("Robert Smales")
Re: Cant get Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI to work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CD-ROM UltraPlex40max ("Mathias Hecker")
Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i Modem ("Steven J. Macko")
Linux BIOS utilities? (SunWuKung)
ACAD for Linux !!! Think again !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mounting probelm extended VFAT 32 (Tuan Nguyen)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? ("Hans Zangger")
Re: Do laptops work well with Linux? (Anonymous)
Red Hat 6.0 drivers for Diamond Monster Sound MX300?? (Devon Taylor)
Re: Help: AHA-2940 not detected (John Winters)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (William Burrow)
Re: Viper 770 (Tuan Nguyen)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre Royal)
Subject: Re: USR Sporster voicie 33.6 internal ?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:52:42 GMT
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:20:49 +0200, "such " [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to install my 33,6 baud internal modem under linux and it doesn't
work
It's not a winmodem , it's a sporster voice 33,6 internal
HELP PLEASE
how can I make it work ???
thank you
Have you set your BIOS for non PnP OS ?
Pierre
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JLKirkham)
Subject: Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64
Date: 10 Jul 1999 13:58:31 GMT
I'm using an AWE 64. Soundconf detects it, then allows me to set the i/o irq
and dma settings.
You know, I've had the same trouble. So much, in fact, that I booted into
win98 to see how it configured the card, and it didn't find the AWE 64,
wouldn't let me use the AWE 64 driver, and kept insisting on a SB16 driver. I
wonder if it's a card problem?
Jana
Wherever you go, there you are.
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From: Lord Dark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Asus P2B and the 366a
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 10:23:27 -0400
PPGA Celerons running in a Slot 1 board have been shown to be less
overclockable than if you ran in a Socket 370 board. It is unknown at
this point exactly what about the adapter boards (SlotKet, MSI, etc.) is
causing this, but you might want to check out BXBOARDS.COM for some
articles on the subject.
Pushing a 366 to 550 is extremely hit-or-miss (usually a miss), and the
P2B is about the LEAST likely board you will be able to do this with
unless you tape the pins to kick the voltage up a little. Good luck,
though.
Lord Dark
Jae Il "Joker" Ko wrote:
Hey all,
it's me joker again with another question for all you overclocking GODS!
Well, as you can guess i too own the world reknowned P2B. Yes, we love it
despite it's lack of a softmenu BIOS and inclusion of "mini-me" sized
jumpers not too mention the awkward placement of the power connector. But
you can't dispute it's quality, stability or product recognition. anyway,
along those lines, i was wondering how many of you are P2B owners and
366a - 550 overclockers? how's the success rate with the MSI slotkets and
are the rumours true of the alpha heatsinks not fitting the 1.1 version.
I'm eagerly awaiting my slotket and 336a but in the meantime am pondering if
i should just splurge on the Abit BP6. I'm also building a computer for my
little cuz. i've got all these spare parts lying around, i guess it's best
to make some use of them. The only thing that i don't have two's of are
motherboards. Could be a good chance to get the BP6 but if not then all is
still not lost. Thanks again and good luck to all.
--
-Jae Il "Joker" Ko
.
.
.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP! AHA-2940 not recognised by LinuxHi,
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:43:58 GMT
Hi,
Having problems getting my Adaptec AHA-2940 (Ultra Wide, I think) card
to work under Red Hat 5.1 (kernel 2.0.36).
On machine 'A':
Bios message ok
External SCSI drive found ok
Non-conflicting IRQ assigned ok
Works under Win95, works under Linux 5.1 (2.0.36)
Can mount the drive, read, write, etc. etc.
On machine 'B', however:
Bios message ok
External SCSI drive found ok
Non-conflicting IRQ assigned ok
Linux 5.1 (2.0.36) reports:
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
No Win95 or Win98 to test Windows detection.
Of course, I need the SCSI card working in machine 'B' (which is a P90
Linux-Hardware Digest #725
Linux-Hardware Digest #725, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 16:13:32 EDT
Contents:
FS: Thinkpad 570 Loaded! $3000 (Charlie Brown)
Re: 17" monitors with BNC and VGA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to shut down monitor w/out cutting back CPU speed ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: D-Link DFE530TX ethernet card work for anyone?? (Kevin Theobald)
Re: 9GB-IBM-harddisk blocks linux (Carsten Cimander)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Thlayli)
MAG LT530F dig. LCD and XF86? (Till Harbaum)
MILO for Digital Server 3305 ??? (Krassimir Simeonov)
fwd- AMD K7: 700MHz an easy overclock (Alex Lam)
How do you think about the report of mindcraft ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Driver for AC-5618 Modio? (Kevin Theobald)
USB port supported in LINUX ? (Vincent DECOUX)
UMAX Astra 1220U USB Scanner ("Christian Bryan")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (kls)
Re: Netzero on Linux (Czouch)
Re: HP Colorado 5 GB (bernieo)
Re: Will My Wheel Mouse Work w/ Linux? (Tim Moore)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (L.Angel)
3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 (Thomas Kochak)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Michael)
Re: asus TNT v3400 problems (Tim Moore)
Re: UMAX Astra 1220U USB Scanner (Michael Meissner)
Re: Diamond Video Card Compatibility (Thomas Kochak)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Brown)
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.laptops,comp.forsale,comp.forsale.computer,comp.forsale.computers
Subject: FS: Thinkpad 570 Loaded! $3000
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:59:29 -0500
For Sale!
ThinkPad 570 PII333
192Mb RAM
4.0Gb HD
56K Built-in Modem
13.3" TFT Screen
WIN 98 OS Office 2000 Professional
IBM UltraBase
24X CDROM Drive Ultraslimbay
2X DVD Drive Ultraslimbay
Li-Ion Battery (Extra)
3Com Megahertz 10/100 Cardbus PC Card
** This laptop will run Red Hat 6.0! **
All of the above for $3000 obo (Includes FedEx COD delivery)
Email me with questions @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 17" monitors with BNC and VGA
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 15:55:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[del]
If I was in your shoes, I'd go w/ the A702HT - it's got aperture mask and (I
think) the highest refresh rate of the 3 you mentioned. Aperture mask really
helps show the color separation nicely. iiyama did a good job on my A901HT, I
wouldn't have any reservations at all about getting an A702HT for my wife (who
will be needing a 17 inch monitor soon :-).
Well, I decided to get an A701GT as I got a new one real cheap. So far, so
good ;-)
Also, get as high a refresh rate as you possibly can, whatever monitor you
choose. This should be easier in the 17 display range. Even if your video card
won't support a middlin' high bandwidth (which gets more and more unlikely every
day), if you ever get a faster card you'll be happy you spent the extra cash on
the monitor.
Not that big issue, as I mainly use my Sony200sf. The second monitor is
just for my 2 other boxes (an Alpha and a DECstation - BTW: where oh WHERE
could I get a video cable for this machine in germany?).
Try to pick it up from a local vendor - makes things much easier if you have to
return it.
I usually do this, but I already strained my local dealer to the max. I got
two monitors to try'em out and returned both of them (Sony 420GST, CTX 1995UE).
Bye,
Uli
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Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stormweg 24 |listening to: Spanish Bombs (The Clash), Windy (The
24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Decibels), Candygirl (The Kwyet Kings)
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to shut down monitor w/out cutting back CPU speed
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 09:06:53 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way to shut off the monitor without
cutting back the CPU speed? The APM modes all
seem to cut everything back. I leave my Linux
machine running all the time, and I'd like to have
the monitor shut off (or go into standby mode)
automatically after a period of inactivity from
the console, but I still have stuff running in the
background and I'd like to still be able to use
the computer remotely. Is there a way to do this?
If your monitor is Energy Star compliant, you can use dpms to put it in
standby or shutdown mode. See "man xset" for how to do it.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: Kevin Theobald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE530TX ethernet card work for anyone??
Date: 10 Jul 1999 11:15:03 -0400
Eric Stratte ericst@sel*remove*inc.com writes:
Looking at www.pricewatch.com, the DFE530TX is one of the cheapest
ethernet cards. Has any one had success with the Via Rhine driver that
D-Link provides a hotlink to?
Worked fine for me on Debian ("slink" stable version, kernel 2.0.36)
once I figured out I had to select Via Rhine
Linux-Hardware Digest #726
Linux-Hardware Digest #726, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 16:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Brian Hartman)
Re: Cant get Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI to work (Tim Moore)
Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp (John Hagen)
Re: Fibre channel (Tim Moore)
Help with sound driver for Aztech card (AZT1023 PNP) ("B. Christopher Felaco")
3c589d pcmcia installation (Thierry Nivon)
Re: Will My Wheel Mouse Work w/ Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: asus TNT v3400 problems (Thomas Kochak)
Re: Cant get Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI to work (Thomas Kochak)
Re: Tekram DC-390F SCSI Card ? (Michael Meissner)
From: Brian Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:35:11 -0400
JLKirkham wrote:
doesn't mean that Linux is a good system for a beginner to upgrade to (or even
start out with)
I'd have to disagree - much better to start out "hands on" and understand
what's going on rather than watch the pretty pictures and never be able to fix
it when it breaks (and you know it's gonna break).
The problem is, people don't buy computers to become computer-savvy. They buy
computers to get their work done. You shouldn't have to be "hands-on" to get your
work done.
As it is, too much of the hardware driver problems are self-service issues for
it to be worth it for newbies.
I'll agree to a point - a total newbie like my mom (get-a-cluebie) wouldn't
know what to do with a driver problem. They'd be better off having friends or
family who does know what they're doing or buying a system ready to go. But
that's not unique to Linux, I'd say the same thing about win95/98 and probably
any other OS or system.
I'd agree to a certain extent. A complete newbie might have a problem finding the
drivers, but once found, they would have an easier time with Windows, on the
average.
But for someone who has no interest in computers as a hobby, it's much more
important to just fire up the PC, get what
you need to do done, and get out. In many cases, that's easier to do with
Windows than Linux.
???sounds like people who have more dollars than sense, if you ask me, in which
case they get what they deserve. You're describing my mother, who comes and
sits in front of my computer after I've opened a program, does what she needs
to do, and then I format it and save it for her. She has no business owning a
computer, and she knows it.
Don't take this personally, but that's exactly the problem with many in the Linux
community: The attitude, "If you don't want to learn about computers, you
shouldn't use them" is rampant. It's not a realistic argument. Computers need to
become easier to use. People shouldn't have to be forced to learn them. No OS is
completely idiot-proof, but Windows comes closer to the goal than Linux. One
example: You can't, to my knowledge, simply run an install program for an app and
expect it to work in Linux. You also need to compile it for your machine, tweak
config files, run make or "make install" etc. (And if something goes wrong during
compilation or make, what's a newbie to do?) These processes need to be
simplified. Plug and play for Linux also needs to be improved. Too few devices
are recognized on bootup in the standard kernel configuration. These kinds of
changes will make Linux easier to use and justify it as a viable OS for end users.
Instant gratification is the entire point
As I said, more dollars than sense... people with this attitude more often than
not get what they deserve.
See above.
As I've said before, computers are tools to make our lives easier.
So are curling irons, sewing machines, and timing lights. And if you don't
know how to work them and aren't willing to learn, you have no business buying
one.
None of the items mentioned above are nearly as complex as a Linux system. And
none are as indispensable to business and home users alike as a computer. Think
about what you're saying: If the learning curve stays where it is for Linux, and
businesses adopt it, they will need to invest in all kinds of training and
technical services people just for what should be simple tasks ("Hey, I'm not able
to print" or "Hey, my CD-ROM drive isn't working"). What you're asking people to
do is to harken back to the days of DOS. If those in the Linux community continue
to have an elitist attitude about what kind of person should or should not be
allowed to use a computer, M$ will only increase its lead in the marketplace.
Let's not shoot ourselves in the foot with exclusionary rhetoric.
I don't think it's a monopoly in a conventional sense.
Janet Reno may disagree with you...
She may think it's a monopoly. But it's *not* a monopoly in a *conventional*
sense. If it was, we'd all be running Windows. As it is, you're free to buy
whatever OS you want. Hell, even
Linux-Hardware Digest #727
Linux-Hardware Digest #727, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 21:13:25 EDT
Contents:
Trouble with KDE and Philips Flat Panel ("Tom Lambert")
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Colin Andrew Percival)
Re: Internal Modem (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Teac CDR56S experiences? ("Robert L. McCormick")
Re: Corrupted filesystem problems w/ rh5.2 ("Tony Dearson")
Intellimouse works in Gnome, but not in KDE (Justin Haines)
help thosciba2515cds+3com PCMCIA ("Janie")
Re: Any CD Burners for linux? (Carl Fink)
Pb with USR/3Com 56K Prof. Message Modem and RH 6.0 (Bastien Moinet)
Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: WISECOM INTERNAL PCI MODEM (Sven)
Re: Help with sound driver for Aztech card (AZT1023 PNP) ("B. Christopher Felaco")
Re: Do laptops work well with Linux? (wizard)
Intellimouse works in GNOME but not under KDE (Justin Haines)
SCSI Type differences ("Todd V. Rovito")
ISDN ("Sebastian Speiser")
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (Joachim Klein)
Re: How Close is the Mobo temp to the CPU temp ("ron_butchart")
BogoMips (Jef De Geeter)
Re: Linux on Compaq Prosignia 150? (Pete)
Re: Tyan S1837UANG Motherboard Compatibility (David Dickson)
Re: BogoMips (Anders Buch)
Re: PC100 BXCel Motherboard and Intel740 AGP Video Card ("DR")
Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64 ("Jim Williams")
From: "Tom Lambert" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trouble with KDE and Philips Flat Panel
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:35:33 GMT
I am using Linux-Mandrake OS 6.0.
I am having trouble getting a proper configuration with my video display. I
am using a Philips Brillaince 151AX 15" flat panel. My video card is a sis
6326 AGP. I get a very poor video image. I have a desktop, but parts don't
display right, and it doesn't refresh right. i tried some different custom
settings for the monitor, and some worked better than others, but none was
workable.
My CPU is a K6 380 MHZ.
Thanks in advance.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 19:37:53 GMT
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 21:55:04, "Dean Kent"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Pentium MMX is significantly faster than the non-MMX processor (enough
to notice). This is due solely to a 32K L1 cache vs. a 16K L1 cache.
There were other enhancements Intel threw into the P55C over the
P54C. I think you'll find the P55C a tad faster even neglecting
the differences in the L1 size.
Homework for Dean: Benchmark a P54C vs. a P55C with the L1 cache
disabled. I think you'll see a difference between them. It'll be
small, but still a difference. I'd do it, but I no longer have
any P54Cs. Maybe I can borrow one.
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Andrew Percival)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 10 Jul 1999 20:15:41 GMT
L.Angel (a?n?g?e?l?@lovergirl-DOT.com) wrote:
: It's 70 ISSE according to Intel but I can't find how many MMX
: instructions there were on Intel's site. Downloading the PDF for PMMX
: din help and the server died on me while trying the programmers guide
: to PMMX :P
: So now I have to ask, how many MMX instructions are there? 57?
: :P
That is the number that Intel gives, but it realy depends how you count
them.
For example, Intel counts packed byte addition as being a different
instruction from packed word addition -- even though it counts the integer
(ie, non-packed) versions as being the same instruction.
It's all marketing babble really.
Colin Percival
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From: Stanislaw Flatto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:41:27 GMT
Asim Shankar wrote:
However, the jumpers can be used to set the IRQ only. Will that help a great
deal considering that it is probably IRQ3 anyway as Windows thinks.
Even so, how exactly do I configure the modem?
Thanx,
-- Asim
Hi!
Irq3 is assigned by the kernel when booting to second serial port.
(You can check it after boot by pressing shift + pgup it will scroll
on boot messages)
Evidently in Windows you have resolved the conflict by having
another irq on COM2 (check it).
So, either change the jumper on card or invoke setserial to assign
irq's as you wish. (man setserial)
Good luck.
If you need more info e-mail direct, had this on my box and solved.
Stanislaw.
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From: "Robert L. McCormick" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Teac CDR56S experiences?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:57:10 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I plan to buy a Teac CDR56S internal SCSI CD-R drive for my computer. I
already
Linux-Hardware Digest #728
Linux-Hardware Digest #728, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 22:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Chris Robato Yao)
Re: Video Card Recommendation? (Jim)
MGE UPS ESV 11+ ("Johan Fredrik Øhman")
Re: UDMA 66 Support (Byron A Jeff)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Chris Robato Yao)
Re: SCSI v. IDE boot conflict (Linux-only system) (JeremyDunn)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Robato Yao)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 11 Jul 1999 00:42:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Robato Yao)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kls) writes:
In article 7m674j$441$[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
Not really. Like I said, the K6-3's performance is much more consistent
than a dual Celeron, where sometimes you're faster, but a lot of times,
you're much slower as well.
Now, now, Chris, much slower?:) "got my Celeron oc'ed to 550 is when the
Celeron more or less starts feeling a bit equal".
Celeron oc'ed at 550 doing SMP are not consistent. I've seen reports of
problems.
single vs single, as you've pointed out, isn't that bad. then smp
kicks in... btw, how 'bout those reports url's.
Try the usenet for one thing. Nobody makes URLs of failures, although
Sharky's Extreme I think has a "statistic" on overclocked Celerons.
I do question the extremely low success rate on Celeron 366s on
his stat though (5%).
It does. You need to particularly look for week 14-25 Malay PPGA
Celeron 366, and many retailers are not interested to inform you what
week 14-25 Malay PPGA are already known to be good overclockers which does
not imply all others aren't. It's just those are the known ones from people
buying them reporting back.
Slot 1 366s are forgetable. Overclocking 400-466 Celerons with 75 and
83MHz bus speed is for me considered unacceptable due to the long term
damage on hard drives and file systems from overclocked IDE bus.
People don't report failures as they do with successes,
Can't say I've ever heard of damaged hard drives from overclocking
This happens. This happened already to me, and this can
happen to anyone trying to risk their drives, for example, 83MHz. File
system damage is already a common known fact for overclocking hard
drives. You can reduce damage by turning off UDMA and going down to PIO
2, but that will take performance off your hard drive.
People/sites report success failure all the time(try storagereview).
% of successful overclocking could just as easily be worded as % of
unsuccessful overclocking by subtracting the first % from 100. r-a-t-i-o:)
so reading the newsgroup is not a good indication of ratio.
I wasn't basing a ratio off newsgroup responses but refering to polls tests
on websites(not MY ratio's either). Anybody remember that one site where
the guy was a vendor was testing the celerons he was selling? He had made
a chart of speed grades crossed with voltage settings % of success/fail.
Careful with this people.
Many dealers are not
cooperative as to why the hell you want to view the chip numbers at the
back, and it's hard to get that information out from mail order firms.
I tracked my Celeron by tracking which local dealer running out of their
Celeron inventory, so I would know that when their next Celeron shipment
arrives, it would be new stock.
It's also been said that newer cpu's are good as a general case. Some people
have estimated 80%. but then it's just an estimation.
Some dealers are no longer stocking 333s and 366s.
many still are. no issue here.
exactly is their stock. You also need a slotket with adjustable
voltage, and even there, you still have to take a crap shot.
Not if one went with an abit bp6(which is damn appealing even w/o it's dual
capability).
I don't consider Abit to be an alternative for my uses. For me, FIC and
Abit are unacceptable due to their relatively high RMA rates (returns).
I'll put Soyo, Asus, Chaintech, and AOpen ahead of Abit for reliability,
especially since I eventually move my platforms into business
deployment.
Poopooing again Chris?:) Abit havn't been/aren't the only ones coming out with
socket 370 boards you know:)
Abit has a higher return rate than other motherboard brands. One can
understand it a bit with Super 7, but BX?
Abit is the only brand out there with programmable voltages for socket
370. The rest has none. Without programmable voltages, the success
rate of oc'ing Celeron 366s to 550 is not very good. One has to be very
lucky if you can oc a Celeron 366 to 550 on standard voltage (class it a
"gold" Celeron.)
You practically have to burn in your Celeron at 2.3v or 2.4v for a period of
time, before you can back down to 2.2v. And of course, if you burn it
out, there is no warranty from overclocking is there.
If we're already
Linux-Hardware Digest #729
Linux-Hardware Digest #729, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 22:13:26 EDT Contents: Re: 3Com USR 56K FaxModem and RedHat 6.0 (Frank Roberts) From: Frank Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3Com USR 56K FaxModem and RedHat 6.0 Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 01:49:58 GMT This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ==133F7A6EB176A27FCB5695EE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please see the following 3 Com Data Sheets for operation and installation instructions: Andy wrote: I have the same modem and recently got it working under RH 5.2 Breathe a sigh of relief, it is NOT a Winmodem. The board itself is set to IRQ 12 and Address 0x03e8. Use these settings in isapnp.conf and configure your /dev/cua2 to these. If you need further help doing this, just ask or e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andy Jonathan Bruce wrote: Hi, Can any give me some tips as to how I get get this modem working with RedHat Linux 6.0. It's an internel ISA modem (product code 568702)- so is it a WinModem, thus rendering it useless for Linux ?? I can't seem to find this out from the 3Com site or the documentation :-( If anyone can give me a few pointers as to how I can setup this modem, I'd really appreciate it ! Cheers -Jonathan Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ==133F7A6EB176A27FCB5695EE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="US Robotics - 10550.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="US Robotics - 10550.txt" Subject: Document Number 10550 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:23:21 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Optimizing the Windows Serial Interface for High Speed Connections For optimal data throughput, we recommend setting you communications software's serial port(baud) rate at the highest possible speed(i.e. 19,200, 38400, 57600, or 115200 bps). Take note, not all computers have a serial interface that can support the higher connection speeds. How fast your computer's serial interface can go, depends on what type of UART chip and communications driver your computer uses. To optimize your computer's serial interface, you will need to know the following: * The COM Port your modem is attached to. * What type of UART(see document 10589) chip is in your computer. * The Port Address of the COM Port the modem is attached to. * The IRQ of the COM Port the modem is attached to. Using MSD To locate the above information, you can use Microsoft's diagnostics program included with most versions of MS-DOS. If you do not have access to DOS, consult your operating system manual for information on how to access this data. Use the following steps to access this information in DOS: 1. Exit Windows completely. Do not open a DOS Window. 2. Turn on your modem. 3. At the DOS prompt, type MSD and hit ENTER. 4. Select C to view the serial device settings. 5. Find the line UART Chip Used, and cross over to the COM Port your modem is on(the COM Port that has both DSR and CTS marked with a "Yes" is your modem). Write down the UART type and the Port Address(e.g., 02F8H) on the worksheet below. 6. Press ENTER to exit the COM Ports Window, then press Q to enter IRQ Status. 7. Locate the line that contains your modem's COM Port(e.g., COM2) and write down the IRQ number at the beginning of that line(i.e., "3"). 8. Exit MSD and run Windows again. Worksheet COM: ___ UART Type: Port Address:__ IRQ: ___ After you have successfully determined what type of UART chip your COM Port is using, run your communications program and set the serial port(baud) rate according to the following guidelines: UART 16550 or 16550AF Set your communications software to the highest serial port rate it allows(up to 115200). If you encounter problems after changing the port rate, try lowering it one setting. UART 16450 or 8250 Set your communications software's port rate to 19200. Modifying your SYSTEM.INI File Windows 3.1/3.11(not Workgroup), uses a communications driver called COMM.DRV. Your modem's performance can be improved by replacing this default communications driver with a different driver, such as WFXCOMM.DRV(download off our BBS at 847-982-5092 or FTP Site at ftp.usr.com) or CYBERCOM.DRV(see document 10251). These files are placed in your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory. Note: Your communications software may have already replaced this driver. The examples below show you how to check if you are still using COMM.DRV. Changing the Communications Driver The following steps describe the process of replacing the COMM.DRV setting in your Windows SYSTEM.INI file, with the new
