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From: WF02::IN%"Info-IBMPC%wsmr-simtel20.ARMY.mil@WS5.CIS.TEMPLE.EDU" 22-JAN-1993 11:42:17.71
To: James Gerber <GERBER@TMPLCIS.BITNET>
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Subj: Info-IBMPC Digest V93 #9
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From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC%wsmr-simtel20.Army.mil@WS5.CIS.TEMPLE.EDU>
Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V93 #9
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Info-IBMPC Digest Mon, 18 Jan 93 Volume 93 : Issue 9
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@wsmr-simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
About Computer Expense
Re: Some Good Old Standbys
A problem doing FTP by E-Mail
Finding top-environment
How do the different makes of 387's compare?
IBM PC 256K MB dip switches info needed
Hard Drive Orientation (V93 #3)
486 heat: Worry about it? (V93 #3)
LZS format? (V93 #4) (2 msgs)
Novell 3.11 User Reports
MIDI-Box for Soundblast 2.0: Do it Yourself?
my CGA Fonts problem
Need Setup Disk!
OS/2 Error Code List )2 msgs)
OS/2 Error Code List
PROBLEM WITH FTP - EMAIL
Panasonic CDROM software problems
ZOO or TAR compatibility with Jumbo 120
Re: 486 heat: Worry about it? (V93 #2)
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Archives of past issues of the Info-IBMPC Digest are available by FTP
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 17:19:55 EST
From: "Paul Robinson, Contractor" <FZC%NIHCU.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: About Computer Expense...
The following item appeared on the Operations List on Bitnet, and I
thought I'd pass it on because it is unfortunately very true.
Subject: Re: Some Good Old Standbys
> I came across these in a Usenet post and found them quite relevant
And one I saw in a humor column recently:
If the automobile industry were like the computer industry over the
past 30 years, a Rolls-Royce would now cost $5.00, would get 300 miles
to the gallon, and once a year would explode killing all passengers
inside!
- tom
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: lapp@cdhub1.dnet.dupont.com (work)
Location : Newark, DE, USA
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:49 MST
From: "Frank J. Wancho" <WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: A problem doing FTP by E-Mail
[stuff deleted]
This implies to me that he is trying to issue a request to
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. That's really where the problem is.
Not exactly. See below.
Simtel20 is impacted. It is *very busy*. Extremely busy. It is for
that reason that mirror sites for this site have been set up.
Actually, SIMTEL20 itself is cruising, except during backups. The real
bottleneck is our dedicated 56Kbps link to WESTNET, through a shared
T-1 to NSFNET. That 56Kbps link, which runs full most of the time,
will be upgraded Real Soon Now to 460.8Kbps. If that fills up, too,
we'll see about going to T-1 later.
I may suggest anyone trying to access WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL instead
try OAK.OAKLAND.EDU instead as SIMTEL20 is impacted. {Badly impacted.}
or any of the other mirror sites, such as wuarchive.wustl.edu, if using
FTP. Most have T-1 connections. For mailed files, use the LISTSERVs
instead of ftpmail.
--Frank
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:58:16 +0100
From: Maupie de Laat <S89406043@HSE.NL>
Subject: Finding top-enironment
When looking in the PSP, you find the adress of the environment and of
the parent-program.
If I want to write a program to change the environment of all the
parents, how do I know when I'm at the top?
Any help welcome.
Greetings,
Maupie.
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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 15:16:02 GMT
From: Rigby S K <rigbs@essex.ac.uk>
Subject: How do the different makes of 387's compare?
Can anyone help me with my problem?
I am considering purchasing a maths co-processor for my PC. I would be
grateful if some-one could inform me as to the relative efficiencies of
each make of 387 (Intel, AMD etc.)
In case the answer is application / hardware specific :
* My PC runs an AMD 386 at 40 MHz with 4MB of 0 wait state RAM.
* I am considering the purchase for two reasons:
* To allow me to, fully, run Mathematica for Windows.
* To speed up the simulation programs I develop. These programs are
developed, for DOS, using Borland C++ v3.1. They involve many
operations upon doubles.
Thanks in advance for your trouble.
Simon K Rigby,
Research Student,
University of Essex.
United Kingdom.
Internet : rigbs@essex.ac.uk
------------------------------
Date: 11 Jan 93 00:11:03 GMT
From: Barry Drodge <brd@images1.waterloo.NCR.COM>
Subject: IBM PC 256K MB dip switches info needed
Info-IBMPC@wsmr-simtel20.ARMY.mil 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?
From The XT/AT handbook:
Switches for PC and XT:
SW1 - 7/8 - Number of drives
# of drives sw1-7 sw1-8
1 on on
2 off on
3 on off
4 off off
Monitor type - sw1-5 sw1-6
EGA on on
CGA 40x25 off on
CGA 80x25 on off
MDA or both off off
Co-Processor SW1-2 (off = present)
Memory on MB
PC XT SW1-3 SW1-4
16k 64k on on
32k 128k off on
48k 192k on off
64k 256k off off
Memeory on Expansion Bus
Memory sw2-1 sw2-2 sw2-3 sw2-4
96k off on on on
128k on off on on
160k off off on on
192k on on off on
224k off on off on
256k on off off on
320k on on on off
352k off on on off
384k on off on off
416k off off on off
448k on on off off
480k off on off off
512k on off off off
544k off off off off
SW1 - 5/6
t
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------------------------------
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 20:57:56 EST
From: Bruce.Burrell@um.cc.umich.edu
Subject: Hard Drive Orientation (V93 #3)
In Info-IBMPC v93 #3, Christian Plante replies to a question about
hard drive orientation and heat, stating
> No hard disk should be installed vertically unless it was
> designed to be mounted in that position. You may experience new bad
> sectors cause by that wrong installation.
While it is difficult to disagree with this advice, I'd like to
point out that "common wisdom" indicates that drive orientation isn't a
problem. Throughout the years, this digest has had many references to
drive mounting, cautioning only against mounting upside down (with the
drive spindle down). I was unable to find any comments in either _The
Winn Rosch Hardware Bible_ or in _Upgrading and Repairing PCs_, but
Mark Minasi states on p 197 and 200 in _Maintaining, Upgrading, and
Troubleshooting IBM PCs (etc.)_ "By the way, it's perfectly acceptable
to store a hard drive on its side, but you'll get better results if you
also low-level format the drive in this position."
While I've seen many a drive go bad, not one was traceable to its
mounting position. If M. Plante (or anyone else) has evidence to the
contrary, I'd apreciate a citation or other source.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 09:02:44 PST
From: Jeff La Coss <jlacoss@ISI.EDU>
Subject:
> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:01:31 GMT
> From: gel44@gel.ulaval.ca (Usager temporaire)
> > I recently upgraded to a 486 and discovered that since my hard
> >drive is mounted vertically right above the cpu
.....
> Concerning your heat problem, it would be a good idea to put
> your drive in another place in order keep your drive "healthy" longer.
Bad advice. Don't concern yourself with heat radiated from the CPU
package - the case of the PC will carry that away.
Remember that the TOTAL cooling in a PC consists is the fan in the
power supply. If you look at where the CPU is located, the airflow is
constrained to the gap between the drive and the motherboard. Unless
this space is 1/4 or less, the designers have created an area of
(relatively) high-velocity airflow, which is (up to a point) much more
effective at extracting heat from things.
If you touch your fingers to the CPU, it's pretty hot, right? Well,
convection alone was cooling the CPU when the covers came off, so there
wasn't really any heat movement until you put your fingers on the chip.
Now, spread 4-6 Watts over a 2"x2" PGA package in a (ahem) forced-air
environment and you have a heat density that's down around 1-1.5
W/in*in - nothing to get excited about. Examine the heat/area in a 100W
light bulb for comparison.
Some items of interest:
IT IS CRUCIAL that the disk cables be kept clear of the air inlets on
the p.s. case to allow nominal airflow to proceed. You place the whole
machine at risk by cutting off the cooling.
Cooling essentially stops when you operate your high-speed PC (ie hot
CPU) with the cover off - there is no directed airflow, and convection
alone won't cut it for long.
If your CPU socket is out in an open space, and/or you're really
paranoid, get a heat sink made for a 486 and attach it to the CPU with
some diamond-filled epoxy (no joke).
Jeff
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:45:42 EST
From: peprbv@cfa0.harvard.edu (Bob Babcock)
Subject: LZS format? (V93 #4)
>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
To extract LZS files, try LARC333.EXE in the arc-lbr directory at
Simtel20 or mirror sites.
------------------------------
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:48:12 MET
From: "P. Rovers" <PROVERS@KUB.NL>
Subject: 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: provers@kub.nl | What do you mean you've never been to|
|Bitnet : PROVERS@HTIKUB5 | Alpha Centauri? |
|DECNet : KUBVX1::PROVERS | Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (THHGTTG) |
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 08:21:49 SAT
From: NAsir Haniffa <ACDH083%SAUPM00.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Novell 3.11 User Reports
Hi.. I have a problem for Novell 3.11 100 user experts.
I installed Novel Netware 100 user some times back successfully with
120MB storageHD. All worked very well.. and working well.. Now , I
installed one more HD of 245MB ( seagate ) and DOS perfectly Identifies
and access the hard disk.. But.. The network is not accessing the Drive
at all.
WHen I tried to Create a partition ( Netware ), the load install module
says error in partition table. Program may not run properly. I tried
evrything possible( Formatting again through Load intall - took a whole
day to complete but end up with doing nothing ) The Hard disk type in
CMOS setup is 47(usertype with 978 cyl and 14 heads 35sec
What is the problem.. Is there any drivers that I should install to
access the hard disk? Please.. NAsir
------------------------------
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:44:05 GMT
From: hansen@cip-s06.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Oliver Hansen)
Subject: MIDI-Box for Soundblast 2.0: Do it Yourself?
I have just bought a Soundblaster 2.0 card from Creatuive Labs Inc.
It includes a connector for both joystick and MIDI. The manual says,
that I have to purchase a MIDI-box to connect a MIDI instrument.
Question: Can I make such a box myself by just adding the correct
cables and connectors with the MIDI-in and MIDI-out pins of the card?
Can I use any MIDI software then, or do I need a special MIDI-driver
for the Soundblaster card?
Oliver
\ / \ / \ MAUSELIN SOFT email: hansen@pool.informatik. /
\ | | Oliver Hansen rwth-aachen.de /
\ \_ ' ' _/ Maxstrasse 18 /
\ ----.---- W-5100 Aachen IRC: Mauselin /
\ / \ Germany /
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 13:57:51 +0200
From: - <cohena@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il>
Subject: my CGA Fonts problem
Thank you very much for your reply, my state is almost beyond despair.
a> my system is a notebook 286 with a CGA LCD screen.
b> the software I tried to load is almost every editor/word processor
that works IN HEBREW .
>troubleshooting- since the hebrew letter set is entirly different from
the english when using an editor the hebrew editors/wps load to memory
the graphic characters ASCII 158-176 which in Israel contain the
typewriters compatible hebrew letters, punctuatuion marks etc. (since
every computer in israel is installed with a character generator chip
which includes this hebrew letter set as soon as it exits the costums).
However since the VGA screens were introduced, there is no need for
that chip because most of the wordprocessors load up their own fonts in
which case renders the hebrew chip useless.
In CGA screens though it does'nt work because the wps do not provide a
driver for a CGA screen (YES it is true because unless you have a
computer that dos'nt have the chip, like mine, you will have no
problem) so in my notebook which was bought in the U.S. and does not
have the chip but has a CGA it does not work. what I see when I load
the editors/wp is the "greek" letters from ASCII 158- up.
how can I load fonts to the CGA screen?
I am asking because it is hard for me to believe you will be able to
provide a ready made program for hebrew. If you can't, I will also
appreciate a source which can load fonts to the memory for CGA in C
PASCAL or even ASSEMBLY with instructions how to implement the hebrew
letter design which I could do myself.
my work on the computer is copletely halted please send some
information to advance my situation.
thanks
ram
------------------------------
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:48:41 GMT
From: gt4356c@prism.gatech.edu (JamesDean gt4356c James)
Subject: Need Setup Disk!
I desperately need the Setup program for and IBM PC AT personal
computer. Yes, that's the original IBM AT. If anyone nice person out
there could PLEASE help me out I would do almost anything. ;)
Thanks,
James Barwick
email: gt4356c@hydra.gatech.edu
------------------------------
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:13:27 GMT
From: "Timothy F. Sipples" <sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu>
Subject: OS/2 Error Code List
heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser) writes:
>Is there available a list of the error codes for OS/2?
>One of the things I've always hated about IBM is the way they
>report things like "sys01475" with absolutely no clue what that
>really means. Even a short string like "invalid boot block" or
>something would be useful.
>For example, this morning my machine wouldn't boot - at the point
>where the boot manager usually takes over, the machine simply said:
>OS/2 !! Sys01475
>OS/2 !! Sys02027
>How useful! (NOT!)
Agreed. This is one of the few areas where there should be a plain
text message. The trouble is that not everyone speaks English, hence
if someone from Japan handed you a diskette it would say:
OS/2 !! Sys01475: $#)adskjpt$%0 ASDljf% Adflj#550823
or some such unintelligible string. So they stick with the numbers,
since none of the national language support is active in such a
situation. (Ever try and fit that sort of thing in a boot sector on a
floppy? :-))
Normally, when OS/2 proper is running, you'll get a nice, friendly
message, such as:
SYS0033: The process cannot access the file because
another process has locked a portion of the file.
Or, if you're in Japan, you'll get the appropriate translation. If you
type:
HELP SYS0033
you'll get a more detailed explanation.
Why the error numbers? Well, if you ever do any programming or error
logging, and you want to interpret the results, these numbers can be
enormously useful. SYS0033 indicates not only the error number, but
where it came from (base operating system, in this case). There are
REX error numbers (for REXX errors), for example.
I could say something gratuitous about how Americans don't realize
there's a world beyond their borders, and how I'm often guilty of it as
much as anyone else, but notice I didn't do that. Sort of. :-)
>I was about to start a re-install, and in the process discovered that
>a non-bootable floppy was in drive A:. Why didn't OS/2 boot manager
>just SAY that???
Boot Manager wasn't in charge at that point -- your machine (and the
floppy) was. It hadn't reached the hard disk yet.
DOS uses a message which says something like:
Non system disk - Insert another
But, again, if you're in Japan you'd scratch your head. (That seems to
be a genuine problem, actually. People exchanging diskettes run into a
bit of confusion once in a while.)
>In any case, a list of errors and at least a terse explanation of
>their meaning would be very useful.
Right. What they should at least have done is put a nice, big insert
in the OS/2 package with an indication of what those error numbers are.
And here's another possibility: they've got just enough room for a
couple short strings. Why not pick the five top world languages, say,
and use those? Perhaps we'll insult the Croatians and the Lithuanians
in the process, but it might be an improvement.
--
Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
------------------------------
Date: 3 Jan 93 22:15:30 GMT
From: "Kenneth A. Kahn" <KENKAHN@pksmrvm.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: OS/2 Error Code List
William Heiser writes:
>[... Text deleted...]
>How useful! (NOT!)
>
>I was about to start a re-install, and in the process discovered that
>a non-bootable floppy was in drive A:. Why didn't OS/2 boot manager
>just SAY that???
Those messages basically translate to "Non System Disk, please ReBOOT".
It was decided for OS/2 V2 to change the text to message numbers to
allow for NLS considerations. The idea was to document the specific
text for each NLS version of OS/2 V2. Unfortunately, that
documentation is hard to find (if it exists at all). There's a lot of
discussion on this internally, including what to do instead. Below is
the description of each message:
SYS1475: The file OS2BOOT cannot be found.
SYS2025: A disk read error occurred.
SYS2027: Insert a system diskette and restart the system.
As for other system messages, there's no one source for them. The best
you can try is to type HELP #### where ### is the error number at an
OS/2 command prompt. The ones listed above won't be there, but most
others will.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:50:32 EST
From: WMR01%ALBNYDH2.bitnet@uacsc2.albany.edu
Subject: Panasonic CDROM software problems.
1. Recently a reader stated he could not get the software for his
panasonic CD ROM to load when running DOS 5. I have the following
advice:
1. Contact Panasonic for updated software ASAP.Most companies
will update their driver software for free, but will do so only whan
asked.
2. Play with SET VER in DOS 5. When properly set up SET VER
will 'lie' to other software by telling it that it is running under an
older version of DOS. Your DOS manual will have all the information
that you need.
Bill Ryan
CPT, OD (RET)
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:42:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Keith Petersen - MACA WSMR <w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil>
Subject: PROBLEM WITH FTP - EMAIL
levinest%doim6.monmouth-emh3.army.mil@monmouth-emh3.army.mil (Stanley Levine)
wrote:
> I have attempted to use EMAIL to reach FTP thru the
>FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM. However, I received notification of
>"connection reset" I am not clear as to what should be in the subject
>line
Try help. The FTPMAIL program will send complete instructions on its
use. I believe this has to be in the body of the message.
> Also, how is a dir command used - DIR PD1:<directory> or DIR directory?
cd pd1:<msdos.filedocs>
dir
If you have FTP access you really should be using that instead of ftp
by mail which places a heavy burden on the mail system.
An index of all files in the WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil MS-DOS collection
is available in two formats:
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>
Filename Type Description
==============================================
SIMIBM.ZIP B Comma-delim list of all MSDOS files w/descrip.
SIMLIST.ZIP B Text format list of all MSDOS files w/descrip.
These files are updated every 7-10 days. See AAAREAD.ME in that
directory for details.
SIMTEL20 allows only nine ANONYMOUS FTP logins during weekday
prime time, 5am to 3pm Mountain Time (GMT-7), but 27 otherwise.
SIMTEL20 files are also available by anonymous ftp from mirror sites
OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117), wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4),
ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9), nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100), src.doc.ic.ac.uk
(146.169.3.7), nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40), archie.au (139.130.4.6),
nctuccca.edu.tw (140.111.3.21), by e-mail through the BITNET/EARN file
servers, or by uucp from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS. See UUNET file
uunet!~/info/archive-help for details.
OAK.Oakland.Edu is the most up-to-date mirror because I maintain it, in
addition to my duties at SIMTEL20. I run OAK's mirror program whenever
new files are added at SIMTEL20.
MSDOS-Ann@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil is a ONE-WAY (moderated) mailing list
which is used by the Internet MS-DOS archive managers to announce new
additions to their collections.
To add yourself to the mailing list send e-mail to
listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the
message:
subscribe msdos-ann
To subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from,
such as a local redistribution list, then add that address to the
"subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-msdos-ann":
subscribe local-msdos-ann@your.domain.net msdos-ann
Please do not include a signature because it may confuse the server.
Send mail with the word help in the body of the message to get a
complete list of commands and their syntax.
If you later change your mind and wish to unsubscribe, send e-mail from
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Internet: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu
Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 16:03:45 EST
From: (Marshall D. Abrams) <abrams@smiley.mitre.org>
Subject: ZOO or TAR compatibility with Jumbo 120
I have a Coloralo Memory Systems Jumbo 120 (QIC-40) backup tape on my
computer. I would like to use an archiving system with it. I want the
ability to save various versions (generations) of the same file, and to
be able to search the archive to disciver which versions created on
what dates I have.
I have used zoo and tar on a UNIX system at work. Either would be
fine. Does anyone have any experience using wither of these with the
Junbo 120? Will they work at all?
Sincerely,
Marshall D. Abrams
e-mail abrams@mitre.org
telephone 703.883.6938 Information Systems Security Div.
secretary 703.883.5397 The MITRE Corporation, Mail Stop Z202
facsimile 703.883.1397 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-3481
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:44:01 -0700
From: rgallen@muug.mb.ca (Rennie Allen)
Subject: Re: 486 heat: Worry about it? (V93 #2)
>Info-IBMPC@wsmr-simtel20.ARMY.mil writes:
>> I recently upgraded to a 486 and discovered that since my hard
>>drive is mounted vertically right above the cpu
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> No hard disk should be installed vertically unless it was
>designed to be mounted in that position. You may experience new bad
>sectors cause by that wrong installation.
> Concerning your heat problem, it would be a good idea to put
>your drive in another place in order keep your drive "healthy" longer.
While this is true, I believe that what the original poster meant was
that the drive is on it's side, I don't know of any case design that
would allow *vertical* mounting of a drive (unless you stood the case
on it's back or front - an extremely inconvenient orientation).
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End of Info-IBMPC Digest V93 #9
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