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From: donh@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Don Herrick)
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Subject: Re: Repost Quaderno fix for cshow (Please...)
Date: 5 Jan 1994 19:23:58 GMT
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In article <1994Jan5.124600.8933@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> danher@
            informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Daniel Hernandez) writes:
>I hate to ask, but even though I thought I'd saved the posting
>describing how to get cshow to work on the Quaderno (old XT model),
>now that I got cshw860a.zip I just cannot find it anywhere!
>
>Thanks!

The following is from my colleage, Jim Blackson:

	Don Herrick
	Olivetti

===================================================================
I was unable to convince Mr. Berry to modify CSHOW for the Quaderno.
However, there seems to be a work around.
 
My investigation shows CSHOW is timing the vertical sync and display
enable bits in the Input Status Register (port 3DAh) of the video
controller.  Since the Quaderno uses an LCD, perhaps the timing is
sufficiently different from a pure CGA controller to cause a problem
for CSHOW.
 
Work Around:
 
My hardware engineer says the Chips & Technologies 82C426 video
controller has two methods to emulate vertical sync and display
enable (horizontal sync) timings.  The Quaderno currently uses
method 0.  We have discovered that method 1 allows CSHOW to run.
 
To change the timing emulation, set bit 4 of register DFh to 1, 
using port 3D4h for the register index, and 3D5h as the data port.
The following DEBUG script shows how to do this.
 
----- script starts here -----
a
mov dx, 3d4
mov al, df
cli
out dx, al
jmp 109
xchg al, ah
inc dx
in al, dx
jmp 10f
or al, 10
dec dx
xchg al, ah
out dx, al
jmp 117
xchg al, ah
inc dx
out dx, al
sti
mov ax, 4c00
int 21
 
rcx
21
n method1.com
w
q
----- script ends here -----

Save the script above in a DOS text file, say, m.src.  Feed this 
file to DEBUG.  For example:

	DEBUG <m.src
 
This script creates a file called method1.com, which selects "method 1"
timing emulation.  Note: the blank line after the "int 21" line is
necessary to stop DEBUG's assembler.
 
Now, to run CSHOW on the Quaderno, at the DOS prompt type...
    method1
    cshow /vA6
 
The /vA6 option loads an AT&T 6300 video driver.  When displaying
a graphics file, choose driver K in CSHOW.
 
 
Hope this helps.
...jab
Jim Blackson
Pegasus, Inc.
pegasus@guest.atc.olivetti.com

=============================================================
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use 
being a damn fool about it.					    .....
....	 - W. C. Fields						    .....


From uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10!mlzwille Wed Jan 12 13:37:59 CST 1994
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Subject: Olivetti Quaderno etc. for Sale
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 FOR SALE:
 
 Olivetti Quaderno 10 MHZ V30. This is midway between a subnotebook and
 a palmtop. It has 1 MB RAM, 20 MB hard disk. Non-backlit but readable
 CGA LCD screen. Uses NiCad battery pack or 4 AA alkaline cells. One PCMCIA
 card slot, works with either SRAM or FlashRAM. Purchased 6/93.
 Includes Personal Assistant software (Calendar, Organizer, Calculator, 
 Text Editor, etc. ALSO DIGITALLY RECORDS SOUND. BUILT-IN MICROPHONE AND 
 SPEAKER. Sound notes may be appended to documents.

 Including the following accessories:

 A.C Adapter, extra NiCad pack (2 Nicad packs total), file transfer cable,
 parallel cable, serial cable. Manual. OLIVETTI BLACK CASE DESIGNED FOR
 THE QUADERNO with compartments for computer, a.c. adapter, cables, battery
 pack, manual. ALL for $500. + shipping.
 
 The following extras are available:
 
 For $20. more, I will include Stacker 2.0 (manual and disk) and leave
 the hard drive Stacked to 40 MB.
 
 For $100. more, I will include a 1 MB SRAM card.
 
 Please reply by e-mail.




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From: aw4@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Andreas Westfeld)
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Subject: Quaderno: HD bootable (easy!)
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I've patched the sys.com of DR-DOS 6.0. Now it is usable with other
Versions of DOS. It is very useful to make Little Quaderno's hard
disk bootable. You only have to copy the sys.com, ibmbio.com,
ibmdos.com, command.com onto a RAM-Disk using Interlnk. A RAM-Disk
driver is included in Quadernos MS-DOS.

sys c: (with the patched sys.com), and the HD is bootable.

If you want the patched version of sys.com (uuencoded), please send
me a short mail to aw4@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de!

--
Andreas							=aeoeuesz
westfeld@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de (141.76.99.1)


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From: alister.runge@f54.n54.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Alister Runge)
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Subject: OLIVETTI QUADERNO USERS?
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Original to: Hansolav@Oslonett.No

hansolav@oslonett.no (Hans Olav Elseboe), via Kralizec 3:713/602

H> I wonder if there is anyone out there except me who has bought the first
H> version of the Olivetti Quaderno sub-notebook (the one that is based on
lots!
H> the NEC V30-processor, not the 386 version)? I would really like to get
H> in touch with other users. (Please mail me!)
Also look at the Palmtops Forum for info on the Quadernos and contact
with other users.

H> And does anyone know of any utilities/applications written especially
H> for the Quaderno? Does anyone know of any way to convert the sound
The beauty of the Quad is its' ability to run any DOS programs that run on
xt processors.. ie. MOST software, even Windows 3.0 in real mode.

Interlnk is great for hooking up to a desktop PC, for transfer speed and
also printing, I'd recommend getting the parallel adapter cable kit.

H> files from the recorder to any other sound format? Has anyone had any
H> experience with using PCMCIA? (Has anyone tried a PCMCIA modem?) Has
No
H> anyone tried using any 'disk doubling' software with it (for instance
H> the MS-DOS 6.2 DoubleSpace)?

I run Stacker ver 2.01, (it was a special price :) ) and with have had zero
problems after 6 months use. I get about 1.8 compression ratio on the hrad
disk and performance is not affected noticeably.

The voice recording features still work fine, and with careful config.sys
and autoexec.bat setup, I still have ample memory to load TSR's high and
have access to PA address/phone/voice record etc.

Cheers!

Alister


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