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From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: Re: Win31 Swapfile probs
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:06:08 GMT

re: permanent swapfiles on large partitions

This is not a constraint, at least with dos 5.0 or drdos 6.0.

    Norm Buchignani/University of Lethbridge/BUCHIGNANI@HG.ULETH.CA
"If we have been accustomed to deplore the spectacle...of a workman occupied
during his whole life in nothing else but the making of knife-handles or pins'
heads, we may find something quite as lamentable in the intellectual class, in
the exclusive employment of a human brain in resolving some equations, or in
classifying insects. [This] occasions a miserable indifference about the
general course of human affairs, as long as there are equations to solve and
pins to manufacture."                                      Auguste Comte
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From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      Compilers.
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              28 Aug 1992 15:59:00 CDT
              <9208282121.AA13653@fourier.inference.com>

The main market for Turbo Pascal for Windows has been Mac developers
who are trying to port their Mac Pascal programs to Windows.  The
majority of Windows programs (and virtually all tutorial texts) are
written using C.  I would recommend you program in C or C++, if for no
other reason, because there is a ton of sample code available to
borrow from, and this can be incredibly helpful in creating Windows
programs.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:16:13 CDT
From:         C461384@MIZZOU1.BITNET
Subject:      VB Bitmap Demo

Do to popular request the Bitmap demo will be (hopefully) uploaded
at a location to be announced Sep 11, 1992.  In theory I might even
have time this weekend between beers and BBQ to work on it.

-Birk
 vonBirk MUltimedia 1992
 Nothing Polite to say about wasted Bandwidth.
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:16:00 EDT
From:         Vince Scarafino <Scarafino@MULTICS-A.PMS.FORD.COM>
Subject:      Re: question on designing reboot routine for Win 3.1
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 >Date:  28 August 1992 09:47 edt
 >From:  Wile E. Coyote <BBHULSEY at LIFE.UAMS.EDU>
 >Subject:  Re: question on designing reboot routine for Win 3.1

 >Greetings!
 >
 >Vince writes:
 >
 >>While we're on the subject of reboot, does anyone know of a way to
 >>modify Windows 3.1 so that it *will not allow* the option of rebooting
 >>the machine via Ctl-Alt-Del?  What I'm interested in is protecting my PC
 >>from a reboot while the keyboard is locked through a passworded
 >>screensaver.
 >
 >I take it you've already glued the power switch in the 'on' position and
 >welded the power cable in place?  ;-)
 >
 >.......
 >:  o/ : Bruce Hulsey
 >: <|  : Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 >: / > : internet: bbhulsey@life.uams.edu
 >:.....: bitnet:   bbhulsey@uams

I have a PS/2 Model 80 with a power-on password that solves that problem
without me having to resort to those actions.

Vince
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From:         "Mr. D.F. Hartley" <AL02@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject:      Pixfolio

Is there a new version of the above program? Ver 1 has problems under Win3.1

                          Dennis
From: droufa@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Donald J Roufa)
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Subject: Re: WinQVT/net and IBM mainframes???
Date: 29 Aug 1992 14:23:11 -0500
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IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (D. Kirk Darnell) writes:

> 
>Is QVT/net supposed to talk to IBM mainframes?  I have everything else working
>fine including FTP to the same address but the telnet session won't get further
>than displaying an empty box.  Telnet works great to other locations such as
>Freenet, etc.  If you have it working or know how to get it working, I would ap
>preciate hearing from you.  Thanks...
> 
	The problem you are encountering is the main shortcoming of
qvtnet - it doesn't emulate a 3270 terminal!  And IBM mainframes
require 3270 protocol handshaking.  I have the same problem with our
university's mainframe.  My solutions are two: 1) Use another software
package to attach to the mainframe directly.  You might try TN3270.EXE
from Clarkson Univ.  or 2) Get to the mainframe from a unix box, if
your unix system has a 3270 emulator (ours has TN3270).

	Good luck.


Don Roufa
-- 
    Don Roufa        DROUFA@MATT.KSU.KSU.EDU
Division of Biology  Kansas State Univ.   Manhattan, KS  66506           


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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:57:42 BST
From:         Andy Packham <MCNAALT@CMS.MCC.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: Memory allocation for Turbo Pascal 6.0

I'm currently coding an applpication thst runs right on the edge, the data
segment is about 99% full. Make sure you dispose everything, and set up
your environment to give you max mem. Don't let TP load system.tpu, break it
up and use only the bits you need.
Hope this helps, if not use a different editor and TPC to run from DOS
commands line, I used MultiEdit but may go over to Breif now
Borland has it.


Hope this helps,
Dr. Andy Packham
Research Associate
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 00:53:39 PDT
From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      IBM PC Music Feature Card and Win 3.1
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    I have the IBM PC Music Feature Card (bought back in 1988). I am not ready
 to
    go out and purchase a new MIDI card for my computer because this card does
    everything I need it to (supply sounds for my music program). However,
 Windows
    doesn't seem to support it. Does anyone know if a driver exists for this
 card
    for use in Windows 3.1? All responses are greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure, but as I recall this card is compatible with the Roland
MPU-401 MIDI interface.  There is a driver included with Windows 3.1
for the Roland.  You might try it.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 08:48:00 EDT
From:         Vince Scarafino <Scarafino@MULTICS-A.PMS.FORD.COM>
Subject:      Re: question on designing reboot routine for Win 3.1
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              ANADRILL SCHLUMBERGER 713-274-8270"

 >Date:  26 August 1992 15:41 edt
 >From:  "JOHN,              ANADRILL SCHLUMBERGER 713-274-8270" <lin at
 ASL.SINET.SLB>
 >Subject:  question on designing reboot routine for Win 3.1

 >Folks,
 >
 >          I have a question regarding the design of a REBOOT utility under
 >Windows, I'll appreciate your feedbak.
 >
  ......

 >          Both routines worked fine ( cold reboot immediately ), when I ran
 >Windows 3.1 in STANDARD mode. However, when I tried them under 386
 >enhanced mode, it does not work well. It will freeze the system up for
 >about 15-20 seconds before it reboot the system. I suspect it's because of
 >all the funky drivers Windows loads for 386 enhanced mode ( e.g. extended
 >BIOS, etc, check the [386Enh] section in system.ini ).
 >
 >          Could somebody shed some light for me on this topic? Thanks.
 >
 >regards,
 >   John Lin
 >
 >Anadrill Schlumberger

Do you have the new smartdrv running?  It has to flush its write buffers
for your process to work correctly.  I don't know if your technique
accomplishes this, but it needs to.  I doubt whether this would account
for the amount of time you are experiencing.

While we're on the subject of reboot, does anyone know of a way to
modify Windows 3.1 so that it *will not allow* the option of rebooting
the machine via Ctl-Alt-Del?  What I'm interested in is protecting my PC
from a reboot while the keyboard is locked through a passworded
screensaver.

Vince
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From: skcgoh@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Shaw Goh)
Subject: Re: Mouse and Modems
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 05:14:00 GMT

IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU writes:
: In article <9208160034.AA00281@slc10.INS.CWRU.Edu>
: Joseph Zupko <ah238@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU> writes:
:  
: >Howw come my mouse won't work when using a modem session. How can I fix it?
: >
: It sounds as if you have an IRQ confilct on your hands. Check to see if you
: have both your modem and mouse set up to use com port 1 (either in your windows
: software, or the hardware settings). Then change one of them to com 2. That
: should resolve the problem
: >--
: >        It may not be today, or tomorrow but the truth will comeout.
: >
: >
: > AH238@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU                            --------->>>>>>>>>>JAZ

Also, check that your comm ports setup does not conflict in that you
have a mouse or com1, and the modem on com3...Or vice versa.  I've also
found that com2 and com4 together using a modem and mouse will conflict.
But off course, if you've only got 2 com ports you won't have a problem.
Note, if you have an internal modem, it is usually set to com3 and so
you cannot have the mouse in com1.  Place it in com2.

Good Luck!
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From:         AQS9785@NYUACF.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Stereo MIDI for Windows...

Dirk,
drivers for SoundBlaster Pro are in win3/sounds/sbpw31.zip on Cica.
As for MIDI mapper I think I found something like that on a local BBS
(in New York). It is cxalled The Drums ver. 4.00 and it has all 22
channels you want. I couldn't test the sound as I don't have any sound
card. The ZIP is called td400.zip and its size is 111kB.
Hope this helps.

                                                Alexander Serge
aqs9785@acfcluster.nyu.edu
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:50:52 GMT
From:         Bob Kane <bob@WORMS-EMH2.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: WIN3.1 and MS_DOS V.6 beta
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Where did you manage to get DOS version 6.0 Beta?  Is it available to anyone?
I can't do anything to assist you with your problem without access to the
software.

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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:23:00 CDT
From:         SJBUSH@LIFE.UAMS.EDU
Subject:      Re: foxpro upgrade
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I am currently testing Windows Databases for our campus and I have
talked to many vendors.  It just so happens that Foxpro was one of
those vendors.  They told me that they do not have a Windows at this
time.

Sarah Bush
Consultant, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 10:43:14 HFE
From:         Lalot <MAINT@FRAIX11.BITNET>
Subject:      TPW/TC++

Thanks Vance for your answer,

    I was looking at what you said this morning. First the sizes of the
.exe were 24064 for TPW at 142299 for TC++.
I then tried to execute directly TPW exe and it works.. In TPW i found only
one dll (windebug.dll) on nothing in search path, with a Hex editor saw
nothing about calls.
   Now I am a little bit worried about what to choose. Waiting two minutes
is awfull. C portability under windows finaly is not a problem since GUI
app are not so portable. The programs you can run from DOS to UNIX in
character mode will not be portable with a GUI. Why not TPW. C syntax is
not easy for the compiler and parsing include is a waste of time..

For me it is 5sec instead of 150 sec .....


Any comments?
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From:         Andy Humberston <iah@LEICP.AC.UK>
Subject:      Oh no not again!

.flame on

Why can't people just change the record?

Everytime I log on I have to sift through loads of 'junk' mail regarding
the Windows 3.1 Secret Screen.  Now, someone's even started another one
off with the Procomm Plus screen.

Why not all join the new USENET group 'alt.comp.secret-screens' :)

Can't we just drop the subject and get on with more serious topics!

.flame off

Sorry for the waste of bandwidth.
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From:         SJBUSH@LIFE.UAMS.EDU
Subject:      Re: Mouse Droppings
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Have you scanned for viruses??? There are viruses that cause the
letters on the screen to do all kinds of weird things.  Is this a
possibility????

Sarah Bush
Consultant, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:51:11 CST
From:         A16905@ITESO.BITNET
Subject:      Re: trident

Wuarchive.wustl.edu

/mirrors/win3/drivers/video

There are the Trident drivers

Shalom,
Memo.
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:48:24 -0600
From:         STRASHEA@ZENO.MSC.COLORADO.EDU
Subject: Re: Win31 Swapfile probs

BOB KANE: Do you suppose that
Windows will not install a permanant swap file on any drive that exceeds a
certain size, say 40MB?


I don't think so... I have a 125 Maxtor and I have a 10mb permanent swap on
it.  I still think it has a lot due to with fragmentation of the drive...
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:39:47 EST
From:         macphil <IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Bitmaps and API
              28 Aug 1992 18:59:00 EDT from <Scarafino@MULTICS-A .PMS.FORD.COM>

On Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:59:00 EDT Vince Scarafino said:

>Amazing!  Isn't it?  To be fair, the constructs and the fact you don't
>need line numbers helps a lot to make it usable.  It still has a hokey
>syntax, though.

Not unlike people who see "Basic-Plus-2" or "VAXBasic" and assume it's
like their old 10-20-30 PC Basic...

> >3.  Does anyone know of a LISP or SCHEME for windows?
> >    Better yet, something along shareware lines. COMMON LISP preferred.
>
>I think LISP would be great!  How about "LISP++"?  :-)
>
>If we can't get LISP, I'd be happy with a good PL/I compiler.  :-)


How 'bout APL++...

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From: ibacon@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Ian Bacon)
Subject: Re: Secret Screen
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 08:43:52 GMT

One point not mentioned so far is that there are two different men
introducing the Win 3.1 team. The first time the team is displayed a
clean shaven man presents them. The second time a beared man. This swap
continues with each display.

Just thought you would like to know.



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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 06:46:02 EST
From:         Jim Charles <JIM@SAFETY.NWSCC.SEA06.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      Re: CorelDRAW 3.0
X-To:         David White IAEA Vienna <XID%IAEA1.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu>,
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David,
    I still have Corel 2.01L, but I have ordered the 3.0 version. I
read an article in Info World that all the bugs have been taken
out, and if you had a problem, for you to call Tech Support for Corel.
Does it have all the export capabilities. What are the Formats?


Jim Charles
Computer Data Systems Inc.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Crane, Indiana
From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
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Subject: foxpro upgrade
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:24:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Byte magazine arrived in israel today with an upgrade offer for FoxPro 2.0
I qualify and am interested.  Does anybody know whether FoxPro 2.5 is
FoxPro for Windows?  Do I have a choice?  What makes the offer interesting
is the chance to get FoxPro for Windows for 199.  If 2.5 comes out for dos,
am I stuck with that?

The ad said that to a dealer, I'd have to bring the first page of my
manual for the competing product.  If I buy directly from Microsoft,
should I send them that in the mail, from here?

If I have my father go to a dealer in America, can I send him the first
page of the manual?  Is it worth it?  Do dealers offer the upgrade at
less than $199?

Thanks.

Dennis Turner
tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
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From:         "Mr. D.F. Hartley" <AL02@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject:      TPW update for 3.1

I have just  downloaded the patch for  TPW and Windows 3.1.  The file you
need is called  tpwn31.zip and contains various new  sample programs, the
new DLL  for the  debugger and  some other program  patches. I  have only
tried the new DLL and this now makes the debugger work fine.

                        Dennis
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From:         Americo Barbosa de Oliveira <americo@ICAD.PUC-RIO.BR>
Subject:      Re: Windows NT printing
              dated: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:06:00 EDT

>I have a LaserJet IIP plus on LPT1, loaded NT via the dos method, and
>the printer works fine.  So, although I don't know what may be causing
>your problem, I do know that the load process can work correctly.
>
>Vince

I think I'll just have to reinstall it.  Has anybody removed the NT??
How can you do it?  I have the dual boot scheme installed.

Thanks,
Americo.


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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:25:00 CDT
From:         $LPAHM0@LUCCPUA.BITNET
Subject: Re: Secret to running Win 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode

> Hello out there.
>
> I recently purchased a 386DX-33 with 2 megs of ram that came with Win 3.0 and
> don't seem to be able to get it to work in the 386 enhanced mode.
>
> It seems to come up in real mode if I just type "win" and will run in standard
> mode if I type "win/s". But when I type "win/3", the logo screen appears,
> disappears, the disk is accessed a lot, and finally I am left with a blank
> screen. At this point the only thing I can do is reboot.
>
> Any suggestions on what to look for, setup or change to use the enhanced mode?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc Behr
> VAX Manager
> Harris Corporation
> Melbourne FL
> (407) 984-5571
>
> INET: mbehr@jaguar.ess.harris.com

====================================================
Hi, I have same problem on my PC. I have tried to take all "not reqular"
driver and cards off, but no lucky. I remember in Windows menu, they
claimed 2MB 386 sould be able to run enhance mode. So I kind of suspect
I bourght a "uncompetable" PC. I really want to know any one can beat
this.

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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:59:02 WST
From:         Andrew Scott <ascott@GU.UWA.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: Win31 Swapfile probs
              "MICHAEL_DUNIGAN" at Sep 3, 92 12:38 pm

> >  Thu, 3 Sep 92 09:35am ET
> .. Stuff deleted
> > >On Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:29:01 WST Andrew Scott said:
> > >Andrew, I don't think it was anything you did wrong. Several months ago
> > >I tried to create a permanent swapfile on my home machine (a 486/25 with
> > >a 150 mg ESDI hard drive). It gave me the same message you received. Since
> > >I had my drive partitioned (by FDISK) 100/50, I thought that must be the
> > >problem. I then borrowed a tape backup machine, backed up my drive,
> > >repartitioned the disk (leaving it as a single partition), and restored
> > >my files.
> > ...Stuff deleted
> > Harry,
> >
> > Do you think there is a partition size problem here?  I notice that both you
> > and Andrew where trying to install the swapfile on large partitions.  I have
> > 120MB drive partitioned into 3 logical drives.  The C: drive is about 20MB,
> > the D: & E: drives are about 50MB each.  The D: & E: drives are also SuperSt
> > drives.  I have a permanant swap file on C:, no problems.  Do you suppose th
> > Windows will not install a permanant swap file on any drive that exceeds a
> > certain size, say 40MB?
>
> Harry and Bob,
>
>     I work on two different Zenith 386/25 machines with 150MB ESDI hard disks.
>  One formatted to 147MB and the other formatted to 151MB.  Both have the
> swapfile set up as perm.  The swapfiles are in the 7-8MB range because the
> machines only have 4 or 5 MB of RAM.
>
>                           Mike
Thanks to everyone for trying to explain/diagnose/cure the problem I was
experiencing with Windows swapfiles.. but it was solved with another odd
windows thing. More recently I opened up the 386 part of the control panel
and tried to see why it wouldnt do permanent swapfiles under "Virtual
memory".. but for some reason it encouraged permanent swapfiles and is now
happily running off one. But why wouldnt it work before and now does??

Andrew Scott.
Internet: ascott@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
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