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From: dao4@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DONALD A. O'SHALL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
Date: 20 Aug 92 10:12:32 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com>, reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim R
eisert) writes:
>
>Several times a week, someone posts an article to a newsgroup asking
>something like, "What's the best PD/shareware program to do XYZZY?"
>Why don't they just ask, "What's the best program to do XYZZY?"  Why
>is PD/shareware specifically requested?  Is it:
>
>1.  People want to "try before they buy".

Having many commercial programs that I cannot stand that I have paid big bucks
( to me, anyway ) for, this is certainly a factor.

>2.  People want the (usually) better prices and support of shareware
>    vs. commercial software.

Shareware support is a big plus. Too many commercial packages offer too little
in the way of tech support, particularly where bugs are concerned.



It certainly is.

>4.  People are opposed to supporting Microsoft or any of the other
>    software giants, and would rather do business with "the little guy".

At least for me this is not a factor.


>    shareware.

If it is something I am going to use on a regular basis, I have no problem
with paying for it to a shareware house, but remember not ALL pd software is
shareware, and not paying for freeware has saved me many hours of programming
on "silly little utilities" that I would not have paid to purchase because I
could write each one myself in a matter of less than an hour. All lumped
together, though, they would comprise probably a hundred hours of programming.

Another factor, I teach beginner level courses to people in a low to moderate
income industry. If I tell them they need to purchase a couple thousand
dollars of additional software to make the computer useful, they will use it
as a boat anchor. If I tell them that this pd program will do the job for now,
but later on they WILL want the XYZ Commercial program, they get used to the
computer and spend money a little at a time to support their new friend, Mr.
Computer, rather than laying out more big bucks on "the damn thing in the
corner that won't let me do anything!"

>Personally, I want the best software for the job, whether it's
>shareware, freeware, commercial software, or something I have to sit
>down and write myself.

Not everyone can afford the latest high-tech version of a commercial program.
One commercial program in the ads in my files is $27,212. There is a shareware
program that isn't as full featured or geared as directly to the market
segment, but guess which I recommend my students use?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: brant@seq.uncwil.edu (AT-Dreamer)
Subject: Looking for Gif view with 64 color EGA
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:06:23 GMT

Are there any 64 color EGA Viewers.  My video card
manual says I should be able to do 64 colors but
can't find any software

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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Internet Connection from Home
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:53:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <1992Aug17.022523.29655@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> bevans@mta.ca writes:

>Why do I think of SLIP? What is it anyway?

SLIP == Serial Line Internet Protocol.


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From: tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
Subject: Re: Need help with old program
Date: 15 Aug 92 18:12:44 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

ASSIGN doesn't work (it may have something to do with the copy protection.)
and the versions of COPYIIPC and COPYWRITE that I have are so old that they
don't recognize anything but 360k diskette drives.  I'm still looking
around...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bevans@mta.ca
Subject: Re: Internet Connection from Home
Reply-To: bevans@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 02:25:23 GMT

Why do I think of SLIP? What is it anyway?

Bill
From: teddy@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Teddy Iglehart [Ted E. Bear])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: fax software pd
Date: 23 Aug 92 04:38:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

Is there a pd/shareware fax program available?

When looking in the mags they appear to be pretty
cheap so i feel with low price tags there is
bound to be pd/shareware versions around?
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2, VERY cool!
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:01:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: actrix.1992Aug19.120124.21344
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <9251@travis.csd.harris.com> mikem@travis.csd.harris.com (Mike McCole) writes:
> -
> -Funny, as high speed connections to the bbs are doin' they're thing RELIABLY, I can play, at the same time, any dos game I care to.
> -
> -I love it!
> -Oh, this on a 'low life' 20mHz '386 w/ 8mb memory...
> ---  
> -Ed June
> -
> Ed,
> 
>  Apparently you don't care to play DOS games that tax your hardware.
>  Try that with the DOS game Ultima VII and post your results.
> 
>   Mike

Not fair! Ultima VII is its own operating system. I doubt it will run under
Windows, either.
 
If my PC were a games machine, I might worry. But the only games I have on it
are the ones that it came with and the demo version of Wolfenstien3D.
 
I'm too busy for games.
 
Steve
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From: jin@spdcc.com (Jerry Natowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Optimizing 386SX-16's for Windows
Date: 15 Aug 92 13:28:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Aug15.132810.25446
Distribution: na
Organization: Guest of Steven Dyer Consulting

In article <sheldon.713715436@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
>In <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca> goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed  Goldrick) writes:
>
>>2) Add lots of ram (would RAM + a Cache be a good way to go?)
>
> Bingo!  4 Megs minimum.  I have 5 Megs of RAM in my machine, and it
>is running faster than any DX machine I've seen with only 2 Megs of
>RAM under windows.

I am running with 8 MB, with 2MB in a Hyperdisk cache.  Windows may not be
"blindingly fast", but I'm not about to upgrade my 386SX-16 yet.  I think the
cache is as important as the unallocated memory for Window's usage.

>>3) Invest in coprocessors?
>
> No, won't help too much.

Here I beg to differ.  A friend gave me a 387 (good friend!), despite my
protests that it was a waste.  For most applications it is, but not for
printing to a dot-matrix printer in graphics mode.  Pages that took 2 minutes
to be rasterized now get done in 10-20 seconds.  Wintach didn't report any
screen speedup (Diamond Speedstar Plus - Tseng 4000).  At $79 a Cyrix chip
might be worth looking into if you are experiencing agonizing print delay.
-- 
     Jerry Natowitz
     Guest user on:
ARPA jin@ursa-major.spdcc.com
UUCP {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!jin
From: doc@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Caplan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: VGA Update
Keywords: VGA Update, Paradise, PVGA1024
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:18:38 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.


I have a two year old PVGA1024 (Paradise) video card w/ 512K ram, and an
SVGA monitor.  Unfortunately, the software drivers that came w/ 
the card do not have the drivers for Windows 3.0 or 3.1 (drivers such as 
oemsetup.inf, etc), so I cannot use Windows in any of the hi-resolution 
modes (e.g. 1024x768x16).  Any sugguestions on where I can get up-dated 
S/W drivers would be appreciated.

Please forward any responses to:  doc@eecs.nwu.edu

Thanx,  
        Dave

 
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From: jim@jimmc.chi.il.us (SYSOP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.dcom.fax,comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Looking for fax software for the IBM PC
Date: 18 Aug 92 05:51:30 GMT
Organization: Prime Time Productions Aurora, Illinois

king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist) writes:

> Does anyone know of good FAX modem software for the IBM PC?  I'm trying
> to set up a sort of Faxmail service on my bulletin board, so the primary
> requirement is that it can run in unattended batch mode.  The long list
> of requirments is:
> 
>         o  Does *NOT* require Windows to run.
>         o  Can be called from another program to receive faxes.
>            My BBS software can route incoming fax connections to
>            an external program.
>         o  Can be called from another program to transmit faxes.
>            I also envision users being able to call the software as
>            a "door" type program to send ASCII or graphics files.
>            As long as the fax software supports batch mode operation
>            I can write a front-end to handle the user interface.
>         o  Can place incoming faxes in directories according to the
>            originator's ID string, or can pass the ID string back to
>            the calling program as a return code or via a log file.
> 
> Naturally, PD or Shareware software is preferred but I'm also willing
> to look at commercial programs.  I'll summarize all email responses.
> 
> -- 
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> There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging   |      Steven King
> period in the history of computers.                    |   Motorola Cellular
>                              (Steven Levy, "Hackers")  |   king@rtsg.mot.com

DOSFAX runs really nice commercial though!!

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From: falcon@evax0.eng.fsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: WANTED: Info on: SEMPER (a graphics and image processing package)
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:19:47 GMT
Organization: Famu/Fsu College of Engineering

Hi 
I would really appreciate it if somebody on the net would tell me 
anything about a graphics and image processing program called SEMPER.
The information I am after are things like
(a) Manufacturer of this program
(b) Address of the manufacturer if possible.
(c) Cost of the package.
(d) Machines on which this program can be run
Thanks in advance
----shankar
email to shankar@evax0.eng.fsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: hsiaoe@aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao)
Subject: Re: USRobotics Courier HST/Dual Standard verses Compuserve
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 03:13:59 GMT

In article <hj10037@pro-gallup.cts.com> bigfoot@pro-gallup.cts.com (Darren McDaniel) writes:
>I have a USRobotics Courier HST/Dual Standard 16.8kps modem and am having a
>great deal of trouble connecting to the 9600 Compuserve lines..  I would
>appreciate any and all help you can give me..  Thanks...
>
>
>Darren McDaniel

Try issuing this command:
ATB0
                     - Eric
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From: johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu (John Martin)
Subject: Re: Optimizing 386SX-16's for Windows
Keywords: n
Organization: Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 03:53:24 GMT

In article <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca>, goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed  Goldrick) writes:

>They are using monochrome monitors (!!!).I would like to get them going on
>some Windows applications, but it would seem to me that this would be 
>extremely slow in the current setup.  The question is - how can I optimize
>these machines for Windows at a reasonable price.  Do I:


I realize that I am treading on dangerous ground here (I will probably catch
it from the Windows zealots), so I am donning my asbestos underwear...

Doesn't the fact that you have to optimize the hardware to make a given
piece of software run with acceptable speed raise questions in anybody's
mind?  This immediately raises a warning flag in my brain that perhaps
the software in question is not the best answer to the problem!
Especially when there are better solutions on the market.

Please, I am interested in discussions on this, but send your flames
to /dev/null.


-- 
John Martin                                        johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu
Institute of Neuroscience,   University of Oregon,    Eugene, OR,    97402
From: stu@valinor.mythical.com (Stu Labovitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: USENET capable UUCP software?
Summary: Try Waffle to solve your problems!
Keywords: Waffle 1.65
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 18:10:16 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: (What? Organized??) - Mythical Computer Systems

pat_meloy@outb.wimsey.bc.ca (Pat Meloy) writes:

>  I need to set up a UUCP site on my 386 QUICK! I'm losing my Amiga soon
> (temporary) and need to move all my UUCP stuff over to my IBM. Is there a
> UUCP package on the IBM that incorporates USENET _AND_ lets me feed another
> site? (I have a BBS depending on me).
> 
> I've tried UUPC (no news) and SMail/SNews (no feeding)...

But you (obviously) haven't tried Waffle yet!  Waffle provides UUCP mail
and Usenet Netnews for MS-DOS and Unix systems.  The MS-DOS variant is
shareware ($30) for the executables, and the MS-DOS or Unix sources are
available for $120.  Waffle version 1.65 provides full Usenet support; a
RN-like newsreader; UUCICO, UUXQT, UUCP, RNEWS, and RMAIL executables; can
provide a newsfeed for other sites; and can serve as a mail hub for other
UUCP sites.  (The shareware package is available on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
(or its mirrors) in file pd:<msdos.waffle>waf165.zip (or the equivalent
path on mirror sites).)

For more information, check out the newsgroup comp.bbs.waffle, where many
MS-DOS and Unix Waffle users and sysops will be glad to come to your aid.

(BTW, your posting was read (and this response generated) on a '386-25
running Waffle 1.65 under MS-DOS 5.0.)

   Stuart L Labovitz                    Internet:  stu@valinor.mythical.com
    (insert standard disclaimer here)       UUCP:   uunet!valinor!stu

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      and it holds the universe together.      --- Carl Zwanzig
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From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:14:49 GMT
Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland

simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov) writes:

>I would like to hear from some shareware authors,

Well, I'm one...

>1/  What is the typical percent of people, 
>who register shareware vs. those, who just 
>"try it for some time".

How on earth should I know that :-) I just hear from those that register...

>2/ How does it depend on price and availability
>of next version of the program after registration?

Not much, I think - It depends a lot more on the quality of the program and
whether one has a serious need for it.

>3/ How many people use shareware - popular things
>like pkzip and programs like calendars, drivers for
>special needs, stand-alone utilities...

Practically everybody has at least tried one or more shareware programs - but
maybe only around 40% of users use one or more regularly.

>4/ How many people get it from SIMTEL and other archives vs. those, who
>get it through mail-companies, who distribute disks with shareware?

Again, we shareware authors don't really know - those who register only
rarely mention (at least in my case) where they received the program from.

However, the answer really depends on who the customer is.  Big companies that
are looking for  shareware to use on 40.000 machines don't necessarily get it
the same place as a private user, using the same program on a single machine..

My advice is at least to try to use all possible distribution channels.

-frisk
From: bmueller@mis.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: MSDOS internet transfer programs??
Date: 15 Aug 92 21:53:40 CDT
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin

Netters,
  I want to send an msdos file from A to B via the internet. Using the Mac,
I would first archive a file, then binhex encode it and send it on its way.
The receiver would binhex decode it and dearchive the result and would
end up with a copy of the original. What steps do I take for an msdos file
(ala 123)? Keep in mind that the receiver might have a minimum of decoding
programs available. Thus I would want to make the task as simple as possible
for this person (ie, auto-unstuffers, auto-decoders might help).

Thanks in advance.

                                        ...Bob Mueller
                                           bmueller@mis.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
Subject: Re: Need help with old program
Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:34:25 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.194137.17370@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill) writes:
>
>	Here's an interesting problem.  I need to run IBM Writing Assistant
>(A very old program--it's from the first days of the PC) on a machine that
>doesn't have a 5.25" drive.  I either need to find out if there was ever a
>version available on 3.5" diskettes (which I doubt) or if there is a way to
>remove the copy protection so that I can transfer the program.  (I _do_ have
>a genuine copy, with manual and everything.)  Anyone have any ideas?  The
>installation program _won't_ let me install it to another floppy--it
>recognizes that it's not a hard drive.  Thanks for any help anyone can
>offer.

Have you tried the ASSIGN command?
Just type ASSIGN B=C to make all references to drive C: actually
go to drive B:.
Typing ASSIGN alone will cancel the assignment.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dmk@air16.larc.nasa.gov (Dan M. Koppen)
Subject: Need help with Chicony motherboard
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 18:48:41 GMT

Hi netters,
   About six months ago, I bought a used Chicony model CH-386S-16D
motherboard with 4 Mbytes of DRAM. It has space for 4 more Mbytes
of SIMMs, but when I installed the SIMMs nothing happened (I still
had only 4 Mbytes). When I take the DRAMs out the board senses the
SIMMs, so I know the SIMMs are good. Moving jumpers 21-26 does
nothing (jumpers 21-26 set up the SIMMS to be either bank 0-1 or
bank 2-3 depending on the existense of DRAMs, the DRAMs _must_ be
banks 0-1).
   I have looked all through the Chicony manual and can not find a
mailing address or phone number anywhere. Could some kind netter
help me (if they have a similar board)? Or at least send me 
information on how to contact the company? I strongly suspect I need
a BIOS upgrade.

Thanks,
Daniel Koppen
dmk@air31.larc.nasa.gov
From: bq274@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Andy J. Berkvam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Remapping keys in MS-Word 5.5?
Date: 20 Aug 92 19:31:27 GMT
Reply-To: bq274@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Andy J. Berkvam)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


'lo
  Subject says it all.  We want to be able to type "{" instead of
ALT-132 to get an umlauted (whatever) a.  Microsoft told us to just use
the ALT key or "write a macro".  Anyone have a better idea?

Andy

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch)
Subject: Tons 'O questions about fonts/printer drivers, etc...
Organization: University of Delaware - What state is that in?
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 00:19:38 GMT

OK, I'm a new PC user, and I just got MS Word for Win 2.0.
I also have an NEC P5200 24pin dot matrix printer.

I am a *tad* confused about screen fonts, printer fonts, and truetype 
fonts.  

What seems to be happening is this:
Any truetype font (ie: Courier New) that my printer has a built-in font
for (ie: NEC Courier), gets automatically made into a printer font.
In other words, I am unable to print out any truetype fonts that my
printer has similar built-in fonts for!

Substituting truetype fonts with priter fonts might be a good idea in
theory, since printer fonts will probably be nicer, but my printer fonts
only go up to 18point, so any truetype font over 18 becomes a bitmapped
font and is all pixelized and ugly (even on my screen).

So, what I want to be able to do is to use truetype fonts without 
Word 2.0 second-guessing what font I really want to use.

A friend of mine thinks it's the printer driver's fault.  I'm using
the NEC P5200 printer driver V1.0.

Any takers?


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