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From: danaf@vccnw02.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: Struggling computer science student needs a free A4000.
Keywords: give money now!
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 03:39:11 GMT

In article <9228214.28576@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Wayne Schuller) writes:
|> 
|> >	What kind of bills ? How much exactly ? I mean I wouldn't want to 
|> >let you be sad in the end. Actualy are you the most needy ?
|> 
|> >	George
|> Of course i am, i was desperate enough to think of the idea!
|> Yo!
|> 

Yeah? I just got a bill from the RPI bookstore. In charges since August 31,
buying books and supplies for just **ONE** semester, I managed to rack up 
$362.43 in charges!!!!

(And I haven't even SEEN the phone bill yet...)

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|> #schuller@mullauna.cs.mu.oz.au#Beastie Boys, Living Color, Fishbone, LLCoolJ,  #
|> #A500 3.5 and 5.25 drives.    #Public Enemy, C+C Music Factory, Prince, Hammer,#
|> #Fujitsu DL1100 Printer.      #Erik B & Rakim, Bel Biv Devoe, Boys II Men,Kylie#
|> #Supra 14K modem. 1084S mon.  #Roseanne Barr, Red Dwarf, Twin Peaks, God.      #
|> ################################################################################
|> #I think there should be a Prince section on the news! How do I do it? email me#
|> ################################################################################

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From: brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant)
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: Re: Post Codes
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:36:19 GMT
Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au
Keywords: post,code,australia

brendan@gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant) writes:

>Greetings all,
>   Does anyone know where I can get the post codes for Australia in electronic
>form ???

>Please mail me....  If there is a response I will post the result...

Wow.... I now have the post codes.... Thanks to all who replied...

BTW, Chris won the award for replying the fastest....


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Newsgroups: aus.computers
From: markb@tplrd.tpl.oz.au (Mark Bower)
Subject: A UNIX Thesaurus Program
Originator: markb@sydrd14
Organization: Telectronics Pacing Systems
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 01:28:39 GMT

Are there any ftp'able programs that would give UNIX systems
a basic thesaurus ? Preferably it would be a complete
package including lookup tables of synonyms etc.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance,

Mark
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Xref: sparky aus.computers:363 aus.wanted:872 comp.unix.aix:10670
From: u926135@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Adrian Hassall Lewis)
Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.wanted,comp.unix.aix
Subject: streetprices, IBM
Summary: SP for RS/6000 220, 3xx
Keywords: IBM streetprice RS/6000
Date: 15 Oct 92 04:49:49 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.

I'm looking for approximate prices of some RS/6000 workstations.

How much would a 220 or 3xx with a 300-400MB HDD and colour graphics cost?
As the 320 was recently 'retired' by IBM I'd expect (hope) that it would
be _relatively_ inexpensive.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
					ajax.
From: patoug@peg.pegasus.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers
Subject: archimedes user attn
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:54:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:peg:998300011:000:115
Nf-From: peg.UUCP!patoug    Oct 14 19:54:00 1992


ALL archimedes s[D[D[D[D[Dusers please email me at this address, I am interetsed in
talking to all of you
ta paddy
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: markw@cltr.uq.oz.au (Mark White)
Subject: Re: Question RE HDD type?
Organization: Centre for Language Teaching and Research, Uni of Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:13:39 GMT

markw@cltr.uq.oz.au (Mark White) writes:

>It's a Seagate ST114A, and it plugs directly onto the motherboard.
                ^^^^^^
Sorry, it's a Seagate ST1144A....... my typing really sucks ;)
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From: u906271@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (H G Chew)
Subject: Re: SX and DX ? 386 and 486 ?
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 09:32:23 GMT

guac@brt.deakin.edu.au writes:

>I'm confused by systems : 386SX, 386DX, 486SX and 486DX.
386SX	:
 INTEL
  comes mostly in 16, 20 and 25 (I think) MHz.
  16 bit external data bus
  No coprocessor (optional - 387SX)

386DX	:
 INTEL
  comes in 25, 33, 40 and 50 MHz
  32 bit external data bus
  No coprocessor (optional - 387DX)

486SX	:
 INTEL
  comes in 20 and 25 MHz
  32 bit external data bus
  No coprocessor (optional - 487SX)
    Basically a 486DX with different pinouts.
    In the earlier batch, the 486SX are just 486DX with copro disabled.
    Later, Intel redesigned the chip without the copro.

486DX	:
 INTEL
  comes in 33, 50, 33/66 and 25/50 MHz
  32 bit external data bus
  Inbuilt coprocessor
 AMD (I think)
  same but without the coprocessor.

>I was told the difference between SX and DX is a math-coprocessor, that is the
>SX does not have the math coprocessor but DX has. However I found my friend's
>486SX-33 has a math-coprocessor when I use Norton to check.
S/He might have plugged in a 487SX copro.  Or might have used a software
emulation.

Hope this helps
Chris


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From: pclink@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rick)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Re: Executing compressed .EXE files? Is it possible?
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:34:34 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Telecom Australia, TNE Computer Support Services

johns@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Savage) writes:

>      LZE/LZESHELL: a public domain program, compresses an (sic) .EXE file
>      to almost half its size!  This isn't compression that must be 
>      decompressed to use the file; this is compression of the code, so 
>      the program can be used as is.

>Is this for real??  (BTW, it is not an April edition of the catalog.)

The compressed program has a decompressor tacked onto the end of it;
it decompresses itself in RAM when you run it.  You can get this from
archie as micros/pc/oak/filutil/lzexe91e.zip.

Rick.
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: raymond@vast.unsw.edu.au (Raymond Leung)
Subject: Low level formatting of Miniscribe IDE drive?
Organization: University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 03:50:34 GMT

Does anyone know of any program that can do low level format
of IDE drive, to be specific, Miniscribe 3.5" 7080AT 80M.
The calibrate of Norton Utilities refused to work on IDE
drives.

Also, anyone have the data sheet for the jumper setting
of that drive?

Thanks,

Raymond Leung
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: jrsellec@socs.uts.edu.au (91066720 j r selleck)
Subject: paradise Drivers for windows 3.1
Summary: I am looking for windows 3.1 compatible vidoe drivers for 512k paradise
Keywords: paradise svga windows drivers
Organization: Computing Sciences, Uni of Technology, Sydney.
Distribution: aus
Date: 12 Oct 92 01:39:03 GMT

I am very intersted in getting hold of the newest drivers for windows 
3.1. I have a 512k svga paradise card and would like to be able to do
640 x 480 in 256 colours  or even better if I could do 800x 600 x
256 colours

James Selleck
jrsellec@syzygy.uts.edu.au   

Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: int704v@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham)
Subject: Re: IRQ questions.
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:08:43 GMT

ardtlong@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Dale T. Long) writes:


>On examining my system (a HT12A (286) based machine) I was given the following
>results. I used two programs; QA Plus and MSD (Microsoft's, of course).

>IRQ     QA Plus                 MSD
>-----------------------------------------------------
>0       Timer                   Timer
>1       Keyboard                Keyboard
>2       [Cascade]               Second 8259A  (through the BIOS)
>3       COM2                    COM2
>4       COM1                    COM1
>5       available               LPT2  (not installed)
>6       Floppy Disk             Floppy Disk
>7       LPT1                    LPT1
>8       Clock/Calendar          Clock/Calendar
>9       available               Redirected IRQ 2
>10      available               reserved
>11      available               reserved
>12      available               reserved
>13      reserved                reserved  (for co-processor)
>14      Fixed Disk              Fixed Disk
>15      available               reserved

>I would like to know what the [cascade] of IRQ2 means and why MSD shows it as
>a 'second 8259A'. As well as why MSD shows IRQ9 as being a redirected IRQ2.
>What does this all mean? Why is it redirected? Is this something all 286
>achines have or is it something particular to my machine (HT12A)?
>What tricks does an 8259A do?

>Dale Long.
>ardtlong@adam.adelaide.edu.au

Well, the [cascade] is easy to explain - that means that there is more than
one program trapping that interrupt.
IRQ 9 is normally used as a re-directed IRQ 2.  I don't know why though.

Hope this helps,
	Mark
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From: j.craick@trl.oz.au (John Craick)
Subject: Mac-in-Dos : Oz supplier wanted 
Keywords: Disk conversion
Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:56:42 GMT

There is a U.S. originated commercial program called Mac-in-Dos which 
reads Mac 1.2M floppies in a IBM PC drive. I've seen it & it works well. 
The owner company is "Pacific Microelectronics."

Does anyone know of an Australian supplier for this product ?

or - Has anyone managed to buy a copy from a US supplier ?

John Craick
j.craick@trl.oz.au
From: wadley@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gregory Robert Wadley)
Subject: SCAN vs VET (virus scanner)
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:26:26 GMT

The place I work for has to decide between using VET and SCAN
as anti-virus vaccine.

Does anyone know which is better?

Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: jxr@delta.ma.adfa.oz.au ( John  Roumeliotis)
Subject: HDD physical parameters
Organization: Maths Dept. ADFA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:12:28 GMT

My buddy's get a 386DX/33 with an AMI BIOS.

The problem:
	We need to find out the HD physical parameters so that they can
	be inputted into the CMOS setup.

	At the moment the paremeters ( Head, Cyl, Sec etc. ) in the
	CMOS do not reflect the physical characteristics of the drive

Help:
	Is there any software out there ( on the net or commercial ) that
	will report what the HD type is regardless of the CMOS setup?
	
	Any other suggestions? (Note: We have opened the box up, and the
	HDD hasn't got any writing on it pertaining to these parameters.)

Thanks in advance,
John.

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out there can help us, please e-mail me.

	
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: SCAN vs VET (virus scanner)
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 10:15:00 GMT

wadley@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gregory Robert Wadley) writes:

>The place I work for has to decide between using VET and SCAN
>as anti-virus vaccine.

>Does anyone know which is better?

Our site chose VET because it was more suited for what we
wanted from an anti-viral program.  Mainly, that VET is very
good at not only getting rid of the virus but also fixing up
the damage it causes.  Also for us, a site licence was very cost effective.

The latest version of vet is very easy to install
but I don't recommend the use of the memory resident part of
the anti-viral software (or any other anti-viral memory resident
software).  When it is installed on 150 PC's it is not much fun
when the memory resident program conflicts with some obscure
device driver some users have on their PC's.  It saves a lot of time
telling them not to install the memory resident program in the first place.
Unless you are in a public use situation in a Uni
or school, the VET.COM program that checks the hard-disk on
boot-up should be adequate.  It is not hard to get STONED
or PING-PONG from data disks, but you need software piracy
or very lax staff to get the EXE and COM infectors.  If we get
EXE or COM infectors, its time to crack down on users, not rely
on the antiviral software to protect us. 

One very nice feature of vet is a program that notes down
the CMOS setup and puts it on the "master disk".  If a virus,
or more likely a flat battery, destroys the CMOS info - it can quickly 
be restored.  Given all new hard-disks are now type 47 that have user
definable parameters this can be a life saver.  A guy on-site had
a hard-disk upgrade while he was on holiday.  The person adding the new
disk lost the CMOS while taking the old hard-disk out.  After ringing up
the supplier of the original computer (who was no help), a 15 minute
rummage found the VET MASTER DISK and retrieved the situation.

There is also another memory resident program with VET that
checks all floppies inserted into the disk drive and checks for
viruses before it allows a program to read the data.  The only
time I have come accross this program is through a uni friend.
I gave hime some data on a floppy formatted with Xtree GOLD that
puts its own boot-sector on the floppy.  As this memory resident program
could not recognise this uncommon boot sector signature it refused
to allow MS WORD to read the disk.  The fix was to give him a disk formatted 
with DOS 5.0.

SCAN is very good at identifing viruses but does not
put the same effort into elliminating and fixing the damage.
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From: matthias@ecr.mu.oz.au (Matthias_Markus LANG)
Subject: Re: IRQ questions.
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 11:26:44 GMT

In article <int704v.718445323@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>, int704v@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) writes:
> Well, the [cascade] is easy to explain - that means that there is more than
> one program trapping that interrupt.

Not at all.. With Checkit, I have a [cascade] IRQ, but I also have
COM1,COM3,MOUSE on IRQ4 and COM2,COM4 on IRQ3 and LPT1,LPT2 on IRQ7.

> IRQ 9 is normally used as a re-directed IRQ 2.  I don't know why though.
> 

So you can have IRQs 9 to 15.


Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: Re: paradise Drivers for windows 3.1
Keywords: paradise svga windows drivers
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:07:51 GMT


> paradise drivers for Win3.1

Have you tried the illustrious Microsoft themselves. They have just installed
a new 5-line dial-up bulletin board whereby you can help yourself to most of
those sort of things. (Sorry, I don't know the number, but if you ring
product support on (02) 870 2133 or (008) 252 291 they will tell you. (If
you get the number, please pass it on to me.)

 If you don't have the facilities to call the BBS (though, given that I am
'talking' to you here, I suspect you have!) the guys at MS Product Support
will send you a disk (I think only if you're a Communique member - I'm not
sure on that) with what you wan't on it (providing, of course, they have
it themselves.

They tend to be pretty helpful people in my experience, and I've never been
billed for any service except Communique membership.

Best of luck...

G

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From: ted@cs.uow.edu.au (Edward Simon Dunstone)
Subject: Low cost VGA->PAL convertors ... ?
Keywords: VGA PAL
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:52:42 GMT

Has anyone got any info on devices to convert VGA into PAL. I thought
I saw an advert for one in the Australian a few months ago. Any info
greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.

Ted

Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati)
Subject: Re: SCAN vs VET (virus scanner)
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:20:19 GMT

lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:

>wadley@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gregory Robert Wadley) writes:

>>The place I work for has to decide between using VET and SCAN
>>as anti-virus vaccine.

>>Does anyone know which is better?

>Our site chose VET because it was more suited for what we
>wanted from an anti-viral program.  Mainly, that VET is very
>good at not only getting rid of the virus but also fixing up
>the damage it causes.  Also for us, a site licence was very cost effective.

[soem  stuff deleted]

>SCAN is very good at identifing viruses but does not
>put the same effort into elliminating and fixing the damage.

You are not doing justice to SCAN. SCAN is just a part of a package.
It comes with CLEAN and VSHIELD. CLEAN rmoves viruses and VSHELD
is a TSR that checks any programs that you run in cluding MS-DOS
commands like COPY and DIR.

VSHIELD has saved me a lot of headache. a couple of times it just didn't
allow me to do dir on a: or copy from a: drive. After which I ran CLEAN
and it cleaned the a: drive with no problem. SCAN is just useful when in
doubt and wanna check a disk.

But I agree that on a network it might not be desirable to have TSRs
loaded on everyones PC.

 must confess I haven't used VET, purly because I have had no need to
use any other virus protection program.

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From: lib138x@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:53:06 +1000
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

Re: MAC - PC disks



There is software to read PC diskettes on a MAC. It is MacIntosh PC Exchange,
available in Australia from I C Technologies, 556 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn 
3122 (at least that is where we got it from). It cost A$120 for 1 3 1/2 disk.

Admitedly, that included a $30 discount from PC show.

I have not used it yet so I don't know how good it is, but it's supposed to
work - comes from Apple themselves with a year free support if you're lucky
enough to live in the US!

Good luck
Iris.Radulescu@library.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: ent548d@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (C.J. Seatory)
Subject: NetComm Pocket Fax MNP5 configuration.
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 15:16:24 GMT

I would appreciate any information on how I can
configure a NetComm Pocket FaxModem24 to use the
MNP5 data compression method.  I know that the
modem is capable of doing this - I just don't know
how to do it!

I have tried AT&E1 &E15... etc, but all I get are
error messages.

Please mail: ent548d@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au

Thanx in advance,
-Chris Seatory

Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: matthias@ecr.mu.oz.au (Matthias_Markus LANG)
Subject: Re: IRQ questions.
Summary: Slave 8259s
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 11:23:19 GMT

In article <ardtlong.718439244@adam.adelaide.edu.au>, ardtlong@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Dale T. Long) writes:
> 
> I would like to know what the [cascade] of IRQ2 means and why MSD shows it as
> a 'second 8259A'. As well as why MSD shows IRQ9 as being a redirected IRQ2.
> What does this all mean? Why is it redirected? Is this something all 286
> achines have or is it something particular to my machine (HT12A)?
> What tricks does an 8259A do?

An 8259A controls the IRQs, effectively. On an XT, the machine has IRQ lines
1 to 8 (from memory). This is handled by the master (and only) 8259A chip.
On an AT, they introduced 7 more IRQ lines. To handle these, they added
another 8259A chip, known as the slave. The slave sits on IRQ2. [cascade]
means it is redirected to IRQ9 [as MSD says, it's a redirected IRQ2].
All 286 machines do this... it's how you access IRQ9-15.


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