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From: tvf@cci632.cci.com (Tom Frauenhofer)
Subject: Re: RealTek VGA Windows 3.1 D
Organization: Northern Telecom, Network Applications Systems, Rochester, NY
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:08:55 GMT

In article <1it5euINNlv6@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> cjohnson@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Johnson) writes:
>jonathon.twigg@oosight.status.gen.nz (Jonathon Twigg)  writes:
>>TF>I have a RealTek 1 Meg VGA Card.  I purchased it in March, 1992.  I
>>TF>need to get the updated drivers for use with Windows 3.1.  Does anyone
>>TF>have the drivers or know of an FTP site where I can grab them?  Or how
>>TF>to get in touch with RealTek?  I've tried the place that I bought my
>>TF>card, but they no longer deal with RealTek.  Thanks.
>>I have a 512k card but no drivers at all. sO if you find so new drivers 
>>let me know, cause I can't find any over here.
>>        Jonathon.
>>--- WinQwk 2.0 #0
>I believe there are some rt windows drivers at wuarchive.wustl.edu in
>/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS look for rtwin or something.  these drivers in 64k
>color ones, but I dont think they are for 3.1 If anybody has 256 color
>drivers that allow cga dos graphics give me a call, because mine dont.
>(16 colors ok, not 256)

Yes, I received the drivers from a friend (Thanks, Kyle!) and uploaded
them to ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/uploads as rtwin31.zip.  I
later checked with my local RealTek vendor who said that it was okay
to do that (okay, so I got things out of order... :-) ) (I'm the "TF"
in the attributions above, BTW).

Hope this helps out.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Problems with SMARTDRIVE and PATH
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:35:42 GMT

In <1993Jan9.140857.46260@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> rsl11@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>Hello there,

>	I have the following questions:
>1. TO simulate disk cache with dos and windows you can either put the
>statements

Uh, this doesn't "simulate" disk cache; this IS a disk cache.

>a) devicehigh=c:\smartdrv.sys     in the config.sys file or
>b) loadhigh=c:\smartdrv.exe       in the autoexec.bat file

This is not an 'either/or' situation.  The first is how you do it if
you are using Windows 3.0 -- the second is the cache from Windows 3.1,
and you shouldn't be using a loadhigh statement with it, as it will
load itself high.

>What is the difference between the 2 statements?

Other than the preceding, you mean?

>Also, how much cache would be recommended to have with a total of 4MB ram when
>you run windows?

As little as possible (like 512k or so).  In my opinion, 4 MB isn't
really enough to run Windows very well, if you are doing anything with
it. 

>2. I have aproblem with the path statement of dos.
>If I type the following statement in the dos prompt
>PATH = C:\DOS; C:\WINDOWS; C:\STACKER;
>in capital letters it works but if I put it in a batch file such as the
>autoexec.bat file it tells me "Too many parameters". Does anybody have any
>ideas as to what the problem might be?

I don't have my documentation handy, but the preceding looks wrong.
Check in the manual under 'PATH' (or if you can't find it, mail me and
I'll answer it from home, where I have a manual near my desk).  One
thing wrong is that final ';' on the line.  The case shouldn't matter,
by the way. 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: DD01008 <DD01008@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: System Crashes
Organization: McGill University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:16:25 GMT


Thanks to everyone who helped me out on this problem.

We seem to think that it has to do with the fact that I run PCTOOLS
ver 7.1 compress from time to time which conflicts with the file linking
done by windows.  Also, I run smartdrive which may conflict with comp-
ress, even though I run compress outside windows from a fresh DOS prompt

Has anyone had any PCTOOLS compress/windows 3.1 bad luck??
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: setting up QVTNET with Wind. for work
From: dskeeler@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dennis S. Keeler)
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:46:27 -0500
Distribution: world
Organization: Miami University

In article <1993Jan6.213128.14893@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, dskeeler@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dennis S. Keeler) writes:
> 	At hsdndev.harvard.edu in pub/dispkt there is a new version of the
> dispkt packet driver. You may want to use this instead of 8003pkdr. It uses
> NDIS information to access your card.

	Oops, the directory is /pub/dis_pkt. The executable file is dis_pkt.dos
and the source is dis_pkt.asm. Unfortunately, there is no documentation there.
Download dis_pkt9.zip from oak.oakland.edu /pub/msdos/pktdrvr for docs.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: crr@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Chris Riley  (201) 564-2516)
Subject: Installing TT fonts from PowerPoint
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:08:50 GMT

My office bought MS Office for everyone, but since I have a small hard disk
I only installed MS Word.  Upon looking through the manuals, I noticed that
PowerPoint has additional True Type fonts.  I don't have the space
available to load PowerPoint, but want to install the fonts.  There are
files with the extension TT_ on disk 1 for these fonts, but I haven't been
able to install them with the contol panel.  I have expanded them with the
expand program, but the control panel will scan them and say that no fonts
are found.  Does anyone know how to install these fonts?  Thanks.

Chris Riley
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From: kowalski@cislabs.pitt.edu (Sean C Kowalski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Windows Accelerators- Which One?
Keywords: accelorators
Date: 11 Jan 93 11:51:21 GMT
Followup-To: sender
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


	I looking to purchase a Windows Accelorator card.  Now it seems that
the ATI U.G.P. is a popular choice, but it still has alot of problems.  I'm looking for
a VESA Local Bus card.  I've read every magazine there is that covered the topic, but
those magazines treatment of VESA cards is skimppy at best.  I've seen adds for cards
bundeled w/ systems that claim 40 WinMarks ( ie. Diamond/Orchid Viper Local Bus ).
With the S3-805 being implemented more and more, should I wait or what?  It seems
to me that None of the cards are using the full power of LB.
P.S. Has anyone seen a 50 MHz LB Windows Accel. card anywhere?

Thanks
-Sean
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From: guanth@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Brian GUAN)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:10:17 GMT
Subject: How to add more Event+Sound in Win 3.1 ?
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup

Hi,

  How can I add more sound and event combinations in Windows 3.1 ?

  There are only a handfull of events listed in the Sound Dialog box
  from Control Panel, and I would like to add more events like
  ScrollBar actions, Button actions etc.

  Or are there some kind of utilities software to do this like those
  found on the Mac ?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Notice! OS2 will Execute Win3 programs Without having to have Win
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:56:42 GMT

In article <C017Kp.A1w@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Paul R. Falzer) writes:

>I am an MS-DOS/MS-WIN user.  I suppose that others of my ilk become incensed
>when they see or hear the mantra, "OS/2. . .OS/2."  I do not.  Rather, I'm
>interested in any information or expertise that might help me, or others
>like me, to solve a problem or to learn something new about the operation
>and configuration of Microsoft Windows, which runs under a variety of
>operating systems.  Any posting that even minimally meets this standard is
>just fine with me; but, slings and arrows, beer commercials, and testaments
>to the power of school spirit are not.  Any variation on a theme of "shut
>your ### mouth and go play in another sandbox" is arrogance, pure and
>simple.

Maybe about six months ago I would have welcomed such a post, but
these days "OS/2 will run Windows apps" is pretty much common know-
ledge. I was seriously going to try OS/2 a while back but have held 
off for several reasons, one of which is that good SVGA drivers 
aren't out there yet (except for the Trident 8900 cards, and we all 
know how much those suck) and the Novell requestor (essential to me)
was "in the works".

After observing a couple of others use OS/2 I'll just wait for NT.
I've found since that OS/2's "seamless Windows" incurs a speed pe-
nalty when compared to 3.1. To get a nice, non-crashing setup it 
requires that you go poking around the net for patches. The amount 
of patching one needs to do rivals Unix. On top of everything else
the Novell requestor is pretty unstable and will cause the whole 
thing to crash pretty frequently.

In other words, the reasons NOT to go OS/2 are support, support and 
support. Native OS/2 apps are few. Video drivers are few (you should
see how much OS/2 users rail at ATI and Diamond et. al). Network sup-
port is pretty awful. Other than that, if you want a nice, pre-emp-
tive multitasking OS with lots of bells and whistles that can run Win-
dows binaries, get OS/2.




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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (i'm not clever yet)
Subject: annoying CD-ROM message in Win
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:52:22 GMT

help me please! it seems that every time i load up windows, and also
when i load up certain apps, I get a message saying "Cannot read from
drive G", and i have to press the stupid Cancel button.  My CD-ROM's
connected to drive D, and the only time that i don't get this message is
when i have a (non-audio) CD in the drive, which makes a little sense.
what doesn't make since, though, is why it's searching for something in
the drive in the first place.  It never searches the floppies for
anything, so why search the CDROM drive? i thought it had something to
do with a LASTDRIVE statement in my config.sys, but that wasn't it.
please, for my sanity, tell me how (if possible) to stop this annoying
message from popping up on my screen! it's almost as annoying as those
silly screens that's telling me to register my shareware! :)

thanx in advance,
-jon everyday remembering Christ
sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
jmmadiso@indyvax.iupui.edu  
(R.I.P., Diz.)
From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with SMARTDRIVE and PATH
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:29:35 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <1993Jan9.141024.46261@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by rsl11@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu:
> 1. TO simulate disk cache with dos and windows you can either put the
> statements
> a) devicehigh=c:\smartdrv.sys     in the config.sys file or
> b) loadhigh=c:\smartdrv.exe       in the autoexec.bat file
> 
> What is the difference between the 2 statements?
> Also, how much cache would be recommended to have with a total of 4MB ram when
> you run windows?

I'm not sure about the difference (if there is any).  I have mine set up for
dos with 1024 and win with 1024 (c:\smartdrv.exe 1024 1024).  This seems to
work fine, though I don't have things exactly optimized yet.

> 2. I have aproblem with the path statement of dos.
> If I type the following statement in the dos prompt
> PATH = C:\DOS; C:\WINDOWS; C:\STACKER;
                                       ^ remove this semicolon.
you also may want to take out the spaces between the directories.

> in capital letters it works but if I put it in a batch file such as the
> autoexec.bat file it tells me "Too many parameters". Does anybody have any
> ideas as to what the problem might be?

I don't know why this works in caps.  It shouldn't matter. 
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From: peter@cad.ee.ntu.edu.tw (Peter R. Tattam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: HELP : Norton Desktop for windows Fail in a STACKER HD
Date: 6 Jan 93 13:51:53 GMT
Organization: EE, NTU

Hello.
     Previously, I use NDW on a Stacker HD very well. But maybe I 
transmitted too many files so that the Stacker HD file structure messed or 
something wrong, NDW generate a GP fault while start the windows now. Change 
the shell to progman.exe could solve the problem, but I had arraanged all my 
data in NDW form. After reinstalling NDW , it still ca'nt work. And while 
reinstalling windows, it even stucked or the disk#3. It really drove me to 
crazy. Please help me. EMERGENCY CALL FOR HELP.

Chu W.H.
EE National Taiwan University, Taiwan
email address:r81132@cs.ee.ntu.edu.tw
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: rockford@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Kekkonen)
Subject: CGA-driver for Win31/30
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:47:30 GMT


Yo!

If someone has a CGA-driver for windows, please mail it to me!!!



- Petri Kekkonen - rockford@phoenix.oulu.fi - University of Oulu, Finland -
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Re: Font formats - help!
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 01:18:14 GMT

> prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts) writes:
>> 6) I have the utility ALLTYPE, which will convert all my PostScript
>> fonts to TrueType. I'm thinking that I have had enough of all this
>> confusing mixing of formats, and would like to:
>>   a) convert the ATM fonts [...] to TrueType
>>   b) blow away ATM [...]

wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff) writes:
> My recommendation: it's unwise. Reason: I don't see real problems with 
> type 1 (PostScript) fonts and ATM, there exist more documentation and 
> manipulation software for type 1 fonts, and: anyone who thinks about 
> converting type 1 fonts to truetype should be aware that
> 1. hints are rumored to get worse or lost during this transformation,
> 2. truetype fonts waste more than twice as much of precious disk space 
>    than equivalent type 1 fonts.

Yes, AllType does a horrible hinting job, if any.  And wrecks other things
as well (such as font family names).  However, FontMonger seems to have
done a very good job in my Type 1-to-TrueType conversions, and at least
on my modest LaserJet 2 printer the fonts look practically identical.

The increase in disk space usage is true: TrueType .TTF files tend to eat
up 50-60K each, while Type .PFB files use up 25-30K each.  .FOT and .PFM
files are small, probably the minimum of one cluster for each.  Whether
30K per font matters to you or not depends on your disk space -- the
systems I use all have at least 300 MB of disk, and an extra 600K for
20 fonts is not a problem.

But why switch at all?

First, there is printing speed.  Unless you're using the latest ATM (2.5?)
-- for which you'll have to pay Adobe -- you will print much faster to
LaserJets with TrueType, since it generates soft fonts on the fly.

Second, lower memory usage.  With ATM, you'll be using about 150K of memory
for ATM itself, plus whatever you set for the size of the font cache.  If
you run on a 4 MB system, this alone might be enough incentive to switch.

In the end, it's up to you.  If you already have a font conversion program,
you might give it a try.  Convert some fonts, uninstall ATM (yes, take it
out of your system.ini).  See whether losing ATM has an impact on memory
and/or performance.  Compare the output (at small AND large point sizes)
and see whether YOU can see a difference, and whether it matters to you.

In the worst case you'll have wasted an evening fiddling with your fonts,
but at least you'll now have an "expert" opinion on the matter yourself!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Where has my FONTS option gone in the DOS APPLICATIONS window????
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:38:53 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.

jamie@zikzak.apana.org.au (Jamie Scuglia) writes:

>Now, I replaced the graphics display driver supplied with WINDOWS 3.1 with
>one that came on a disk with my TRIDENT video card.  I did this because
>WINDOWS had no 800x600 resolution drivers for 256 colors (it had only a
>16 color one).  However, with the new TRIDENT driver, I now find that the
>"FONTS" menu option in the the above DOS window menu no longer exists!

Your Trident video driver is Windows 3.0 compatible and does not have
the enhanced 3.1 capabilities (such as DOS Windows Fonts Support).  Get
an updated Trident driver.  I believe I saw some at CICA.

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From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.1
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:17:23 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <1993Jan5.182037.11940@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, by rubin@procon.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin):
> 
> !1.  Make sure you have SET TEMP=c:\<your temp directory> in your
> !    autoexec.bat.  Don't use a RAM disk for your temp directory.
> !    Temp directory should have at least 6 Meg free.
> 
> Could someone explain why this is? Since the RAM disk goes at CPU
> speed how could this possibly be slower????

Actually you could do this.  PC WORLD suggests leaving the RAM free 
for other DOS apps and functions.  I guess if you have plenty of RAM,
go ahead.  
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: PS/2's and mice on drugs
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:33:49 GMT

Has anyone run into weird mouse behaviour on IBM PS/2's lately? I
remember it happening to me last year when using a copy of Windows
3.0 installed on a network. When installing Windows I used a clone. 
The mouse would become ultra-sensitive and click its button seeming-
ly of its own volition, so the Task Manager would pop up. I've never
seen the behaviour since, but someone just sent a message to our 
help desk - he's seeing the behaviour with a Model 50Z.



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From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Bizarre Error Interim Report !*****************************************
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:17:30 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK


                        Help!! Bizarre System Error!!
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                    Interim Report (Not Solution Summary)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

        I haven't found the answer to this problem yet, in spite of the 
excellent help I have been getting from you netters. I didn't want anyone 
to think I was ungrateful, so many sincere thanks from the heart of my 
bottom to everyone who took the time out to reply to my post ; and 
here's a summary of the stuff I've tried so far.

1).     Remove "lastdrive=" statement from the config.sys.
        
        If I do this the PC won't attach to the network. Maybe this
        would work for Novell, but for PC-NFS it's a no-no.


2).     Set "lastdrive=" to the letter that is before the drives the
        network need to work.

        Again, the PC fails to mount the network.


3).     Remove any "subst" drives.

        None are set up.


4).     Load the network drivers ahead of windows.

        I do.


5).     Do you run Win 3.1 rather than 3.0 ?

        Yes.


6).     Is file manager or an application trying to read the j: drive     
        on Windows launch?

        No.


7).     Set up Win31 for PC-NFS : special TSRs & tell Windows 
        'there is no network'.

        I am using the standard setup for windows & PC-NFS which
        works on 100's of PCs on campus every day. {But not this 
        one *sob* :( } It does include theose TSRs & Windows is set
        up for 'no network'.

Thats most of it. Finally, I have reinstalled Windows, and reinstalled the     
network connection software, and no joy. I even tried running the network 
version of windows, rather than this guy's local version, and that 
displayed the same symptoms. The network version is definately set up OK,
so I am beginning to believe the problem is not with Windows.

I think I'll check out the PC-NFS newsgroups, and see if anyone there 
can suggest anything else.

A big thanks once again to all who replied. As a guy posted to me the 
other day: "What a pleasure to work in a community where people
help each other, like here on the Internet."

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