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From: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Paul R. Falzer)
Subject: Seeking Opinions on Mathcad
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:12:56 GMT

I just received an offer from the company to purchase the Mathcad
program for about $80 and would appreciate your assistance in
deciding whether I should buy it at that price.  

My needs are for an equation editor that is more powerful and
flexible than AmiPro's and for a statistical analysis tool that
would give me the flexibility to write linear models and analyze
data accordingly.  My first question is, how well would Mathcad
meet my needs relative to other programs on themarket--especially
in comparison with other stat packages such as SPSS?

Second, Mathcad seems to resemble an electronic chalkboard. 
Besides its working with mathematical equations and models, what
(if any) are its other capabilities?  For instance, does it have
an drawing, charting, or graphing capabilities?  How effectively
does it perform word processing and layout functions?

Third, what else should I know about the program's overall and
specific strengths and weaknesses?  I am wondering about the
following items, among others: how fast is the program compared
with other significant applications?  How well does it work with
other programs?  How effectively does it function as an OLE
server?  What's its memory and system resource demands? 

Thanks in advance for your comments and opinions.

  Paul R. Falzer
    Internet: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
    Bitnet:   mfprf@ecnuxa.bitnet
From: ehammers@hardy.u.washington.edu (Alison Blais)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Writing help files
Date: 21 Nov 92 03:11:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov21.031158.20072
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I never paid attention because I thought I'd
never need to do it.  How does one write a custom Help file?  I'm making some
cool scripts in Procomm Plus for Windows, and I'd like to include some
customized help.  Is there a Shareware/Freeware/PD program out there to
compose help files with?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Erick.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: patvelk@sci.kun.nl (Patrick van Elk)
Subject: Windows 3.1 problems
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:27:24 GMT

I have some questions about Windows 3.1:

-A while ago I got myself a D/A convertor to connect to LPT1:, so that I could play for example MOD-files. Now I would like to play sounds using Windows 3.1. Unfortunately, I don't have a driver. I've tried all FTP-sites I know, but I've only found a Disney Sound Source driver: I tried to use this driver, but this only resulted in my machine crashing...
Does anybody know a driver for my D/A converter? I would greatly appreciate it if somebody could help me out.

-My machine is a 386sx with 2MB of RAM, DOS 5.0 and I use QEMM 6.0. When I run Windows in standard modus, I only got 741 KB free memory. Manifest reports that my total amount of free memory is 1520 KB, so Windows seems to occupy 779KB.
When I don't use QEMM or EMM386.EXE, the amount of free memory is approx. 1100 KB. I don't understand why loading high some TSR's takes such a lot of memory. Could anybody help me?

-I made a swapfile of 4080 KB, but when I go to "Info" in the Program Manager, I only have a maximum of 3220 KB free memory. Why doesn't Windows use the complete swapfile (the amount of 4080 KB was the amount Windows recommended).

If anybody could help me, I would be very greatful.

Patrick van Elk.
University of Nijmegen.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de
Subject: Re:hypertext application?
Organization: University of Passau - Germany
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 10:31:07 GMT

Have a look at TOOLBOOK from Asymetrix
There is a demo available in the /demo dir of cica
Regards,
Olaf Winkelhake
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors)
Subject: Draw/Paint app exist?
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Keywords: Draw, Paint
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 17:36:44 GMT

Is there a windows application similar to the SuperPaint program
for the Macintosh? It had a Draw layer and a Paint layer, so that
you could use painting type tools on one layer, and use drawing
tools and objects on the other layer.  They would overlap, and you
could also paste objects from the draw layer to the paint layer.

Thanks
Ken
wkn@leland.stanford.edu
From: slc@a2.cim.cdc.com (Steve Chesney x4662)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: diary application available?
Keywords: diary
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:35:43 GMT
Reply-To: slc@a2.cim.cdc.com (Steve Chesney x4662)

Is there (PD or whatever) a small application for keeping a diary?  A small text editor with a password protection is desired.
-- 
Steve Chesney                                    slc@cim.cdc.com     
Metaphase Technology Incorporated                612-482-4662 (voice)
4233 Lexington Avenue North                      612-482-4001 (fax)
Arden Hills, MN  55126
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Subject: Re: Is Windows NT worth the trouble?
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:33:42 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Keywords: NT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Nov16.182353.24149@sequent.com> iceman@sequent.com (Ian Evans) writes:
>The beta version that is shipping contains BOTH 3.5" diskettes AND
>a CD ROM.  There is NO documnentation on the CD ROM.  The only docs
>that come with it are a system guide and release notes.

Well, you must have received a different version than I did, because
the version I have (October Beta) has only one floppy that installs the
CDROM.  The docs are on the CDROM, but they are 100% postscript, so
you have to either print them or view them with ghostscript.  I was
underwhelmed by this, because I was expecting the kind of organised
on-line docs that were on the developer's CDROM with the whiz-bang
search engine.  On-line docs that have to be printed to be viewed are
a crock.
-- 
            _.
--Steve   ._||__    Welcome to the World's First GaAs Supercomputer
  Warren   v\ *|    -----------------------------------------------
             V
From: muhlin@cse.unl.edu (Muhlin Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Does QVTNET 3.03 use the fonts that came with version 2.1?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 01:47:24 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu
Summary: qvt
Keywords: qvt

I am a registered user of QVT/NET 2.1 and I got the newer version of QVT/NET
from cica. Originally, I used windows 3.0 with QVTNET 2.1 without problem.
I updated to windows 3.1 and QVTNET complained that "VT220.FON not found." 
So, I tried the newer version of QVTNET. However, QVTNET still don't let me
use the super VGA font which came with version 2.1. 

Do I need different fonts for newer version? Is it because of Windows or
QVTNET? 

Thanks for any information.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: danony@aix.rpi.edu (Yaron Danon)
Subject: WINFIT 1.0 uploaded to cica
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:48:37 GMT


I uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu


WINFIT 1.0
-----------

This is version 1.0 of the shareware program WINFIT, a non linear least squares fitting
program for windows 3.x
The program interface  is written in Visual Basic (the fitting code is in  WINFIT.DLL),
this requires the VBRUN100.DLL in the /windows directory.


FEATURES

* Reads a simple ASCII file, space or tab delimited of X Y with an optional Y-error data.
* The data can be plotted with log axis options.
* The program uses Levenberg-Marquardt fitting method.
* There are some built in functions and the a user-defined function.
* The program can generate weights that improve fitting performance for some problems.
* This version can read up to 500 data points and fit up to 10 parameters.
* The program provides a REPORT file and the plot can be copied to the clipboard.
* The program will calculate and display the COVARIANCE and CURVATURE matrixes


INSTALLING
Create a directory /winfit (or place it anywhere else) copy all files to that directory.
From the file manager Drag the program name to a group in the file manager.
To run make sure you have VBRUN100.DLL in your /windows directory and
double click on the winfit icon.

Enjoy,
Yaron
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: davidr@davidr.mentorg.com (David Ransier)
Subject: re: NT requirements
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:18:37 GMT
Organization: mentor
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

In article <zpt18x_@rpi.edu>, kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
|> In article <1e4jcsINN9d9@sam.ksu.ksu.edu> sdoran@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:
|> >  I know this is probably a FAQ, but what the hey.  What are the 
|> >minimum requirements for NT?  Right now, I have the following
|> >
|> >	486/50
|> >	4 meg Ram
|> >	120 meg HD
|> >	SVGA
|> 
|> I think the "release" version will require 8MB RAM.  For the "beta"
|> version, it requires about 12MB RAM.

I just loaded the October rerlease of NT this last weekend (I can't really give you
any comparison info because, although I've worked with many UNIX workstations and 
Macs, I'm new to the PC.)  The October release doesn't have the same system 
requirements.  It requires 8 Meg (would like 16) and about 90 Meg of disk space.
The disk space requirement includes 20 Meg for swap space and both Windows NT and the
SDK.  I don't know how much of the space is SDK but you may not need the development
kit.

I did notice a new book at the local Software, Etc. that intends to tell
you all the virtues of NT.  I'll pick it up this weekend.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: werner@ncs.com (Paul Werner)
Subject: Superbase 4 Windows
Organization: National Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:46:20 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Help with Superbase 4 Windows
Distribution: world
Organization: National Computer Systems, Inc.
Keywords: Superbase Database
 

Dear Usenetters,

I am currently working with Superbase 4 Windows and am wondering 
if anyone else uses it as a database.

You can E-mail me:  werner@ncs.com
or simply reply to this letter.

Paul Werner
From: kcj@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Kate Juliff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Postscript viewer for Windows... where is it?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 02:14:17 GMT
Organization: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.20.13

In article <1992Nov17.020057.13040@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
>
>I just got the other necessary files.  Good God, why did they bother to
>make a windows version.  That was the sadest user interface I've ever
>seen in my life.

So is it worth getting? I have installed the DOS version. Should
I spend the time installing this one?

--Kate Juliff
-- 
Kate Juliff                           | kcj@matilda.vut.edu.au
Victoria University                   |
P.O. BOX 14428,                       |
MELBOURNE MAIL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA 3000 |
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP and Windows for Workgroups
Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:21:16 GMT

In article <BxzBt0.AK8@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, cantwell@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
 (Jeff Cantwell) wrote:
>IS THERE A PUBLIC DOMAIN TELNET/FTP PACKAGE WHICH IS NDIS COMPLIANT???

Most Packet-Driver-compliant TCP/IP programs in DOS can be made
NDIS-compliant by loading the NDIS-to-Packet-Driver converter
(DIS_PKT) above the NDIS driver.

NCSA Telnet/FTP is Packet-Driver compliant, and thus should be
able to co-exist in the Windows for Workgroups environment.

...Sam
-- 
<skl@wimsey.bc.ca> -- Connectivity Technology Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mbk@netcom.com (Miles Kehoe)
Subject: Re: Microsoft ACCESS
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:49:29 GMT

stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson) writes:

>What is this I hear about MS Access for $99??  Is it the full
>version??

Yep - MS is pricing full Access at $99 US for the first few
months. This has become pretty common-place in the biz; Borland
prived ObjectVision for about $100 for its first 6 months
and then never really raised it. the 'limited time special' 
makes users buy fast to get the cheap price.

In this case (MS Access), it's low to get you to buy NOW
rather than wait; and to get you to buy Access in place of 
Paradox. When January comes, I'd bet they will find the
suggested retail is $149, not $496 or $695. Now, if they
are smart, they'll have 'Access PRO' for $295...

Egghead in Cupertino has Access in stock and is selling
it for $93US.

Miles

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck)
Subject: Re: QVTNET30 
Keywords: QVTNET30
Reply-To: Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 02:00:11 GMT

Trent A. Basarsky writes:


>	Has anyone else encountered the failure of QVTNET30
>to successfully read the QVTNET.INI file?  In particular I am
>asking about the FTP configuration.  I have noticed that in my
>.ini file I set the transfer type to BINARY and QVTNET faithfully
>reports that it is in binary mode if I look at the configuration 
>menu once connected.  If I type status at the command line, I 
>am informed that I am in ASCII mode, which is indeed what is actually
>configured.

I've noted in several of the modules, including terminal, changes
I make to the ini file are ignored.

However, when I change them in the configuration menu to what I want,
and then save it, they stay. Go figure.

Now I ignore the ini file where possible, and change the configuration
interactively and save the new ini. Thats seems to work fine.



-- 
......

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Subject: Re: NT requirements
Organization: Beach Systems / RTFM UN*X Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:45:34 GMT

In article <zpt18x_@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
>I think the "release" version will require 8MB RAM.  For the "beta"
>version, it requires about 12MB RAM.

The beta version runs fine on 8mb.

Im doing it now.
----
 Steven Warner  (34W 36L)
 sgw@boy.com    [ ess gee double you at boy dot com ]
   "...anything but a hayse modem..."

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: patvelk@sci.kun.nl (Patrick van Elk)
Subject: Asked: COVOXdriver / Memory problems...
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:04:22 GMT

I already posted my questions, but because of some strange reason, my email-address wasn't there. So here it is: patvelk@sci.kun.nl.

I have some questions about Windows 3.1:

-A while ago I got myself a D/A convertor to connect to LPT1:, so that I could play for example MOD-files. Now I would like to play sounds using Windows 3.1. Unfortunately, I don't have a driver. I've tried all FTP-sites I know, but I've only found a Disney Sound Source driver: I tried to use this driver, but this only resulted in my machine crashing...
Does anybody know a driver for my D/A converter? I would greatly appreciate it if somebody could help me out.

-My machine is a 386sx with 2MB of RAM, DOS 5.0 and I use QEMM 6.0. When I run Windows in standard modus, I only got 741 KB free memory. Manifest reports that my total amount of free memory is 1520 KB, so Windows seems to occupy 779KB.
When I don't use QEMM or EMM386.EXE, the amount of free memory is approx. 1100 KB. I don't understand why loading high some TSR's takes such a lot of memory. Could anybody help me?

-I made a swapfile of 4080 KB, but when I go to "Info" in the Program Manager, I only have a maximum of 3220 KB free memory. Why doesn't Windows use the complete swapfile (the amount of 4080 KB was the amount Windows recommended).

If anybody could help me, I would be very greatful.

Patrick van Elk.
University of Nijmegen.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Tim Tschirner)
Subject: Drivers for HP 550C wanted!
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:01:52 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

Hi all,
can someone tell me where on the Internet I might find a driver for the
HP 550C and Windows 3.1? Any help is appreciated!!
If someone out there has a driver, what about uuencoding and sending it via
email?

Thanx in advance,

Tim 

ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Organization: Masters student, Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:38:08 -0500 
From: Tony Niderost <tn10+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Quattro Pro Win ?

Does ANYONE know how to do this simple sounding feat:

To a selected block, shade all cells containing ANYTHING (we're using
the number 1). 

In other words, for all cells in a block, if it contains a 1, shade it.
I know the SetProperty command, just have NO idea how to apply 
conditional shading to a block of cells.

I wish to thank anyone who could help me in advance with a big 
"Thank you for allowing me to finally sleep!"


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scott Brewster)
Subject: Re: Windows 4 workgroups not shipping
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:52:49 GMT

Interesting, I just bought WFWG at egghead on 12-nov-1992.  It was nice of
Microsoft to not recall ALL copies of WFWG in light of the "incompatibility".
So now, when I get ACCESS, I will need to hound MS about getting a fix for 
WFWG.  Great, just one more pre-brokem piece of software I have to deal with.

Scott
Scottb%nw8550@utrcgw.utc.com

Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed are my own.  They are not (and should not)
be connected in any way with anyone/anything else.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: anderson@dseg.ti.com (John Anderson)
Subject: QVT 3.03 Hardware Bufer Overflow
Organization: TI-DSEG Spring Creek
Reply-To: anderson@dseg.ti.com
Keywords: qvt
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:43:16 GMT

I am getting a lot of "hardware buffer overlow" messages appearing in the console window of qvt 3.03.  Anyone have an ida why?  Anyone know how to disable logging?

anderson@dseg.ti.com (John Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rjsmith@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil (Randy Smith)
Subject: Questions about PC-NFS and Windows Server Apps
Organization: U.S. Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC)
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:50:28 GMT


We are considering using PC-NFS as the protocol under which we will provide
file server services to a network of 100 PCs.  Our server is a Sun Sparc10.
Do most of the Windows-based applications that are available rely on hooks
into the NOS (i.e. Novell, Banyon, etc.) or just a file-based scheme?  Does
anyone have some "lessons learned" from the NFS approach?

--Randy--

-- 
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Randy J. Smith                           DoD #2022   '85 CB450SC
C.E.T.A. Corp                            rjsmith@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil

"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments
for going on believing as we already do."
				              -  James Harvey Robinson
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: charon@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Spaz)
Subject: Printer Driver KX-P4410
Originator: charon@zephyr.cair.du.edu
Organization: University of Denver
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 20:23:18 GMT

  Hello,
	Can anyone tell me where I can find a printer driver for the
Panasonic KX-P4410.  I've already called Panasonic, but they seem to be
extraordinarily slow with sending it out.

Thanks for any help,

Chuck
From: jcberger@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr (Jean-Claude Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Paradox
Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:37:14 +0100
Organization: INSA Informatique, Lyon, France
NNTP-Posting-Host: grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr

In article <1eectsINNsr5@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn) writes:
>
>No.  Paradox for Windows 1.0 is not yet shipping.  I'm not certain of the
>projected ship date, but its "soon".
>
Borland France says December 15 in the US, 15 to 30 days later 
in Europ. Note it is the first time BI gives a date.


 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Jean-Claude Berger, JCBerger Developpement Formation (Free Lance Consultant)
 (+33) 78.24.75.78     E-Mail : jcberger@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr - BIX, jcberger
From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Postscript viewer for Windows and DOS
Date: 21 Nov 1992 15:21:43 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: boogie.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Nov21.160145.90666@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
neiger@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Neiger) writes:

[info on where to find GSWIN deleted]

>The only problem is that it does not have any user interface yet.  That means
>that if you want it to go you must send it a command line
>eg. GS tiger.ps  (to display the file tiger.ps).
>
>If someone out there knows more about using GS please post.

I am not an expert in GhostScript.  The following is the entirety of
my knowledge of GhostScript.  I hope it will save someone else the
time I spent finding it out.

<begin brain dump>

GSWIN creates two windows for you: an interpreter window and an image
window (which starts out as an icon and pops up when the image has
been rendered).  If you start GSWIN without arguments (such as by
double-clicking on its ProgMan icon), you can load files to view by
typing commands at the interpreter's GS> prompt.  So, to load
tiger.ps, you would type:

	(tiger.ps) run

If the file is a multi-page document, you hit return in the interpreter
to go to the next page image. (There's no way to back up.)

Note that GhostScript uses C-like syntax, which interprets '\' as an
escape character.  To specify DOS pathnames, you have to use either
'/' or '\\'.  This is not necessary if you put the filename in the
command line.  If you have certain directories where you usually store
PS files, you can specify them in the GS_LIB environment variable, and
GS will search there automatically.

You can use the 'selectdevice' command to send output to another
device.  For instance, the following commands will print tiger.ps on a
color DeskJet, in color:

	(cdjcolor) selectdevice
	(tiger.ps) run

Oddly, the printer does not begin to print the image until you exit
GSWIN.  I have found it more convenient to set up a batch file and PIF
using GS for DOS to send PostScript to my printer.  BTW, you can find
out what devices your installation can drive by typing:

	devicenames ==

The only Usenet newsgroup concerning GhostScript is
gnu.ghostscript.bug.  It is mainly oriented towards bug reports rather
than user questions.  Still, if you've read all the documentation and
still can't figure something out, you might try there.

<end brain dump>

If anyone else has other tips on using GhostScript, and GSWIN in
particular, please post.

-- 
Don't take life so serious ... it ain't *no how* permanent. -- Porkypine. 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps