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From: Bob Zigon <bobz@truevision.com>
Subject: Need more disk throughput under Win 3.1
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:41:09 GMT
Organization: Truevision, Inc


Q : I have run some tests that show I can get about 2mb/sec out of
       my hard disk controller on my EISA machine under DOS. I have
       written a simple Windows 3.1 app that is showing that I can't
       get anymore than 350kb/sec on the same machine. What can I
       do to improve the through put under Windows. Please get 
       creative. I would like to come as close to 2mb/sec as possible?


Bob Zigon
bobz@truevision.com
From: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: HELP!!!!!  TAPE!!!!  BACK
Date: 28 Dec 92 06:09:00 GMT
Reply-To: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

IR>Anybody know a
IR>tape-oriented backup program for windows that doesn't suck?

I'm real pleased with CP's WinBackup program, which I use with 
a Colo Mem Sys Jumbo 250 to weekly ackup my entire 210Meg WD 
HD.  This is not a joke, there really are people who back up 
their personal machines on a regular basis.  Now if I could 
only convince the users at work to do the same with their 
workstations<G>.  Seriously, it works very well, in the b/g, 
while I edit files, or just play solitaire.  Yes, there is a 
slowdown on the f/g application, but it's not the end of the 
world.
Hope this helps.


--- WinQwk 2.0 a#0
                   
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From: diamond@vulcan1.edsg.hac.com (Warren R. Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: STAR TREK: After Dark screen saver EATS IT!!
Date: 22 Dec 92 00:08:54 GMT
Reply-To: diamond@vulcan1.edsg.hac.com
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., EOS, El Segundo, CA


Recently I purchased the Star Trek After Dark screen saver.  After installing
it over the weekend on a Gateway 486 dx2 with ATI graphics ultra video.  Some
mysterious things began happening, including 
1) corrupted dialing directory in Procomm plus/windows
2) MS-windows Notepad would no longer print complaining about lack of memory

I went over to the CompuServe Berkeley forum, and many people were flaming
on the screen saver.  Apparently the ST saver has known memory leaks, it
eats memory particularly with the randomizer, multimodule, planetside,
and final mission modules.  This 1.0 release seems to have confirmed
all my worst fears about buying 1.0 releases.  Needless to say, I uninstalled
it from the machine using their supplied uninstall program(looks like they
expected people to need it).

Has anyone else had some memory unavailable problems, mysterious crashes,
while using After Dark?

Warren R. Diamond
diamond@vulcan1.edsg.hac.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: QPro for Win: A Mega Resource Hog? - BUGS?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:43:22 GMT

pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:


>I just got off the phone with Borland where the engineer agreed with
>me, QPro is a real resource hog. He was fairly unabashed about that so
>I pointed out that I thought that it wasn't necessarily a desirable
>feature. He agreed and said that the problem can become acute if you
>do much with graphics in QPro or other Windows programs when QPro is
>running. He asked for my telephone number and said that Borland was
>aware of the problem and might have some solution in the next "little
>while".

>Nice program but I'm not impressed with its appetite for resources.

>Paul

Has anyone come across major/minor bugs with this program?

Also, how does this resources hogging affect Windows?
Is it just an asthetic thing that apps should not
hogg resources.

Sorry if this has been asked before but whenever
a DOS app gets ported to Windows, there is a worry
about how much is has been maimed by the experience.


Thanks in advance,  Lachlan.

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  Division of Mineral Products           /      \ tel +61 3 647 0367
  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ fax +61 3 646 3223
  AUSTRALIA                                    v 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ronerwin@carson.u.washington.edu (Ron Erwin)
Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Plus
Summary: Video Memory, ATI information 
Keywords: Video memory, ATI
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:57:55 GMT

Michael Bishop  asked if the ATI Graphics Ultra Plus with 2 MB will support
1280x1024 with 256 colors.  My calculation follows:


Colors:   256 colors is 2 to the 8th  power so each pixel requires 1 byte.

Resolution:  1280 x 1024 = 1.31 million pixels

Conclusion:  256 colors at 1280x1024 resolution requires 1.31 megabytes
video memory.

Now would someone kindly explain to me why my ATI Ultra Pro Vesa local
bus card with 1 meg Vram will not support 1280x1024 with 16 colors?

Our new Deskjet 500 printer prints poorly with the ATI Ultra Pro video
card.  How does the video card and driver relate to the printer?  We are
supposed to get a new driver in the next few weeks.

ATI Information:

The Video Driver Windows interface displays the different options:
resolution, colors, and you select what you want.  Windows is then
restarted and it either comes up or tells you "insufficient video
memory".  Then you have to edit the win.ini file in DOS and lower the
resolution and start windows.  I developed a bat file to speed this
up and support my (   ) memory. It would be nice if the video driver could
check your selections against the available memory before ending windows.

Does anyone have an 800 number, email or mail address for ATI's Graphics
Cards Division?


Thanks!!   Ron Erwin
From: pact_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Blade)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Procomm 1.00 update?
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:58:04 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York


My mistake, the patch is located in the pub/pc/win3/misc directory.  It is
still called maint1.exe, however.  Sorry about that.	---Pete
-- 
Pete Schott                    pact_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

I don't have to have a 4.0 GPA to succeed in life because I'm good enough,
I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: cdj@iti.org (Chris D. Jennings)
Subject: W4W to Word for Mac - Help!
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:14:01 GMT


I am not currently a Word user or a Windows user.  I am beginning to
work with some people who use Macs (running Word) exclusively, and I
want to be able to give them disks that they can read without losing
all the text formatting.  Someone told me that this is possible by
saving a file to disk from W4W and then simply opening the file in
Word for the Mac.  Can anyone tell me whether this is true, and if
not, what is the easiest way to get a file from a PC into Word for
the Mac without losing much text formatting?

Thanks in advance,
- Chris (cdj@hela.iti.org)

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
From: bhs@neuro.duke.edu (Brennan Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: MS-W4W 2.0
Keywords: word scrolling
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:15:08 GMT


  Forgive me if this is a FAQ.  Does anyone know how to slow down scrolling in
Word for Windows?  Whenever I try to scroll down it zips by at mach 2.  Any 
advise for a novice?
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner)
Subject: better terminal font for Procomm/Win
Organization: York University
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 01:35:49 GMT

I like Procomm Plus for Windows very much, but the terminal fonts and
sizes it supplies frankly suck: on my 1024x768 display, each is either
much too small or much too big, and it is next to impossible to discern
commas from periods because the comma's tail is so thin,

Procomm/Win will let me use any monospace font (ANSI charset is required
too, I think), but I don't have anything suitable.  Courier looks awful,
Lucida Sans Typewriter is too thin, and a Procomm/Win bug makes Terminal
display at half size.

Can anyone suggest a font that works well in Procomm/Win on a 1024x768
display?

Thanks.
-- 
Richard Reiner..............rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca..............416-538-3947
From: ez003045@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (James E. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Margin on second page in Word for Windows
Date: 24 Dec 92 17:56:51 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


 Well, I tried to post here yesterday, but it didn't work...  Anyway, go to the  Page Setup dialog and select "Apply To" and click on "This point forward".
(If you are using ver 2.0).
From: mccashin@unixg.ubc.ca (Brian McCashin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Kermit server under Windows?
Keywords: Kermit server
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:32:16 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In <tsw.724660135@teal> tsw@teal.csn.org (Tom Wisdom) writes:

>Is there any comm package available that will run as a Kermit server
>under Windows?  When I try to run Columbia's MSDOS version of Kermit
>in a Dos window it terminates after a few packets.

There is a new upload to ftp.cica.indiana.edu called something like 
winker75.zip in the pub/pc/win3/uploads directory. Text follows from readme

This is a fairly complete implementation of the KERMIT
communications protocol for Microsoft Windows.  It includes
most extensions to the protocol as well (Long Packets,
Windowing, Server Mode, Attribute Packets, and Enhanced
Error Checking).
-- 
 Brian McCashin                            Internet: mccashin@unixg.ubc.ca
 Senior Programmer/Analyst                 Phone: 604-822-5502
 Centre For Health Services and Policy Research
 University of British Columbia, Vancouver CANADA
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: tlinn@uwovax.uwo.ca
Subject: MS Word upgrade worth it?
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 23:54:43 GMT

Has anyone upgraded their Microsoft Word for Windows from ver. 1.0 to
ver. 2.0?  Was the upgrade worth the money?  I'm thinking of doing this
but am concerned that new qualities (ie. performance, bug fixes, etc.)
might not be worth the $150 upgrade price.  Any comments would be
appreciated.

Thanx in advance!


Keith

--
Keith L. Steward                          Voice: 519 679-2111 ext. 6618
Dept. Microbiology & Immunology             Fax: 519 661-3499
Dental Sciences Bldg.                  Internet: STEWARDK@UWO.CA
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
From: altevogt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: <None>
Date: 2 Jan 93 21:13:49 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <fgd3.03d9@nifty.UUCP>, fgd3@nifty.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe, III) writes:
> In article <1hqs7oINNkfh@shelley.u.washington.edu> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu writes:
>>Let me add that I think the printer drivers Microsoft includes with
>>it's products SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! They treat almost *every* printer like
>>it's a draft printer. For example, BJ10ex printers support an italic
> 
>    I haven't encountered any problems with the driver for the HP DeskJet
> PLUS.
> 
	YOu're just not trying.  I have an HP Deskjet Plus with a
Times Roman R cartridge (allegedly supported by Microsoft) and it
fails to properly justify text using this cartridge when I bold any
portion of the text in a line under any app using the Winodws printer
driver.  No, our friend from Washington is EXACTLY correct when he
talks about Microsoft's inferior printer drivers.  Not only are they
of poor quality, but compared to the ones that come with Word Perfect,
they are EXTREMELY limited in the printers that they support.  As
someone else mentioned, Microsoft simply doesn't seem to care about
customer support, and its company philosophy seems to be one of (an
undeserved) arrogance.  And no, this problem has existed for too long
for there to be any possibility that Microsoft listens.

John D. Altevogt                                  Altevogt@UKANVM
Department of Sociology               Altevogt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
University of Kansas                        (913) 542-2096 (home)
Lawrence, KS 66045                           (913) 864-4111 (off)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2
From: jas6525@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.A. Shue)
Subject: Logitech mouse driver problem with Windows
Followup-To: jas6525@ultb.isc.rit.edu 
Originator: jas6525@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: USA
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:37:30 GMT

I am having trouble with my Logitech mouse driver v6.00.

When I try exiting from Windows v3.1, the dos prompt never comes back.
If I try to start windows without the mouse driver installed, windows
never starts.

I have an IBM PS/2 Mod 70 and the mouse is connected to the PS/2 mouse
port.

Any suggestions would be appteciated.  I will post a summary, if
requested.

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|        copulate to create       | | R   R      I       T   | |
|     a state of sexual light     | | RRRR   *   I   *   T   | |
|      kissing her virginity      | | R R    *   I   *   T   | |
|           my affinity           | | R  R       I       T   | |
|      i mingle with the gods     | | R   R     III      T   | |
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+--------------------------------=+=---------------------------+
From: cmenzel@kbssun1.tamu.edu (Chris Menzel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Donating software to, e.g., Soviet Union
Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:00:02 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: kbssun1.tamu.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

I recall a campaign to collect software, computer books, etc. to send
to countries where such items are in short supply.  I came into a
complete copy of an older version of the MS assembler that I have no
use for, and this seems like an appropriate thing to do with it.  Any
info appreciated.

Chris Menzel
Philosophy Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77840
(409) 845-876
From: greenie@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Latest version of QVTnet?  Where or who?
Date: 30 Dec 92 13:22:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: drycas.1992Dec30.182214.2811
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

Say!  Anybody out there know where I can send away and register for the
latest version of QVTnet 3.xx?  I've got 2.85 now and I'd like to register
and get the latest version - or is it available for FTP somewhere?

Andy
From: dahari@bimacs.BITNET (Dahari A. Shmuel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Problems in the Equation Editor of Word for Windows
Keywords: Equation Editor, Word for Windows, Template, Fences
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:27:30 GMT
Organization: Math & CS, BarIlan U, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Whenever I am trying to use the braces or the parentheses
from the Fence Template in the Equation Editor of Word for Windows
I get strange results. Of course the Eq. Editor announcs that the fonts
MTExtra and Fences are not in the printer, but since I use a Postcript
printer this is somewhat strange. I tried to install some types of
postscript printer drivers: qms, ln03R, laser iintx, etc. All gave the same
results.
I found this while repeating an example in the tutorial part of the manual..
In the documentation there is an unclear passage concerning the case when
some fonts are missing: reinstall the editor and assigning MT Symbol to some
fonts. How this can be done?
Another possibility is: The date of the w4win and its equation editor is
October 1991. I use Win 3.1. Is there a newer release of w4win or are there
some patches to its equation editor? (I purchase my w4win this month...)

Can someone help me via email?
(Please don't advise me to call on Microsoft. I try to talk with their local
agent in my country in the previous three days but for vein)

Thanks
A. Shmuel Dahari   (email:   dahari@bimacs.cs.biu.il)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: miyoshi@psych.toronto.edu (Hiroto Miyoshi)
Subject: Need help for tape backup by NDW 2.0
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 05:19:45 GMT

Could anyone kindly tell how to use Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0
to backup my hard disc drive on tape ?

The manual of NDW 2.0 says "The Dos path option lets you back up 
to any kind of storage device that uses a dos path such as network
drives ...... You also can back up to a tape drive if it can be
configured as a dos device."

And I am using COLORADO jumbo 120Mb tape backup system.
So, how can I use Norton backup for my tape system ?
Or, can I not ?

I would appreciate any suggestions.

	Thank you.

						Hiroto
					miyoshi@psych.toronto.edu
From: k21184@kyyppari.hkkk.fi (Juho Koivunen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WFW header problem
Keywords: wfw
Date: 3 Jan 93 20:20:23 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

I have a problem creating a header in a long text I'm working on. I'm
trying to show the name of the current chapter in the header, so that
the header would look something like this:

Text in header	Page
----------------------
Preface		- 1 -
This&that	- 10 -
That&this	- 31 -
Conclusions	- 99 -

The page number is easy, of course, but which fields should I use to
make it work? Bookmarks and cross-linking? I will be very grateful in
advance if someone can solve my problem.


--

	*****************************
	* Valtteri Koivunen	    *
	* k21184@kyyppari.hkkk.fi   *
From: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu ( )
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Scientific graphic for Windows ?
Date: 31 Dec 1992 23:20:15 GMT
Organization: Department of EECE, Marquette University
Reply-To: 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <1992Dec30.140257.7379@dmp.csiro.au>, lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
	.... deletion....
>
>Lachlan.
>-- 
>  Lachlan Cranswick  -  CSIRO             _--_|\  lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
>  Division of Mineral Products           /      \ tel +61 3 647 0367
>  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ fax +61 3 646 3223
>  AUSTRALIA                                    v 
-------------------------------------------------------------

	I have a question on sigma plot for dos. I have set the axis 
	label to scientific notation format. What it does, it puts 
	three digit exponents, i.e., for example, 2.3e+007. I couldn't
	find a way to make it a two digit exponent like 2.3e+07. Can
	somebody show me how to do it.

	Thank you.

	-Anis.
From: cids05@vaxa.strath.ac.uk (Dr Stephen K Tagg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: What does W4W 2.0 convert best?
Date: 22 Dec 92 12:44:04 GMT
Organization: Univ of Strathclyde, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

In article <1992Dec20.230007.45823@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, 
god@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> I'm trying to figure out what word processor formats Word4W 2.0
> converts best.  Write?  Word Perfect doesn't seem to work too well,
> And they didn't even include a converter for their own Works program
> (which is rather cute for a Microsoft app).
Works is such a cute Microsoft application - I agree!!!
All you need to do is to phone your microsoft helpline and they will
send you...
I got loads of extra conversions and
loads of language translations.
(nb the trouble with last one is that our french correspondent's email
didn't maintain extended ASCII for accented vowels and the spelling checker,
although good, didn't perform very well at reconstructing them!)
-- 
Dr Stephen K Tagg                   Bsc in Psychology, PhD in Architecture
Lecturer, Department of Marketing   IT & Stats for Marketing, Consumer Research
Univ of Strathclyde, GLASGOW        Mental Maps, Multidimensional Scaling, CSCW
G4 0RQ, SCOTLAND Tel 041-552-4400x2409 Fax 552 2802 Email s.k.tagg@uk.ac.strath
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: sle@world.std.com (steve l edwards)
Subject: DEC VAX/VMS RMS & MS Access
Keywords: DEC VAX VMS RMS MS ACCESS
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: all
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:49:12 GMT

I need to access DEC VAX/VMS RMS files in MS Access. I already have
written code that allows my PC C programs full FAB/RAB/XAB access to the
files on the VAX. I'm assuming that I will need to write some support code
and package the whole thing up as a DLL (along the same lines as the
Paradox and Btrieve DLL's).
 
Anybody know where I can get the information needed to perform such a feat
of magic?
From: Don.Bueltmann@f119.n8012.z86.toadnet.org (Don Bueltmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: envelop printing in w
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 23:32:00 cdt
Organization: FidoNet node 86:8012/119 - Millennium, O'Fallon MO



 RCS> Well, like so many of you, I am now trying to get Word For Windows to
 RCS> printout an envelop on my DeskJet Plus.  I feed the envelop into the
 RCS> printer, click the "envelop" icon on the tool bar, click the "print"
 RCS> button.  An information dialogue box appears and says something about
 RCS> printing to my deskjet and then disappears quickly before I can even
 RCS> read all the text; but nothing shows up on my printer.

 RCS> What is the secret that I don't know yet?

 RCS> Thanks in advance,
 RCS> Craig Stevenson         <==== my signature
Craig not sure if this is the answer but you might check. I have found that in
some cases if you activate Print Manager (open it) it is sitting there with a
dialog box asking you if your envelope is loaded. All you have to do is click
the OK Box if this is the case. I have run into this with WFW.
Don Bueltmann



... Please remember to feed the Gremlin in your computer.
    Blue Wave/QWK v2.10


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