HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rbz@edsr.eds.com (Roger Zeisler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Oak Technology VGA driver for Windows 3.1
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:37:56 GMT
Reply-To: rbz@edsr.eds.com
Organization: Electronic Data Systems

cauwenb@esat.kuleuven.ac.be writes:

>In article <1993Jan13.202958.15922@ariel.ec.usf.edu>, inglin@chuma.ec.usf.edu. (David Inglin (GLY)) writes:
>> 
>> I am interested in obtaining a driver for an Oak Technology VGA card
>> I have been unable to get windows 3.1 to run on my machine and it seems
>> to be the video card since SETUP stalls when it tries to switch to
>> Windows to continue with the setup.  I have tried everything else that
>> I can think of and all of the rather meager suggestions in the manuals.

>I think the newest drivers are in the file 67_win31.zip (dated 920604,
>aprox. 400 K). You can find it on cica (drivers/video/) and on garbo.

I just ftped the 67_win31.zip file from cica.  I have an OAK VGA board
with 512k.  I was running either in 640x480x16 using the standard VGA
drivers that come with windows or 640x480x256 with my OAK VGA Win3.0
drivers that came with the original board.  My winmark on a 386/40
was .3M in 256 mode.  I installed the new drivers from cica and now 
my winmark is .7M and some other bugs (misplaced bits) have been cleared
up.  The 67_win31.zip file is ~450K with it's worth it!
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Bitmap Background Random Selector ?
From: f67709907@milori.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Date: 23 Jan 93 14:11:33 MST
Distribution: na,local
Organization: University of Arizona
Nntp-Posting-User: f67709907

In article <C163D2.9Kz@wilber.rich.nt.com>, zing@wilber.rich.nt.com (Leon Z. Lee) writes:
> However, is there a Windows Utility program which can randomly select
> a bitmap file from the Windows sub-directory everytime Windows is
> activated ?
> 
> If such a utility exists...are there are FTP sites where it can be located ?

cica has a good one in np20.zip (NewPaper), in the desktop directory.  This
does exactly what you want, sort of...it works sequentially instead of
randomly through your .bmps.

Alternatively, PC Magazine includes a utility in v12n03.zip called CHANGER,
which allows you to randomize your wallpaper .bmps, color schemes, patterns,
AND screen savers!  Check it out from your favorite pcmag directory...
-- 
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f67709907@ccit.arizona.edu      things." -- Dan's advice to Pres. Clinton

   Delightful Things
     A love unknown to others.
     To have solved a riddle.
     A real bargain at a shop.
     A letter from one's sweetheart.
     When something one has ordered turns out well.
	-- from _Inumakura_ (The Dog Pillow)
From: tsornas@dec5.ulb.ac.be (Thierry Sornasse)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for a painting program (probably a FAQ??)
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:32:34 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Free University Brussels  - Belgium -  Department of Molecular Biology

Hi networker,

I am not a specialist in the field of painting software for Windows but I remenber that there is a great
package dedicated to the edition of bitmap image. The commercial name of this package is PhotoStyler.
I guess you know already this stuff.

Good Work

Thierry Sornasse 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: pcjg7045@dcl-nxt34 (Pramod Charles John)
Subject: Postscript to FILE for w3.1 ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:06:47 GMT

Hi,
	Does anyone know if there is a postscript driver for w3.1 that allows
the output to go to a file instead of a printer?  Or better yet does anyone 
know of a way to send postscript output using the supplied driver to a file
instead of the printer?

Pramod John
From: v075pcah@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Dinesh K. Sukumaran)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: suggestions for client-server setup in DOS/Windows
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:45:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Hi,

We are in the process of upgrading and setting up
a computer lab for students. We already have 2 386s, 4 286s and
a 386DX. We want to spend the least amount of money, and use 
our current computer equipment also. Our lab should be able to
support computer intensive software like mathematica, hyperchem
etc.. So we thought of two alternatives:

1. get a 486/50 and keep these computer intensive software on
them. The down side is, only one person can work at a time.

Or

2. set up a Server-Client network: setup a 486/50 with a large
disk and printer as server, and use our current 386/286 
machines as clients. The idea is that all computations will be
done on the server, and the clients will merely serve as
front-ends. Also, the clients can be used independently for small
tasks. Is possible in the DOS/Windows  environment? I have been
told that unix machines can do this... But, is it possible
for DOS/WINDOWS set up too? 

If option 2 is possible, we would prefer that. Our assumption is
386/286 machines can be used as dumb terminals, hanging off the
486. The 486 will be responsible for computations, disk access,
video updates, printing etc...

I  would appreciate any advice/comment/suggestions on this. Also,
if option 2 above is possible, what do we need? Who will be the 
suggested vendors? Will one  copy on the server be able to serve
requests from multiple clients?

Once again please let me know of suggestions for this setup.

Thanks,

--Dinesh

   --------------------------------------------------------------
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   Dept. of Chemistry     Fax:   (716)-829-2960
   9 Acheson Hall         email: chedinsh@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu
   SUNY at Buffalo               dinesh@hohaha.chem.buffalo.edu
   Buffalo, NY 14214             v075pcah@ubvmsc.bitnet
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson)
Subject: Re: STACKER question
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 01:59:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.144409.10557@bnr.ca> panton@bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton) writes:
>
>I have a clone 386 with a standard setup, 3.5 and 5.25 HD floppies, a
>63 Meg RLL HD (C:), DOS 5.0, windows 3.0. I just installed Stacker yesterday
>and I've tried to change (actaully I deleted and now I'm trying to add) a
>permanent swap file. When I do I get a message saying there is not room
>enough on my D: drive. I've read the docs for Windows and Stacker and can't
>figure this one out. As I understand it, Stacker creates a real drive D:
>and turns C: into a logical drive. How can I get Windows to create the
>permanent swap file on C:? Does this have something to do with the SSWAP
>driver?
>The stacker version is 3.0

Did you leave the uncompressed space large enough?
You should have left at least 5MB uncompressed to leave room for the
Windows permanent swap file.  Then before the uncompressed area gets
fragmented go into Windows and create the swap file.
I haven't seen version 3, but earlier versions made a default 1MB
uncompressed area, just enough for the basic DOS boot files, stacker
software and a few emergency utilities for if you run into problems.
You can allocate more uncompressed area after installation.  Check the
docs, but I think it is SDEFRAG that allows it.

Version 3 may have fixed this, but previous versions wouldn't work 
with a _permanent_ swap file on the compressed drive.  
A temporary swap file works fine on either drive.

I'm using the terms uncompressed and compressed drive because C: and D:
become ambiguous when you are using SSWAP.

-- 
======== Boyd Johnson    nosc!spectra.com!johnson  San Diego, Ca. ========
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1740 & Smartdrv
Keywords: cache smartdrv adaptec SCSI buffering
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:37:30 GMT

In <C18BCp.A28@ibeam.intel.com> gweil@ibeam.intel.com (Garry Weil) writes:

>Does Smartdrv require double buffering when using the Adaptec
>1740 EISA SCSI disk controller?

Not if you use the ASPI device drivers (ASPIEDOS for Enhanced Mode
operation, ASPI4DOS for Standard Mode emulating an AHA=154X).  I have
an AH-1740 + Maxtor Panther at home, and it works fine without Double
Buffering. 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: mhatz@nyx.cs.du.edu (Macs Suck!)
Subject: Genius Mouse on COM2???
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:24:50 GMT

Looking for a way to set up a genius mouse on COM2 and/or need and ftp site
to get them.  I don't remember any switches or utils to do it.  Thanks.

Mike
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: anhho@lobby.ti.com
Subject: re: Vietnamese Fonts for Windows?
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:42:34 GMT


In article <1993Jan22.183554.6697@relay.nswc.navy.mil> chodges@nswc-wo.nswc.navy.mil (Christopher Hodges) writes:
>I'm looking for a source of Vietnamese language fonts (True-Type or ATM, 
>or something similar) to support the variety of word processors in MS
>Windows.  Help? 
>
>T.I.A.
>
>Chris

Check SIMTEL under directory 'VISCII'
From: uwp@cs.tu-berlin.de (Udo Wolter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Font editing under windows
Date: 22 Jan 1993 11:41:04 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: maelaren.cs.tu-berlin.de

Hi !
I'm looking for an utility to edit windows fonts (TrueType, ATM and "normal"
fonts). Some people told me, there is a package named MOREFONTS which can
do such things. But this is not a shareware program. Is there any shareware
(or even public domain ?) program which has the ability to create and edit
those windows fonts ?
Thanx for any help in advance,
                                Udo
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Why dos5? (Maybe not as ideotic as it sounds)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:57:15 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.

billbob@email.sp.paramax.com (Bill Roberts) writes:

>"Several tweaks were made to DOS 5 that provide slightly smoother operation for
>Windows 3.x, including the elimination of some obscure causes of Unrecoverable
>Application Error messages. This alone justifies the upgrade to DOS 5."

Here's a "tweak" for you:  MS-DOS 3.3 can only allow HD partitions that
are 32 Meg or less.  MS-DOS 5.0 allows HD partitions up to 2 Gig.  I
rest my case.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: avinogra@empire.cce.cornell.edu (Alex Vinogradov)
Subject: LARGE memory model in win 3.1
Organization: Cornell Cooperative Extension
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:25:44 GMT

Are there any disadvantages in using LARGE model if I know that my app is
not going to run under real mode (i.e. only uinder protected)?  I remember
reading somewhere (I think in Petzold's "Programming Windows 3.0") that
when one allocates memory in LARGE model, it becomes FIXED by default
and Windows can do nothing to move this memory around.  Is that true ?

-- 
---------------------------------------------------------
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Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:6428 comp.os.ms-windows.apps:7361
From: ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Microsoft Video files (*.AVI) uploaded
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:26:25 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

Bob Rusbasan (rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan20.080304.91015@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> hewitt@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
: >I have looked at these files.  They are indeed impressive.  However, they are
: >supposed to have sound and the impication in the README file is that this will
: >be heard, maybe at low quality, through the PC Speaker.  I hear absolutely
: >nothing.  Is there some adjustment I have to make - maybe through Control
: >Panel?
: 
: They will play through any sound device, including the speaker, provided
: you have a driver for that device.  Microsoft had some slight compatibility
: problems with the PC speaker driver, so at the last minute they dropped
: it from the Windows 3.1 release.  Since then, however, they have
: released it to the general public.  I know it is at cica, probably
: in the sound directory.

I don't get the sounds through on my speaker, with the driver installed.

: Don't expect too much, however.  From what I've seen, everything *stops*
: when sound plays through the PC speaker.  If you have a short beep or
: something it is not noticeable, but if you have something that plays
: for a few seconds your system, including the mouse pointer, will freeze
: until it is done playing.  Needless to say, I don't think this "feature"
: of the PC speaker will make it ideal for playing AVI files.  If you
: have a very fast PC, you might be able to hear something recognizable,
: but it won't blow you away or anything.

You can check the ""enable interrupts" box on the driver setup, which stops
this happening. However, this leads to loss in sound quality (not that you
get much quality through the PC speaker anyway). Doesn't help playing AVI
files with sound.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cygnus@cli.di.unipi.it (Giovanni Cignoni)
Subject: WinFight v. 0.5a
Keywords: games
Organization: Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Pisa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:20:38 GMT



----------------
WINFIGHT v. 0.5a
----------------

Available at ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/uploads as winfight.zip

WinFight lets you fight with a Bad Guy in a Old West style duel.
The game needs a wave capable sound card. It works with PC speaker
driver too, but with it you can't really enjoy the game. 


Play Instructions:

a. to engage a fight with the Bad Guy select 'Figth Now!' from 'Game' menu.
b. to win a fight with the Bad Guy SHOOT HIM!!
c. to shoot the Bad Guy click on him with LEFT mouse button (as usual).
d. to end a fight press the RIGHT mouse button (not so usual).

After training with the 'Fight Now!' game command you are ready
for 'Timed Fight'. Selecting this option causes random appearing
of the Bad Guy during your work.

A release version of the game is under development.


Please help us testing this pre-version of the game.
Send comments, suggestions and bug reports to:

on internet:        cygnus@di.unipi.it  or  cignoni@suncube.cnuce.cnr.it

by usual mail to:   Giovanni & Paolo Cignoni
                    Viale G. Amendola 39
                    57025 Piombino LI
                    ITALY

ciao!
           Giovanni & Paolo

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jliukkon@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Juha-Matti Liukkonen)
Subject: Re: Trident drivers for 3.1
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:59:38 GMT

A.M.Zanker@newcastle.ac.uk (A.M. Zanker) writes:

>I'm currently running Windows 3.1 on a 33Mhz 386SX with a 1MB Trident
>SVGA card. I'm using the Windows 3.1 drivers that came with the card (final
>release dated May 1992) but display handling seems slow compared with
>my friend's 25Mhz 386SX with ET4000.

>Is this just because the ET4000 is a faster chip than the Trident, or
>that the Et4000 drivers are better, or what? Which are generally regarded
>to be the best drivers for the Trident card?

Your drivers are the latest & fastest versions available (at least to my
knowledge). Trident simply is about 30-40% slower than an ET4000-based
VGA card in most operations.


-- 
               Juha Liukkonen, aka jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi
              University of Helsinki,  Dept. of  Lost Souls
           "Trust me, I know what I'm doing." - Sledge Hammer
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: servis@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian K Servis)
Subject: simple windows finance program????
Keywords: finance
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:44:55 GMT

Can someone recommend, if there is one, a simple finance manager for win3.1.
All I really want to do is keep track of bills and paycheck and the like.
Nothing real fancy for loans and stock, etc.  I have access to ftp so just
the name of a site and file name will do with maybe a quick blurb on the
program.  Thanks for all the advice. Just email to me. Lets not clog the
net with this one. Thanks.

Brian (servis@author.ecn.purdue.edu)
From: sfrischk@iiic.ethz.ch (Stephan Frischknecht)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WANTED: B-Tree Sources for MS C/C++ V7.0
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:52:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH


I'm looking for sources of B-Tree implementations. I'm using Windows 3.1 and
the MS C/C++ Compiler V7.0. Does anybody know where I can find them ?

Please answer to sfrischk@iiic.ethz.ch

Thanks. St.Frischknecht
From: pritchard@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: NI5210 drivers.. where??
Date: 21 Jan 93 15:12:41 EST
Organization: Queensland University of Technology


Can anyone out there tell me where I can get drivers for a Racal NI5210
for use with WFWg??

I think it is NI5210.DOS v3.65 (or above)



Thanx in advance

Dave.
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From: dshanks@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Shanks)
Subject: Re: Dots in Windows
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:52:28 GMT

In article <C17n8B.Czs@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> brett@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu (Brett Morrow) writes:
>The problem is that display get corrupted with usally black dots that start
>appering in random points in different windows on the screen.  If I then do
>anything more dots appear, if I move the windows a lot of dots appear.  
>
>If I completely turn the machine off and on this will sometimes fix it.
>
>I have following hardware:
>
>TSENG 4000 (Generic) VGA with 1 meg and HiColor chip set 
>   using the Turbo TSENG driver from cica.

I had a problem that sounds very similar to yours.  The solution was to
replace my video card (an Orchid ProDesigner IIs, also TSENG 4000
based).  The problem was that my power supply fan had failed and
something (probably the RAM chips) on the video card got cooked.  I
replaced the card since we had a spare in stock.  Had it been my home
machine I'd probably have replaced the video card's RAM first before
replacing the whole card.

Hope this helps.

	-Dave		dshanks@nyx.cs.du.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: PKZip2.04c - Possible serious problem
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:25:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.000103.22384@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dgj2y@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (David Glen Jacobowitz) writes:
>It comes with an Norton Anti-Virus. Today when I
>tried to use pkunzip it told me that the program has a strain of the
>"Maltese Amoeba" virus. 

This is one of a host of known problems with PKZIP 2.04c.  Unlike most
of them, this one isn't PKZIP's fault.  You have an old copy of NAV.
Get the current version and it will no longer (falsely) report a virus
in PKZIP.

For everyone:  There is a complete list of known PKZIP bugs posted in
comp.compression every few days.
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems                    brown@Ncoast.ORG
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
"Compared to my life, the last man on a chain gang is thoroughly
enjoying himself."                   __Holiday__ by Philip Barry
From: rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Norton Desktop: compat.exe
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:01:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


Someone mentioned that there is a file called "compat.exe" that will
fix many problems with Norton Desktop for Windows.  Since people
apparently have this file, is there any way they could upload it
to an FTP site so others can get it without making a long-distance
call?  Or is there a way to get this file cheaply?  Will Symantec
send it to you on a disk?


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Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:6699 comp.os.ms-windows.setup:2961
From: bhs@neuro.duke.edu (Brennan Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Modem under Windows...Help!!!
Keywords: windows modem internal
Date: 29 Jan 93 02:27:10 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa

Help!!!  I recently purchased a 2400bd internal modem and I can't get it to 
work.  I have it configured to COM2 (mouse is on com1).  The problem is
every time I try to dial my computer freezes and I have to reboot.  I have a
disk controller card that has a serial port labeled COM2, I think this could
be the conflict, but I don't know how to correct it.  (the board is VERY
generic, I have no idea who makes it)  Just in case, my configuration is as
follows:
	386/40 64k catche
	Diamond Stealth VRAM video card
	8 megs RAM
	DOS 5.0    
	Windows 3.1 (using Terminal to dial)
ANY help would be VERY appreciated.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: hwhalen@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Hugh Whalen)
Subject: How to get NDW patch
Organization: Faculty of Administration, University of New Brunswick
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:12:08 GMT

Well, I finally got the patch for Norton Desktop for Windows.

The files can be downloaded by anonymous ftp at: 

   wuarchive.wustl.edu

They are in directory

   /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/windows

The files are

   compat.exe
   compat.txt

Thanks to those who sent me the information.


Hugh Whalen                     | Where all men think alike, no one
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