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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:25:00 EST
From:         Vince Scarafino <Scarafino@MULTICS-A.PMS.FORD.COM>
Subject:      Re: No Windows NT for us...

 >Date:  23 November 1992 06:12 est
 >From:  Joern-Morten Innselset <VEI92001%NOBIVM.BITNET at PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU>
 >Subject:  Re: No Windows NT for us...

 >On Sun, 22 Nov 1992 16:26:00 EST Vince Scarafino said:
 >> >Date:  19 November 1992 11:18 est
 >> >From:  Joern-Morten Innselset <VEI92001%NOBIVM.BITNET at
 PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU>
 >> >Subject:  Re: No Windows NT for us...
 >>
 >> >On Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:24:51 PST Vance M. Gloster said:
 >> >>..............  I also feel that it is valid for people who do not
 >> >>have access to a product to ASK about the experience of others, but
 >> >>not for them to spread unfounded rumors.
 >> >>
 >> >
 >> > Pardon me for not following your train of thought, but exactly what
 >> >'rumors' are you referring to?
 >> >
 >> >  Morten Innselset
 >>
 >>Gee, I can think of a number of inaccurate rumors that have appeared in
 >>this list.  Most of them have been cleared up, though.
 >>
 >>Vince
 >
 >I feel quite responsible for starting the whole discussion by releasing the
 >'rumor' about NT not being suited for Intel-systems. As my fellow netter
 >Espen Haakonsen pointed out is was not quite an 'unfounded' rumor, actually
 >it was based on an article covering a press conference held by a Microsoft
 >executive. As I correctly do NOT have had the chance to try the system out
 >myself, I don't feel particularly hit by any of your feeble attempts of
 >flaming me, but I'm a little put off by people flaming me for spreading
 >information not fitting their personal expectations (I kind of looked
 >forward to running the 32-bit system on my 486 myself|)
 >No hard feelings though, flaming makes the list livelier|
 >
 >Morten Innselset, Norwegian School of Management.
 >
 >'Why not kill a whale? Because it is so much more intelligent and sensible
 >than the average American|'

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Is *that* why Japan still hunts whales????

It's no big deal.  If I were to respond to every note I *knew* was
innaccurate, it would be a great waste of both mine and the network's
resources.  I commented because the wording of the message implied, to
me, that rumors were rare on the net.  It was not meant to be a personal
attack on anyone for any particular rumor.  Believe me, if it were an
intended attack, it wouldn't have been feeble.

Vince
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:52:27 MET
From:         "(Verheulpen W.)" <waverheu@VUB.AC.BE>
Subject: Re: winqvt 3.0
              92 4

In a posting Bob Kane writes :
>
>
> Willy,
>
> We have a copy of the 2.85 release of the QVTNet NFS version.  It is not being
> distributed as shareware.  You need to contact QPC Software and order a copy
> for $40 to get it.  It seems to work fairly well, but it is slower than the
> regular version.  It will only work with PC-NFS 4.0.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Bob Kane                   Internet: bob@worms-emh2.army.mil (IP 134.235.9.2)
> TechDyn Systems               Voice: (049) 6241-487306   (WORMS, GERMANY)
> CMR 421, BOX 706                Fax: (049) 6241-49560
> APO AE 09056                    CIS: 71054,2661
>
>
Thanks Bob for the info. can you tell in what it is different from the
shareware version ? I can't see the use of it really.
I'm running PC NFS 4.0a over it's pktd40a.sys together with qvtnet &
Graham Robinsons pktmux and this gives a good balance having pc nfs
on one side & qvtnet on the other + a possibility to run any packet
driver app under windows. So this porting stuff makes not much sense
to me.

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From:         "(David S. Dudley Jr.)" <dudleyd@HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ATM FOnts and Windows
              18, 92 9:22 am

Does anyone know of a Shareware program to convert these adobe fonts?

Is it on cica?


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From: 2760carpente@vms.csd.mu.edu (METALLICA)
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Subject: HELP.. Need to display 256 colors
Date: 20 Nov 1992 05:33:20 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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Hi..  I am hoping that somebody out there can help me.

I have a 486/33 with 4MB of RAM. I have a Trident 8030 1024K TVGA with 
1MB of VRAM.  All my DOS programs display 256 colors, but when I use Windows
based programs, it only displays 16 colors.   I reinstalled Windows, but it
still displays 16 colors only.  I chose VGA (1024k--1MB) through SETUP, but the
machine hung.  I re-booted and the machine just hung again.  So I went back to
setup and reinstalled my old vanilla VGA and win worked.  Now this is bothering 
me as I had a decent (nothing special) video card, but Windows won't let me. 
Can anybody help.  You can either post the solution, but I would prefer e-mail.
Thank you in advance.  How's WIN-NT????  Can one of the beta testers possibly
upload WIN to an anonymous ftp site..  Just curious as I would like to play
too.  Thank you

Vin
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From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Re: Compuserve
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:14:43 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

In <WIN3-L%92112222552768@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU> George Keith
<ST202064@BROWNVM.BITNET> writes:

>On this topic, is there any way to access Compuserve from Internet?

You can send mail quite easily, but actually taking advantage of Compu$erve
facilities is harder.  To send mail to a Compu$erve user, say "70324,227",
send mail to "70324.227@CompuServe.Com".  Basically, convert the comma to
a period and add "@CompuServe.Com".

In terms of gaining access to Compu$erve's system via Internet, in the past,
someone reported that there was an Internet access, but that it cost an
additional $50 per hour.  And clearly, you have to have a Compu$erve account
to do this, anyway.  Since 800 access costs an additional $8.70 per hour
($34.70 in Canada), that's probably more cost efficient if you don't have a
local access number.  And given that speed is such a consideration in billing
once you're out of Basic Services (300 bps = $6.30/hour, 1200-2400 bps =
$12.80/hour, and 9600 bps = $22.80/hour), the high speed offered by Internet
access may well be prohibitive once in Extended Services.

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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:46:00 EST
From:         5979A8@GMUVAX.BITNET
Subject:      Windows Menus

I have a question for all of you...
One thing I wish Microsoft would do is make their pull-down menus like the
ones Atari has. Instead of having to click on the menu bar for the menu to
come down, with the Ataris you simply have to get the mouse cursor in the
general direction of the menu bar title and it will come down. Also, wherever
your mouse pointer is in the menu, that command will be highlighted. This makes
it much easier to go through the menus quickly when you are looking for a
certain command.
Now here is my question: Sometimes this function actually works on my Windows!
Sometimes I click on the menu bar and what I just explained happens. The menus
just come down automatically wherever my pointer is. As soon as I click on a
command or somewhere else that "automatic menu" function is gone. Does anyone
have any ideas? Is there a way to have this function all the time?

Bernd Ahle
George Mason University
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From: loescher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stephan Loescher)
Subject: Coprocessor used by Win ?
Originator: loescher@hphalle1b.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:54:20 GMT


Hi!

My question: Does Windows use a coprocessor or is it always emulated by the
win87em* file?

Thanks for answers!

S.L.
From: ah238@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU ((Joseph Zupko))
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Subject: Norton Desktop
Date: 17 Nov 92 21:22:55 GMT
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I like to use a different icon to represent my saved documents
in a subfolder. But it changes to the standard wp51 icon. Is
there a way to make this pernament when I drag over file from
the file manager to my subtotal.
?

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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:48:34 ARG
From:         Hernan Martinez Foffani <hernan@LARGO.MREC.AR>
Subject:      Comm() on parallel devices
              Nov 16, 92 11:48 am

Hi!

We are programming an application which writes directly to the LPT1: port.
We use the "*Comm*()" family routines. But we have problems with them.
Every now and then the printer outputs garbage. It is almost likely
that we are overrunning the printer's buffer.
The Reference Guide says that these API functions don't buffer parallel
devices. Now, I am confused, how it is supposed to check the "readyness"
of the printer? The Print Manager, what does it use? I thought that
the PM used the "*Comm*()" interface...
I will appreciate any help you can give.

Regards,
    Hernan.

PS: But please, don't suggest "Use the Print Manager ! " :-)
    I _do_ want to bypass it!


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From: NBRINDLE@INDYCMS.BITNET (NATHAN BRINDLE)
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Subject: Re: .ZIP files on WUARCHIVE
Date: 19 Nov 92 00:21:44 GMT
Organization: IUPUI Student Activities Office (317) 274-3931
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Are you sure you ftp'd them as BINARY files?  Are you sure you got them
off any middleman system (such as the CMS system I use) by downloading them
as BINARY files?  Back when I wasn't sure about how to use the mainframe,
I used to Kermit files out of CMS that I had ftp'd from CICA that ended
up <looking> ok but actually had nothing in them.  That was because I either
ftp'd them in text (ascii) mode or because the %^#%! Kermit settings to
download binary are beyond me.  I usually just go to a TCP/IP terminal and
ftp the files out of my CMS account onto a floppy--well, it <is> faster
that way!  :)

If you ftp or download those puppies as text files, it strips the 8th bit
and you end up with a file full of junk which PKUNZIP, no matter what version,
won't be able to deal with.

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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:25:15 -0500
From:         viekman@MCIS.MESSIAH.EDU
Subject:      16 color 800x600 Stealth

I recently got a Diamond Stealth VRAM Graphics Card and want
to run windows 3.1 with 16 Colors rather than 256 in 800x600
SVGA Resolution.  The only 800x600 driver that came with the card
is for 256 colors and I want to go down to 16 for faster
performance.

Can anyone help me with this...It would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:59:00 EST
From:         "STEVEN M. TENHOOR" <88199@TAYLORU.BITNET>
Subject:      Visual Basic/Fixed and non-fixed fonts

Question:

 I am currently writing a program in visual basic to display the structure
 of an organic chemical structure.  Example:

            H  H  H  H
            |  |  |  |
          H-C--C--C--C-H

 Unfortunatly I load these in from a text file (as is...) and the only
 font I have found that can do this is 8514fix.  Any ideas?
 What I really could use is a way to produce the fixed font effect w/o
 a lot of headache.

 Please reply to: 88199@TaylorU.Bitnet

 Thanks-
 Steven M. TenHoor
 'Electric Monk'
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:36:10 -0500
From:         Louis Jezsik <jezsik@PX4.STFX.CA>
Subject:      MS Access database

STOP THE PRESSES!
I just got some mail from MicroSoft.  They have released MS Access for
$130 (Can., $100 US).  It has Wizards (very helpful in Excel and Money)
and can handle graphics (including video).  I am growing very old waiting
for Borland to get off its bloated duff and come up with a windows
version of Paradox, I think I'll take them up on the offer.  Anyone
out there know more information?
Louis
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From: IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject: Windows 32?
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:25:45 GMT

Hi All!
    A quick question about windows 3.2. I was in the bookstore today and saw a
book set that was titled as a programmers guide to windows 32 (pre-release). Is
this the consumer level version of windowsNT that is due to be released? (I
assume that since they were referring to the primary revision in 3.2 being 32
bit dataprocessing, it must be windowsNT) Is that what this is? Or is win32
something different? Also, when is the regular release due? Thanks!
 
                                          Forrest
 
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From: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Paul R. Falzer)
Subject: Re: ATM FOnts and Windows
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:09:44 GMT

Here's (or are) my two cents' worth on ATM 2.5.  I received the upgrade a
couple of days ago.  

Based only on limited use (no formal tests or extensive use), I believe that
2.5 is a significant upgrade, for two reasons: the speed now approximates
Truetype and the screen display is much improved.

  Paul R. Falzer
    Internet: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:20:07 IST
From:         Bryon Gomberg <GDAV100@BGUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Inverted colors in DOS apps

I have had the same problems the inverted colors in DOS apps, but I find
that this happens when I change from a windowed DOS app (PIF setting)
to a full screen app. The problem is that besides that I have not
been able to pinpoint the problem as it seems erratic and only happens
when you aren't looking.
As for running Kermit under Windows I have been using MS-Kermit v3.10
for over 2 years now under Windows 3.0 and 3.1 with no problems
(except for CPU hangups when I connect once every few months)
so how about I send you my kermit PIF?
Cheers, Bryon.

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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:24:44 EDT
From:         EARLEJD@MOREKYPR.BITNET
Subject:      Diamond BBS...

Hello,
I need the number for the Diamond BBS. Any help will be appreciated.

John David Earley
EARLEJD@MOREKYPR.BITNET
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:12:04 +0100
From:         "Leo F. Rog" <rog@DUTIOSA.TWI.TUDELFT.NL>
Subject:      DOS-box problem

I have the following problem with MS-Windows 3.1:
When I try to open a DOS-box (with the default PIF-settings) Windows
returns the following error: unexpected DOS-error 11. The DOS-box isn't opened.
This also happens when I click on command.com with the File Manager.
When I am not using MS-Windows there aren't any problems with command.com:
opening dos-shells works fine.


Leo Rog
Technical University Delft
Faculty of Mathematics
Mekelweg 4
2628 CD  Delft
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 15 782506
Fax: +31 15 787255
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:33:59 -0500
From:         JDBER@CONNCOLL.BITNET
Subject: Re: Coprocessor used by Win ?

I believe that Windows itself does not make use of a co-proc. However,
individual programs may do whatever they please. (ie a Windows CAD
program may implement a co-proc if it is there, otherwise it just uses
normal math processing). The 80387 emulators (the one I have is run
from DOS) just plays with the systems mind to make the computer THINK
that a co-proc is present, converts the co-proc data into regular math
proc data, solves the formulas, etc, and sends it back to the program.
This is used when a program REQUIRES a co-proc, and the system does not
have one.

To sum up this mighty confusing message, Co-processors are used by
individual programs that use them. The emulators are there if you don't
have a co-proc, but have a program that requires one.


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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:09:42 MET
From:         "(Verheulpen W.)" <waverheu@VUB.AC.BE>
Subject:      winqvt/net & nntp posting

I wonder if anyone can help me out here.
We have been allowed to post to the nntp news. This may
surprise you but on a large uni campus that's not obvious.
The problem is that I get stuck with qvtnet every time that
I try to post a messsage or to follow up.
I'm getting 'error 441' all the time.
Any Ideas about that ?
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From: swesterback@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi (Sten Westerback, Nokia Telecommunications, FINLAND)
Subject: Re: Windows NT & Hard disk compression
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:01:59 GMT

In article <1689F84E3.IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>, IRHANV00@UKCC.UKY.EDU writes:
> To any windows NT users out there,
>     I was thinking of lookininto the version of NT that is yet to be released
> for home personal use, but this one big quetion occurred to me. I assume that
> you can't use stacker, or other DOS based hard drive compression utilities, so
> does anyone know if there is an NT based hard drive compression program? I
> certainly don't have room for the program in uncompressed form.

As far as i know NT has an own file system (NTFS?) that i hope is much 
better than FAT or even HPFS. So i hope that any such program won't be 
needed. 

Does NT access the hardware directly or is it using BIOS? Can you upgrade
to NT by adding a new harddisk and then use the old DOS+stacker disk from
NT? Or do you have to reformat the drive?

Sten
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