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From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,mtl.general
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Date: 15 Aug 92 15:48:52 GMT
Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada

>>AND WHAT?!  Bill Gates is the richest executive out there.  Life can be so
>>ironic.
What is more ironic is that he is as old as me and I don't even have a 
million!


Is is possible to remove mtl.general from the newsgroup line in the
follow-ups?  I doubt this problem is that local! 
And is socs.misc existing anyway?

On another hand, I don't see the Windows groups ;-) for this WIndows related
program!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
Subject: Re: PC Speaker
Organization: Psych Department, Indiana University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:08:12 GMT

nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
>jbharvey@nyx.cs.du.edu (Justin  Harvey) writes:
>>Could someone please tell me where to get a driver or TSR that
>>will completely silence a PC Speaker?  I have used a program named
>>Silence but it only makes the sound stacato.  This is for a
>>regular Wang PC running MS-DOS 5.0

>No kidding but the best way is a scizzor. There is no easy software way
>the speaker can be silenced. This is because mostly the hardware is
>controlled directly.

    Yup. Take a stroll over to your local Radio Schlock and get yourself
a 5K potentiometer. I find that 5K gives me enough range to be able to 
adjust the audio however I want. Installation is simplicity itself. Just
snip one of the leads of the speaker (doesn't matter which one) and attach 
the free ends to the potentiometer. Make sure that one of the leads goes 
to the center tap of the pot so you can adjust the resistance between the 
2 wires. On my system at home I even drilled a mounting hole in the front 
panel of my PC case. It looks home-made, but it works like a treat.

--
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Psychology Department               Indiana University
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From: Mark.Brooks@p0.f14.n7101.z5.fidonet.org (Mark Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: XMS always 3mb<Ext Mem
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 00:51:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7101/14.0 - C.A.L.M. BBS, Alberton

 DP> Ok, maybe it's the machines I'm using, but can someone comment on why
 DP> the DOS 5.0 MEM command always shows available XMS memory to be 3mb
 DP> less than total available EMS memory, using QEMM 6.02/6.03?

    Yes, I can comment,

    Please Read your QEMM386 manual. It states clearly that QEMM defaults to 
handling only 12 Mbytes of extended RAM. (Page 36 under EMBMEM command).

    Add EMBMEM=15360 after the RAM or ON parameter on your DEVICE=QEMM386.SYS
line. Don't feel bad about missing it, I only picked it up after I lost 20 Mb.
out of 32, after upgrading from 8.

						
                                        Cheerio

                                        Mark Brooks	

    

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From: west@esd.dl.nec.com (Mike West)
Subject: Re: Let's start a DR-DOS newsgroup- All in favor- say aye!
Organization: NEC America, Engineering & Support
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:31:08 GMT

From article <4049@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us>, by aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us:
> 
> I suggest two groups:
> 
> comp.os.drdos.misc
> comp.os.drdos.programmer

I agree that this would probably be best, but would willingly settle
for just a plain ole comp.os.drdos.

Since there seems to be enough interest, is there someone with the
proper authority to get the ball rolling?

Mike West
west@esd.dl.nec.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: xxfdh@utagraph.uta.edu (Mr. Dustin Fu)
Subject: Re: Let's start a DRDOS newsgroup All in favor say aye!
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:19:54 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
X-Bytes: 403

Hello,

Please count me in, I like DR DOS a lot better than MS's.  I brought DR
DOS 5.0 at a locate CompUSA for $19.95, and upgrade to 6.0 for $24.95.
The price is great, and much more features than MS's.  Keep up the good
work Digital Research/Novell.

Dustin Fu
Shift Supervisor Computer Operations
University of Texas at Arlington
Academic Computing Services

Disclaimer: I just a satisfy customer.

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: s9874203@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s9874203)
Subject: Norton Utility's Calibrate: Is it good or not?
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:10:26 GMT

I was told that it was always bad to do low-level format on hard disk.
However, Norton Utility's Calibrate does such a thing. My question is: is
Calibrate good for hard disk or not (assuming NU suggests me to have some
optimization work done on hard disk...)? Or more simply, is low-level
format good or not to hard disk? Thanks in advance.

H.Y.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: wall@hercules ()
Subject: How to Un write protect a stacker volume
Reply-To: wall@hercules.uregina.ca ()
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:50:27 GMT



Could some please give me the command that will let me un write 
protect my stacker volume and drive.  Thanks.  

Murray
From: nmodi@klinzhai.rutgers.edu (Nirav Modi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Graphics board(VGA), Reading material
Date: 13 Aug 92 21:53:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: klinzhai.Aug.13.17.53.26.1992.17932
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.






Hello
	I have request for IBM PC Hardware Gurus.

	Right now I am working on a hardware project. For my project
work, I am designing a graphics board which connects two VGA cards
(8 bits outputs , speed 36.5 MHz) and selects one of VGA card output.
I have controller to select VGA  card output. 

	I am storing output in static RAM and providing it to another
VGA card.

	I am looking reference material -related books, papers with
graphics board.

	Can you be kind enough to guide me?
	
	I will be very much thankful to you.
	
	Thank you very much and Have a nice day.

-Nirav Modi
nmodi@klinzhai.rutgers.edu
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From: costin@CAM.ORG (Costin Rizan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,mtl.general
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Date: 19 Aug 92 01:51:41 GMT
Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada

In article <Bt17xG.9z1@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard) writes:
>>>AND WHAT?!  Bill Gates is the richest executive out there.  Life can be so
>>>ironic.
>What is more ironic is that he is as old as me and I don't even have a 
>million!
>
>
>Is is possible to remove mtl.general from the newsgroup line in the
>follow-ups?  I doubt this problem is that local! 
>And is socs.misc existing anyway?
>
	socs.misc is a local McGill U. newsgroup.

It stands for 'school of computer science' or somethin' like that.

Costin,
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Subject: PCX file to HP LJII/III macro
Keywords: PCX Macro Laserjet
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 02:55:02 GMT

I have a PCX file which I would like to download to my LJIIP as a macro
and to stay there. Then I can imbed the appropriate PC commands in my
document to call it up (it's an invoice header and I want to just send
down the invoice details).

I have thought of the following option. Print the PCX file via some Windows
package (Paintbrush) to a PCL file. Edit this PCL file to add macro definition 
commands to the beginning and end of the PCL file. Download to the printer.
This sounds a bit tedious. Does anybody have any easier alternatives to
suggest. Is there a program out there that will automate this?
Thanks

Laurence Chiu
lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz



Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: damien@erich.triumf.ca (DAMIEN GALLOP)
Subject: Re: Let's start a DR-DOS newsgroup- All in favor- say aye!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: DRDOS
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:25:00 GMT

Aye!

	All the best. Damien  

Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.misc:4781 comp.os.msdos.apps:4379
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Subject: Re: WARNING!!!! major problem with vi
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:47:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug15.155532.1217@spuddy.uucp> sweh@spuddy.uucp (Stephen Harris) writes:
>In article <1992Aug14.232515.5824@cco.caltech.edu> nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>>The other day I was editing a file with vi and I quit using :q!
>>
>>I lost ALL my changes!!!! I belive this to be a major problem with vi.
>>
>>I've heard lots of other programs do this too.
>
>Strange...I don't see a smiley, but this *has* to be a joke...doesn't it?
>
>Anyway, in vi :q means QUIT.  If you have modifed your file then it moans
>at you, and doesn't let you quit.  If you do :q! then it means QUIT and ABORT
>any changes.

We should all be using DisplayWriter.  Now, there's an editor from which
you cannot escape w/o saving your work.  In fact, I think it may
actually write the changes as you make them.  Now, there's perfect safety.

But, the real problem is that silly power switch.  (Not to mention the
reset button that some machines have.  Note that no IBM machine has a
reset button - they know better than you do...)

----
The original poster would have been better off picking on COMMAND.COM,
rather than vi.  I mean, do you know that if you type:

	del importnt.fil

at the DOS prompt, you could lose all of the stuff in importnt.fil ?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: WARNING!!!! major problem with vi and possibly every other app around! (was: help I don't understand write caches like smartdrive 3.1)
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:32:52 GMT

gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
>nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>>The other day I was editing a file with vi and I quit using :q!
>>I lost ALL my changes!!!! I belive this to be a major problem with vi.
>(suppressing urge to say RTFM ...)
>You are either new to vi or left your terminal unattended. 

Ring ring...Ring ring. Hold on, I have to get the clue phone. Hello...Greg, 
it's for you.

Liu was kidding. He waas making a comment along the lines of "No program is
foolproof, because fools are so ingenious."

Michael




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From: ddxxdd@mixcom.com (Jeff Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Kermit using non standard COM ports
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:23:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug14.192334.27815
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

Hello all,

Can MS-Kermit be setup to use a COM: port that has a non standard IRQ?
My COM3: is an internal modem with the IRQ set to 5.  The base address is
still the same.  I've looked at the docs and help screens but can't find
anything related to setting the IRQ or BASE address for COM: ports.

I use MS-Kermit 3.01.  Will this version do what I need or is there a newer
version that supports it?

Thanks.   Jeff.Ding@mixcom.com
From: slegge@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: DOS5 dosshell problem
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:47:20 GMT
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada

While using the MS-DOS 5.0 dosshell, the screen flickers in spots -- 
character-sized blocks discolor on the screen here and there.  
Sometimes the screen fixes itself, but other times I have to REPAINT 
SCREEN.
 
This doesn't happen when any specific command or function is used, it 
seems to be a random problem.  Does anyone else have this problem?
 
I should say that this doesn't cause any "damage" and all the files 
seem fine -- it's just bloody annoying.
 
Any helpers?
 
Stephen Legge
<SLEGGE@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
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From: nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: WARNING!!!! major problem with vi and possibly every other app around! (was: help I don't understand write caches like smartdrive 3.1)
Date: 14 Aug 92 23:25:15 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

The other day I was editing a file with vi and I quit using :q!

I lost ALL my changes!!!! I belive this to be a major problem with vi.

I've heard lots of other programs do this too.
-- 
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nyet@aerospace.aero.org
From: std2037@if.uidaho.edu (Alok Shukla)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Problems installing SMARTDRV.SYS
Date: 15 Aug 1992 18:13:15 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


 I have a 486-33Mhz machine, with 4 megs of memory and a hard drive.
 It is running a version of MSDOS 5.0 which the manufacturer distributes
 under the license from Microsoft. I am having the following problem
 installing SMARTDRV.SYS: 

  I have included the command "devicehigh=c:\dos\smartdrv.sys 2048 512"
  to install SMARTDRV.SYS utility in my config.sys file. However, the 
  message I get is:
 
      "Incompatible disk partition detected"

  This is strange because I partitioned my hard drive using the FDISK
  utility which comes with DOS 5.0. I am able to install SMARTDRV.SYS
  using '/p' switch, however, with that I get the message " Disk partition
  not checked; data corruption may result", which I find scary. Did anyone
  have similar problems? Is there any way to take care of it?
  I will appreciate your help.

  Thanks

  --Alok Shukla
Newsgroups: socs.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,mtl.general
From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:22:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.202720.22761@serval.net.wsu.edu> mwoodwar@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (woodward matthew d - CS350) writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.040731.2286@cs.mcgill.ca> George Mitchell (passed on)
>
>I have been using this smartdrive and a write-back cache for a few months, 
>and I don't mind it at all.  The only trick is to call smartdrv /c prior to
>rebooting.  As a matter of fact, it is not a bad idea to do this occasionally
>as you are running (Anyone write a Windows cron utility? or a cron TSR?).  

	wincron.zip is available from ftp.cica.indiana.edu.

	I don't know anything about this program.

	Marc 'em.

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From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:47:46 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Aug14.152704.21495@cis.ohio-state.edu> cantor@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) writes:

>         _______________________________________________________
>        |                                                       |
>        |       Shine on.........                               |
>        |                       Scott <Crazy Diamond> Cantor    |
>        |                                                       |
>        |       [<<<<<< cantor@cis.ohio-state.edu >>>>>>]       |
>        |_______________________________________________________|

Good to see someone still remebers "Old Pink" :-)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    alternately, exuptr@ZGNews.Lonestar.Org
From: hjh@osprey.dsto.gov.au (Howard Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Let's start a DR-DOS newsgroup- All in favor- say aye!
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:55:05 GMT

dougb@novell.com (Doug Barlow) writes:

>Ok, maybe I'm a little biased since I work for Novell but I'm an end-user
>just like the rest of you.  I wouldn't mind seeing a newsgroup about DR-DOS.
>Then, all of the hard-core Microsoft users could stay in their group and
>the rest of us have a place to go to discuss a better product. :-)

>Seriously, I think that it would do a lot of good.  You'd be suprised how
>many people at Novell read news about people's concerns about our product
>line.  A lot of people wouldn't mind hearing what you think could be improved
>and also what you like about a product.

>Concerning DRDOS 6.0, what's the process for starting a new newsgroup? Would
>someone like to take that responsibility to find out?
>Do you like the name: comp.os.drdos?

>Comments?

>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>            The opinions expressed above are solely my own and
>	    do not in any way represent the opinions of Novell, Inc.
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm all for it!

Howie


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From: Marc Zimmermann <ACPS0974@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject:    MS-DOS 6?

Does anybody have an information on DOS 6?  I've heard that it's in beta
already.  Is it true?  What features/improvements will it include over
DOS5 and when will it be available?

Joe - using a friend's account
Newsgroups: socs.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,mtl.general
From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Organization: On the Brew.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 02:28:10 GMT

In referenced article, tennis@cs.mcgill.ca (Pascal PROULX) writes:
>"After considerable testing, I have discovered a major problem with the 
>version of SmartDrive included with Windows 3.1. The default installation
>of SMARTDRV.EXE enables write caching....
>
>1) If you use a program wich handles multiple boot-up configurations by using
>   alternative Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files then automatically
>   re-booting, SmartDrive won't write the new files to the hard disk before
>   the computer reboots. This could cause damage to you FAT table

This can be overcome by inserting the command

    SMARTDRV /C

prior to the reboot command.  This causes SMARTDRV to complete all write
operations (flush its cache) before continuing.

>2) In some Windows programs, not enough time is allowed for SmartDRive to
>   write files to disk. In this case, if you shut off your computer for some 
>   reason, your files will not be saved. In the worst scenario, your FAT tables
>   may be damaged.
>
>3) If a power failure occurs during the gap before cached data is written to
>   the hard disk, you could damage your FAT tables.

Both of these "problems" are cases of your system being turned off while
writing to disk.  This is a bad idea whether there is a write cache active
or not!!

As far as a power failure is concerned, using SMARTDRV in no way
exacerbates the problem.

In other circumstances, yes, the timing pattern of writes is different when
using SMARTDRV and you have to get used to it, but the solution is simple -
don't switch off your computer under any circumstances until all disk
activity is complete.

This is all true of any disk cache with a write-behind feature, and is not
specific to SMARTDRV (which in my experience, behaves flawlessly).

>Disable write-caching in SmartDrive.

I see absolutely no need to recommend this.
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From: wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl (Marcel Wijkstra (AIO))
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:29:28 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

#In <1992Aug17.202907.12273@schbbs.mot.com> P70008@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Bill Nelson) writes:

#>...
#>"After considerable testing, I have discovered a major problem with the
#>version of SmartDrive included with Windows 3.1. The default installation
#>of SMARTDRV.EXE enables write caching on your hard disks. Most often this
#>...

#As noted by the original poster, the way to deal with this is to place
#the command SMARTDRV /C in the batch file immediately preceding the
#reboot command.  This will flush all buffers and everything will work
#fine. 

#...

#Do NOT disable write-caching.  It is totally unnecessary and it will
#indeed slow things down.  Instead, simply fix any BAT files that
#reboot the machine, as noted above.  Other than that, exit to a DOS
#prompt and wait 5 seconds (the default pause time -- buffers will be
#flushed after 5 seconds or when the processor is idle, whichever
#occurs first) before powering down your machine.

'Batch files that reboot the machine'? Can you tell me which batch file
takes care of CTRL-ALT-DEL, or RESET ??????? Or do I have to wait for
5 seconds before resetting?

Marcel.
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 X	       University of Amsterdam   The Netherlands
======Life stinks. Fortunately, I've got a cold.========
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: P70008@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Bill Nelson)
Subject: Re: WARNING !!!!! MS WINDOWS 3.1 SmartDrive Problem
Organization: Motorola
Date: 17 Aug 1992 13:12:39 MST

You can also issue the SMARTDRV.EXE command: SMARTDRV /C which will force
writing.  Place this command in your .BAT file before you reboot.
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