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From: j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex in Illinois
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:45:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntpd2.1992Aug30.155042.9523
Distribution: na
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <BtsF4s.4vH@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>, mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes...
>In article <1992Aug29.191640.16695@yenta.alb.nm.us> ben@yenta.alb.nm.us (Ben Klausner) writes:
>>The only place I have ever in my _extensive_ never had any real problem with
>>is PC Connection (800) 243-8088. I don't know how they do it, but there
>>service is incredible, and their prices competitive. Try the PPI PM14400FXSA
>>fax/modem from them for $399. That's what I'm using now.
> 
>I can also say good things about PC Connection.  I've ordered several
>items from them, and have never had any problems whatsoever with the
>product or with after-the-sale service.
> 
>One nice perk is in the shipping department.  They have a flat fee for
>shipping, and if you're more than two days away from them by UPS
>Ground, they ship Airborne.  That means, at least for me in Michigan,
>I get stuff next-day-air for (essentially) free.
> 

I have also had good luck with PC Connection.  Their ad in the latest PC Mag
lists their phone number as 800-800-0004.  They also have a new shipping
policy.  $5 flat fee for shipping on any item and they send everything
Airborne Express overnight.  They also will ship on Friday for Saturday
delivery at no extra cost.  One other rather interesting note on their 
shipping - they claim that orders received between midnight and 3:00am eastern
will be received by the customer on that same business day.  I may have to order
something between midnight and 3am saturday morning just to see if I get it
that day...

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Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: hal@cs.tu-berlin.de (Eberhart Adam)
Subject: Do X-rays do harm to disks?
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 08:11:28 GMT

Hello out there,

a friend of mine will have to travel by plane (to russia) and needs 
to take his notebook with him.

Do the x-ray devices on airports do any harm to disks (HD and
floppies)?

Thanx in advance

Eberhart
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From: David_Carl_Ehlert@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Keyboard Questions...
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 92 09:45:32 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

Greetings all....

I work for a City government in CA, and we have a couple of secretaries that
are about ready to think about surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  One
of these ladies saw a keyboard on TV the other night that looked
like a pyramid.  It is supposed to be good for those with CTS.  

Does anyone out there in NET-LAND know where I could get ahold of one
of these to try out..??  I would need it for both the PC and for MAC's.

Thanks in Advance...

David Ehlert
City of Union City
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Wanted: info on older UPS
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:08:23 GMT


Concerning your UPS...

1) Take it apart.  You will almost certainly have to replace the battery.
   Some electronics place, or somewhere like James Electronics (who have a
   catalog) will likely be able to provide a replacement.
2) Take it apart.  There may be inline fuses in the battery leads.  Many
   Tripp-Lite units have these, for example.  Yours might too.

You might also find a loose wire.  There may be a relay that's stuck and/or
corroded.  Other parts may be corroded too, particularly if the old
battery failed to maintain its integrity.  If that is the case, you may
have to rebuild a circuit board, most likely without being able to find a
schematic.

Anyway, take it apart.

-JTT
From: bill@prijat.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: NeXT Computer question
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:05:36 GMT
Reply-To: bill@platypus.uofs.edu
Organization: University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Maybe I'm confused, but what about:
    comp.sys.next
    bit.listserv.next-l
    comp.sys.next.announce
    comp.sys.next.misc
    comp.sys.next.programmer
    comp.sys.next.sysadmin

bill

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Newsgroups: comp.software.licensing,comp.misc
From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: REQUEST: info on S.P.A. license "raids"
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:32:10 GMT

(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)

=================
news/cafv02n24: Message-Id: <77815@netnews.upenn.edu>
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An article from the Computers and Academic Freedom News 02.24

Note 7 recaps notes from a SPA (Software Publishers Association) talk to UPenn
sysadmins.

7. A few points from a recent talk to UPenn sysadmins by the SPA: When
the SPA visits your site, they can seize hardware through a court
order.  Generally, they do not do so - instead performing an on-site
audit of software.  The SPA has never actually gone to court - usually
settling with offending institutions out of court.  They have a
self-audit kit available to you and your organization.  They do not
try to enforce licensing of non-member companies, but they also do not
publicize which companies are members.

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A description to the comp-academic-freedom-talk mailing list. It is a
free-forum for the discussion of questions such as: How should general
principles of academic freedom (such as freedom of expression, freedom
to read, due process, and privacy) be applied to university computers
and networks? How are these principles actually being applied? How can
the principles of academic freedom as applied to computers and
networks be defended?

=================
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These document(s) are available by anonymous ftp (the preferred
method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp
to ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4), and get file(s):

  pub/academic/news/cafv02n24
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Include the line(s) (be sure to include the space before the file
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From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: PRODIGY - Speed, Cost, Usefulness, etc.
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:31:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Charlie Preston (crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu) wrote:
: In article <23047@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> bill@solaria (Bill Neisius) writes:
: >
: >For the IBM PC there is a program called VGAUTIL that, among other things
: >
: Is VGAUTIL a shareware product?  Is it at a FTP site?

Currently on wuarchive.wustl.edu:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/vgautil.zip

I use vgautil to turn off the ad's, then let my kids (ages 6 and 8) browse
through the kids stories and games (they were on for 2 hours last night...)
Somehow, I don't think USENET or Compu$erve would appeal to them as much...
From: asr@castle.ed.ac.uk (Angus "Fluffy" Rae)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Taken delivery of an old PC... now what?
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:32:34 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: CATHY_VoiceMail_Project

Yesterday a friend, knowing that I collect computers from the early
80's, dumped an old IBM PC on me. However, knowing nothing of PCs I
don't know exactly what I've. After a quick shufty around under the case
here's the info I have, and I wonder if someone out there can fill in
the blanks. The badge on the back says IBM 5150, and it boots up into
IBM Basic version C.01, which surprised me - I expected it to complain
about not having a system disc. The processor is an 8088, with a blank
socket next to it (coprocessor)? On the board are 4 rows of Ics marked
Bank 0 to Bank 3, which I take it is memory. Bank 0 is soldered, the
other banks are empty sockets. (Question here is - can I fit more memory
into the sockets, and what type?) Above this are two empty IC positions
with solder dots, marked U100 and U101. There is also an empty socket
marked U34. (Anyone know what should/can fit in them?)

There are three boards in the slots - one is marked
"Black&White/Parallel" and has a 9pin socket for the monitor and an
unknown 25 pin socket, which I assume is a parallel printer port. The
next card is marked "Addram Plus" and also has a 9pin and a 25pin
socket. I assume that these are serial ports of some kind, but the card
also seems to be a memory expansion of some kind. It has a large number
of what seem to be RAM chips and a NiCad battery marked "DataSecurity".
The third card is a disc controller.

The discs are 5.25 inch but I'm not sure how much they can hold, or
whether they can access double sided or not. 

The questions I have in specific are - are early versions of DOS (that
would fit on one 5.25 disc) available PD? Can I replace the processor
with something a little more speedy? Or is there a coprocessor around
that will fit in that blank socket? Does the AddRam board need some sort
of boot software, as the Basic startup said I had 62k which seems a
little low...? And why the heck am I bothering to do this?

(I can answer the last one - because I'm mad)
Thanks in advance...

-- 
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CATHY VoiceMail, Computer Science Dept., Edinburgh University
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Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: *****************HELP neede in DOS 5.0******************
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:21:47 GMT

cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Cholette Martin) writes:


>Hello, I need to concatenate to text files together in DOS 5.0 , I have looked
>in many manuals but I can't seem to find the answer. It seems straight
>forward enough yet I am unable to find the answer. I need to append to text
>files into a single text file a.txt + b.txt -> c.txt

>The equivalent of what I need in UNIX is:

>                        cat a.txt b.txt > c.txt

The DOS equivalent is:

			copy a.txt+b.txt c.txt

If you want breaks between them, create a file (e.g. ff.txt) containing a
form feed (Ctrl-L <=> CHR(12)) and/or whatever other separators you want, 
and use:

			copy a.txt+ff.txt+b.txt c.txt

Of course, in both examples, full directory specs are allowed.

-JTT
From: ratinox@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Richard Pieri/Stainless Steel Rat)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Secret Service
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:05:25 GMT
Reply-To: ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu
Organization: 3WA, Boston Office. Or Nu Meta Chi. Take your pick.
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X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.14.1 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ]

Just finished (well, nearly an hour ago :-) watching "Secret Service" on
NBC. The second half of the show was about a "logic bomb" coded into a city
power control computer, set up to literally fry the whole power grid if it
was tampered with and fry the power grid on command anyway. The Secret
Service was called in when sections of the city started blacking out.

My complaints:

* This show purports itself as "real life drama." Well, they didn't have
high resolution color workstations ten years ago. Yes, they did it again,
replacing real ANSI terminals with Hollywood special effects. Down the
tubes went this show's credibility with the videotaped fireworks display on
a supposedly VT-style terminal.

* The computer break-in Act of 1986 places the Secret Service in the role
of enforcement, playing up all the good aspects, including the fact that
they have MIT CS professors on retainer. And of course the segment totally
ignored how their enforcement got totally out of hand with Operation
Sundevil.

Yet one more reason/show for to avoid TV.

--Rat

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Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
From: mccrate@netcom.com (Joe McCrate)
Subject: Re: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter 
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 08:15:56 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na

wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher) writes:

>Others said
># >>is PC Connection (800) 243-8088. I don't know how they do it, but there
># >>service is incredible, and their prices competitive.

># >I can also say good things about PC Connection.  

>PC Connection is the only place I feel comfortable referring
>FNG's and other ignorants to - blind.

I bought a pile of software from PC Connection two years ago.  Their prices
were good and their service excellent.  Since then, however, they have
raised their prices A LOT.  You can now get software much cheaper locally.

PC Zone, by the way, also has very good service and still has low mail-order
prices.

Joe McCrate

Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: rdb@ktibv.uucp (The Graphical Gnome)
Subject: Re: Do X-rays do harm to disks?
Organization: KTI BV
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:48:26 GMT

hal@cs.tu-berlin.de (Eberhart Adam) writes:

>Hello out there,

>a friend of mine will have to travel by plane (to russia) and needs 
>to take his notebook with him.

>Do the x-ray devices on airports do any harm to disks (HD and
>floppies)?

>Thanx in advance

I traveled a lot with tapes in my handlugage and no problems there.

There can be a problem if he wants to use his computer in the plane.


Happy Hacking "PABRAS"
(aka The Graphical Gnome)

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From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex in Illinois
Date: 29 Aug 92 18:22:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Aug29.182222.25810
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington


  
      I have bought from both firms without problems.
From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The bogus Nixpub Posting
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 22:48:13 EDT
Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
> Always interesting to see people like jim who are totally devoid of 
> anything useful to say and yet wants to be heard so bad that they
> use a whole article to pick a nit like that.  Boring life, huh?

Actually, today will probably be the last day that I read
postings with this title.  I've seen
1. you not willing to budge
2. Phil not interested in budging
3. An alternative solution which seems quite workable to me, but
   yet refused by both of you
4. A very antagonistic John De Armond whos postings almost appear
   to be those of a person trying to pick a fight, or at least
   one who seems to have a chip on his shoulder.

Is this concept of Public Access Unix sites such a big issue that
we need to get all worked up over it?
                         - tom
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From: dhiggs@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (General Protection Fault)
Newsgroups: comp.software.licensing,comp.misc
Subject: REQUEST: info on S.P.A. license "raids"
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:09:31 GMT
Organization: is the refuge of the unimaginative!

The people I work with are compiling a record of all of the software loaded on
our department's computers and have asked me to see about finding more
information on searches being done by the Software Publishers Association.
They've heard varying versions of reports that SCA representatives are
appearing on campuses with search warrants in hand to route unlicensed copies
of commercial software.

If anybody has any information of any kind (news stories, policy statements,
etc, etc, etc...) please zap a copy through my e-mail.

Thanks,
Keith.
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From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:19:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.172029.22760@news.eng.convex.com>, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM> writes:
|> From the keyboard of jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles):
|> [...]
|> :The terms `arcane' and `user friendly' are mutually exclusive.
|> :UNIX is arcane.
|> 
|> User-friendly too often means expert-hostile -- remember that stupidity
|> is its own reward.

Yes, but is is possible for a software environment to be hostile to 
*both* novices and experts.  With respect to most things I do, this
is the case for UNIX - remember, stupid design is its a penalty
to everyone.  Being arcane does *not* help experts any more than it
helps novices.  Experts can learn to deal with it, but would still
be better off without it.

-- 
J. Giles
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
Subject: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter 
Reply-To: wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu (David Lesher)
Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers - Beltway Annex
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 19:29:13 GMT

Others said
# >>The only place I have ever in my _extensive_ never had any real problem with
# >>is PC Connection (800) 243-8088. I don't know how they do it, but there
# >>service is incredible, and their prices competitive.

# >I can also say good things about PC Connection.  


PC Connection is the only place I feel comfortable referring
FNG's and other ignorants to - blind. I've yet to get anything
but a positive report back from friends, etc.

Just goes to prove what I just saw in another group: All
companies pay for their customer service sections - those that
have them; and those that don't.
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From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:38:24 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

In article <1992Aug28.172029.22760@news.eng.convex.com>, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM> writes:
|> From the keyboard of jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles):

|> [... about awk and sed ...]  If UNIX were true to it's creed
|> :(simple orthogonal tools each doing one thing *well* and piping them
|> :together), there would be one tool - or at least the two would have
|> :identical syntaxes for the overlapping parts of their operations.
|> 
|> There is one -- perl.

No, that makes three.  And, in what way is perl one of the *usual*
parts of a bundled UNIX user environment?  In any case, it's harder
to use than either awk or sed (and the introduction to the man page
explicitly states that it's intended not to be small and elegant but
to throw out all the stops for complete functionality - so it's just
another example of an an attempt to replace the UNIX piped-tools 
model with a single integrated tool - it supports MY position).

|> [...]
|> You're confused.  /bin/rc has nothing to with /etc/rc, which is
|> what you've confused it with.  Go read the Plan 9 papers and get 
|> back to us. :-)

We were, of course, discussing UNIX and not Plan 9.  Plan 9 is one of the
attempts to move away from UNIX *because* of the kinds of problems I've
been discussing. 

|> [...]
|> Mr. Giles apparently also labors under the misconception that a GUI
|> is inherently a good thing.  They're not.  In fact, poor GUIs are
|> a significant step backwards in both ease-of-use and modular software
|> technologies in general.

No, I was arguing against someone who was claiming that the bundled 
UNIX environment was universally easier and more powerful than the
alternatives.  For many applications, GUI *are* better - so they are
a counterexample to the claims I was responding to.

-- 
J. Giles
From: bng@tropel.gca.com (Baldwin Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: ***** NEED INFO:  LCII  vs  IIsi *****
Date: 3 Sep 92 19:18:26 GMT

HELLO MacLC and MacIIsi users!

Could some of you help me to figure out which one is
better?  LCII or MacIIsi?  Pros and cons in aspects
like clock speed, screen-refreshing speed, expandibility
and so on are VERY WELCOME!  Oh, also graphics display
properties....

Thanks,
Baldwin Ng
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