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From: ddc@nyquist.bellcore.com (Daniel Chukurov 21324)
Subject: Re: SuperStor Pro
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 02:28:44 GMT

In article <EDWONG.92Oct4010635@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu> edwong@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Edward Wong) writes:
>Has anyone try this SuperStor Pro?  Is it worth the $85?
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Well if you have the DRDos you can upgrade for just 49.00 dollars. They
did not ask me for the DRDos serial number, nor did they want it after
I offered to give it to them (Serial number, I mean)!
Anyhow, I did not get it yet, but I hope that it is better than the version
in DRDos. SS Pro will install right over the DRDos version with no problems
and no reformating.
I guess the answer to your question is : Any program that doubles your HD
capacity is woth the money. Consider how much it would cost you to buy 
another HD of let's say 150 Mb.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: g5000005@nickel.laurentian.ca
Subject: Re: Posting code on the net
Organization: Laurentian University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:44:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.194951.29279@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu>,
 stangel@sunb4.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Stangel) writes:

>In <unruh.718256793@physics.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:

>>stangel@sparc8.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Stangel) writes:

>>Hehe...Yeah, I thought about that when I wrote up the article text.
>>I would have said "trust me, there's no virus in here" but why should
>>you believe me?  Indeed, the best advice is for you to run your
>>up-to-date virus scanner on all the files created from the zip.

>>Mike

>Well I wouldn't run this thing unless I had a computer I was willing to
>scrap. Any "sensible" virus writer will try to make sure his virus
>is not recognised by existing virus scanners.

!!Sometimes people amaze me.  You try to do a good thing (tm) and get
!!slammed for it.  It's the same phenomenon where people won't take
!!free candy bars from someone doing cheezy publicity -- paranoi has
!!got you all by the throats, and you think it's normal.

!!Fine, DON'T try the utility, it sucks anyway.  For those wondering,
!!it's use is something like this:
!!	ask Load word processor?
!!and then the think asks "Load the word processor?" and then waits 
!!for a keypress.  The program exits with the errorlevel set to the
!!ASCII value of the key pressed, so your batch file can then look 
!!for 89 ("Y") and 121 ("y") and act appropriately.  Notice that it
!!can also be used for menus, since you can test for any keypress.

!!Sorry I wasted your time, hope nobody enjoys my program.

!!Mike

	Mike, I woudn't take the above concerns too personally. The reality of 
life is that there are a LOT of sick people out there and you have to be 
careful. This is a sad comment on the state of society but nonetheless, past
experience dictates that a person is initially wary of accepting 'candy' from
strangers.

	I think you would have recieved a much more positive response if you had
given a little more information, ie:

		- YOUR background
		- your reason for writing the program
		- WHAT the program was supposed to do or accomplish
		- reasons why you feel anyone else would want to use it

	Finally, I !think! (can anyone confirm?) that there is a NET policy
which forbids posting of code on the NET!? 

	You would have stood a better chance of success if you had written up a 
description of your program on the net and referred everyone to a FTP site 
(ie: Simtel20 or one of its mirrors).

	Just my CAN$0.78 worth...

Norm
From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth Vram Card
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:15:45 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, mramesh@cbnewse.cb.att.com (m.ramesh) writes:
>
> I have been trying to contact the company and it is useless, their BBS is
> useless and they do not reply to FAX.  And they make a big deal about 
> excellent technical support.

Amen.  Couldn't have said it better myself.

Frank Calloway
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wai@taumsauk.ecn.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai)
Subject: Wanted: windows driver for Canon BJ10e printer
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 06:48:11 GMT

	I lost the Windows driver for my Canon BJ10e printer.
	Can anyone please tell me where I can obtain the driver from?
	Is there one around in any of the FTP sites?

	Many thanks.

	- Benjamin Wai  < wai@cn.ecn.purdue.edu > < wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu >
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters)
Subject: Re: TTY Deaf Service?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 12:56:57 GMT

In article <30SEP199211383541@utrcv1> wjm@utrcv1 (Bill) writes:

>As I understand things, the TTY service for the deaf runs at some 
>non-standard (per today's modern computer equipment), settings.  I think it 
>is something like 75 baudot, which defines its binary character set 
>and transmission speed.  (Suppossedly this is still used because the TTY 
>service was originally set up by the phone company using old mechanical
>teletype devices, and newer TTY units must adhere to the standard for 
>compatibility.)

The character set is also slightly different than that of a normal teletype 
machine, requiring some mechanical changes in the old teletypes to make them
TTY compatible.

>
>Now for my question:
>
>Is there a product available (or plans for a kit), that would allow me to 
>use my PC as a TTY device?
>
>Besides the luxury of a nice keyboard and monitor, it would be convenient 
>for storing messages or sending pre-written messages.  (With appropriate 
>software.)  And a direct phone connection via my modem would be nicer.
>

Well, you're almost in luck today.  I will have to check my stuff when I
get home, but I KNOW there is a 300 baud/ TTD modem available on the 
market (I got this info about 4 years ago, hopefully they have updated it
to at least a 1200bps modem by now).  The beauty of this beast was that you
could run a BBS program, and the hearing impared community could use their
TTD machines to access your BBS.  I'll have to dig to find it, but it's in
a file somewhere.


For just storing incoming messages, I have seen/heard the following being
done with a NORMAL answering machine:

First a burst of TTD which states: "PLS WAIT.."
Then a voice message, which tells the caller to please wait until after all
the tones before leaving a message.
Followed by a TTD message which pretty much states: "I am away from the TTD,
Please Wait 5 seconds then type a message."

The only modification to the machine was to provide an external speaker which
fit into "earphone" section of the TTD, so the messages could be read.

It was a pretty slick, simple method.  Making the outgoing tape would be the
hardest part.

-Coyt

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From: klg0582@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken-Huang Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Help needed to set up a LAN for macs and PCs
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:48:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvEHCC.JGM
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


  I would appreciate any advice on how to set up a local network.  The
minimum goal is to have PCs and macs share laser printers.  All macs
and PCs are connected to ethernet.

(1)  Is LaserWriter a must in this configuration?  Can HP LaserJet
fit in the network for macs?

(2)  For the LaserWriter, is it preferred to assign a mac to handle
the print spooling or to have the printer take an IP number?

(3)  What kinds of software are needed for both PCs and macs?

(4)  Can the configuration be extended to include file sharing, says,
among PCs?

(5)  Is it possible to have Unix workstations participate in the
printing and file sharing?

If my questions get too lengthy, can anyone refer me to books or
articles?

thank you in advance,

Ken H. Lin
khlin@uiwpls.ece.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: baeder@shamu.cadence.com (D. Scott Baeder; x6299)
Subject: Re: Stacker vs. SuperStor
Keywords: Data Compression
Reply-To: baeder@cadence.com
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, CAE Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 20:54:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.213853.28528@midway.uchicago.edu>, spcberto@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:
|> I believe SuperStor creates compressed floppies that others (who don't
|> have SuperStor) can read, however.
|> 
I haven`t used this feature yet, but thats what they say...they have a
small tsr that you put on the diskette, and it's used to actually do
the job...ie put in the floppy, run the tsr, then access the rest of
the floppy

as for its useage...I like it (it was on sale, and a lot cheaper than
stacker).  I have a cyrix 486/25MHz so your mileage may vary...I chose
to use the two volume approach...the SSTOR volume is a big file on the
hard disk, and you put some of your files on the "D:" drive...(which
is C: at bootup)...makes the config.sys a bit more complicated, and
you have to duplicate some files (so windows can find them), but the
install does this for you...(but if you add/delete drivers, its
something to watch out for)

Its smart enough to disable smartdrv on the sstor'd disk (boy it would
be easier to say stacked, but...), and is also smart enough that if
you edit the c:config.sys, it also updates it on the "d:" drive.

I haven't had any trouble...I like it a lot...

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baeder@cadence.com		Cadence Design Systems
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: MS KERMIT ????
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:47:39 GMT

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if MS Kermit is in the public domain (for commercial use)?

Cheers,
Howie

PS -> Any other comments you may have would be helpful too.
From: Louis.Egger@bota.unine.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PROBLEM: Stacker / Smartdrive
Date: 27 Sep 92 17:26:42 GMT
Organization: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

Hi!

I'm running into a real GREAT problem...

 Since a few days STACKER is turning me into a mad PC User. >:-[]

 Well i'm going to expose ( as clearly as possible ) my problem.

 I 'Stacked' my Hard disk ( 100 MB -> 200 MB ) and for many months had no 
troubles at all. Recently I put an erase-protect (The EP from Norton) on my 
stacked drive and a disk-cache (SmartDrv.exe from Microsoft) on my uncompressed
drive. It all worked fine for several weeks BUT SUDDENLY my stacked drive get
Write-Protected by the program STACKER and since then i can only read my 
stacked drive (absolutely unpossible to write (or delete) a file on that drive)
8-o

 I re-booted my computer and STACKER reported that the Stackvol.dsk file was
damaged (and therefore write-protected the drive).

 I checked the stacked drive with SCHECK.EXE the answer was that there was just
one lost cluster in an EP file ( but no problems at all on the UNcompressed 
drive ) and that i should first correct CHKDSK /F but it wasn't able to repair
it ( the drive is always write-protected )....
 
 I also tried the Norton Disk Doctor the result was the same: unable
to correct the problem (can't write on that disk).

Help me, i don't want to format my Hard Disk and loose 200 MG of Programs!!

WHAT CAN I DO ????



Louis

  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: root@kilowatt.uucp (Kilowatt admin)
Subject: Re: STACKER 2.0
Reply-To: root@kilowatt.UUCP (Kilowatt admin)
Organization: Kilowatt Computing of Deer Park, NY
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 20:17:20 GMT


	Hello... I tried Stacker 2.0 for a while, and didn't like it, it
made me wake up in the middle of the night wondering if my data was still
there. I refuse to use any software that will not let me get at the data
on the drive using DEBUG or NORTON's file looker. I mean without STACKER
running... Imagine this... the partition table get's whacked, and you have
an important DBASE file on the drive. The FAT got whacked too, but you know
the file is contiguous - how do you get it back if you were running STACKER?
I'd hate to have to hack together something to uncompress that data.
	One important thing... I was using it on two 1:1 interleaved MFM
drives (slow). STACKER improved disk accesses, since my 386-33 could read
one sector and uncompress it (usually 2:1 compression, right?) faster than
it could read two sectors!!! It did make a BIG difference. Almost a 2:1
speed improvement.
	Moral: If you fell safe using STACKER, it's worth it. Me, I worry
too much. All this is a moot point for me, since I'm running UNIX on a 486-33
now. And I like it MUCH better than DOS w/ or w/o Windows.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan  Ludirdja)
Subject: Re: Jumper setting on MF-3000 AT memory expansion card
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:45:02 GMT

This is a second posting for help.

Can anybody help me to set the jumper & switches on the AT expansion
card with serial and paralel port. The board is MF-3000 Rev G.

Thanks in advance,

Darmawan
dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: servis@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian K Servis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Help! Can't boot from 3.5 A: drive and access hard drive
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:04:58 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I need your help.  I have a 386sx,4meg,1M-svga,A:3.5HD,B:5.25HD.  I need to
re-format my hard disk so I thought I would make sure everything was working
properly before I went ahead and started anything.  I think I should be able
to boot with a dos disk in my A: drive and access my hard drive, I swore I 
could do this before. And now I boot up on my floppy and type C: and it say
"invalid drive specification"!!  What is going on. I tried formating another
disk with system on it and still no luck.  I noticed that a lot of retailers
put the 5.25 as A: and the 3.5 as B:. Is this my problem.  Is there sum sort
of jumber I need to put on/off my drive. Please help me.  Oh yeah, I am using
dos 4.00. I know it is old. I am going to upgrade to 5.00 when I re-format.

Please respond by e-mail to, servis@author.ecn.purdue.edu, I don't read this
group on a regular basis.

Thank you in advance. 

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From: jimr@applix.com (Jim Rouleau [ext 256])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Looking for Ctask
Keywords: ctask
Date: 6 Oct 92 13:08:14 GMT
Organization: Applix, Inc., Westboro, MA


  I very recently came across a public domain program
called ctask, written by Thomas Wagner.  The version
I have is Beta Release version 0.1, dated 88-03-01.

  Does anybody know if a newer version has ever been
released?  If so, where??

   Jim R.


  jimr@applix.com   |    uunet!applix!jimr
From: dflynn@aludra.usc.edu (Daniel Flynn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Music files...
Date: 6 Oct 1992 06:26:56 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

I know this may be the wrong group, but does anyone know where I might find
music files in a format that can be played by a SoundBlaster Pro under 
windows... FTP sites please...

Thanx

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: rebooting from a floppy?
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 01:16:43 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.073847.22307@ugle.unit.no> perfred@idt.unit.no (Per Fredrik Solberg) writes:
>In article <1992Sep26.205355.29934@newstand.syr.edu> foudil@npac.syr.edu (Kamal Foudil-Bey) writes:
>>I need a facility or a way to force my pc to reboot from drive b. How

>There is a small utility, named bootb or something like that, that
>allows you to transfer the boot process to the B drive. It is
>available via anonymous ftp; Sorry, I don't remember where I saw it,
>but simtel and garbo.uwasa.fi are likely candidates.

Nearly right.  At Simtel it's PD:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>BOOT_B.ZIP, 4349 bytes
dated 910626.  I haven't tried it; just looked it up in my downloaded
copy of Simtel's MS-DOS directories.

Administrative note #1:  There's no such newsgroup as
comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer, so I've deleted it from the Newsgroups:
line.  (No, I don't want to hear why you think it exists.  Look at the
List of Active Newsgroups in news.groups, or at question 103 of the
comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ.)

Administrative note #2:  It's really easy to get your own copy of
Simtel's MS-DOS directories, and then you need never make do with "it's
something like" whatever.  Software available from Simtel makes searches
easy.  For details, see section A of the comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ.
>
>
>Per Solberg
>perfred@idt.unit.no / pso@si.no


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: scholl@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Cam Scholl)
Subject: VESA for WD90C11 (1C)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 04:36:31 GMT


I am looking for a VESA Super-VGA driver for the Western Digital
WD90C11 (1C) Video Card.  If you know where I can find it, or if you have
a copy, please e-mail me.

Thanks...
Cam Scholl.
Internet: scholl@gaul.csd.uwo.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: ZEOS DX2/66
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 05:07:36 GMT

In article <qlc94h8@sgi.sgi.com> gsk@khaki.asd.sgi.com (George S. Kong) writes:
>
>have there been any independent reviews of the
>zeos 66 mhz 486DX2 upgradable system?
>if so, where can i find them?
>i'd like to know how the cpu, disk, and video
>compare to competing systems.

A DX2-66 VESA Local Bus System has been sent to PC Mag for Eval.
The benchmarks for our new motherboard will be available on our
list server in the near future. The preliminary benchmarks are about
10 to 20 percent faster on a 486 DX-33 with the new motherboard.
This is due to the addition of a true 486 chipset and the elimination
of the processor module. 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Reply-To: motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:04:25 GMT

David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman) writes:

> -> From: kevins@slow.inslab.uky.edu
> ->
> -> Can anyone tell me how I can get the Windows NT Developement kit?

>Wait until Windows Nt comes out.

There is a NT developers CD-ROM available now, but I don't have
information on how to get it.

Try asking in one of the Windows groups, I'm sure someone could tell you.


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From: nelson@hepxvt.ps.uci.edu (Matt Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: SLIP with NCSA Telnet?
Summary: anybody have more info?
Keywords: SLIP, NCSA, Telnet
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:41:30 GMT


hi,
  i've been thinking about getting NCSA Telnet running on my notebook by
using my modem and the SLIP8250 packet driver.  the documentation is
sorely lacking when it comes to getting this combo up and running, hence
this net.typical question:  would anybody out there who has gotten such
a combination running care to share their experience?  More precisely, i
need to know what the procedure is for getting a connection, what software
i need at the other end (probably a VAX/VMS system, but that's flexible),
and any other installation/use info i can get my greedy little paws on.
will this work?  am i out of my mind?

thanks much (in advance)

matt nelson (nelson@master.ps.uci.edu)
From: bilimoria@inland.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: HELP - PRINTING PROBLEM W/LASER PRTR
Date: 25 Sep 92 17:03:37 CST
Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN

Often, when I try to print from my PC (386 w/dos 5.0) to my Panasonic
laser printer, I don't get the output right away.  I have to try it
several times and then I get the output, but there are several copies
of the output on the page.  It seems DOS doesn't want to print until
there is enough output to fill a page.  Is there a buffer somwhere that
is holding the output until it is full?  Any help will be appreciated.
P.S. Panasonic laser printer has 512K of RAM.  Thanks.
From: ddorma@unf6.unf.edu (Dennis Dormady)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Need software to read Panasonic Word Processor diskettes
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:57:13 GMT
Organization: University of North Florida, Jacksonville

I'm looking for software to read Panasonic Word Processor diskettes
on a PC and have tried all the usual sources.
If you know of any commercial/free/share software, please email me
at  sinkhole.unf.edu!unf6.cis.unf.edu!ddorma.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Sedat Ozcomert)
Subject: ProComm Plus for Windows and the Telepath modem
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:57:49 GMT

Fellow netters:
I am looking for a little help from another Gateway telepath modem owner
who is using/has used ProComm Plus for Windows.  A choice of which modem among 
the choices offered by the program must be made, and I know not which to
choose.  Of course, the telepath itself is not among the choices.  I have
been using the Hayes 9600 baud choice, but suspect some strange behavior
to be caused by this.  Help anyone?  Thanks.

-John


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