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From: gerry@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Gerry Baumgartner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: more bugs in 3.1
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:50:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: travis.7914
Organization: Harris Computers Systems Division, Fort Lauderdale,FL

In article <1992Apr15.145813.12588@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>
>More bugs:
>
>1) a bad one: the clock appears to only run once, no multiple copies,
>   and, far worse, you can't make it the active window by clicking
>   just anywhere on it - you have to use the "move bar" area.
>   Whoever at microsoft that did this, it was dumb.

According to PC Magazine, Apr 28th Edition, this is a feature, not a bug (the
fact that you can only have one copy).  The reason is that windows now
remembers where the clock was on your screen, and it will put it there again,
the next time you invoke it.  I'm not sure if you need to "Save Settings" or
not.  The article also mentioned that if you don't like this, the 3.0 version
of clock.exe will work fine with Win3.1, and behave like it did under Win3.0.

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From: rjf@thunder.Berkeley.EDU (Russell Fleming)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 & Fax/Modem problems.
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:29:49 GMT
Distribution: usa

Your problem may be the base address assigned to the com ports.  When I
bought my copy of 3.0, I had to add to the system.ini file the following lines:

	COM3Base=3E8
	COM4Base=2E8

At least, I think these were the addresses I used (I am not at my PC
right now).  Anyway, the addresses I used were the ones provided in the
documentation for the communication hardware.  I think you may also set
these values using the 386 enhanced option from the setup window.  The
default addresses used by 3.0 did not match my hardware.

=================================================================
Rusty Fleming, Software Consultant @ Tandem Computers Inc.
email: rjf@mpd.tandem.com            Austin, Texas
voice: (512) 244 - 8390
From: Robert_Salesas@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Salesas)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: When DR scams, it's ok? Was Re: Win3.1/DR DOS 6.0/SuperS
Date: 9 Apr 92 03:18:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11329
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

> griphg@yvax.byu.edu writes:
> 
> 
> Try running any MS-DOS system software from another version of DOS, and
> you'll
> get "Wrong DOS version".  ALL DOS SYSTEM SOFTWARE DOES THIS, even that made
> by
> Microsoft.
> 
> Jerry Griph
> griphg@yvax.byu.edu



I'm not talking about "version" checking.  That makes sense.  This is PRODUCT
checking.  SSTOR doesn't run because it's MS-DOS, not because it is MS-DOS
v5.0.  That's a big difference.

Rob

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From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DRDOS 6.0 and WIN 3.1
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:29:33 GMT
Reply-To: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
Distribution: na

In article <7APR199213051115@zeus.tamu.edu> rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu  
(SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR) writes:
> 
> 	I use DR-DOS 6.0 quite sucessfully myself, and find it to be much
> more DOS compatable than MS-DOS 5.0.  
> 

Perhaps you should define "DOS compatable."  Most of us define it
as compatable with MS-DOS. Thus, MS-DOS is 100% DOS compatable.

--
Jim Mann                                       
jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com 
Stratus Computer
From: arakins@iastate.edu (Andrew R Akins)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Adlib under Win 3.1?!?!?!?
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:13:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr15.151335.2485
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <1992Apr15.041642.3613@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> bzb47596@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Phaedrus) writes:
>cvance@vesta.unm.edu (Chad Vance) writes:
>
>>What is the Adlib driver under Windows 3.1 usefor if you can't use
>>the .wav files?  WHy can a SIMPLE built in PC speaker use the .wav
>>files but the Adlib can't?  I don't get it!  
>
>>Or am I installing the Adlib driver wrong?  HELP!!!!
>
>I have the same occurance with the AdLib driver. It would seem like
>the silly thing should be able to play the .wav files through the
>AdLib, I've had games that play digitized sound through it. Please
>email me if someone has the answer to this.
>
>Thanks.
>-- 

  Well, like I said before, I only know what Ad-Lib themselves
told me. They claimed that the current Ad-Lib board, the "Ad-Lib
Classic" CANNOT play .WAV files....something to do with the
hardware. I'm a software geek, not a hardware jock (no offense
meant by either of these titles...it's a bit of slang we use
around here), so I have no clue why this is. But Ad-Lib says no driver
will be made for the "Ad-Lib Classic" because it would be 
pointless. However, the new Ad-Lib card will handle it.

  An idea: someone asked why you could play .WAV through your
PC speakers but not through the Ad-Lib? Could it be because
the PC speaker has a whole computer driving it, while the
Ad-Lib card only has its own little processor? Plus, I have programmed
Ad-Libs before....and I wonder how you would pass along DSP info
to it...I'm not sure if it could be done...
  Just an idea. I admittedly know very little about hardware.

-- Andy Akins
   Iowa State University
   arakins@iastate.edu
From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows 3.1 MM PC Speaker Driver uploaded to WUARCHIVE
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:43:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr9.134340.26488
Reply-To: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)



I have just uploaded the MM PC Speaker Driver for Windows 3.1
to wuarchive.wustl.edu, to the directory /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS.

The file name is speak.exe, and file size is 21,085 bytes.

This driver has been downloaded from the Microsoft Download
Service.

Ashok
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From: etxfrick@eds.ericsson.se
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: QEMM386 and Windows 3.0?
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:16:36 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Printed Circuits Mfg.

I was just on my way to buy QEMM386 when I was told that it wasn't
necessary to use this utility as long as Windows is run in 386 enh.
mode and I *only* run windows-applications. Is this true? Will I
notice any increase in performance if I install QEMM386? Or is it
wasted money?
(The pc is a 25Mhz 386SX with 8Mb ram, DOS 5.0, Windows 3.0)

Thanx in advance!

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From: karu@nevada.edu (N.H.A. KARUNARANTE)
Subject: Re: Why go to 3.1 if 2.0 works
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 02:41:53 GMT

In article <moore.703043080@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu> moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore) writes:
>In <1992Apr11.132541.26604@engr.uark.edu> dch2@engr.uark.edu (David Hobbs) writes:
>
>>At the rollout at my local IBM yesterday, I saw the film at Comdex where
>>IBM was running 3.1 in a OS/2Win along with DOS and other OS/2 programs.
>>Reiswig(sp?) joked and said something to the effect of "Look what we've
>>done just 24 hrs. after 3.1 was released..."
>
>And now I'll ask the question everyone really wanted to know....
>
>Will OS/2 run my DOS games in a box? (or at all?)
>
>-- 
>   ________________________________________________________________________
>  /                                  /                                    /
> /  Brian J. Moore                  /                  moore@iastate.edu /
>/__________________________________/____________________________________/
Yes, and it does that better than my Windows.
You can run Apogee games that use graphics, Wing Commander, etc.


really nice.
Note that I am not "selling OS/2" but simply answering a question.
Thanks.
Karu.

karu@nevada.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: floydb@rpi.edu 
Subject: re: Windows -> Novell -> NFS
Reply-To: floydb@rpi.edu 
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Admin. 
Distribution: world 
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:42:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.171622.5274@umbc3.umbc.edu> petes@kaila.ifsm.umbc.edu (Peter C. Schuyler) writes:
>Hello,
>	Scenaro:
>
>If ANYONE has a suggestion on how I can get rid of this ^D, send mail to
>
>---
>	Peter C. Schuyler
>     	Information Systems
>     	University of Maryland - Baltimore County
>     	5401 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore , MD 21228
>     	USA
>  
>       	Phone     :  (410) 455 2648
>     	Internet  :  petes@kaila.ifsm.umbc.edu (NeXT)
>    
>"No" simply means begin at one level higher
>
>      
 
I have heard that Win 3.1 has an option button that allows you selectively
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Subject: Uploading 3.1 PC Speaker and ATI Ultra/Vantage Drivers!
Reply-To: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 05:54:22 GMT



I just downloaded the PC Speaker driver from the Microsoft
Download Service, and I also downloaded Windows 3.1 drivers
for the ATI Graphics Ultra/Vantage from the ATI BBS.

Since CICA is down, I have no idea which FTP site would
be appropriate to upload these to.

If you have a suggestion, please let me know via e-mail.

I will post a message to this group with the site-name and
file-names.

Ashok

P.S  Please do not ask me to UUencode the drivers and send
them to you.  I will definitely upload them to a FTP site
within the next day.

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: bateman@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu (Monte Bateman)
Subject: AmiPro 2.0 and Win 3.1 -- Where did my SmartIcons go?
Organization: National Severe Storms Laboratory
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:41:21 GMT

I upgraded to Win 3.1 and now Ami Pro 2.0 has lost its SmartIcons.  
I just get a blank grey stripe where they're supposed to be.
I'm using the new et4000 video drivers, in 1024x768x256 mode.  Everything
else works properly.  I also have SCSI hard drives.

Anybody else have this problem?
Know of a fix ??

Any/all help appreciated!
Please e-mail responses to:
bateman @ nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu

Thanks!
Monte

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From: grendel@cis.ksu.edu (Stephen Spencer )
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Date: 7 Apr 1992 14:50:10 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
NNTP-Posting-Host: harry.cis.ksu.edu

In article <1992Mar31.033116.16208@descartes.waterloo.edu> jsmolnar@descartes.waterloo.edu writes:
>
>The following advantages are part of Windows NT (to be released by end 1992)
>
>1) 32 bit, pre-emptive multi-tasking, multi-threading, multi-processing
>   (per thread) OS
>2) Is OS/2, Win 16/32 bit, POSIX (1001.3), DOS compatible
>3) Supports named pipes, anonymous pipes, shared memory, semaphores,
>   mail slots, queues and other forms of inter-process communications
>4) Enhanced GDI, including bezair curves, paths, and transforms
>5) Is C2 level secure
>6) Built in peer-to-peer networking
>7) Device independant colour module
>8) Micro-kernal design
>9) Memory mapped file i/o
>10) Is a client-server design
>11) Portable to Intel, MIPS, DEC (Alpha) architectures 
>    (50 K replace-able code...could go elsewhere)
12) Probably still requires that you buy the $1000 developer's kit so you can
    have those wonderful libraries.  

Sorry, but if I can't sit down with MASM and put together a simple (or complex)
program for Windows together, then there's a problem.  As a students I can't
afford to buy the developer's addition for Windows just for the libraries
and the various other linkage necessary.  I find it odd (and will probably not
find it at all in future versions) that MASM 6.0 has the capability to 
assemble object code for OS/2 (from what I understand it only takes a quick
pass through OS/2's linker to create a relatively neat 32-bit binary) but
makes no effort to allow for Windows development.  Its all very tight and
neat, I suppose, for the end user, but if future software engineers are able 
to participate in lower-cost platforms (that are just as capable), what will
future software be developed under?

>So basically it kicks the ass out of OS/2 and other higher end designed OS's.

hmmm... whatever you say...
 

>Hope this helps (and I am sure you can't wait).
>
oh yes :)


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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: add@newshub.sdsu.edu (James D. Murray)
Subject: FTP archive of TrueType fonts anywhere?
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:17:44 GMT

Are there archives of TrueType fonts on any FTP sites or BBSs anywhere?
Howz about utilities to convert other font formats to TrueType?
-- 



Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: gallivan@after.math.uiuc.edu (Justin Gallivan)
Subject: Re: Calculus tutorial
Keywords: Calculus/Windows
Reply-To: cs225ex@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:37:43 GMT

In article <29DBCD44.5C61@tct.com> jim@tct.com (Jim Kunzman) writes:
> A while back I saw a MacIntosh application that was a very slick
> Calculus course/tutorial.  This was a commercial product, and although I
> can't remember the name, I'm wondering if it might be available to run
> with MS-Windows.  If anybody remembers the the name of the product and
> knows if it might be available in a MS-Windows version, or even better
> an OS/2 version, please reply via email.  Thanks.  -Jim
> 
> -- 
> Jim Kunzman at Teltronics/TCT     <jim@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!jim>
> -----
> OS/2 is dead!  Long live OS/2!

The courseware you are talking about may be Calculus&Mathematica, written by  
Horacio Porta and Jerry Uhl at the University of Illinois and Bill Davis at  
Ohio State, and published by Addison-Wesley.  The course was originally written  
for the Mac. but is now available for the NeXT and yes, for MS-Windows 3.*.  To  
run the course (in Windows), you need Mathematica 2.0 for Windows (available  
from Wolfram Research (217) 398-0700) and a version of Adobe Type Manager to  
display the font used in the course (TrueType will be available soon).  The  
MS-Windows version is still in its infancy (I am still doing a few conversions)  
but will be available via FTP soon.  If you have any questions regarding the  
courseware, mail to the address below...

Justin Gallivan                               gallivan@after.math.uiuc.edu
Calculus&Mathematica Development Team
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: daw50509@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Don A. Walthers)
Subject: win3.1 exit & virtual mem?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 21:08:26 GMT

Has anyone experienced a lock up when trying to exit
win3.1 while letting win use a temporary swap file? I'm
able to exit win but my system locks up before I get to
dos. If I get this problem(bug?) fixed and decide to go
back to using a swap file is there any way to tell win
not to use one until system mem reaches a certain point?
I ask this because I noticed a swap file of 2000K when I
still had about 2200K of mem left. I'm not a CS major but
I know that an app runnning from mem is much, much faster 
than a swap file. I also get nervous when my HDD light 
spends more time lit then off.

thanks
don walthers
daw50509@uxa.csu.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: pls4@pyuxf.uucp (25335-stevens)
Subject: Re: DeskJet 500
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 17:30:44 GMT

I am running an HP Deskjet-500C on windows 3.1 and am having no problems.

But - I do not use the Deskjet family drivers included in windows.
As described in the HP guides, there is a 500 specific driver. When I
got my printer in Dec 91, I downloaded the new driver from the HPPERIPH
forum of Compuserve. HP recently upgraded the driver again - I now use that.
I don't have the version number handy (2.1?).

The 500C works fine with the TrueType fonts.
From: atv@rousku.kau.vtt.fi (Ari Virtanen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win 3.0 & modem
Date: 6 Apr 92 11:07:19 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Technical Research Centre of Finland, Machine Automation
	Laboratory

Has anyone get modem, installed in COM3 and IRQ 5, work properly with Win 3.0.
I tried and noticed long time delays (about 20 sec) between dial command in 
Terminal and actual commands sent to modem. It connects to host, but shows 
only half of letters at the host prompt and I couldn't logged in.

I put lines Com3Base=xxxx and Com3Irq=5 in system.ini file. I know that the 
problem is in Windows 3.0, hardware is OK. Also I know that configuration works
OK with Win 3.1, I'm only curious about Win 3.0 problems and solutions. :o

	Ari Virtanen  VTT/Machine Automation Lab
From: jm@dhmoell.uucp (Joerg Moellenhoff)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Reliable FAX from Windows?
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 16:39:27 CES
Organization: Joerg Moellenhoff

david@bdt.com (David Beckemeyer) writes:

> Is the Intel Satisfaction card worth the extra bucks?

Yes, sure. We (four friends of mine and I) bought the SatisFAXtion and
we are fully satisFAXed... You will get a very nice equipment which is
very easy to install and use. Your windows interface is included and
extremly fast (compared to other windows fax drivers).
You can also exchange files with other users of the SatisFAXtion or the
Intel ConnectionCoprocessor (9600 baud).
Intel supports a very good and fast automatic service via their FAXBack
service. You can download new informations, tips and also new software
(drivers and so on) from there.

This should be enough.

Bye joerg

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: demillo@juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Robert DeMillo )
Subject: Re: Getting DOS to run in a window with Windows 3.0
Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Group 43
Distribution: na
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:11:32

In article <1992Apr14.203310.176@cs.mcgill.ca> clump@cs.mcgill.ca () writes:
> Every time I attempt to switch a DOS session from full-screen
> to windowed, Windows complains that high-res applications cannot
> run in a window. This happens regardless of what i'm doing in

Yup. I suspect that you are running your SVGA card in 256 mode
and are trying to run a full screen SVGA program. If you want
to do this, and you may not want to (!), switch your driver
to an SVGA 16 color mode. The SVGA DOS application can then
easily take over the palette. But this is *slllloooooow,* and
its painful to watch. If you think about what has to be done
to get a DOS app to run this way, you'll understand why...


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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: Visual Problems?
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:50:57 CDT

In article <11346@mindlink.bc.ca> Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Quigley) writes:
>Is this the forum for the visually impaired or something? Despite the message
>at the bottom of my postings, I got back three letters which quoted the entire
>text of my very long ramblings about Win 3.1 this morni. I really CAN remember
>what I said, y'know...
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>If you're going to reply in E-mail, please don't quote my whole message back to me -- it costs me money!!! (so does this extra line)
>Mike Quigley, Vancouver, B.C., Canada             Mike_Quigley@mindlink.bc.ca

This is not e-mail, so it shouldn't cost you anything, but if I were you, I
would get that message off this net or you will be barragged with e-mail.

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From: bkph@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: half-toning printer driver
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:57:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: life.23186
Followup-To: comp.windows.ms


Is there a PostScript printer driver for Windows that uses halftones 
for grey-level images?  The one that comes with Windows just does simple
thresholding (below some value is black, above is white).  It shouldn't be
hard to do, since PostScript can do the screening for you...

Berthold K.P. Horn
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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