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From: trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows & DOS programs - keyboard problem
Date: 26 Jul 92 16:35:39 GMT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

I have Windows 3.1 running on a 386DX-25.  Sometimes, I like to run 
more than one DOS program at a time (for example, have Telemate 
dialing in the background while I read messages offline in the 
foreground with XRS).  My problem is this:  Half of the keystrokes 
that I type into XRS in the foreground bypass XRS and instead, end 
up being processed by Telemate.  I especially hate it when the 
keystroke is ESC, SPACE, or ENTER, because those keys disrupt the 
dialing sequence.  I figure this has something to do with the way 
Windows handles keyboard input to DOS programs.  Lowering 
Telemate's background priority has helped some, but the problem did 
not disappear.  Does anyone out there know of a way to force 
Windows to not send any keystrokes to Telemate (or any background 
DOS program, for that matter) when it's not in the foreground?  Any 
help will be appreciated!
 
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From: vpcsc7@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Dan Tauber)
Subject: Re: 16 or 32 ?
Keywords: NT
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 22:14:12 GMT

Here are some answers.  While they are not definitive, I think they are
all true.

In article <1992Jul24.010544.11986@cc.uow.edu.au> you write:
>	1) Is Windows 3.1 a 32-bit operating system in enhanced mode ?
>	   ( I'm sure that it isn't, but I'm checking anyway )

No it is not.  Windows still uses all the segment registers left over 
from the 8086.  This is why you can have a machine with 16MB of RAM
and still have the system resources indicate real low, all system 
resources are allocated on a 64k heap because segments cannot exceed
64k.  Windows 3.1 includes a 32-bit memory manager that allows applications
that need to deal with big chunks of memory to allocate blocks larger
than 64k and use 32-bit pointers to them.

>	2) If Win 3.1 is not 32 Bit, and since NT requires an absolutely
>	   mega machine to operate, how then does the average user
>	   get to enjoy the benefits of low-end 32 bit technology (ie
>	   my 486) without major hardware upgrades to enable use of NT ?

Microsoft is going to introduce win32s, a 32-bit API for Windows 3.1.
This will allow 32-bit applications to run under Windows 3.1.  win32s
will be a subset of Windows NT's win32 API so win32s code will run under
win32 but win32 code may not run under win32s.  (confused yet?)

>	3) Why would I need to have a 32-bit operating system anyway ?
>	   Is it faster, more flexible, or what ?

yes, yes, and yes.  I've heard figures that the same 32-bit app 
will run 5-10% faster than the same 16-bit app.  The speed difference
will be most noticeable with applications that use big objects (such
as desktop publishing and ray-tracing).  Windows NT will also include
a new file system, NTFS, that should be faster than FAT and support 
real file names.

- Dan
tauber@futon.sfsu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: Paul.Gronke@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Paul Gronke)
Subject: Undoc Windows Trick (Ami Pro)
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:50:40 GMT


Hey, if you then click on each face, they disappera.  Except for one
(appears to be randomly selected) which spins around and transforms into
"D King" (i think) with a kind of alien looking forehead.  Anyone know who
it is?
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From: dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: Using DOS mouse in DOS application under Windows 3.1.
Organization: :noitazinagrO
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 13:58:32 GMT

In article <l6ok4dINN16r@mizar.usc.edu> sharp@mizar.usc.edu (Malcolm Sharp) writes:
>In article <24022@castle.ed.ac.uk> whb@castle.ed.ac.uk (H Bruce) writes:
>>I run several DOS applications (e.g. Microsoft QuickC) in DOS windows
>>under windows 3.1. However the applications do not respond the windows
>>mouse. How can I make the DOS mouse drivers listen to the windows mouse ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Henry Bruce
>
>Make sure your video driver is for Windows 3.1.
>If not you won't have mouse support or font options in your DOS
>application windows.
>
>Malcolm
>

More to the point, you need to have a DOS mouse driver that supports the
trick.  The Windows 3.1 disks supply Microsoft and Logitech drivers in
compressed form (mouse.co_ and lmouse.co_): look in the file SETUP.INF
in the windows directory to find which disks they are on.  Its easy to
decode the INF script.  Expand the driver you need using 
EXPAND <compressed file> <expanded file>.  Make sure it gets loaded
ahead of Windows.

Now edit SYSTEM.INI: put the item MouseInDosBox=1 in the [NonWindowsApp]
section.

Restart Windows.

If you have neither MS nor Logitech mice, MS may work if the mouse
emulates the MS mouse.  Otherwise contact your mouse maker.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: duke@dion.trl.oz.au
Subject: Re: Problems with Paradise VGA Driver
Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:37:30 GMT

In article <BrJKMw.45L@DMI.USherb.CA>, lafom00@DMI.USherb.CA (Martin Laforce) writes:
> I have the following problem with the Western Digital Paradise driver
> for windows 3.1 :
> 
> 	In 640x480x256, when I open a window with scrollable text inside,
> 	and when I scroll down, the text do not appears correctly.
> 
> 	Is it a problem with my driver or if I have to change something
> 	in my win.ini or system.ini ?
> 
> 	
I have observed the same problem with the 640*480*256 driver in PARAD31.ZIP
when using the old Paradise Pro card.  I thought it might be that it is not
quite compatible with later boards made by Western Digital.  In particular,
when scrolling, the bottom half of the page scrolls but the top half repeats 
the middle line. Page Up/Down works O.K. I went back to using the 3.0 driver.

I use the 600*800*16 driver in Windows 3.1 and the old Pro card does not
support anything higher.

If anyone knows of a better 256 colour driver please post. Does Winspeed
include one?

Peter Duke

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner)
Subject: NT display question
Organization: York University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:05:44 GMT

Will NT have the ability, by now old hat in the X world and even the
Macintosh world, of running several screens (monitors) as portals onto
a single display space, with the ability to e.g. slide a window off
one screen onto another?




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From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WorkSpace BETA appliers please read.
Date: 27 Jul 92 09:31:05 GMT


I would like to thank all you people who responded to my earlier posting.
I recieved over 30 replies and I'll never be able answer all of you
personally.  Those who became BETA testers (10 people) have been
notified.

Thanks to everybody who offered their service.

PS.
	Several people pointed out, that I hadn't described the program
	WorkSpace in my posting, so it here it goes:

	WorkSpace is a highly graphical Task Manager that treats a group of
	programs, rather than a single program, as the switching element.

	WorkSpace will be downloadable from the major FTP sites shortly,
	it will be announced in comp.os.ms-windows.announce.




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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Icon Imagery -> .bmp
From: robbins@brandonu.ca
Date: 30 Jul 92 11:34:01 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

This may or may not be a simple/hard/stupid/etc., question but since I am not
intricately involved in Windows, here it is:

Is there a simple/standard way/program to extract iconic imagery from
executable programs and form .bmp files from them?

Because I don't do a lot with Windows (there are other operating
systems/architectures available - but Windows does have a few nice
pictures...), I'm not sure whether the standard tools shipped with the package
can be fudged with enough to do this.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Wayne Robbins
Email:  Robbins@BrandonU.CA

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: shenoy@iastate.edu (Shiva Shenoy)
Subject: Re: Releases?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:12:51 GMT

In <1992Jul22.153452.13373@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:

>In article <92204.074425SASTPH@vm.sas.com> SASTPH@vm.sas.com writes:
>>In article <1992Jul22.021820.25739@athena.cs.uga.edu>,
>>mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) says:
>>>
>>>Was "Windows 3.00a" the last release of Windows 3.0?  Or was
>>>there a later one?
>>
>>I assume this is a "joke" posting and therefore I am having my
>>leg pulled...

>No, it was not a joke; I know about 3.1 and am running it on some machines.
>On others I have to run 3.0 because of software compatibility (we use some
>rather obscure AI software that runs under Windows).  So I need to know what
>was the last maintenance release of 3.0.

>Notice I said "was the last" rather than "is the current".

WIndows 3.00b was the last according to "Windows 3 Secrets - Brian
Livingston" .

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cballen@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles allen)
Subject: No "None" printer port?
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:03:25 GMT

I have a problem with windows, and I would like to know if it is just
me or if everyone has it.  Can you please check in CONTROL PANEL
 PRINTERS; CONNECTIONS dialog box for the None port?
 
Windows 3.0 had this feature, and page 168 of the Windows 3.1
Resource Kit says it is supposed to be there, but it is not there
in my version of Windows 3.1
Is this a bug/feature?
 
HELP!  

-Charles Allen
CBALLEN@CLEMSON.CLEMSON.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: goudswaa@fraser.sfu.ca (Peter Goudswaard)
Subject: Re: Amiga features in Windows
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:14:14 GMT

mariusk@idt.unit.no (Marius Kjeldahl) writes:

>In article <1992Jul29.220350.9930@regina.cs.uregina.ca>, plummer@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Dave Plummer) writes:
>|> The drop in 486 prices has made it possible for me to move over to Win 3.1
>|> from my Amiga (remember, this is not advocacy, follow up correctly and let
>|> me continue!), but there is one major feature I miss:  the Amiga has
>|> multiple screens on which to place multiple windows.  Although BigDesk
>|> and programs like touch on the functionality, they are no where near as
>|> convenient:  one key takes you a completely different desktop.
>|> 
>|> Is there anything available that will give me this convenience?  Anybody
>|> want to write one :-) ?
>|> 
> I`ve read about a product called Rooms for Windows for a couple of
>months, and it has that kind of functionality. I think it is released
>by Xero. I think they`ve got advertisment in most "global" computer
>magazines (Byte, PC-Mag.). Check them out...

Or how about the Windows 3.1 Resource Kit, which comes with a disk and
some utilities, one of which is a fairly powerful program called
TopDesk.  I never bothered using it, but at $20 for the Resource Kit is
well worth the money, even if you don't use TopDesk.

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Date: Wednesday, 22 Jul 1992 07:44:25 EDT
From: <SASTPH@vm.sas.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Releases?
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Jul22.021820.25739@athena.cs.uga.edu>,
mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) says:
>
>Was "Windows 3.00a" the last release of Windows 3.0?  Or was
>there a later one?

I assume this is a "joke" posting and therefore I am having my
leg pulled...

Just in case this is a serious request, though:  Windows 3.1
was released in early April, in one of the biggest media blitzes
ever witnessed in the history of the solar system.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: sap@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Stephan A. Puga)
Subject: Any and all helpful hints about using Win3.1 with Novell
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 02:55:17 GMT

  The subject line says it all!!!  Please anything you can
tell/send me would be greatly appreciated!  Even anecdotes and
stories about how it has made your network more/less prouctive.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.windows.ms
From: fenster@taveng.enet.dec.com (Yaacov Fenster)
Subject: Windows driver for Epson LX-850 needed
Reply-To: fenster@taveng.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:10:13 GMT


Hi -

I have an Epson LX-850 printer, but I can't find a WIndows 3.x driver for it.
The installation has drivers for LX-800 & LX-810, but I can't use them to print
using the compressed print option that the printer has.

Could anyone please point me in the correct direction ?

	Thanx in advance

		Yaacov

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From: trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows/DOS programs - keyboard problem SOLVED!
Date: 29 Jul 92 23:18:22 GMT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

I was having a problem with keyboard interaction between more than one DOS 
program running under Windows 3.1.  I don't remember who suggested that a 
TSR might be causing the problem, but THANK YOU!!!!  I discovered that the 
culprit was HyperKey, a program which speeds up the keyboard repeat rate and 
increases the buffer.  All I have to do is turn it off before running 
windows, and..voila!  Problem solved.  Thanks again...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Subject: Re: Windows/NT == VMS++?
Reply-To: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Organization: University of Trondheim, NORWAY
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 09:31:03 EDT

Thus spoke the keyboard of klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee):
>Sorry if this has been discussed before or is outside the charter for this
>group. 
>
>Is there any truth the rumor that the name "Windows/NT" (WNT for short)
>really means "one step beyond VMS", just as HAL (the computer in 2001) was
>supposedly "one step ahead of IBM"?

Don't think a better OS than VMS can be made! Perhaps NT is just a VMS equival
OS for non-VAX and non-alpha processors? That would be just great!!!

But seriouslu..., one of the persons in the development group for NT was one of
the main VMS developer. Perhaps that is why NT got so much in common with VMS?
And I can't see anything wrong with picking up all the good things from VMS.

As far as I know, the only problem with NT is the filename format. It is the
same as for DOS, that mean 8.3 characters filenames. That is not good enough.

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From: Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows == OS
Date: 27 Jul 92 07:08:35 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

The subject line really says it all. To satisfy an argument here, can
someone please tell me (officially?)......  Is Windows 3.1 an OS, or
just another application running under DOS?

I think that the latter is true, but a number of people here do not
believe me. Could I be wrong?

Rob
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: elting@infix.emp.paed.uni-muenchen.de (Andreas Elting)
Subject: Re: DLLs for Cntl-P interface of viedeo players
Organization: University of Munich
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:38:47 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.103933.3382@news.lrz-muenchen.de>, elting@infix.emp.paed.uni-muenchen.de (Andreas Elting) writes:
|> Hello out there,
|> 
|> I'm desperately looking for a Windows 3.1 DLL or source code to 
|> implement the CNTRL-P interface to a SONY video recorder.
|> 
|> We are using Toolbook under WINDOWS 3.1 and want to connect
|> a videorecorder through the serial port to our PC.
|> 
|> We already got the right cable, but we don't have any 
|> informations about the CNTRL-P protokoll (control sequences and so on).
|> 
|> Do you have any ideas where to get them?
|> 


Sorry, by mistake I wrote CNTRL-P instead of CNTRL-S / P. I hope you
understood nevertheless..

Andreas
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From: jpark@Ingres.COM (John Park)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Disappearing windows resources...
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:23:12 GMT
Reply-To: jpark@Ingres.COM (John Park)
Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501

It seems like Windows is eating my resources.  I have the following config:

486/33 64k cache
8 MB RAM
using 386MAX memory manager

When I'm in windows, and i bring up applications and close them, windows
resources keep going down and even though i close up all my applications,
the resources free is about 50-60%.  What exactly does this mean?  I don't
have anything in the load except for afterdark and atm.  What exactly is
windows resources.  also, when i start up windows, it starts with about
85% free.  I have a lot of fonts. ( but i've increased the atm font cache
to 1 MB.  I also have a lot of TT fonts.  Is there a way I can increase 
font cache for that?  Thanks for the help!

John B. Park
jpark@ingres.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: elting@infix.emp.paed.uni-muenchen.de (Andreas Elting)
Subject: DLLs for Cntl-P interface of viedeo players
Organization: University of Munich
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 10:39:33 GMT

Hello out there,

I'm desperately looking for a Windows 3.1 DLL or source code to 
implement the CNTRL-P interface to a SONY video recorder.

We are using Toolbook under WINDOWS 3.1 and want to connect
a videorecorder through the serial port to our PC.

We already got the right cable, but we don't have any 
informations about the CNTRL-P protokoll (control sequences and so on).

Do you have any ideas where to get them?

Thanks in advance,

Andreas


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ctoth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher M Toth)
Subject: DOS Prompt Problems...
Followup-To: none
Summary: none
Keywords: DOS prompt,problems,help
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:21:44 GMT

	I am having problems with the DOS Prompt icon on Windows 3.1.
Everytime I hit, I get the message," Can't Start Application". Any
advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris

The Ohio State University




Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Mine Sweeper cheating
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 10:26:15 GMT

sbohman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven A Bohman) writes:
>xyzzy return shift+return......

>how do people figure these things out?

The people who put these things in can never resist talking about them
(especially credits-type easter eggs, that's the whole point).
Alternatively, some of these get discovered by people peeking in the
code. 
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