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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:37:54 GMT

11srust@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Scott A. Rust) writes:

>	I'm having a problem copying DOS 5.0 setup disks from their original
>5.25" HD disks to 3.5" HD disks. The computer I'm installing the program into
>only handles 3.5. Using diskcopy doesn't work as the computer says the dirves
>or formats are incompatible. Using copy *.* doesn't work because it doesn't
>copy the entire disk. Suggestions on what I can use here?

I'm assuming that this is a DOS *upgrade* and not a new installation.

If so, the disks have no files with any special attributes (hidden, system,
read-only).  (I just checked both my 3-1/2" and 5-1/4" absolute masters
just to be sure.)  

In fact, most of our several thousand users upgraded their systems from
a NetWare server directory I created by using the normal DOS COPY
command to copy the files from the disks.  (and yes, this was done with
Microsoft approval.  We purchased all the necessary licenses.)  There 
should be no reason why the COPY command won't copy all the files.

I suspect that your problem is not a missing file but the volume serial
numbers.  A 3-1/2" HD diskette can obviously hold the entire contents
of a 5-1/4" disk, so you should be able to copy the disks with the COPY
command (no subdirectories exist, so XCOPY isn't needed), then make
sure that each target disk is assigned the volume label of the disk
from which it was copied...and watch the spaces.  The volume labels
are probably of the form:

  DISK      1

Note all the embedded spaces.  Check each disk as you copy it and
use the LABEL command to write the appropriate label to your 3-1/2" disk.

Joe Morris / MITRE
From: kod@ktas.dk (Kwame Danquah)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Combining NETBEUI and TCP/IP (?)
Keywords: tcp/ip, tcp, ip, netbeui, pcnfs, nfs, lanman, Lan Manager
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:26:55 GMT
Organization: K.T.A.S.

maas@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Frank Maas) writes:

>What I want:
>	A driver that implements both the NETBEUI and the PC-NFS layer. So,
>	NOTES (which has to use NETBEUI) sees NETBEUI, and telnet sees PC-NFS
>	(or TCP/IP to be correct).
>	MS Windows should see PC-NFS when MSW is set up for PC-NFS and it 
>	should see NETBEUI when it is set up for NETBEUI.

>So the question(s):
 We use NETBEUI and TCPIP protocols together with Microsoft's TCPIP
Utilities. The Utilities contain Telnet, FTP, RCP and RSH. With these
you can unload the protocol you do not use without booting the
PC. You can also choose to have both protocols loaded. Hope this helps.

All the best,
Kwame      kod@ktas.dk
From: cdibble@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Cliff Dibble)
Subject: How to fix a corrupted DOS 2.x hard disk?
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:44:36 GMT
Distribution: na

An acquaintance of mine has an old XT running an ancient version of DOS
(2.x). An electrical outtage occurred. When the power was restored the
machine wouldn't reboot from the hard drive; after rebooting from a
floppy it was apparent that major portions of the hard drive were
damaged. She executed CHKDSK /F.

Questions:

1. Would the Norton Utilties be of any use after a CHKDSK /F ?

2. I suggested that she BACKUP and COPY any and all undamaged
   directories and files to floppies and then reformat the
   disk and install DOS 5.0. Would she be able to COPY and
   RESTORE files from those DOS 2.0 floppies onto a DOS 5.0
   hard disk?

Please respond via e-mail. Thanks in advance.

-Cliff-
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: byron@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Byron Chun)
Subject: Re: Fonts for bank checks. Printing checks on your printer?
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:20:10 GMT

pkim@gagme.chi.il.us (Peter Kim) writes:
: I started using Quicken and would like to print my bank checks
: on my ink jet printer using regular papers. I read from Chicago
: Tribune that someone has done it using MS Word and Canon BJ-10
: printer. Where can I get the fonts for the computer codes and
: numbers on bank checks?
: 
: Thanks.
: 

It has been a while, but the last time I worked at a bank, you had to
have magnetic ink printed checks for the bank, and account code
information, not just the "computerese" character font.

The Mac's have a font called TECHNICAL or COMPUTER which looks like the
one you would probably use.  You might check the fonts library at
wuarchive.
  
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Steve Madden)
Subject: remove extension from batch file parameter - results
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:16:28 GMT

Hi there,
	 this is just a summary of the replies I got regarding a query I
posted just before Xmas, as laid out below:


 	 I'm wondering if any of the real DOS experts out there knows
how to solve the following problem. I have a filename complete with
extension passed into a batch file as a replaceable parameter. I need to
remove the extension from this, and put it in an environment variable.
Does anyone know if this is possible under vanilla DOS ?? If so, how do
you do it ?? 


Well, the answer seems to be that it may not be possible with vanilla
DOS. I received a number of suggestions, all of which used shareware/PD
solutions. These were:

		awk/sed ports to DOS
		Xset from Simtel-20
		some stuff in the envutl directory of Garbo

I wanted to do this in vanilla DOS, as the solution needed to be
implemented on a number of PCs but it seems this is not possible. In the
end, I took a completely different approach, and modified what was being
passed into the batch file from the calling program.

Thanks for all the suggestions tho'.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: gfritz@tesla.ecn.purdue.edu (Geoffrey M Fritz)
Subject: Re: PKZip 2.04c uploaded to wuarchive
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:56:55 GMT

In article <rdippold.726273186@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
>>In <rdippold.726230755@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>>[Sorry, this should have been part of the crosspost, but I missed this group]
>
>>>I have uploaded PKZip 2.04c to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the
>>>pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory.  It's pkz204c.exe and pkz204c.txt.
>
>>According to wuarchive this version is infected with the Maltese Amoeba
>>virus. It is no longer available.
>
>I'm not infected.  Scan99 and VirX can detect the Maltese Amoeba and
>they say I (and the files) are fine.

Same here.  I downloaded pkz204c.exe, I had vshieldv99 running, I unpacked
it, and then ran scan99, and I've been tinkering with PKZIP since.  No
detected problems as of now.

Just in case...

-gfritz
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From: gb8@prism.gatech.EDU (BEEBE,GARY E)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Large RAMDRIVE
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:57:39 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Hello All, 


Is there a DOS 5.0 compatible RAMDRIVE equivalent capable of creating ram
drives greater than 4M? I have a need for a ram drive that is as large as my
system memory (16-64M). Any ideas?

thanz

Gary


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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Hidden screen?
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:15:49 GMT
Organization: negligable

PC Magazine has published two columns in the past year about
hidden screens in win3.1, word for windows, and a bunch of 
other windows programs.  Check your library.


		-Richard Hartman
		hartman@ulogic.COM

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From: kchu@unixg.ubc.ca (Kwan Chu Chu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Hidden screen?
Date: 7 Jan 93 07:13:52 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca


Somebody told me that there are some hidden screens in WIN 3.1 and I need
to press a certain sequence of keys in order to retrieve it.
Any idea?


Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
Subject: Re: Using DD disks as HD disks?
Keywords: disks, disk drive
Organization: Psych Department, Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:37:26 GMT

evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Dan Evans) writes:
>ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon E. Smith) writes:
>>From this and other things said, can I use (cheaper) 3 1/2 DD disks in my 
>>HD drive without problems?   Assuming I ADD THE SECOND HOLE?

>As long as they format to the full 1.44 MB I don't see why not. But you
>wouldn't catch me doing that for a hard drive backup. I may just be paranoid.

    You wouldn't catch me doing it for a backup either and I'm not paranoid. 
I'm lazy. When I back up my hard disk I use tape cartridges.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:09:26 GMT

Another bug has shown up in PKZ204C (I can't believe how buggy this
is), confirmed by several people (including on CompuServe) and tried
by me.  If you backup your hard disk with the "-&" option you may lose
some of your data.

If the very last file compressed spans two floppy disks, it will not
decompress correctly.  If there is an additional file at the end, it
seems to work fine.

Given all the bugs, I'd strongly suggest doing a "pkunzip -t" on
anything important you make.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: New PKZIP and FTP archives (was Re: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware)
Summary: Continue using version 1.10
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 09:07:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.005054.443@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>Given all the bugs, I'd strongly suggest doing a "pkunzip -t" on
>>anything important you make.
>
>Better yet, use Info-Zip, or ARJ.

Or continue using version 1.10.  

I have now thought about the state of the matters, listened what
others have had to say in comp.compression in particular, and found
myself two, possible three bugs.  From an MsDos FTP archive site
maintainer's point of view I have no other choice at this stage than
not accepting .zip uploads if they have not been made with PKZIP
1.10 or Info-Zip's garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/arcers/zip10ex.tar.Z.

For the time being Garbo uploads packed with pkz204c.zip or
zip19p1.tar.Z are discouraged.  (There is nothing wrong with
zip19p1, mind you!). 

I can only hope that these problems are ironed out a.s.a.p.

   All the best, Timo

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: steven@unipalm.co.uk (Steven Vincent)
Subject: Re: Combining NETBEUI and TCP/IP (?)
Keywords: tcp/ip, tcp, ip, netbeui, pcnfs, nfs, lanman, Lan Manager
Organization: Unipalm Ltd., 216 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA, UK
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 09:59:22 GMT

maas@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Frank Maas) writes:


>First of all, I know this is probably not the correct group for this question,
>but I really didn't find a group that suited the subject. And since it is
>about a MS-DOS driver...

comp.protocols.nfs or comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc

>Problem:
>	Currently I'm using a LAN which is connected to both an Unix server and
>	an OS/2 server. The first can be reached when I load PC-NFS on my 
>	machine. To reach the latter, I have to load NETBEUI (Lan Manager).
>	Since I have to access both servers (Unix for E-Mail, connections to the
>	world :-), etc; OS/2 for NOTES, Programs, etc), I have to reboot my
>	machine each time I want to do something on the other server. Concurrent
>	access is not possible.

Wrong. Both Lan Manager and PC-NFS can be installed over an NDIS (tm) Driver. 
In fact Lan Manager demands it. By combining the Protocol.INI files this
should be possible, Unfortunatly PC-NFS and Lan Manager do not get on (Sun
say they are looking into this). Alternativly PC/TCP will co-reside with
both versions of Lan Manager an provides better connectivity to the Unix
world.

>What I want:
>	A driver that implements both the NETBEUI and the PC-NFS layer. So,
>	NOTES (which has to use NETBEUI) sees NETBEUI, and telnet sees PC-NFS
>	(or TCP/IP to be correct).
>	MS Windows should see PC-NFS when MSW is set up for PC-NFS and it 
>	should see NETBEUI when it is set up for NETBEUI.

With PC/TCP you set up Windows to See NetBeui, The PC/TCP NFS drives are
just there and for applications like Telent Windows does not care. PC/TCP
also results in a reduced memory impact since you don't need the TSR's
RTM etc.  

>So the question(s):
>	Does such a driver exist?
	The Driver exists and you are using it (NDIS).
>	Did you have the same problem and solved it differently?
	For PC-NFS the problems are known and not solved, it works
	with other TCP/IP and NFS implementations for DOS.
>	Do you see other solutions?

	A TCP/IP stack that is intended to interoperate with other Network software.

>You can follow-up to this article, but if this is the wrong place, you could 
>also mail me.

>With Regards (and Best Whishes for '93),

>Frank Maas (e-mail: maas@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl)

Steven Vincent				steven@unipalm.co.uk
(Note we sell both PC-NFS and PC/TCP).
From: sevay@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Upper Limit on Subdirectories in DOS.
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:28:46 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Hi,

I have two quick questions, and I hope I chose the right place to post them:

o  Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create 
   under the root directory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0? 
o  Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create 
   under any other subdirectory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0?


Thanks,

Huseyin Sevay,
University of Kansas.

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst)
Subject: Re: Using DD disks as HD disks?
Originator: news@nimaster
Keywords: disks, disk drive
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:57:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.225255.14676@engage.pko.dec.com> ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon E. Smith) writes:
>From responses here,
>as well as mail received, nobody thinks it's a good idea.

Well, so what? :-]  Give it a spin!

Theory is fundamentally inferior to experiment.  I use lots of disks
for moving copies here and there.  No problem if the disk dies.  Perhaps
you have similar uses.

My only wonder is how best to make a hole without leaving plastic dust
inside or in other ways damaging the disk.

Bruce

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From: amn@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Anthony Naggs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: How to read MAC disks on PC?
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:51:04 GMT
Reply-To: amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

In article <322@heimdall.sdrc.com> scjones@thor.sdrc.com (Larry Jones) writes:
>No, Mac disks are formatted in concentric circles, too.  The difference
>is that the Mac drive changes the speed that the disk rotates as the
>head moves in and out, ...

Agreed.  :-)


Recent Macs use HD drives (for 1.44Mb disks), for the last 3 or 4 years -
they run at a constant speed, with extra electronics changing the data rate
to provide compatibility with old 400k & 800k disks.  These Macs can read &
write 720k & 1.44Mb DOS disks, using some transfer software provided.  A
couple of commercial PC programs are available that will read HD Mac disks
in a 1.44Mb (presumably also the rare 2.88Mb) drives on PCs.

Hope this helps,
Anthony Naggs (Software/Electonics Engineer)
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From: lbelan@fert1.fe.psu.edu (Lawrence Belan ][/40960)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Program to determine Video Display Type?
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:40:14 GMT
Organization: PennState - Fayette Campus Computer Center

I'm trying to find a way to determine a PC's Video adapter and 
monitor type using software.  This is NOT for running a graphics
program, I just need to figure out what adapter/monitor is on 
the machine...like mono, herc, ega, vga, etc.

I've tried using Microsoft C's _getvideoconfig, and it returns
the correct adapter, but it can't seem to determine the monitor type.
I really need something to tell me if a VGA system has a Monochrome  
display attached to it...

Is it Possible??  Source code would be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: Dos upgrade from 3.09 to 4.01
Keywords: dos upgrade
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:01:06 GMT

leo@rulhp2.leidenuniv.nl (L. Mekenkamp) writes:


>>My girlfriend owns a dinsosaur of an IBM compatible.  She purchased it
>>in 1987 and has lost the manual for it.  I opened it up to install a
>>modem and it does have an Intel 8088 chip.  So we are definatley
>>talking XT compat.

>Not neccecarily; you just *might* have a real indestructible IMB-PC.

>>I wanted to uprgrade the DOS she's running to 4.01 from 3.09 but
>[...]
>Why not try dos3.3x instead?

I've upgraded a couple of work XTs from 2.1 or 3.3 to DOS 5.0.

It is worth it just for the new DOS 5.0 editor and DOS 5.0
dosshell.  DOS 4 is a dog of a DOS, nasty dosshell and
leaves less application memory than DOS 3.3 or 5.0.

Lachlan 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: steveg@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Steve Gabrilowitz)
Subject: Re: Dos upgrade from 3.09 to 4.01
Keywords: dos upgrade
Organization: Martin Marietta
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:18:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.013050.26324@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> 	I really can't think of any reason to use a DOS higher than v3.3 on
|> an XT clone.  I'm assuming you don't have any high memory, so the new memory
|> management features won't be much good to you.  DOSSHELL is probably
|> unbearably slow, and I think EDIT *will* run under DOS 3.3 assuming EDIT.COM
|> and QBASIC.EXE are installed.) DOS 3.3 supports HD floppies and there is
|> software available which allows you to use large hard drives without
|> dividing them into bite-sized pieces.  If you don't *need* 4.01 or 5.0 to
|> run specific applications I'd suggest that you just upgrade to 3.3 and save
|> memory and space.  (Without high memory, DOS 5.0 uses a good deal of
|> conventional RAM.) Can anyone think of any other reasons to upgrade on a
|> machine this old?

If the machine has a HD > 32 megs, then 4.01 is a nice thing to have for its
support for large partitions.  Also, it may be difficult to impossible to get a
legal copy of any DOS version < 5.0 these days.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: dboese@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Darcy Boese)
Subject: Re: HOW TO USE '/' INSTEAD OF
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:24:16 GMT

If you can change the \ switch to use the / switch, then wouldn't it be
possible to change the original / switch to use a - switch like UNIX does?
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From: francis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Run 33MHz CPU at 40/50MHz?
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:26:36 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I have a 486DX/33MHz system, and I have been told by the manufacturer that
the motherboard is upgradeable to 50MHz by plugging in a new crystal and CPU.

Question:  	Is it possible to plug in (say) a 40MHz or even a 50MHz crystal
		into the board *without* replacing the old (33MHz) CPU? 
If so, is there a performance improvement or will the 486DX 33MHz chip just
burn itself out, ie, has it been internally hardwired for the specified clock
frequency of 33MHz?  I would like to hear from anyone who has attempted this
(with/without success).

Francis

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From: kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Upper Limit on Subdirectories in DOS.
Date: 12 Jan 93 23:17:36 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

>>o  Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create 
>>   under the root directory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0? 
> 
> Yes. The limit varies according to the size of the disk (floppies), but
> seems to be a constant at 512 for hard drives. 

I've run into 20 meg hard drives that have a limit of 112 files in the root
directory.

Related side issue:  Which DOS program decides the limit?  The only program
that I can think of that might have anything to do with it is FORMAT.COM.  Any
other wisdom out there?

--jim
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