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From: z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
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Subject: Re: stacker, superstore, xtra drive
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:21:55 CST
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Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

In article <1992Nov16.164053.726@vms.huji.ac.il>, tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il writes:
> After reading accounts of stacker, superstore and xtra drive,
> xtra drive seems the most elegant solution to real time
> compression.  I have a few questions, though.
> 
> 1.  Does it compress as well?
> 
> 2.  How slow is slow?  I have a 485/33.  Will I notice the difference?
> 
> 3.  Can I compress floppies as with the other two?

1) It compresses very well IMHO.  The only time I ever had any problem with it
was when I used it on a large (220 MB) HD and then only when I had several
extreemly large programs scattered about.  It worked better when I moved
all of the 'large' (over 10MB) progs onto the "C" drive instead of the "D."

2) Its not bad.  The only time I notice that it is there at all is if I am
manipulating a large file or series of large files.  Like compressing(and
compressing) zips over 1.5Megs or so.  I think its worth the slight speed
sacrifice for the xtra space!

3) It does NOT compress floppies in any shape form or fashion.  Oh well, but
I never used Stackers feature to do that anyway...

Hope this helps!

-- Adam {z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu, qclaw@brick.pvv.unit.no}
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:19:08 -0500
From:         "Wile E. Coyote" <BBHULSEY@LIFE.UAMS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Stealth compatible monitors?

Greetings!

John writes:

>Hi,
>
>  Does anyone know what a NEX 3D is capable of?  I have a 3D and
>had nothing but trouble when I tried to install my Diamond
>Stealth card.  I called tech support a few times, but it didn't
>help.  It has been almost a year now, the card is sitting at
>home in its box still.  I can't remeber the problems I had,
>I think it kept locking up when I started windows, or I could
>start windows but Pagemaker would lock, something like that.
>Maybe I can trade it in for and ATI or one of those other boards?
>
>  Any comments, flames, suggestions appreciated

Well, how about just comments and suggestions?

First off, if it's been almost a year, you will probably want to get the
latest drivers for the Stealth.  They are available via ftp as STL110.EXE.  I
presume that Diamond's tech support has talked you through excluding certain
memory areas from use by whatever memory manager you're using (emm386, qemm,
etc.).  I'm also assuming that they told you to turn off the 'turbio bios
access' and 'alternate timing' dip switches on the card itself to see if that
helps.  Also, the NEC 3D must have switch 1 off and switch 2 on.  If possible,
you should also experiment with running windows in both standard and enhanced
modes.  I have noticed that some bugs with the stealth and its drivers will
manifest themselves under standard mode but not enhanced.  Perhaps the reverse
of that is true also.  Also, you should try all the different resolutions for
which you have drivers, i.e. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and see if the problem
recurs.

I have bellyached to this list before about how buggy Diamond's drivers are
and how basically unresponsive Diamond is to problems.  From what I
understand, their drivers are written by a third party company, but that's no
excuse for Diamond.

Hope this helps!

.......
:  o/ : Bruce Hulsey
: <|  : Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Subject: prob:exiting progran exits windows
From: pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu (Paul MacFarlane)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:11:03 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

About a month ago, I posted a problem that I was (and am) having with
Windows crashing when I exit programs.  That is, when I exit the program,
I exit Windows itself at the same time.  Needless to say, I never exit
programs while I am on line.

Anyway, I got some responses, and I thanks those very much who did
respond.  Even microsoft reponded by sending me a newsletter about "How to
deal with UAE's".  Unfotunately, a UAE doesn't seem to be the problem, and
I'm still trying to decipher what parts of the newsletter mean. 

One person who responded mentioned that it usually occured when a general
protection fault had already occurred.  These GPF's are very common on my
system as well (they occur on average about once an hour with various
programs I use - sometimes even the control panel gives me a GPF)
However, I don't believe that a GPF always precedes the situation.

Another person wrote to suggest a hardware problem or an address conflict.
 If so, I'm not quite sure how to handle those situations. I have
suspected the IDE card, because it always seems to be accessing the disk
when it happens.  Possibly it could be the VGA card, which is a
rather old model and possibly non-standard.

Another person suggested that it could be a virus, but I have checked for
viruses before (and found Michelangelo, of all things) but cleaning
the virus off did not solve the problem.

Tonight, I was manipulating some files and Windows kept exiting when
programs were exited - particularly the sound editor in the Main
Group. Usually I reboot when this happens, but this time, I was in a
hurry, and just re-entered "win" and continued going.  After about the
eigth time, when I typed "win" it wouldn't load and gave me a message that
I didn't have enough file handles to run Windows.

So is this a clue for anyone as to what is going on?  Also, does
anyone have any tips on how to exclude memory and more importantly, how to
figure out what memory corresponds to various cards, so I'll know what to
exclude?

Thanks very much - 
Paul MacFarlane
Danville, California
pmacfar@eis.calstate.edu



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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:39:00 EDT
From:         DAVID@ARRAY.FIBG.WPAFB.AF.MIL
Subject:      WIN3: Public Domain Clipart

Does anyone know of any repositories of public domain clipart I can use
in windows?  Specifically, I'm searching for Christmas stuff, but any
information would be appreciated.  Does this kind of stuff exist on the
Net?

David S McMeans
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From:         Y55J@CRNLVAX5.BITNET
Subject:      Logitech Drivers

Has Logitech issued any new Windows drivers since the release of Win 3.1?
   I have the DOS driver 6.12 which is dated last May but haven't seen anything
about revised Windows drivers.  If they exist, where can I get them?  Also,
does anyone have the Logitech BBS number?  Thanks much.
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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:28:00 CST
From:         SORENSD@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU
Subject:      Re: The Next Version of Windows for DOS

I have just recently purchased a second computer for my girlfriend to use
at my place which also has w3.1.

What is the best and cheapest way to connect these two computers for use
with windows?
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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:15:52 EST
From:         CS06999 <CS06999@MONTCOLC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: MS Access database

>
> Well, I don't know about the offer <you> got, but Access can be had...a
> (again, as many copies as you want).
>
sounds like shelfware, kinda like the madonna book...

rick
From: z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
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Subject: Acumos VGA1 Drivers...
Date: 16 Nov 92 08:30:08 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

Here is a shot in the dark.  At the lab where I work at we have some rather 
off brand VGA cards.  Acumos AVGA1 to be exact.  They are little 256k cards that
are supposed to be able to support 800x600x16; However, EVERY time I try and 
run windows in this resolution such and such an app causes a fault in 1800VGA
etc... Sometimes even the program manager.  *SIGH*  Anybody out there know of
any new drivers for this card?  Or is it never going to run in 8x6?
Thanx...
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Date:         Sun, 22 Nov 1992 14:05:36 PST
From:         "(Vance M. Gloster)" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      Windows NT
              22 Nov 1992 16:31:31 EST
              <9211222126.AA00749@fourier.inference.com>

	  I just finished reading the latest issue of PC-WORLD, and it raised some
  very important considerations for me.  I am very interested in NT, and the
   article I read said that NT would run on a 386sx.  Mine is such a processor,
 I
   have a 170 mb hard drive, and 10 megs memory.  My question is " Will NT run
 at
   a halfway
  decent pace on my machine?  or will it just sit there and thrash like OS/2
 did.
  ( OS/2 is also supposed to run on a 386sx.  but it just sat there, and spun
 the
   disk!) I know that I need to upgrade cpu's to stay current, but if any of you
  "beta" testers out there could give an opinion or expereience or two, I would
  be really grateful!

The current beta release would be hopeless on your machine.  It all
depends on how much Microsoft is able to do between now and the
commercial release whether this will work for you.  We have found that
large programs when recompiled for NT tend to run faster on NT than
they do on Windows 3.1 with the same machine.  Microsoft has as its
stated goal that NT should (in the commercial release) run acceptably
on a 386sx with 8 meg of RAM.  We'll have to wait and see whether this
actually happens.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:16:00 EST
From:         "JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET" <JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: True Type Fonts Question.

Hi Craig,

  Let us all know what you find out, ok?

  Thanks,

John.

> Since I have to do alot of publications and I use Windows 3.1 to do almost
> all my work in, I would like to know where I can get some shareware True
> Type fonts via FTP.  I saw some on CICA and WUARCHIVE but they are under
> copyright investigation.  Is there a True Type Font-Builder shareware
> program out there.  And is there a TT Font Installer program out there? I've
> spend over a couple hundred dollars on commercial TT Fonts, but I really
> like to support shareware authors too.  E-Mail me if you have information.
> Thanks alot!
>
>               Craig Neimanis - University of Akron
>
>                                               R3CEN@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:11:11 GMT+0100
Reply-To:     Bernhard.Leschinger@uibk.ac.at
From:         Bernhard Leschinger <Bernhard.Leschinger@UIBK.AC.AT>
Subject:      32 Bit Access

Hi out there!

Does anybody know something about the 32 Bit access in Windows Swap-
File. I saw this setting once in the setup and then it dissapeared. I
don't know how to activate it and wether it is it worth or not.

Thanks in advance
            Bernhard
From: JALLEN@SCU.BITNET
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Subject: Re: DesqJet 550C
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:27:00 GMT
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In article <39BF3159C0000148@SCUACC.SCU.EDU>, TagMaster <CCG3003@SAKAAU03.BITNET
   > writes:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:27:32 GMT Roger Josef ZEMP said:
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>related to the discussion Inkjet x Laser, has anybody seen or is
>>using the DeskJet 550C ? Besides allowing simultaneous colour and
>>black printout, has anything else changed? What about Win31
>>compatibility (=drivers)?
> If you get an info please forward it to me as I have a new HP DESKJET 500c
> (One Month)  and didn't even here about the deskjet 550C  before Today
>
> TagMaster

I own both a 500C and a 550C.  I love the 550C, not having to change cartridges
is a major bonus.  Furthermore, composite black is a poor substitute for true
black.  The overall internal design is better, it feeds paper more effectively,
and it has a better envelope interface (albeit, there are printers available
which do a far superior job of addressing envelopes than the 500C or 550C).

On the other hand, the best price you can pick up a 550C for is about $700,
whereas  the 500C (which is being unloaded) can be purchased for less than
$400 bones!

If you enjoy your 500C stick with it, if you are a bit of a gadget freak you'll
want the 550C.  Good luck!

Jeff Allen.
Santa Clara University
From: majland@nork.auc.dk (Anders Majland Pedersen)
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Subject: Re: TCP/IP software / WinQVT/NET
Date: 16 Nov 92 04:40:17 GMT
Organization: Aalborg University (AUC)

In article <01GR2VI9DXWG002VAQ@UWSTOUT.EDU> PEJSAJ@UWSTOUT.BITNET writes:

   I will soon be connecting my computer directly to the network (I am
   presently connected through the campus VAX).  I am rather new to this and
   am soliciting recommendations for the software I will need (should I call
   it TCP/IP?) -- Windows of course.  I've seen some talk about WinQVT/Net --
   is that something I should look at?

WinQVT/Net is now  version  3.0.3 and is THE program for windows !!!
it does eveything you want (telnet, rlogin, news (nntp), mail (pop smtp)
and lpr). Its very stable but i CAN make it crash  win3.1 completely
just by typing a wrong command in a FTP session. But thats the only bug that 
i'm aware off
I have just registered it and its only $20 for students ($40 otherwise)

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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:47:00 EST
From:         "JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET" <JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
Subject: Re: ** VISUAL BASIC QUESTION **

Hi Vince,

  Thanks for the info, the question now is where do I get
some samples of simple database routines in C or Pascal?
Especially indexing routines.

  Thanks,

John.
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Date:         Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:38:34 CST
From:         Jim Nelson <jnelson@PLAINS.NODAK.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dumb Memory Question

>
>   I have an odd problem with my Gateway 486/33. It shipped with (4) 1MB SIMMs
>   in place, and I stuck (4) 4MB SIMMs in with them; apparently there's a probl
>   with the Gateway BIOS, though, because the machine only reports back 16MB, a
>   if I try to remove the first 4x1MB SIMMs I get errors.
>
> You (and the others who've posted before) should read the Gateway manual
> that came with your machine.  You can mix sizes of SIMMs, but you have
> to put them in the right slots and you have to set the dipswitches
> correctly.  There are two different 486/33 motherboards, so the info from
> my manual won't necessarily apply to your machine.

Sometimes you have to do them in pairs, also.  Two of my machines at home
are this way.  If I go to 4 meg simms, I have to get a pair of them and
have 8 meg.

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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:19:07 EST
From:         Ed Schwalenberg <ed@ODI.COM>
Subject:      Dumb Memory Question
              20 Nov 1992 08:49:12 -0800 <9211201526.AA16741@relay1.UU.NET>

  I have an odd problem with my Gateway 486/33. It shipped with (4) 1MB SIMMs
  in place, and I stuck (4) 4MB SIMMs in with them; apparently there's a problem
  with the Gateway BIOS, though, because the machine only reports back 16MB, and
  if I try to remove the first 4x1MB SIMMs I get errors.

You (and the others who've posted before) should read the Gateway manual
that came with your machine.  You can mix sizes of SIMMs, but you have
to put them in the right slots and you have to set the dipswitches
correctly.  There are two different 486/33 motherboards, so the info from
my manual won't necessarily apply to your machine.

We have several 20Mb machines configured this way.

As for QEMM386, you'll have to add an EMBMEM parameter if you want more than
12Mb of XMS memory available.
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:46:02 -0800
From:         Harry S Wahrer <wahrer@CS.UNR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: MS Access database

On Mon, 16 Nov 1992, Louis Jezsik wrote:

> STOP THE PRESSES!
> I just got some mail from MicroSoft.  They have released MS Access for
> $130 (Can., $100 US).  It has Wizards (very helpful in Excel and Money)
> and can handle graphics (including video).  I am growing very old waiting
> for Borland to get off its bloated duff and come up with a windows
> version of Paradox, I think I'll take them up on the offer.  Anyone
> out there know more information?
> Louis

 Louis...baby they are dogging you....the price is $99.00 call
800-642-7676 ask for extension QF2....with shipping I was quoted $113 and
odd cents...My order is In.......


				Happy Computin
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:31:00 EST
From:         "JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET" <JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
Subject: Re: ** VISUAL BASIC QUESTION **

Hi Gary,

  Thanks, but I'm sorry to say I don't know assembly.  Doesn't
C have these routines?  Do you know where I can get the
assembly source code for an encryption routine?

  Thanks,

John.
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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:48:29 EST
From:         Charles Elliott <CEE@CORNELLC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: selling stuff on list

selling stuff---This is bigger than just this list. Perhaps if people
really want to BUY and others really want to sell...some reference can
be made to local BBs which may have no restrictions. If a BITNET list or
an Internet newsgroup (or list) sets itself up as a focus for sales, there
will be real problems for it with the whole net. It's not a matter of voting.
It just can't be done.....Charlie Elliott

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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:17:21 -0800
From:         Harry S Wahrer <wahrer@CS.UNR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 32 Bit Access

On Mon, 16 Nov 1992, Bernhard Leschinger wrote:

> Hi out there!
>
> Does anybody know something about the 32 Bit access in Windows Swap-
> File. I saw this setting once in the setup and then it dissapeared. I
> don't know how to activate it and wether it is it worth or not.
>
> Thanks in advance
>             Bernhard

My understanding is that the "32 bit access" (located in Control, 386,
swap file, change) is for Western Digital controlled drives (and true
compatible chips) it does speed some disk tasks but if initiated on a NON
compatible system it could result in data loss....PC magazine said that it
should work on 90% of systems....It works OK on mine... Good Luck


				Happy Computin
From: johnd@CAESAR.SAFB.AF.MIL ((John Daum J3/J4-G MITRE AV 576 2866))
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Subject: Re: MS Access
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:02:42 GMT
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I wonder how Bill Gates fits FOX PRO for Windows into the picture....
isn't MS ACCESS directly competing with it???

John E. Daum
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:01:36 -0600
From:         "(Vijaykumar Bollapragada)" <bollap@BIT.CSC.LSU.EDU>
Subject:      File corrupt, Please Help!!!

Thanks to all those who responded to my question.
A couple of people seem not to have received my original question, so let me
briefly explain what the problem was:
 A file got corrupt in a 3.5" inch and I was trying to recover the data using
CHKDSK or NORTON.  Anyway, I have been able to build some part of the file
and am working on it.

I did not receive any mail from the list for a day but everything seems to be OK
now.

Thanks again.

Vijay Bollapragada
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:19:05 -0800
From:         "(Moore)" <moore@EMAIL.NCSC.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      Re: WinQVT/Net, loading high
              92 09:03:50 am

Harry M. Kriz says:

> The documentation for WinQVT/Net 3.03 states that you should not
> use loadhigh for the packet driver or for PKTINT.COM.
> I have loaded both drivers high and I have not seen any problems

That's interesting: I've been loading both high all this time, but
v3.0.3 (and v3.0.2) forced me to stop: I get "incorrect PKTINT
version" (or similar) if I load PKTINT high; I'm having to load both
normally.

--
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