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From: pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky)
Subject: QPro for Win: A Mega Resource Hog?
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:45:42 GMT

Hiya, I just installed QPro for Win and am taken somewhat aback by the
hunger that this thing has for FSR. I started the program with 83% FSR
and after opening it and minimizing it I was down to _52%_!!. Holy
appetite Batman!! Ami Pro 3.0 only takes in about 5% for chrissake.

Any ideas or is this just a feature? (A really stupid, bloated,
sloppy, fat feature, but a feature.)

Paul


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: Roger De Abreu <roger@wateol.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Anyone have GCC Colorfast Windows Drivers ???
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75786E6F901361C@eolice.uwaterloo.ca>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:47:18 GMT
Organization: Earth Observations Lab/University of Waterloo
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:37:59 GMT


I am trying to locate Win 3.1. device drivers for a GCC Colourfast Slide
Making device.  Does anyone know of an ftp site or someone willing to
pass these drivers on ?  Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanx in advance 

Rogman

P.S. please post direct to me or to pglenday@cousteau.uwaterloo.ca if at
all possible

P.S.S.  we have done an Archie search of available ftp sites and had no
luck
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
Subject: Re: Videoblaster only works in Low Resoluti
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:45:16 GMT

exubrst@exu.ericsson.se (Brad Steele) writes:

>A feature connector allows your graphics card to directly
>interface another piece of hardware.  It's sort of an expansion for the
>graphics card.  In the case of the video blaster, that's how the
>graphics are displayed.  The video information is transferred directly
>between the "blaster" and your VGA card.

Actually this is not the case. The output of the VGA card is going through the
normal socket on the rear of your computer back into the videoblaster.
There the two signals are mixed on *analogue* level in the blaster.
The VGA monitor has to be connected to the videoblaster instead of the VGA
card because of this.

The blaster uses chroma key, all magenta (pink) coloured parts of the VGA
screen are overwritten with the TV image. The WinVideo prog. just displays
a magenta window into the VGA, all the mixing is done later.

If for you create a magenta surface (say using Paintbrush) and move it where
the video window should be, you can see the video "through" the overlaying
window.

The feature connector is merely used for synchronising both cards (I think).

>I find it humorous that they say "not more than 15MB".  Does this mean
>that it won't run if you have 16MB of ram?  Strange.

All memory above 15 MB will be disabled, but it'll run I guess.

Greetings

Wolfgang


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From: cm@cmm.ovum.ka.sub.org (Christoph Mueller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: More questions about 'Access'
Keywords: MS Access, rich Europeans, $$ exchange rate
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 22:20:08 CET
Distribution: world
Organization: Christoph's PC, Karlsruhe, Germany

jcberger@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr (Jean-Claude Berger) writes:

> In article <Bz3Kw3.6Es@cs.umu.se> erikt@cs.umu.se (Erik T{rnvik) writes:
> > $99 hardly converts to the 990 SKR Microsoft
> >Sweden is charging for an US MS Access version :-).
> >
> US editors seems to know Europeans are rich :-).
> Access is sold 1500 FF in France (US$300 or 200 ECU) ! That would
> give 15 FF for $1. Borland just ask 10 FF for $1 !

And then we have the price of 995.- DM (US$600 or 400 ECU) in Germany.
10.- DM = 1.- Microsoft-Dollar compared to 1.60 DM = 1.- US-Dollar.

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From: sph0301@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: How to group icons in a DLL file
Date: 14 Dec 1992 14:41:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Texas School of Public Health

In article <1992Dec14.131338.25812@pixel.kodak.com> polvino@ssd.kodak.com (Joe Polvino) writes:
>So is there a application out there that takes a bunch of
>icon files and groups them into a single .dll file?

There's a program called Iconshow that will do this - should be available
in the pub/pc/win3/icons directory at cica.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jbaze@carina.unm.edu (Jody L. Baze)
Subject: AMI PRO:  Centering equations?
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:31:16 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Hi all,

Does anybody know how to center an equation on a page (or in a column)
automatically, ala TeX's display math mode?  The problem is actually
worse since I need to put an equation number over on the right margin,
much like you see in a lot of textbooks.  In TeX, this is all pretty
straight-forward, but I'm finding it very frustrating under Ami Pro 3.0.
Naturally, you could do all this with frames, but when you start having
tons of equations, and then you play with the margins, columns, etc
you see the hassles of changing every frame by hand.  Yuck!

Any ideas?  I appreciate any help you could give me.

Jody Baze

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: bsteinke@dsd.es.com (Bruce Steinke)
Subject: Re: WP/win 5.2
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Reply-To: bsteinke@dsd.es.com (Bruce Steinke)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 14:23:46 GMT

[stuff deleted about availability]

I ordered the upgrade direct from WP around Dec 3. I received it last Friday,
Dec 11. For the $39 (+$7 shipping) I got not only the 5.2 WPWin but also the
latest Adobe Type Manager (2.5, which I had gotten an ad for $39 just for ATM)
and also a full version of Grammatik (?$). Very much worth the upgrade cost.

One of the enhancements I like best, is the ability to now print envelopes
using Windows drivers, as WP now supports different paper sizes using the
Windows printer. Also, quick switching of button bar setups is enabled via the
right mouse button.

-Bruce

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From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: re: Word4W to other apps doesn't work!? Help!
Keywords: MS Word for Windows, cut and paste, Corel, PowerPoint
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:26:09 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI

In article <1992Dec16.084800.23189@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> baileyc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Christopher R. Bailey) writes:
>
>How do you paste a selection or Word for Windows file into another app such
>as CorelDraw, CorelShow (v3.0), or PowerPoint (v2.0)???  When we do this, all
>we get is the Word logo.  They are importing the "picture" type from the
>clipboard.  But even a file import doesn't work.  I can't even paste the text
>into Paintbrush.  The apps all say they can do it in so many words.  
>
>I would prefer to be able to import/paste in an entire W4W document, but cut
>and paste would be handy also.  
>
>This is Word for Windows v2.0a, CorelDRAW 3, PowerPoint 2.0, MS Windows v3.1,
>and the machines we've tried it on range from a 286-16 Hercules, to 386-33
>with 16MB RAM, 1024x768 video, etc.  
>
>Any info you can give would be helpful.  Is this a bug in W4W that is fixed
>in 2.0b/2.0c? 
>
>-- 
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This isn't a bug, but OLE, and a damned poor choice for the method of 
implementing it, IMHO. The OLE object from Word SHOULD be a formatted image 
of the text as it looks when printed, and double clicking on the object 
should start up Word with that text in place, ready for editing. The
behavior exhibited now should be available as an option.

You CAN get the text into these apps by choosing Edit Paste Special instead 
of Edit Paste and then selecting Paragraph Text from the list presented.
All your excellent formatting will be discarded however, and you'll no 
longer be able to establish a link between the Word document and the app 
you've pasted the text into.
Choosing Word Document or Picture from the Edit Paste Special list just gets
you that bilious Word icon. <sigh>
This behavior is the same for Word 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b and 2.0c.
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From: alsu@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Su)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WinWord 2.0*D*??
Date: 14 Dec 1992 22:28:17 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.32.234.15


Hmm....I just got a very interesting package from Microsoft.  The invoice
says it's Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0d.  The package label says it
Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0d.  Is there really a 2.0d? or is this some
misprint on Microsoft's part?  I know I was supposed to be getting 2.0c even
though I don't need it, but 2.0d?  If this is real, what improvements does
it have over the 'b' release besides improved compatability with WfWG and
FoxPro?  Thanks.
-- 
-alan su
-alsu@ocf.berkeley.edu
From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Tax Software
Date: 18 Dec 1992 14:41:06 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
Reply-To: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: gondolin.pubs.stratus.com

In article <1992Dec17.193034.6671@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com>  
phil@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com (Phil Longstaff) writes:
> Is there a "best" package?  I would assume that the one which gives  
the lowest
> bottom line while still following legal interpretations would be  
considered by
> most people as "best".
> 
Not necessarily.  If the program is hard to use and time
consuming, this is not the case.  If I wanted to get the lowest
possible bottom line, I'd do all the work myself, and spend
hours pouring over the tax tables, etc.  I want a tax package
that is easy to use, yet gets as much as it can for me within
reason.  Saving $75 but having to work hours and hours more
to do so is not what I want.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: re: AmiPro or Word Perfict ??????
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 01:01:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.162357.4541@wkuvx1.bitnet> beelewm@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>I am at a delima, I am in the market for a word processor for windows
>and I am undecided weather to get AmiPro or Word Perfict for windows,
>if any one can tell me which is the best overall, and some drawbacks
>to each, this would be a real help.

In my experience, Ami Pro is a far superior product than WordPerfect.  
The only major reason to choose WordPerfect over Ami Pro is "reveal 
code," an ancient feature old-fashioned users can't leave without.  
In terms of performance, interface, ease of use, and features, Ami 
Pro is clearly a superior product.  Word for Windows is an excellent 
alternative, especially for its snappy performance, although it seems 
to be few steps behind Ami Pro (Ami Pro is faster at making 
revisions).

>also, which would be better, Lotus 123 for windows or MS Excell?

The only reason to choose Lotus 1-2-3 over Excel is for "near-100%" 
compatibility with DOS versions of 1-2-3.  Excel is perhaps the best 
software ever written, although Borland's Quattro Pro for Windows is 
an interesting alternative, especially for users of 3-D spreadsheets.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (mike)
Subject: Damn Oak VGA Drivers
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:17:01 GMT

Well, I'm one of those people who are unfortunate enough to have an Oak
Technologies VGA card.  I run Windows 3.1 and have their Oak 640x480 256
color driver installed (the win3.1 vga doesn't work well with .BMPs etc)
I have had no problems with exiting from DOS applications or bad resolution
in BMP files since I changed the driver from the Windows to the Oak driver.

However, about every tenth time I run Windows something goes wrong with the
driver and I can no longer get crisp, clear BitMaps and the screen is almost
constantly refreshing itself (like there isn't enough video memory or sumpthin)
If I change the driver back to the Windows VGA driver and back  to the Oak one
again I have no problem until about the tenth time (again) that I run Windows.

The monitor is Super VGA so I suppose the problem isn't there.  What should I
do?  Should I try to reload the driver from the original disks again?  Help!!!

Please e-mail me if you can help.   
Thanks.
Mike
mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: wbg@festival.ed.ac.uk (W Geake)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Using Kermit under Windows Terminal
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:28:54 GMT

A.D.Bailey@lut.ac.uk writes:

>In article <BzAI3I.5CI@newsserver.technet.sg> kewta@solomon.technet.sg (Kew Tow Ann) writes:
>>
>>Has anyone tried using Kermit under Windows 3.1 Terminal? I have some
>>problem using it. For example how do you terminate a Kermit session? There
>>isn't any Kermit Finish, Kermit Get commands etc. Would appreciate any help?
>>Thanks and regards.

>Sounds to me like you are confused about the meaning of kermit.

>Kermit is two things.  1. There are programs called kermit (eg MacKermit
>MSKermit, and in the UK BBCKermit) that are terminal emulator programs.
>2. Kermit is the name of a file transfer protocol.

>Now Windows Terminal is a terminal emulator program, and it includes
>the ability to do file transfers using the kermit protocol.
>You start Sending or Receiving by issuing commands via menus and
>dialogue boxes, not by using commands like you would if running the MSKermit
>program.
>Hope this helps.

Perhaps you want to do what took me ages to crack: send a file from the
pc to the remote machine?  I start Kermit on the remote computer (Sun),
and then select Send Binary File from Terminal's Transfer menu.  (Start
Kermit with kermit -i -r to receive).  Then select your file to send,
and it goes.  The kermit session on the Sun then terminates
automatically once the transfer is finished.

You can send the other way (remote to pc) using kermit -i -s and Receive
Binary File from the Transfer menu.

Does this explain it (I can't be doing with all this talk of protocols
in general)?  Good luck!

Bill Geake, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Univ. of Edinburgh
From: wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Font editing
Keywords: windows, fonts
Date: 15 Dec 92 21:13:11 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

I am looking for a shareware or public font editor for building
TrueType or other fonts that can be used in Windows 3.1.  Is
any such beast available?  I recently saw an add for a commercial
package but can't afford $500.

Thanks!

(please email me responses)

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From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: QPro for Win: A Mega Resource Hog?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 20:37:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:

>Hiya, I just installed QPro for Win and am taken somewhat aback by the
>hunger that this thing has for FSR. I started the program with 83% FSR
>and after opening it and minimizing it I was down to _52%_!!. Holy
>appetite Batman!! Ami Pro 3.0 only takes in about 5% for chrissake.

>Any ideas or is this just a feature? (A really stupid, bloated,
>sloppy, fat feature, but a feature.)

QPW uses borland custom dialogs.  Those must be loaded.  Thats where the 
GDI goes.  System resources is a pretty lame measuring tool.  Check out
Windsock SRM 1.4 from one of the archive sites.  JFTR, I don't notice any
performance hit from using QPW; I'm not doing huge spreadsheets, but lots
of smaller things.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: hal@nexus.yorku.ca (Harvey Haldorson)
Subject: WPWin 5.1 is *not* true WYSIWYG ???
Organization: York University
Distribution: north america
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:16:37 GMT


Why is it that on I don't always get WYSIWYG in WPWin 5.1?

On several documents I have noticed that while most of it is WYSIWYG,
lines that include a line-draw segment, or numerous extended
characters, or several fonts and sizes, that the right margin does not
line up accurately in full justification.  What is more, the position
indicator lies, suggesting that the last character is at 5.5" or some
other, when in fact it prints at the 7.0" margin just like the rest of
the document.  

Incidentally, Print Preview also confirms that the line ends at the
appropriate 7.0" and not 5.5" as suggested in the WYSIWYG working
screen.

I am mostly irritated, as I at least had an accurate position
indicator in WPdos 5.1, even if the screen wasn't WYSIWYG.  Ugh!


Puzzled and unhappy.

harvey

ps.  I didn't bother checking to see if the position indicator was
accurate in draft mode, since if I must use draft mode, I'll switch
back to WPdos.


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: qiang@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Qiang Zheng)
Subject: WinFax Pro 2.0, Help!
Organization: Columbia University, Dept. of Biological Sciences.
Distribution: USA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:03:29 GMT

Hello, everyone.


I have WinFax Pro 2.0 installed with Win3.1, and tried to send 
fax from WFW2.0 to one of the fax machines in the department.  
Even though the WinFax was configured to send 'letter' 
size (8'x11'), the fax I got from the fax machine was actual 
double length with distorted characters (elongated).  There was 
only once the fax size was right (to the same fax machine, for 
some reason).  Anybody knows why?  Is this the incompatibility 
with that fax machine or I missed some settings in WinFax?  
Please help me by e-mail.

Thanks in advance.

James Zheng
From: jcberger@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr (Jean-Claude Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: qpro4w and WP4w loaded slows down 486
Date: 11 Dec 1992 23:50:48 +0100
Organization: INSA Informatique, Lyon, France
NNTP-Posting-Host: grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr

In article <1992Dec10.112607.1@vax1.umkc.edu> edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>I have a 48633dx 8mg and a trident card. When I load and use Quatro PRo for
>WIn and load WP4w 5.2 my machine slows down. I know it should slow down a touch
>but on a 486 with 8mg? I have to wait a few seconds (5-6) for menus to appear
>and things to happen in each. Am I missing something somewhere, as far as
>setting up my machine. I use Smartdrv with 1024 cache and noems.
>
Look at the ressource % left by QPW. I have the same symptoms when
it is loaded. QPW eats memory, resources and CPU time. It is almost
unusable. When you open 2 or 3 documents, you fall to 10% and must
leave Windows. I have never seen an application like that.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scottb)
Subject: Re: Windows WIN386.swp file
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:43:02 GMT

Ok, so it looks like I came up with the "wrong" answer on this one.
I will just slink away quietly. :)
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From: desktop@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Jon Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: QCWIN 1.00 - any update ?
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:14:21 GMT
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA


I am wondering if is there an update to QCWIN 1.00 ?

Anyone,

please reply to : 


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (mike)
Subject: Re: Random desktop pict on startup ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:35:34 GMT

In article <52=r+bp@lynx.unm.edu> Lawson%ssdvax.decnet@lbgwy.mdc.com writes:
>Does anyone have a suggestion on a share/freeware app which will randomly
>pick a gif/bitmap for my windows desktop when I start up ?
>
How about bmpldr21.zip from

ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the directory pub/pc/win3/desktop

it works fine.  It loads a bitmap at random from the specified directory
at startup.  It even tells you which one will come next when you startup.

Mike


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: krh@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kenneth.r.hackbarth)
Subject: Win3.1 compatible screen saver files
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:44:49 GMT

Does anyone know of an ftp source for screen saver files
that will work with the native Windows 3.1 screen
saver.  I'm getting bored with flying windows.

Ken
khackbarth@attmail.com