HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson)
Subject: Re: Zeos/Award biod problem (help?!)
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 13:57:12 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.155432.4065@spcvxb.spc.edu> mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
>The f**king Award bios in my Zeos 486-33 (upgradable) pc has
>this annoying habit of scrambling itself and rendering my machine
>useless until I take the machine apart and reset the cmos (disconnect
>and reconnect the battery).  Does anyone else have this problem
>with their Zeos machine?  Is there a better solution than putting
>in a toggle switch on the case to zap the cmos (and remembering all
>the settings)?  It seems to happend whenever a program is designed
>to cause a warm reboot, but it also happens whevever I have a brown
>out.
>
>Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Chris

   This problem is not specific to Zeos machines I can assure you. It is
usually caused by some sort of power surge. Also, some BIOS chips seem to be
more subceptable to it than others. If you would like, please email me and
we can figure out a solution.  

   For any other Zeos owners out there, we can be reached via email at
support@zeos.com.

---JRE---

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov ()
Subject: Re: How fast is the P5 chip?
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:03:22 GMT

In article <6259@dove.nist.gov> glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov writes:
>
>
>
>I have a text book "Desktop Computers" by Richard Henle & Boris
>Kuvshinof that does a small comparison of the 8088, 8086, 80186, 80286,
>80386, 80486, 80586, & 80786 (Yes that's right the'786 speculated due
>sometime in the year 2000).  The 386 runs around 5 MIPS (Million
>Instructions Per Second), the 486 runs around 15 MIPS and the 586
>around 150 Mips.  

A word of warning--don't expect the 586 to give a  factor of 10 improvement 
in speed over a 486.  Intel likes to quote peak numbers, and, if memory
serves, the 586 gets a lot of its performance by having multiple units
(e.g. floating-point, integer, branching, etc) on the chip that can
execute simultaneously; it can  perform more than one instruction per
clock cycle, under the right circumstances.  In practice, compilers will 
virtually *never* be able to generate code that causes *all* the units to 
execute at once.  My RS6000 can in principle execute 4 or 5 instructions
simultaneously;  in practice it seems to do 1.5-2.  I guess I'd
expect the 586 to give maybe a little more speedup than the factor
of 3 quoted for the 386-486 comparison, but not the factor of 10 you'd
guess based on a comparison of the 486 vs 586 MIPS.  Wait for some
real-world benchmarks before you get too excited.

--
brian good                     
NASA Lewis Research Center     
bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov
From: tomd@rb-csd.SanDiego.NCR.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Tape back-up for micro-channel
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:32:27 GMT
Reply-To: tomd@rb-csd.SanDiego.NCR.COM ()
Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo


Greetings all,

Does anyone know of a good internal tape back-up system for a 
micro channel PC (386sx/MC20 & 486sx/MC33).  I am looking for
one in the 250MB range and also has a 3.5" floppy footprint.
Please e-mail me at the address above if you have any
recommendations.  Thanks in advance.
From: nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Stacker 2.0 Installation tips wanted
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:23:34 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu

In article <1992Oct15.075647.27303@pony.Ingres.COM> chiang@Ingres.COM (Ng Hoong Chiang) writes:
>>In article <70995@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Mala
>>>        Netlanders ! I have recently acquired Stacker 2.0 that I haven't
>>>installed yet. I am looking for tips from people that have used Stacker.
>>>        Specifically I would like to know:
>>>
>>>    o   Would it be better to use Stacker on a portion of the hard drive
>>>        containing the stuff I use the least or just go ahead and install it
>>>        on the entire hard drive ? ( I think this has to do with the speed
>>>        of Stacker... I am using a 286/12 laptop w/ 20 MB HDD )
>>>
>
>NOT recommended.
>
>Hard drive is not expensive now.  Why use Stacker?
>You can always use zip, zoo or some other compression utilities for the
>stuff you use the least.

Ah, the eternal Stacker wars. I have used stacker on a laptop for
well over a year, and love it. I have a 40Mb drive which would be
impossibly small - it is hardly free to upgrade that drive to an
80Mb. Probably at today's prices I would go for an 80Mb, but that
is an option neither for me nor the original poster.

I have watched about 20 users play with Stacker over the last year
or two. Some have gotten in great trouble (basically having to
reformat their disk), some have loved it and swear by it. Inevitably
those who got in trouble did so because of user error. But a good
program should make it impossible for the naive user to screw up.
So, IMHO (no flames, please), the issue about whether to use Stacker
comes down to a willingness to read manuals, follow instructions,
and not panic when some strange message appears. This describes some
but not all users. (In previous postings, it has been noted that
many Stacker problems can be solved by looking in the manual. Some
people don't like manuals, but others don't have them for the
obvious reason. I wonder how many Stacker problems are caused by
people using Stacker in disk only form? Am I too cynical.)

No affiliation with Stac, just a happy (licensed) user.

Neal

-- 
Neal Beck 
Dept of Politcal Science, UCSD
beck@ucsd.edu
Dislaimer: The Regents pay me (in scrip?) to distribute my opinions!
From: belld@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (David Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Can't write to hard disk - help!
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:37:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvvADv.AAE
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

jpehko@cs.joensuu.fi (Juha Pehkonen) writes:

>davidb@sirius.astro.uiuc.edu (David Bell) writes:
>>I got a disk error that has somehow caused my hard drive to become
>>write protected.  chkdsk /f won't work, norton disk doctor won't work,
>>they both want to write to disk and can't.  I'm using stacker and the
>>unstacked drive is fine.  how can I get my disk back, preferably without
>>reformatting (or would that be a problem too)?

>This is becoming a FAQ here, try these:

>  1) SCHECK /F
>  2) Reboot
>  3) CHKDSK /F

>Not necessarily in this order :-) it worked for me, but hasn't worked for
>everyone.

It worked, thanks.  I had done scheck before, but without the /f flag.

Dave
belld@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: raicu@netcom.com (Eugen Raicu)
Subject: Re: Problem with hard drive on cold boot
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:17:19 GMT

Well, my 40 mag C drive just failed completely. It doesn't seem to start
spinning. This is not too bad as I can hold all my files on my other
100 meg drive. However, I would still like to have it fixed if it's worth
fixing.

Can it be fixed for a reasonable price? Are any dealers buying dead
hard drives? As of a week ago, it had no bad blocks but it has been
failing to start up ocasionally.
-- 
Eugen Raicu
raicu@netcom.com
1912 Addison Street Apt. 15, Berkeley, CA 94704-1128
(510) 644 3204
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs)
Subject: Re: XMS VS EMS
Organization: UNLV
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:20:25 GMT

In article <BvtCyM.H08@news.udel.edu> jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch) writes:
>From: jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch)
>Subject: XMS VS EMS
>Date: 8 Oct 92 17:37:34 GMT
>I have a 486 PC compat with 640K normal RAM and 3MEG extra RAM.
>I say extra because I'm not sure how or what or where to configure
>this extra 3MEGs of RAM to!
>
>I think it's being configured as XMS, but games like Ultima Underworld
>want EMS memory.  
>Now, I know that win31 does auto-memory management, so it'll run via 
>Windows, but that's not what I had in mind.
>
>How do I configure my memory without buying a commercial memory management
>program???
>
>
>
>       X-------------------+--------------+-----------------------X
>       |  |   |\       |>jon@chopin.udel.edu<|  "For my 2 cents,  |
>       | \|on |/eutsch |>>-----------------<<|  I'd pay a dollar" |
>       X------+--------------------+--------------------+---------X

Try using the version of EMM386.EXE that comes with DOS 5. I believe you 
should be able to use it to configure as much of your extra RAM as EMS as
you want. See the manual for the actual switches to use, also the
chapter on "Optimizing your system." I'm not sure if previous versions
of DOS supported this or not.

Lamont Downs
downs@helios.nevada.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: mcnichol@terminator.psy.syr.edu (Brendan T. McNichols)
Subject: Graphing packages under Win3.1
Reply-To: mcnichol@mailbox.syr.edu
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 10:34:41 EDT


Hi all,

I'm looking for a good graphing package similar in ease of use to Cricket  
Graph on the Mac.  Is there anything decent out there?  Any help with  
this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Brendan

--
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Psyracuse U. Sychology Dept.             mcnichol@psy.syr.edu (NeXT)
430 Huntington Hall                                 mcnichol@syr.edu
Syracuse, NY 13244
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Stacker 2.0 Installation tips wanted
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:44:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: mksol.1992Oct15.184446.28004
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <1992Oct15.075647.27303@pony.Ingres.COM> chiang@Ingres.COM (Ng Hoong Chiang) writes:

>>In article <70995@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Mala
>mas) writes:
>>>From: gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Malamas)
>>>Subject: Stacker 2.0 Installation tips wanted ...
>>>Date: 12 Oct 92 23:23:36 GMT
>>>
>>>        Netlanders ! I have recently acquired Stacker 2.0 that I haven't
>>>installed yet. I am looking for tips from people that have used Stacker.
>>>        Specifically I would like to know:
>>>
>>>    o   Would it be better to use Stacker on a portion of the hard drive
>>>        containing the stuff I use the least or just go ahead and install it
>>>        on the entire hard drive ? ( I think this has to do with the speed
>>>        of Stacker... I am using a 286/12 laptop w/ 20 MB HDD )
>>>

>NOT recommended.

Spoken like someone who's never used it.  I don't suppose you'd care
to give some reasons why you would recommend someone spend $500+ for
another drive rather than using Stacker?

Stack the whole drive, except for 12 MB or so.  That way you'll have
room for stuff that insists on installing to 'raw C', Windows
permanent swap file, etc.  Do NOT use the 'SWAP' utility in Stacker.
It confuses the hell out of most people I've seen use it.  Leave the
little partition that is unstacked as C and make the Stacker drive D.

>Hard drive is not expensive now.  Why use Stacker?

Because it is still cheaper than new hardware, no matter how cheap new
hardware may get.  Or you may already have all the drives you have
room for.  Or you may just want to double the size of your Maxtor
Panther. ;-)

If you know someplace that is giving away new drives, let me know!

>You can always use zip, zoo or some other compression utilities for the
>stuff you use the least.

Yes, and what happens when that still doesn't get you enough space?
PkLite is good, except it doesn't work (or didn't) on Windows
executables, which tend to be the bulk of my file usage.


-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rss@doe.carleton.ca (Roger Shum)
Subject: Problem with the turbo switch and EMM386.EXE
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 00:35:00 GMT

I got a 486/33MHz pc and recently I found the following problem
using EMM386.EXE. When I activate the EMM driver, I can't change
the clock speed by using the turbo switch on the panel.
When I press the turbo switch, I have to reboot the pc before
the clock speed is changed.
I still can change the speed by using the keyboard sequences 
ALT-CNTL-+ or ALT-CNTL--.
If I take out the EMM386 line in the config.sys file, I can change
the clock speed immediately after I press the switch.

The EMM386.EXE I used is from MS Windows 3.1. The motherboard
is from SETR. The chip-set is ET/486H from ETEQ Microsystems.
I got 4M Ram and ATI Wonder XL card.

Anyone got any ideal on what is happening and how to fix it?
I tried to use the /machine switch in himem.sys without any
success.
Any help is appreciate!

The following is my configuration:

config.sys:
DEVICE=C:\VGAUTIL\RAMBIOS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,umb
devicehigh=c:\dos\emm386.exe i=c800-efff
FILES = 30

DEVICEhigh=C:\VGAUTIL\MOUSE.SYS
BUFFERS = 30
STACKS=9,256

autoexec.bat
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
echo off
SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM
PATH C:\EXCEL;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\UTY;C:\NORTON;C:\PCTOOLS;C:\VGAUTIL;C:\GEOWORK;C:\VIEWER;C:\SCAN;C:\UW;C:\KERMIT;C:\CONED;
PROMPT $p$g
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
loadhigh C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE/f:4096


--

Roger 
rss@doe.carleton.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: chiang@Ingres.COM (Ng Hoong Chiang)
Subject: Re: Stacker 2.0 Installation tips wanted
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: 15 Oct 92 07:56:47 GMT

>In article <70995@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Mala
mas) writes:
>>From: gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Malamas)
>>Subject: Stacker 2.0 Installation tips wanted ...
>>Date: 12 Oct 92 23:23:36 GMT
>>
>>        Netlanders ! I have recently acquired Stacker 2.0 that I haven't
>>installed yet. I am looking for tips from people that have used Stacker.
>>        Specifically I would like to know:
>>
>>    o   Would it be better to use Stacker on a portion of the hard drive
>>        containing the stuff I use the least or just go ahead and install it
>>        on the entire hard drive ? ( I think this has to do with the speed
>>        of Stacker... I am using a 286/12 laptop w/ 20 MB HDD )
>>

NOT recommended.

Hard drive is not expensive now.  Why use Stacker?
You can always use zip, zoo or some other compression utilities for the
stuff you use the least.

Hoong Chiang.
From: jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Is Compuserve worthwhile?
Keywords: Compuserve
Date: 10 Oct 92 03:49:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hamilton College - Clinton, NY

RE: Is Compuserve worth it?

Short answer: yes

Conditionalization Factor: But...

you have to watch out for those connect charges!

I find that CIS has phenomenal resources (many bear charges over and above the
basic hourly charges) and that the major software and hardware vendors
are represented there, too, making it easy to get updates, patches, info
and the like.  Indeed, CIS usually has the 'latest and greatest' in
shareware and so on, often weeks before you find it on CICA or WUSTL.
I've had an account with 'em for five years now and won't give it up.

But if you start using their forums (their version of news groups),
charges can mount quickly.  There are evarious automated forum access
programs (Autosig is public domain and works quite well; Tapcis is
something like $90 and many swear by it) and you often find some major
figures participating in a forum, but boy, those charges add up.
To be honest, I'm finding various lists and news groups coupled with
FTP resources (and a little patience) to be a much more effective use of
my money!

My two cents...and a penny for your thoughts...
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: SX and DX ? 386 and 486 ?
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:14:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: mksol.1992Oct14.211457.2544
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <1992Oct12.111637.8156@brt.deakin.edu.au> guac@brt.deakin.edu.au writes:

>Hi all,

>I'm confused by systems : 386SX, 386DX, 486SX and 486DX.

>I was told the difference between SX and DX is a math-coprocessor, that is the
>SX does not have the math coprocessor but the DX has. 

For the i486 parts you are correct.  For i386 parts, the difference
between SX and DX is the data path width (16-bits vice 32-bits).

>However I found my 
>friend's 486SX-33 has a math-coprocessor when I use Norton to check.(He does
>not put anything on board after bought it.)

Then either there is something else on the board or Norton is broken
in this regard (which could very well be -- it might not know the
difference between the i486SC and i486DX and just see them all as DX
parts). 

-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: oistony@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M. Petro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How fast is the P5 chip?
Date: 16 Oct 92 22:29:00 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Oct16.210322.7718@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov writes...
>In article <6259@dove.nist.gov> glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>I have a text book "Desktop Computers" by Richard Henle & Boris
>>Kuvshinof that does a small comparison of the 8088, 8086, 80186, 80286,
>>80386, 80486, 80586, & 80786 (Yes that's right the'786 speculated due
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>sometime in the year 2000).  The 386 runs around 5 MIPS (Million
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Instructions Per Second), the 486 runs around 15 MIPS and the 586
>>around 150 Mips.  
> 
>A word of warning--don't expect the 586 to give a  factor of 10 improvement 
>in speed over a 486.  Intel likes to quote peak numbers, and, if memory
>--

another observation:

it is a well-known fact that intel split their r&d efforts so as to 
work on two generations of processors at once.  recent comments from 
intel suggest that their p6 will be reality approximately 18 months 
after the p5 is released, which corresponds to halving the typical 
processor generation of 3 years.  extension of that logic would imply 
that the p7 (probably what it would be code-named) would be released a 
hell of a lot sooner than 2000... say maybe 1996.  

food for thought, and for pessimism for those of us who can't keep up. 

>brian good                     
>NASA Lewis Research Center     
>bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov

anthony m. petro   "beethoven"    i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad
oistony@UBVMSD.BITNET             "frame by frame,
petro@eng.buffalo.edu              death by drowning,
petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu         in your own
                                   in your own...
                                   analysis..."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: Is Compuserve worthwhile?
Keywords: Compuserve
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:01:30 GMT

larry@dprmpt.UUCP (Larry) writes:

>Just got an ad in the mail offering a 1-month trial subscription to 
>Compuserve.  I send them $25 and they send me a userid, User's Guide, 
>"Compuserve Information Manager" software, etc. After one month, I pay 
>$7.95/month.  During the free month I can also use $25 of "optional 
>services" at no charge.  If I don't like it, I can return everything and 
>get my $25 back (they keep $4 S/H).  Sounds like a decent deal, & the monthly 
>ongoing fee of $7.95 is reasonable if the services are good.  However, 
>I am skeptical about the value of Compuserve.  

>How does Compuserve compare to Prodigy?  Free or not, I'm really not 
>interested in wasting my time if it's not any better than Prodigy.  If you
>have experience with Compuserve (and especially if you've also used Prodigy)
>I would be interested in hearing from you.  I'm specifically interested in:

>1. Can you access Compuserve from Windows?

Yes, either via the Windows version of CIM or with a Windows terminal
program.

>2. Can you import data from Compuserve into applications on your PC?

Yes, in fact, using CIM or any of the several other programs designed
to make using CIS easier, you basicly tell the software what to grab,
and deal with it offline.

>3. Are you required to use the Compuserve "Information Manager" software or
>	can you use something like Crosstalk for windows to access it?

No. But CIM or at the very least some sort of script is recommended. But
I used to access CIS with a Wyse-75 terminal and dump everything to the
attached printer. CIS recognizes a lot of terminal types.

>4. Is it SLOOOOOW?

Depends on the baud rate. And how loaded the network is. But even at 300
bps, it's faster than Prodigy.  CIM is slower than using the ASCII interface
that everything else uses, but it has it's advantages.
I call at 9600 bps.

>5. Does $7.95/month get you anything worthwhile or are you going to have to
>	use extra-cost "Optional Services" to make it worthwhile?

Most of the really good stuff costs extra under the $7.95/month plan. But
there's an "alternative pricing plan" which charges for all but a few
services based on time & connect speed. $6/hr at 300 bps, $12.75 at 1200/2400
and $24.75 at 9600. It's actually a better bargain, *especially* if you
use CIM or TAPCIS Or some other automated/semi-automated access software.


>6. What's your general impression?  Any other comments are welcome.

I'd like it if CIS was cheaper. But it has got a *lot* of reseources available.
I feel it's worth it. I've had an acount for almost 12 years now. And I use
CIM with the alternative price plan (which is the *original* plan).
-- 
Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
FIDO:   1:105/51	 Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Subject: Re: STONED virus in partition table.
Reply-To: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:25:44 GMT

wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward) writes:

> I think the command "FDISK /MBR" should do the trick for you.
> /MBR is an undocumented switch which repairs the master boot record
> by writing a fresh copy over it.  This gets rid of boot sector viruses.

Just to clear a few misunderstandings:

1) This discussion belongs to comp.virus.

2) The /MBR switch of the FDISK program exists only in DOS 5.0.
However, it can be used on disks, formatted with other DOS versions -
just make sure you have booted from a non-infected write-protected DOS
5.0 system diskette.

3) This gets rid of MASTER boot sector viruses only. The DOS boot
sector viruses are not affected by it. They can be removed with the
SYS command.

Regards,
Vesselin
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Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226      Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
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