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From: worley@a.cs.okstate.edu (WORLEY LAWRENCE JA)
Subject: Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 05:02:56 GMT

From article <1993Jan4.184516.3492@digi.lonestar.org>, by ghoffman@digi.lonestar.org (Gene Hoffman):
> Do NOT use PKZIP V3.05!
> 
   [ stuff deleted about how problem arose and hardware setup]

> the C: drive.  The ROM startup messages were displayed, but then the system
> hung.  No error messages were displayed or beeps sounded.  I checked the setup
> (AMI BIOS) and found that everything was correct.  Just to check, I selected
> the option which forces the factory defaults.  No help.  If, however, I booted
> from the A: drive, I could successfully access the C: drive.
> 
   [ stuff deleted about what tech said was problem with failing hard drive ]
> 
> I've seen a few net messages about PKZIP V3.05, but none reported any hardware
> problems.  Please report any experience you've had, and any explanations for
> the problems.  I didn't think software could cause hardware problems, but
> my recent experience seems to state otherwise.

I downloaded a letter last fall (around October ? ) that was supposedly
posted from some hacker group in the California area.  I still have this
post if you are interested.  It described a virus that was supposedly 
embedded in a hacked version 3.05 of PKunzip.  The virus, according to
the post, was supposed to hide in VGA RAM, com port buffer, printer buffers,
disk drive buffer, and any other RAM that it could find that would allow it
to elude existing detection schemes.  The guy writing the letter said
he had lost over 200MB of data due to the virus, and that none of his
virus-detection/protection programs were of any help.

I contacted PKware about this as well at the time, and posted several bulletins
on several newsgroups.  I also asked around the country to some friends of
mine who use the Internet and are heavily involved in tele-communications.
All of these sources either dismissed the "virus" and the post I have a 
copy of as a rumor, and claimed that such a virus could not possibly exist.
This is the first I have heard of an actual case from this program (besides
the post I have).  

If you would like, I can e-mail you a copy of that post.  If anyone else
would like it, e-mail me, and if there is sufficient interest, I will
re-post it here.

-Jason Worley
From: williams@cac.stratus.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Help - Stacker and other Hard Disk Programs.
Date: 12 Jan 1993 17:21:50 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: ziggy.cac.stratus.com
Keywords: DOS6, compression


NeXT Mail Welcome...
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc article <C0JM5A.1wI@cup.hp.com> you wrote:
> 
> BTW, various rumors indicate that DOS 6.0 (should it ever come out) would
> have a disk doubling program within it.  Perhaps others can expand on that
> rumor.
> 
> Mark Runyan

The latest edition of Windows magazine mentions that DOS 6.0 should be 
available in the March ('93) timeframe.  Further, DOS 6.0 will include
an lzh (similar to Stacker) disk compression feature that will allow 
1.5:1 to 2:1 compression ratios.   I think Stacker 2.0 will do up to 8:1 
depending on the type of files you have on your disks.

					Eric

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From: robs@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert Sipe)
Subject: Excel question
Organization: Boeing
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:12:10 GMT

Greetings

   What is the best group to post an Excel macro question?  Thanx
in advance.



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From: tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)
Subject: Need help w/newest "toys"
Organization: ProLine [pro-nsdapple] - North San Diego Apple Users Group
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 21:41:46 PST

 I picked up some more "toys" at the swap meet over the weekend.
 Now I need to find a use for them.
 
 1) IBM Monitor P/N 8233388  S/N 352X 88 CL371
    It has a DB-25 connector for video input.
    It has only one external control other than on/off switch.
    I was told it was a RGB (color) monitor, but I have my doubts.
 
 2) Lanier Model 181-1000
    I suspect it is a XT clone on a single board (ports and video on
board).
    It has a 8088 on the board.
 
 If anyone can provide more info on them, please send me E-Mail
 Thanks,   Tom
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From: glenn@mstn.b17d.ingr.com (Glenn Fincher)
Subject: WINBENCH 3.1
Keywords: WINBENCH PCMAG
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:59:15 GMT

Looking for WINBENCH 3.1 from PC Magazine.  Is it FTP'able anywhere?

Thanks!
From: dyke@lehtori.cc.tut.fi (Niskanen Mikko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: weird cable
Date: 10 Jan 1993 19:12:14 +0200
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: cc.tut.fi

In <THEN.93Jan10121850@lk-hp-17.hut.fi> then@snakemail.hut.fi (Tomi  H Engdahl) writes:

>>I have got this external 5.25 drive.  But with it I got this really weird
>>cable that I haven't seen before.  It has 37 pins (or very close to that
>>number) and they won't plug into any computer I have seen.  I don't know
>>much about the external drive but I was wondering what it would take to get
>>this hooked up to my system.  Has anyone ever run across a cable like this?

>It is the standard PC/XT external floppy drive connector. It has all
>the disk drive signal and the power leads to the external drive. The
>data sheet I have does not list the power leads, but when I opened
>one drive I saw that it got power through that cable. 
>The signals are quite in the same way as in original disk drive, though
>the numbering is different.



A long time ago, I once made an external 3,5" 720-kb external drive
for PC/XT-class IBM clone, and used that connector. I think I have
exact pin order for it, somewhere buried in bookshelf. BTW, it worked
fine. I'll post it here if I find it.

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From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
Subject: Re: Tape drive - do I need a controller too
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:32:51 GMT

In article <fluet.726787307@ee.ualberta.ca> fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet) writes:
>smp@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis) writes:
>>I am thinking of adding a tape drive to my PC.  I have 2FD 2HD controller.
>>I have two floppy drives and one hd.  Can I use the controller slot for
>>the second HD for a tape drive? or I need another controller?
>
>Many QIC-80 and QIC-40 tape drives (the Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250
>and Jumbo 120 for example) come with an extra floppy cable.  You connect
>this cable to one of your floppy drives.  Essentially, you will have 2
>drives (1 tape, 1 floppy) connected to one floppy controller.  You will
>not need another controller if you buy one of these drives.  
>

While the above response is correct, when the CMS drive rides on
the back of one of your floppy drive's controller, its transfer
speed is cut in half.  CMS also sells separate controllers,
FC-10 and TC-15 which run at twice the transfer speed of the floppy
drive controller.  The TC-15, furthermore, does compression in
hardware (if the option to compress is chosen), further decreasing
the tape transfer time.

Contrary to the expectations of many readers, with these tape drives, 
there is no drive letter assigned or involved, so an unused drive
controller port for a floppy or HD has no use.

Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com
From: holland@ug.cs.dal.ca (Shane A Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Utility to read Mac disks needed please
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:35:07 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In article <endecotp.726410865@cs.man.ac.uk> endecotp@cs.man.ac.uk (Phil Endecott) writes:
>Does anyone have or know about a shareware/PD utility to run on a PC
>to read Macintosh disks ?  Pointers to any ftp-able programs would
>be appreciated.
>

   I have used a program called MAC-ETTE that reads 1.44meg Mac disks
on a PC with a 1.44meg drive.  It works great.  You can read the file
and copy them to another drive if you so wish.  I am not sure where it can
be FTP from at the moment, but it is out there.

   Good Luck...

         Shane
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 15:11:39 MST
From: haymoree@arizona.et.byu.edu (Edward Haymore)
Subject: Re: Disappearing UMB's, get this.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
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Bowie Poag (dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us) wrote:


| Us Amiga and Mac users only have to worry about one thing.. "Lessee.. how much
| free ram do I have left to work with?"

Especially after the operating system consumes two megs...  (nope, I don't
use Windows).

Sorry, couldn't resist :) .

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From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Re: Disappearing UMB's, get this.
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 10:55:57 GMT

aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:

>In article <1993Jan4.173117.14082@dcatlas.dot.gov>, joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott) writes:
>> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>> >The funniest thing happened to me. Yesterday, when I booted my
>> >dos partition, I noticed I had no UMB's. I was rather surprised,
>> >since I hadn't changed anything since I last used dos.
>> >And behold, the himem.sys and emm386.exe settings were still
>> >ok, yet, from the dos prompt (4dos or command.com) I could not
>> >see any UMB's, emm386 repports 0 bytes available/free UMB
>> >but a correct UMB start segment (C800), SI repports no UMB server
>> >present, BUT the drivers in DEVICEHIGH's were loaded high and
>> >functioning!!!
>> 
>> Are you sure they were up high?
>> Sounds like some of your BIOS settings may have been changed, such as the ones
>> for shadow RAM.  How much RAM is in your system?


>Actually I've had UMB's disappear from MEM command's output,
>however they were still there (of course). I haven't yet
>been able to find the source of the problem,  but it looks
>very much like a bug in DOS 5. 

>I may not know exactly where the bug is coming from,  but it's
>not in configuration or anything like that. My bet is that
>DOS overwrites it's pointer to the first UMB.  When it looses
>that,  the whole thing is gone as far as DOS knows. Naturally
>the blocks remain there set up correctly and device drivers
>still work correctly with pointers being bueno all around.

>I suggest someone at Microsoft run DOS apps with debugging
>set to the memory location of the UMB pointer...

Turns out that my problem was caused by the Hellween virus.
(Bloody custommers comming in with infected machines :-)) 


>Aki. 
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From: nnw@concurrent.co.uk (Neil Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Print Screen to HP Deskjet... How?????
Date: 11 Jan 93 10:18:29 GMT
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Slough, England

In article <GJAMES.215@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA> GJAMES@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA (GJames) writes:
>The subject says it all.
>
>The HP DeskJet doent have a switch setting for graphics. Do I have to buy a 
>font cartg. ?  Is there a software solution available. 
>
>
> Thanks for any information.

Under DOS 5 you can use:

	graphics deskjet

which works fine.

Its doesn't appear to be in 3.2, which is the only DOS manual in my
office, and I can't say about other releases. I seem to recall that it
was "new for release 5".

Good luck
Neil

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Postscript cartridge for Laserjet III: Recommendations?
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:58:50 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
Keywords: postscript,laser,laserjet,cartridge,board

In article <pm860605.39.726438826@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu> pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Peter J. McKinney) writes:
>
>	I'd like to hear from people that have recommendations on how
>best to get postscript output from a HP Laserjet III.  I am aware of
>software solutions such as Ghostscript, but I'd prefer something with
>higher quality and faster response that is built in to the printer.

Well, don't get what I got!

In my ignorance I picked up the standard HP Postscript cartridge for
the HPIII. (This was soon after they came out and a new one may be
available.)

It is incredibly slow, and doesn't support auto switching between PCL
and postscript. If I have the cartridge in there, I can't print PCL.

As it is, I don't use Postscript.

Actually, I lie, it's a great card and if you want to buy it off me I
could give you a really great price... :-)

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From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Kermit transfer in TELIX?
Date: 6 Jan 93 05:44:37 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

I can't seem to get kermit transfers in TELIX to work right.
I'm connecting to my school account (SunOS unix) and I can
upload with kermit with no problems.  When I try to download,
it aborts after the first init packet is received.

Any idea what's going on?

     Gregory R. Cook         |  INTERNET:    gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
 Department of Chemistry     |               cookgreg@student.msu.edu
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 East Lansing, MI  48824     |  COMPUSERVE:  74170,3010
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From: schottd@ucs.orst.edu (Derek Schott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Zenon Computers
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:15:16 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucs.orst.edu
Summary: Are they reputable?


Does anyone know anything about this company and their service.
I recently looked over one of their adds, and they have some of
the least expensive 486 VLB systems I have ever seen. They 
appear to be made with quality components from the adds, and their
warranty coverage is quite good too. If anyone has dealt with 
them, please e-mail me or post a response. (Good and bad inquires
accepted). Thanks!


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From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Utility to read Mac disks needed please
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:49:28 GMT
Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
NNTP-Posting-Host: axa12-slip.dialin.cwru.edu

In article <C0nIAJ.23n@cs.dal.ca> holland@ug.cs.dal.ca (Shane A Holland) writes:

>   I have used a program called MAC-ETTE that reads 1.44meg Mac disks
>on a PC with a 1.44meg drive.  It works great.  You can read the file
>and copy them to another drive if you so wish.  I am not sure where it can
>be FTP from at the moment, but it is out there.

I just heard today that Mac-ette.zip can be found on oak.oakland.edu

If you cannot find it there, use ARCHIE to find the file mac-ette-10.sit.hqx.  
This file contains the MSDOS executable and documentation, but must be 
unarchived on a Macintosh.

Ashok
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                              Ashok Aiyar 
                      Department of Biochemistry
                       CWRU School of Medicine
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From: slamberg@lut.fi (Samu Lamberg)
Subject: Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:06:50 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

   W[description deleted to save space]

   Wow! Sounds like a really interesting boot sector virus.
   I think that either the technicians replacing "defective"
   HD controllers were taking you guys for a ride (hey, HD
   Ctrl's have a 50% markup)... OR someone has found a way
   to actually do harm by software.  Maybe it could be done
   if you play around with sensitive configuration settings
   in CMOS RAM and in the motherboard chipset.  Sounds kind
   of tough tho.  Anyway, PKZIP 3.05 is definitely bogus,
   because it's too much (.05?) too soon (2.x was released
   not too long ago). 

PKZip 2.x has not been released. The latest official version
is 1.1. There has been a alfa/beta version 1.93 but not 2.x.

 It's too easy to place trojan horses
   into software. Way too easy.  Why do people trust such
   obvious traps?

Errare humanum est. I suggest sending this program to the authors of
McAfee and F-prot.

samu
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.forsale.computers,comp.databases
Date: Fri,  8 Jan 1993 22:07:57 -0500 
From: Truman Fenton <tf26+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Online medical dbases

Does anyone know of medical information databases which could be acessed
with a modem?  My brother could really use such a service.

Also, of the online services such as Compuserve, etc. which is the best
for the buck?  He wants Internet acess, but lives 2 hours from the
nearest city.  He lives in San Angelo, TX.  Do ya'll have any ideas?

BTW, he has a 386 clone and has a 2400 modem.

Thanks, 
Truman
tf26@andrew.cmu.edu
From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PC-TOOLS V8.0 (2 OPTIONS DON'T WORK) BUG! NEED HELP
Date: 10 Jan 1993 11:50:18 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


I have Pc-Tools V8.0 and I can't get the option DELETE to work.
It doesn't even light up in my menu list. Any one know why or
has any one gotten it to work on their hard drive with files
that were just deleted????

I also can't get the UNZIP option in the compress menu to work.
I tried to unzip a copy of SCAN99.zip in my 2mb ramdrive with
the unzip option of Pc-tools and got a message that first
the files might over right existing files on my drive.
Then it said that it couldn't unzip the file because the directories
might already exist on my drive. My ramdrive was empty other than
just the one file (SCAN99.ZIP) so there couldn't be a problem
with either exicting directories or files.

Using pkunzip I unziped the file with no problem at all.
What gives with the NEW AND IMPROVED PC-TOOLS V8.0 FOR DOS????
Any help would be vary nice on this and would be greatly APPRECIATED!
From: quairoli@cs.widener.edu (Patrick Quairoli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: CD ROM Source.
Date: 8 Jan 1993 14:47:18 GMT
Organization: Widener University Computer Science Department, Chester PA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: sonja.cs.widener.edu


does anyone know where i can get some C source or libs, for writing cd
rom programs, ie, playing music or just reading a disk.

i've seen and worked with some libs for a CD rom on a SUN Sparc and
was wondering if there are any for the PC.

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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Enlarging MS-Kermit's data space
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:29:42 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <richard.726756238@dutepp6>, Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Richard Kooijman) writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I have a rather large key definition file for Kermit. Alas, Kermit
> just doesn't make it to the last 4 definitions.
> 
> So, I picked up the MS-Kermit distribution from watsun and
> enlarged the key definition buffers. But again, alas, Kermit seems
> to be filled to the last byte. It is compiled in small memory model
> and compiling it in large memory model would solve the problem, but
> the TCP software is relying on the small mm.
> 
> Has anybody succeeded it doing this? It appears to me that there must
> be other people with large key definitions. 
> Any help greatly appreciated!
> Richard.
> 
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	There is some hope of space in the next release, but all things have
limits. The compromise in the current releases is between what you would like
and the memory consumption experienced by others, and it's not easy saying
"enough" to anyone. I presume you are already loading an appropriate Code
Page so many key mappings are not necessary.
	Btw, the assembly language code (the vast majority of MS-DOS Kermit)
has no memory model. It has several code and data segments, two stacks, and
allocates free memory from DOS. It exploits near references whereever possible 
to save space and time. The Telnet code in C is the small memory model, for
the same reasons. Far references are expensive! Changing the Telnet C code
won't help one bit (er, byte).
	Joe D.
	Joe D.
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