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From: niamath@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Tony Niamath)
Subject: What is INT 24 ?
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 23:24:07 GMT

I have a 3 1/2 inch floppy drive on my PC that is not working properly.
Recently, I have been unable to read disks on the B drive and whenever
I try to inspect the directory of any of my 3 1/2 inch floppies, 
DOS 5.0 gives me the typical "General Failure" error . After I
hit retry a few times and then finaly "F" for fail, I get the
message "Fail on INT 24".

Does anyone know specifically what interrupt 24 does? Drive B sometimes
works for a day and then won't read anything for weeks. 


- Tony.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:48:13 EST
From: <ALC@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: VP-Expert

Does anyone know if VP-Expert is still on the market? If so, who is the
current distributor and or vendor. I'm trying to contact them for some
technical support. Thanks.

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From: lauusitalo@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Why HD led stays on and world stops for a while?
Date: 29 Dec 92 06:25:03 GMT
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.

In article <downs.48.725595851@helios.nevada.edu>, downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs) writes:
>>        I have Seagate 65MB RLL + Stacker 2 and I am having this
>>        odd problem. Sometimes on second partition HD led turns on
>>        and everything stops for few (5 - 20) seconds. Then it continues
>>        without problem. It depends which programs I am using. Some
>>        does it never but eg. Wing Commander 2 was a pain, because
>>        every minute it stopped and it happened mostly in battles
>>        so it was quite annoying.
> Are you using the Smartdrive that comes with Windows 3.1? It uses delayed 
> write to disk and if every now and then too much accumulates in the write 
> buffer and it hasn't been given a chance to write to disk it will interrupt 
> everything else to catch up with its backlog. On a slower machine/drive 
> especially this could cause some relatively lengthy interruptions at 
> seemingly random times.
> 
> Lamont Downs
> downs@helios.nevada.edu

Yes I am using that Smartdrive. But I think if Smartdrive had something
to write it would write, not just light leds and freeze for a moment.
I know this Seagate is slow but not that slow. One thing good about
it is that at least you are able to verify bye ear if it is writing.
But this beast is just spinning not writing. Is Smartdrive doing
something else (finding right things to write)?

I have to try it without delayed write.

Thanks,
Lauri
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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Subject: Re: Load/Unload Device Drivers From Prompt
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:40:55 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <168CC7652.MHARRIS@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU> MHARRIS@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU writes:
>Is there a way to load and unload Device Drivers from the DOS Prompt?  I have
>heard of it at one point and time but didn't beleive it.  If this is true, can
>someone tell me how.

Look for an archive called IDRV01.ZIP at Simtel or other mirror site.

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From: ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Leonidas Hepis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: URGENT!! Need advice on Borland upgrade by Dec 31st!
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:41:26 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

I posted this this afternoon but it doesn't appear in my news so I will
post it again.  Sorry if you get this twice.

Hello to everyone (and please accept my apologies if I'm posting this in the
wrong newsgroup.  Please respond to my request for advice, since we are so close
to New Year's holidays and many people are away from the net!  Your e-mail may
be the only one I will get!)

I have a friend (13 years old) who has been using Turbo Pascal.  He must decide
by Dec 31st if he should take advantage of an offer to upgrade to a Borland
Compiler for $150.  He has learned Pascal on his own and likes spending time on
the computer programming.  He would also like to write applications for the IBM.
Would the Borland compiler be much better for that purpose than Turbo Pascal?
Are there any other good reasons why he should take advantage of this offer, 
such as the programming environment, flexibility of the language/compiler ?

Here's what he has:  Turbo Pascal (TP) 6.0

Here's what he can get (for $150):

        Borland Pascal 7.0, plus
                Turbo assembler
                TP 7.0
                TP for Windows
                Turbo Debugger
                Turbo Profiler
                Object Browser
                DOS Extender
                write foe DOS protected mode
                open architecture
                WinFight
                WinSpector
                Object Windows (?)
                and some other stuff, including sample code


Please reply to me ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu .  All comments welcome!

Thanks, and have a good New Year's!

-leo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: pegasus@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us (Patricia Snyder-Rayl)
Subject: Announcing CONNECT Magazine
Organization: GREX Public Access Unix +1 313 761 3000
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:52:53 GMT



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The first bi-monthly issue of CONNECT will be available in March, 1993.

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Online, Prodigy, GEnie and BIX. With columnists on staff to cover these
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Every issue of CONNECT contains Internet coverage that helps you find your
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From: I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: I.B.M.
Date: 22 Dec 92 12:43:29 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

cavlier@xamiga.linet.org (Jon) writes:

>All I want to say is the I.B.M. is coming up with a new computer to compete 
>with amiga

Come on 
TRUCE TIME!   It's getting out of hand!

Let us have peace - no more Amiga vs PC nonesense - please!

It's Christmas everyone, peace and goodwill to all men!

								Ian A. Inman.

P.S. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Pizza Hut erases diskettes
Date: 30 Dec 92 00:04:29 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

I'd often wondered about the magnetic safety of mailing diskettes.
Wondered how many diskettes that arrived unreadable were really
due to exposure to magnetic fields during transit.

Today in my mailbox was a post card from Pizza Hut. Taped to it was
a magnetic sticker, suitable for posting on your refrigerator door,
with the phone number of my local store.

Good thing no software publisher was mass-mailing update diskettes
this week, eh?

:-)


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From: dman@netcom.com (Dallman Ross)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.1 Question
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:16:37 GMT

Alan Scott Olson (alanchem@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
>  What I'd like to be able to do is to combine center justification and 
>  right justification on the same line.  What I'm doing is working with an
>  equation (not with the equation editor, btw) and centering a series of
>  equations.  I would like to number them, like (1), (2), etc. along the
>  right margin.  The problem is that when I try to change from center just. to
>  right just., WP moves the justification change to the next line, so my
>  number moves down a line.  I don't want this.

I'm still not sure what you are trying to do; but if it is something like
this . . .

              x^2 + y^2 = Z                            (x+y)
                                                       (x-y)

Then I just created that example in WordPect 5.1 using center- and
right-justification.  It's no trouble at all.  Shift-F6 to center
the initial equation (don't use the centering code from Shift-F8,
1, J); then, after the "Z," hit Alt-F6, right-justification, and
type the first right-offset number.

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From: ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Leonidas Hepis)
Subject: Re: URGENT!! Need advice on Borland upgrade by Dec 31st!
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 22:15:43 GMT

Thanks to all who responded to my request for advice.  I have forwarded
all replies to my friend.

-leo

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: elekokws@nusunix1.nus.sg (Kok Wai Sung)
Subject: SuperStor Problem! Help!!
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:23:29 GMT


help!!

my SuperStor partition got corrupted, when I try to mount the partition
I got the following error message.

"Failed Accessing the SuperStor driver, check parameters and retry."

the SuperStor version is 2.0, running DOS 2.0 on a Maxtor 120 M HD.

the problem occur after I interrupt the defragmentation utility( from
SuperStor ).

I need the file urgently, any help greatly appreciated.
thanks.
-wa
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bb760597@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Blake Buhlig)
Subject: Re: Byte's Amiga 4000 review...
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 04:38:51 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

In article <1993Jan1.175943.28761@cs.unca.edu> kepley@cs.unca.edu (Brad Kepley) writes:

>My reaction is that I wish I had one just like I wish I had a SUN system 
>with one of those humongous monitors, just like I wish I had one of those
>beautiful NeXt machines, just like I wish I had a Macintosh.
>In the meantime I _have_ to have a DOS machine. That's all there is
>to it.


To elaborate on this comment (which I agree with), no matter how good
a computer's specifications are, if it is not an accepted standard,
I have no interest in the computer. 

This is the case with the Amiga series of computers, including the 4000.
In my opinion, the Amiga has always been one step ahead of any other computer
in its price range architecturally, dating back to the 1000 released circa
1985.  Today, if you need an excellent audio/visual production machine, 
there is no better choice than an Amiga.  

But for most other tasks, the Amiga just is not regarded as a viable
option by most, not because it is in any way physically incapable, but 
because it has never received widespread support (in the U.S., anyway).
People need a GOOD reason to spring for an Amiga.  Therefore, if I don't have
to use one at work, or if I can't buy for it a version of that word processing
package that I learned to use at that class last month, then I do not have
good reason to buy an Amiga, no matter what its capabilities are.

It hurts me to see the Amiga not gain acceptance, considering its
capabilities.  I bought an Amiga 500 back in 1988, but sadly it has been
demoted to "the family Nintendo."   To this day, I am baffled
as to why Commodore cannot put more respect into this machine than they
have.  Perhaps an aggressive campaign aimed at universities and businesses
would help.  But they need to do something, or the Amiga 4000 will just
become another computer with great, but unfulfilled potential.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: tharme@cc.helsinki.fi
Subject: Problems with PAS and Adaptec
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:52:31 GMT

A friend of mine has had problems with his Adaptec 1542 SCSI controller and Pro
Audio Spectrum 16. Apparently the PAS won't work with Adaptec. He has tried
using different DMAs, IRQs and addresses and is certain that they don't
overlap, but still the cards will not work. Either the PAS won't make a sound
or Adaptec will screw up his hard drive. If anyone has had any problems with
the same kind of setup, please mail me with solutions etc.
From: dsew@troi.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DOSKEY separator patch?
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:14:14 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Does anyone have a patch for changing the DOSKEY command
separator from ^T to something more civilized (say ";")?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: DR DOS 6.0 EMM386.SYS vs. control-alt-DEL
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:11:54 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Dec21.231539.21797@ntg.com> dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt) writes:

>Under DR DOS 6.0 on an Epson Equity 386SX Plus:  if I enable the
>EMM386.SYS memory manager in CONFIG.SYS, the control-alt-DEL sequence no
>longer does a warm boot - instead, it locks up the machine.

>Fiddling around with the EMM386.SYS options doesn't seem to make any
>difference.

>Is this a known problem with the EMM386 provided with DR DOS?  Specific
>to the BIOS used in the Epson?  Recommendations and suggestions,
>anybody?

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  I use DR DOS 6.0 on a 386SX, including EMM386, with no such problem.
Why not write to service@novell.com?


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From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: SmartDRv  vs  HyperDisk
Date: 29 Dec 92 08:55:51 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands


   Not quite what you asked for: I have used SmartDRIVE (from MS-Windows
3.0) and HyperDisk (don't remember the version, can look it up if
needed) and now use DR DOS 6.0 with its bundled version of the Super
PC-Kwik disk cache. I prefer the latter. While each of the components of
DR DOS 6.0 are perhaps not the latest-and-greatest, they were designed
to work together and you have one point-of-contact for support (which I
did not need uptill now).

Frank "DR DOS 6.0. Just say yes!" Slootweg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant)
Subject: Re: Pizza Hut erases diskettes
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:21:02 GMT

From article <C02yEv.Dxp@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, by charltn@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jim Charlton):
> In <1992Dec30.000429.24047@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
> 
>>I'd often wondered about the magnetic safety of mailing diskettes...
>>due to exposure to magnetic fields during transit.
> 
>>Today in my mailbox was a post card from Pizza Hut. Taped to it was
>>a magnetic sticker, suitable for posting on your refrigerator door,
>>with the phone number of my local store.
> ....
> 
> I also wondered how susceptible disks were to magnetic fields.  So I
> took a disk, half filled with files, and exposed it to the field of a
> strong horseshoe magnet (3 1/2" diskette).  While I could easily pick
> the disk up by its metal gate I could not in any way corrupt the data
> on the disk!  .....

I use 5 1/4" DD and HD disks.  After I've done some experimenting with
unconventional formats, DOS sometimes can't reformat the disk.  I can
always wipe out the disk and start over if I put it in its sleeve and
rub a strong refrigerator magnet over it.  But the magnet has to touch
the sleeve, and I have to go over it pretty thoroughly.

However, when I've done that, I haven't just corrupted some of the
data, I've low-level unformated it!

							Marty
marty@hoqaa.att.com		hoqaa!marty
Martin B. Brilliant		(Winnertech Corporation)	
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Magazines for PC: Which is better?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 20:37:33 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.125234.11746@cs.unca.edu> fauerbac@ivy.cs.unca.edu (John Fauerbach) writes:
>c188-cr@po.berkeley.edu (Chua Hak Lien) writes:

>: Which PC magazine is best for someone mainly interested in programming?
>: What exactly is the difference b/w PC Computing, PC Sources, PC Magazine
>: and PC World?
>: 
>: Any info would be appreciated, as I can't subscribe to them all.. =)
>: 
>: Chua
>: +==+
>: 
>I like PC Magazine, but sometime I also read BYTE.  BYTE goes into programming
>alot deeper than PC Magazine.  It all depends on your interests and knowledge
>of computers.  I think PC Computing, PC Sources, and PC World are only good
>for beginners and people that are not deeply involed in computers because
>these are easyer to understand to the normally person and does not go into as
>much depth as PC Magazine and BYTE.  Just my $.02 worth.

I'd tend to agree. My subscriptions at this point in time 
are to PC Sources and PC Computing. The former because it 
specializes in hardware acquisition and installation matters
and the latter because it emphasizes end-user software. PC
Magazine is a little top-heavy in the product reviews (which 
is why I use my friend's extensive collection when trying to 
find specific info on brands of hardware). Since I don't do
much low-level programming Byte doesn't hold too much interest 
for me. I do look in there once in a while for items of inte-
rest, eg. details on the latest processor from Intel.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Help (Procomm)
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:04:15 GMT

mkatyal@opie.bgsu.edu writes:

>I have an IBM 386 and am using Procomm plus 2.0.
>I followed the instructions in the manual for uploading/downloading files;
>but it just won't work. It says ABORTED.(I was downloading files from the 
>my main frame account). I have no clues as to what to do!

Do you have any TSRs loaded, that might be grabbing a slice of CPU time
every now and then?  Screen savers, scheduling programs, FAX or other TSR
comm software (like PC-Anywhere), etc. _may_ do this (many don't).
Are you running under Desqview, or using a multitasking DOS shell like
Windows?  You should be able to optimize DV to work, but I'm less
confident about Windoze.
Are your phone lines really noisy?
At what point do the transfers fail?  Same # of bytes every time?  Same
amount of real time (i.e. hh:mm:ss) into the transfer each time?  Or is it
random?  The answers to these questions should at least begin to provide
some clues.  Hope this helps.

-JTT

Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:16214 comp.sys.misc:1030
Organization: TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology.
Date: Wednesday, 30 Dec 1992 14:14:14 IST
From: David Tal <GSRGAAO@TECHNION.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.software,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Limit access to disk on IBM PC, pgm wanted

                                                 30.12.92


     I am looking for a utility program for the following application:
 At the Technion we have an IBM computer available for student use, which
 has on it a C: hard disk which contains programs for student instruction.
 The same computer also has a D: partition on the same hard disk, which is
 needed for faculty use only.

     I should like to have a program which will allow students access to
 the C:  partition (with password?), but at the same time will not allow
 access to the D:  disk partition.  This is a little like on the VMS or
 UNIX systems where one can set read, write, or execute access to any
 individual file, but in my case I want the access to be limited to an
 entire directory or disk drive.  Of course there must be some other way,
 whereby the faculty can access the D:  drive, via password or other
 means.

     If anybody has such a program, I would be grateful if he would send
 it to me.  Or if available via anonymous FTP, if you could give me the
 location and file name.    Many thanks.

                               David Tal, Departement of General Studies,
                               Technion    Haifa, Israel

                               GSRGAAO@TECHNION.TECHNION.AC.IL

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