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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 10:07:00 CST
From:         PEJSAJ@UWSTOUT.BITNET
Subject:      Stacker Performance

Greetings,

My hard disk is full and am considering a compression program (I have
heard this will be in DOS 6.0 but I don't know if I can wait).  Windows
magazine, Dec 92, tested Stacker and found a performance drop of 37% for
a suite of Windows program tests.  It also stated that I would not be able
to share files with others - I would have to create another version of
the file that is not compressed.

Any comments?  Thanks.

Jim Pejsa (pejsaj@uwstout.edu)
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Physics Department
Menomonie, WI
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:06:42 EDT
From:         LELIO@CCS.UOGUELPH.CA
Subject:      Re: Sporadic duplicate postings

On Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:05:53 EST
"NATHAN BRINDLE" <NBRINDLE@INDYCMS.BITNET> wrote

> Has anyone else been getting these?  I've had about 10 in the last 2 days
> from WIN3-L.  Either someone is posting twice or LISTSERV is sending them
> out twice...not terrible, but annoying.
>

With regards to multiple posting, yes, I have been getting them as
well.  I checked the header and found most of them to be exact except
with the times, usually around 2 hours apart or so. Also, I have
received mail back from a posting I sent, saying there is a posting
with the exact body already! What is going on here?

Lelio Fulgenzi
Computing & Communications Services
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
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From:         "ETDAI2::LEONG" <leong%etdai2.decnet@MDCGWY.MDC.COM>
Subject:      RE: Microsoft Access - S L O W

Greetings Indeed and Happy New Year to boot!

I have not yet gotten Access but my brother-in-law did get his copy during the
holiday week.  His machine is a Gateway 2000 DX2-66 with at least 8MB RAM so
it is a screamer.  Access ran with excellent speed on the Stacker equipped
drives.  However, his only major problem was in copying the *.mdb file that
Access employs.  The backup copy he made looked good and Access used it just a
s if it was the original.  But the Compare function in DOS could not validate
the copy as exact.  The file was not mega-huge, only 1.6MB in length.  But for
some reason Compare could not successfully verify the files... is the Access
file format so hard for DOS to handle or what?  I understand that Micr$oft has
employed a method whereby an entire relational database is rolled up into the
.mdb file, encompassing all the varying components and 'files/tables' of your
run-of-the-mill relational system.  Could this cause Compare in DOS to choke?

Chee Woo Leong
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace
St. Louis MO
a226936@etd88a.mdc.com
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From:         Ernie DeVries <DEVRIES@NAUVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Printing too many copies

I have a user who is reporting a problem with Windows' Applets printing too many
copies of a document.  Write shows 1 in the Number of Copies box, but prints 5
copies.  Notepad prints more that that so the problem is not consistent.  Anyone
have any ideas of what to check?  Thanks in advance.
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From:         "PAUL C. FOSTER" <FOSTERPL@UCBEH.BITNET>
Subject:      ATI video drivers

I just acquired an ATI video card. It has 1 meg of memory and according
to the stickers on two of the chips on the card it is a VGA WONDER 1.05
I have no documentation or software for the card of course. I have found
various ATI drivers for windows at both cica and oakland but so far i
haven't been successful in determining which one to use. The standard vga
driver included with windows works most of the time. (I still have occasional
problems running dos apps full screen). I would like to find a driver that
ATI wrote for the card. Even tho the Wonder card isn't an accelerator I
imagine they ATI driver will be quicker and more trouble-free. Any help
that anyone can offer will be most appreciated. Just respond to me personally
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:49:49 +0100
From:         Niederdorfer Christian <niederdo@VIWS3.ZFE.SIEMENS.DE>
Subject:      Re: MOUSE won't move after set up?

In my opinion I would not help to install the original MS-mousedriver
MOUSE.SYS like a few guys suggestet.

As you explainded yout mouse will not work in Windows-programs.
Windows uses a mousedriver called MOUSE.DRV for example. You can
chosse the mousetype when you install Win or you can change it with
the help of the SETUP program.

MOUSE.SYS in windows is only responsible for DOS-applications not
for windows!

Christian Niederdorfer
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From: ee_aronl@uxmail.ust.hk (Happy Aaron?)
Subject: Re: where have all my desktop patterns gone???
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:55:08 GMT

mpelley@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA wrote:
: Hi!! and Happy New Year to all of you!!

: I have come up with a very strange problem.  Most of the time I use
: wallpaper as the background for my desktop, however, I got bored and
: decided to change it.  Since I have not used the pattern option (it was set
: to (None)) for many moons, I decided that it would be a nice change.  When
: I went to set it, there are _NO_ patterns although there are name for them
: present, i.e., Boxes, Critters, Paisley.  When I try to edit the pattern,
: there is no cursor and the pattern is black.


  [stuffs deleted]  

: Does the Patterns for the desktop have a file?

: Thanks to all!!
: Mike

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: "i is a college stoodent," don't ya know?
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	Yeah, all the patterns are stored in control.ini. Maybe you should 
check that this file is intact.

Aaron Liao

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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:59:21 EST
From:         Jim Charles <JIM@SAFETY.NWSCC.SEA06.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      Shell to DOS

Does anyone know of the files (besides .dll) that are needed to shell
out of windows to dos. Mine has seemed to quit working.


Jim Charles
Computer Data Systems Inc.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Crane, Indiana
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:28:14 GMT
From:         "Mr. S. Newby" <SNCJP@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject:      CARD.DLL for the old Windows 3.0

Does anyone have a copy of the DLL, CARD.DLL that was first used for the
card game Solitare that comes with Windows. In later versions this has been
incorporated into the the program itself. I have the documentation for the
functions included in this DLL, but have since been unable to find a copy of
the code. My old windows 3.0 has long been discarded. Or is there an FTP site
where this might be availble. This relates to an article in PC Computer World
October where card.dll is used in an exmaple QB programing.

Steve Newby ( SNCJP@uk.ac.liverpool.ibm )
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:49:54 MEZ
From:         glasl@DSB835.EDVZ.SBG.AC.AT
Subject:      Re: Converting between graphics formats

Jan. 12, 1993 Mark Allen wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a program to convert one type of graphics
> format to another?

You may try out a shareware program called "Graphic Workshop for Windows"
v1.0h, aka "gwsw10h.zip" available at many ftp sites, like
"ftp.cica.indiana.edu" /pub/pc/win3/util (I think...). Converts allmost every
graphic format.

Eelco Glasl
Universitaet Salzburg, Austria
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Subject: VIRUS>> PKZIP 2.04C
Date: 8 Jan 1993 03:49:27 GMT
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In article <9301071437.AA00555@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> Bill.Peterson%OIS%WARF@TOPNET.UWSA.EDU writes:

>PKZip 2.04c IS an official release from PKWare, packaged in a self-
>extracting file named PKZ204C.EXE. I got my copy from a local BBS, so I can'
>t speak for the integrity of wustl's copy; you should scan it for viruses 
>before and after decompressing to be on the safe side.

I downloaded PKZ204C from WU and scanned it for viruses.

Central Point Backup says it's clean.

Norton Desktop virus scan says PKUNZIP.EXE and PKZIPFIX.EXE are contaminated 
with a strain of Maltese Amoeba virus.

Since I imagine that a false negative is more likely than a false positive, 
I imagine that it really is infected.  Anyone else?

Richard J. Hughes
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:54:23 GMT+0100
From:         Andreas.Tako@UIBK.AC.AT
Subject:      PKZIP 2.04C

I've seen a file called PKZ204C.EXE today on wustl in the directory
pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS. Can anybody tell me if this is an official release
of PKWare or if it's a hack. I don't want to catch a virus.

Sorry. I know this is not a windows question, but I think almost
everybody will be using PKZIP.
Thank You for Your help
Andreas S. Tako                     Internet: Andreas.Tako@UIBK.AC.AT
Inst. for Organic Chemistry
University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
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From:         Alisson Augusto Souza Sol <alisson@DCC.UFMG.BR>

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                         | Alisson Augusto Souza Sol             |
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  I know of the existence of a paper that shows how to use the
Microsoft Foundation Classes with Borland C++ 3.1.
  Could anybody send me this paper?

  Thanks in advance.

  Alisson Sol
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:55:28 -0600
From:         F60C038@SAKSU00.BITNET

Subject: Windows RT

    Does anybody know, heard of Windows RT ( Reuters Terminal ) ? , it is
a special Windows version developed specifically for Reuters news and stock
market services  .

   Please let me know where to find a copy of it .

   thanks

   F60C038@SAKSU00.BITNET
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:30:00 CDT
From:         KNOPF@FNAL.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Multitasking

In regard to a message by Arne deg rd <Vatle@OSCAR.BBB.NO>:

 Multitasking is quite possible with a single processor,
in which case the hardware has no bearing - only in
a multi-processor system, where the bus has to be arbitrated,
need there be a hardware arbitration scheme for the bus.
Thus multitasking can be done on MCA, ISA, EISA etc., and
OS/2 and Windows NT are doing it quite nicely...
 (Flames to bitbucket, please...)

 Walter Knopf
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From:         "Dennis G. Winter [red D]" <dgwdgw@REDDPGMING.WIN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Word 4 Windows Header/Footer --> Never-Never Land

>>Has anyone seen this problem?
>>
>>I am running word for windows 2.0 - windows 3.1 - dos 5.0...
>>In word for windows, I have a document open with the header
>>and footer filled in.  Out of the blue, the header and footer are deleted.

>I have also had problems with W4W 2.0 Win3.1, Dos 5.0 with file corruption

>This is the second time this has happened to me.

Two things. W4W is currently in release 2.0c. Possibly your problem has been
fixed. Secondly, have you checked your computer for virus' recently?


D.
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:30:28 CST
From:         Harold Pulcher <pulcher@MIKEY.CONVEX.COM>
Subject:      Windows NT
              at Jan 8, 93 6:28 pm

I am probably a little late on the stick, but I will ask the question
anyway.

Is there any way that I become a beta site.  I thought there were
several folks that had the NT stuff and they could let up to 10 more
folks join in on thier beta.  I may be totally wrong.  If I am, be kind
with the flames.  I am just looking for a way to try the thing out.


I am pretty much a UNIX slug.  It has taken me a while to jump on the
windows band wagon.  Since NT is supposed to do away with EVERY OTHER
OS, I thought that might as well have alook at it.

later,
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 10:32:37 -0600
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Subject: Windows RT (NOT NT)

      Does any know, or heard of Windows RT ( Reuters Terminal ) it is
supposed to be a special version designed by  MicoSoft specifically for
Reuters News & Stock Market service .

      PLEASE do let me know directly : F60C038@SAKSU00.BITNET
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:37:49 CST
From:         Bill.Peterson%OIS%WARF@TOPNET.UWSA.EDU
Subject:      re: PKZIP 2.04C

> I've seen a file called PKZ204C.EXE today on wustl in the directory
> pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS. Can anybody tell me if this is an official release
> of PKWare or if it's a hack. I don't want to catch a virus.

PKZip 2.04c IS an official release from PKWare, packaged in a self-extracting
file named PKZ204C.EXE. I got my copy from a local BBS, so I can't speak for
the integrity of wustl's copy; you should scan it for viruses before and after
decompressing to be on the safe side.

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From:         "Mr. R. Coates" <roysan@UXB.LIV.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: MOUSE won't move after set up?

Yang Chung Lee wrote:-
>
> What bother me is this machine runs well when running WINDOWS setup for
> the first time. The mouse move responsively. But when the machine rebooted,
> or rather, WINDOWS restarted, the mose won't even blink!
>
> This mouse would move under dos env, but it won't move under windows, why?

Ha! been there, seen it, done it. Some mouse drivers simply don't work under
windows. I had the same problems with (I think) a DFI driver. If I remeber
correctly, you should remove your mouse driver, then install windows, and
windows will install it's own mouse driver (MOUSE.SYS) for you.

You may even find that in either WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM the file is
already present. Insert the line DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE.SYS /Y into your
config.sys and all (should) be well!

Roy.

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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:11:40 +0100
From:         Arne deg rd <Vatle@OSCAR.BBB.NO>
Subject:      Windows NT and OS/2

Tom Hansen made a comment to Harold Pulcher's message on Win NT, asking
the question:

>Have you considered trying out OS/2 2.0?   It is based on the same
>technology (jointy developed by Microsoft and IBM) as Windows NT, with
>the major advantage that it is already available in released form.  In
>fact, it was only very recently that the name of "MS-OS/2" was changed
>to "Windows NT" for marketing reasons (and apparent philosophical
>differences with IBM).  You can also run Windows apps in OS/2


I have been a OS/2 v 2.0 user since june -92.  I my mind there are no
other OS available at this time that can compete with OS/2.  It is a strong
multitasker, which runs DOS, OS/2 and Win apps at the same time and with good
performance.  The performance is, as you know, depending on how much
memory you have on your system.




My own system is in the low end of what is recommended.  But OS/2 runs
with quite good.  I have an IBM PS/2 386sx, with 8 MB memory, and 60 MB
harddisk.  With 60 MB harddisk you have to be carefull to what you
install; most systems have an selective install-option that allows you to
put a minimum of the system onto your harddisk.  On my system OS/2 takes
14 MB of diskspace, but can take up to 33 MB.


Windows apps like Word 2.0, Excel 4.0 and Aldus Pagemaker 4.0 are
running fine on my system.  I have tried many Dos applications and had no
problem in running them.  They run  faster on OS/2's Dos than on MS-DOS.


Future OS-systems will be objectoriented; no doubt in my mind.  In 5
years time we will have some objectoriented operating system to choose from.
OS/2 will be one of them.  And, as OS/2 is already available in released
form, it is a good choise for the years to come.  It remains to se what Win NT
will bee like when it is released.


The years ahead will give us changes.  To choose system now is maybee a
bit to early, we may have to wait for WIN NT.  Then we can look into Win NT and
OS/2 to compare them, and decide what OS who will be the leading one for
years to come.  Right now, OS/2 is my choice!


Arne Oedegaard
EDBMANAGER
VOSS VIDEREGAAENDE SCHOOL
5700 Voss, Norway
E-mail:  VATLE@OSCAR.BBB.NO
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From:         mpelley@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA
Subject:      Wolfenstein 3-d

Hello,

Does anyone know of an anonymous ftp site where I can get Wolfenstein 3-D?
Please respond direct.

Mike
mpelley@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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From:         Yossi Oren <LIOREN1@WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL>
Subject:      Re: disk compression
              4 Jan 1993 08:48:47 -0700 from <kens@CATSEQ.CATLIN.EDU>

 >         Dos 6.0 will be delivered with DiskDoubler. Might be
 >         a good idea to check that software package out.
 What _I_ heard is that MickeySoft is bundling STACKER with DOS 6.0.
 Yossi.
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From:         Uwe Hauck <UWEHAUCK@DOSUNI1.RZ.UNI-OSNABRUECK.DE>
Subject:      WinWord2.0 Memory problem

Hello  again !
Some answers already arrived on that problem (and I am a member of this
list now !) but there is one point, that keeps me thinking it is not
a problem of windows3.1 but of winword2.0
This error only appears in that very special part of my macro and it
appears in a for next loop embedded in a for next loop embedded in
another for next loop. To be more precise, the program has to create
a 4 month calendar with a loop for the month, one for the days and
one for the appointments to announce. The array for the appointments
is 1000 entries large, but resizing it to 500 doesn't change anything.
If there are some entries filled in the array the program terminates,
if all entries are empty and i just made a dim array(1000) everything
works fine.......
I am really stuck and hope, that anyone can help
Uwe
uwehauck at dosuni1.bitnet
uwehauck at dosuni1.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de
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