HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: egg@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: fardata segs in TASM/TC small model
Date: 28 Sep 92 15:42:35 GMT
Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation


Hi,

  I was wondering if someone could shed some light on a TASM/TC
  problem I am having. I am trying to set aside an initialized
  far data segment (to eventually contain a 64K data table) but I cannot
  get the variables in the fardata segment to initialize ie.
  the following asm and C source should print consecutively increasing
  integers starting from 0, but no matter what value I initialize "farvar"
  to, it always starts at the same nonsensical (and non zero) value.
  I'm currently using TC 2.0 and TASM 3.0.

  Anyone, please help!!!

  Themie Gouthas
  egg@dstos3.dsto.gov.au


-------------------------------------------------------------
.model small

   global _testseg  :proc
   global _test     :word

.data

   _test   dw  0


.fardata

   farvar  dw 0

.code

_testseg proc
        push  bp
        mov   bp,sp
        mov   ax,@fardata
        mov   es,ax


        inc   es:[farvar]
        mov   ax,es:[farvar]
        mov   [_test],ax


        pop   bp
        ret
_testgameseg  endp


        end

-------------------------------------------------------------

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

extern unsigned int test;
extern void testseg();

void main(){
  int i,d;
  clrscr();
  do{
    testseg();
    gotoxy(10,10);
    printf("farvar = %u ",test);
  } while(getch()!='q');

}
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us (Jerry Greenwood)
Subject: Re: A QBASIC Question
Summary: QBasic problem
Originator: grnwood@gagme
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 02:12:58 GMT

The problem is in the Data statement.  You can't put a variable in a data
statement.  
DATA 10      would work whereas
DATA NUM     will not

-- 

Submitted for your approval.....
Jerry Greenwood                                                      N9NRG
grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us                                       312-545-2219

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: Steve Ernst
Subject: Compatability problems
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:46:55 GMT

I am currently attempting to run BorlandC++ 3.1 and 386MAX 6 on
my computer.  However, the compilation is much slower than normal
and BC++ occasionally crashes with a memory address error and
recommends a reboot.  From what I have discovered so far in the manuals,
the error is being produced by 386MAX.  Does anyone know of a special
setting for BC++ or something.  I haven't called either of the
manufacturers yet, that's the next step.

Thanks,
Steve
sernst@mitre.org 
Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.apps:4936 comp.dcom.fax:1767
From: alan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Supra Fax & DosFax
Date: 26 Sep 92 17:14:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <oekx9V600VpAI5p0Uc@andrew.cmu.edu> ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jinmo Ahn)
writes:
>Does anyone know if Supra v32bis 14.4k fax/modem is compatible with
>DosFax?  The  FAXCOM attemps to initialize the modem and says 'Incorrect
>TSR loaded.'  (Even when I have a plain vanilla autoexec.bat)

It's not a problem with your modem.  The original release of DOSFax had
some problem with Rockwell based class 2 modems where it would occasionally
screw up in the initialization phase.  Delrina has issued a patch to be
applied to most of the DOSFax distribution files (including FAXCOM) which
takes care of this problem (it also - finally - allows FAXCOM to be loaded
high and still function).

The ZIP file with the patches is called DFX01.ZIP and is real simple to
apply.  I'm not sure if it's on an FTP site anywhere, but you can always
download it from Delrina's BBS (means a call to Canada) or I'll see if I
can place it somewhere...

I have a different DOSFax problem, however, which Delrina still hasn't
addressed...  When using DOSFax and a Zoom v.32bis, the program works
just fine for sending and receiving... until I run another program which
accesses the modem (could be Procomm Plus, Compuserve Info Manager,
Lexis, Westlaw, etc. anything which talks to the modem) - from that point
on, there is no hope in faxing without powering down the modem (which, for
an internal, means shutting off the computer).  Anyone have experience
on this one?

Replies would be GREATLY appreciated.

-- 
Alan M. Gallatin <alan@acpub.duke.edu>
Duke University School of Law; Durham NC
From: clarke.stevens@gtri.gatech.edu (Clarke Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Wanted: Dial-up news reader
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:41:49 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Organization: GTRI/AERO

Does anyone know of a dial-up news downloading program?  I have a unix
account and can access an nntp server, but I would like to read off-line. 
Does anything like this exist?

Thanks in advance,
Clarke

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clarke.stevens@gtri.gatech.edu  |  (404) 528-3254
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.dcom.modems
From: jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph Malloy)
Subject: Re: Modemcfg for Telix 3.15
Organization: Hamilton College - Clinton, NY
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 03:06:40 GMT

Sorry to take up net.space, but mail to the poster bounced...

geoff@zswamp.uucp writes in his .sig:

         Coincidentally, most people who fight for "fairness" would be
         significantly better off under the system they call "fair"...

To which I say:and not so coincidentally, those opposed to change figure they're
better off under existing conditions.

So, it's wrong for a person suffering from prejudice to want to live in
a world without it because it would make life better ('fairer,' sorry to
use a nasty word!) for her?

Just what's so awful (or surprising) about that?

(Ok, we return you now to your regularly scheduled newsgroups with
aplogies for the delay.)

jmalloy@hamilton.edu
From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Deskjet Driver for Lotus 123 2.01
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:23:44 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Does anyone have an HP Deskjet driver for Lotus 123 2.01 (must be able to
print small text and graphs)? My friend who has this combination has no
need to upgrade 123 (unless there is absolutely no way to use the Deskjet
with 2.01). 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: boehme@unvax.union.edu (Eric M. Boehm)
Subject: Looking for info on Clarion Personal Developer (defunct product?)
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 00:41:00 GMT

I am looking for any information on Clarion Personal Developer. A
short blurb would be acceptable. My specific questions are:

1. Is this a defunct or obsolete product?
2. What are it limitations? That is, given that Clarion Professional
Developer exists, what is missing from Clarion Personal Developer?
2. Most importantly, can I develop stand alone relational database
applications with Clarion Personal Developer?


-- 
Eric M. Boehm
boehme@unvax.union.edu
BOEHME@UNION.BITNET
From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:21:02 GMT
Subject: Re: DRDOS6.0 : Incompatibilities?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps

  Further to my earlier posting on the "If you are formatting floppies,
you must first switch off (disable or uninstall) SUPERPCK or else the
floppy will get many lost clusters." problem reported by Howard Harvey :

  I did some more tests this weekend and have the following additional
information :

- The problem is (like Howard said) "lost clusters", *not* "bad clusters"
  (both CHKDSK terminology).

- I could *not* reproduce the problem with never-formatted diskettes
  (i.e. diskettes "fresh-from-the-box").

- I could reproduce the problem *each and every time* with the simple
  sequence (Super PC-Kwik enabled, details follow) :
  - Insert already formatted diskette.
  - Do a "format b: /u" (/u because the diskette is already formatted).
  - FORMAT reports :
    "1,457,664 bytes total disk space.
     1,376,256 bytes available on disk."
  This sequence is enough to reproduce the problem. After this sequence
  CHKDSK reports :
  "Errors detected, /F option required to update disk.

   488 lost clusters in 152 chains.

    1,457,664 bytes total disk space.
    1,376,256 bytes available on disk."
  The numbers 1,376,256 and 488 and 152 are sometimes different (f.e.
  1,347,072 and 696 and 209).

- Super PC-Kwik setup used : "superpck /em /l:688 /tl" (on 2MB 386
  machine).
  Diskette related Super PC-Kwik settings:
  /D- (determined by Super PC-Kwik) Use generic cache support for
       diskette drives.
  /V+ (default) "Use volume change hardware."
  As reported earlier: The volume change detection tests, as documented
  under "Super PC-Kwik and diskette drives" on page 465 of Chapter
  "13:Optimizing your disk", are successful for the diskette drive used
  (drive B, 3.5", 1.44MB).
  Other PC-Kwik settings resulting from "superpck /em /l:688 /tl" : /H+,
  /B+, /O-, /Q-, /T+, /W+, /&U, /L+ and /EM.

  On Oct 1 Howard Harvey writes :

> To those who believe that the problem is due to premature ejection of the
> floppy: I tried the formatting as the very first action after booting the
> system, so there should not have been any residual reference to B: in
> the SUPERPCK.  The number of bytes lost was reported immediately on 
> completion of the formatting procedure and was identical for several floppies
> formatted at the same time.  CHKDSK was necessary to clear up the diskettes.

  This exactly confirms my findings. With regard to the CHKDSK: It
probably does clear up the problem (I haven't tried it because I hate to
fix-what-ain't-broken (I think FORMAT/CHKDSK and/or "DR DOS" and/or
Super PC-Kwik is confused and the diskette itself is actually fine)),
but (as I posted earlier) in my experience a simple "superpck /f" flush
of the cache is sufficient.

Frank Slootweg
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: randy@stx.com (Randy Barth)
Subject: Re: User Friendly FTP for the PC Needed
Keywords: FTP DOS Windows
Organization: Hughes STX Corp
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:30:45 GMT

I didn't catch the original post here, but I will add that the File Manager 
in Desqview/X provides a very easy to use front end to ftp.  It's a big 
answer to a little problem, I'll admit.  But it should be noted.

        -Randy Barth, Hughes STX Corp., Washinton, DC
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Limitations of QP (Academic Version)
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:28:29 GMT

The academic edition of QP4DOS lacked network support and about nothing 
else as I remember.  Therefore, if you need it, check out the terms closely
, else don't worry, I'd say.

John Garland
jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
Subject: Re: Any comments about Desqview/X?
Organization: a2i network
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:45:04 GMT

In <1992Oct5.161310.3254@u.washington.edu> olsont@hardy.u.washington.edu (.) writes:

>  I was wondering if anyone out there has Desqview/X?  If
>so,  I'm interested in hearing what you think of the
>product.  How is the X compatibility and speed?  What
>ethernet and VGA cards are supported?  Does the package
....

If you want to have your query answered with any sort of promptness and/or
care, you should post your question to comp.os.msdos.desqview.
Quarterdeck's Dview products are described there; there are reps from
Quarterdeck who read the posts and reply on a regular basis as well.  (Not
sure if that is the exact naming of the newsgroup..)

-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
From: "clem contardo" <clem.contardo@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: paradox 4.0 upgrade
Date: 27 Sep 92 19:56:25 EST
Reply-To: "clem contardo" <clem.contardo@execnet.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Executive Networks Information



DL>According to the preliminary reviews that appeared before Paradox 4.0 shipped,
DL>the new version stores data in a different format than 3.5.  Check this out
DL>since it sounds like 3.5 can't read 4.0

Yes, PDOX 4.0 can read 3.5 files.  But the 4.0 are incompatible with
a slew of other programs.  My Relational and Report Writer for Paradox,
Quattro 4.0 and Ami Pro 3.0 won't read the 4.0 data.  Concentric,
Borland, and Lotus all say they'll have updates that will read the
new format.  The Borland rep did say the Quattro for Windows will 
read 4.0 right out of the box.

Clem C
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: root@geophys.mcgill.ca (Steeve)
Subject: lotus v 2.2 postscript
Organization: McGill University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:04:34 GMT

I am looking for a postscript driver for lotus 123 v. 2.2.
If anyone knows of an ftp site where i can pick this up
could you please let me know.  Thanks in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Telemate vt102 emulation
From: gorokho1@husc10.harvard.edu (Crazy Russian)
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:53:01
Distribution: usa
Organization: Physicists for Poetry

  A few days ago I obtained a copy of Telemate 3.10. I am generally
satisfied with the way it works, however there is a strange quirk
in its vt102 emulation.
  When I dial-in into unix systesms it works fine, but if 
I am trying to connect to a VAX running VMS, when I type "abscdefg"
I see on screen "a**bc**de**fg", where * is ASCII decimal 19 (looks
like !!), corresponding to Ctrl-S on most systems. 
  Trying to kill ASCII 19 in send/translate table fixed problem while I
was on command line, but some full-screen programs got messed-up.
  Turning XON/XOFF on had no effect except the thing froze until
I turned it back off. I have no clue what other settings could help.
Procomm does not have that problem, but I would not want to go back to
it, as it lacks a  lot of convient Telemate features.
  
Thanks, 
--
Zhenya Gorokhovsky                              | file not found .signature
Internet: gorokho1@husc10.harvard.edu           |
Bitnet  : GOROKHO1@HUSC3                        |
From: gcl0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GEORGE C. LIN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Accounting Software
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:58:38 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


Hi,

I'm trying to decide if I should get Quicken/QuickPay or Peachtree
Accounting for taking care of payroll of 20-30 employees, and also
track account payable and account receivable...

Do either of them need custom checks from the company or can you use
your own check/vochures?  And what are the pros & cons?

Thanx.

George
From: h8915726@hkuxb.hku.hk (Loser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: AutoCADv12 with Trident
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:59:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: hkuxb.BvprFp.Hpo
Reply-To: h8915726@hkuxa.hku.hk
Organization: who cares?
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


Can anyone able to use Trident 8900c (1M) with AutoCAD v12?
I cannot config the SVADI option when I select the Trident
card, it simply aborts and show "NULL POINTER REFERENCE"...

What's needed to make it works?

--
Chris Lo
University of Hong Kong
H8915726@hkuxa.hku.hk
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: ericj@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Johnson)
Subject: Re: Procomm for DOS locks solid during 2nd zmodem upload...<help!>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:38:34 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.161007.2711@nwnexus.WA.COM> osiris@halcyon.halcyon.com (David Ruggiero) writes:
>(Datastorm refuses to acknowledge that I might have found a real problem
>with their software, so I throw myself at the mercy of the net...)
>
>Using Procomm Plus for Dos (under DOS 5.0, with a 386/25/Phoenix BIOS),
>if I do a _second_or_subsequent_ Zmodem upload (that is, sending data to
>my PC from a Unix system vi "sz" ), my machine locks solid at the very start
>or at the very end of that upload. It hangs so solidly that even cntrl-alt-del
>doesn't work; I need to hit the Big Red Button to reboot. Unfortunately, it
>happens only about 40% of the time, so I can't reproduce the problem at will
>every time (like when I'm trying to explain it to their techdroids).
>
>The hang *never* happens on the first transfer of a PCPlus session, nor does
>it ever happen in the *middle* of an upload...only at the very beginning or
>very end (when the upload status box is flashing the 'completed' message).
>Strangely, it happens both under Windows and not (making it even odder that
>c-a-d doesn't work - even Windows must be out of the loop).
>
>I've tried all the obvious things - reloading the executable, trimming my
>autoexec and config.sys to the bare minimum (they're pretty vanilla as it
>is), and changing serial ports (one of my ports has an 8250 chip, the other
>a 16550AFN). No luck. Any thoughts/experiences/ruminations out there? Any
>and all speculations are appreciated...
>
>Thanks...David
>-- 
>David Ruggiero  (osiris@halcyon.com)      Seattle, WA

I don't know what to tell you, but it sounds like you found a real bug.
This summer I worked for microsoft on the new version of pc-works and
we had a similar bug (2nd zmodem transfer would die, though not hang).
I'd come up with the minimal number of steps to reproduce the problem
and send it to datastorm in writing. Good luck.

We fixed the works problem. You might want to take a look at
MS Works ver 3.0 it should ship real soon now, and the communications 
module is very good.

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: rdhunt@triton.unm.edu ()
Subject: Follow Up to Capturing CONFIG.SYS Output
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 17:46:18 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

I found that the best way to capture the output from CONFIG.SYS
as my PC boots up is to write a device driver to do it.  So, I
looked at a book titled:
 
      Writing DOS Device Drivers in C
      by Phillip M. Adams/Clovis L. Tondo
 
and they had a number of ideas as well as some source code.  
Consequently, the source code can be obtained for $20.  Since I
am a thrifty engineer I was wondering if anyone knew where I
might get my hands on the source code from this book or a list
of anonymous ftp sites which have good device drivers in C.
 
RICHMAN (Richard D. Hunt, rdhunt@sandia.gov)

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Subject: Re: Telemate vt102 emulation
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: usa
Date:  1 Oct 92 16:09:48 GMT

In <GOROKHO1.92Oct1015301@husc10.harvard.edu> gorokho1@husc10.harvard.edu (Crazy Russian) writes:

>  A few days ago I obtained a copy of Telemate 3.10. I am generally
>satisfied with the way it works, however there is a strange quirk
>in its vt102 emulation.

	
	I was on ftp.usask.ca and saw version 3.12, you may want to
	give it a try.


Shaun Burnett		    |	"You can't survive on a new planet with a
widow@camelot.bradley.edu   |	soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2		-  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
From: olsont@hardy.u.washington.edu (.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Any comments about Desqview/X?
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:13:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct5.161310.3254
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


  I was wondering if anyone out there has Desqview/X?  If
so,  I'm interested in hearing what you think of the
product.  How is the X compatibility and speed?  What
ethernet and VGA cards are supported?  Does the package
support telnet and ftp?  Any comments would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Todd Olson
olsont@hardy.u.washington.edu
From: johnc@muppet.bt.co.uk (John Cummins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: FTP running as a server
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:02:26 GMT
Reply-To: johnc@muppet.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

I have a number of PC's running dos which are connected via ethernet to a sun
workstation. I would like to backup the PC's from the workstation using ftp or
something similar to copy the PC files to the workstation. Security is an important
issue and a file copy must only be initiated  by the workstation (ie not any of the
other PC's). As I see it this means that the PC must already be running an ftp
process in a 'server mode' so that the workstation ftp can make requests to it.

Could someone tell me if it is possible to start ftp under dos in a server mode so
that a remote machine can make requests to get files ?

Is it also possible to restrict that server so that it only handles requests 
from a particular machine ?

If ftp cannot handle this are there any other similar packages which can ?

I would appreciate any help or suggestions

Thanks


John Cummins
British Telecom Research Centre
Martlesham Heath
United Kingdom

Internet:  johnc@muppet.bt.co.uk

Simon's Law:
        Everything put together falls apart sooner or later.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Subject: Re: Communications package?
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:40:12 GMT

PC Magazine once had Hyperaccess/5 for DOS as a top choice - if you
don't mind listening to PC Mag.


-- 
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Math & CS Dept.		| Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391

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