HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rogue@anableps.berkeley.edu (Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Installation Oddities
Date: 30 Jul 1992 08:22:25 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: anableps.berkeley.edu
Originator: rogue@anableps.berkeley.edu

I just installed Coherent 3.2.1 (you may remember that I tried to
do this some time ago, but was thwarted because the hard disk was
too large). The installation went smoothly this time, except for
one problem: when the system encountered a minor, soft error when
reading from one of the distribution floppies, it immediately
aborted the entire installation and then asked for all the floppies
again. There was no way to short-circuit this process, or to tell
the system that I'd already copied all the other disks.

Finally, I finished installing the system and began to explore. After
sending mail to myself, I found that -- for some reason -- the mailer
didn't move the mail to a personal "mbox" file when I typed ^D or "q".
No explanation at all in the manual about why.

But the big shocker, from my point of view, was the lack of default
security -- coupled with an undocumented "back door" that could only
be considered an open invitation for system crackers. After creating a
few users, I discovered that all of their mail files were publicly
readable. What's more, the password file -- as created during the
installation process -- had an undocumented account called "xmail"
(name: "Secret Mail") with NO PASSWORD! This means that if a new
Coherent user were to put his system online and did not notice these
"holes," ANYONE could log on as "xmail" and read all of that user's
e-mail (as well as any other files that were publicly readable).
I wonder how many Coherent systems still have this back door open now?

<BG>





-- 
"Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
 Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has
 broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or
 where it will end."                   -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
From: brian@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: rsts/e kermit
Date: 25 Jul 92 08:53:10 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

As Terry noted:

RSTS/E Kermit is available via anon ftp from ftp.utoledo.edu, the exe's
are k11.tsk (for resident rms libs) and k11nrs.tsk (overlayed rms).

These images are a bit old, as I've not done anything with kermit for
quite some time (since the only PDP11 I have is the old 11/23+ at home).

Brian Nelson
Sr. Systems Programmer
University of Toledo
From: havemann_l@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: Re: rsts/e kermit
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:17:12 GMT
Organization: Lee Havemann, HSH Associates

In article <1992Jul25.085310.8923@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, brian@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
> As Terry noted:
> 
> RSTS/E Kermit is available via anon ftp from ftp.utoledo.edu, the exe's
> are k11.tsk (for resident rms libs) and k11nrs.tsk (overlayed rms).
> 
> These images are a bit old, as I've not done anything with kermit for
> quite some time (since the only PDP11 I have is the old 11/23+ at home).
> 
> Brian Nelson
> Sr. Systems Programmer
> University of Toledo


Too Bad!! RSTS Kermit could do with some "minor" changes...  Like sliding 
windows, larger packet size, file compression, etc..  Why don't ypu take a 
stab at re-writing it ? :-)


-- 

 Lee Havemann, Sys_op    HSH Associates          (201) 838-3330 
 Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu      -      Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet
 "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, 
  including myself."
From: brian@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: rsts/e kermit
Date: 29 Jul 92 18:12:30 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

>Too Bad!! RSTS Kermit could do with some "minor" changes...  Like sliding 
>windows, larger packet size, file compression, etc..  Why don't ypu take a 
>stab at re-writing it ? :-)
>
>
>-- 
>
> Lee Havemann, Sys_op    HSH Associates          (201) 838-3330 
> Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu      -      Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet
> "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, 
>  including myself."                     

 Sure,  there  are  obvious  enhancements that could be made. The packet
size is dependant on the hardware, ie, i/d space support, swap  max  and
so on. Sliding windows would be nice, and ... 

 I would have to ask, though, is it worth the trouble? Kermit-11 started
life  on  an  11/70  that needed to talk to a VT180 (?). From there, K11
evolved over the years from 1983 to current as a fairly full  functioned
implementation.  These  days,  we  are  all  doing  campus networks, and
putting a lot of time and energy into kermit-11 makes no sense. 

 The biggest issue with K11 was to  be  able  to  provide  a  consistant
interface  and  capability  across  ann of DEC's 11 os's. I was loath to
give RSTS users  something  that  I  could  not  provide  for  RT11  and
RSX11M/M+. Now days, we have OS custom versions (Billy Youldelman's RT11
modes, for example, and Hansrudi Wipf's RT11 modes)

 I no longer have any PDP-11's except for the 11/23+ at  home,  which  I
should  trash  anyway.  Thus  building  a  'new' Kermit-11 is out of the
question. Consider testing under rt11, rsts/e, rsx11m, rsx11mplus,  tsx+
then add in i/d space, rmsres vs rms linked, and so on... 


No, if anyone wants to work on Kermit-11, go ahead. I no longer have the
time, hardware or interest.


brian
Sr. Systems Programmer
U of Toledo
From: stevesm@scotty.hco.tek.com (Steve Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: Looking for kermit program
Keywords: kermit
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:48:29 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

I need Help!!!

I am in urgent need for a copy of kermit that will work under RSTS V9.6!
I would like to be able to ftp the file -- that would of course, be the fastest.
If not, could someone mail me a copy via floppy, 9 track or TK50.

If you can help, please let me know ASAP!

Thanks in advance

-Steve

===============================================================================
Steve Smith                                  T&M Engineering CAD and Computers
Mail: Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, M/S 13-880 Beaverton OR  97077 (503)627-4031
E-mail: stevesm@scotty.hco.tek.com
===============================================================================
 "It's a dog eat dog world out there, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear."
                                                        -Norm on Cheers-
===============================================================================
From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.rsts
Subject: Re: Looking for kermit program
Date: 23 Jul 92 10:35:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <1018@tekgen.bv.tek.com>, stevesm@scotty.hco.tek.com (Steve Smith) writes:
> I am in urgent need for a copy of kermit that will work under RSTS V9.6!
> I would like to be able to ftp the file -- that would of course, be the fastest.
> If not, could someone mail me a copy via floppy, 9 track or TK50.

  You can dial in and get it from my RSTS BBS at (201) 915-9361. I believe
the latest version is in [88,8]. A somewhat different version should still
be available by anonymous FTP from ftp.utoledo.edu if you can find which
one is the RSTS/E version.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Scaled DOS Window
From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 13:57:16 PDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Batchelor Pad

tjmeyer@acsu.buffalo.edu (Thomas J. Meyer) writes:

> Every time I open a scaled DOS window, the background and text colors are
> ridiculous.  Is there a way to control this? e.g., have a white background
> with black text?

Page 130 of the User Guide, Chapter 8: Using DVP Manager.

> Also, is there a way to change the font used in the windows?

Page AT-3 and AT-4 of the Adobe Type Manager section of the Companions
manual.

> The documentation accompanying the software is really lame...
> 
> 					Thanks, TJM

You're welcome.  Glad to help.



[] ---
[] Mike Batchelor -- mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us
[] Long Beach, California
[] DESQview/X:  turns your Sun into a PC peripheral.
Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.desqview:2578 comp.sys.hp:8744
From: nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview,comp.sys.hp
Subject: List of machines on which Stealth works
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:40:18 GMT
Organization: University of Sussex

I have a Vectra QS/20 which won't completely run Quatredeck's stealth. 
The ROMs at c000 stealth but not most of those at f000 and above. 
Coupled with a SCSI card in an awkward place (I tried moving it but nom
luck so far) it is somewhat "memory challenged" ...

If buying a new PC I'd like to get one on which ST:M works fully, 
but I know of people having problems with Compuadd, Unisys PW II, and
other machines. 

I'd like to moot a new addition to the FAQ list: machines known to be 

i) compatible or

 ii) incompatible with st:m,

and in cases where i) was achieved by extra switches, which ones were used.

If I buy a new HP Vectra, will it Stealth ???

List of software regarded as supported by HP-UK = MS DOS 5 as far as I
can see, and QOS seem not to want to recommend specific hardware,
hence the posting.

Nick
-- 
Dr Nick Watkins, Space Plasma Physics, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
JANET: nickw@uk.ac.sussex.syma        BITNET: nickw%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac
Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.desqview:2493 alt.sources.wanted:1268 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:5099
From: pnor@btma74.nohost.nodomain
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview,alt.sources.wanted,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
Subject: Software to measure load on a PC?
Keywords: PC, Desqview, loading
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:29:20 GMT
Reply-To: pnor@se.alcbel.be
Followup-To: alt.sources.wanted
Organization: Alcatel Bell



Hi InterNetters,

Help badly/quickly needed.

Environment:
	Acer 286 PC, no hard disk
        DOS 4.1
        Desqview 2.26
        DEC Ethernet board, running DecNet software
        DEC VAXstation 3100 * 2, acting as active/standby servers
        PC software loaded over Ethernet from VAX servers.
        Comms load placed on the PC from Ethernet and serial lines.

Problem:
	Bespoke software running, behaves OK.
	Take extra module(s), already tested, install.
        New system works, but exhibits quirkiness, a touch flaky.

Prognosis:
	After much on-site testing, the conclusion is drawn by the
	engineer on site that the PC is being asked to do too much
        and that it is suffering overload.

Question:
	Is there any software out there that will measure loading
        on a PC - public domain or commercial? Obviously it will have
        to run in the environment outlined above.

Please respond by e-mail, sooner the better. I'm in Belgium, the
engineer on-site is in Israel and he'd really like a quick stab at
proving his overload theory.

Many thanks in advance.

--
Regards

Phil     pnor@se.alcbel.be
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: jamie@vax.ftp.com  (Jamie O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: TCP in DV/X
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Distribution: usa,local
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:16:55

In article <-hvx-9h@rpi.edu> firsta@isaac.its.rpi.edu (Allen S. Firstenberg) writes:

  >DVX supports FTP's PCTCP V2.03 pl3, or V205 pl3 & pl4...
  
  Will it work with FTP's soon-to-be-released version 2.1?
  
Yes.  Just don't remove the .sys files from your config.sys just yet.
Also, you can load most of the kernel into EMM, saving you room in
Conventional Memory.

jamie
--
Jamie O'Keefe		FTP Software, Inc.	Technical Support
Phone: 01-617-246-2920	Fax: 01-617-245-7943	Email: jamie@ftp.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Re: virtual mem and swapping in DVX
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 23:08:42 GMT

In article <1992Jul19.164311.28698@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.org (Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH) writes:
>As quoted from <1992Jul14.185511.7299@qdeck.com> by garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich):
>
>...you aren't using DV/X on an Internet connection with NNTP?  :-)
>
What another acronym???  Ok...what's NNTP

>| Also you can add the line
>|         WM.WINGRAB -
>| to your WM.CFG file somewhere before the menus.
>
>Was ist los?  Not documented in TFM, that I can find.
>
nope, not in TFM so I can't yell at you to "R" it.  I didn't know about
that one myself unntil a few days ago.  There will be an "Advanced 
Window Manager Configuration Guide" available RSN.
>+---------------
>| >Note: vi does not autowrap lines, your mail is 1 line long.
>|         I hate vi, I really do...
>+---------------
>
>Join the club.  Of course, there's always CRISP (a BRIEF clone for Unix)...
>check comp.sources.misc archives.
>
>-------
>
>Thought you might like to know:  there's a review of DV/X in the August 1992
>UNIX/WORLD, page 48.  (The cover is slightly misleading:  there is a review of
>DV/X, and a sidebar in the article on Cayman's "XGator", which is sometimes
>referred to as a Mac emulator in the article but looks more like "Carbon Copy
>Mac" for X from what I can pull out of the sidebar.)  Their main complaint is
>about cut-and-paste between DOS and Xterm windows --- one would think they'd
>know better than to assume it's a simple shortcoming.  And memory, of course,
>but the same comment applies; it *is* X....
>
>
Haven't read the whole thing, but it looks like a good one-
- 
>Brandon S. Allbery, KF8NH [44.70.4.88]: allbery@NCoast.ORG, bsa@telotech.com
>Senior Programmer, Telotech, Inc. (if I may call myself that...)

As some trying to port Xarchie and learn C at the same time...I KNOW I'm
not a developer.
garyrich@qdeck.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
Subject: Re: BC++ v3.0, MS-Kermit beta 3.12 and DV v2.42/Qemm v6.02
Keywords: Problems...
Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:41:17 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.144102.28017@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> nino@mph.sm.ucl.ac.uk (Nino Margetic) writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>I know that Kermit/DV problems have been going on and off the net for 
>quite some time now; but here, the situation is somewhat different. Kermit
>and DV work fine together in quite a few combinations (DV + Kermit +
>WP51 for DOS + Qedit + List + MSH_200 + some other things), but the
>moment I load BC++ v3.0, Kermit refuses to display any characters in
>the console mode. I checked that characters are going in and out thru
>RS232 (9600bps), but *nothing* is displayed.
>

The same thing happens to me with kermit 3.11 when I try to run
the new version of GO32 Ver. 1.07, the dos extender of the DJGPP
package. I tried Procomm+, and the same thing happens with it
as well.

>
>TIA.
>--
>Janet: n.margetic@uk.ac.ucl                \     Nino Margetic         
>Earn/Bitnet/Internet: n.margetic@ucl.ac.uk  \    University College London, UK
>Bang: ...!mcvax!uknet!ucl!n.margetic         \   +44 71 387 9300 /x 53 13

Dov
From: bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu (Daniel J. Bodoh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Help!
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:44:54 GMT
Organization: Center for X-ray Lithography, UW-Madison

In article <theall.125.712260009@gdalsrv.sas.upenn.edu> theall@gdalsrv.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) writes:
>>know how do I load 2 shared programs for the same window, that is
>>go to the advanced setup and on the shared program put 2 of them.
>
>  You must use a "plus file". Edit a file which lists the shared programs 
>you wish to load, one per line. Then in the Shared Program field of the DVP 
>file specify the name of that file preceded by a plus sign, "+".

Wow!  Where did you get that obscure piece of info?  I looked in both
my DV and DVX manuals and couldn't find it anywhere.  I think I'll
add it to the FAQ...
-- 
Dan Bodoh                       | U.S. Citizens: For less gov't and more 
Grad Student                    | freedom, vote Libertarian.  FTP think.com 
University of Wisconsin-Madison | pub/libernet for more info.
From: chchen@STAT.FSU.EDU (Ching-Hsiang Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Modem problem
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:49:51 GMT

The following question was from one of my friends, who is a local
BBS sysop. Since there are not too many people have Desqview, he asked
me to post the question to you Desqview wizards. He also is interested
to know whether the bus speed of the expansion slots in motherboard
has anythin to do with the problem. Please e-mail to my account and I
will transfer the solutions to him. Thanks.

Steve Chen                    chchen@stat.fsu.edu
---------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 07-22-92 (05:30)		    Number: 1150 of 1168
  To: STEVE CHEN        	    Refer#: 1149
From: JEFF NGUYEN		      Read: 07-23-92 (06:29) HAS REPLIES
Subj: DESQVIEW			    Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: SOFTWARE (3)		 Read Type: GENERAL

Are you familiar w/ DesqView?  I am trying to use DesqView as the
mutitasker for my DOS programs.  Well every programs work flawlessly
except for comm progs such as PcPlus, Telix, and RBBS.	Whenever I
switch away from the comm program, the latter would either lose
characters or just simply freeze.  Also Z-modem doesn't work at all.  I
am using the latest version of DesqView w/ QEMM 6.02 in stealth mode and
a serial card w/ a 16550 UART chip.  I tried to deactivate the stealth
mode and/or the 16550 UART chip, but the same problem still persists.  I
think the problem might be in my 386-40mhz Amptron motherboard or it
could be an address/dma conflict.  I hate to have to open my 'puter and
go through every possibilities to solve this pain-in-the-ass of a
problem.  Any input from you or other users would be greatly
appreciated.  Apparently the com port is causing this dilema, could you
tell me the components of a com port (its address, DMA, IRQ, etc... if
any)?
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Fractal background for DVX
From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 20:29:49 PDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Batchelor Pad

OK - wow.  I finally got it figured out.

IconEdit had a tough time loading a 1Mb 1024x1024 fractal BMP.  But
backdrop loaded it without a complaint.

If anyone is interested in using the cover to _The Waite Group's
Fractal Creations_ as a backdrop in DVX, send a message to

mailserv@batpad.lgb.ca.us

with the command

GET fraqdesq.lzh UUE

The archive contains the 1024x1024x256 Windows BMP and the DVX
backdrop.dvp file.  Just replace your backdrop.dvp with this one, and
add the backdrop client to dvx.cfg.  The DVP assumes that bigfract.bmp
is in the c:\dvx directory.

The fractal fills the entire virtual screen with a brilliant
swirling blue/violet/red/orange/yellow pattern, on a black background.
You have to pan up and down the desktop to see it all.  It goes well
with bluish window frames and a lot of memory.  Takes about 10 seconds
to load on my 486-33 with an IDE hard disk, but if you give the server
enough memory, performance doesn't suffer.  Too little and it swaps
like a big dog.  I have set maxmem to 2500 in \dvx\server\xc16.vmc.
I ditched my RAM disk to make room for it.

What I really need is 8M more memory. :)



[] ---
[] Mike Batchelor -- mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us
[] Long Beach, California
[] I love DESQview/X
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: docw@qdeck.com (Doc Williamson)
Subject: Re: How to make Desqview recognize mouse clicks
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:32:37 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.133644.12754@cc.umontreal.ca> duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) writes:
>Hello all,
>
>I have Desqview running with screen blanking on.  I use it becausea lot af the
>time the computer is running with noone at the console.  But sometimes, whiule
>I'm downloading large files, I play games simultaneously.  The games I play
>usually make extensive use of the mouse but not the keyboard.  So every 3
>minutes, I have to hit the shift key to get my screen back because DV doesn't
>recognize mouse clicks as key presses.  Is there anyway to make DV recognize
>the mouse as it does the keyboard?  If not, can I turn off screen blanking on
>the fly, without having to reconfigure DV everytime?
>
>Thank you for your help.
>-- 
>Laurent Duperval
>duperval@ere.umontreal.ca
>duperval@jsp.umontreal.ca
>"If you gotta go, you might as well go happy... or suprised"   -Me
Laurent,

Future support for mouse movement recognition is "on our list" for improvements to Desqview.  In the meantime, however, no, you can't reconfigure on the fly 
for the screen saver.  Some third party screen savers work quite well with DV
others do not, but this seems more a matter of your hardware than any direct
interaction with DESQview itself.  Most thrid party screen savers do 
recognize mouse movement.
You certainly could set the screen saver to a much LONGER p3eriod which would
virtually solve your problem in most cases I expect.
-- Doc Williamson <support@qdeck.com>


Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: docw@qdeck.com (Doc Williamson)
Subject: Re: DV/X and Tame?
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:52:16 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.192357.12090@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.174748.25298@qdeck.com> burge@qdeck.com (Bill Burge) writes:
>
>>
>>This is the case.  The server is the foreground task.  Only when direct window
>>(one that runs full screen without a border) does anything but the server
>>become the foreground task.  This is why the Runs in background selection
>>has been removed from the DVP.
>
>But this is, if you will pardon my French, BS.  What *about* direct
>windows?  Shouldn't they be allowed to either run or not run in the
>background?  Also, more important to me, why did they take Revive Mouse
>out of Tune Performance?
Can't do that becuase the SERVER MUST be the foregraound task.
Mouse revival?  Don't know "why they took it out" but the server ALWAYS has
the mouse so it "should" never die to need to be revivied.>
>I just don't see why they should take all this stuff out.  I've yet to
>see an arg that "it won't work and will do something bad if you use it
>under DV/X".  All I've seen is "It isn't relevant or you don't need it".

You can't have a foreground task have exclusive use fo the CPU because it 
belongs to the server.  And EVERYTHING ELSE is already running in background
so you don't get a choic about that.

-- Doc Williamson <support@qdeck.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: ashraf@dcss.mcmaster.ca (Ashraf S. Mahmoud)
Subject: API: mouse returning to 1st select field?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:12:22 GMT


Greetings,
    This is an Application Program Interface (API) question.
 We are writing a DESQview application. There is something 
about the mouse the bugs us: It alway goes to the first 
select field of the foreground window. This makes it 
difficult sometimes to move to other windows, especially
when there is a large number of windows open and the CPU is 
being overloaded. It would be nice to "untie" the mouse....

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards, Ashraf


-- 
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Regards, Ashraf