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From: cellis@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Charles Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Is my monitor to blame for loss of red?
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:30:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

In article <1993Jan25.191747.14185@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mokelly@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Morton E O'Kelly) writes:
>Hello windows folks. Before I get on the phone to
>complain about my monitor, I'd just like to check that
>I am not doing something stupid.
   [some text deleted]
>
>Every now and then, while running application, or just tooling
>around on the desktop, my colors wash out, as if all the red
>had been removed. This is annoying, to say the least. This
>happens both when the monitor is warm (after a few hours)
>and cold (soon after start up). Another clue is that it has
>happened in a non-Windows app (from the DOS prompt). 
>The monitor is a 14" SVGA capable, NI made by CTX (whoever
>they are). 
>
>My thought is that it is a physical prob with monitor. Any
>*other* possible explanations would be very welcome.
----

I recently solved this problem for one of our secretaries -- the
monitor's plug was partially out of the video output socket and red was
not connected (blue and green still were). Reseating it fixed the problem.

Perhaps you have a bad plug or cable and the pin or wire carrying the
red signal intermittently disconnects.

Hope this is it -- a lot cheaper than monitor servicing.

----
Charles Ellis - Biology Dept. - Northeastern University - Boston MA

   cellis@lynx.northeastern.edu  or  ellis@nuhub.northeastern.edu
----
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: Re: Virtual Memory Setup
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:48:07 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.033537.19302@rock.concert.net> toddwall@rock.concert.net (R. Todd Wall -- Catholic Diocese of Raleigh -- Computer Services) writes:
>
>	I have Windows 3.1 running on a 386-25 w/ 2 megs of RAM.  When I run
>windows it creates approximately 2 megs of virtual memory.  The manual says
>I can set up to 7 megs of virtual memory, but it won't let me.  Why???
>
>	Oh, one more thing.  I'm running QEMM 6.0....

Two things come to mind.

1.  A permanent swap file needs CONTIGUOUS space on the disk.  You may
    need to defragment your free space.  (This does not apply to
    temporary swap files.)

2.  On a machine with limited memory, Windows will not create a large
    virtual address space without prodding.  In the [386enh] section of
    SYSTEM.INI, add (or change) the parameter: "PageOverCommit=nn".
    This specifies a factor by which the amount of available physical
    memory will be multiplied to determine the size of the virtual
    address space.  The default value is 4.  (The Windows Resource Kit
    claims that the available memory size is rounded up to a multiple
    of 4 MB before being multiplied.  I have observed behavior that
    appears to contradict this claim.)

On a 2MB machine, #2 is probably your problem.  You can force Windows
to create more virtual memory, but your machine will really crawl.
Most prople consider 4MB of physical memory the minimum necessary to do
anything useful under Windows.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: jnomina@andy.bgsu.edu (A.P.K.)
Subject: Smartdrive/Windows/Disk Space
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:13:14 GMT


Hi, and help, please.  I recently purchased a Packard Bell 486SX
(Legend 710), 25MHz.  I'm not sure, but I think I'm having a small
(or rather ... LARGE) problem with my HDD.  I'm new to the DOS
world (being a hard-core Apple ][er), and have no idea what's
going on with this machine, but...  I'm running Windows 3.1 and
DOS 5.0, and bouncing back and forth between the two, and having
a few system crashes.  It seems that my 130Meg HDD is filling
up in and of itself, with no help from me.  Is this a known
problem?  Am I doing something tragically wrong?  Is there some
way I can detect files that are deletable or something?  I've
downloaded a few things lately, but I've deleted everything that
I've downloaded, and I've gone from 40 megs free to 1 meg free
without adding anything to the HDD that I haven't deleted since.
What's going on?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jim

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: eng10205@nusunix1.nus.sg (LING SIEW WEE)
Subject: Re: loading win3.1 into two differnt directories on same computer.
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:30:52 GMT

Chaim Manaster (manaster@yu1.yu.edu) wrote:
: Can I load Win3.1 into two different directories, each within its
: own setup, as though the other directory  containing the other Win
: setup doesn't exist? Or will there be some conflict, but with
: proper care one can attend to these conflicts by choice of
: judicious settings in .ini files etc. Or it just can't be done , or
: is toooooo much trouble.
: 
: I have a beta of a newer version of a program that I now run under
: win3.1. I don't want to load the beta in place of the older stable
: version of the program because I need it for regular production
: work. But I do want to run the beta as well. So I want to create
: another Win3.1 setup in another directory just to run this beta
: application and so it does not mess up my regular win3.1 directory
: etc.
: 
: Thank you very much for the help.
: 
: Henry Manaster
:
What I know is that there maybe a conflict if you are using virtual
memory (or swap memory). Do be very careful when you are handling
modifications to the swap memory (as in your case installing another
setup). Also, if the swap memory gets corrupted, and you are unlucky,
you will find that your Windows can never run in protected mode anymore.
It happens to me and I had to call the company which I bought the
computer from to repair it. 

Anyway, what's wrong installing the beta version? Although you might
have a similar s/w installed before, you can still install the beta
version of the s/w on another directory. 

Wilfred Ling
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Distribution: world
Followup-To: 
From: khr@hp700.trg.saic.com (Karl Rudnick)
Reply-To: khr@hp700.trg.saic.com
Organization: Science Applications International Corp.
Subject: PC benchmarks
Keywords: Benchmarks, Winmarks
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:29:23 GMT

How do I get hold of a lot of the standard benchmarks, such as those
run in PC magazine? In particular Winbench.

Thanks - Karl
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:12:31 CST
From: <U33519@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Can not get the MS-DOS prompt icon working in version 3.1

I recently transfer files from two IBM PS/2 286 computers to 2 new 486SX/25
computers.  The 486SX/25s all have 4MB RAM and 110MB hard drive.  After the
Windows 3.1 files are all transfered, i reinstall Windows 3.1 again to get
the 486SX/25s to run in enhanced mode.  It now can run DOS apps in a Window,
etc.

When I double-click on the MS-DOS prompt icon in Main Program Group, I can not
get a DOS prompt!  I reinstalled Windows again, it still does not work.  All
I got is "Application Execution Error, No application is associated with the
specified file.  Create an association by using File Manager."  The MS-DOS icon
is using the PIF that comes with Windows.

Fred Hu    u33519@uicvm.cc.uic.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: etxrene@eua.ericsson.se (Rene Peeren)
Subject: Re: problem with supervga.drv on win3.1
Reply-To: etxrene@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05:36 GMT

In article 15205@titan.inmos.co.uk, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
In article <1993Jan6.121325.15111@titan.inmos.co.uk>, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan1.163930.3302@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>, duvalld@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Danek Duvall) writes:
|> |> Boon-Lock Yeo (yeo@thoth.Princeton.EDU) wrote:
|> |> : 
|> |> : Hi, I tried to run win3.1 using 800x600 16 color mode (setup
|> |> : with supervga.drv). Everything is fine until I tried to run
|> |> : msdos-prompt from window. It switches fine to text mode; when I tried
|> |> : to get back to window, the screen messed up. Even if I tried to
|> |> : run msdos-prompt in window mode, the screen still messed up.
|> |> : 
|> |> : I wonder it there is any setup I am missing, or is it the some problem
|> |> : with the hardware (I have a supervga card 512K ram and a supervga monitor)
|> |> 
|> 
|> Are you using a Trident board? I have a Trident 8900C SVGA board and I had EXACTLY this
                                                                              ^^^^^^^

Maybe a bit late with the answer, but:

A friend of mine had the same problem. His problem was caused by the mouse-driver
that came with the mouse. Using a compatible windows-provided mouse-driver
solved his problem.

/Rene
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: rune-w@hsr.no (Rune A. Wallmark)
Subject: Excel 4.0 & General Protection Fault
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:09:32 GMT

Hi there!

I'm having a "little" problem with my new Pc and Excel 4.0

My machine:

486 DX50
256 Kb cache
8Mb Ram
210 Mb Hd
Dos 5.0
Windows 3.1
Excel 4.0
Stacker 2.0 (<= can this be the problem???)

Excel used to work fine with my old 386sx 16, but now I get these
"Excel caused a general protection fault in module Excel.exe in .........".
Then Excel terminates, and zap....! I've had this error in some of the other
applications too (Calculator, Winclock etc), but Excel is "the favourite".

My suspision is that it's my Stacker 2.0 (both Windows and Excel are on the
stacker-drive) that causes these problems. I'm now waiting for the new version of
Stacker (3.0). But if these problems continues, I'm freaking out!!!

Is there anybody with similar experiences or can anybody tell me what I'M
doing wrong????????


Please, please, please answer me....


Rune Andre
rune-w@hsr.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff)
Subject: Re: help with mouse in windows 3.1 <<=== Me too
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:23:39 GMT

hongv@CS.ColoState.EDU (vinh hong) writes:

> How does one get the Middle Button to work?  I have Logitech Mouse.
Use the Logitech mouse drivers (both DOS and Windows versions) and the 
Logitech mouse control panel that came with the mouse.
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.setup:2865 comp.os.ms-windows.apps:7466 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:6522 bit.listserv.win3-l:12800
From: bo@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Bo Peng)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,bit.listserv.win3-l
Subject: New NDW2.0 patch and new Speedstar24X drivers...?
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:25:51 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

NDW2.0 patch:
  Could anyone with inside info please tell me what it does exactly? I didn't
see any difference! If it only involves some bug fixes, I hadn't encountered
any problem with the original 2.0.

New 24X drivers (2.03):
  As far as I can tell, it only fixes the problem with WfW2.0 tool/options
GPF problem. I still get the same GPF's when returning from DOS session in
standard mode. Don't know about dots-on-screen problem. But, it's about 2-5%
slower than before. I'm not saying it's such a big deal. But fact is fact.
With my 386sx 16MHz, I need every bit of speed I can sqeeze out. As for the WfW
problem, how often do I need to reconfigure the thing? If I do change it, I
can always bring up the toolbar and double-click it. Poor-man's mentality. But
the card is poor-man's dream=come-true. Just btw, does anyone know the ETS of 
the next "major" update of the drivers?

So I'm waiting for someone to reveal some inside knowledge about the two things.
Untill then, I'd suggest everyone lay back and stay with the old stuff. It may
not worth the trouble of ftp/download/unzip/defrag-disk/get disappointed.

Bo Peng
From: hgg@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Harald Geiger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 on 486/33 - double buffering
Date: 24 Jan 93 14:22:33 GMT

In <1993Jan19.220908.2500@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> quinlijj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:

>Double buffering is used on SCSI, ESDI and other hard disks to run SMARTDRV
>correctly.  These hard drive do not understand the difference between virtual
>memory addresses and actual memory address.  Sometimes the wrong part of memory
>gets overwritten and crashes the system. to install doublebuffering add this
>line to your config.sys

>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLEBUFFER

>To see if you need double buffering at a DOS prompt type SMARTDRV.  The last
>column shows if double buffering is needed or not.

I agree.
 
> If SmartDrive is unsure its
>a good idea to install in anyway.

I disagree. Trying it on my SCSI drive, the start-up time of windows
doubles with double buffering installed. And this also reflects on all
the other disk access. Though I do not have a 486/33, I would rather
just try it without double buffering before hampering my system.

I also had the rather interesting effect that installing smartdrv in
the config.sys resulted in installation of double buffering,
independent of setting the option.
Only installation of smartdrv on the command line prompt (or in
autoexec.bat) allowed me actually to choose between having
double buffering or not having it.
Any smart ideas why?

                                                   Harald


Harald Geiger
hgg@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.setup:2846 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:36869
From: dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI Local Bus Ultro Pro Benchmarks
Date: 22 Jan 1993 19:58:27 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: louie.cc.utexas.edu

>Which ATI driver version are you running?

I am using build 53, which I earlier uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  I
think they're still in the uploads directory.  Look for pro53.zip.

-- 
===============================================================================
Daniel Matthew Coleman			  Internet: dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin		Electrical/Computer Engineering
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: RSpitz@Anaesthesie.Medizin.Uni-Muenchen.DBP.DE (Richard Spitz)
Subject: Re: Smartdrive/Windows/Disk Space
Reply-To: rspitz@anaesthesie.medizin.uni-muenchen.dbp.de
Organization: Inst. f. Anaesthesiologie der LMU, Muenchen (Germany)
Distribution: world 
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:43:40 GMT

If your system crashes sometimes, then probably lots of temporary files
are not cleaned up. Look where your directory for temp files is
(environment variable TEMP and/or TMP, find line like "SET TEMP=..."
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or look it up with command SET) and delete
everything there, but NOT while in windows! This should free up
lots of space.

Hope it helps,
Richard
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Sunday, 24 Jan 1993 12:17:24 MST
From: jason l.v. <IEJLV@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Locking Keyboard in W 3.1 -- Need help

Hello. I have a client who is experiencing a rather annoying problem.
He is in another state, so all activity regarding his problem is
garnered from that which he has told me. I haven't actually seen it
first hand, nor do I have direct access to his system.

He is running (primarily) Wordperfect for Windows (he hasn't upgraded
to the newly released version) in Windows 3.1. He says that his key-
board has a habit of locking up, especially when he is using the arrow
keys. The mouse is still functional, and he usually just closes up the
session and reboots, and the problem is gone. He also claims that if
he lets the computer sit for a while, typing nothing, when he gets back
the keyboard has locked up again. Again, the mouse is still functional.

He is running a i486DX-50 with 16 megs of RAM. ATI Graphics Ultra 1m
with built in mouse. QEMM is his memory manager. The keyboard is a
Keytronics unit. Standard Windows setup, I don't believe he has altered
much.

Admittedly I don't know that much about Windows, but I seem to recall
that a possible memory address conflict could produce the results I
describe here. I have recommended that he upgraded his WP, and I have
also sent him a disk that will perform a complete diagnostic regarding
interrupts, memory, etc. Until then I won't have much more information.

For now I'm not automatically assuming it's a bad keyboard. I have,
however, recommended that he borrow another keyboard and see if the
problem can be replicated.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jason Vagner.
From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 on 486/33 - double buffering
Date: 24 Jan 93 23:16:41 GMT
Organization: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA

>> If SmartDrive is unsure its
>>a good idea to install in anyway.
>
>I disagree. Trying it on my SCSI drive, the start-up time of windows
>doubles with double buffering installed. And this also reflects on all

Fine, but if you then discover that you needed double buffering,
what consequences have you  suffered.

In other words, if your system needs double buffering and you did
not invoke it what disasters befall your system. Are these
consequences gradual, or do they occur in one fell swoop. Where do
you look to find these consequences that may or may not occur.

What is it about SCSI and ESDI drives (Ihave one of each) that
incur the wrath of no double buffering?

Thanks for the info.

Henry Manaster

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	Henry Manaster          *     EMail: manaster@yu1.yu.edu
	Brooklyn, NY            *
                                *
	Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily MY opinion nor that 
				of anyone else :-)  ????!
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From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 on 486/33 - double buffering
Date: 24 Jan 93 23:11:01 GMT
Organization: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA

>This results in a significant performance penalty. If you use an Adaptec
>AHA1542 or other Adaptec bus master type card, loading the ASPI driver
>as the first thing in config.sys will remove any need to use double
>buffering.

I use a Buslogic 747s SCSI II card with the Buslogic ASPI manager
called BTDOSM.SYS.

I too have loaded the ASPI manager at the top of my config.sys
(following a files= and buffers= lines).
Will this be OK or do I need double buffering?
Actually I use NCACHE from Norton Utilities not Smartdrive.
Does all of the above still apply?

Thank you very much for the help.

Henry Manaster

-- 
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	Henry Manaster          *     EMail: manaster@yu1.yu.edu
	Brooklyn, NY            *
                                *
	Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily MY opinion nor that 
				of anyone else :-)  ????!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
Subject: Re: ATI Local Bus Ultro Pro Benchmarks
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:05:22 GMT

dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman) writes:
: I don't remember who it was, but earlier someone was concerned about the
: performance of their local bus ATI Ultra Pro under Windows.  So I downloaded
: WinBench from cica and ran my own tests.  Here are results:

Which ATI driver version are you running?


Scott Linn
scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins)
Subject: Full size DOS looses keyboard input with Trident T640.DRV
Distribution: world
Organization: Job hunters use Parachute
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:28:43 +0000

The subject line says it all really! :-(

When I click on the MS-DOS prompt icon I get a full screen DOS session.
ALT+ENTER gives me a window. I can type commands to either of these until I
switch back to full screen mode then I loose any keyboad input to the DOS
session. :-( I just installed the T640.DRV Trident driver dated 25/9/92
which other wise worked okay.

I've tried calling the Trident BBS but I cannot seem to raise them. :-(

To make my problem worse the UK subsidary of my supplier was put into
receivership by the US parent company at the end of last week. Not that
that was a bad thing to do---some of the people there deserved to be put
out of a job.

Has anyone seen this oddity with this driver? Is there a newer version of
the driver?

Any help apprecriated.

Regards, Trevor.

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email: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk                               radio: G6AJG  
phone: +44 (0)923 776436
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: kklenk@boole.cse.nd.edu (kevin klenk)
Subject: LPT1.DOS w/ Epson LQ800
Keywords: printing Epson
Reply-To: kklenk@tolkien.helios.nd.edu (kevin klenk)
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:32:34 GMT

I have a Gateway 486DX2-66V connected to an Epson LQ800
printer.  My problem is that I cannot use the LPT1 option
in Windows (it prints garbage when I try it) and so I have
to use the LPT1.DOS option.  The printer works fine with
all DOS and OS/2 applications that I have tried.

The Windows manual does not give an adequate explanation
of just what the difference is between LPT1 and LPT1.DOS.
My guess is that the "DOS" version uses BIOS and the normal
one does not.  My system's performance while printing is
pathetic and I would like to alleviate the problem.

Thanks for the help.

Kevin

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Kevin S. Klenk     (kklenk@tolkien.helios.nd.edu)
University of Notre Dame
Apartment 2A
2 Fisher Graduate Residences
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(219) 634-2657
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: cbrooks@afit.af.mil (Christopher L Brooks)
Subject: Problems with generic text printer driver
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:17:12 GMT

I'm trying to use this driver to send raw ASCII to a file, but
each application with which I try to use the built-in
generic text driver gives me a different error.  Some say bad
driver, others say out of memory, etc.

Has anyone else had this problem?  Anyone know a fix?

By the way, this error occurs whether I try to print to LPT1: or
FILE.

Thanks,

Chris Brooks
--cbrooks@afit.af.mil
From: cygnus@di.unipi.it (Giovanni Cignoni)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: How Can I run .WAV Files in 3.1?
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:27:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: cli.1993Jan26.152745.24153
Organization: Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Pisa

To play .waw files (i.e. digitized sound):

 1) high quality sound output requires a sound board, Sound Blaster is one;
 2) low quality output can be obtained installing the PC speaker driver
    from Microsoft, available on anonymous FTPat (for example):
    ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/sounds/speak.exe

bye,
        giovanni