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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Shareware Registration rates? Author please comment.
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:58:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: physics.unruh.715107514
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt) writes:
>registration details; when I released it, I didn't know you couldn't cash
>personal cheques from overseas in Australia. In January of this year, I received
Maybe you should check around and get a diffeent bank. In most countries
I know, that is highly bank dependent but in all you can get them cashed
Sometimes they will charge you ( in Canada, I have never had a bank
charge me extra over the usual exchange rate spread). With electronic
banking there is no exceuse for any other approach, especially as they
can always come back and take the money out of your account if the check
does not clear.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: bkpipa@eos.ncsu.edu (BRIAN KEITH PIPA)
Subject: DD->HD 3.5 disks
Originator: bkpipa@c00564-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: bkpipa@eos.ncsu.edu (BRIAN KEITH PIPA)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:08:27 GMT


I have a friend who converts his DD 3.5 inch disks to
HD by putting the extra hole in the disk.  He says he hasn't
had any trouble doing this, but some lab administrators here
say it shouldn't be done.

I know they even sell a tool to do this for you.

Anybody else do this and what kind of success have you had?

Any comments, opinions are welcome.

Thanks
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From: brettw@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett D. Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Database program called FilePro
Date: 27 Aug 1992 09:35:22 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: usa
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  I currently have a job offer with a company that manages a large
database project with something called File Pro.  I know NOTHIN about
it nor have I ever heard of it.  Can someone give me some solid
information on this product or point me in the right direction for
information?  

  I'd like a comparison to something like FoxPro or dBase, which I've
used, to give me a point of reference.  The company showed me a little
of the code and it looks like a glorified dBase or some kind of
"front-end" to me.  

  I'm really concerned with how easy or complicated the package is.
How long would it take me to learn it.  I'm asked, would it be a
challenge to learn and work with?  If not, I don't think I want the
job as a significant portion of the job deals with programming this
database.  ANY, and I mean ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
(I'm done ranting now)

-=- Brett
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From: smp@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Need all the details to convert a PC to a UNIX box/X terminal
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:38:33 GMT
Followup-To: poster


	I am looking for the info to convert my 486/33 PC into a unix box and
the possibility/feasibility of its being used as X terminal.  I am looking for 
the pointers to the following:

Availibility of a Public Domain PC-UNIX package
If not available in PD the best commercial source (I mean complete but
		inexpensive).
Is 14.5k bps model fast enough or additional hard/soft ware is needed.

The bottom line:

Can I run X based programs on PC?

All comments and suggestions are highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Shailesh
	
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From: baltman@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Brian Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: 386SX 20MHz w/80MB HD and 14" SVGA
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:17:16 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

386SX 20MHz w/80MB HD and 14" SVGA package for sale. E-mail
for specifics. Will break it up only is I find buyers for
all parts. Asking price $1150 + shipping. No flames please,
if you don't want to pay that much then don't. Oh yeah, that
is for a new system- never used. Includes MS-DOS 5.0

-Brian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: fineman@markov.arc.nasa.gov (Charles Fineman)
Subject: Re: ProComm 2.4.3 Kermit up/down-load times
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 03:34:58 GMT

In <92243.062901IP25179@portland.caps.maine.edu> IP25179@portland.caps.maine.edu writes:


>  When I download in Kermit using ProComm 2.4.3, the estimated time for the
>  process shown in the pop-up 'window' is always half of the actual time re-
>  quired.  Do I have some untapped potential here that I'm missing?  Or is
>  the program just a taco short of a combination platter?

Are your modems multiplexed on the host side? Many times, computer centers 
will drive several modems off of one terminal concentrator and multiplex
the modems so you will only get, say, 1/4 of the throughput.

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From: vaitkus@oyster.cps.msu.edu (Keith P Vaitkus)
Subject: OS for pc-hardware
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 23:26:02 GMT

I am looking to buy a 486 system in the next month. I guess that Im going with
the PC architecture because it's so @#$% *CHEAP* right now, but I have many
reservations about this platform because of the operating system....

I have been a unix user, albeit not a guru or a sys admin, and Ive gotten used to
the features of sun sparcs stations and the NeXt stations (which uses Mach --
which I understand to be a friendlier, more compact version of Unix). I don't
want to give up such features as large (by PC standards) workspaces (somewhere
around 1000x1000) and 15+'' monitors. 

I also use and like Xwindows and demand a flat memory model. (640K is just
*unbelievable* with todays technology level!) 

I am going to pass over the idea of a 'personal workstation' because not only is
the hardware too much for me right now (ala $7,000 for a color system from NeXt),
but the software is just wayyyyyy to pricy for an individual. (Even a small
company really.)

I am also considering a Mac or Amiga platform, but like I said before, the PC
market is so cheap, you really can't beat it. Anyway, I need some advice about an
OS for a 486 machine. I have three goals in mind:

1) I want to run PC games. (Always a stickler for compatibility...)
2) I will use a few commercial programs, such as a word processor, spreadsheet,
etc.
3) I will do my own programming and would *really* like a system that has some
graphical libraries like Xwindows and Xt or NextStep (I hear) to do quick GUI
code. This is an area that really seems to be lacking everywhere I look, except
perhaps the NeXt.

So what can you'all advise me about an os? I could live with rebooting the machine
when I want to play a game, I guess. I don't want to deal with DOS or MS windows
and all of the memory kludges and headaches that go along them, but I also don't
want to be without any programs except the ones I hack myself... 

What does OS2 have to offer? And how does it compare to unix? (Besides during
installation.) How feasible is it to have a computer that runs alternate
operating systems? I'm not a hardware genius so keep these answers in simple
english if you can....

Now I really *DON'T* want to start an OS flame-war. I just want some good advice
from people that have used PC unix's, os2, and maybe some of the other machines
(Amigas or Macs) as well. I know that DOS has 'millions' of programs out that,
and that "I ought to stay compatible with them", but I have realized that this is
not really an issue for me. Most of those older PC programs either weren't very
good, had bugs, or just don't apply to my needs. I want a machine to move
*forward* not *backwards*. 

Thanks in advance

-Keith
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: etxvsi@james10.jamesdom (Vitomir Ilic)
Subject: XT DOS in PROM (EPROM)?		
Reply-To: etxvsi@james10.jamesdom
Organization: Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:34:11 GMT


Has anyone tried to put PC-XT DOS in PROM(s) or EPROM(s)?
How to tell the PC to execute programs from the PROM(s),
rather than to load them from hard disk to RAM and then
execute? 	
Thanks in advance,
Vito
From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: HELP:WordPerfect 5.1
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:11:59 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Aug25.125304.202499@uctvax.uct.ac.za> frsdav04@uctvax.uct.ac.za writes:

[stuff deleted]
>This may seem like an easy problem to fix and most probably is but I
>have not been able to solve it yet.The problem is when I print the printing 
>always seems to run on for about an inch after the perforation.

>At first I thought it was a paper size problem but I have changed that
>to fit the size of the paper I use but the printing problem persists 
>in remaining.I also tried changing the margins ie top and bottom but
>that didn't help either.
[more stuff deleted]

  I need more information, Dave.  Are the top margins correct?  If you 
print two pages, is the second page also one inch off, or is it twice as
far off?  What brand of printer do you use, and what model? 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: achel@ctp.com (Alex Chelminsky)
Subject: Unix to PC communications
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:13:41 GMT
Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners

I'm looking for a program that runs under Unix and can drive a PC
over a TCP/IP network. That is, a program that would run on a 
window on a workstation and trigger a program that's listening
on the PC (something like an asynch comm program that is in
"listen" mode); when I call that IP address, the window will take
over the PC, and the keystrokes on the workstation will be interpreted
on the PC.
There is an equivalent program for asynch communications called
PC-anywhere by Symantec, but it works over the serial ports
between two PCs.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: fwbent@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Fred Bent)
Subject: Re: Why does everybody hate microsoft
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:43:15 GMT

In article <1684F14DEC.S947460@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU> S947460@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU (Andrew Zaitsev) writes:
>Most of the previous posts already include my reasons for
>hating microsoft.
>I decided to post, because yesterday I had a new experience,
>that even made my feelings deeper.
>I went to the bookstore to see if there are any new books on OS/2
>and I was most surprised to find on the most visible place OS/2
>book published by ... Microsoft Press. First couldn't believe my
>eyes, I thought that the Evil Empire is changing if they release
>books on the product they used to boycott ...Well, I was wrong -
>the book was published in 1990, before the Great Split.
>Anyway, I browsed thru the book and in the section called OS/2 2.0
>(in 1990!) there was an interview with Bill Gates. He sounded very
>persistive, telling reporter that OS/2 is the system of the future
>and that Microsoft is not going to incorporate sophisticated multi-
>tasking in Windows, leaving it to OS/2, and above all, he confirmed

IE. No threads in MS Windows 3.x or 4.x

>that Windows is just an upgrade path to OS/2.
> 

Sure it is.... OS/2 2.0 allows you to run MS Windows apps. does it not?
(Even BETTER than Windows 3.1!)

>It looks like mechanisms of changing the historical documents described
>by George Orwell in "1984" would be very useful for Microsoft.


I cannot see anything that Bill Gates said (that you quoted) that is
inaccurate or misleading....  

-Fred Bent
fwbent@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca
From: bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 - What is it ?
Date: 26 Aug 1992 08:16:24 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

10741445@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (PAUL TZU WEN) writes:

  Hmmm, I'll try not to be biased here.

>I am in the dark with OS2 - so could someone please help me out ? Firstly, 
>what is OS2 ? As far as I know it is some sort of operating system where you 
>can do multitasking. Is that correct ? My questions are:
>1) Is it any good ?

  I think so.

>2) What do you need to run it ?

  At least a 386 with at least 6 megs of RAM, in my opinion.  8 megs
wouldn't hurt.  I'm running on a 386 16mhz with 11 meg and OS/2
runs quite well.  You'll also want a VGA card and about 30 megs of
hard drive space (remember you're getting OS/2, WinOS/2, and DOS here).
You might also need a bit of patience, especially with older systems.
Remember, this is a new OPERATING SYSTEM, not a GUI over DOS.  It will
take some getting used to.

>3) How do other programs/games work with it ?

  I have yet to find a DOS program it won't run.  Games, however, may
run a bit slower than DOS.  I have a feeling that 32 bit access to 
your memeory may help there.  A faster CPU wouldn't hurt either.
  Windows 3.1 programs and any program that either puts your CPU
into protected mode or use their own memory manager will not work.
  Win 3.1 support is coming soon.

>Thanks in advance.

  Sure.  My advice is that if you are a power user, you will probably
like OS/2.  If you don't like change or tweaking your system, Win 3.1
may be a better bet.

-- 
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  "I live like I type - Fast, and with a lot of mistakes"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: chguest@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov ( Charles J. Guest )
Subject: Looking for unused file overwrite program
Organization:  ... a Republic... if you can keep it.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 05:29:28 GMT

Is anyone aware of a security program that is like the one in Norton
which writes x'es or gibberish over areas on the disk without currently
active files?  

This little security program does not seem to be available on 
local BBS'es or systems.

I would prefer shareware or freeware, but if none is available
then an innexpensive (under 20.00) option would be okay.

Thanks,
Charles

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From: forest@soda.berkeley.edu (Forest Edward Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Read Macintosh floppies on a PC?
Date: 25 Aug 1992 20:54:18 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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In article <1992Aug25.125411.29169@athena.cs.uga.edu> cstripli@harpo.dev.uga.edu (Cletus Stripling) writes:
>There is a shareware program available that will perform this operation.  I
>can't think of the name of it right now, but I think it is comlink or clink	or something like that.  If I remember correctly, I FTP'ed it from
>wuarchive.wustl.edu for a user here months ago.

That's a demo version of MacInDos, a commercial program.  The demo version
will read, write, and format high density Macintosh disks, and transfers
text files fine.  I have never heard of the demo version handling image
files properly.


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From: johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu (John Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: why does everybody hate microsoft?
Keywords: n
Date: 27 Aug 92 22:11:52 GMT
Organization: Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

In article <92240.124636REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:

>
>  Among the dozens of other excellent reasons given, who could love a
>company that has monopolized the PC world with trash and whose only
>decent program is Word (for the Macintosh!!!).  Finally, Word for Windows
>2 is a decent port of Word Mac - but it runs under windows, which is

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Word written originally for DOS, then
ported to the Mac -- in which case is the Wonders (ahem... Windows) version
really a port from DOS??  And from what I have heard from people fluent
in both Word and WordPerfect, WP is the better of the two (I wouldn't know
firsthand, so don't flame me!  Please!!)


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ecg@controls.ccd.harris.com (Eric Graves)
Subject: Stacker vs. Xtra Drive
Originator: ecg@sp1
Organization: Harris Controls
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:17:51 GMT


A couple of questions I left out of my other post:

6)  What type of preparation is necessary before installation.  I know
Stacker requires that you reformat your drives that will be stacked,
but what does Xtra Drive require?

7)  How much memory do the drivers consume?

8)  Can the drivers be loaded into high memory under Dos5?

9)  What are potential dangers of using each system.  For instance,
is there a single configuration file which if lost, will cause
me to lose data on all drives which are compressed?



Eric Graves
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From: j.ruby@pro-wing.cts.com (James Ruby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Speach Software and Synthysizers
Date: 27 Aug 92 22:48:07 GMT

I have been trying to find out information about speach software and
synthysizers for a wile now, with no luck.  Everywhere I look I get vage
answers.
 
If anyone has any information about speach synthysizers and or speach
software?  I would appreciate hearing from you.

I have an IBM 386 33 Mhz 4Mb of ram machine.  

I can't read the 80 col screen and everyone knows how tiring 40 col screens
are, so any help at all in this subject would be "greatly appreciated."


Please respond Via Email because I don't subscribe to this feed.

Thanks...

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From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Speaking of Window NT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:14:37 GMT
Keywords: Microsoft, Window_NT, SLOW

In article <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu> cantor@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) writes:
> 
> 	I don't know what the heck your friend's doing, but I can practically
> guarantee you it's something wrong.  We have NT running on a Dell 483/33 with
> 16 megs of RAM, and it's performance is certainly acceptable.  It took about
> 20+ demo programs running at the same time before we noticed an appreciable
> CPU slowdown.  If you want slow, try OS/2 on a 4 meg 386.

If - on the other hand - you want FAST. Try OS/2 on an 8 meg 386......NT can't
do it, but OS/2 can.......:-)
 
And OS/2 works, too! (NT can do a lot of demos/Besier curves - looks
nice,sorta like a multi-windowed lava lamp.....if you want a 486/33 16 meg
lava-lamp)

Steve
:-)

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From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Re^2: Why do people want PD software?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:21:18 CDT
Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN

peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
> 
> >That's self-contradictory.  If the software has been placed in the
> >public domain (the traditional meaning of PD), then the author has given
> >up any rights of control.  If the author retains copyright, such that he
> >can control derivitave works (like a port to DOS), then the software is
> >not in the public domain. 
> 
> PD and freeware are only different for lawyers, for most people the two are
> practically the same. I've seen many programs which claim to be PD while the
> author claims the copyright of the complete source, or of the headers in the
> source or of the credits in the source, etc. So the difference is vague.

(getting out my own nit-pick for a moment.....:)

The difference doesn't seem vague to me.  I've certainly seen some
examples such as you describe.  They, too, are self-contradictory.  A
work is either protected by copyright (automatically, under the Berne
convention, or explicitly), or it is in the public domain.  Authors who
claim both states at once are confused.

> Intellectual property is not protected by copyright. Copyright restricts the
> right to copy the physical apearance (that is, the words, sentences, pictures
> etc.) not the ideas. The only way to protect intellectual property is to keep
> it strictly for yourself, making it a trade secret or pattenting it.

Point taken, and thanks for clarifying that.

> IBM is (or was) only able to sue clone makers who copied (i.e. whose work was
> largely identical to IBM's) the IBM BIOS or electronics.

You have to wonder about that, though... wasn't IBM going to keep
MicroChannel a proprietary bus?  And how long did the cloners take to
put out compatible cards?  
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From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Subject: Re: Tiny text for laser printers?
Reply-To: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 02:30:35 GMT


In a previous article, hsu_wh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (William H Hsu) says:

>
>        I used to have a program called DOCSMASH which uses the Epson printer
>codes to print about 4 pages of ASCII text onto a single one. Does anyone know
>where I can FTP a similar program for HP laser printers?  I have a IIP and
>would like to be able to do the same thing without messing around with fonts.

I use a shareware program called 4PRINT.  It will not print 4 pages
to a side, but will print 2 pages to a side.  It will also let
you print on both sides of the paper.  Besides ASCII, it can also
interpret WordStar formatting commands (if I remember correctly).

You can find it at SIMTEL20 and it's mirror sites.  At oak.oakland.edu
it is in the directory /pub/msdos/laser as 4print41.zip

Ashok
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