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From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:15:16 GMT

des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:

>Vassilo Walluschnig (Vassilo.Walluschnig@f55.n7101.z5.fidonet.org) wrote:

>:   Okay, I got a question for all those people "in the know" about
>:   Windows NT. What would happen while running NT on a RISC machine, say
>:   the DEC Alpha, and running a DOS application in NT, and that DOS
>:   application makes a direct call to the video card? How would NT go
>:   about handling such a situation? Would it hang the application
>:   or would NT come back saying that it cannot run the program and
>:   promptly shuts the application down?

>i'd expect that NT would stop the program with a memory protection 
>violation. NT, like OS/2, and unlike DOS is a "real" OS where things
>like i/o are handled via system calls to drivers ... writing directly
>to a device register is not allowed.

Ive run serveral applications under NT that write directly to the VGA. They
simply are slowed down (a little), meaning that some of the accesses are
being emulated by NT. There is nothing inherently bad about direct hardware
acess, as long as it is controlled by the OS. This wouldn't apply to the
RISC case, since there is no VGA to access (I'm guessing character
mode only ?).

                                         [sam]
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From: dblas@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Dominique Blas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: COMM.DRV
Keywords: Communication driver COMM.DRV
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:51:02 GMT
Organization: Minix User Group France

Hi,
I'd like to know if there exists (or if someone developed) a communication
driver COMM.DRV which can access to the int14h (through a int14h
redirector as a DOS TSR). 
I have a simmilar question about NASI (NetWare Asynchronous Interface) and
the Extended int14h.
BTW i know (November 1992 BYTE) such a COMM.DRV comes with the Microtest
LanModem and the Shiva NetModem/E. Are these drivers available somewhere
(without purchasing the MetModem obviously)?

Thanks

-- 
Dominique Blas                                    dblas@frmug.fr.mugnet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: atropos@netlab.cis.brown.edu (David O'Donnell)
Subject: Gemini Video Drivers for Win3.1
Followup-To: atropos@netlab.cis.brown.edu
Summary: Need Video Drivers
Keywords: video drivers
Organization: Enhanced Cybernetic Logic Operating Systems Group
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:48:56 GMT

A friend is installing Windows 3.1 on his Emerson PC and would like to use more
than just VGA 4-bit color. Unfortunately we don't have (and I can't find)
drivers for his video card, which appears to be made by a company called
Gemini (the PC is hand-me-down, so documentation is slim). If anyone knows
where I can find these drivers, please send private email to the address
below.

Thanks for your help.
--Dave O'Donnell <atropos@netlab.cis.brown.edu>
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:5730 comp.os.ms-windows.setup:2466
From: dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Local Bus
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:03:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <27DEC199213580491@cvdv99.mayo.edu> fisk@mayo.edu writes:
>Build 50 still has many incompatibility problems with many DLL's.  Don't call
>ATI to ask for suggestions...their suggestion is to switch to the 8514a driver
>or wait until their next build is released....when???? Good question!  I've
>gotten two different answers for the two times that I called...one person said 
>last week, another said by mid-January...last week came and went...
>
>One of their support techs also suggested trying their Mach 8 drivers...what a 
>waste of time (it don't work!).

Actually, I have had some luck with the mach 8 drivers.  The only strangness
to be noted there is that large fonts sometimes don't appear in Word for 
Windows.  Do you have a 1 meg or 2 meg card?  The mach 8 drivers are fussy
about sharing VGA memory, so you need to set aside memory specifically for
VGA, but I don't think you can unless you have a 2 meg card (unless you only
want 16 colors...)  oh well,.....happy 8514ing.
-- 
===============================================================================
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.misc
From: parkin@cbnewse.cb.att.com (thomas.u.parkin)
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Local Bus
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:52:05 GMT

From article <85859@ut-emx.uucp>, by dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman):
> I recently purchased a Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V with a local bus ATI Graphics
> Ultra Pro, and was wondering if anyone out there has noticed bizarre behavior
> in Windows.  Here's what I mean:

> 	2) Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0:  Good luck.  If I'm lucky I can
> 		get this one to load.

I've had no trouble with Norton Desktop except that the icon editor
doesn't seem to work when the brush is one pixel wide (and the
colors in the work area are wrong).

Tom Parkin parkin@ihlpv.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: nathans@pacifier.rain.com (Nathan Silva)
Subject: Driver for Mars scanner
Organization: Pacifier BBS
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:03:09 GMT



I have a Marstek Mars-800 scanner.  Is there any Windows driver or software
that would let me use this scanner under Windows, instead of using the 
DOS front-end that came with the scanner?

-- 
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| Nathan Silva               |                        |
| nathans@pacifier.rain.com  | Is my 486 a "Quadium"? |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca (Geoffrey Sean Brandenburg)
Subject: Re: How to install stacker
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:46:07 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <5750.1100.uupcb@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will)  writes:
>FJ>If you have let Stacker 'swap' the drives, so that your 390 MB stacked
>FJ>drive is seen as C, you are simply asking for trouble (IMHO).
>
>You keep saying that, but I see absolutely no rational reasoning 
>associated with your caution.  Let's hear some concrete evidence that
>there's a problem associated with swapping the drive letters, since
>I've done it for many months, and everyone that I've talked to with
>Stacker and a single drive also does that.

I was never able to get PCRX (a virus protection program that came with 386MAX) 
to work properly with SSWAP.  It was very annoying and I eventually had to stop 
using it (PCRX).  I now have NDW 2.0 and its virus protector works fine with SSWAP.

-- 
Sean Brandenburg         | Jafar.  Jafar.  He's our man.
gsbrande@acs.ucalgary.ca | If he can't do it... GREAT!!! 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: bklaas@hfglobe.intel.com (Brian Klaas)
Subject: Creating PostScript files for any sized paper?
Summary: Is it possible to create a postscript file for any sized paper?
Keywords: postscript help
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:32:42 GMT

Is it possible to create a postscript file for any sized sheet?  Presently,
I can use my standard printer driver (HP IIsi) and create EPS files that
reflect 8x11 paper.  I have access to a 42" plotter that is postscript
capable and I would like the ability to print to E sized sheets.  Specificly,
I am using Microsoft Project and I would like to get it to format for very
large pages.

Any suggestions?

(please post or send mail to bklaas@sedona.intel.com)

-- 
 Brian Klaas                 bklaas@sedona.intel.com
 Intel, Corp.                bklaas@hfglobe.intel.com
 5000 W. Chandler Blvd.
 Chandler, AZ  85226
From: mfinkel@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (michael a finkel )
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: >>Stacker 3.0
Summary: stacker 3.0
Keywords: stacker
Date: 29 Dec 92 09:42:45 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group


I have been using stacker for quite a while.  I used Stacker 2.1 for about
six months with absolutely no problems, then upgraded to 3.0 and I keep
getting a disk read error.  I am given the options to abort, retry,
ignore, or fail.  If I retry or ignore, the system seems to continue
running fine.

 	This is a bit annoying.

Do any of you out there have similar problems?  If so, any ideas on fixes
--> possibly patches from Stac out on ftp sites?

Mfinkel@gas.uug.arizona.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: tcihelp@nmsu.edu (Roger Hunter/TCI)
Subject: Re: latex for windows
Summary: Source for Scientific Word
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:07:51 GMT


With reference to numerous inquiries regarding TCI's latest program,
Scientific Word for Windows, which operates as a front-end to LaTeX,
if you or anyone you know wants additional information about this
program, please contact TCI at the address below or give us a call. 
We will be happy answer any questions or provide you with an
extensive brochure that discusses the philosophy and features of the
program.
 
Thanks.
 
Fred Osborne
Marketing Director
 
TCI Software Research Inc
1190 Foster Road
Las Cruces, NM  88001
(800) 874-2383 (toll-free)
(505) 522-4600 (phone)
(505) 522-0116 (fax)

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1190 Foster Rd.    Fax:(505) 522-0116 Technical Support:(505)522-0352
Las Cruces, New Mexico  88001-3739         email: tcihelp@tcisoft.com
T3 Scientific Word Processing for DOS and Scientific Word for Windows
From: ps@uta.fi (Pertti Suomela)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to install stacker (was Re: Stacker Misleads)
Date: 19 Dec 92 10:14:19 GMT
	<1992Dec1.181224.161@wam.umd.edu>
Organization: Tampere University, Finland
In-reply-to: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu's message of 1 Dec 92 18:12:24 GMT

In article <1992Dec1.181224.161@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:

> 	Stacker allows you to stack your boot drive.  If you do this,
                                              ^ partition, I assume
> 	you are _asking_ for trouble (at worst) or a heck of a lot
> 	of hassle (at least--try installing QEMM and running optimize
> 	with your boot disk stackered.  Yes, it can be done, but it's
> 	much EASIER to do it this way--so you lose a few megs..) .

I have a Maxtor 7213 IDE drive (about 210 Mb formatted) which I have
only one partition on. I have left about 15 Mb unstackered for files
necessary for booting and for windows swap file. I have given the rest
of the partition (about 195 Mb) to stacker and it produces now about
390 Mb space and the whole setup works just fine. I do not understand,
why I shouldn't do it like this.
--
Pertti Suomela

Internet: ps@uta.fi
X.400:    G=Pertti S=Suomela O=uta ADMD=fumail C=fi
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to install stacke
Date: 30 Dec 92 09:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

FJ>I've never done it to myself because I never ran SSWAP on my machine.
FJ>I've seen a number of people around here hose themselves with it,
FJ>though.  Why make things unnecessarily complex so you can load another
FJ>device driver?

If you knew anything about SSWAP, you'd know it's a transient, in other
words, it occupies zero bytes.  Not exactly a huge problem, no?  I've
been here for months, I've never seen any significant Stacker problems
mentioned that were the result of using SSWAP.
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . Don't worry, I'm go.ng t. b.ckup t.d...!&%#~%
From: z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Alternative to cica ?
Date: 29 Dec 92 15:00:38 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

> I usu. fail to ftp to cica because of too many concurrent anonymous
> users (yesterday, I tried more than 50 times during 12 hours and succeeded
> only once).
> 
Bummer.  I have the problem every now and again, but I also use
wuarchive.wustl.edu which mirrors cica and many many many other places.
It accepts 200 anonymous logins @ a time.  Between the two I almost
never get locked out for more than 10 minutes.
  --  Adam
	z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
From: citew@menudo.uh.edu (Seung Hyun Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Alternative to cica ?
Date: 29 Dec 1992 11:35:42 -0600
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: menudo.uh.edu


Hi.  Is there any alternative ftp sites to cica ?
I usu. fail to ftp to cica because of too many concurrent anonymous
users (yesterday, I tried more than 50 times during 12 hours and succeeded
only once).


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: thomas@acadia.Kodak.COM (Thomas Kinsman)
Subject: DOES A 387 HELP WIN/3.1?
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 19:48:17 GMT



    "A Friend" told me that an 80387 would help Windows/3.1  run  faster
    because there are a lot of floating point calculations involved.

    Can anyone verify this?


--
thomas@acadia.kodak.com    Voice: 716/477-2831(w)	     Fax: 716/722-0160
Thomas B. Kinsman, Eastman Kodak Co., Flr 3, Bldg 65, RL, Roch., NY 14650-1816
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: EMM386 and MS-Windows
Date: 23 Dec 92 14:18:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

A >> 	DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
A >> 	DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE noems
A >...
A >Ah....the problem might be that you are attempting to use the OLD HIMEM.SYS
A >that comes with DOS. I would recommend, using the HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE
A >from the Windows directory. Also, get rid of the NOEMS parameter and replace
A >it with RAM.                                     ^^^^^

The first part of your advice was fine, but NOEMS and RAM are quite 
different!  Maybe he doesn't want to waste the 64kb page frame, as well
as the default EMS memory that would be created!  Since he's obviously
running under Windows, NOEMS may indeed be what he wants to use.
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . OUCH!...  Got my floppy caught in my PKZipper.....
From: bhs@neuro.duke.edu (Brennan Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows 4.0
Keywords: windows
Date: 29 Dec 92 21:12:30 GMT
Distribution: usa


    I know windows NT will be an incredibly powerful OS, but for those of us
who don't have the hardware, and aren't likely to, what is Microsoft's vision
for windows 4.0?  Is there an e-mail address for suggestions?

Just curious.
From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: sample tt-font printout?
Date: 29 Dec 92 17:11:16 GMT
Reply-To: bill@solaria.hac.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

SW International (swispl@solomon.technet.sg) wrote:
: Is there a program that walks through all my installed truetype fonts
: (and maybe other window fonts also) and prints a sample? I'd hate
: typing the same thing for every font I have installed. It should *not*
: use 1 page per font, but put maybe 3 or mode fonts on page.

The following programs all print-out font sample pages, usually about
10 fonts per page.  Just make sure you have LOTS of memory available;
70 fonts used about 7 meg of Windows memory...

	FONTSEE2.ZIP
	FSAMP11A.ZIP
	PA405.ZIP
	TVIEW.ZIP

Should be available at your local archive...


Bill Neisius
bill@solaria.hac.com
From: jong-min@cae.wisc.edu (Jong-Min Park)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: COM3 and IRQ5
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:07:28 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

In article <1992Dec28.185430.16687@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>In <L2s3VB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> gerry@bluemoon.use.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
>
>>   I find that my terminal program QModem 4.2 appears to have COM3 and 
>>IRQ5 selected.  The manual for the modem refers only to the standard 
>>......
>>   If anyone can post a simple explanation of IRQ's and serial ports, I 
>>for one will appreciate it.
>
>Ok, simple explanation.  Any piece of hardware that needs to request
>Some software gets upset if you try to do that.
>......
>So, anyway, what people often do is to set COM3 and COM4 to unused
>IRQ's.  The two most commonly used are IRQ5 (which is normally LPT2,
>......
>-- 
>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

Why do some programs (e.g. a Naval Observ. timekeeping program running under
Windows) lets you choose COM1-4 ports while fixing IRQs to default (IRQ4 for
COM3, IRQ3 for COM4)? I hope application programs let you choose both COM1-4
and IRQs (unless they don't use interrupts, but I doubt it).
From: anibal@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (Anibal Jodorcovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: How do I change group icons?
Date: 31 Dec 92 15:20:11 GMT
Organization: EE Lab, McGill University EE Lab, Montreal

Hi!!

I am setting up my windows applications and non-windows app. and
want to change the icons for the Program Group. How can I do it?

thanks a lot in advance!

-Anibal
From: p35750n@kaira.hut.fi (Samu Petteri Lamberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to install stacker (was Re: Stacker Misleads)
Date: 30 Dec 92 14:15:11 GMT
	<1992Dec1.181224.161@wam.umd.edu> <PS.92Dec19121419@pellava.uta.fi>
	<1992Dec28.182244.16061@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland


   >390 Mb space and the whole setup works just fine. I do not understand,
   >why I shouldn't do it like this.

   Which one is your C: drive after the boot completes; the unstacked 15
   MB or the stacked 390 MB?

   [In other words, do you have an SSWAP driver loaded for drive C?]

   If you have let Stacker 'swap' the drives, so that your 390 MB stacked
   drive is seen as C, you are simply asking for trouble (IMHO).

I've already read this statements in another newsgroup and would like
to ask you where is this danger you are warning about?

You have the device drivers on the uncompressed partition. You make
something stupid and mess up your config.sys or just upgrade drivers
on the wrong disk. Ok. System won't be loaded properly. You'll notice,
that something has gone wrong becouse all drivers are not loaded and
alter your config.sys. And reboot. If you just don't loose youre stacker-
driver, you are safe. Allthough you didn't have _any_ other device drivers
on this uncompressed partition.

Have you actually ever seen any problems cause by this sswap? That
some programs after loaded in config.sys would have require the same
order of drive letters? I haven't. It doesn't meen there wouldn't be
any but I just mean, that though it might be even safer not to change
the letters, it's much easier not to have to change all paths of programs
in Windows etc. And safer too for users who don't understand all
effects that are caused when the drive letters change if there were
programs installed when drive was stackered.

About this original question, why make one 400 Mb partition.

1) Avoiding fragmentation. Someone wrote that you should rather keep
your windows in one partition. I think there is a lot of sense.

2) Allthough you loose some flexibility when making smaller partitions,
you also get some security. The free space doesn't change in that huge
interval and if something happens, for example a program hangs with opened
overlays, used writing cache and you happened to get an error to stackered
disk, the damage couldn't be perfect. Mistakes wouldn't erase all.

3) If you have one huge partition, you have a billion of directories and
subdirectories. It's easier to browse through with smaller partitions.

   -- 
   "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
    in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

samu lamberg
slamberg@lut.fi

ps Leave your stupid computer, go out, breath some fresh air, smile and
be happy. (Don't do like I do but like I say...)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fischman@nynexst.com (Gary Fischman)
Subject: Re: DOES A 387 HELP WIN/3.1?
Reply-To: fischman@nynexst.com
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 17:55:19 GMT

In article 26667@wam.umd.edu, crh@wam.umd.edu (Craig Hinners) writes:
>mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>>
>>But that isn't a matter of *WINDOWS* performance; it's a specific
>>program.  That's not what he asked about.
>>
>OK, I'll bite.  How can you run *WINDOWS* without running a specific
>program?  Seems to me that if he was asking about *WINDOWS* performance
>he was referring to *WINDOWS* applications, not changing the wallpaper.
>


I'm gonna jump in here and agree with Fred.  The performance of the application
is different from the performance of the WINDOWS environment.  No matter how an
application is written, the overhead introduced by the OS is essentially the same.
The fact is, a numeric coprocessor does nothing for the WINDOWS environment.  It 
will only help an application which requires number crunching.

I get the feeling you're making a  concerted effort to belittle and flame Fred.  It
really isn't necessary.

---
	Gary J. Fischman
	NYNEX Science & Technology
	fischman@nynexst.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cs_micko@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE.ust.hk (Michael Chan Ho Ming)
Subject: Re: Wanted: clicking on Icon to invoke a Recorder macro
Organization: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 04:23:48 GMT

Don taylor (dont@klic.rain.com) wrote:
: Is there any trick that I can use to associate a macro with an icon so that
: clicking on the icon will carry out the macro?
: 
: It certainly seems like someone should have thought of a way of providing
: this.
: 
: Thanks
: Don Taylor
: 503-235-6853
: dont@klic.rain.com
: dont@pdaxs.techbook.com
: qiclab!loop!dont
: 
: Some mail gets lost going to klic.  I would love to see ANY bounced mail
: reports including all the 'Received By' lines.  Mail seems to get to pdaxs.

There is a shareware called 'recrun' which can do the exact job!
You can found it from : ftp.cica.indiana.edu  /pub/pc/win3/util
filename: recrun.zip

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc