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From: ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Cam Cavers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Aldus Freehand & TrueType.
Date: 29 Jul 92 01:39:09 GMT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!) writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Recently, my sister-in-law purchased a copy of Aldus Freehand to run under
> Microsoft Windows.  However, it seems that Freehand doesn't know anything
> about Windows 3.1's TrueType fonts (which is a pity, since I could give her
> heaps of PD TrueType fonts from the Mac).
>
> Freehand comes with Adobe Type Manager, so I've got her a heap of Type1s.
> However, I would like to know whether anyone has heard of an update to
> Aldus Freehand which recognizes TrueType.

The update to Freehand 3.1 for Windows is supposed to be available free,
according to The Computer Shopper. The info Computer Shopper gives on Freehand
3.1 is:
        Supports pressure sensitive stylus input; Windows 3.1
        compatible; more accurate registration marks; color
        libraries.

The number for more info is: (206) 628-2320.

I am assuming that since FH 3.1 for Windows will support Windows 3.1, it will
also support Truetype, which is, of course, built into Win 3.1. I have also
read that FH 3.1 for Windows is completely identical (ignoring the underlying
differences of Mac vs. Windows OS) to the Macintosh version 3.1 of Freehand.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: Viewsonic 5 Evaluated: Mediocre
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:47:23 GMT

singer@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:

>J.J.Tamlico points out there are two versions of the Viewsonic 5, that one is
>.26 and the other .28 dot pitch. The carton of the one I evaluated said .26 dot
>pitch. As I say, it was mediocre--looked like every other run-of-the-mill
>monitor. I evaluated a cheapter one, Everdata model 1812AD (interlaced) selling
>for circa $350 in Canada and it was far better than the much more expensive
>NEC. It is possibly made by Hitachi or a Korean outfit (Dai Wu? or some such).
>Sharpest monitor I have seen.
>-- 

Have you tried the static test with these monitors.

(i.e., feel the static crackle as you put your hand or hair 
near teh screen.  The Viewsonic seems to have good low radiation
properties and less glare than most cheap monitors.)

Has anyone tested the new NEC low radiaiton monitors.
They look pretty ugly, but seem to have good image resolution
and you definitely can't get any static electricity out of them.
-- 
  Lachlan Cranswick  -  CSIRO             _--_|\  lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
  Division of Mineral Products           /      \     +61 3 647 0367
  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ 
  AUSTRALIA                                    v 
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From: ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu (Todd J. Ignasiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: EMM386 running on windows startup?
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:43:44 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing

I'm having a little trouble running windows from PC's that were network booted.
We are using FTP software boot-roms, and what it does is it downloads a disk
image over the network.  It then creates a ramdisk from that disk image,
and boots that disk.  Then when it is done, the image is removed to free up
the RAM.  That works fine for most things, but when I try to run 
Windows 3.1, it looks for emm386.exe in the now non-existant A: drive. Is there
a command line option, or an environment variable I can set to tell it to use
a different emm386.exe?

Todd Ignasiak
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From: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Suppress Booting by Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Keywords: Booting, Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Date: 29 Jul 92 08:21:29 GMT
Reply-To: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Jul28.071823.26750@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, listl@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Listl) writes:
|> 
|> Hello,
|> 
|> I am looking for a TSR-Program (TSR = Terminate and stay resident) which 
|> prevents the computer of beeing booted, if someone presses Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
|> A small C-Program would be fine.
|> 

How about a small C-- program:

/*
    Title:  NOBOOT.C--
    Description:  A small TSR program that disables the <CTRL><ALT><DEL> reboot.
    Run File Size:  254 bytes.
*/


?include "KEYCODES.H--"

word oldkeyhandle[2]={};
byte altflag=0,ctrlflag=0;

?define s_upctrl s_ctrl+128
?define s_upalt  s_alt+128


interrupt keyhandle ()
{
$ PUSH DS
$ PUSH AX
DS = CS;
$ IN AL,KEYBOARD_PORT
IF( AL == s_alt )
    altflag = 1;
ELSE IF( AL == s_ctrl )
    ctrlflag = 1;
ELSE IF( AL == s_upalt )
    altflag = 0;
ELSE IF( AL == s_upctrl )
    altflag = 1;
ELSE IF( AL == s_del )
    IF( ctrlflag == 1 )
        IF( altflag == 1 )
            {@ EATKEY();
            @ EOI();
            $ POP AX
            $ POP DS
            return();
            }
$ POP AX
$ POP DS
$ JMP FAR CSWORD[#oldkeyhandle]
}


main ()
{
@ WRITESTR("NOBOOT installed.  <CTRL><ALT><DEL> is now disabled.\n");
@ GETINTVECT(#oldkeyhandle,KEYBOARD_INT);
@ SETINTVECT( ,KEYBOARD_INT,CS,#keyhandle);
@ KEEP( , , ,#main);
}

/* end of NOBOOT.C-- */


C-- is a low level language that is a mix between C and 8086+ assembly.
C-- is currently Pre-Beta, and the Pre-Beta version is currently available
as FreeWare.  Since it is still Pre-Beta, it is not widely distributed as
yet.  I can send you a ZIP of it if you wish, that is if we work out a way
to get the ZIP to you.

I don't know how large the resident code is of the TSR, but my guess is
under 220 bytes, not too bad.

        SPHINX


====================================================
=== Kill others only if you wish to be killed.   ===
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Subject: Re: Amiga <--> PC diplomacy
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:20:07 GMT

>this 9.7, 9.3 for Quadra 950,900, and for the 486, 8.1 and 6.5 for the 486 33/50

OOPS it was 8.1 for the 50Mhz and 6.5 for the 33Mhz



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From: mh@cs.cs.appstate.edu (Mark Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: VGA reference
Keywords: VGA
Date: 24 Jul 92 22:51:24 GMT
Organization: Appalachian State University

I'm posting this for a high school student who is looking for a VGA
reference for game programming.  He wants to do things like write to
the screen during raster retraces.  Any suggestions?
--
Mark Harris   mh@cs.appstate.edu
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608      (704) 264-6906
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles)
Subject: Re: help : which is better MSDOS 5.0 or DRDOS 6.0
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 16:15:08 GMT

In <Jim_Johnson.0600@abcd.Houghton.MI.US> Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US
(Jim Johnson) writes: 
>I have installed MSDOS 5.0 on several machines and DRDOS 6.0 on one (mine).
>I can't give you an all inclusive - "choose this one" type of response. 
>Both are significantly better than their predecessors.  I would like to
>make a point though - both versions of DOS are aimmed at 386/486 machines. 
>They both give you much more conventional memory if you can stuff code into
>all the nooks and crannies available to remappable memory (386/486).  On a
>286 machine or an 8086 with expanded memory, I think DRDOS 6.0 has a bit
>more flexibility for memory useage than MSDOS 5.

I'll just comment that my personal opinion is the opposite -- for most 286s,
DRDOS is not as "good" -- you can only use UMBs if you have LEAP or NEAT
chipsets, and you can't load that super disk cache high without EMS.

>I've heard that MSDOS 5.0 is a bit faster, but I haven't installed both
>DOSes on the same machine running the same applications, so I really can't
>say whether or not this is true.

For some reason, the DRDOS update seems to boot a _lot_ faster than the
fiels it replaces.

>DRDOS 6.0 comes with a much better set of utilities (I removed many of the
>little PD .COM files from my hard drive that I've have used for years), but
>keep in mind that BASIC in whatever form is useful for a lot of quick and
>dirty tasks and MSDOS 5.0 comes with QBasic and DRDOS has no included
>programming language.  From what little I have used DRDOS's graphical
>shell, it appears to be a stripped down version of GEM - which was quite
>popular.

Re. the shell -- Mr. Johnson probably didn't try to do anything with it (
8-) ), 'cause you more or less can't.  He's probably got a real shell.  So
if a bundled shell matters, IMHO, that's a strike versus DRDOS.  But the
task switcher is quite nice -- _very_ stable!  It has a nice feature set,
too.  And it uses XMS (the DOS task swapper doesn't). I think the task
switcher is the best bonus, and hardly anybody mentions it.  I do feel the
lack of a BASIC from time to time, though.

>-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

>Jim Johnson-
>*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
-- 
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From: aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 32 bit BIOS, etc. (was RE: 486/50'2 vs Sun 2's
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 13:25:42 PDT
Reply-To: aki@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us

In article <92210.111717REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
> 
>    While I've got your attention - Here's my $0.02 worth on Video...
> with 4GB of real memory space, why not set aside, oh about 128 MB as
> reserved space for memory mapped terminals?   Rather than dealing with
> this bullshit about planes of memory and VGA registers, why not just
> allocate about 4MB for direct mapped Video, Mouse & Keyboard space and
> plan on allowing up to 32 users (OK, so I'm way ahead of it on this).
> 
>    I seriously think that a 32-bit BIOS, direct mapped, true-color
> (accelerated or co-processed) video and Fast-clocked (50 MHz) EISA
> will be sufficient to blow the lid off of desktop performance.  When I
> think about the wasted clock cycles incurred by DOS, Windows, OS/2 and
> even Unix in dealing with archaic hardware standards, like segmented
> real mode memory, Multi-plane mapped video and slow-clocked I/O busses,
> I wonder how everyone stands for it.


Linear mapping is already possible with the Tseng ET4000.  It's a smart
idea.  However,  let's not make the mistake of FIXING a certain location
for a single purpose.  Let's DEFINE a standard which allows CRT adapter
memory to be mapped into memory anywhere we wish and make sure software
does not EXPECT the video memory to be at at say E000000H.  This way
when by year 2000 we are looking at the 4 gigabyte RESTRICTION, we
won't be bitching about whose idea it was to design something like
a fixed 128 megabyte video memory allocation.

Aki.

PS. 4 gigabyte RESTRICTION a myth??  Just wait and see.  Intel created
address space so we could run out of it.
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From: rglew@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (R. J. Glew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Norton's Speed Disk
Date: 22 Jul 1992 15:27:08 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Lakehead University

In article <1992Jul22.011419.27723@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> ignasiak@convex.cl.msu.edu (Todd J. Ignasiak) writes:


>They are not necessarily lost files.  If you have hidden files, or a hidden
>directory, all the files in that hidden directory are marked as unmovable
>blocks.  I believe some of the other norton utilities will tell you if you
>have any hidden directories, I think a program such as file-find (ff) will
>parse hidden directories.

>If it is 1/4 of your hard drive, then it's most likely not just hidden files
>causing the problem.  But it's probably wise to check all possibilities
>before running a bunch of disk recovery programs.


Good advice.  Start with information that SPEEDISK itself offers.


1. Choose `Information' from the main menu

2. Choose "Walk Map" from the pull down menu

3. Mouse over the the unmoveable block

4. Hit <Enter>.  A pop up box will show you exactly what is in the block 
   that is unmoveable.


R. Glew
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: protection for system files
Distribution: world
Date: 21 Jul 92 10:29:51 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

In a message dated Tue 21 Jul 92  9:41, Santoso@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu wrote:

 S> Hi! I have a question. I'm working in a computer lab which is
 S> connected
 S> using the Novell netware. I was wondering if there is a way to
 S> protect/
 S> lock the autoexec.bat and the other system files in the computer so
 S> that
 S> people can't screw them up? Hiding & read protection doesn't work. It
 S> can
 S> easily be changed. Thanks.

 S> Linda

If you have users who are savy enough to get at your CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT files when you have put read-only and hidden file attributes
on, there isn't likely much will be able to do to completely lock out these
meddling users.

It is possible to patch COMMAND.COM to load a file with a name different
than AUTOEXEC.BAT (see DOS Power Tools 1st edition), but given your setup
it may not be advisable for maintenance reasons to travel that far off the
beaten path.

Another possibility would be to force users to boot from a write protected
floppy and remove the system files from the hard drive.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

Jim Johnson-
*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: qian@wam.umd.edu (Yong Qian)
Subject: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:47:19 GMT

Does any have the speed rating of 486SX-25 and 386DX-40? The local 
computers are selling 486SX-25 cheaper than a similar equiped 386-40.
($1080 VS $1120). I lean toward 486SX. Any comments?
From: thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu (Jianqing Hu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:51:09 GMT
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology

In article <Brt1CK.FJn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>hst001@muvms3.bitnet (Donna J. Spindel) writes:
>>Is there a way to set up a computer that is running on a modem so that when a
>>call is coming in on the phone line being used, a signal will appear on the
>>monitor to alert the computer user that there is a call?  Please reply to my
>>e-mail address. Thanks.
>*----
>This is a trick question, right?  When the phone line is being used,
>a call can't come in.
>--
>	Mike Berger
>	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois

I think the poster dosen't mean to actually use the modem, just want to
get the "Ring" message from modem. What the software should be is a TSR
that catch the "Ring" message from modem and show something on the screen.

There is a FTPable program do this, but just bell the computer speaker.
it is in 141.210.10.117 under pub/msdos/phone ?? and named as phonring.zip
Hope this is correctly remembered.

Jianqing Hu                         |  Internet: thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu
ECE Dept.  Illinois Inst. of Tech.  |  
Chicago, IL 60616                   |  Office phone: 312-567-6971
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: help : which is better MSDOS 5.0 or DRDOS 6.0
Distribution: world
Date: 29 Jul 92 09:03:32 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

As an additional point in favor of DRDOS 6.0 is the built-in ability to do
alternative system configurations at boot time, also the CHAIN statement
permits the CONFIG.SYS file to divert to any other file to continue
configuration.  And batch files are much closer to being a true language
with the support of subroutines and other goodies.
On the other hand, for some reason, I find it much easier to setup a MSDOS
5.0 emergency boot floppy.  Also, for some reason DRDOS 6.0 insists that my
B: drive is a 1.2meg 5.25 rather than the 720K 3.5 that it is.  I have to
use DRIVPARM to correct its impression of my system (I need to talk with
DRI one of these days...)

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

Jim Johnson-
*** Remember, they're only tools - Not a way of life! ***
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: miles@shannon.ee.wits.ac.za (Avron Welgemoed)
Subject: Mountain Systems??
Summary: Need Mountain Systems' Internet Address...
Keywords: Mountain
Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Distribution: global
Date: 31 Jul 92 15:01:51 GMT

Help!

I need to contact Mountain Systems for a Mountain 4000 Backup tape
drive software update.

I have FileSafe 4.3.2.TD, which appears to be incompatable with Dos5.0
Is there a more recent edition? Where could I get such an upgrade?

Thanx

Avron


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,misc.forsale.computers,misc.wanted
From: magundi@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (john macdonald)
Subject: Memory board help needed.
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:10:20 GMT


I have a Mitsubishi  Memory Expansion.
WEAM10 

This is an XT memory board with 2 Megs of memory.
Does anyone have the DIP switch settings or manual for
this.

HELP.  PLEASE.


john macdonald
magundi@uwo.ca
From: ugeist@mcl.ucsb.edu (Geist Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Trident address wanted
Date: 28 Jul 92 03:23:42 GMT


Could someone please send me the address for Trident tech support (or a
phone number (not the BBS one))?  Thanks in advance.





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From: brettw@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett D. Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DESQview/X - reviews? comments?
Date: 24 Jul 92 05:18:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: matt.14p6vgINNosq
Distribution: usa
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


  Can anyone give me a USER or ADMINISTRATOR view of this product?
I'm considering buying a copy to test here at KSU.  We've got people
that want to multi-task and I'm becoming more disenchanted with
MS-Windows every day.  I guess I'm just looking for comments, good or
bad, about the usefulness, ease of use, ease of installation, etc...

-=- Brett
-- 
  Brett Watson, 915 Calflin Rd. Manhattan, KS  66502, (913) 776-5951
  Technical Support Programmer, Farrell Library, KSU, (913) 532-7427
  ==================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: harper@rtsg.mot.com (David Harper)
Subject: Re: Now, now children .......
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:58:48 GMT

kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack) writes:

>Ok, I just got done weeding throught all the yelling and bashing on this
>group AND comp.sys.amiga.advocacy. I must say that I'm really getting tired
>of all this.  Yes, I am an Amiga owner, but don't go calling me any names
>yet MS-Dos'ers, and I'm not a traitor Amiga friends. Look, I just want to
>let you all in on a little secret. If your happy with your computer, then
>shut up and be happy with it!!!!!!
>Mike Kopack                         | Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and my Amiga,
>Internet : gt6758b@prism.gatech.edu | what more could anyone want?
>           kopack@bugs.rl.af.mil    \              -- Me 
>           kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil   -------------------------------------------
I deleted most of this, but it was an excellent job!
As a former VIC-20/C-64 owner now on a 486 PC at home and UNIX boxes at work, I
wholeheartedly agree with Mike, and thank him for the peacemaker essay he wrote!
-- 
"Purple antelope on a field of tuna fish!"
From: spielman@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Terence P. Spielman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Changing the bus speed?
Keywords: bus speed
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:44:19 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Jul24.172706.1163@leland.Stanford.EDU> wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors) writes:

>Other factors are 2.5, 3, and 4.  Maybe 5 and 6 too.  This is for
>setting the bus to 8MHz (what it supposed to be), for any motherboard
>speed.  I.e., 16/2, 20/2.5, 25/3, 33/4, 40/5, and 50/6 are all about 8.
>
>Ken
>wkn@leland.stanford.edu

I believe most AMI BIOS' allow you to change the division factor (CLKIN/6,5,4)
in order to change the bus speed.  Be careful when you do this however!!  Some
other boards cannot keep up with faster bus speeds.  For example, when my
brother changed the bus speed on his 486/50 from 8.33MHz to 12.5 MHz, he got
strange errors sporadically.  The only one he could replicate was during
installation of Ultima Underworld, and the error had something to do with
writing to the hard drive.  After Norton Disk Doctor could'nt help him we
finally realized that the error cam from a mismatched bus speed with the 
hard drive controller card.  Once the bus speed was changed back to 8.33 MHz,
there were no more problems.  Hence, the moral of the story is, you can try
to increase your bus speed, but if your cards can't keep up, and you get 
strange behavior from your computer, go back to the trusted old 8 MHz.

Terence Spielman
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