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From: pluto@cs.ucsd.edu (Mark Plutowksi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: HELP! Much Wierdness: TDW Used to work, now cannot find TDVIDEO.DLL ?!?
Summary: Suddenly, it quit working: reloading from backups doesn't fix it..
Keywords: borland, c++,turbo debugger, video dll
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:56:30 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

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WIERDNESS ABOUNDS: I"VE EXAMINED ALL HELP FILES & DOCS
AND TRIED ALL REASONABLE DIAGNOSTICS KNOWN TO ME:
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I hope someone else has seen this and has a fix:

I have been using Borland C++ for Windows, version 3.1 very
happily for months, including Turbo Debugger for Windows,
which worked wonderfully, once I set up TDW.INI correctly.

After taking a hiatus from coding for a couple months, I 
wanted to debug the app I had been working on before, and
lo and behold, upon entering TDW, I get a MessageBox saying
	"Error Loading TDVIDEO.DLL"

Of course, there is no such file "TDVIDEO.DLL" listed
in the filelist.doc that comes with BC++ 3.1, and, besides,
the setting in TDW.INI is:

VideoDLL=c:\borlandc\bin\s3.dll

Which is correct, and, again, was working fine a month ago.
From tape backup I recovered all files in C:\borlandc\bin
(which includes all the executables for the compiler
and debugger, as well as the video dll, which in my
case is s3.dll)

I then switched the video mode to a lower resolution with
fewer colors (although it worked fine before with 1028x768
and 256 colors.)  Of course, no luck.


Here's the obligatory info regarding my setup:
486 33MHz with 8 Meg, 212 Meg HD with > 10 Meg free,
Orchid Motherboard with local 32bit bus to Orchid
Fahrenheit 1280D display card.  Problem occurs at
all svga settings above 600x400 (I absolutely refuse
to operate at 600x400 so I didn't even try it ;-)
TDW.INI is located in C:\windows, with the (pertinent) 
contents:

[TurboDebugger]
VideoDLL=C:\borlandc\bin\s3.dll
DebuggerDLL=C:\BORLANDC\BIN\tdwin.dll
[VideoOptions]
DebugFile=c:\borlandc\bin\tdw.log
SaveWholeScreen=no
Int2FAssist=no
IgnoreMode=no



Thanks for any leads, tips, or suggestions,

= Mark
From: A.D.Bailey@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows programs on a 286
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:31:58 GMT
Reply-To: A.D.Bailey@lut.ac.uk (Adrian D.Bailey)
Distribution: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.ms
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

In article <1993Jan20.220038.10797@twg.com> q@twg.com (Michael Wiesenberg) writes:
>
>I have a friend who has a 286 (12 MHz). (It has SVGA, 1 Mb board.) She
>wants to use some of the programs that are available only on Windows. I
>told her that Windows doesn't work well on a 286, and she said she doesn't
>want to run Windows, she just wants those programs. In particular, they are
>MS Access and Money, but she's also interested in others. Anyway, she wants
>to know, is it worth buying and installing Windows to have these programs?
>*I* want to know if they would run efficiently (or even at all!) with
>Windows on a 286. Does she need more memory than the 1 Mb her system now
>has? If she just had Windows only for the purpose of running these
>programs, would she even notice the presence of Windows? Are these programs
>available in non-Windows versions? Can anyone provide a review of MS
>Access? Or point me where to look for one? How does Money compare to
>Quicken 6 (which she has and likes)?
>
>A lot of questions that I hope some knowledgeable souls will be kind
>enough to answer.  I will check this group for responses, but, if you
>don't mind, an E-mail reply directly to me would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Michael

Sorry Michael, I couldn't find your email address anywhere, so I hope you 
read this board soon.
Many programmes are only capable of running "inside" Windows, so you must 
have Windows first.
In the future more and more programmes are going to be like this, with the
older so-called DOS programmes gradually fading away.  So your friend will
have to convert eventually.  And it will be so very worthwhile.  The Windows
environment is not difficult to learn, and it opens a lot of doors.
I run Windows on a '286 machine with 2 Megs of Ram. I use Word for Windows
and Excel, two major applications, without problems.  A friend of mine has
recently completed a PhD thesis of 200 pages, including links to enormous 
spreadsheets, on a similar machine.
I know that 1 Meg of memory is not enough.  In fact Windows 3.1 will not
run in that machine, though Windows 3.0 will.
I don't know Access, but postings in this forum suggest that it is very
"hungry" for memory, and 2Megs will almost certainly not be enough.
From: frankmrk@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: ACTIX GE32 video accelerator - opinions?
Date: 22 Jan 93 08:36:18 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: milton.u.washington.edu

cfw@world.std.com (Christopher F Wroten) writes:

>I'm looking for information on the ACTIX GE32 video accelerator, the one
>that was top-rated in Byte's January 1993 review of Windows video
>accelerators. So far as I can determine, the board is sold directly by
>the manufacturer; no mail-order companies, at least I can't find any
>that sell it. Anyone out there have actual experience with the beast?
>I'm only interested in its ability to function with Windows 3.1 in
>1024x768x256 mode, not its 16.7m colors or autocad ability or other
>stuff.  Thanks!

>Christopher Wroten, cfw@world.std.com

I just bought one.  They are sold by a company called "New Technologies";
phone: 800-998-0170.  I'm using exactly the config you describe, and it
seems fine -- and quite fast.  The drivers are very recent (1/12/93).
Note: I found that the factory default setting for the DIP switches would
not work on my machine.  If I had the BIOS width set to the factory default
(on), (i.e., 8 bit mode, so it says), then
my machine would not recognize the hard drive.  This was very
confusing because the manual claims that this is supposed the maximum
compatible mode for the card.  I changed the switch to off, then it seemed
to work fine.  My total cost, including shipping from CA to Seattle, was 
$187.00
    
Mark Frank
frankmrk@u.washington.edu
From: SIMMONS@UCF1VM.BITNET (Tad Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How do u create a Postscript file? Help!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:22:27 GMT
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services

In article <81753@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos
Malamas) says:
>
>        I heard it is possible to create a postscript file by printing on disk
>while you have a PS printer driver installed. I do not have a printer and I
>would like to produce such a file, upload it to the school's mainframe and
>print it out on a PS printer. Is this possible? How do I go about this?
>Do I need a printer specific driver, or any PS printer driver will do?
>Any and all answers are welcome. I am using MS Word 2.0a for Windows..
>
>Costas Malamas________________________________________________________________
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>Internet: gt7692b@prism.gatech.edu
Ok..  I've done this, but it has been a while, so bear with me and be prepared
to fiddle around a bit...

step 1: go into setup and load a applicable postscript printer driver.
          (remember, not all postscripts are compatable)
step 2: go into printers and associate that driver to printing to a file.
step 3: when you print, choose the 'printer' that is actually a file.

That should do it.  I might have my "do this here" wrong, but this is the basic
 idea.  Unfortunately, I'm at work on an IBM4381, so I don't have Windows handy
right now...  ;)

Hope this helps,
-Tad
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan)
Subject: Re: "Secret" windows in MS Windows 3.1
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:25:29 GMT

In article <47g1XB4w165w@bluemoon.use.com> gerry@bluemoon.use.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
>nomad+@pitt.edu (John C Ramirez) writes:
>
>> 
>>     Does anyone know how to access the so-called "secret" windows
>> in MS Windows 3.1?  Apparently there was an article about it in PC
>> Magazine last fall -- some special keystrokes bring up some windows
>> showing various authors of the program (or something similar to this).
>> If anyone can let me know more about this, especially how to access
>> these windows, I'd really appreciate it.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> John Ramirez (nomad+@pitt.edu)
>
>  Sorry I don't remember exactly how I did it, but the results
>were not nearly as dramatic with my copy of Windows 3.1 as the
>magazine story made it sound.
>
>gerry@bluemoon.rn  My amateur radio callsign is K8EF, and my
>packet radio address is K8EF@W8CQK.OH.USA.NA

Oh geez, yeah.. don't go rushing out to find the magazine.. here's how you
do it:

1. Open the Program Manager window
2. Hold down the left shift and control keys  (and keep holding them)
3. Select HELP|ABOUT (keep holding those keys)
4. Double click on the yellow patch of the Windows logo in the upper left
corner of the about screen
5. Click on the OK button to close the about window
6. Select HELP|ABOUT again (keep holding shift & ctrl)
7. Click on the yellow patch again -- the first "secret" goodie will appear
8. Say "ooh" and "aaahh"
9. Click on the Ok button again to close the about box (keep holding them keys
down)
10. Select HELP|ABOUT a third time
11. Double click on the yellow patch again -- the second goodie will appear

Repeat the whole sequence a couple of times to see the variations.

I didn't read that article, so this may be a different secret thing than
what they are talking about;  I've heard there are more.  A Mac-user, of all
people, told me about this one last year when 3.1 was first released...
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: viana@penril.com (Cleandro Viana)
Subject: Looking for a DOS emacs version
Organization: Penril DataComm Networks
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:51:28 GMT


I am looking for a DOS emacs version that
can handle files of size > 200K. I tried to
use freeemacs and Microemacs 3.11 and they
both run out of memory. 

Can anybody help me?

** e-mail please.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: planius@hpmpi1.desy.de (P. Lanius)
Subject: NDW 2.0 patch: install or not install ???
Organization: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:36:53 GMT

Hi,

I have followed the discussion/announcement of the compat.exe patch for Norton
Desktop for Windows. My questions is, whether I should run the patch despite
the fact that I never encountered any problems with NDW yet?
I'm mainly asking because it was recommended to re-install NDW before running
the patch and I'm to lazy to build all my nice groups again from scratch.

Thanks, Peter
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From: biggles@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Matthew Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: How do I gather icons into one file ?
Keywords: icon
Date: 27 Jan 93 15:10:38 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

3.0 was a pain in that changing icons was best if they were in separate
files, not one library file.  3.1 reversed this handling the libraries quite
nicely.

Problem is, now that I have all these separate icon files, how to I go about
scrunching them all back into one library file?

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From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Norton Desktop: compat.exe
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:27:46 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: gondolin.pubs.stratus.com

In article <1993Jan21.174753.29568@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
jpersons@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John C Persons) writes:
> In article <C17r9z.Ksu@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>  
rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) writes:
> >
> >Someone mentioned that there is a file called "compat.exe" that  
will
> >fix many problems with Norton Desktop for Windows.  Since people
> >apparently have this file, is there any way they could upload it
> >to an FTP site so others can get it without making a long-distance
> >call?  Or is there a way to get this file cheaply?  Will Symantec
>                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >send it to you on a disk?
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Yes, that's how I got it.

What problems does this program fix?  I'm using the Norton
Desktop and haven't had any particular problems.

--
Jim Mann            
Stratus Computer   jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com  

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: scrivner@well.sf.ca.us (David DelGreco)
Subject: Re: printing entire help files
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:06:53 GMT

In <1993Jan23.183747.25108@newstand.syr.edu> ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (Larry Stern) writes:

>I am trying to print an entire help (.HLP) file, not just the topic.
>I do have Word for Windows 2.0 but it doesn't have a filter for
>converting .hlp files (that I know of).  Does anyone know how to
>print the entire file, in Word or any other processor?

>						Thanks,   Larry


This is not supported by Winhelp.exe.  However, there's a kludgy workaround
you can use.

If you add the line

		SeqTopicKeys = 1

to the [Windows Help] section of you WIN.INI, you then have the ability to
cycle through the topics in your help file by pressing Ctrl-Shift-RightArrow.
If you start with the Table of Contents, you will move sequentially through
the file in the order in which the topics are physically in the file.

Now all you need to do is use some kind of macro program, or a VB program
that uses SendKeys (I don't know if WinHelp supports DDE or OLE), to cause 
it to print a topic, move on to the next topic, and repeat.

Hey, I didn't say it was pretty!  :^)

David DelGreco
scrivner@well.sf.ca
From: cc@castle.ed.ac.uk (C Carruthers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: True Type WYSINWYG Fonts
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:59:40 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

I am seeing strange things with True Type fonts scaling on the screen.
Running Word for Windows 2.0b, Windows 3.1, and Courier New at 12pt and
everything is fine.  If I change the zoom to 50% then the font is displayed
way too small.  If I then zoom to 75% then the font is way too big, and
looks as though is is being displayed at the 100% size.  All the line-breaks
etc are preserved, and everything prints on PostScript OK.

Is this normal?

Colin Carruthers - "Not tested on animals".
From: wcl@risc.sps.mot.com (Wayne Long)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: COMM past 19.6K in Windows?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 10:01:28 -0600
Organization: Motorola (Austin,TX)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ome.sps.mot.com


I would love to hear from any individual who has
direct expierence with communications beyond 19.6Kbs
DTE speed under Windows 3.1.

Is it possible?  (Without having to move to a faster
machine?)  Do the standard Windows comm drivers
have to be replaced?  Does running a fossil beneath
(before loading) Windows 3.1 work?

I have procomm plus for Windows and I lose bits when
my DTE speed is set at any speed beyond 19.6K and 
I've got a DOS Window open with disk or heavy CPU
activity.  I'd like to get my favorite DOS based comm
pgm. working to.  This is on a 386DX/33Mhz.

Why do I need to go beyond 19.6K you ask?  Because
I have a Telebit T3000 modem which has a raw potential
serial data rate of 22Kps.  With compression this goes
even higher.  Several numbers I call locally support 
this modem and data rate.


  An aside for the curious but communications 
  beginner:
  
	Windows 3.1 works just fine at 19.6Kps.  I
	can be downloading at 14.4Kps (V32bis) and 
	have a couple DOS windows open and active
	(hard disk activity) and not lose a single 
	bit.  (Machine is a 386DX running at 33Mhz
	with a NS16550AN UART chip installed.)


Wayne
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: better card or new monitor?
From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:42:47 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

A quick question:
I have an infiniti monitor. And am thinking about getting yep, you guessed
a graphics accelerator. BUT, my question (not the usual, grin) is:
would it be better to invest the 350$ for a good card, or spend that money
getting a good monitor, say a viewsonic 6e? I have a trident card currently.

THANKS, in advance
Eric D.
University of Missouri
From: s14109jo@UMASSD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: BOOT PROBLEM
Date: 28 Jan 93 18:21:04 GMT
Reply-To: s14109jo@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.


Does anyone know what I can do about this problem so I can get WINDOWS running
on my computer:

Recently just bought an IBM compatible POSITIVE computer (goin out of business)
and bought the 486-33 microprocessor for it...I got a deal on this computer
because it was on display...but the problem is, when I try to get into WINDOWS..
an error occurs and the screen displays something to this extent:

    Can't get into WINDOWS.  BOOT DRIVE file  WINA20.386 missing....

What can I do about this. Unfortunately, I don't have the startup disks for
windows....

ALSO:

    Even though this is out of the Windows subject...how do you copy a file with
many subdirectories when the file needs more disk space than a single disk..
In other words..how do you continue copying from the point you left off...

ALL EMAIL response will be appreciated...

Thanks.

JOE O
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:6603 comp.os.msdos.misc:7214
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: STACKER question
From: loosli@bbs.ug.eds.com
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:50:49 GMT
Organization: TRW SAFETY SYSTEMS/MESA
Nntp-Posting-User: loosli

In article <1993Jan25.144409.10557@bnr.ca>, panton@bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton) writes:
> 
> I have a clone 386 with a standard setup, 3.5 and 5.25 HD floppies, a
> 63 Meg RLL HD (C:), DOS 5.0, windows 3.0. I just installed Stacker yesterday
> and I've tried to change (actaully I deleted and now I'm trying to add) a
> permanent swap file. When I do I get a message saying there is not room
> enough on my D: drive. I've read the docs for Windows and Stacker and can't
> figure this one out. As I understand it, Stacker creates a real drive D:
> and turns C: into a logical drive. How can I get Windows to create the
> permanent swap file on C:? Does this have something to do with the SSWAP
> driver?
> The stacker version is 3.0
> 
I loaded stacker 3.0 on my 386 clone over Christmas and had no problems.  I had
a 3.5MB permanent swap file on my D: drive before stacker.  Stacker took all of
my files including the swap file into its 'E' drive which SSWAP turns back into
'D' at boot-up.

99% of the time I don't even notice I have stacker on.  MEM/ commands will not
always work and WP errors on printing with some message about C:, retry and the
files print.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ls8139@gemini ( )
Subject: Re: PKZip2.04c - Possible serious problem
Reply-To: ls8139@gemini
Organization: University of Albany, SUNY
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 01:50:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.000103.22384@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, dgj2y@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (David Glen Jacobowitz) writes:
>
>	I am posting this article to comp.os.ms-windows.misc because I
>got the new version of pkzip from ftp.cica.indiana.edu and I know that
>nany people who read this group access that site a lot.
>	Here is the story. I got pkz204c.exe from cic in the
>pub/pc/starter directory when I realized that my other version would
>not unzip some newer archives. Since then ( about three days ago ) I
>have been using it without much problem. Yesterday I installed Norton
>Desktop for Windows. It comes with an Norton Anti-Virus. Today when I
>tried to use pkunzip it told me that the program has a strain of the
>"Maltese Amoeba" virus. I ran the virus scan and it said pkunzip and
>pkzipfix were both infected.
>	I went back to cica to download the files again, and when
>pkz204c was unzipped again it still gave the same virus warnings.
>
>	Now here's the thing. I don't think there is a virus in these
>files. Cica is a good, careful site ( it seems ) and I'm sure that
>they check for these things. I'm guessing that there is just some
>sequence of commands in pkzunzip and pkzipfix that looks to Norton
>like a virus. 
>	Somebody else please check this out and post here and or
>e-mail me. BTW, I have Central Point Antivirus on my machine and it
>doesn't find anythnig wrong with the files. It is older than the
>program that came with NDW, though.
>
>			sincerely,
>
>			david g jacobowitz
>			dgj2y@virginia.edu
>
I had the same virus alert.  Don't worry it is a false alarm as many
people told me.  In group comp.compression there was many posting on 
the subject, and I assume that comp.virus got just as many (though I
didn't bother to check).  I was told that I could update my NDW virus
data (or something like that) to prevent the false alarm.

Elaboration anyone???

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: farzan@mdd.comm.mot.com (Farzan Mamaghani)
Subject: fonts
Keywords: windows 3.1 fonts
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:49:16 GMT

I am looking for windows 3.1 fixed fonts that are
15wx22h pixels. does anyone know where I can get some
fonts from?

also does anyone know of a utility to convert .fon files into
.fnt files?

any help is appreciated...

farzan

(206)489-5743
email: farzan@mdd.comm.mot.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc