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From: me@waters.claremont.edu (My Account)
Subject: Screen Bending Problem
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:53:26 GMT

My site is having several problems with the screens starting to 'bend'  
sometimes in windows and sometimes in DOS.  They bend even after windows  
is exited.  We have windows set up on aoc monitors with trident chips and  
everview monitors with oak chips.  Is anyone else getting this problem  
and/or do you have any suggestions on how to fix it?  I thought it might  
just be the aoc monitors themselves until the everview started acting up.  
If it helps, windows is using the trident and oak proprietary drivers.


Thanks in advance,

Kyle Stephens
kyle@cgsvax.claremont.edu
From: v042517@stortek.com (Vince Dugar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: CIM problem under Win 3.1
Keywords: CIM CompuServe
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:06:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.  Louisville, CO


I have tried to use CompuServe Info Mgr (CIM) 2.05 from Windows 3.1
but it never can communicate with my internal modem.  CIM works OK
if Windows is not running, and the modem works fine from Procomm Plus
running from Windows.  But the combination doesn't work.

Others in the CIM forum are having similar problems -- but I haven't 
seen any good answers yet. Can anyone help me?  Thanks. 

- Vince -


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From: smith@canon.co.uk (Mark Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: where is ET4TURBO.ZIP?
Date: 4 Sep 92 08:56:33 GMT
Organization: Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd

mcwhirtj@unvax.union.edu (Jim Mcwhirter) writes:
> However, the ET4TURBO.ZIP drivers that I recently uploaded to
> ftp.cica.indiana.edu are NOT the same as the 4/16 drivers.  

Does anyone know what's happened to this file?  For a few days,
doing a query in archie gave back cica and an Australian site
but it's not at either.

---- Mark Smith ---- Canon Research Europe ---- smith@canon.co.uk ----
From: barrus@cod.nosc.mil
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WINQVT DEC font size problem
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:27:37 GMT
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA

I have a problem with the two font sizes associated with the 
DEC character set.  When I choose LARGE it is way to big and 
when I choose SMALL it requires a magnifying glass to read.  I 
have a SVGA monitor using 1024x748 screen.  Before anybody 
suggests to choose smaller than 1024x748, let me say that I 
really enjoy this resolution because it enables me to have 
several windows up at once without having to cascade them and I 
don't wish to change that.  Am I missing somthing in my setup 
or is the way it is?  Are there any additional font sizes 
avaiable for the DEC emulation that I can use?  

Does QPC have an email address or phone # or do I have to write 
them by snail mail?
From: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: W4W *.tmp and hidden *.doc files
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:43:25 GMT
Reply-To: dahls@fhydra.dnet.unit.no (Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes)
Organization: University of Trondheim, NORWAY

Thus spoke the keyboar of rob@gbrmpa.gov.au (Rob McGill):
>Has anyone had trouble with W4W 2.0 (Under Windows 3.1) placing *.tmp and hidden *.doc files in the working directory, and leaving them there even after a "normal" exit? The working directory in this case is on a network drive (PCNFS 4), and all the file names appear to have been truncated UNIX names, bearing only superficial resemblance to the original document names. eg: 
>for an original document called "example.doc" a hidden file called "~exam~DT.doc" would remain in that directory even after a normal exit from the program.
>The line "autosave path=D:\temp" (a RAM drive) is in the Win.ini file, so that doesn't appear to be the problem.

I've seen the same thing on my machine exept that all the hidden files
are stored on my E: device (RAM drive). Check if you got the TEMP
environment variable defined or not.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: thite@micrografx.com
Subject: Re: 90C20 Chipset (Re: Why no PARADISE video drivers?)
Organization: Micrografx, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 14:23:43 GMT

Josh Grosse (jdg00@ccc.amdahl.com) wrote:
: Many have talked about Western Digital's BBS.  I tried to use their
: BBS to obtain Win3.1 drivers for the 90C20 (90C20_22.EXE) several times,
: each time the transfer got part way, then failed.  The BBS gave me a
: "Data File Not Found" message.  Hanging up and dialing back, I ended up in
: an "Is this correct?" loop during log on.  This seems to be a pretty buggy
: BBS they've got.
: 
: If anyone is successful at obtaining the 90C20_22.EXE file and uploading
: it to cica, I'd be very grateful.
: -- 
: -----------------------------------------------------------------
: Josh Grosse                                jdg00@amail.amdahl.com
: Amdahl Corp.                               313-358-4440
: Southfield, Michigan

I have drivers (WDVGA.ZIP) for the WD90c30 chipset.  If its of interest, I'll
get it to Cica.  The drivers are very fast and if they work on the 90c20's,
all might be well.

Tom Hite
thite@micrografx.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jason@alpha.ee.ufl.edu (Jason Nadrowski)
Subject: TEST
Organization: EE Dept at UF
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:59:11 GMT

This is a TEST!

Please disreguard.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Is GATES gay? Only a Fag could make windows
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 04:41:37 GMT

umsalte2@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mystery) writes:
>Windows sucks!  All window lovers are suckers.....love OS/2 you fools.
>dont be sucker any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, the wonders of accidentally leaving yourself logged in.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: packet driver bombs windows 3.1
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 01:21:43 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <2SEP199209034434@zeus.tamu.edu> sam4628@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
>Hi,
>   I'm trying to use NCSA telnet and QVTnet on my system.  The problem is
>that if the packet driver is installed, windows locks up on the logo screen.
>Since QVTnet is a windows program, this is somewhat inconvenient.  I've
>tried two different drivers with the same results, and the problem also
>seems to occur for Win 3.0. I'm using the 8003 packet driver, int 0x0A,
>mem base address 0xb000, int vector 0x300.  Any help would be appreciated!

Well, I asked a similar question recently, and here are the best bits
from the two answers I got:

Answer 1.

It is possible yes, but you have to use the pktmux packet multiplexor. It's
available from sunee.waterloo.edu, under pub/wattcp/pktmux11.exe as a self
extracting archive.
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Answer 2.

According to the latest version of the release notes that I have, there is a
PC-NFS _version_ of WinQVT/Net. I had thought this capability was going to be
included in the standard version, but that is not the case. Apparently, you
have to order this version from QPC, as it is not available as shareware. The
manual says to send $40 (the normal registration fee) for a copy of it; I
don't know if you can "trade" your registration of the non-PC-NFS version
for that (since registration of that is also $40). Not being a PC-NFS user,
I have not had the need to investigate this further. Hope this helps...

Thanks to the two people who answered me! I'm posting this for the
obvious reason that it seems that many people would like to know.

Register QVTNet now!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Screen Dumper
From: joe@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Joe Galea)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 03:21:44 GMT
Reply-To: joe@comp.vuw.ac.nz
Organization: Computer Science Dept, Victoria University, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND


   Could somebody please suggest a reliable public domain screen dumper 
that runs on Windows?  Preferably one that dumps to a well known file
format such as gif, tiff or postcript.

   I'd prefer email.  If there's enough interest I'll post a summary.

   Thanks

   Joe
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From: terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Undocumented win.ini settings
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:27:42 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

Hi,

I just wanted to say thanks to all who replied to my post.  I was not aware
that the Resource Kit was available via ftp.  I thought it had to be purchased.

I'll get the WRK soon.  Thanks all.

Terry Henning

terryh@cae.wisc.edu
From: ashaw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (andrew.shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:54:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbfsb.1992Aug28.175440.14415
Organization: AT&T

From article <1992Aug28.165518.9103@cco.caltech.edu>, by heathh@cco.caltech.edu (Heath Ian Hunnicutt):
> tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name) writes:
> 
>>Simple windows reactions could easily shoot it
>>down as an operating system, as Erike van Linstee
>>(linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl) put one example, "Ever hear of an OS
>>you can quit and still have a functioning machine?!"
> 	Yes, it is called "Windows."  Then again, ever hear of a non-OS
> that runs the processor in a special mode, loads programs in a unique
> format, virtualizes hardware, and serializes input, along with
> managing memory, cpu time, and I/O access to peripherals?  Nope, me
> neither.
> 
Aha!  Now I too can enter the tongue-pulling (love that expression).
What about VPIX?  This UNIX application virtualizes the hardware,
does memory management, etc in order to emulate an 8086 that DOS,
and even Windows, can run on.  Surely this is not 90% of an OS?

	Andrew Shaw
	AT&T Bell Labs
From: ashaw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (andrew.shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS     1/
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:29:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbfsb.1992Aug28.172923.13288
Organization: AT&T

From article <714962865.1@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>, by Monroe.Thomas@ttlg.UUCP (Monroe Thomas):
> memory to disk.  Your idea that Unix swaps "whole" processes and all
> their associated memory out is simply incorrect.  It only swaps what

To be fair, swapping UNIX(R) did at one point exist.  I can't
think of any that don't page now, though.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: lam836@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Lam Lai Yin Savio)
Subject: Driver for DAC from MODPLAY?
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 03:21:23 GMT

	Any body tried building the DAC (using only resistors) suggested
in the documentation of MODPLAY? I've built it and it sounds great! I
wonder if it's possible to write a wav driver for it so that I can use
it to here the WAVs, or if such a driver already exists?


- Savio Lam.
e-mail: lam836@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: heathh@cco.caltech.edu (Heath Ian Hunnicutt)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 03:29:22 GMT

Dear Name (aka Tomer),

	Well, I don't think either one of us is trying to say that 
Windows IS definitively an OS.  My opinion is that other than 
relying on DOS for file system management, Windows is an OS.

	Here are some things I want you to know about my worldview
of an OS:

1. Whether an OS is single-tasking, cooperatively multitasking, or
preemptively multitasking does not determine whether or not it is,
in fact, an OS.

2. Whether or not an OS _forces_ applications to make API calls to
request a hardware service is not material, either.  i.e., An OS
need not virtualize.
	2a. I would prefer that an OS require the API calls.  As an
example, because I have to use a handle to a commport (UART) under
Windows, my program will be portable to Windows running on a non-PC.
If Windows "virtualized" the fact that most PCs have a UART at 0x2F8,
they would have to stick to that when they move to other platforms,
and that would merely be an exercise is silliness.

3. There are some OSes you can quit and still get a running 
system.  DesqView and Windows are two.  Windows is more of an
OS than DV, in my opinion, but each is also more than an application,
environment, or shell.
	Another example is a program like Soft-PC, which 
provides a cross-platform OS on many machines.


	Furthermore, you were complaining about all the tame you wasted
replying to my oh-so-stupid posts.  Well, sorry.  For the record, I
wish this hadn't gotten so personal.  We probably should have
argued religion or something.  Anyway, you're right, I should have
spent my time writing some not-quite-real-applications to run
under my favorite not-quite-a-real-OS.

	So, I will maintain the following regarding Windows:

Windows == (0.90)*OS
Windows != Shell
Progman == Shell
Fileman == Shell
Taskman == Shell
Windows == Environment++

:)  <-- I am sort of kidding with my list above, sort of a tongue-in-
cheeck representation of my feelings.

	Finally, I was making a joke when I said that maybe we should
duel.  I didn't think the smiley would be neccessary.  My point
was, we seem to have gotten sort of abstract, ugly, and long-winded
about a pretty unimportant question.

See ya,
Heath

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From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: WorkShift 1.5. Multiple screen desktop.
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:06:20 GMT

In <1992Aug29.154852.493@zia.uucp> cfrank@zia.uucp (Colin A Frank) writes:


>>WorkShift is highly graphical virtual desktop program, that treats the
>>desktop NOT as a very large virtual screen, but rather as multiple screens.

>Where do we get it from?

ftp.cica.indiana.edu (pub/pc/win3/uploads).  The file is called WRKSFT15.ZIP.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:22:53 GMT

In <TGUEZ.92Aug28015529@jade.tufts.edu> tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name) writes:

>An operating system is the one program running at all times on the
>computer, with all else being programs.

I sure hope that Tufts is going to teach you better than this.  Oddly
enough, I can drop right out of UNIX to the system monitor on my Sun.
I can do things out there, then continue UNIX.  Does this mean UNIX
isn't an OS, because it has the monitor under it?  Certainly not.

Windows provides all its own device drivers with the exception of disk
drivers for the file services.  It takes over and manages memory.  It
manages the keyboard, mouse, display, etc.  If it also bothered with
doing its own file management, it would BE an OS.

You seem to have a lot of confusion about memory protection, process
isolation, preemptive multitasking, etc., being necessary for
something to qualify as an OS.

As for the 'all else being programs', just what do you think an
operating system is, if it isn't a program?  Bratwurst?


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Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:2648 alt.binaries.sounds.d:1635 alt.binaries.sounds.misc:3344 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard:1623
From: joseph@aludra.usc.edu (Jeff Lawson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.binaries.sounds.d,alt.binaries.sounds.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Covox driver for windows 3.1
Date: 2 Sep 1992 00:09:43 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <tooraj.715340703@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au> tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati) writes:
>hieronym@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Andreas Hieronymus) writes:
>>
>>I need a driver for ms-windows 3.1, which supports a covox plug in the
>>parallel port. The plug is actually a simple D/A-converter. Many 
>>sound programms support this type of playing sounds via a parallel
>>port, e.g. modedit, stream tracker, playbwc, scoptrax. I hope there
>>is a driver for ms-windows 3.1 which supports covox to use the
>>multimedia extensions for playing e.g. midi-files. 
>
>I just downloaded sndsrc.zip which is supposed to be what you are
>looking for (I haven't checked it out yet).
>
>I got it off monu6.cc.monash.edu.au in /pub/win3/sounds
>I thinks I've seen it in wuarchive in /mirrors/win3/sounds as well.
>

The Disney Sound Source is different from the Speech Thing by Covox
Inc in Eugene, OR.  The Sound Source has the capability to be turned
on and off through software and I think that pins for sound output are
different as well.  Not only that, but software can detect if a Sound
Source is connected or not.  Although you can let Windows continue
even though it doesn't detect it, you won't hear anything
recogniseable (sp).  I thought it would work too, but I tried.  Also,
selecting Sound Source on Sierra games produces the same static-like
output on Speech Thing or other 8-bit printer port DAC.


					Jeff Lawson
					joseph@aludra.usc.edu
From: davecarr@cs.umd.edu (David Carr)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Request for Experience Information on Windows X Servers
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:58:15 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Hi,

I am about to purchase an X server and wonder if anyone has any
experience (good or bad) with one of the following products:  Xvision,
Vista-eXceed/W, HCL-eXceed/W, and PC-Xview for Windows?  I am
interested in performance, post sale support, and ease of
installation.  Also, there may be feature differences between them
that are not obvious from the sales fliers.  I would appreciate
hearing from anyone with expericence with any of these products.


Thanks in advance,
David Carr
From: demillo@juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Robert DeMillo )
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with WinFax Pro 2.0
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:18:37 GMT
Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Lab: Fine Food and Coffee

>In article <18478.2a9f069a@levels.unisa.edu.au> xtdn@levels.unisa.edu.au writes:
>
>   I am interested in hearing from people who have purchased WinFax Pro 2.0
>   and who have had problems with same.
>
>	... list of problems experienced...
>
>   I appreciate any assistance.
>
>   David Newall             * Life is uncertain: * International: +61 18 814 543

David ---

I have been using WinFAX pro 2.0 since it came out...I've used it with 
both Win 3.0 and Win 3.1 and its never given me one day of trouble,
let alone the problems you have described. I have a Hayes knock-off
2400 baud modem with 9600 boaud fax send/receive ability. 

This may be God's way of telling you to buy a new fax modem.

Good luck.

- Rob

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Password protection
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:06:39 GMT

In article <420@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin) writes:
>In article <5684@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM$> mlowery@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Mike Lowery) writes:

|$|By the way, I was shocked to learn that the easiest way to 
|$|defeat the screen saver's password protection was to re-boot,
|$|re-start Windows, and simply reset the password in the Control
|$|panel.  Some security.
|$|
|$|----Mike
|
|One workaround, at least on the MicroChannel machines I've seen, is to use a 
|password at bootup.  This can be accomplished with your reference diskette.
|Boot up with the reference diskette and check the menus for the password
|choice. Every time you boot up, you will have to supply a password before 
|your machine even starts to load DOS.

Quite a few Bioses have password options. Much discussion has
been spent on how to undo inadvertant password lockout on the
AMI bios in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware (the default password was
something obvious like AMI, and you can always disconnect the 
battery and let the CMOS discharge...)

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|Miamisburg, OH 45342	|  WE NEED SOME GREAT IRISH NAMES! Any ideas???

Maire Eithne Mairead Siobhan Maura ...

Just thinking of the obvious ones...


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