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From: newsman@stein.u.washington.edu (Christian Ricci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Cardinal 200+
Date: 27 Dec 92 05:20:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec27.052031.14276
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

Has anyone else out there had problems with the Cardinal 200+ VGA card and 
windows 3.0 or 3.1.  Windows seems real unstable on my dad's machine.  We
keep getting UAE's (3.0) and G...something(can't remember) errors in 3.1.
The errors refer to the VGA.drv, EGA.drv, supervga.drv, whatever I'm running
windows in at the time.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Chris
From: cantor@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Problem with Paintjet color printing
Date: 22 Dec 92 23:02:06 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science


	We recently have been having problems with the HP Paintjet when trying
to print color in Windows.  It may be related to Netware, because the problem
has appeared since we installed Netware support into everyone's copy.  Two
users so far have reported problems, with one problem disappearing afterward.

	We have everyone on 3.1, and we have the latest driver that I know of.
We have drivers dated 6/9/92, and I've also tried the driver that comes with
Windows for Workgroups, which is October, I think.

	Basically the problem is no colors will print.  Paintbrush will go
through the motions of printing, but nothing appears on the page, even with a
fresh ink cartridge.  Some apps like Excel will print in greyscale, but no
color.  I don't know where to look for a fix.  The printer driver options are
set OK, and I can't find any setting in an .ini file that has anything to do
with the driver.

	Any information anybody might have would be appreciated, because we
have a lot of Paintjets around here that may decide to stop printing in color
soon....


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From: akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Superstor VS. Stacker...You Make The Call
Date: 29 Dec 92 07:46:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Dec29.074635.12747
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.


After seeing the large number of negative comments about Superstor, I
should note that I have had no problem with Superstor on either of the
two machines I run it on. It took me a couple of hours to figure out
how to get SuperStor to do what I wanted the first time I tried, and I
haven't had a problem since.

One machine is a desktop which runs all the time, and has two hard
disks, divided into 4 partitions, each partition has a disk, so I have
a total of 8 logical drives once SuperStor boots up. (confusing, I
know. One of these days I will actually clean it all up... Famous last
words...) I run smartdrv on the host disks.

The other machine is a notebook, which is constantly being switched
off and on again. It has one disk, one partition, on which I have a
large superstor container file. I run Smartdrv on the host disk.

I've had a couple of problems with the disks getting corrupted, but I
expected that, so I haven't been devastated by that happening. I
haven't had a problem for a couple of months.

The two machines are also connected together using Lantastic Z, and I
run Smartdrv, 386MAX and Smartcan on drives of both machines. It took
a bit of fiddling to get everything to coexist, but now everything
works fine. Both machines run Win 3.1, and when the two are connected
together, from the desktop I can run apps off the notebook.

Getting Smartdrv, LantasticZ, 386Max and Superstor to work together
took a couple of calls to tech support. I called Artisoft, Qualitas and
Superstor, and generally had no problem with the tech support of
either company. They were helpful, and faxed me various help sheets
aimed at fixing my problems.

cheers,

kartik
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Stac Software Custome
Date: 29 Dec 92 17:30:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

FJ>>By answering the way you did, do you?  If you cannot answer the person's
FJ>>question without insulting them, then shut-up and don't answer at all.
FJ>
FJ>If they can't ask a coherent question, how can they get an answer?
FJ>Just when did we hold the election to vote you in as 'Miss Manners'?
FJ>I can answer his question if he can ask one that makes any kind of
FJ>sense.  Can you?

Well, it was a certainty that you weren't going to win the title, so
we thought we'd let him have it. :-)
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From: jer@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Joel Ratsaby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Drivers for Sound/Media
Date: 25 Dec 92 15:51:55 GMT
Reply-To: jer@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Joel Ratsaby)
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


		Are there any public domain drivers that can generate
		sound on the speaker
		when reading an appropriate file ?
		For instance, the file that comes with Windows 3.1 called canyon.mid
		requires what sort of a driver ?


Also, what other newsgroups are avialble for MS-Windows ?

--Joel

email: jer@ee.upenn.edu, jer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 898-1858
From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: 486DX 33 & 486DX2 "50"
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:43:17 GMT
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.

In <1992Oct27.093718.23414@schbbs.mot.com>, B. M. Kwong writes:

>In <1992Oct20.120625.2937@animal.inescn.pt> jml@bruna.inescn.pt (Joao Miguel Le


>>>How fast it runs Windows is going to depend more on the video board
>>>than on the CPU.  Buy the 486-33DX.  There will be a plug in
>>>replacement 486-66DX2 available if you decide later on that it isn't
>>>fast enough, and it will access memory much faster.

Or if you don't need the FPU, why not the 486SX-33?

>I think the 486-50DX2 will also have a overdrive socket for upgrade.
>However, I don't think that socket is important.  Since a Overdrive
>chip will cost you a lot of money and you won't buy it, anyway.

Aye, it's a lot of money now.  But what about in a year or two?  I just bought
a 486SX-33 with a socket to upgrade to a DX2/66.  Right now, it might cost over
$600.  As of now, the upgrade isn't worth $600 to me.  In the future, some of
my favorite apps may need the added power of the DX2, and by that time, the
Overdrive chip will probably be under $300.  Think of it as a little insurance.
It'll be at least three years or so before the Pentium becomes widespread and
(almost) affordable, so it will be quite some time before the 486 becomes
obsoleted.

I don't need the power of an FPU or a 66 MHz CPU, but I may in the future.
That's why I picked an SX-33 with a socket.


Tim Irvin
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: johne@tule.intel.com (John Elliott)
Subject: Re: Superstor VS. Stacker...You Make The Call
Organization: Software Technology Group, Intel Corp.
Date: 23 Dec 92 21:14:21 GMT

>In article <1992Dec3.151048.3038@rtsg.mot.com>, planger@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Paul Langer) writes:
>B
>> My hard drive is rapidly approaching zero free disk space. I would
>> like to purchase a compression program. So far, I mainly heard about
>> the two programs Superstor and Stacker. I would like to know which is
>> the best for the following setup. I have a 125 MEG hard drive. Half of
>> it is for work/school like Windows, Mathcad, Quicken, Word Perfect, etc.
>> The other half is for games like Ultima. Should I compress the 'work'
>> part of the drive and leave the game part alone (i.e. partition) ? I
>> know many games will not work with the compression programs like Ultima.
>> 
>>  Please give me your views and experience with these programs...
>> 

I have used Stacker for a while.  I wouldn't spend the money for the 
hardware board.  I would get version 2.0.  I would make sure 
everything was backed up.  There is some risk to any file on the 
disk drive.  This go ahead and stack everything (the default installation).
Stacker keeps the required files on the native drive and does a nice job.

It works best on a 386 or better system.
From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Microtek ScanMakers
Date: 29 Dec 1992 11:40:33 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Does anyone have any information about Microtek's new Scanmaker II and
IIXE 24-bit flatbed scanners and how they differ from the recently
discontinued Scanmaker 600Z? What are the differences between the II and
the IIXE? (There have been many articles about color scanners in the
various computer mags lately, covering the 600Z; however, the II and IIXE
seem to have been released very recently - early December - and they're
much cheaper).

How is the customized PhotoStyler software for the above, and how does
it compare to the real Aldus PhotoStyler? Is OCR software bundled with the
scanners?

Any information would be greatly appreciated...         Happy New Year!...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: crh@wam.umd.edu (Craig Hinners)
Subject: Re: DOES A 387 HELP WIN/3.1?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:44:10 GMT

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.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: DOES A 387 HELP WIN/3.1?
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:39:18 GMT

In <1992Dec29.164410.26667@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.

Ok, now tell me why it is necessary to run a package that uses a math
coprocessor to run Windows.  I can run Windows and all sorts of
applications and never once use a math coprocessor for anything, and
get ZERO performance increase from one.

Some people just really want to fight.  Get a life, Craig.  Then you
won't have to stroke your ego by trying to get attention here.



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From: Jack.Minshull@ttlg.UUCP (Jack Minshull)
Sender: postmaster@ttlg.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: COM3 in Windows 3.0
Date: 27 Dec 92  12:13:00 mst

SM||I recently installed an internal modem into my 386.
SM||My machine was already set up to use COM1 for the
SM||mouse and COM2 as a regular serial port.  I installed
SM||the internal modem board as COM3, but can't get it
SM||to work under Windows 3.0.

  Hi Steve,

           I have no idea wether or not this message will reach you
  before you've obtained an answer, this is my first time on this net.
  The problem you are having is that COM1 and COM3 share the same IRQ
  address. The same goes for COM2 and COM4. The simple solution would be
  to configure your internal modem as COM4 and then it won't conflict
  with your mouse when running Windows. This is the way I have mine
  configured and it works without fail.

    On another note,
                    My message packet for this conference echo was well
  in excess of 500 messages. All of the messages are addressed to "ALL"
  and none to anyone in specific. Are the "TO" variables stripped when
  the messages are tossed? Thanks for the info...

  Jack
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From: dema@metal.dnepropetrovsk.ua (D.V.Uzhakov)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: ... format *.WAV - files for MPC
Date: 22 Dec 92 13:28:21 GMT
Reply-To: dema%metal.dnepropetrovsk.ua@ussr.eu.net
Organization: Dneprometal


  Try this format:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
offset :  content *.WAV  file
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0x0000 :  Long     ChunkName ;/* always = 0x46464952       "RIFF" */
0x0004 :  Long     ChunkSize ;/* always = SizeFile - 0x0008       */
0x0008 :  Long    ChunkType0 ;/* always = 0x45564157       "WAVE" */
0x000C :  Long    ChunkType1 ;/* always = 0x20746D66       "fmt " */
0x0010 :  PCMWAVEFORMAT    f ;/* struct in BC++v3.1 "mmsystem.h"  */
0x0024 :  Long DataChunkName ;/* always = 0x61746164       "data" */
0x0028 :  Long DataChunkSize ;/* always = SizeFile - 0x002C       */
0x002C :  char        * Data ;/* wave - bytes                     */
--------------------------------------------------------------------
  This format is correct for MONO-*.WAVes.

  Help me! I want full format for *.WAV !
           I want information on parameters and abilities
           for any audio-board for MPC.
  Thanks in advance for any replies
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From: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Windows disappear as soon as it starts!
Date: 28 Dec 1992 04:07:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu (Seyamak Amin) says:

>I have problem in running Windows 3.1 on an IBM PS/2
>(Model 70, 386, DOS 5.0). The problem is that as soon as
>I type "win" at C: prompt, the title screen of Windows 
>comes up, and suddenlly goes away, leaving me on dos
>prompt.  The system was working fine before.
>
>What I have done:
>
>I tried to reinstall both DOS and Windows. During the windows
>setup procedure (on Disk 2) before I get any Windows screen the
>setup process stops and gives me the following error message:
>
>Standard Mode: Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
>EC=0000 CS=0053 IP=2B9A AX=0500 ...
> ...
>
>What is wrong with this system? What should I do to fix it?
>All things was running fine, and this problem has appeared
>suddenly. Any and all commnets are greatly appreciated.
>


Well, for one thing, you should toss that IBM and get a REAL man's computer!
:-)

But seriously,  it sounds like a HIMEM.SYS problem.  Fortunately, I had
the same problem with my no-name 486SX/25 with 4Mb RAM and a 105Mb hard
disk.  Unfortunately, I forgot how I solved it.  :-(



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 invariably _DO_ help themselves."
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: VGA on a RISC [was:  Re: Windows NT]
From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 1 Jan 93 21:39:44 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <1992Dec27.191516.10755@netcom.com>, samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
> des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
> 
...
> 
> 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 ?).
>                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This statement makes no sense to me, so pardon me if I'm showing my ignorance.
What does VGA mode have to do with RISC/SISC?  Most video cards come these
days with their OWN chips on them, so what does this have to do with the 
CPU?  Why couldn't you add a video card to a RISC?  I could understand that
the driver might be larger, but since most have their own memory, why should
that make such a big difference?

John 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: leary@progress.COM (James Leary)
Subject: Re: How to install stacker
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:05:58 GMT

mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>Well, you've been given good advice.  Feel free to do any silly thing
>you please.  However, I hope you aren't going to come back to the net
>and ask for help on the day when you do something wrong and can't boot
>your machine anymore.  

>Good luck.

Hey Fred, get a life and stop trashing people out here on the network.
I've been reading your foolish and unnecessary comments out here for
some time now, and it is tiresome.  If you do not have anything positive
to add to the discussion, then move on.
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... If they did, there would be nothing to say.

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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: How to install stacker
Date: 29 Dec 92 10:36:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

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.  Since I've had no problems,
and have heard of none from other folks, on what basis do you make
your projections of doom if you use SSWAP?  Personal experience?
Someone else's experience?  Old wives tale?
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: How to install stacke
Date: 29 Dec 92 10:36:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

JL>Hey Fred, get a life and stop trashing people out here on the network.
JL>I've been reading your foolish and unnecessary comments out here for
JL>some time now, and it is tiresome.

Not to mention that he's all wet! :-)  I have no idea what stupid thing
he did to trash himself with SSWAP with Stacker, but I've seen it running
on many systems, including one of mine, and it's never given me, or anyone
I know any problems.  I often wonder where people get some of the ideas 
they have... :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: matts@microsoft.com (Matt Saettler)
Subject: Re: ... format *.WAV - files for MPC
Date: 29 Dec 92 22:30:48 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <AArVnDhK95@metal.dnepropetrovsk.ua> dema%metal.dnepropetrovsk.ua@ussr.eu.net writes:
>
>  Try this format:
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>offset :  content *.WAV  file
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>0x0000 :  Long     ChunkName ;/* always = 0x46464952       "RIFF" */
...
>0x0028 :  Long DataChunkSize ;/* always = SizeFile - 0x002C       */
>0x002C :  char        * Data ;/* wave - bytes                     */
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>  This format is correct for MONO-*.WAVes.
>
>  Help me! I want full format for *.WAV !
>           I want information on parameters and abilities
>           for any audio-board for MPC.
>  Thanks in advance for any replies
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Dementiy V. Uzhakov                  DNEPROMETALOOPTTORG, UKRAINE
>  dema@metal.dnepropetrovsk.ua         Chief Departmment Information
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------

THIS IS NOT CORRECT!  DO NOT USE THIS INFORMATION!

The specification of the format is available FREE from:
ftp.uu.net \vendor\microsoft\multimedia (Anon. FTP)
800-227-4679 x11771
Compu$erve: WINSDK forum. search for keyword RIFF

Matt Saettler
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