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From: ergo@netcom.com (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Subject: Re: TXS31.ZIP - Fast text search with existential dictionaries
Organization: UESPA
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 19:25:07 GMT

In <9212230926.kp9563@tacom-emh1.army.mil> BMRAMIRL@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Amir) writes:

>I have uploaded to WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil:

>pd1:<msdos.txtutl>
>TXS31.ZIP       Fast text search with existential dictionaries

Ok, I'll bite.  What's an existensial dictionary? 

Excuse my being flip, but I have to point out that certain French
philosophers would consider "existential dictionary" to be a
contradiction in terms!
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From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: WANTED: Blueprint Shareware
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:21:35 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.

In article <damatt01.725035477@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (David A. Mattingly) writes:
>
>Archie couldn't help me. I'm looking for software that can be used to
>design a house and print it out. Thank you.

As a Civil Engineer (10 years ago :-) and computer professional now,
here's my two bits. 

Use Paper and Pencil.

I've tried to use various cad, cad wannabes, and easy-to-use home design
packages in designing my future home and they all stink in various 
degrees. 

Unless,

You are a CAD professional and know how to work CAD. A fellow here at work
used AutoCAD to design his home in multi-layer drawings. Took a while, 
but he was successful. 

The only package that I have used more or less successfully is Autosketch.
It can do quite a few things but is not as intimidating as full blown CAD
systems. 

Spiros
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Spiros Triantafyllopoulos                    c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com
Software Technology, Delco Electronics       (317) 451-0815
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From: topcat@hardy.u.washington.edu (Thanh - Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: How to eliminate the SECOND Telix nag screen
Date: 31 Dec 1992 04:31:03 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu
Keywords: Telix Shareware Crippling Screen Telecommunications


the best way is to have some nag, and some no nag.
nag is a reminder, not a sure way to get people to register.
it would be appropriate to flash a message before the program begins,
say for 2 seconds and not 10 seconds!  and maybe another message at the
end of the program execution, of say 2 seconds also.  this reminds me of
the boyan communication package.  

however, if authors should think that excessive nag would get people to
register, they are wrong!  i remember gifv32.zip and others.  you type in
a line like "i cheat" and then another line of something.  now when you
quit the program, you have to go through this all over again.  i don't have
the time or the patience for this.  i know the program is shareware, and i
am expected to register it after a trial period.  but until that trial period
is over, i don't want to be nag by it.  

the best solution is to do it like fastbucks.  there is no limitations or nag
whatsoever.  however, when the trial limit is up, the nag comes on every
minute or so.  this is justified.  now you might say, the user could always
load a fresh copy.  well now, there is no way in the world for you to get this
person to register in the first place!  the people who do feel guilty
afterwards, or becomes annoyed at having to load another copy (like me)
will go out and register it.  you offer a quality product, and people who
really like it, will eventually register it, sooner or later.  you win.
see!  now get rid of all those excessive nags.  i for one, will not
examine those programs twice!  there are better ones out there!

cheers
vince
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: UUEncode for dos...
Keywords: Need help
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:16:23 GMT

mfinkel@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (michael a finkel ) writes:

>I have recently gotten several messages that were UUencoded.  I mistakenly
>downloaded them in this form rather than decode them first.  I was
>wondering if there was any program for dos that would allow me to decode
>these.  

>I would appreciate responses by email if possible, otherwise, posting them
>here is okay.

As posting a response here is okay ...

Get uuexe515.zip
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
Version: 5.15
Upload Date: 92/07/01
File: uuexe515.zip
Size: 32,526 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: /pc/decode
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
from a ftp site near you ...
Mirror Site             IP                 Directory
-----------             --                 ---------

I. Simtel20 Mirrors
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil  192.88.110.20      PD1: <MSDOS.WHATEVER>
oak.oakland.edu         141.210.10.117     /pub/msdos/whatever
wuarchive.wustl.edu     128.252.135.4      /mirror/msdos/whatever
ftp.uu.net              137.39.1.9         /systems/simtel20/msdos/whatever
nic.funet.fi            128.214.6.100      /pub/msdos/Simtel20-mirror/whatever
src.doc.ic.ac.uk        146.169.3.7        /pub/ibmpc/simtel20/whatever
nic.switch.ch           130.59.1.40        /mirror/msdos/whatever
archie.au               139.130.4.6        /micros/pc/simtel-20/whatever
nctuccca.edu.tw         140.111.3.21       /SIMTEL20/msdos/whatever

II. Garbo Mirrors
garbo.uwasa.fi          128.214.87.1       /pc/whatever
wuarchive.wustl.edu     128.252.135.4      /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever
archie.au               139.130.4.6        /micros/pc/garbo/pc/whatever
nctuccca.edu.tw         140.111.3.21       /Garbo/pc/whatever
From: mfinkel@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (michael a finkel )
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: UUEncode for dos...
Summary: I need a program to de-UUencode files for use in MS-DOS
Keywords: Need help
Date: 28 Dec 92 06:14:07 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group


I have recently gotten several messages that were UUencoded.  I mistakenly
downloaded them in this form rather than decode them first.  I was
wondering if there was any program for dos that would allow me to decode
these.  

I would appreciate responses by email if possible, otherwise, posting them
here is okay.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives
From: gaf@alpha.aosg.gsf.dec.com (Gerald Feldman)
Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL ***
Reply-To: gaf@aosg.gsf.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:05:06 GMT

In article <23DEC92.11575292.0072@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, BGAA@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (BGAA000) writes:
|> 
|> Zmodem is fine and dandy at 2400 baud and slower but if you're up to
|> 9600 and higher, then try Ymodem-G. I consistently get 50 cps higher
|> than with Zmodem.  Also, there's a new protocol that just came out
|> called Zyrion which gives up to 150 cps higher than a Zmodem transfer
|> at a 14.4 connection.
|> 
|> Tony Kwan
|> bgaa@mcgillb

-- 
I would be careful using the -G protocols. The -G protocols are intended
for modems with error correcting protocols. (eg. MNP and V.32). The non
-G protocols are slightly slower than the -G counterparts, but they do
guarantee the integrity of the file where the -G protocols rely on the
modem-modem error corrections which only provide block-block integrity.

+-------------------------------------------------------------+
Jerry Feldman		   AOSG
Mailstop: GSF1-1/K13	   DTN:264-5863
Digital Equipment Corp.    EXT:(603)884-5863
5 Wentworth Drive          ip(DEC): gaf@aosg.gsf.dec.com
Hudson, NH 03051           enet: alpha::gaf
			   Internet(HOME):gaf@palantir.newton.ma.us
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
From: flink@mits.mdata.fi (Flinkman)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: Bug in Telix 3.20 found.
Date: 26 Dec 92 11:22:24 GMT
Organization: ArrowSoft


	This bug is in Telix, I hope someone have time to forward it to 
	deltComm. 

	When I run script what reads chars and puts them to the modem via
	cputs_tr (or just cputs) outgoing characters goes STRAIGHT to modem, 
	not thru translate table. I don't know is this fixed in 3.20 because
	I have hasn't time to change to it. Hope somebody knows is this ok 
	now. And if it isn't, tells it to deltaComm. 

	
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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: Telix v3.20
Date: 26 Dec 92 21:10:51 GMT
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

In article <1hi469INNmvd@crcnis1.unl.edu> vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
>Timo, I don't want to start a flame war, but we cannot guess at what

No problem.  Not the least offence taken (no reason to).

>you *intended* to say, only read what you *did* actually write.  So
>let me quote again from your previous post:
>
>> programs that (even after registering) have such a welcome or a
>> goodbye screen (or some other information) which I prefer the
>> ^^^^^^^
>> bypass.  I use pushing the screen prior the call and popping it
   ^^^^^^

This badly chosen word is the basis of the whole mixup.  I didn't
mean that the goodbye screen would not be displayed at all, but that
it would not linger and would not wash away the flow of the users
commands if properly handled.

>This, too, is incorrect.  As I wrote, your Pushscr and Popscr
>utilities will NOT HELP, and the batch file you refer to DOES NOT
>DO THE JOB.  Period.

That is up to the users to decide.  If they find such a system
useful in a situation like this, then so far so good.  If they don't
find it useful, then the users just won't use it, and again so good
so far.
   The discrepancy here is that by "the job" we meant and mean
different things.  I speak of a solution to decrese the annoyance
factor caused by something that will stay on the screen if no
measures are taken.  You mean much more strictly supressing the
goodbye screen altogether (eg by pacthing the call to it within the
Telix code).  Taken your way you are, of course, absolutely right.
Pushscr and popscr will not achieve such effects.
   But let's not forget that in the long run the only acceptable
method of removing the said screen is registering. 
   To sum up.  It is obviously my writing, our assumed different
goals, and my non-native English that are at fault, but not my
understanding (not this time!). 

No big deal.  The important part was to exchange information, which
the users may then utilize if they find it relevant.  I think this
about covers our exchange of views.

>Happy New Year.

Thank you.  Likewise!  And see you.

   All the best, Timo

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: (administrative) Re: HELP! 2ND HARD DRIVE?????
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:03:24 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.062753.22371@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>In article <BzwKIG.Jq5@unix.portal.com> claebaur@shell.portal.com (Tony S Annese) writes:
>>Mr Salmi, your intentions are good but by the references you yourself quote
>>this newsgroup is unmoderated. I havnt seen anyone in this group complain
>>about any of the off topic posts. How about being a little more human about
>>it if you are going to continue posting these messages?
>
>1) The purpose of these messages are to act as a gentle guidance to
>the users.  There is no reprimand nor "inhumanity" intended.  I've
>been around too long for that.  I can assure you that this is
>benevolent. 

[The tedious remainder deleted.]

Timo, why do you not see that your postings make the problem worse not
better?  To _one_ off-charter post you have now posted _two_ responses 
(that I have seen so far).  If you had not responded, or if you had
responded in email, we would not have this thread at all.

These incessant repetitions are exactly like a preacher in church berating 
the congregation because attendance is so low.  The people who need to 
hear the message don't hear it because they're not there; the people who 
do hear the message don't need to.

Experience shows, in every newsgroup, that no amount of posted
reminders will stop off-charter articles from being posted.  Even a
moment's thought shows the reason.  Off-charter articles come from 
people who post without first reading the charter or anything else: they
just subscribe and post.  Nothing, repeat nothing, that you post will
solve the problem, because the people who cause the problem don't read
the group before they post.

You are preaching to the converted, Timo, and you're annoying the heck
out of us.  But the sinners either left the church long ago or haven't
walked in yet.

I voted for the moderated group largely because I thought if you got
that you'd be happy with a pure newsgroup and stop complaining about
off-charter posts.  Please, give it a rest.
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems                      brown@Ncoast.ORG
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

What's a question that contains the word 'cantaloupe' for no apparent reason?
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: ZIP to ZIP!
Keywords: ZIP Telecommunications UART File-transfers
Date: 31 Dec 92 15:54:50 GMT
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

In article <1hu353INN2pc@crcnis1.unl.edu> vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
>Writes Timo Salmi (ts@uwasa.fi):
>> I would like to turn to another question, which relates to the 
>> Telix host mode (hostplus).  Does anyone know how to make it work 
>> over a direct connection (two PCs connected via a cable).  I have 

[Much excellent information from Victor deleted]

>It is not a problem, actually, the Host+ doesn't appear to have
>that feature, and there is no good reason why it should.  Most other 

You are right from the programs' point of views.  As a user, and
achive site moderator I would, however welcome the feature to do
some testing without having to play with tow modems.  Besides, the
option could be useful for transferring ascii material from a
nonstandard home computer to the PC.  (I do that with Procomm for
Simclair QL --> PC).

>If you need a direct, PC-to-PC file-transfer program, there's 
>nothing better, faster or cheaper than ZIP, by Meyer. It is a superb 

I don't need it personally now (I use laplink), but I think we have
this on Garbo (too many files for me to remember off the top of my
head), so the other readers might find this information of use.

   All the best, Timo

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Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: peterro@agora.rain.com (Ron Peters)
Subject: Wanted: MIDI music teacher.
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:08:35 GMT



I would like to find a program that is either shareware or not that will teach
the piano keyboard like the Miracle keyboard that has been advertised on TV.
The only difference is that I want it to be MIDI compatible so that I can 
connect _any_ synthesizer/keyboard/sampler, not just the Miracle.
Is there such a thing?
Any information would be helpful whether it is affirmative or not.
Thanks in advance.

Ron.
peterro@agora.rain.com

Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives,comp.dcom.modems
From: alberg@netlan.jpr.com (Al Berg)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: How to eliminate the SECOND Telix nag screen
Keywords: Telix Shareware Crippling Screen Telecommunications
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 21:50:54 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: NETLAN, Inc. LANLINK ONLINE BBS - New York City

vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
> 
> Boy, have I got news for you! What do you think those nag screens 
> do, using visual stimuli?  Why, they send unwelcome low-voltage 
> electric currents to the brain via the nervous system!  That's 
> =exactly= what they do.
> 
> 

I give up... if these nag screens bother you *THAT* much, I guess you 
should stay away from shareware that uses them.  I dunno, I'd much rather 
have a nag screen than a crippled program or not having good shareware 
available.  

Al


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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL ***
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:56:15 GMT

In article <olevnmr.725048641@sunfun> olevnmr@chem.ualberta.ca (olevnmr) writes:

>Just one thing to say here..
>DON'T USE KERMIT!!!!!! 

You should probably qualify that a bit....  How about "don't use kermit
without understanding some of it's options if you care about speed"?

>I recently was using kermit on my 1200 baud (gasp!) modem to load files
>from a unix box to my PC. The actual data transfer rate with kermit was
>about 30-35 cps.

You almost certainly had 8-bit quoting enabled on this transfer so that
every character with the high bit set is transferred as two characters.
I think if stripping the high bit puts the character in the control
range it is sent as 3 characters.  Anyway, modern equipment almost
never needs this option.  If you are even considering any other
file transfer protocol you don't need it.  If you do a "set parity
none" on the unix version it will be turned off automatically.
Modern versions of kermit will also let you use large packets and
the most recent will let you set a number of windows for the protocol
with will speed things up a bit.  However, there is no way to avoid
the overhead of control-character quoting with the kermit protocol.
Every character in the control range is always sent as two characters
no matter what options you have set.  This has the advantage of
working under conditions where other protocols fail, but it will
slow down the transmission of files with many characters in this range.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Elvis 1.7 is out ...
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:35:34 GMT

>From: kirkenda@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Steve Kirkendall)
>Newsgroups: alt.elvis.sighting,comp.editors
>Subject: Elvis 1.7 available via FTP
>Keywords: elvis vi clone
>Message-ID: <6637@pdxgate.UUCP>
>Date: 31 Dec 92 20:51:25 GMT

Elvis is a freely-redistributable clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor.

Elvis 1.7 can be fetched via anonymous FTP from m2xenix.psg.com, in the
"pub/elvis" directory.  This directory contains Elvis 1.7, the most current
release of my "vi" clone.  The files in this directory are...

Changes		A list of differences between 1.6 and 1.7
Elvisman.txt	A plain-text version of the elvis documentation
elv17doc.sh	The troff-source for the Elvis documentation
elv17exe.zoo	MS-DOS executables, plus a plain-text version of the manual
elv17src.sh	The C source code & Makefiles for elvis
unshar.c	A portable "shar" archive extracter (for *.sh files)
update17.sh	Patch kit for converting 1.6 source code into 1.7 source code
zoo.exe		MS-DOS executable of "zoo" archiver (for *.zoo files)

I will soon be submitting this to the comp.sources.reviewed newsgroup.
If you don't have FTP access, then your best bet is to wait for elvis
to be post there.

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