HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: 1.44MB Floppies won't format
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:01:44 GMT

bt@neocad.com (Bruce Talley) writes:

>I had a system where its floppy drive was badly misaligned.  It has been
>replaced with one that works just fine.

>My problem is that all the floppy's I had used in the bad drive had their
>track-0 wiped out.  So now when I go "format a:" it returns with the error
>message "Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable."  I've tried this
>on 5 other PCs each giving the same result.  Any diskette that had been 
>written on by the old misaligned drive gives the same formatting error even
>when known working floppy drives are used to format these diskettes.

>I've tried "format a: /t80 /n18 /u" but to no avail.  I've also tried
>the Norton Utilities disk doctor but with no success.  I even tried the
>free-ware version of fdformat.exe which also failed.

>I hate to throw 50 some odd diskettes in the trash if there is some way
>of being able to format them once again.

Strange as it may sound, I've been able to solve similar problems by
using a Mac to reformat the disk to Mac standards, then reformatting
them in the PC drive.  (3-1/2" media, of course.)

Another possibile solution -- since you apparently aren't interested in
recovering any data from the disks -- would be to run them through a 
degausser to completely erase any misaligned tracks.

It sounds like your drive's erase head isn't quite as wide as its read
head, and it's picking up signals from the off-spec tracks.  Either of
the above suggestions *should* fix the problem.

On the other hand, this advice is free, is worth every penny of it,
and comes with a full refund offer if you aren't completely satisfied.

Joe Morris
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From: lilley@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Shannon Lilley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Tape units
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:51:34 GMT
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center

I would like any and all information I can get on the following tape
units;i.e., jumpers,software,format,etc.

Archive 5945L2
Cipher 540
Cipher 525CT

All three are full height and use DC600A or DC300 type tapes.
Any help so I can see if these drives would greatly appreciated.

Shannon Lilley
lilley@spdc.ti.com
From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Utility to read Mac disks needed please
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:37:54 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <endecotp.726410865@cs.man.ac.uk>, by endecotp@cs.man.ac.uk (Phil Endecott):
> Does anyone have or know about a shareware/PD utility to run on a PC
> to read Macintosh disks ?  Pointers to any ftp-able programs would
> be appreciated.

Shareware?  If you find it let the rest of us know.  I only know of a
commercial program called (I think) MACINDOS and it does a good job
but only reads high density disks.  Your best bet is to do your file
transfers on the Mac with apple file exchange.  I don't know how to use
this, sorry.

     Gregory R. Cook         |  INTERNET:    gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
 Department of Chemistry     |               cookgreg@student.msu.edu
Michigan State University    |  BITNET:      cook@msucem.BITNET
 East Lansing, MI  48824     |  COMPUSERVE:  74170,3010
From: traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Does PC Tools Backup support QIC-02 tape backup yet?
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:40:30 GMT
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK

In article <C0CMEn.LK1@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umliu014@ccu.umanitoba.ca (David Ying-Wai Liu) writes:
>>	Norton Backup / Norton Desktop 2.0
>>	PC Tools 5/6/7/8
>>	Fastback / Fastback Plus
> But do you know which software QIC-02 tape backup?

****None of them***



-- 
Michael Traub
BT Customer Systems, Brighton Systems Centre. traub@btcs.bt.co.uk

    JOE, taxi driver: Unemployment will rise and sooner or later the
    masses will revolt against it. There'll be civil disorder and the
    further breakdown of civil society. The end result I hope will be
    the triumph of the people over capitalism. I also wouldn't mind
    if a few more people used taxis this year - '92 was rotten.

(Taken from "Hopes and Fears" in The Guardian, December 31st 1992, a
section which looked at what people saw 1993 bringing)
From: csnyder@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Chris Snyder  UNDER-ECE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PKzip2.04c overlays for XtreeGold V2.5
Summary: Looking for XTG overlays for new pkzip
Keywords: pkzip2.04c XTG NEEDED
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:42:43 GMT
Organization: College of Engg. & Tech., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

I have Xtree Gold v2.5 (I think that is the correct version number) and
was wondering if anyone has or knows where to find the overlays for the newest
version of PKzip2.04c. Responce through Email is preferred.

			Chris...

			CSnyder@Bobcat.Ent.OhioU.Edu

Thanks in advance.
From: noir@netcom.com (Noel Ang)
Subject: Canon BJ10e and BJ10ex
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:04:01 GMT

I bought a Canon BJ10e about a year and a half ago.  In a recent hardware
catalog there was an entry for the Canon BJ10ex.  What's the difference
between the two models?  Thanks.


Noel
noir@netcom.com

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From: feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Feld)
Subject: MSWord-for-DOS Dictionary Query
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:16:05 GMT

I'd welcome help with two problems I've run into using MSWord-for-DOS
5.0, relating to its lexicon:

1) I'm using Word on two different machines.  When I add a word to the
standard dictionary of one of the machines, of course it does not
magically appear in the lexicon of the other machine.  Is there any
way to cross-polinate the machines, short of keeping a list and doing
it a word at a time?

2) I've inadvertantly added to the standard dictionary of one of the
machines a word that I misspelled.  How does one REMOVE a word from
the dictionary?

Thanks for your attention.
-- 
Michael Feld                  | E-mail: <feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Philosophy           | FAX: (204) 261-0021
University of Manitoba        | Voice: (204) 474-9136
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2M8, Canada
From: dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga kicks PC butt - Xmas Truce.
Date: 10 Jan 93 23:26:10 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network

In article <16B4CDF7B.AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx>,
AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx (Alejandro J. Kurczyn S.) writes:
>In article <1992Dec23.081728.11595@us-es.sel.de>
>covey@us-es.sel.de (David Covey US/ESS3) writes:
> 
>>I take umbrage at this - it seems to imply that people buy computers to meet
>>their needs.   Of course they don't.  I bought a PC because it's
>>inherently superior to the Amiga which is only a games machine...
> 
>Sorry, but if the Amiga is a games machine, then what is the PC? It has
>far more games than any other personal computer.
> 
>There are a few very good games for Sun workstations, and they doesn't
>make it a games machine. They only show the computer's POWER to do stuff
>like that. Things that require fast machines, fast image display, and
>of course, good audio quality.
> 
>What's the deal with the MSDOS machines? every program that runs on the
>PC can be ported to the amiga, but that's not true the other way.
> 
>I am not bashing MSDOS machines, I'm just telling the facts. Please prove
>me wrong.
> 
>-Alejandro K.



Big deal--we all know those statements are true, wether we like them or not.
What would show a little intelligence on your part was to present the facts
without taunting the poor MSDOS community regarding their rather weak
architecture. 

Also, a flamewar never proved anything.



        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        |o|              I think, therefore I Amiga.              |=|
        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        | Douglas Michael Kasten (DMK) | Amiga 2000HD/5 with a tiny |
        |  dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us   | little 21" Toshiba monitor.|
        +------------------------------+----------------------------+
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From: kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: New IBM PS/2 40sx Feature -- Thanks
Date: 8 Jan 93 09:00:29 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Thanks to all who responded.

It seems that this is a well-documented feature.  Changable within the bios
setup.

--jim
From: dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Disappearing UMB's, get this.
Date: 11 Jan 93 11:16:40 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network


Man, I feel bad for you MSDOS users.. having to worry about EMS this, XMS that,
High-Memory this, Low-memory that, Memory-Manager this, Memory-manager that...
Please understand that the rest of the computer industry has evoled lightyears
beyond the caveman forehead-scratching required to avoid the problems MSDOS
users are faced with...

Us Amiga and Mac users only have to worry about one thing.. "Lessee.. how much
free ram do I have left to work with?"



        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        |o|              I think, therefore I Amiga.              |=|
        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
        | Douglas Michael Kasten (DMK) | Amiga 2000HD/5 with a tiny |
        |  dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us   | little 21" Toshiba monitor.|
        +------------------------------+----------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dtb@philabs.philips.com (David Bluestein)
Subject:  stand-alone spell checker
Originator: bha@medusa
Keywords: ibm-pc, dos, low memory
Reply-To: dtb@philabs.philips.com (David Bluestein)
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, NY 10510
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:54:15 GMT



I am looking for a stand-alone spell checker with low memory requirements
(expecting it to work on an XT) for 
a programming task that I am currently working on. I am seeking minimum 
functionality in the spell checker.

Appreciate if someone can point to any shareware or out there in the market.

thanks
David
From: slyxg@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: C++ version 3.1 is written for windows
Date: 5 Jan 93 10:39:24 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

This message is in addition to one I just posted titled:

	C++ version 3.1 for sale!!

This version is written for use in windows, and I forgot to include
that part in my message...

		Sorry
			Doug  slyxg@cc.usu.edu
From: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Greg F Walz Chojnacki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 1.44MB Floppies won't format
Date: 5 Jan 1993 17:31:58 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <1993Jan5.015838.2334@neocad.com>, by bt@neocad.com (Bruce Talley):
> 
> I had a system where its floppy drive was badly misaligned.  It has been
> replaced with one that works just fine.
> 
> My problem is that all the floppy's I had used in the bad drive had their
> track-0 wiped out.  So now when I go "format a:" it returns with the error

I'm not saying this is the problem, but it reminds me of the time I tried to format double density floopies as High density floppies. Maybe you could get some
life out of these disks as double density (0.8 Meg) floppies. I don't recall
the switch for that. If it works, it'll be like throwing away 35 disks, rather
than 50 :)

Greg

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From: mathias@solomon.technet.sg (Mathias Koerber)
Subject: Experiences with Pocket-Harddisks?
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 04:56:54 GMT

Does anyone have experiences with Pocket hard Disks, ie. the ones
you plug into the parallel port? I am interested in the following:

- Obviously you need a special driver. Can you install the driver and
  put it into config.sys, even if the disk is not plugged in? Or do I
  have to find a special reboot that can select between different
  config.sys files?

- Do they work with DRDOS 6.0

- More: Do they work with Superstore ?

- Any problem running a printer through the HD (is rumored to be possible).
  Do the printers slow down a lot?

- The one I have seen advertised today has batteries, does it switch off
  the motor when not in use? Even if using mains-power or only when on
  batteries?


Just for your info, here are a few prices in Singapore $ asfrom todays
Straits Times (I won't give shopnames, so its not advertising):

	ALL:	19 ms		Average Seek Time,
		400 KB/sec	Data Transfer Rate
		10 G		Operating Shock
		150 G		Non-Operating Shock
		4 H		Battery Life (w/o Power Management)
		350g		weight

		40 MB		S$ 450,-
		60 MB		S$ 540,-
		80 MB		S$ 725,-
		120 MB		S$ 930,-
		205 MB		S$ 1160,-

		Batt Pack	S$ 60,-
		Batt Charger	S$ 40,-
		AC-DC Adaptor	S$ 50,-

	
	40 MB


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SW International Systems Pte Ltd    | Fax: +65 / 7779401
14 Science Park Drive #04-01        |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: raph@panache.demon.co.uk (Raphael mankin)
Subject: Re: Parallel port as input port 
Distribution: world
Organization: Solvfield Ltd.
Reply-To: raph@panache.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:16:48 +0000

You can read the status lines on the parallel port. This is sufficient to do
(I think) 4 bits of input. I have never tried it for high speed or large 
volume input, but I have had it work successfully for low speed small volume.
(It was actually a theatre lighting controller.)
-- 
--------------
Raphael Mankin			Nil taurus excretum
From: glmead@doc.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: AM-TAX for the PC info request
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:00:35 MST

HELLO FELLOW NETTERS!

HAVE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE GOT ANY INFORMATION ON WHERE
TO FTP OR GAIN OTHER ACCESS TO THE 1992 VERSION (THE LATEST)
OF "AM-TAX" SO WE CAN ALL START DOING OUR TAXES THIS YEAR
AND GIVE OUR MONEY BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT?

E-MAIL, OR POST INFO IF YOU HAVE IT....

THANKS,

GARY
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dold@unislc.uucp (Clarence Dold)
Subject: Re: WANTED: format of MS-DOS 720K floppy disk
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:34:34 GMT

From article <1993Jan12.104234.23474@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>, by montra@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Paolo Montrasio):

Available from OAK.Oakland.EDU 141.210.10.117
(When fetching files, the names must all be in lower case.)

PD6:<UNIX-C.UTILS>
    MTOOLS.TAR-Z
        Programs to read and write MS-DOS formatted diskettes on a UNIX
        based system.  Works on AT&T UNIX PCs, Sun SparcStation 1, and
        Sun 3/80 systems.
        Contributor: Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@melon.princeton.edu>
    MTOOLS2.TAR-Z
        Tools to manipulate MSDOS file systems.
        Contributor:  Emmet P. Gray <fthood!egray@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>

These are tools specifically for UNIx, but the layouts are in there.
-- 
---
Clarence A Dold - dold@unislc.slc.Unisys.COM
               ...pyramid!ctnews!tsmiti!dold
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Peter J. McKinney)
Subject: Postscript cartridge for Laserjet III: Recommendations?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:33:46 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University
Keywords: postscript,laser,laserjet,cartridge,board


	I'd like to hear from people that have recommendations on how
best to get postscript output from a HP Laserjet III.  I am aware of
software solutions such as Ghostscript, but I'd prefer something with
higher quality and faster response that is built in to the printer.
I believe there are several cartridge and/or board optins for the laserjet
III.  I'm interested in any experiences with print speed, quality, cost,
etc.  I need to produce a publication quality documents with graphics
embedded and find the laserjet III with word perfect to be a bit limited in
this capacity.  Thanks in advance for any replies.  If folks email to me,
I'll post a summary to the net.

- Pete

____________________________________________________________________________
| Peter J. McKinney                     pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu |
| Electrohydrodynamic Laboratory                                           |
| Fluid Mechanics and Wind Engineering Program                             |
| Civil Engineering Department                                             |
| Colorado State University                                                |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Ozcomert)
Subject: Clipart ftp source?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:15:26 GMT

Can anyone tell me a source of clipart that is available via anonymous ftp?
I am thinking along the lines of graphics similar to what accompanied
Word for Windows, i.e. pictures that are scalable.               
-John
(ozcomert@wam.umd.edu)
From: zappe@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Harald Zappe (Hinze))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How to use Entended memory effectively
Date: 5 Jan 1993 01:36:26 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de

In <1992Dec22.231904.23584@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ctoth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher M Toth) writes:


>	I have 16 megs of memory on my system, and I want to use it to
>run drivers and other programs there as well as have some left over for
>programs that require extended/expanded memory. Does anyone know how to
>use it effectively? I read the MSDOS manual and tried it, but it doesn't
>really work. I was hoping I could make my system run really fast with 16
>megs. btw, I have a 486dx 33. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!:)

>Thanks,


The use of the extented memory depends on your applications, you want to run:
A) Own selfwritten programs,
B) The tons of Mega/Gigabyte of already existing SW.

1) Games,
2) DTP,
3) Sound-Computing,
4) ASCII-Text-Manipulation,
5) ... and whatever you can imagine ...

I) Single-Tasking-Environment,
II) Multi-Tasking-Environment

a) Text-based environment (like VT100)
b) graphical multiwindow menudriven mousecontrolled multimedia env.

Let's regard some of the possible permutations:
B-1-I-a) Install a 15MB Ramdisk as a tmp-drive.
         (Don't laugh: I often use this config to check new SW.)
B-5-I-x) Install 1 MB Ramdisk +
         14 MB as extended/expanded memory. (I prefer QEMM for this)
B-5-II-a) dto. + Deskview (no experiences yet)
          or try to get LINUX ( " )
B-5-II-b) like B-5-I-x) but you'll need EMM386 + Windows 3.1
          or take OS/2
A-5-I-x) 1 MB Ramdisk + nothing-else
         try to find the PC-port of Gnu-C: dj*.zip
         All memory above 2MB can be used by YOUR application in
         (!) protected 32-bit-mode "nearly flat" model, accessing
         DOS with a PM-RM-interface.
         (Sorry, I didn't look at the grfix lib yet, no Soundblaster,
          no GUS, no MPU, ... but get the GNU-sources and write your
          own supervisor code. Debug32 IS included.)

As far as we can see, there are to many possible configuration wishes
that we cannot say, 'this and nothing else'. In NN I only read about
memory managers. When I found djgpp, I saw that in spite of dos it's
possible to use the memory in a "natural" manner, that means by your
application without any "climbings" and without a 640KB-Barrier.

I don't know whether this will be possible in Windows NT, too.
But don't trust in MS, use SW instead.

Harald

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Postscript cartridge for Laserjet III: Recommendations?
From: matt@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Matt Tidgewell)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:05:56 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT USA
Keywords: postscript,laser,laserjet,cartridge,board

In article <1993Jan8.025850.14433@datamark.co.nz> thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle) writes:

>In article <pm860605.39.726438826@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu> pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Peter J. McKinney) writes:
>>
>>      I'd like to hear from people that have recommendations on how
>>best to get postscript output from a HP Laserjet III.  I am aware of
>>software solutions such as Ghostscript, but I'd prefer something with
>>higher quality and faster response that is built in to the printer.

>Well, don't get what I got!

>In my ignorance I picked up the standard HP Postscript cartridge for
>the HPIII. (This was soon after they came out and a new one may be
>available.)

If you have about $750.00 get the Pacific Page XL.  It comes with an Intel 
890 Risc chip, 4M ram and is very fast.
Matt
>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: vsarkela@convex.csc.FI (Vesa S{rkel{)
Subject: Re: Print Screen to HP Deskjet... How?????
Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:46:01 GMT

In <GJAMES.215@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA> GJAMES@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA (GJames) writes:

>The subject says it all.

>The HP DeskJet doent have a switch setting for graphics. Do I have to buy a 
>font cartg. ?  Is there a software solution available. 

Contact your local HP office and ask for HPSCREEN. It is a TSR which
does the job. Current version is 3.0.

> Thanks for any information.

Vesa Sarkela                       Keskuslaboratorio Oy
vsarkela@convex.csc.fi   Finnish Pulp & Paper Research Institute
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: PKzip2.04c overlays for XtreeGold V2.5
Keywords: pkzip2.04c XTG NEEDED
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:15:46 GMT

lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:

>csnyder@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Chris Snyder  UNDER-ECE) writes:

>>I have Xtree Gold v2.5 (I think that is the correct version number) and
>>was wondering if anyone has or knows where to find the overlays for the newest
>>version of PKzip2.04c. Responce through Email is preferred.

>>			Chris...

>>			CSnyder@Bobcat.Ent.OhioU.Edu

>>Thanks in advance.

>I have sent email to pkzip about this and have not got a reply.

>The thing I am worried about is will the new version read
>all those old archive ZIP files that stretch back over two years.

>Lachlan.

Just got an email reply from PKZIP and am posting it here.


From: "PKWARE Inc." <PKWare.Inc@mixcom.mixcom.com>
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
Message-Id:  <9301072320.aa14656@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Source-Info:  From (or Sender) name not authenticated.
Status: OR

	Xtree will have to upgrade thier software to version 2.04c,
	but version 2.04c will read previous versions, so anything
	made by 1.1 in XTree will be read by 2.04c.

	mark

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