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Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #154
Date: 10 Oct 92 00:28:31 GMT
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Info-IBMPC Digest           Sat, 10 Oct 92       Volume 92 : Issue 154 

Today's Editor:
         Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@wsmr-simtel20.Army.Mil>

Today's Topics:
                                   
                      archive controller and tar
                Driver: AutoCAD - HP DeskJet 500 Color
                        External Hard Drives?
                            FDISK Insides
            How to print Postscript to dot matrix printer
             Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #143 (HD drives in XT)
                            Kermit (thanx)
                             QEMM/STACKER
                       QEMM/STACKER coexisting
        Simtel-20 MSDOS CDROM, Sept Edition, 640 megbytes, $25

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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 14:11:13 GMT
From: spel@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse)
Subject: archive controller and tar

Hi,

does anybody have an archive ft-60 tape drive with an archive
controller (I have a priam et-60 with archive controller) and a tar
running on same?

regards, el
-- 
Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse    \          /                   (spel@hippo.ru.ac.ZA)
Katatura State Hospital   \        |                            (el@lisse.NA)
Dept of Obstetrics & Gyn   \ *    /                         Private Bag 13215
Windhoek, Namibia           ;____/ (postmaster@uonamib.NA) Postmaster NAmibia

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 11:01:49 +0200
From: jam@lema.ulg.ac.be (Pol Jamagne (LEMA - 9482))
Subject: Driver: AutoCAD - HP DeskJet 500 Color


I am looking for a driver to use an HP DeskJet 500 Color with
AutoCAD.  If you've heard about it of if you know a way to do it,
please answer to jam@lema.ulg.ac.be

Thanks in advance,
Pol.

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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 05:49:49 GMT
From: gws46142@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Big-guy Lurch  )
Subject: External Hard Drives?
Keywords: HardDrives XT

I have a compaq portable computer that only has two 5.25" drives in
it and no hard drive.  I was wondering if anyone knew anything about
the posibility of obtaining an external hard drive for it.  I suppose
that I could pull one of the floppies out and install a hard drive
and controller card, card, but I like having two floppy drives in the
machine.

Any ideas, comments, etc would be appreciated.

Greg Steele
gws46142@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 14:13:33 GMT+7
From: "Douglas R. Nebeker" <$DOUGN@sasb.byu.edu>
Subject: FDISK Insides

I've got a small project that I'm working on, but running into some
problems.  What does FDISK actually do?  I know it sets up the
partition information on the hard disk's track 0, sector 0--but what
else?

I am using a TSR that hooks int 13h, and any time it is in memory,
FDISK claims I don't have any hard disks (although all reads, writes,
etc work 100%--never an error, only FDISK squaks).

Any ideas?

Please email and I'll post a summary (if there's enough interest)

THANKS
Douglas R. Nebeker                     Internet: $dougn@sasb.byu.edu
Brigham Young University

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 23:42:12 CDT
From: gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu (Glauber)
Subject: How to print Postscript to dot matrix printer

:)Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 20:00:19 EDT
:)From: "Alexander D. Boster" <ADBOST00@ukcc.uky.edu>

:)Is there, anywhere "out there," a program to convert standard (NOT
:)encapsulated) PostScript files to some (any) kind of bitmapped format,
:)such as would allow it to be printed on a dot-matrix printer.  Or,
:)equivalently, is there a printer specific program that would directly
:)allow .ps files to be printed on a dot-matrix.  (mine is a KX-P1124..
:)which is fully compatible with Epson LQ-2500 & IBM Proprinter X24.)

What you need is a postscript interpreter (postscript is in fact a
programming language, and postscript printers have the interpreter in
firmwhare inside). There are several, with and without GUIs, etc.
Since i'm a poor guy, the only one i've tried is Ghostscript (from
GNU foundation). It's free and it's available in simtel20 and mirrors
(a whole directory of it). The newest version is 2.5 (i think) and it
will drive most dot matrix or laser printers, and also make
.PCX files if you want (being the only program i know that
is able to convert from postscript to anything else).
Ghostscript is ugly, but it works very fine. 

Glauber Ribeiro - Wheaton College, IL  (USA)
                  glauber@david.wheaton.edu 
                  glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us

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Date: 25 Sep 1992 01:48:00 GMT
From: forags%smokey.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Al Stangenberger)
Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #143 (HD drives in XT)

Although special controller cards are available to use high-density
drives with XT's, there may be problems.  I tried using one in a
late-model XT (with the enhanced keyboard), and found that there was
a BIOS conflict between the card's BIOS and the card's BIOS
extension.  I finally had to substitute an earlier- model XT for the
newer one since the users wanted the high-density capability.

Al Stangenberger                    Dept. of Forestry & Resource Mgt.
forags@violet.berkeley.edu          145 Mulford Hall - Univ. of Calif.
uucp:  ucbvax!ucbviolet!forags      Berkeley, CA  94720
BITNET: FORAGS AT UCBVIOLE          (510) 642-4424  FAX: (510) 643-5438                      

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 23:51:21 CDT
From: gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu (Glauber)
Subject: Kermit (thanx)

Thanks to all who responded to my query about Kermit. You've got a
convert. I ditched Procomm Plus (registered), and made 2 macros using
the TerminalS and TerminalR "verbs" to call gsz as upload or download
from the terminal screen (a little menu to choose Xmodem, Ymodem or
Zmodem). As you see, i learn fast. :-)

If anybody is still reading, another very good program is RBCOMM,
which is also free and also uses DSZ as transfer protocol.

The Kermit protocol is useful when i want to send short text messages
from messydos to unix, so i let the protocol translate the
end-of-lines, i don't have to bother with them.

It probably works well with sliding windows and large packets, but
every unix and VMS system i've found so far has brain-dead version
withouth these goodies. Usually, maximum packet length is 98. :-(

Once, though, i got a connection so bad that GSZ refused to send a
file, and i still could get it through using Kermit.  Interesting.

Is the network stuff the only difference between 3.11 and 3.10? If
so, where can i find 3.10?

Glauber Ribeiro - Wheaton College, IL  (USA)
                  glauber@david.wheaton.edu 
                  glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us

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Date: 26 Sep 1992 17:44:44 -0600 (CST)
From: BABCOCK@uwpg02.uwinnipeg.ca
Subject: QEMM/STACKER

I have just read the message concerning STACKER and QEMM and have had
similar problems with earlier versions.

My solution was to install QEMM before STACKER so that when STACKER
implements SWAPS and installs its dummy AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files
they will in turn refer QEMM to the proper location.

Unfortunately, this involves un-stacking a stacked drive, leading to
the latter half of the original question.  The only way to do this
that I know of is to back up the stacked drive in the normal fashion
(using PCBACKUP, FASTBACK or some similar utility) and then removing
the STACKER drive with the SREMOVE command.

As the manual points out, using SREMOVE is essentially like
reformatting the stacked drive and will destroy all files - that is
why you have to back them up.  Once the STACKER drive has been
SREMOVEd install QEMM and optimize it as you wish and then re-install
STACKER and reload your files on the now-STACKED drive.

One additional note, I would leave enough room on the unstacked
portion of the drive to retain the QEMM directory and files along
with your DOS and any other system files required for startup
(including backups of the original AUTOEXEC and CONFIG.SYS).  This
will mean that you can still boot your computer from the harddrive
should STACKER fail or become 'confused'.

This works with my system - hope it helps you ....

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