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From: thaco@Lise.Unit.NO (Eirik Milch Pedersen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Test for PC/VGA
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:26:56 GMT
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology

This request is PC/VGA spesific, so if you don't have such a card, please jump
to the next posting.

As I was hacking through the (S)VGA card i did notice a undocumented a option 
setting of the Clock-select bits in the Miscellaneous Output Register. 
As I hav noticed this setting isn't valid for all VGA cards (perhaps only for
SVGA ones).
What want is that as many people as possible to try the program enclosed at 
their computer, and email me the result.

What I want you to do:
  (1) Uudecode the GRAFTEST.COM file at the end of this posting,
      or assemble the sourcecode enclosed (in case you would be sure that the
      program dosn't contain a VIRUS, that it of cource doesn't have)
  (2) Run GRAFTEST on you computer.
  (3) Send a mail to

        thaco@lise.unit.no

      answering the following questions:
       a) Do you see any colors at your screen?
       b) Does the computer 'hang'?
       c) What kind of graphic-card are you using?
       d) What kind of monitor are you using?
       e) Any comments?

NB:   This program could 'hang' your computer, so be prepared!
NBB:  It's normal to have a fuzzy picture on the screen.
NBBB: Please use the email address specified and NOT solan.unit.no.
      (I don't want to get my usual mailbox filled with 10.000 mails
       concearning this test.)


Thank you in advance!

 _/_/_/_/_/  _/    _/   _/_/_/     _/_/_/    _/_/_/
     _/      _/    _/  _/    _/   _/    _/  _/    _/
     _/      _/    _/  _/    _/   _/        _/    _/
     _/      _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/_/   _/        _/    _/
     _/      _/    _/  _/    _/   _/        _/    _/
     _/      _/    _/  _/    _/   _/    _/  _/    _/
     _/      _/    _/  _/    _/    _/_/_/    _/_/_/

+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Eirik Milch Pedersen |    thaco@solan.unit.no     |
|       Stp. 153       +----------------------------+
| 7000 TRONDHEIM - NTH |   "The summer is gone,     |
|        NORWAY        | and we are yet not saved!" |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
   
---------------- GRAFTEST.ASM ------------------
model small
codeseg
org 100h
start:
  mov ax,013h
  int 10h

  mov dx,03C2h
  mov al,06Fh
  out dx,al

  mov  ax,0A000h
  mov  es,ax
  mov  di,0
  mov  cx,7D00h
@@10:
  mov  al,cl
  and  al,1Fh
  stosb
  loop @@10

  in   al,60h
  mov  ah,al
@@20:
  in   al,60h
  cmp  al,ah
  je   @@20

  mov  ax,3h
  int  10h

  mov  ax,4C00h
  int  21h

end start
---------------- END -----------------------------



------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------
begin 644 graftest.com
MN!,`S1"ZP@.P;^ZX`*".P+\``+D`?8K!)!^JXOGD8(K@Y&`ZQ'3ZN`,`S1"X
$`$S-(1"Z
`
end
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From: petrocco@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (ron.petrocco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help Connecting Monitor
Date: 15 Apr 92 01:36:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

Someone gave me a monitor that I would like to hook up to a
XT clone.  It says "IBM Personal System/2 Monochrome Display".
On the back, it says that it is model #8503001. 

The connector isn't like the normal 9 pin connector.  It has
three rows of pins.  How can I adapt it for use with an XT?

Thank you in advance.
From: ray@ole.uucp (Ray Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Little Big Lan
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:10:35 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cascade Design Automation


	If you are using LittleBigLan from Information modes, AND you are using
ARCNET, I'd like to exchange a couple pieces of e-mail to compare notes on 
what kind of performance you're seeing.  Thanks.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: WIN*FAX Pro, FAX Modem Soaftware etc.
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Lawrence Chiu)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:41:54 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand

>
>The FAX package by Alien is probably superior to WinFAX pro.  I had WinFAX pro
>and returned it for a refund.  The software was half-baked trash, and the
>customer support was a pathetic slap in the face.  I intend to purchase
>the Alien Software fax package soon to replace the returned WinFAX junk.
>I am using the cheap software provided with the card for the time being.
>
>
>>  Any help?
>
>Just don't buy WinFAX!
>
>> ==================================
>> Seanm@Terapin.com
>> San Pablo CA
>> ==================================
>
>Mark Jeghers
>UNIX/X/Motif Contractor
>408/281-4823 [voicemail]
>
Just out of curiosity what was wrong with it. I got WinFax a while ago
and upgraded to WinfaxPro. In all the time I have used it, both with
a Zoom SendFax and Zoom Send/receive Fax modem, the only problem I had was
an inability to print with background printing from AmiPro to the WinFax
driver. But a patch from Delrina fixed that also.
It has worked fine for me. I think the software interface is excellent and
easy to use. I would highly recommend it to anybody wishing to have a
fax capabilities from Windows.


=========================================================================== 
 Laurence Chiu                      |
 Principal Consultant               |
 GCS Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand   |
 Tel: +64 4 801 0176                | Internet    : lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz
 Fax: +64 4 801 0095                | Compuserve  : 71750,1527
===========================================================================
From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Math Coprocessors...
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:59:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: dithots.25H5iB1w164w
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!


  I have a 386/40 Mhz machine and am interested in purchasing a mathco for
  it. I have looked through Computer Shopper and other trade mags and find
  that the price is vary greatly with brands. Why is there such a great
  difference in Cyrix (83D87-40), IIT (3C87-40), and Weitek?

  Which one is the better price/quality? What are the recommendations from
  the net?

  Please EMAIL as I do not receive this group.

  Thanks,

  bill

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From: mle@ausom.oz.au (Michael Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Martian memorandum Game
Date: 11 Apr 92 04:40:50 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

I need help.
I am not sure this is the correct group and if so please tell me the name of
the correct one.
I bought the game because I have no patience for shoot em ups and arcade, and in
fact the game with stereo and full mnotion digitised faces is great.
BUT - it has a #$%$%$#@# arcade sequence in Big Dick's room. If any one can
send me a saved game after they have completed this I will be forever in their
debt (well sort of).
Perhaps someone could also give me the phone number of the programmers to plead
with them - NOT an 800 number which does nor work from OZ.
Any replies please use the address below - auto reply does not work.
Michael
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dietzel@cs.ucf.edu (Richard Dietzel)
Subject: HELP with WordPerfect 5.1
Organization: University of Central Florida
Distribution: net
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 03:25:09 GMT

I hope this is the right newsgroup.  If it is not, is there one where I
can get help using my IBM compatible software?

Here's my problem:

When I was cleaning up my hard drive, I must have inadvertently erased
a file that I did not intent to erase.

That is the only explanation to the fact that I cannot move through my
WP5.1 text files using <HOME> <HOME> <DOWN> or <HOME> <HOME> <UP>.  I
can get there eventually by using <PAGE> <UP> and <PAGE> <DOWN>, but that
does not work very well inside my macros.

Can anyone help me correct my mistake?

Thankyou

Richard A. Dietzel
University of Central Florida
College of Education

dietzel@eola.cs.ucf.edu

From: matt@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Matt Wakeley)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1992 18:39:09 GMT
Subject: wanted: FTM file format
Organization: HP Systems Technology Division
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc

Hi.  I'm looking for the format of the Family Tree Maker data files.
FTM is a geneological program published by Banner Blue software for the
PC.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
------------
Matt Wakeley * HP Systems Technology Division * matt@hprnd.rose.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: thao@cse.uta.edu (Laly Thao)
Subject: Need Help In Poll For Class!!
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 02:36:02 GMT


Hi.  I need your assistance/response for an engineering prob & stat class I'm
taking.  I need to collect some data and here are the questions:

1)  Are you male or female and how tall are you (accurate to 1/10 th of an
    inch :-) )?
    --I need at least 15 responses from male and 15 responses from females,
      so please respond.

2)  Do you use an IBM PC or Mac?  (Tell me which one you use).  AND are you
    male or female?
    --need at least 30 samples/replies

3)  This question is only for CSE/CS and EE majors.  Are you CSE/CS or EE major?
    If so, which type of movies do you watch most often i.e. what type of movies
    do you like?  Choose from DRAMA, ACTION, and COMEDY.  For simplicity's sake 
    and because I don't want to collect more than 30 samples, you are limited to
    choosing from the categories given...sorry sci-fi and horror buffs.

Thanks in advance.  Direct all email responses to B645ZAQ@UTARLG.UTA.EDU 
or THAO@CSE.UTA.EDU.

Laly Thao
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: Using two monitors
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 09:44:31 GMT

tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu (Pradeep K Tapadiya) writes:

>Often I have seen machines having a primary color monitor (CGA, EGA, VGA, etc)
>and a secondary monochrome monitor. I wish to use the graphics capability
>of my hercules monochrome card for my primary display and use a CGA card for
>my secondary display. Is this configuration possible?

Yes, but....

Unless you have a Hercules Color card or a Hercules InColor card, you'll
only be able to use the first graphics page on the Herc card (ie, you
have to set it to "half" mode, not "full")

This is because the second page of Herc graphics RAM uses the same 
addresses as the CGA card. The Hercules cards mentioned above are
designed to allow switching out their RAM if the Herc card is active.

You could just as easily use an EGA or VGA card instead of the CGA. Note that
I've got a Hercules mono card and a Hercules VGA card. The VGA card came with
a utility to disable it whenever I want to use the second page on the
monochrome card.

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From: bagdy@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Mark Bagdy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: C.S.I.P  vs. C.S.I.P.MISC ??
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:13:25 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO

As a new reader of this notesgroup, could someone please clarify something?

What is the difference between:

   COMP.SYS.IBM.PC        and     COMP.SYS.IBM.PC.MISC   ???

They look like the same topics to me...

Regards,
mark
From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Drive Interfaces...
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:32:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: dithots.eTu5iB1w164w
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!


  With all the available drive interface types (MFM, IDE, ESDI, SCSI),
  which is the best to purchase if given an option? I know drive size 
  may play alot of the decision... so, I want the decision based on drives
  that are 300M or larger but less than 1G. Why is one drive interface
  better than another? Which is the fastest? The best value?

  Please EMAIL as I don't receive this group.

  Thanks, 

  bill

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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Subject: Re: Word Perfect 5.1 encrypted files
Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 09:18:46 GMT

waldman2@husc4.harvard.edu (Bruce Waldman) writes:

>Is there any possible remedy for someone (a
>student in my course) who encrypted a Word Perfect 5.1
>file and now has forgotten the password he used?

There's a utility available on some BBS's that lets you recover
the encrypted file. A coworker had a copy, I never got around to
getting a copy from him, but I know it worked.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: comptec91055@camins.camosun.bc.ca
Subject: network id soft.
Organization: Camosun College
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 00:22:32 GMT



		Hello Hardware gurus and hackers:

			I am attempting to write a small routine which can be
executed on any pc that returns information on the resident network card (type
mem. cap. etc.)  (assembly/c routine).. My problem is that I am unsure of which
interrupts the card takes over when it is installed, whether or not these inter-
rupts are from the dos vector table or directly from the cpu, and how they can
be used to access card info.  If anyone has the time I would very much appreciate
 any information that could be provided.  I will send anyone that responds a copy
of the final program which does a series of hardware checks and verifications
on the pc, including nice output (not that anyone responding would need this,
but what the heck..)   If there are any ideas could you please e-mail them.
 			Thanks in advance,
	
			D. Rozee
From: mike.frisch@canrem.com (mike frisch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: video speed
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:27:51 GMT
Reply-To: "mike frisch" <mike.frisch@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


TQ> Is there any programs that will test the speed of how fast a VGA/SVGA..etc
TQ> is?  I want know how fast my board is.

     Most of the diagnostics utilities around have some sort of video
speed meter.  You might also find that the PC Magazine and BYTE
benchmarks will do the same.  I don't have any filenames offhand, but
you can find both the PC Mag and BYTE files on larger BBSes.  They're
the same tests that they use in the magazine for product reviews and
comparisons.

Mike.

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From: thole@cs.rulimburg.nl (Johan Thole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PostScript Previewer
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:40:53 GMT
Distribution: eunet
Organization: University of Limburg

Hello,

I'm looking for a (preferably free) PostScript previewer 
that should run on an PC-XT. Does something like this exists?

Please email to me, because i don't read the pc-groups.

Thanks in advance,

Johan.
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From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (Jeff Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: IBM AT  memory expansion board problems; HELP!!!
Date: 10 Apr 92 21:39:29 GMT
Reply-To: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology


I am a computer tech at this college and need some info. I am doing some work  
on the side for a chiro in my hometown, and we decided he needed to upgrade the  
memory to make it run better (just installed Novell Lite). No problem so far.  
The memory expansion card is already installed and has 2 banks of 64K chips  
already installed to bring the At up to 640K(512 on the mother board, 128 on  
the expansion card. So, I put the 64k chips I have into the remaining banks,  
then realize that I need to know waht the 2 dip switches settings are. The card  
Is made by someone called CSS Labs, Inc. 1986  and is called "Turbo RAM" on the  
board. No other info is on the board. It has SW1 as a four dip, and SW2 as an  
eight dip. Anyone know what the settings for this board is? Can it do 256k  
chips? Can the AT handle extended memory in other than 512k increments (that is  
the impression I got when I went to set the Setup info in CMOS). Any help would  
be appreciated. (The chiro bought it from someone else, so the documentation is  
slightly lacking, and we don't do IBM very much here on campus)

Jeff Davidson
jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: SuperStor v. Stacker: Opinions?
From: bdellert@next-6.gac.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:18:16 -0600

In article <1992Apr12.214538.19579@animal.gcs.co.nz>  writes:
> In article <1992Apr10.184415.24086@portland.mdc.unisys.com>  
tom@portland.mdc.unisys.com (Tom Albrecht) writes:
> >My hard drive is (nearly) full, and I need more space.  I would appreciate
> >feedback on these two products.

> PC Mag had a review of a number of such packages recently and came out in
> favour of Stacker with Superstor a close second.

The PC Mag review was for the old version of SuperStor.  Has anyone heard  
anything about the new version?  (of course, SuperStor claims it's now better  
than Stacker)
From: tom@incom.de (Thomas Staudte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: How do I copy from COM1 to COM2 ?
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:12:54 GMT
Reply-To: tom@in.sub.org
Organization: Thomas Staudte EDV-Beratung, Germany

Hi fellow netters !

I'd like to set up my v.32bis modem so that it can be used from my NeXT  
station and from my PC. The point is that I only need to modem with the PC  
for a few hours at night when the PC is serving MHS.

What I thought I'd write a little program that runs in the foreground of  
dos and copies everything that comes in at com1 out to com2 and vice  
versa. This way the NeXT would be connected through the PC and would be  
able to use the modem.

At night that program would be stop and the MHS program on the PC could  
use the modem itself. After a few hours, MHS would be killed and the first  
program would restart. And so on...

BUT.... how do I copy everything from com1 to com2 and vice versa ???  
Unfortunately I'm no big assembler programmer. If anybody has _any_ idea,  
please drop me some email. 

This tool must not be nice to look at. It should just work, so  
quick-and-dirty is ok !

Thanks a lot for your help, folks !

Tom
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From: klimasewski@fccvde.enet.dec.com (Ken Klimasewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PROMPRO 8 software
Date: 16 Apr 92 10:30:20 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


I am looking for some software that will allow me 
to use my LOGICAL DEVICES Prompro-8, prom programmer with my 
computer.

The computer is a IBM clone 386 

LOGICAL DEVICES sells a program called PROLINK but it is for the 
PROMPRO-8X and does not support the earlier version 8.



                                     thanks,
                                       Ken
                                       508-467-2663


Ken Klimasewski	klimasewski@fccvde.enet.dec.com
		--or-- ...!decwrl!fccvde.enet.dec.com!klimasewski
		--or-- klimasewski%fccvde.dec@decwrl.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.msdos,comp.unix.misc
From: tanu@beach.csulb.edu (     Tanu Kartawiria)
Subject: Re: Can't get Zmodem to work. Use 8N1 instead 7E1?
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:38:44 GMT


Thanks to you all who responded. I finally 'sort of' find out and
fix the problem. Apparently Zmodem only supports 8N parameter 
settings as opposed to 7E1 that I'm using to call the mainframe.
So I called using 8N1 now, and except for few garbage I get on the
opening screen, everything is ok after that.
 
The thing is I didn't know that I can dial using 8N1 to my mainframe
because they told me only to use 7E1. Well...?
 
Thanks again,
Regards,
 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc