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From: roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun)
Subject: Re: MICROSOFT IS STACKING THE DECK!
Organization: Choate Rosemary Hall
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:29:03 GMT

In article <rdippold.720299737@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:
>>edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>> MICROSOFT IS STAACKING THE DECK!!
>
>>Just think - If you could come up with a book explaining the secrets,
>>you ought to be able to sell a bunch of 'em!  I'd sure buy one. :-)
>
>It's called "Undocumented Windows".  Head down to your BookStar or
>whatever and buy one...  it's certainly given Microsoft a kick,
>apparently.  No sooner did the book come out then all sorts of
>documentation for some of these calls magically appeared.  Secrets?
>What Secrets?  We have no Secrets!  You will tell the FTC that, won't
>you? 
>
>The best part is where they say they didn't want people using these
>calls in their software because they can change or go away in future
>versions and the software will break.... and they use them in their
>own software.  Well, that's one way to make a bundle of money on
>forced upgrades.
>-- 
>This may not be the best of all worlds, but it is certainly the most expensive

Only Microsoft would abuse it's customers like that...

Roland.





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From: il@bambam.u.washington.edu (Il Hwan Oh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows (3.1) driver for Apple LaserWriter IIg wanted
Date: 6 Nov 92 19:52:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov6.195204.15367
Reply-To: iho@cac.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Tacoma

Does anybody have such an animal?  The driver for the LaserWriter IIntx
works okay, but there are some subtle differences.  The most annoying one
is that the IIg does not have Zapf Dingbats, and I can't figure out how
to install it as a downloadable PostScript font.  The manual only talks
about downloadable fonts for HP LaserJets.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins)
Subject: TrueType Palatino font anywhere?
Distribution: world
Organization: Job hunters use Parachute
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:42:09 +0000

I'm trying to print a MAC-Word document with W4W! The original author(s)
used Palatino as the font, nice as this font maybe it is not known to my
``PostScript'' printer (A DEC LN03-R) nor is there a Palatino font on the
PC. As this is for MY use and the PC is the company's buying ATM and maybe
one of its font packs is out of the question.

I tried changing the font through out the document to something better :-)
but I then found a snag with W4W so I'd like to get the correct font. [I've
written about the specific problem with W4W in the .apps newsgroup.]

So does anyone know if there is a TrueType version of this font anywhere
that I can ftp?

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134 Frankland Rd, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AU
email: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)923 776436
From: perrotta@pyrxbooter.eng.pyramid.com (Paul Perrotta)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: High Resolution Monochrome Displays
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:58:44 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Pyramid Technology

On 10 Nov 92 03:04:32 GMT, Tim Hunt wrote:

> Recently my high resolution (1280x960) monochrome display failed and
> I'm not hopeful of fixing it.
>
> I'm looking for recommendations for a good high resolution, 768x1024 or
> greater, monochrome or grey scale display system with 19" or greater
> monitor, for use with MS/Windows.
>
> The application is mainly desktop publishing, and the user does not
> want color, and does want a full page display.
>
> Any recommendations, suggestions etc will be appreciated.
>
> P.S. A monochrome Sun workstation display would be ideal but Sun's
>      don't run MS/Windows! (yet...)
>
>
> Tim Hunt
> tim@fsg.com

Tim:

I use a Sigma Design 19" monochrome display with a Sigma Legend card,
resolution 1660x1100. The display is installed in a 386-33 AT-class
system with 8 MB RAM.

Good points: I run MS Windows 3.1 apps, mostly CorelDraw, FrameMaker,
PageMaker, and Word for Windows with no problem at all. I'm very happy
with the monitor and the card.

Bad points: The documentation for the product is underwhelming (I'm a
technical writer), so I recommend that someone knowledgeable install
it. The installation isn't difficult; the docs only make it seem that
way.

Of course, you have to have a Windows 3.1 driver from Sigma Design,
but I'm sure they must bundle it in right now.

-Paul 

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From: jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jeff Meyers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Need TrueType *Kanji*
Date: 10 Nov 1992 01:11:46 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: psycho.ecst.csuchico.edu

Subject line says it all unless I spelled things wrong :-)

I need some fonts that have the Japanese Kanji for some papers/flyers/
research I'm doing...  Prefer TrueType format, might be able to deal with
something else.

Please e-mail me!

Thanks!!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: hedley@ee.su.oz.au ()
Subject: Scientific font for windows 3.1
Reply-To: hedley@ee.su.oz.au ()
Organization: Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:07:06 GMT

I am looking for a font used in the sciences for representing the Fourier
transform, Hilbert transform etc. It is a curly font, and a rough idea of
what the F looks like is shown below.


    ***            **
  **   **         *  *
  *      ****     * *
   **        ******
                  *
                  *
                  *
             ***********
                  *
                  *
                  *
                  *
                 *
       *        *
      *        *
      *      **
       *   **
        ***


The monotype cursive and script fonts are not close to what I want.

Either true type or postscript font are fine, as are commercial fonts.


Thanks in advance for any help,

Mark Hedley
hedley@ee.su.oz.au

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: james@library.nrl.navy.mil (James King)
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and Calcomp
Organization: NRL
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 12:55:20 GMT

In article <1689B14EE1.020ELVIN@Witsvma.wits.ac.za> 020ELVIN@Witsvma.wits.ac.za (Elvin Kan) writes:
>From: 020ELVIN@Witsvma.wits.ac.za (Elvin Kan)
>Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and Calcomp
>Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 23:48:49 RSA
>I'm looking for a Calcomp driver for use under Windows 3.1. It seems that
>there isn't one readily available. Could someone help shed some light on
>the subject ?
> 
>I've got a thermal Calcomp and usually I'd use it from Harvard Graphics but
>now I'd like to use it from Windows 3.1
> 
>Thanx in advance
> 
>Elvin

Have you tried calling Calcomp?  I called them recently after acquiring a 
Calcomp Tablet that came with batch file instructions for driving it!  
Needeless to say, I needed some REAL drivers.  They sent out their software 
driver set which includes Windows, Autocad, etc.  Try calling 800-932-1212 
and tell them your problem, they should be able to direct you to the proper 
place.

James King
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Release of NT?
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:48:41 GMT

In <92317.114306DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu> darren karns <DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>Just curious,
>         if you don't have a CDRom could you some how copy the files onto
>floppies an use NT or does it have to be run from the CDRom?

It will apparently install just fine from floppies -- it just takes a
lot of them!  Of course, unless you've got a really big hard drive,
you're going to lose all the online help and such that is on the CD
(because you won't have room to install it).

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From: marcusj@apricot.co.uk (Marcus Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Newspaper cuttings font wanted
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:05:46 GMT
Organization: Apricot Computers Limited

Has anybody got a font which looks like letters cut of a newspaper
(take your average anonymous ransom note as the paradigm).

N.B.  I'm NOT a budding extortionist!;>.

TrueTypeor ATM would be nice.

Please mail me.

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/ ' (_(_/|_/ (_(__(_/_/_)_      If all else fails from US, try:  
Marcus Jenkins                  apricot!marcusj@relay.EU.net
Tel: +44 21 472 3002  Fax: +44 21 471 2935
Disclaimer:  Anything I wrote above is, of course, my own view and
             does not in any way represent my employer.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: nordstro@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (billy nordstrom)
Subject: drivers for d/a converters?
Summary: is there a driver for d/a converters?
Keywords: wav, d/a, converters, driver
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:45:19 GMT

hi, i'm wondering if there are any windows drivers 
out there that will run a d/a converter connected
to the parallel port.  i had this thing built to
work with modplay, and i was hoping that windows
would also support it (for digitized sounds and
such).  but i have not run into anything or anyone
that even mentions the use of a d/a converter under
windows.  imho, this converter plays digitized 
stuff (through modplay) very well; as well as the
thunder board or sound blaster.  if there is not
a driver available, is there someone i could talk
into developing one for me?  i'm sure there are
many others out there who would like a project
driver for one of these converters...

btw, this d/a converter cost me $20 for high-
quality sound, compared to >$100 for a sb... :)
i would love to have this working under windows.

much thanks in advance.  if enough interest is
developed, i will post pertinent info back onto
this board -- oh, i meant to mention: please
respond by e-mail...

thank you again!

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From: wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Release of NT?
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:23:40 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Nov5.133307.21634@athena.mit.edu> dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch) writes:
>Does anyone know when NT is supposed to be released. I'm looking
>forward to it. Alternatively, is it possible to get a beta copy
>from MS and later get the release edition?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Daniel Silevitch                         dmsilev@athena.mit.edu
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology


WindowsNT went into end-user beta last month.  However, Microsoft
is handling only a small number of beta sites at the moment,
with the intention of enlarging the beta program over the next
few months.  You can get on the waiting list by callin MS, but
your chances of getting a beta are better if you are the IS manager
for a Fortune 500 company than if you are a user in a 10-node LAN.
Alternatively, if you are a developer, you can buy the SDK beta
(which includes the end-user version) for $69 from MS.

MS claims to release NT in the 1st quarter of 1993.  I would be amazed
if NT hits the shelves before next summer.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: deb@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu (David Barrett)
Subject: Re: Windows Screen Capture Facility
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:38:08 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.175614.25808@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
>In article <1992Nov7.163237.2190@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
>>Does anyone happen to know if there are any public domain programs for
>>capturing Windows screens to a file? If so, could you please drop me
>>a quick line and let me know where they can be found.
>
>I overlooked the obvious and then discovered the PRT SCR/clipboard
>combination. Thanks Daniel!
>

There is a program call Hijaak which will do it and I have it but haven't 
tried it yet.  If you want to know who they are, email me.

dB
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: plummer@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Dave Plummer)
Subject: Converting phone numbers in Excel
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 21:15:45 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada

I have a large Excel database (spreadsheet) that has (among other things)
two fields that have the name and phone number in this format:

LASTNAME  306 555 1212

(The phone number is all one field)

I would like to convert this to

LASTNAME 306-555-1212

I haven't had much luck trying to figure out how to do this.  Has anyone
got any suggestions on how I can do this?  I tried recording a macro
to do this, but the macro hard-codes the result from when I recorded it,
so EVERY field gets the converted result from the first time.  If you
know how I can accomplish this, please email me!

Thanks in advance...
Dave
From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: screen saver/floppy drive oddness
Date: 13 Nov 1992 00:14:30 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: boogie.cs.utexas.edu

On a number of occasions I've returned to my computer to find the
screen blank except for the "Cannot read from drive B:" dialog.  There
is no disk in the drive, so I hit cancel, the dialog goes away and and
the screen saver kicks in (I have it set to Blank Screen).  I think
this happens after I have accessed the floppy drive from within a
program, and then taken the floppy out. For instance, I do this when
uploading a file from the floppy in a comm program; when the upload is
finished the program *should* no longer need to access the drive.
What I don't understand is why the screen saver checks the drives
before kicking in.

Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon, and can anyone explain it to
me?  Should I worry that it's possibly something more sinister (a
virus randomly accessing drives?)?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: tim@fsg.com (Timothy Hunt)
Subject: Help - PixelView PC/II (aka Moniterm Viking) Display
Summary: Has stopped working - Need help
Keywords: display, hi-res
Organization: Fusion Systems Group, Inc.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:46:24 GMT

About 18 months ago I purchased a PixelView PC/II hi-res 1280x960
monochrome display from a company called Mirror Technologies.  Up to
last month it was working without a problem, initally on Windows 3.0
and later on Windows 3.1.

About 6 weeks ago the unit started to get flaky, and ultimately stopped
working altogether. I can only assume that it is the display adapter
that failed.

I called Mirror Technologies for help and they told me they had
discontinued the product soon after I purchased it (that explains the
good price!!) and that the manufacturer of the display adaptor,
Moniterm, had gone out of business, so that effectively I have an
orphan product.

After looking through the device drivers I find references to "VIKING"
and I believe that Moniterm may have sold the same product as the
Moniterm Viking.

Is there anybody else out there in netland who is also using this
product?

In particular I would be interested in any updated device drivers
and/or diagnostics to enable me to be 100% sure that the unit has
failed.

As an alternative if there is anybody that has a spare display adapter
of the same type that they would be willing to sell?

Finally I would be interested in information on any other display
adapters that would work with a 21" Monochrome Hitachi display.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tim Hunt
tim@fsg.com
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From: tibor@server.uwindsor.ca (TORONYI TIBOR            )
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Need HP Desk-Jet 500c driver
Date: 5 Nov 1992 15:52:51 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

The line says it all.  I need an HP DeskJet 500c driver for WIN3.1

If not can somebody point to where I could get one. OR the number for HP to see
if one will be available.

Thanks very much.

Email please.

Tibor Toronyi                          Internet: tibor@server.uwindsor.ca
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mem@world.std.com (Jeff Lesser)
Subject: QuietJet driver for Win 3.1 ??
Keywords: HP QuietJet Printer Driver
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:50:06 GMT


Has anybody tried to use a driver for HP's old QuietJet printer?  We
got such a driver from Microsoft, but it doesn't seem to work at all
with Windows 3.1.  Microsoft has been no help to us.
 
Thanks in advance for any responses (email preferred)!


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: spowell@trentu.ca (Stefan Powell)
Subject: Wanted: Multiple Clipboard Archive
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Trent University Computer Services Department
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:14:00 GMT

Can anybody tell me where I can get a multiple clipboard storage thingy like on
the Mac? 

Something that I can paste text, bitmaps, etc. to that will save them on disk
to be recalled later.

___________________________________

 Stefan Powell - SPowell@TrentU.CA
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: reznick@acf3.nyu.edu (Daniel Reznick)
Subject: NT
Organization: New York University
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:17:57 GMT

Does anyone know where I can find the NT Hardware compatibility list?  I am
going to purchase a CD rom soon and would like to get one that is supported
by the beta developers release.

Thanks.

Daniel Reznick
reznick@acf3.nyu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: bdeskin@cognos.com (Bob Deskin)
Subject: Korean Font Wanted
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 02:32:42 GMT

I'm looking for a shareware/freeware Truetype or Windows Screen font of
the Korean Alphabet. If anyone has such a beast, I'd appreciate an e-mail.
I'd especially appreciate it if you could send me the font if you have it.
Thanks in advance.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: Thomas Dachsel <GERTHD@mvs.sas.com>
Subject: Tseng ET4000 VMODE question
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:51:00 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

Hi,
I have a Diamond Speedstar Hi-Color VGA card.
I'm not very satisfied with the VMODE program supplied with it.
I'm used to Video 7 ALTPARM that allows to save parameter settings
in a file. VMODE does not allow this, not for CUSTOM monitor.
I have a SONY 1404 monitor that allows 72Hz refresh even at
1024*768*256.
Is there some alternative for VMODE?
An additional question: Which are the most recent Windows 3.1
drivers for Diamond SpeedStar (Tseng ET4000)? Some FTP site
to get them?
Please answer by email.
Regards
Thomas
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Pro vs. #9GXe
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:28:06 GMT


The 40+ winmarks numbers seem in line with the potential of the
new S3 chips.  STB has announed a new '805 based board, called the
Powergraph VL24 (local bus) that they are getting 42 million winmarks
with.

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Intergraph Corporation                                  
bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com                              Procol Harum
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Afterdark Password for Windows
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 00:28:27 GMT

deb@spectra (David Barrett) writes:
>use Ctrl Alt Del & "any key" to "unlock" Program Mgr.  Afterdark is
>now turned off and protection defeated.  Are their any tricks to
>make the Afterdark application immune to the reboot procedure?

Buy Intermission 3.0.  It's better than After Dark, includes lots of
new modules, and runs all the After Dark modules, so you don't lose
anything.  Runs quite a few other types of modules as well.  Now if
you want free tricks, sorry...
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