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From: mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (mike)
Subject: Re: icons, icons, icons
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:23:58 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.185026.25116@sarah.albany.edu> ls8139@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
>Hello again,
>
>Is there a program to display/print icons.
>Does win3.1 do this for you and I don't know how.

Try ike.zip to edit icons and is110a.zip to display the icons.  These are both 
in pub/pc/win3/icons at ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  They're both pretty good.
>
>Also is there a file of icons at some ftp?

There are also tons of icons in the same directory.  There are also a bunch
of other icon editors that I haven't tried like: icnman11.zip, icon330.zip,
icondrw.zip, showicon.zip, etc.  I got the file moreicon.zip which has 400
icons.  They are decent but don't get them if you're hurting for disk space.
Others are: icolib01.zip (1800 icons), icons.zip (1, 2 and 3).  These are all
at cica.  Have fun!

Mike 
mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu


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From: rkeel@fnugget.intel.com (William R Keel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Deskjet 550 faster than Deskjet Plus in Win3.1?
Keywords: HP deskjet ms-windows
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:48:13 GMT
Organization: INTEL.FOLSOM

In article <1992Dec16.061611.13847@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes:
>In article <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu> syny@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (R Craig Stevenson) writes:
>>I am contemplating upgrading from a Deskjet Plus to a Deskjet 550C.
>>
>>The question is: is the deskjet 550 faster or better at printing
>>non-color documents and graphics generated under windows 3.1?  I know
>
>I seem to recall that my DJ 500 was faster than my roommate's DJ Plus.
>Roommate graduated (lucky stiff...) and moved away a while back, so I
>can't compare now. Assuming that the DJ550C is at least as fast as the
>DJ 500 in doing B&W, you should have a speed increase.


The difference is how the black "color" is handled.  The DJ 500c mixed all of 
it's colors to make black - this is good because people tend to use black most
of all.  If the 500c had black as a "color" in the cartridge, you would be 
replacing the whole thing only because the black color was out; The rest of
the colors would not get spent.  The downside is the color black comes out 
like a DARK navy blue...and (finally pertaining to this thread) is slower.
How much? I don't know.
The 550c has two cartridge slots.  1 for black, the other for the color
cartridge...the advantages are obvious.

Reed

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: Should I leave it on?
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: 16 Dec 92 12:52:47 CST

chris pilewski (cap@mb5000.anes.upmc.edu) wrote:
: 
: [ Unrelated text deleted]
: Your friend is correct.  Most "wear and tear" on a fixed disk occurs
: during power-up.
:   
: |> Also, does leaving on the cpu use much energy.
: 
: It uses a fair amount.  Look up the wattage of your power supply.  It will
: probably be around 200 watts (similar to leaving on 2 lamps, but nothing
: like an oven or clothes dryer).

I doubt you are using anywhere near 200 watts of power while the system
is just sitting there idle. That 200 watts is what is required during
start up which is much higher than an idle system. Spinning up the hard
disk probably takes as much power as anything.

:  
: |> Should I quit win3.1 when
: |> I leave the comp. on for a while (I can't see why, but thought I'd ask
: |> to be safe)?
: 
: This is not necessary.  Just running Windows (without any programs running)
: does not increase the system load.
: 

However, file corruption can occur in the case of a power failure.
Since windows can have many file open at once, the chances are greater
of losing files.

: 
: Some large scale studies have been done on this general issue.  They compared
: leaving the computer on (cpu and power supply wear, energy consumption ...)
: vs. shutting the computer off after every use (wear on the disk, etc.).
: The conclustion that they all came to was that: leaving the computer on is
: actually the best course of action.  Although, the actual cost/year difference
: was very small.
: 
: For me, the bottom-line is the disk.  I back-up weekly.  But, even over that
: time period, the files that I have on my disk may be of much greater value
: than the whole PC itself.
: 

I agree with you for the most part. In fact I leave mine on most of the
time. I do shut mine off when I leave the house due to the slight, but
"if it happens - expensive" risk of fire. The monitor would be the most
likely cause of fire. In fact I have heard of this happening.

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Tom Huot        			       
huot@cray.com 
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From: cs108069@pandora.sdsu.edu (John DeRose)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Wierdness when installing a new driver!
Date: 16 Dec 92 01:42:19 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
NNTP-Posting-Host: pandora.sdsu.edu
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Thanks Microsoft for making me feel like a complete idiot!  When I go to install
a new driver through the Control Panel (Apple ripoff!) it asks me to insert the
disk with the driver or type the path.  I do this and it comes back with the same
damn dialog!  I've tried every (?) combination of path, drive, etc. and it still
treats me like a fool!  MS Word v2.0a install program does this to me too!

I'm really starting to miss my Mac IIcx...I't may not have calculated ask quickly,
but I sure as hell didn't spend as much time trying to get the damn thing to work!
--
John DeRose				cs108069@pandora.sdsu.edu
Computer Science Undergrad
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: SNODDI@MVS.sas.com (Dale Ingold)
Subject: Soundcard (PAS-16) problems under windows
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:41:00 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

I recently purchased a PAS-16, installed it, everything works fine.
Mostly.
 
When I launch a couple of games from within Windows, they make no
sounds; they work fine when "launched" from DOS.  The games are Shuttle
and 688 Sub.  Curious fact: when the games are launched from DOS, they
both display several logo type screens while playing some funky music.
The screens fade in and out at a "stately" pace.  But when they're
launched from Windows, the screens fade in and out much more quickly,
and no music plays.  Perhaps this is a clue.
 
TrakBlaster Pro (a really cool app) also doesn't work (at all) under
Windows; that is, when I try and play something, it crashes.  From DOS,
it works great.
 
System: 386DX-40mHz, 64k cache, 4meg, DOS5, WIN3.1
 
Thanks for any clues!
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jav2d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jason Adams Vanvalkenburgh)
Subject: NEEDED:Xtalk for Win3 programmers ref
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:59:03 GMT

I am looking for the script language (ie programmer's) reference
for Crosstalk for Windows 1.1 or 1.2.  I have to write a 
script or two, and I don't own Crosstalk (its for a project).

I am willing to pay for it, and some people never use it, right?

I hope.  Thanks a lot, and please e-mail replies.
--
					Jason A. vanValkenburgh
					University of Virginia '95
					jav2d@virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: Should I leave it on?
Reply-To: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 01:23:59 GMT

I'm sorry if this bothers anyone,
if it does please tell me where I should post things like this...
It is not a window's question but....

      			
I've only owned my compatible for a few months...
My friend told me that I should leave the computer running
instead of turning it on each time I want to use it.  This is 
probably between 1 to 10 times a day.  I've been leaving it on
from the first time I turn  it on in the day, until I finsih
using it before I go to bed.  This means it is on everyday from
morning/early afternoon to late at night.  I know what you are thinking,
I do shut the monitor, I guess I should have said that first.
                     
He told me the reason is to save wear and tear on the computer,
and hard drive.  

Please tell me if you agree with this "leave it on" practice or not.
Also, if there is other reasons other than mentioned in the previous 
paragraph, I'd like to know.

Also, does leaving on the cpu use much energy.  Being semi-environmentally
concious, I'd hate to think that (gasp) I'm wasting an obscene amount
of energy, (as well as paying for it).

While I already asked all these questions, one more:  Should I quit win3.1 when
I leave the comp. on for a while (I can't see why, but thought I'd ask
to be safe)?

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: greene@IEDV4.acd.com ( Jonathan Greene )
Subject: Re: Epson Action Laser II - anyone used it for printing TrueType ?
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:45:22 GMT

In article <GREG.REINACKER.92Dec15161103@gershwin.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM writes:
>>>>>> On 8 Dec 92 19:48:43 GMT, nitin@Ingres.COM (Nitin Borwankar) said:
>
>-> I'm considering buying the Epson Action Laser II printer for use as a printer
>-> for WinWord 2.0 and Windows printing in general.
>-> I have the following questions :-
>
>-> 1) Has anyone used it for Windows 3.1 printing using Epson's drivers ?
>->    How good are they for TrueType fonts in Windows ?
>
>-> 2) Is there a Postscript option ? Has anyone used it ? Is it really necessary
>->    if all I want to do is printing from Windows ?
>
>-> 3) How is the HP Emulation ?
>
>I have an Action Laser II, and I'm very happy with it.  To answer your
>questions, as far as I know, Epson doesn't even have drivers for this
>printer.  All over the manual they just say to use HP Laserjet IIp
>drivers.
>
I too have one and am very happy with it.  The HP Laserjet IIp windows 
drivers work like a charm.

>The TrueType quality is great...no complaints whatsoever.  I have also
>had no problems at all with the HP emulation -- which is a good thing
>since you have to use HP drivers!
>
>I haven't used the postscript option, but I submit that for most Windows
>uses, with TrueType, there is little need for postscript.  (I'm sure I'm
>about to get flamed for this...I can almost feel the heat now!)  There
>would of course be exceptions to this -- some programs, for instance,
>are MUCH more efficient printing graphics with postscript...but on the
>other hand, many are not.
>
TrueType works flawlessly, and so does Postscript.  Epson DOES send
a printer driver for Postscript along with the Epson Postscript Card.
I love being able to size my work (MSWord 2.0, Excel 4.0) by percentages
and fit everything on a page.  The Postscript card prints a  little slower
but it is completely compatible (at least I've never had a problem with it).

>All in all, I recommend the printer highly -- especially for the price!
>
I agree.  It is one of the best purchaces I have made for my computer.

If you're interested, I got mine at USAFlex. $699 + s/h for the basic
printer.  More for the postscript card and extra RAM.  The salseman has
been very helpful.  He even advised me to look in my area for toner refill 
instead of buying it from him.  He was right, I found it for a better price!

-Jon Greene
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 --> 3.1
Organization: University of Passau - Germany
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:28:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.230233.19525@sarah.albany.edu>
cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
 
>
>I have many shareware programs on my CD-ROM that when run
>give me the error "made for previous windows version, may cause
>unexpected results........"
>Is there a way of converting these prgrms to be used w/ 3.1?
>Or a way around to protect against these unexpected results.
>Thanks I.A.
>Larry
Larry,
are you sure those are programs written for 3.0 and not 2.x ?
Regards,
Olaf Winkelhake
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: Resources in Windows
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:07:00 CST

Hugh Whalen (hwhalen@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
: I had a rather strange thing happen today. I went to open an 
: application and received a low memory notice. Since I have 8 MB of RAM 
: and a 10 MB swap file this was not the problem. I did notice, however, 
: that my system resources were at 7%. I closed Microsoft Excel and my 
: resouces went back up to around 20%. I could then open the 
: application. I closed windows, started windows againa and took another 
: look at my system resources. After the reboot, the resources were up 
: at 77%. This was *exactly* the same desktop (same apps open, same 
: bitmap, etc.) that had shown system resources at 20% before the 
: closing and opening windows. 
: 
: Does anybody know what is happening here? Do apps take system 
: resources and not release them when the apps are closed? How can I 
: prevent this from happening? 
: 
: Thanks for any help!
 
I noticed the same thing with some applications not releasing their
resources. It is up to the programmer to fix this as far as I know.
Nothing the user can do can prevent this from happening. However, if
I am wrong, please correct me, and let us know how to recover those
resources without restarting Windows.

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huot@cray.com 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: roper@halcyon.com (Michael Roper)
Subject: Re: Amaze Daily Planner
Organization: Amaze Inc., Kirkland WA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:24:52 GMT

> Hi All!
> 
> I'd just like to post a follow-up to my original post regarding the Amaze
> daily planner.
> 
> After posting my experience, I rec'd a message from the head of the company,
> Michael Roper.
> 
> Within 2 days I had my upgrade and my mousepad! I'm overjoyed!
> 
> Version 2.0 of Amaze Daily Planner is fantastic! 
> 
>                     ()|||()    Portal darla@cup.portal.com     
>                    \\ . . //          darla@shell.portal.com
>                    === v ===   AOL kuby2u@.aol.com
>                    //`---'\\   WIX darla GEnie KUBY
>                     //|||\\ 

I'm glad we were able to straighten out the mix-up and
especially pleased that the new version of the planner
is useful to you.  I should point out however (lest my
intolerant co-workers attack me with high-speed rubber
bands, nerf arrows, or other items from their well-stocked
arsenals), that I'm not the head of the company (although
I play one on TV).

Michael Roper
Program Manager, Amaze Daily Planner
Amaze Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: shmueli@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Avinoam Shmueli (Avi))
Subject: Request- Hebrew TERMINAL font / Israeli MS-Win info
Keywords: Hebrew font
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:17:52 GMT

Hello,

This message intended specifically for Israeli or Hebrew-oriented Win 3.1
users out there: your input will be appreciated!

Aim:     Getting Israeli Hebrew DOS programs, such as Einstein
         HebrewWriter, for example, to run _windowed_.
Problem: Terminal font used in windowed sessions does not support
         the Israeli character set, using Hebrew chars. in high ASCII values.
Request: Is there a special Israeli edition of MS-Windows? If so, what
         special features and support does it offer? If not, is there
         at least a special Hebrew-compatible font for windowed DOS
         applications out there?
Note:    This is not a request for info re: Hebrew fonts in general, but
         specifically for DOS window fonts compatible w/ Israeli standard.

Any suggestions and pointers welcome. I do not plan on trying to modify
the existing font myself, however. Thanks!
-- 
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I'm Avinoam Shmueli (Avi), reach me at:        shmueli@student.umass.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix)
Subject: Re: Star Trek Screen Saver and Decnet
Organization: Monsanto Agricultural Company
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:48:55 GMT

In article <14DEC199209121413@elroy.uh.edu>, elee969@elroy.uh.edu (Brown, William J.) writes:
> I recently put the st screen saver on the pc here in the lab.  I had
> been running After Dark 2 for several months with no problem, but when
> I loaded st and tried to run it, an error box appeared saying after dark
> was no set up to use the network password then I get a general protection
> fault.  The pc is not connected to a LAN of any type, it does however run 
> the DECnet pathworks.  Has anybody else seen this error?
> 
>  bill

 Pardon me if I seem confused..  Why on earth would you be running Pathworks
if you are not connected to a LAN??  Pathworks is DECs implementation/modification
of LAN Manager.  If you are not physically connected to a LAN you probably should 
remove the starting of Pathworks from your autoexec.bat file.

-- 
Mike Mattix
Agricultural Group of Monsanto
P.O. Box 174
Luling, LA 70070
INTERNET Address: dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jting@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu
Subject: Re: "Secret" Screens....
Summary:  Secret buttons
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:55:34 GMT

For windows 3.1 and other 3.1 accesories, just open the "About" dialogue
box, hold down the control, alternalte and shift keys all at once, and then
double click on the icon.  Do this a number of times to see all the screen.

For other applications, see the windows FAQ in windows help format.  It is
posted here from time to time.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: max@megatek.com (Max Elliot)
Subject: Re: Wierdness when installing a new driver!
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:44:37 GMT

From article <BzEq73.515@ocsmd.ocs.com>, by mark@ocsmd.ocs.com (Mark Wilson):
> This may sound dumb, bu I had this same problem when I assumed the new drivers
> were in the root of the new floppy; doing a DIR and locating them solved it,
> although I had to remember to put the trailing backslash on the path!

  Oh yes! time to bash Microsoft! I have had a number of idiotic problems
  with installing drivers and related software, the most notably stupid of
  which was:

   While installing Diamond stealth VRAM drivers, SETUP asks me to specify
   where the files are. I am using drive b: so I specify that drive. It
   read a number of files correctly, then spins drive a for a moment and
   tells me there is a read error on drive a! What the ^%$@ does drive a:
   have to do with installing software off of drive b: ???? So I call a
   tech rep at Diamond who quickly acknowledges this as a bug in Microsoft
   SETUP and tells me that if I put a disk, any disk, into drive a: that
   the install will complete fine. It does. What the %$#@%$???  It shows
   that Microsoft is getting to be a big company. They will get farther and
   farther away from being able to supply consistently useful software. I
   am almost glad, in that this allows third parties to develop a market
   for themselves, but with the way Microsoft holds all the cards to their
   chest, it may turn into a giant legal warzone.  I hope that we can all
   come up with excellent third party alternatives to MS that will leave
   them embarrassed and apologetic.
-Max

   Ha! I feel better already.

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fae@se19.iitb.fhg.de (H.-J. Faerber)
Subject: Converter *.WRI to postscript wanted
Keywords: Converter WRI postscript
Organization: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft IITB, Karlsruhe
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 09:01:37 GMT

Is there a converter for *.WRI-files running on SUN-OS ?

please answer per email fae@iitb.fhg.de , fae@iitb.fhg.dbp.de



Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff)
Subject: djfont laserjet->deskjet converter; where is it?
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:58:30 GMT

Where can I find the program 'djfont.zip' which used to reside on 
the mims-iris font archive which doesn't exist any more?

I am hoping to be able to create softfonts with it from the laserjet 
softfonts which can be generated from type-1 fonts, in order to reduce 
printing time for my most frequently used fonts.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mcp@solomon.technet.sg (Mohana C. Pillai)
Subject: Re: latex for windows
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:16:23 GMT



On a related topic.... (sorry for the diversion!)

Is there any way of porting text files in UNIX, prepared for processing
by troff and mm macros, so that I can convert them into some of the
Windows based word processors?  The conversion should retain the
formatting available in troff and mm macros.

Any suggestions/comments welcome....

Thank you

Mohan Pillai
From: jrkdmd@dmdscs.com (Joe Krulewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: NDW -- is there a way to run it from a network drive???
Date: 15 Dec 92 22:05:36 GMT
Organization: DMDS Consulting Services, Branchburg, NJ

In article <schuck.724385209@sfu.ca>, schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
> gibsonst@sonoma.edu (Stephen Gibson) writes:
> 
> 
>>In article <schuck.724133145@sfu.ca> schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
>>>Is there a way to run NDW from a network drive and only have a few
>>>essential files on my C: drive?
>>>
>>>Windows allows it with  setup /n
>>>
>>>Word for Windows has a workstation option where it only copies *one*
>>>file or creates *one* on my C: drive.
>>>
>>>How about NDW?
>>>
>>>If it doesn't, I may have to go back to Windows 3.1 -- arggghhh!
>>>
> 
>>NDW 2.0 has a network installation option.  Check your documentation for 
>>more info.
> 
> 
> Not in the version of 2.0 I have.
> 
> However, I have been informed there is another version of 2.0 that has
> network installation options which I have not checked out yet.

NDW 2.0 has the same setup options as windows 3.1
use INSTALL /a to put a copy on the network drive
use INSTALL /n to install only those absoultly necessary files to local
workstation.

This is documented in a separate manual "Network Administrators Guide"

-Joe
jrkdmd@dmdscs.com
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