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From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives
Subject: Re: uw (unix windows) is great!
Keywords: comm software; multi windows
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:29:07 GMT
Reply-To: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc

In <3888@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> markd@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany) writes:

>>Has anyone gotten the terminal emulations to work correctly? i would
>>ideally like a vt100 emulator, since adm31 doesn't recognize the PC
>>cursor keys. (Then again I'm no UNIX guru, and wouldn't know how to
>>fix it if it were easy..)

ADM31 does recognise the PC cursor keys, but since ADM31 uses control
characters rather than longer escape codes like VT100 does, some programs
may "eat" these control characters for other purposes, and render the
cursor keys ineffective.

>Changing the terminal type on the Unix server is pretty trivial (see
>server/uw_tty.c). You would not need to be a UNIX guru to do this.

>Changing the emulator on the PC end is not so easy as that is where the
>emulation actually occurs. You may need to be a PC guru to do this.

VT100 will be available in the next version of UW/PC on the PC end.  However,
it's not entirely necessary to hack the Unix server, though it would be
advantageous.  By adding a couple of lines like the following to your
.cshrc or .kshrc file, you can make the Unix side switch to the right
emulation on every newly-created window:

	case $TERM in
	  adm31|ansi) TERM=vt100 export TERM;;
	  *) ;;
	esac

(I don't know the csh equivalent).  I currently use something like this for
making it use ANSI rather than ADM31, because the UW server always creates
the first window using the ADM31 emulation.  I hope to fix this too by making
changes to the PC side to override ADM31 with the user's prefered terminal
type automatically.  Future versions of UW/PC may be distributed with patches
to the Unix server to add VT100 support.

Cheers,

Rhys.

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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: COMP.WINDOWS.NEWS IS NOT
Date: 11 Apr 92 14:57:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: satalink.1223.1092.uupcb
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Satalink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

TO: bm@cs.columbia.edu
BM.Subject: comp.windows.news is NOT for Windows news.
  .
  .It's for discussions about the NeWS window system.  Since it is not
  .obvious from the group name (thanks to the lack of mixed case), I
  .thought I'd just post this little reminder.

Thanks for that special announcement, next time try posting it where
it'll do some good, specifically in comp.windows.news, not 
comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc!

BM.I doubt most of you care one bit about NeWS.

You're 100% right, so why are you posting here?
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PC/XT ESDI CARD
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:11:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Satalink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

TO: snowjm@nicklaus.unx.sas.com
BM.I have a Micropolis 170mb ESDI hard drive that is physically located
  .in an old  workstation.  I would like to connect this drive to an
  .IBM PC/XT to use as a second hard drive.  My questions are:
  .
  .1. Can this be done?  Does the PC/XT support ESDI?

Although there might be an ESDI controller, I doubt it's in current
production.  I've personally never seen one, but I've heard that they
do (did?) exist.
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From: sph1@cbnewse.cb.att.com (stephen.p.hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: djgpp questions
Keywords: djgpp
Date: 17 Apr 92 19:13:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


Netters:

I know that a lot of you are using djgpp, the dos port 
of the GNU C/C++ compiler.  I want to get this set up 
on my system, but I thought I would ask a few questions
first.  

The readme on grape says I need "djgpp.zip", but of the
10 - 12 zip files there none of them have that name.
Do I need all of those files?  I thought that it used
to be kept as one HUGE zipfile and also as split pieces 
of the same file.  With all these individual files I don't
know where to begin.

My other question is about the versions of gcc.  I know that 
gcc 2.1 was recently released for most systems.  How do 
these version numbers relate to djgpp?  What gcc release
is the dj port based on?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Stephen Hill
sph@ihlpe.att.com
From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Undeletable File?
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:10:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: chaos.bill.702861051
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

colorado@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Martin Snow) writes:

>Is it possible to make a file "undeletable"?  I basically just want
>to make certain files have greater protection so that they are not
>accidentally deleted.  Making a backup copy on a floppy is one thing,
>but it would be better if I could just increase the protection on my
>hard disk. (For individual files, not the whole thing!)

>(I'm using DOS 5.0 and 4DOS 3.0)

attrib +r filename write protect
attrib -r filename  writeable

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bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
From: dm46+@andrew.cmu.edu (Dale Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: setting the clock
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:21:48 GMT
Organization: English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Hi,

I'm working with a PC that does not have its setup disk available and I
am looking for a way to set the clock that sits on its mother board.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Dale Miller
dm46+@andrew.cmu.edu
From: sxjcb@orca.alaska.edu (Jay C. Beavers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Mail order from CDW
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:12:55 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network

> I am planning to buy some stuff from the CDW in IL.  Their prices listed in
> PC World are good.  I have several questions before I place the order:
>	 1. Do they deliver the parts ordered in time?
> 	2. How is the reputation of CDW (service, product quality)?

> I need commonts from anyone who has ordered from CDW before.  Thanx.

> Haibo Yu

I've had many problems with CDW when ordering, specifically that they
pre-approve your purchases on your credit card, not 'charging' exactly but
still taking that credit off your card.  As well, I've had problems when
cancelling an order (on the order of two - four weeks to get them to remove
the pre-approval) and I've been consistently given the 'any-day-now' routine
on backorders.  I've also had rude salespeople.  So, nope, I strongly
recommend against ordering CDW.  USA Flex has similar prices, good service,
and I've never had a lick of a problem. - jcb
From: news@comlab.ox.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Atari ST disks <-------> IBM DOS disks ?
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:08:10 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK


This one takes me back a bit...
In article <1992Apr8.031153.12888@zooid.guild.org> marcelg@zooid.UUCP (Michel Goudeseune) writes:
>
>I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but the diskette formatting
>for ST computers and 720k IBM floppies is identical.  The only
>problem I've found in the past is getting an IBM to read a diskette
>I formatted on my ST.  If the IBM did the formatting, no problem.
>

The problem is that older versions of the Atari O.S.  don't get the
boot-block quite right.  Hence MS-DOS throws up if presented with a
floppy formatted on the ST.  The other way round obviously works as
MS-DOS gets the format ``right'' by definition :-) There are (were?)
lots of P.D. formatters for the S.T. that get the boot-block right.

Andrew

        Andrew Stevens                  
      Programmming Research Group       JANET: Andrew.Stevens@uk.ac.oxford.prg
     11 Keble Road, Oxford, England     UUCP:  ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!ox-prg!as
     OX1 3QD   +44 0865 272563
From: grohol@novavax.UUCP (John Grohol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re^2: Word Processors for Windows.
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:26:13 GMT
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL


I have used both Word 2.0 and Ami Pro 2.0 extensively. My personal
preference, and the one that sits on my machine at home, is
Ami Pro 2.0.  It is, in my opinion, far smoother, far superior
to Word 2.0.  Ami Pro 2.0 comes with a free offer for Grammatik,
the most popular grammar checker on the market today. (I don't
use it that much, but its easily accessibly from within Ami Pro).

I suggest you go to some computer store and sit down at a computer
that has both loaded and try them both out. They only functional
difference is the look and feel, nothing really much else. Oh,
except that Ami Pro comes with ATM, which isn't much of an
issue now with 3.1, but its still nice to have. I prefer ATM fonts
over TrueType still.

Ami Pro 2.0 is older and came out long before Word 2.0. For months,
Ami Pro 2.0 was *the* only decent, full-fledged Windows word-processor.
Its quality stuff and its written by Lotus (NOT MS, for once!)..

-- 
 "And everybody used to hang around him.  ::  John M. Grohol, M.S.
  And I know why. They said:              ::  Cntr for Psychological Studies
  There but for the grace of the angels   ::  Nova Univ, Ft. Lauderdale, FL  
  go I." -- Laurie Anderson               ::  grohol@novavax.nova.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:7514 comp.os.msdos.apps:2876
From: nur@dgbt.doc.ca (Nur Serinken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Info needed about use of Tek plotters with MS-DOS
Keywords: Tektronix,Plotters,MS-DOS
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:32:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: dgbt.1992Apr14.153254.21685
Organization: The Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada



I am posting this request for a friend.

I am interested in any software/hardware, public domain or commercial, which
pertains to the use of Tektronix 4662 or 4663 plotters with MS-DOS machines.
I myself have written assembly language routines to drive these plotters under
DOS using high-level languages.

I estimate that there are several thousand of these plotters are mostly idle.
These plotters are of excellent quality and, if adapted to the MS-DOS world,
can be of real value to owners.

If you know of any drivers, software, on-line or off-line translators for any
Tektronix plotters, or if you know of any internet or BBS address where such
material may be found, please send me whatever information you have to:

sala@digame.dgcd.doc.ca

Please send e-mail replies to the above adress only.

-- 
Nur  Serinken       | Communications Research Centre -DRL
		    | PO Box 11490 Stn "H"
                    | Ottawa, ON K2H 8S2
Voice-(613) 998-2289| Canada
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,alt.folklore.computers
From: russest@ampex.com (Steve Russell)
Subject: Re: Can VF's solve pc heat problems?
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 22:44:36 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.022126.23997@peponi.wcc.govt.nz> hamilton@peponi.wcc.govt.nz (Michael Hamilton) writes:

>Is there a product that will shut a PC down if it detects a heat
>problem?  How long before an PC with a failed fan damages itself? 

Just long enough for it to be too late by the time you notice how
quiet it has become.....

-steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747 <reisert@mast.enet.dec.com>
Subject: RE:  Stacker and Optimize
To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc.usenet
Apparently-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc.usenet
Reply-To: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com
Organization: DEC Palo Alto
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 11:01:17 PDT

The new SSWAP.COM can be found on SIMTEL20:

	pd1:<msdos.qemm>sswap.zip

- Jim

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I only work for Digital, they don't pay me enough to speak for them also.

James J. Reisert                Internet:  reisert@mast.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.         UUCP:      ...decwrl!mast.enet.dec.com!reisert
146 Main Street			Voice:     508-493-5747
Maynard, MA  01754		FAX:       508-493-0395
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: TELEDISK COMPRESSION?  WH
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:18:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Satalink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

TO: ee23042f@vttcf.cc.vt.edu
ZB>  I have recieved some files that have been compressed using the
ZB>  teledisk format.  Does anyone know what programs will uncompress
ZB>  this format?

TeleDisk, of course! :-)  It's available on many BBS systems, I'm at work,
so I don't know what the current version is... wait... I do have the
executable on this machine, it's 2.13, it's a Sydex shareware program, FWIW.
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From: gary@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Gary Gross)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:49:24 GMT
Subject: Lotus Ready-To-Run Acctng
Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc

I would be willing to $PAY$ for a copy of Lotus 1A Ready-to-Run
Accounting. Do you still have a copy hanging around? Thanks in
advance!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: apollo@ee.ualberta.ca (Apollo Wong)
Subject: Help. Windows can't find my Modem
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:58:48 GMT

Hi,

Has anyone got the experience that Windows 3.0 cannot locate the modem
on COM 2? I have a 2400 baud internal modem on com 2 but not even
terminal.exe can find it. The program doesn't complain. The problem is
even with the right setting (i.e., 2400 8N1 DTR/DSR flow and no parity
check) the teminal screen just come up blank. I can't even type any 
AT command to the modem nor the modem replied with an OK. It seems that
Windows is locked to com 1. However, my DOS based communication program
worked just fine even running in Windows as a DOS session.

Can anyone out there help?

Apollo Wong
Apollo@ee.ualberta.ca
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: gold@ilp.mit.edu
Subject: Seeking scheduling software
Organization: MIT Industrial Liaison Program
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 05:38:45 GMT

I am interested in obtaining "scheduling" database software for a 
small community college.  The "scheduling" database is to be used to 
schedule classes for the college.  The database software must be 
MSDOS compatible.  It also must be able to help schedule daily 
classes by tracking:
                        Teacher Availability
                        Required Courses
                        Classroom Space Availibility
                        Groups of Students by
                            Graduation Date (we have
                            one group starting every
                            1-1/2 months -- nine/year)

Preferably, the database should be written in something like dbase or 
Paradox or some other popular PC database package, although we would 
look at others too.  We would like to either purchase the source code 
with the software or the software must allow some customization.

IF ANYONE KNOWS of any companies that sell scheduling databases for 
schools (or hospitals), PLEASE let me know the company's name and 
phone so I can contact them for more information.

Thank you inadvance for your assistance.
		 - Mark Gold
		GOLD@ILP.MIT.EDU
From: frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Comparison of File Transfer Protocols?
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:11:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: yetti.1176
Followup-To: frank@cs.yorku.ca
Distribution: world
Organization: York University, Dept. of Computer Science

In article <1992Apr3.164945.18201@menudo.uh.edu>, bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU (Michael Benedik) writes:
|> In article <3740@wet.UUCP>, brand@wet.UUCP (Graham Brand) writes:
|> >Is anyone aware of any publication which has compared the performance of
|> >the more popular file transfer protocols? The particular ones with
|> >which I am concerned are kermit and xmodem (all variants).
|> >
|> >I am interested and concerned about this because, even with a
|> >9600bps modem I get an average transfer rate of less that 2000bps!
|> >Now I have heard of overhead but this is ridiculous!
|> >
|> >Cheers,
|> >-Graham Brand ( ..!hoptoad!wet!brand )
|> 
|> Transfer rates can approximately be summarized as
|> 
|>   Zmodem >> Ymodem > or = Xmodem > kermit
|> 
|> zmodem is really the best. Xmodem is not bad but I have lots of
|> problems doing xmodem transfers between my VAX and my PC. It isn't
|> doing something right with zipped and arced files. Kermit always
|> works like a champ but is slow. 

The above is true. But if your 9600 baud modem has V.42 (error correction)
or the older MNP 1-4, you can use a much faster protocol Y-MODEM-G. This
protocol has no error correction and assumes both modems at either end have
and have negotiated V.42. It is faster than Zmodem. Also if you can find it,
there are two good bidirectional protocols available that I am aware of
BIMODEM, and HSLINK. Both allow to send and receive simultaneouly.

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:7486 comp.sources.wanted:2505
From: gt5458b@prism.gatech.EDU (John Cortinas Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Copies of Emacs for the PC wanted.
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:01:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I am looking for a copy of emacs for the PC.  Does anyone know where I can
get this?  Please respond to my e-mail address since I usually don't read
this newsgroup.  Thanks in advance..

John Cortinas Jr.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wnoguchi@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Warren Noguchi)
Subject: SMC packet drivers
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:56:22 GMT

Does anyone know of ftp sites containing packet drivers for the SMC
ether-net board.  The Western Digital packet driver doesn't seem to 
load so I was wondering if anyone had an idea about this. If so let me 
know by e-mail.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: goli@hades.ecs.umass.edu (Praveen K Goli)
Subject: First Time buyer needs advice
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:22:39 GMT


My friend wants to buy a 386 based PC running windows with a hard
disk and about 1MB RAM and color monitor, for his son.  
He and I are completely ignorant of the PC world and prices.

I would appreciate if you pc gurus can let me know the phone no and
addresses of reliable mail order companies in US where he can get good deals.
If you could list the prices, that would be much appreciated.
As I said being a first time buyer, any info you have will be useful.


Thanks

Praveen

goli@zonker.ecs.umass.edu


P.S:  I hope this is not the wrong news group
From: h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Candace O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Program to Low Level Format IDE drive
Keywords: SpinRite
Date: 11 Apr 92 22:03:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: pdxgate.5307
Distribution: usa
Organization: Portland State University, Computing Services

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>In article <1992Apr04.220959.1299@crash.cts.com> jimf@pro-woolf.cts.com (Jim Frost) writes:
>
>>Check out SpinRite, low-level format without having to backup the hard
>>drive.
>
>It doesn't work with IDE's. Or with SCSI's or anything that does
>sector translation. For the older MFM and RLL drives its great!

Sorry, but SpinRite is not "great" for older RLL drives.  Quoting from the
SpinRite ver 2.0 manual (pg 14):

"SpinRite may wisely refuse to perform actual low-level formatting on a
hard disk.  This most frequently occurs when RLL formatting has been
used to create 26 sectors per track even though the disk controller
reports having only an MFM formatted sector count of 17."

One of my computers fits this description. SpinRite would indeed not do
a low-level format of this disk.  

Candace O'Connor
Biology Department

h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: neilson@cs.sfu.ca (Carl Neilson)
Subject: 386-33 vs 386-40
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:26:00 GMT


I have heard of problems with the 386-40 (ie some tape drive won't work
with it because the bus speed is too high).  Are there many problems with
the 386-40?  Should I save $30 and go with the 386-33?
Any (& all) comments would be appreciatted

Carl Neilson
(neilson@sfu.ca)