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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Puzzler: Windows 3.0 eats itself slowly...
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:10:04 GMT

In <23AUG199215311421@erich.triumf.ca> damien@erich.triumf.ca (DAMIEN GALLOP) writes:

>In article <4904@sumax.seattleu.edu>, grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba) writes...
>>In article <1992Aug23.165640.15688@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aa330@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Neil Gould) writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>In trying to solve a couple of problems, I noticed that applications were
>>>not freeing all resources on closing in Win 3.0. Is there a way to "force-free"
>>>etc.
>> 
>>I was also going to post the same problem(?) I have with Win 3.1.  I have
>>etc.
>>I have to restart Windows to get it all back again.  Anybody else expriencing
>>this?
>> 

>I upgraded to Win 3.1 specifically to solve this problem with 3.0, and I'm
>satisfied. I use WPWIN, Excel 3.0, QPro in a DOS window, communications
>packages, ... all successfully, as far as releasing resources go. I was about
>recommend the 3.1 upgrade to the first user... and still would.

Unfortunately, this doesn't 'solve' the problem; it just puts it off
because there are twice as many resources available and Windows 3.1 is
better with them than Windows 3.0 was.  The problem can still happen
(and has, to me -- running nothing but stuff that ships with Windows
3.1, Crosstalk for Windows, and the file browser from CommandPost; the
only thing I was really closing and restarting was Solitaire).


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: robert@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au (Roberto Togneri)
Subject: LaserJet II Driver doesn't work anymore - why?
Organization: Elec Eng, Univ of Western Australia
Date: 28 Aug 92 00:22:41 GMT


Hi netpeople,

I setup Win 3.1 initially with the following printer drivers:

- Epson LX-86
- LaserJet Series II

and with the LaserJet I was able to use WinWord 2.0 and correctly
print: equations, graphs, drawings, etc.

we then got a SparcPrinter so I added the following:

- PostScript Printer

and remove the LaserJet Series II (using Remove from the Printers 
in the Control Panel).

I then later decided to retry the LaserJet again and used the Add and Install
options from the Printer Control Panel but now the LaserJet under WinWord 2.0
no longer correctly prints equations (misses out some things) and doesn't
print graphs, drawings at all.

What do I need to do? What setting needs to be changed?

Hope you can help,
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From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: xtra-drive
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:25:36 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A new competitor to Add-Stor and Stacker, named Xtra-Drive has
advertised in the new computer magazines.  It claims to be
compatible with disk defragmentors and the swapfile, and fast
disk.  It claims to uninstall without needing to reformat the
hard disk, and to install on Drive C, if I read the ad correctly.
Sounds great.  Does anybody know if these claims are true.  I
wouldn't argue with extra megs if its all as smooth as they
claim.
-dennis Turner
tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il

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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse problem in 3.1
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:24:13 GMT

In <123990003@hpindda.cup.hp.com> jpm@hpindda.cup.hp.com (John Mckiernan) writes:

>When I run it in a window (typically) and
>it is the 'current' application, moving the mouse anywhere
>on the screen generates all kinds of spurious data, and in
>some cases PC+ is terminated.  If I revert to the original
>Windows mouse drivers, the problem is still there.  The
>'solution' so far is to revert to my original LOGITECH
>drivers, but lose mouse support in DOS windows.

>Anybody have any clues, tips or suggestions ?

This isn't a 'bug', it's a 'feature'.  Procomm+ has mouse support in
it.  When you move the mouse you are supposed to be generating cursor
key codes.  With mouse support in DOS windows enabled, Procomm+ is
seeing your mouse movements (the 'noise' you're getting is on the
order of streams of ^[A and stuff like that, right?) and generating
the cursor key codes for the kind of terminal it thinks it is.  It
only happens when Procomm+ is the foreground window because that's the
only time it receives control of the mouse and keyboard.

There is no way to turn off the mouse support inside Procomm+ (BAD =
Broken As Designed), but I have heard rumours (and rumours only) that
Datastorm has a patch that will disable it.  You might want to contact
their support BBS and ask about it.  Until then, all I can suggest is
using ALT-TAB to get into and out of the Windows with Procomm+ in it,
and don't touch the mouse in the meantime.


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From: grund@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.edu (Victor Grund)
Subject: Re: SVGA drivers for SpeedStar card????
Organization: International Business Machines, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date: 30 Aug 92 07:46:32


The ET4000 drivers at cica work fine for me and my Speedstar.

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From: cbt@cam-orl.co.uk (Chris B Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Epson Fonts in Windows
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:00:18 GMT
Organization: Olivetti Research Ltd

Can anyone help me? I have an Epson GQ3500 WITHOUT the HP cartridges.
I'm using it in LQ1500 emulation mode with the LQ1500 printer driver.
It works but the seven built in fonts in a GQ3500 are not the same as
the seven Roman fonts in a LQ1500 so it's not WYSIWYG. Does anyone
have a Windows font file for the GQ3500's built in fonts?
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From: paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Strange fractured ascii characters
Date: 3 Sep 92 01:05:37 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC


 Every once and awhile my full screen dos session or full screen q-modem
session will get cracked ascii characters on the tops of 0's R's and any
character that has a curve in that part of the character.

 I'll also get lines across the entire horizontal plane on each row. The
lines are broken-- made up of dashes.

 I've tried various memory locks and unlocks in the pifs. Exiting the
program and reloading solves the problem. The programs work fine with
the screen disruptions but I was wondering if anyone knows what it could
be that's causing this strange pheonomena?

 I put in an ati 8514/ultra about a month ago but I recall having this
problem before that. I never had this problem with win3.0 so I am assuming
it is a 3.1 bug.     

 I'm running it all on a ps/2 model 70 with 8meg ram.

 Anyone have any ideas? Is this puzzle an easy one to solve?

 ttyl;paul

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From: terryt@tvnews.tv.tek.com (Terry Trausch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Basic Font for PGM Manager - Where?
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:12:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton, OR

I had some problems with my fonts in Word 4 Win 2.0a and I
traced it down to some fonts that were defined but not
existent on my hard disk.  So I deleted (and removed from the
disk) the fonts that I didn't want.

Now I find that the font I have for the program manager and
other basic wondows applications has changed.  How do I restore
the basic font I was using?

My thanks for your help.

Terry Trausch
terryt@tv.tv.tek.com
Note the different mail address.
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From: steck@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Com port locking?
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:35:14 GMT
Organization: College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
Originator: steck@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu

I like to have UUPoll, a poller for UUPC running in the 
Windows background at all times.

If I'm running another comm program, and UUPoll makes a
call, Windows reports device contention on the comm port.

Under OS/2, you can indicate that an application locks the
comm port, so that a second program is denied its use.

Can I do something similar in Windows?  I don't like to see
the device contention message -- I'd like UUPoll NOT to 
get use of the comm port until I'm done with the other program.

-- Paul

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From: oliver@Software.Mitel.COM (Oliver Postlethwaite)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: PROBLEM: Stereo F/X Soundcard
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:44:49 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.

Hello,

I'm having problems using my ATI Stereo F/X card with Windows 3.1.
When I have it set up with the drivers provided to me with my
card, PROGMAN.EXE stops responding. I've tried using different
IRQ levels but the same problem. The closest I can get it to work
is if I have DMA Buffering disablesd but then the sound is very
wobbly. I've also tried using the AdLib and Soundblaster drivers
that come with Windows but after working for awhile I got
hardware configuration problems. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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From: paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Strange fractured ascii characters
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:45:33 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Sep4.010045.5074@ncsu.edu> dspascha@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL) writes:
>|> 
>|>  I'll also get lines across the entire horizontal plane on each row. The
>|> lines are broken-- made up of dashes.
>|> 
>|>  I've tried various memory locks and unlocks in the pifs. Exiting the
>|> program and reloading solves the problem. The programs work fine with
>|> the screen disruptions but I was wondering if anyone knows what it could
>|> be that's causing this strange pheonomena?
>|> 

>Hi.  I have also recently started having the same problem with my Tseng ET4000-
>based Pixel VGA card, except I'm running Windows 3.0!  I found that toggling
>the DOS app between windowed and full screen fixes the problem.  However, is it
>true that Windows 3.1 no longer supports Alt-Enter to do this?

 I've set the pif video mode to text and so far haven't had the problem come 
back. It's only been a couple of days though. It's an intermittent problem that
seems to have something to do with memory allocation (possibly).
 
 I also discovered that toggling between window/full screen rectifies the 
fractured fonts. And Alt-Enter still works in win3.1.
 
 ttyl


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From: bloeser@tron.kom.tuwien.ac.at (Friedrich Bloeser)
Subject: Re: Larger size than 24x80 for DOS window ?
Organization: Technical University of Vienna
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:51:51 GMT

In article <pc7aclg@fido.asd.sgi.com> hajadi@goofy.csd.sgi.com (Ivan Hajadi) writes:
>
>
>is it possible to open DOS windows ( i use norton desktop 2.0 )
>which are larger than 24x80 ?  if i try to strecth the window it
>doesn't seem to allow me.
>
>i can live with 80 column width, but i want more than 24 rows..
>

Insert the following into the [NonWindowsApp] section of your SYSTEM.INI file:

ScreenLines=50

to open a DOS window with f.e. 50 lines.
From: ddxxdd@mixcom.com (Jeff Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Accelerated vid cards and DOS VGA Graphics
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:12:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug26.161236.8217
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

In article <17dmm0INNh3j@wupost.wustl.edu> ad@fermi.wustl.edu (Andrew Davis) writes:
>
>My question is, do any accelerated video cards have Windows3.1 drivers with
>the ability to run DOS VGA graphics programs in a window (full-screen isn't
>good enough).
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew J. Davis
>Washington U. Physics
>St. Louis MO 63130
>ad@cosray.wustl.edu

I have a Gateway 2000 486DX2/50 with an ATI Ultra video card and run
windows 3.1 in 800X600X256 mode.  I have a program written in turbo pascal
that uses VGA 640X480X256 mode.  If I choose to run the turbo pascal
program in a window, it works.  No problems.

jeff.ding@mixcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: crubel@cser.encore.com (Curtis Rubel)
Subject: MOuse with windows and DRDOS
Summary: Need help with DRDOS and mouse driver for WIndows
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:06:34 GMT
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Keywords: DRDOS WINDOWS

I am having difficulty getting any mouse driver to run with DRDOS, even
the driver that comes with Windows.  ANy help would be appreciated....

Thanks,

Curtis Rubel
@cser.crubel

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: Incorrect System version
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:01:25 GMT

s913578@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Fantom) writes:

>As the topic says i've got trouble with 'incorrect system version'
>errors.  I'm running windows 3.1, the errors occur when trying
>to run XTGOLD 2.5 and the Borland Make utility (3.1 also).

>H/W being used is a 386 running MSDOS 5

>Anybody out there with any hints on what's going on?
>Windows tells me to rerun the setup, well i've totally reinstalled
>it and the errors arre still there!!!

A likely problem is that you're running nostandard video drivers on
your system.  Check to see what you've specified as the video type
for Windows and call the vendor to get updated ones which are written
for use with Windows 3.1.

One common symptom is the "Incorrect system version" message whenever
you attempt to run a non-Windows executable.

A workaround might be to change the display type in Windows setup back 
to one which uses Microsoft-provided drivers (such as common VGA) 
until you can get new OEM drivers for Windows 3.1.

Joe Morris / MITRE
From: jbs@Congruent.COM (Jeffrey Siegal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Is Tseng Lab ET4000 an Windows accelerator chip ?
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:22:50 GMT
	<1992Aug20.002048.3652@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY
In-reply-to: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu's message of 20 Aug 92 04:20:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.002048.3652@spcvxb.spc.edu> terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) writes:

     While the ET4000 does allow simple bitblt's, I don't know of any Win
   driver that takes advantage of this.

I haven't the slightest idea what you might be referring to.  Perhaps
you have the ET4000 confused with some other device.

Jeffrey Siegal (ET4000 Windows display driver developer)
From: jliukkon@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Juha-Matti Liukkonen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Windows Enhanced mode + UMB conflict problem!
Date: 23 Aug 92 21:53:33 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Organization: University of Helsinki

In <14148@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> s870694@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Alfred Porziella) writes:

>Is there a way of installing UMB support using DOS 5 and still
>allowing windows 3.0 to run in enhanced mode?

>I have tried various PD UMM drivers and they enable me to load all
>my drivers high but windows fails to run in enhanced mode due to
>"Insufficient memory", not likely with 4MB....

This is a complicated problem, and I don't think I can explain the whys
and wheres. But I have a solution for you: get UMBDR522/521.ZIP from
wuarchive.wustl.edu, garbo.uwasa.fi, or from similar FTP site. It does
support Win enhanced mode (IF you have 4Mb of RAM), and the docs explain
why this is so difficult... Also, it is *fast*.

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       University of Helsinki, Dept. of Paranormal Investigations
           "Trust me, I know what I'm doing." - Sledge Hammer
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: li@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (hans li)
Subject: Realtek Windows 3.1 Vide Drivers?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:20:59 GMT

Need drivers.  Anybody know where I can get them?  BBS number perhaps?
From: kaszeta@frith.egr.msu.edu (Richard Kaszeta)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1, ATM 2.0, and Winword 2.0 PROBLEMS
Date: 23 Aug 92 23:10:22 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

Jeremy_Reimer@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeremy Reimer) writes:

>I recently installed ATM 2.0 under Win3.1.  Previously I had been using
>TrueType fonts.  The program installed fine just as the manual said it should,
>and when Windows rebooted I saw the ATM logo with the version number 2.0 and
>the type (32-bit) mode, and the ATM control center was also available on the
>desktop.

>However, I could not get Word to use these new fonts.  I tried turning off
>TrueType, but then Word only recognized the system fonts in the font list.  I
>tried going into Print Setup... and clicking on OK but the ATM fonts refused to
>appear.

>I am using the Epson 9-pin driver for Windows 3.1.  A similar setup worked fine
>under Win 3.0/ATM 1.0/Winword 1.1.  Why can't I use these fonts with my new
>setup (I deleted all my old Win 3.0 stuff before installing Win 3.1, and was
>going to use TrueType fonts but I wasn't happy with them).

>Does anyone have any suggestions?

Perhaps you have under options set the flag for Use truetype by default. If
this is the case, turn this option off and try again.
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From: fmag9694@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Fouad M. Abdel-Rahim)
Subject: Re: Custom Windows Logo
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:02:06 GMT

RSpitz@Uni-Muenchen.DBP.DE (Richard Spitz) writes:

>Hello Windows Experts,

>this has been discussed before, but I can't find the messages any more:

>How can I get windows to display a custom logo on startup? There seems to
>be a file "VGALOGO.RLE" in the SYSTEM subdirectory which contains the logo,
>but how can I change that? I was told that RLE is a compressed bitmap format,
>so how can I create it? I have quite a few graphics programs for Windows,
>but none knows about the RLE format.

>Any help appreciated,

>Richard


      You may use a program called  ' LOGOGO31.ZIP ' at CICA

	    Also to convert files from GIF, BMP, TIFF, MAC ... etc


	    to RLE format, use paint shop pro [ available at CICA ]

	    Just follow the instructions.

	    Good luck

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: lundby@pabst.comm.mot.com (Walter Lundby)
Subject: Setup mpu401 and Casio Tone Bank?
Reply-To: lundby@comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola LMPS Research, Schaumburg, IL
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 16:08:46 GMT
Keywords: setup MIDI Casio mpu401 Roland Multimedia

My oldest son wants me to setup his Casio Tone Bank
with a Roland mpu401 (clone) board to work within 
MS-Windows 3.1.  

The Microsoft Resources kit dosn't give me much of
a clue.  

I have configured the following drivers:

   mpu401.drv
   midimap.drv
   timer.drv

I then attempted to play the canyon.mid file included
with windows and get an error:

  The MIDI device you selected is no currently on
  your system.  Do you wish to continue?

The resource kit says that that error means that the
driver is not installed.  

The MIDI Mapper gives the same error.

In the MIDI Mapper I see setups for different Synths.
Roland, Soundblaster etc....  I seems that I may need
a setup for the Casio Tone Bank.  The Casio puts out
signals (I have observed) on channels 1 and 4.  I have
no idea what channels it monitors for data and commands.

Do I need a special setup for the Casio?  
  If so where can I get one or how do I create one?
Otherwise, any ideas where the problem lies?

  ( another midi file etc... 
    different driver
    ...
   )

By the way windows is silent to the PC speaker in 
all activities.


Machine is:
  AMD 386-40 DX
  AMI bios
  Super VGA (ET-4000)
  Par Ser 
  MPU-401 clone - irq 2(9) ioaddr 330


Thanks...
  
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