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From: arakins@iastate.edu (Andrew R Akins)
Subject: Re: : -)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:21:27 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.170655.8546@wam.umd.edu> pr@wam.umd.edu (Jesus M. Rodriguez) writes:
>
>
>
>	WINDOWS SUCKS!!!   Irritating isn't it!! Also Win 3.1 sucks too. :-)
>

  Ah. Good technical arguement. You convinced me right away.

  Not.

  People, like someone has already said, abusive posts like that are
unproductive and useless. I have no problems with OS/2 users DISCUSSING
or EXPLANING why OS/2 is superior to Windows. I am not familiar with
OS/2, being a loyal Win 3.x user, but I am interested. And if OS/2
truly is a superior product, I will CONSIDER switching. But posts
like the one above just seem to turn me off. If your system is
better than mine, the FACTS should show it (benchmarks, compatability
studies, etc) not your not-so-creative-wit.

  If you want to DISCUSS the shortcomings of Windows, please, by
all means, stay on this group and post away. But if all you are
going to do is post stupid drivel like the above, take it somewhere
else.

-- Andy Akins
   Iowa State University
   arakins@iastate.edu


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From: akm@getafix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal)
Subject: Mac truetype -> windows
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:42:57 GMT

This has been discussed briefly before, but could someone
knowledgeable about the process please describe how to converst from a
Mac truetype file to windows? A step-by-step process, starting with
the original truetype font in the Mac System file would be helpful. 

thanks,

kartik

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From: turabe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Toshiyuki Urabe)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: My AmiPro 2.0 working correctly?
Keywords: AmiPro
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:32:04 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hi

I want to know that my AmiPro2.0 is working correctry or not.

1) During inputting characters, the line blinks too much (every
   input or every 2-3 tnputs.) and it is unconfortable. Does
    anyone has same problem? How about another WP?

2) In the 800x600 mode, the smart icon becomes smaller than
   640x480 mode. But in 1024x760 mode, the smart icon is same size
   as  640x480 mode. How do I make this icon small? In Lotus123/W,
       ^^^^^^^
   that uses same smarticon and it become smaller than 800x600 mode.

3) Which is best Word Processor for WINDOWS, WP4W, W4W, AMIPRO ?

Any suggestion is Appriciate.

Thanks.

-Toshi
P.S. My system is ZEOS486/33, 4MB, 130MHD.
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From: easyrob@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Depew Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why I'm sticking with Windows
Date: 15 Apr 1992 18:54:38 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: coltexo.cs.utexas.edu

>Windows NT - The one operating system that fits all.

ALL SERVERS that is! 8-)


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From: daw50509@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Don A. Walthers)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: speaker.exe is here!!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 04:15:52 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

the speak.exe self-extracting file, as well as a few .wav files
is on bmgt-rt.umd.edu a.k.a. (128.8.141.2). i wonder what dimension
you have to be in to access the so-called MSDOS_UPLOADS directory
that can be "found" on wuarchives.

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From: scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY)
Subject: Windows NT [was Re: Word for Windows...]
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date:  7 Apr 1992 09:59 EST  

In article <1992Apr7.131856.20251@alw.nih.gov>, donnel@helix.nih.gov 
(Donald A. Lehn) writes...

>Even more interisting, this suggests that this was produced by a 32-bit
>version of Pagemaker running on NT.  Perhaps Microsoft may be closer to
>dropping the NT bombshell on OS/2 2.0 than we have been led to
>believe and with a whole slew of 'NT' specific applications at the same
>time.

Which again raises the question regarding what market segment NT is gearing 
for.  Based on previous threads, NT was going to be priced beyond the 
"average" stand alone user (and functionally beyond the needs of the 
"average" user), while OS/2 2.0 is offered as an alternative to the Windows
-MS DOS combo.  With 3.1 on the streets, maybe more info will be 
forthcoming on NT.

JD
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: gooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham)
Subject: Re: HELP!--How do you delete files in AMI PRO 2.0?
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Distribution: comp.windows.ms
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:56:40 GMT

	Re: Ami Pro Deleting Files

	If you bring up the _F_ile Menu it lists your X most recently
	opened files (X is configurable).  If you use the File Manager
	to delete these files, they are deleted from the drive, but
	they are not deleted from the _F_ile Menu.  This is becuase
	Ami doesn't update the AMIPRO.INI file which is where the X
	most recent files (and the status they were last opened in)
	are kept.

	Solution:  Don't rely on _F_ile Menu's most recent list if you
	use the File Management.  Just use File Open.

	Sean

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From: mpolen@gelato.mips.com (Michael Polen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: QEMM6.01 and SMARTDRV.EXE
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:50:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: spim.ku42pdINNns9
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gelato.mips.com

In article <sph0301.1@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu>, sph0301@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu (Kate Wilson) writes:
|> Well, I just spent half the morning installing WIN3.1 and trying to optimize
|> memory.  SMARTDRV is now an executable instead of a device driver, has
|> increased in size from 8335 bytes (DOS5.0 version) to 43609 (!) bytes, and
|> so far QEMM refuses to let me load it into high memory.  Using the /GS
|> parameter shows that SMARTDRV requires 43K to load and leaves 27K resident
|> and can use the SQEEZEF option; but even with a bare bones config and
|> autoexec I can't make it load high. 
|> 
|> Anybody else had any luck with this?
|> 
I had the same problem.  SMARTDRV cannot be loaded high, but will load
itself high if there is enough memory.  put smartdrive in you autoexec
file without the loadhigh.  Then run qemm's optimize /loadhionly (/l will
do).  This will leave maximum room available.  Then reboot, and mft should
show you that smartdrv is high.  If it is not, you may have to move
a tsr or two around between high regions.  Also make sure that smartdrv
is at the beginning of you autoexec file (before any loadhigh's).

I hope this helps you.  It worked for me.

BTW.  Make sure you use NOEMS parameter on your device=QEMM line in
config.sys.
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From: ramzi@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Ramzi Al-Majid)
Subject: Windows 3.1 and comm ports
Keywords: n
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:00:39 GMT


did windows 3.1 overcome the comm ports problem? is it possible to use the
4 comm ports simultaneously? for example can i have 2 modems running
simultaneously on two different comm ports? 

thanks


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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: heathh@cco.caltech.edu (Heath Ian Hunnicutt)
Subject: Re: Bugs 3.1 aka win3.1
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 10:27:32 GMT

rocker@desire.wright.edu writes:

>	Is anyone else finding 3.1 to be VERY buggy?  So far, after 6 hours
>I've already had the following:
	Not me.  I find it very non-buggy.

>		Program Manager chashed and I wasn't doing anything with 
>			it at the time.  This left me with no other way to exit
>			windows then rebooting.

>		Mouse disappeared, don't know when or where, just gone.
	For both of the above, if you are using a non-MS mouse, (even
a Logitech or other compatible...) you must have the latest drivers 
loaded, and there is probably some change to be made to your system.ini.
Details can be found in setup.txt, which you should read over carefully --
this file covers all kinds of potential problems which could cause your
woes.

>		Cann't find WINDEBUG.DLL?  Where is this?  FTPable? Borland?
	WINDEBUG.DLL is due out toward the end of this month, tere is talk
that Borland will _give_ it to licensed BC++ and TPW users.
	Until then, the old version does not work at all, so you're outta 
luck.  Also, Borland's WINSPY no longer even starts up, a new version
is forthcoming, supposedly.

>		The shareware program RUNIT runs but does n't start other
>			programs.  I know I can use Browse from File|Run, but
>			like keeping RUNIT as an icon.
	It is probably not the fault of Windows that RUNIT doesn't work.
More likely, RUNIT doesn't confrom completely to the MS guidelines.  I 
have about 5 programs like RUNIT, and they all work fine, but, you're
right, RUNIT doesn't work right.
	On the subject of long hidden bugs, I've been using a certain 
shareware application for about 1 yr.  It is CPUUSE ver 1.4, which shows
a percentage indicator of CPU load.  For this year, I have occasionally
noticed oddball crashing of my system, which I always blamed on Windows
itself.  I installed Win 3.1, and, as part of the testing read CPUUSE's
Help | About box 3 or 4 times.  The next time I openned any application,
I got an Application Error: CPUUSE General Protection Fault!  All those
crashes were at last explained.  Sure enough, I loaded Dr. Watson, and
CPUUSE was reading past the end of a segment.  I took CPUUSE out of my
Start-Up group, and haven;t seen an Application Error message since!

>		Icon title wrap of a minized long title douple spaces.
	I have no idea.

	For my own part, I have a 6th bug to report: Running Dr. Watson 
causes some garbage to appear in Application Error boxes, although it is
not critical.  PErhaps this explains Dr. Watson being ver 0.80.


>rock hard
Good work, and keep it up!
Heath

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: MS Download BBS Number
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:25:37 CDT

In article <1992Apr12.033655.903@desire.wright.edu> slam@desire.wright.edu writes:
>I am trying to locate a copy MS CD and/or MM Extensions for Windows 3.0.
>Could someone please tell me where I can download a copy?
>How about a MS BBS number?
>
206-637-9009


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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win3.1 Delay ..
From: lcsim@cstp.umkc.edu (Lin-Chow Sim)
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:32:45 -0600
Organization: Univ. of Missouri - Kansas City

Hi!

  Just wonder if anyone out there encountered this:  I ordered the upgrade to
3.1 in beginning of March and was promised it will be "DELIVERED" to my door
step on March 6, but until today FedEx has passed me by with no Windows. Called
MS and was told that my order was being put on "pre-hold" because I
ordered the Resources Kit.  The salesperson said "Should be getting to you in 5
days..." Hah.... I immediately ran out to CompUSA and get myself a copy for
only $44.79 .. Hmmm ... Promises ...

  I also wonder if anyone out there has used AllType (by ATech) to convert Type
1 to TT fonts?  How's the result?


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From: saf@netcom.com (Steve A. Feinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: True Type Problem ?
Keywords: True Type Fonts problem
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:58:59 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


	I was wondering if anyone has some insight into this problem
I'm having with True Type fonts.  I recently found a bunch of them and
tried to install them.  I chose the fonts icon from the control panel,
then clicked on the Add button, when the next dislog came up it I
chose the directory where all the new fonts were, clicked on select
all, clicked on copy to windows directory, then clicked on ok, (or was
it close) that took me back to the original font dialog (which I would
have assumed should have all my new fonts in it)  There were no new
fonts.  Just the same old ones.  So I tried one more thing.  I deleted
an alread existing font, when It asked my if I wanted to delete the
files off the system I chose no.  the font deleted fine, then when I
tried to re-install it.  The same problem occured.  Windows just won't
let me add new true Type fonts.  

Any Idead would be most appreciated.  I hope I don't have to
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: ribanez@wam.umd.edu (Ricardo Delrosario Ibanez)
Subject: Re: Win 3.1 PC speaker MM driver?
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:00:46 GMT

The SPEAKER.EXE file can be found at bmgt-rt.umd.edu (128.8.141.2) in the
~ftp/pub directory. It's a self-extracting file, please follow the intructions
in Chapter 5 of the Windows 3.1 User's Guide on how to install the driver. It's
nothing to brag about, but it's better than having a mute PC ... Have fun !!!

                                           Ric Ibanez
                                           ribanez@wam.umd.edu

Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: snowden@cray.com (Jim Snowden)
Subject: Re: Word for Windows is the greatest. (Not at Microsoft)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:53:32 CDT

In article <1992Apr7.131856.20251@alw.nih.gov> donnel@helix.nih.gov (Donald A. Lehn) writes:

>Even more interisting, this suggests that this was produced by a 32-bit
>version of Pagemaker running on NT.  Perhaps Microsoft may be closer to
>dropping the NT bombshell on OS/2 2.0 than we have been led to
>believe and with a whole slew of 'NT' specific applications at the same
>time.



I doubt it.


Jim Snowden
snowden@hemlock.cray.com
From: rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu (SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: DRDOS 6.0 and WIN 3.1
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:05:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr7.160844.1638@nic.unh.edu>, pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro) writes... 
>We tried installing DR-DOS 6.0 on a 286-12 with AMI BIOS and C&T SCAT
>chipset (not exactly an exotic hardware setup - in fact DR DOS claims
>to explicitly support SCAT).  It crashed so many times... It
>seems strange that DR-DOS would have so many problems just keeping
>itself running, and that was before we even tried running any apps on
>top of it.
> 
>Paul

	I use DR-DOS 6.0 quite sucessfully myself, and find it to be much
more DOS compatable than MS-DOS 5.0.  

	DR released a new release in December to fix a few bugs, so check 
your file dates to verify that they are 12/91 or later.  If not, give them
 a call and ask for the updated version.

Rod Schaffter                                 	

Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding	|Who cares if windows is or 
Texas A&M University Dept. of Chemistry		|isn't an opperating system-
Bitnet:   SCHAFFTER@TAMLMSB			|it barely operates at all!
INTERNET: SCHAFFTER@LMSBVX.TAMU.EDU		|
	"Standard Disclaimer, etc."		|An OOPerating system, maybe?
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: rick@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
Subject: Re: Why I'm sticking with Windows
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:18:21 GMT

horan@ecs.umass.edu writes:

>By the way, am I misinformed or is NT looking at a $900 price tag?

No, you are not misinformed.  Steve Ballmer, chief NT stuffed short at
MS said that NT would be priced at $600-900.  Get out the checkbook
folks.

>5000
>Gregg Horan

Rick Warner
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: BLAC$GA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Garrick)
Subject: Printing to a Apple Laserwriter with 3.1
Organization: Yale University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 19:51:30 EDT

I'm printing to a Apple Laserwriter with Ami Pro 2.0.  The laser writer is on
a university network, so I save my documents as EPS files, take them to a pc
on the network, and copy them to the printer.  I've turned control-d off as
recommended here (although I have no idea what the control-d thing is) in the
win.ini file.  Anyway, the results are good, I always print what I see on the
screen.  But, I have one minor complaint.  It seems that no matter what options
I choose on the windoes postscript driver (i.e. normal, use printer fonts, or
use the substitution table), I get the same output.  Even when I select the
substitution table and make substitute some clearly different fonts for the
truetype fonts on the screen, the output looks the same.  I can't really
complain because I'm getting good results but does anyone know why the
substitution table or the use printer fonts only options are not making a
difference with the poscript driver?  I'd be curious to know.  Thanks.
 
                                       Garrick Blalock
From: martin@hfglobe.UUCP (martin wilde)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: SPEAKER.EXE WORKS... SOMETIMES
Date: 17 Apr 92 19:02:18 GMT
Organization: Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp., Hillsboro  OR

From article <1992Apr16.222828.29811@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>, by jcwasik@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik):
> 
> It works great when starting and stopping Windows.  I hear a bugle
> when Windows starts and Arnold's "I'll be back" when it's stopped.
> 
> However, when I trigger other sound conditions, like exclamation,
> question mark, or asterisk, my pc goes mute.
> 
> Anyone also noticed this?  Does it work for those of you with
> SoundBlaster cards?
> 
> -- 

I have noticed this too that the exclamation and question mark
sounds are not produced.  I noticed that Excel 3.0 produces the
sound on a single click of the mouse, but Word for Windows, Powerpoint
and other apps require a double-click to produce the sounds.
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From: TFW103@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win 3.1 Questions
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:54:04 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I am anxiously awaiting my personal copy of Windows 3.1, and want to
make this upgrade as painless as possible. So for those who have some
experience with this, here goes*:

 - Will QEMM 6.02 work with Win 3.1?  How about the latest version of PCKwik?

 - Are S3 coprocessor equipped video boards Win 3.1 compatible? I heard there
   may be some problems with this....

 - I use Norton Desktop for WIndows 1. What is the best upgrade path with
 this as my shell - a total install or just let install upgrade?

Thanks to all who posted any install hints to make are lives less painfull.


Tom Woloszyn
reply to: tfw@ra.chem.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: CIVENBAH@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Brian A Haeffner)
Subject: Re: HELP: Lost my MT Fonts for WfW 2.0 !
Organization: University of Missouri, Columbia
Date: 8 Apr 1992 00:51:48 CDT

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
From: scalawag@milton.u.washington.edu (Keith Frederick)

Okay, today I received Windows 3.1 (ya!). Before I installed it
though I thought I would start things over with a "clean slate." Thus,
I erased my Windows and Word for Windows directories and then installed
Windows and then Word for Windows.

All went well, except now that when I got to the Equation Editor in
Word, it tells me that it cannot find the MT Extra and MT Fences fonts.
This causes the Equation Editor  to print something totally different
than what it should (i.e. the equation editor is no longer useful). I
have tried to re-define which fonts the Equation Editor uses but it
continues to complain about not having the MT Extra and MT Fences fonts.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

First thing to check is to see if the mtextra.ttf and .fot and the
corresponding fences.* files are in your windows/system directory.  If they
are, copy the files to another directory.  Delete these files from the system
directory, (if they still exist there.)  Then use ControlPanel/Fonts/TrueType
to re-install them from the directory you copied to.  This should get you
back in business.

If, for some reason, these files aren't in the system dir, you will need to
re-expand them from the W4W diskettes and then re-install them using CP/F/TT.

Hope this helps.

Brian Haeffner      (civenbah@umcvmb.missouri.edu)