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From: msc@ssigate.ssinc.com (Michael S. Cross)
Subject: Re: PCPLUS Question
Organization: Systems and Synchronous Inc., Naperville, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:36:03 GMT

weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller) writes:

>First question is "Is this the right group to post questions
>regarding PCPLUS?"  If not could someone please stear me in the right
>direction.
>

Who really knows? ...

>Now on with the real question.
>
>I am trying to load a file from my hard drive at home onto a computer
>at work.  I am remotely logged in via a modem (Telebit T1000).  When I 
>do an ALT Z and select page up, I get the prompt for a selection.  I 
>select ascii since the file is written in ascii, then I write the file 
>name at the next prompt.  It sends the file to the remote computer, but 
>it is not sent as a file.  Instead the words in the file are read as 
>separate commands.  (i.e., the first word in the file I am trying to 
>send is "Dear", the computer at work reads this as a command "Dear" and 
>I get back the message "Cannot find this command".)  When the file is
>finished being sent, the computer locks up and I have to hang up the
>line.  BTW, I can download a file from my work computer onto my hard
>drive, if after I make my selections I 'cat' the file I am trying to
>receive.  
>
>Soooo, How do I send files in PCPLUS as files.  What small but
>important detail am I missing?  My PCPLUS documentation is buried
>beneath a mound of boxes (we just moved) and since I am 8 months
>pregnant I do not want to go lifting all these to find it.
>

It sounds like you forgot to issue the command

cat > filename.ext
      ^
      | (or whatever you want to call it)

on the machine you are trying to upload the file to.  You will also need
to press CTL-D or whatever your stty(1) intr character is set to.  (I am
assuming you are using UNIX, as one other poster did also)

The process can be simplified as this:

cat > filename   (open the file on the remote system for input)
[Procomm Plus] <page up>
<Select ASCII Transfer>
<Return>         (... wait for the file to finish transferring)
CTL-D            (close the file on the remote system)

The commands that you issue to the remote machine would NOT be in the 
Procomm Plus User's Guide even if you did dig it out.  Of course Kermit
is nice too, it automaticly opens your files for you.

Hope it helps (tm).

Mike

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From: cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Cholette Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: *****************HELP neede in DOS 5.0******************
Date: 30 Aug 92 01:33:36 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal


Hello, I need to concatenate to text files together in DOS 5.0 , I have looked
in many manuals but I can't seem to find the answer. It seems straight
forward enough yet I am unable to find the answer. I need to append to text
files into a single text file a.txt + b.txt -> c.txt

The equivalent of what I need in UNIX is:

                        cat a.txt b.txt > c.txt

Please someone help me, why can't I figure it out???

Martin Cholette
cholette@jsp.umontreal.ca
Xref: sparky comp.misc:3568 alt.folklore.computers:13586 comp.unix.misc:3503
From: LOGIN@cbnewse.cb.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: uNIX on tired iron FAQ
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:35:17 GMT
Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers
Organization: AT&T

In article <Bu1365.B0C@nntp-sc.Intel.COM>, dlau@mipos2.intel.com (Dan Lau) writes:
> In article <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
> >I guess this is as good a time as any... I'm going to try and put together
> >a uNIX on tired iron FAQ.
> >More modern or still-supported hardware is also kosher, if it's far enough
> >behind the state of the art that support is getting problematical. I'd like
> >to include some info on anything that will run on 286 and older 386 machines
> >(say, under 4M (4M is small? Say it ain't so!)...).
> 
> Just want you to know that the AT&T 6300-PLUS (a 286 machine) runs the
> "official" Unix System V Release 2.x with 1M of memory.  It also supports
> the virtual DOS capability (i.e., you can run DOS programs while staying
> within Unix) with SimulTask.  Microport used to market a generic version
> of this Unix for PC/AT machines.  I don't know if they still support it,
> since they have moved on to the 32-bit Unix System V.  Bill Kennedy also
> used to support the 6300-PLUS, but judging from the non-traffic on his
> mailing list, I'd say the PLUS (and it's Unix) is pretty much dead :-(.
> 
> The old Xenix-286 was also able to run with 1M (or less?) of memory, but
> I guess it is still supported by SCO (?).
> 	Dan Lau

What about the Tandy 6000 and Microsoft/Tandy XENIX. It would run on 768K
of memory. Or even better yet. When Tandy first introduced XENIX to the
world (~1983) it would run on their Model 16A with only 256K of memory
required. A real dog, but it would run. All of these were M68000 based boxes
so maybe that says something about the Itel chip family.

Steve Dawson
Opinions expressed here are mine. One of the few things that I have left.
swd@ihlpy.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:00:26 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.192610.12441@wixer.cactus.org> rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo) writes:
> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
> >If UNIX were *really* more powerful, faster, or more flexible than the
> >*real* alternatives in *modern* system design, then you'd have a point.
> >It isn't.  You don't.

> Okay, give some concrete examples of a better 'sed', a better 'yacc',
> and a better 'awk'.

Perl, tcl, rexx, ...

Oh, those are all available on UNIX.

Never mind...

> >[...].  The "pipe together simple tools" approach
> >has *some* merit.  Too bad UNIX didn't stick to it.  More precisely, too
> >bad UNIX didn't periodically winnow out all but the best tools and utilities
> >and rewrite them to be compatible and orthogonal.  Might be an interesting
> >system.

"UNIX" doesn't do things. People do.

In particular, Bell Labs does.

The problem is, AT&T has to keep providing backwards compatibility. So very
little of 10th Edition or Plan 9 gets into System V release <n>.

> But they are.  sed, awk, perl, tr, pr, nroff, troff, ls, tbl, pic, eqn,
> rm, and all the other programs in my /[usr/]bin perform completely correctly
> and predictably when placed in pipes.

They do? You got rid of the undocumented line length limitations?
-- 
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$ EDIT/TECO LOVE                                              'U` 
%TECO-W-OLDJOKE Not war?                        Have you hugged your wolf today?
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Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: cee1@ra.msstate.edu (Charles Evans)
Subject: real mode on 386..
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:25:20 GMT


Well, I have been getting this message when trying to run things like:
DJGPP (32 bit C/C++ compiler), various Raytracing programs, etc:

CPU must be in REAL mode (not V86 mode) to run this program.

I am running himem+stacker+qemm6.02+nnansi.sys+hyperdisk

is it qemm's fault.. do I need to remove qemm and try again.

Thanks

chuck

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|    iDLE CHATTEr    |  cee1@MSSTATE.BITNET  |  unless they are not.  |
+--------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo)
Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 22:05:49 GMT

jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>|> [...]
>|> No, Jim, my intent was to suggest that if you found UNIX so bad
>|> because it was complex that you should seek something MUCH simpler.  I
>|> think you better leave interpreting my intent to me; you're lousy at
>|> it.
>
>Finally you've said something right.  I found UNIX to be unnecessarily
>complex.  I understood it (finally, after much effort), but I find it
>difficult to recommend such unnecessary pain to other users - since it
>was among the least powerful and hardest to use systems I've ever used.  
>And there  *are* simpler things with *more* power already available.  

For the fourth time, what are the actual English language names of
these things, what sort of hardware do they run on, and who sells
them?

>-- 
>J. Giles


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Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
Subject: Re: PRODIGY - Speed, Cost, Usefulness, etc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:38:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Illinois State University

In article <23047@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> bill@solaria (Bill Neisius) writes:
>
>For the IBM PC there is a program called VGAUTIL that, among other things
>
Is VGAUTIL a shareware product?  Is it at a FTP site?

Chas

Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: wangf@unixg.ubc.ca (Frank Wang)
Subject: help needed on drdos update
Originator: wangf@unixg.ubc.ca
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:46:36 GMT

This help.wanted may not belong to this group but I'm desperated to
seek some help.

My computer crashed so I have to reload the DRDOS.  To make it compatible
with WINDOWS 3.1, I have to run a UPDATE.BAT file.  The problem is
that the two hidden file, IMBBIO.COM & IBMDOS.COM could not be updated
(I could see it by date).  I also ran REPLACE.EXE to update those two
hidden files, but the reply was 'access denied.'  I have no idea why
it went through so easily but this time so difficult.  If someone out
there know the reason, please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Frank
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
Subject: Re: PRODIGY - Speed, Cost, Usefulness, etc.
Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 18:58:52 GMT

In article <2A9EED3F.28841@ics.uci.edu> mplumlee@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael A. Plumlee) writes:
>
><stuff deleted>
...
>
>Well I would suggest having your father get Compuserve, (they have a basic
>package similar to Prodigy, about 10 dollars a month), then you can send
>him mail via Internet!

Can do the same with GEnie.  Somehow Compuserve never seems to cost 10
bucks a month. Of course GEnie never seems to cost $5.95 either but the
Compuserve bills tended to be a FACTOR higher than the GEnie ones.  Both
can be expensive if you shell out LD or TYMNET charges too.
-- 
Keith Smith          uunet!ksmith!keith            5719 Archer Rd.
Digital Designs      BBS 1-919-423-4216            Hope Mills, NC 28348-2201
Somewhere in the Styx of North Carolina ...
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: mcdonald@netcom.com (James T. Mc Donald III)
Subject: Re: Softwe
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 07:39:01 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Sep03.183549.23089@mixcom.com> Thomas.Retkowski <Thomas.Retkowski@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
>
>The actual topic is software.  
>
>
>How would I go about sending e-mail to different software companies?
>
>
>ie. Origin, Broaderbound, Epix etc....
>
> 
>-- 
>** Thomas E. Retkowski              Addr: Thomas.Retkowski@Mixcom.com     **
>** DePaul University                      Chicago, Il 60614               **

Having worked for a software reseller for the past two years, I know for
a fact that very few DOS/MAC/Windows software companies have Internet 
addresses. Some MAC companies are on AppleLink, and you may find some
major companies on CompuServe, and a few on GEnie and Prodigy(yech!).

Jim Mc Donald
mcdonald@netcom.com
From: white_ca@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Help Me!!!
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:01:11 GMT
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC


Can anyone tell me anything about the Onyx computer.  The computer that I
have was originally used in a floral shop. It has the TeleFloral
name printed on the keyboard. Any info. would be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Subject: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex in Illinois
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 08:19:39 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI

In article <1992Aug29.191640.16695@yenta.alb.nm.us> ben@yenta.alb.nm.us (Ben Klausner) writes:
>The only place I have ever in my _extensive_ never had any real problem with
>is PC Connection (800) 243-8088. I don't know how they do it, but there
>service is incredible, and their prices competitive. Try the PPI PM14400FXSA
>fax/modem from them for $399. That's what I'm using now.

I can also say good things about PC Connection.  I've ordered several
items from them, and have never had any problems whatsoever with the
product or with after-the-sale service.

One nice perk is in the shipping department.  They have a flat fee for
shipping, and if you're more than two days away from them by UPS
Ground, they ship Airborne.  That means, at least for me in Michigan,
I get stuff next-day-air for (essentially) free.

-- 
Marc Unangst                | Real men don't make backups.  Real men never
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us   | accidentally delete files that they're going
                            | to need later.
From: bard@seymour.ucs.ualberta.ca (Barry Ard)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: What is a FOSSIL driver?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:18:20 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada


I am installing WAFFLE and it recommends the use of a FOSSIL driver for
a high speed modem. I have a v32 modem and want to know what a FOSSIL driver
is and where I can get it.

Barry Ard				bard@seymour.ucs.ualberta.ca
Faculty of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB Canada
Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Re: PCPLUS Question
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:46:29 GMT

In <BtM06F.p4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller) writes:

>First question is "Is this the right group to post questions
>regarding PCPLUS?"  If not could someone please stear me in the right
>direction.

>Now on with the real question.

>I am trying to load a file from my hard drive at home onto a computer
>at work.  I am remotely logged in via a modem (Telebit T1000).  When I 
>do an ALT Z and select page up, I get the prompt for a selection.  I 
>select ascii since the file is written in ascii, then I write the file 
>name at the next prompt.  It sends the file to the remote computer, but 
>it is not sent as a file.  Instead the words in the file are read as 
>separate commands.  (i.e., the first word in the file I am trying to 
>send is "Dear", the computer at work reads this as a command "Dear" and 
>I get back the message "Cannot find this command".)  When the file is
>finished being sent, the computer locks up and I have to hang up the
>line.  BTW, I can download a file from my work computer onto my hard
>drive, if after I make my selections I 'cat' the file I am trying to
>receive.  

>Soooo, How do I send files in PCPLUS as files.  What small but
>important detail am I missing?  My PCPLUS documentation is buried
>beneath a mound of boxes (we just moved) and since I am 8 months
>pregnant I do not want to go lifting all these to find it.

>Thanks for the assistance in advance.

>Bonnie

I assume by your use of the 'cat' command that your office system is
running some version of UNIX.  See if your system has Kermit installed.
If so, start Kermit on your office system in server mode (check with
your system administrator for the info).  Then when you have started
Kermit on the work system, press Alt-K to bring up the PCPLUS Kermit
Server command menu and press 2 to send.  When prompted for a filename
enter the name of the file you wish to send.  When the transfer is
completed, press Alt-K again and then select 3 from the menu to shutdown
Kermit on your work system.

--
Keith
drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu

Newsgroups: comp.misc
From: chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
Subject: Re: ftp via email question.
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:46:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.154027.15081@ulowell.ulowell.edu> wex@cs.ulowell.edu writes:
>
>Several times, in several places (newsgroups) I have seen reference to
>sites that provide automated ftp services via email to folks
>who lack ftp ability. 
>
>Since I can ftp, I have ignored the specifics, but now I have a friend
>who has need of this capability, and, of course, I can't remember
>who/where I saw the info.
>
>Help...

The ftp mail server I use a lot is at ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com  Send mail
with no Subject: line and "help" as the body.

For more information, go to any of the comp.sources.* or alt.sources.*
news.groups and look for an article with "How to find sources (READ
THIS BEFORE POSTING)" in the Subject: line.

If you can't find one, let me know and I'll mail you a copy.
-- 
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chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506          / tomorrow of sorrow -
#include <disclaimer.h>                        / it empties today of strength."
#include "disclaimer.h" /* cover all bases */ /               - Corrie ten Boom
Newsgroups: comp.software.licensing,comp.misc
From: fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart)
Subject: Re: REQUEST: info on S.P.A. license "raids"
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:30:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.181024.4213@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> rnelson@lonestar.utsa.edu (Robert T. Nelson) writes:
>>The SPA has a software package called SPAudit that will assist you in
>>taking the inventory.  I'm not sure about the cost though.
>
>	Do you have any way of contacting the SPA so that one might see
>how much their SPAudit is?

I'll make you a copy.  :>

Sorry, couldn't help myself.


Frank Stuart           |   Slower traffic keep right.  |  Don't Panic
fstuart@eng.auburn.edu |   MMMMMmmmmm lutefisk.        |  Never moon a werewolf
From: rnelson@lonestar.utsa.edu (Robert T. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.software.licensing,comp.misc
Subject: Re: REQUEST: info on S.P.A. license "raids"
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:10:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <drice.715488087@ponder> drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:
>In <1992Sep1.190931.2373@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dhiggs@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (General Protection Fault) writes:
>
>>The people I work with are compiling a record of all of the software loaded on
>>our department's computers and have asked me to see about finding more
>>information on searches being done by the Software Publishers Association.
>>They've heard varying versions of reports that SCA representatives are
>>appearing on campuses with search warrants in hand to route unlicensed copies
>>of commercial software.
>
>>If anybody has any information of any kind (news stories, policy statements,
>>etc, etc, etc...) please zap a copy through my e-mail.
>
>The SPA has a software package called SPAudit that will assist you in
>taking the inventory.  I'm not sure about the cost though.

	Do you have any way of contacting the SPA so that one might see
how much their SPAudit is?
Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.misc
From: fortuna@cs.man.ac.uk (Armando Fortuna)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Mathematica for MS-Windows Help!
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:52:15 GMT
Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.

Hi netters,
A friend of mine has Mathematica 2.0 for MS-Windows. He has been having 
a few problems, and asked me to post this message.

1) It seems that, when a graphic is plotted on the screen, memory is
used, and there seems to be no way to get it back. You have to leave
Mathematica (ie "close" it0, and start again... Is there anyway to
reclaim memory after it has been taken? "Clear" and "ClearAll" do not
work...

2) Sometimes, when Mathematica is told to solve an equation, it crashes.
If you tell it to

Solve[a*x^4+b*x^3+c*x^2+d*x+e==0,x]

you can say good-bye to windows... If crashes just after it beeps, as if saying
that it has evaluated the expression above. Windows freezes, and you have
to *reboot* the machine.

The manual says that the program should be able to "Solve" polynomial
equations up to degree 4, and a few of higher degrees. 

After Mathematica loads its Kernel, there are 4.3 Meg of free (virtual)
RAM.

Plot a few 3D graphics, and you'll soon find yourself with 1 Meg free RAM,
and below that, the program crashes taking the computer along...

We would appreciate any help, and I'll post the answers.

Thanks,
Armando
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Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.misc,misc.consumers
From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter about USA Flex in Illinois
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:43:14 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.050231.5308@cheshire.oxy.edu> holmes@cheshire.oxy.edu (Mark Holmes) writes:
>  I wanted to tell you all about a bad experience with USA Flex.  It has
>caused me to cut off the company from all of my 'support' and not buy 
>anything from them again.  

They won't see any future business from me, either.  I finally tracked
down the problem I had with a Seagate drive I bought from them -- they
gave me the wrong disk geometry!  The ONLY documentation I got about the
drive was a stupid little computer printout showing the drive geometry,
and they couldn't even get that right.  Also, they charged me extra for
a 5.25" mounting kit, only to find out that one was included with the
drive.  Now I have an extra 5.25" drive frame sitting around that cost
me ten bucks.  (Well, I did use the leftover screws for something else...)

To summarize my complaints about USA Flex: the sales representative
didn't know enough about what she was trying to sell me, and their
documentation sucks!

I have since become a loyal customer of Vektron International.  :-)

-- 
Jim H.
*
* James L. Henrickson
* ujlh@sunyit.edu        "Some day I might have a real .signature!"