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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Print Screen to file - possble?
Date: 16 Dec 92 05:52:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Dec16.055204.9937
Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

ledwick@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Bill Ledwick) writes:

>Simple question, I hope...
>	Is there an easy way to cause print screen to go to
>	a text file rather than the printer?

No.

What you *can* do is load a TSR to take care of that sort of thing.

If it's a *text* screen you want to capture, grab a copy of Snipper.
I'm not sure what to recommend for graphics.

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From: johannes.beekhuizen@contrast.wlink.nl (Johannes Beekhuizen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: MSDOS 5
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:48:10

Hello 911,

On Tuesday December 15 1992, 911  Kevin Thomas wrote to All:

 9KT> I have MSDOS 5 running my PC and I was told the there is a command or
 9KT> utility which can give you more hard disk space, I have Nortons and
 9KT> run Speed Disk regularly. Is it true that you can make more space on
 9KT> your hard disk and if so where would you get such a utility. Kevin.

There are several. I have been using Stacker with lots of success, average
compression a bit over 2:1 - so I get 78 Mbytes on my 40 Mbyte disk drive.
Others are DoubleDisk (which will come with MSDOS 6.0) and SuperStore.

Regards,

           Hans.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Peter J. McKinney)
Subject: Re: Mac Disks: Is there a program to read them?
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:05:49 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

In article <1992Dec11.041816.23382@cs.brown.edu> cs011177@cs.brown.edu (Kwun Han) writes:
>From: cs011177@cs.brown.edu (Kwun Han)
>Subject: Re: Mac Disks: Is there a program to read them?
>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 04:18:16 GMT
>In article <1992Dec11.005135.728@wam.umd.edu>, rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
>|> In article <1992Dec10.114621.6928@unix.brighton.ac.uk> je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English) writes:
>|> >haymoree@bones (Edward Haymore) writes:
>|> >Is this true? If so, I can't see how you could read Mac disks on a PC or
>|> >vice versa. I thought it was just a variable number of sectors per track
>|> >(or is that tractors per sex?), which would still be manageable at a constant
>|> >rpm.
>|> 
>|> 	Mac disks are CLV, so no, PC's cannot read them.  That's OK, though.
>|> 	Most Macs can read MS-DOS disks (including 1.44's) just fine.
>
>Hmmm.... I don't know, there is a program called Mac-In-Dos around which is a Dos application
>and claims to read Macintosh disks. May be someone can give more information on that....
>
>Kwun Han
>st002255@brownvm.brown.edu
>

I think there is also a shareware program out called "macsee" that lets a PC
read and write MAC disks under MS Windows.  I think there may be a copy in
the pub/pc/win3/uploads directory of ftp.cica.indiana.edu.

- Pete

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| Electrohydrodynamic Laboratory                                           |
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| Civil Engineering Department                                             |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: djg2@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (David J. Greenberger)
Subject: Re: OS/2 question
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 13 Dec 92 18:31:10 GMT

cmick@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Baldy) writes:

>to run certain things.  Is it true that with OS/2 you don't have those 
>problems?  I have 4 megs of Ram, which I also understand isn't quite enough
>to run OS/2 effectivly, but I also get the feeling I'm not getting full use
>out of them.  

Yes, that's true.  Remember that OS/2 is a complete operating system, not a DOS
extender (like Windows or DESQview), so it's not subject to DOS's limitations.
You don't have enough RAM to run OS/2 at a decent speed -- get 4-12 more
megabytes if you plan on using OS/2.

>Also, do _all_ MSDOS applications run in OS/2?  I'm willing to get more ram
>for OS/2 if I don't have to worry about DOS's 640k memory problems.

I can't say that *all* DOS apps will run, but I can say that over 99% will.
I've had some problems getting some programs (mainly graphics-intensive games)
to run, but I've been able to fix all of them by changing some of the
customizable DOS settings.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: bbenowit@telesciences.com (Barry D Benowitz)
Subject: disk cacheing
Followup-To: email me!
Summary:  Is ther disk cahing available as TSR, not uning XMS/EMS
Keywords:  cache
Organization: TeleSciences CO Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 18:35:13 GMT


Is there available a TSR to do disk caching on an XT system using only
the lower 640k memory?

Shareware/Freeware prefered. (No I don't do Windows).

Please email. I'll be out of town for the next 10 days or so.

Thanks in advance	

Barry D. Benowitz
EMail:	bbenowit@telesciences.com (...!pyrnj!telesci!bbenowit)
Phone:	+1 609 866 1000 x354
Snail:	Telesciences CO Systems, 351 New Albany Rd, Moorestown, NJ, 08057-1177


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EMail:	bbenowit@telesciences.com (...!pyrnj!telesci!bbenowit)
Phone:	+1 609 866 1000 x354
Snail:	Telesciences CO Systems, 351 New Albany Rd, Moorestown, NJ, 08057-1177
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:57:36 GMT

In <1992Dec17.140305.21762@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:


>I recall reading an article in the Wall St. Journal the other day
>about the fact that piracy is now a federal offense (correct me if I
>don't have the exact label) and that many pirates are now pulling out
>of BBSs and otherwise curtailing their activities.  I'm sure this
>won't stop John Doe from copying a game from his friend, but the
>penalties are definitely more severe now.  Bad time to be starting
>this thread - and using names!

I believe the word you want is 'felony'.  If the value (in aggregate)
is over something like $2k or there are 10(?) or more copies, piracy
is a felony punishible by up to 10(15?) years in federal prison,
several HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fines, or both.

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"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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From: sidwell@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: HELP: Smartdrv.sys incompatible with Disk Manager
Date: 15 Dec 92 10:15:21 EST
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics

When I bought my 120MB Conners drive last year I used Disk Manager to set 
it up. This means device=dmdrv.bin in my config.sys. Recently I tried to 
set up a disk cache, using the Smartdrv.sys driver supplied by MS-DOS 5.0
(bought in 6/91 I believe). Smartdrv tells me I have a non-standard 
partition and refuses (properly) to install. I also note that FDISK doesn't 
see my 5th partition.
     What are my options? I assume I need to:
1. Backup hard drive
2. Repartition with FDISK
3. FORMAT each logical partition (plan only 3 this time, instead of 5).

   Is this correct? Any short cuts available?

        Thanks very much for your nethelp, Ron Sidwell
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Subject: pkzip
Reply-To: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 07:48:00 GMT

Hello there,
PkZip is the subject,

1) I am currently using ver 1.1, is there a more recent version?
2) Is there a difference? If so what is it?
3) If you answered yes to 1 or 2 please direct me to an 
   ftp site where I can acquire a newer version.  

Thank You in Advance.

Larry, State University of New York at Albany.
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From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: SYTOSS.  Would Someone Tell Me What This is Pls?
Date: 11 Dec 1992 23:49:22 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

My uncle just got a used system.  One of the pieces he has is
a tape backup.  The fellow who sold it to him told him he 
needed a new copy of SYTOSS/SYTOS, but didn't know anything
more about it.  Can someone give me some info on what it is
and who it's available from?

Thanks.

Terry
--
Energy and Environment Division   | Internet:  TWChan@lbl.gov
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory      | 
Berkeley, California  USA  94720  | Carpe Per Diem
From: stefan@stanny.GUN.de (Stefan Haefs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: I'm looking for AMSTRAD PC1512 mousedriver
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:40:42 GMT
Reply-To: stefan@stanny.GUN.de (Stefan Haefs)
Organization: stanny

I'm looking for a mouse driver for the AMSTRAD PC 1512.
Can anybody tell me where to get one ?
Stefan
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: praetzel@maxwell.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Praetzel)
Subject: Detecting text screen; # columns, # rows
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:09:51 GMT

Does anyone have a fool proof way to detect the video card mode, #
columns and row of a text screen?
It seems that Borland C's scheme is right about 50% of the time while
using Int 10 subfunction 0xf is right even less of the time.
Memory location 0x40:0x84 is the # of lines but where is the number of
columns?
Basically I need to be able to write strings to any point on the screen.
Currently I can set it up but writing runs into problems because the 
routines think that I am writing outside of the screen area.  Do I have
to write it all myself or is there a way to make the printing routines
think that the screen is as big as it is (ie 132 * 50 and not 132 * 25).
  - Eric 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: ebarton@world.std.com (Edward Barton)
Subject: stacker 3.0 problem
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:46:01 GMT


I just installed the Stacker 3.0 upgrade (unfortunately).  I have been
using Stacker 2.0 for a long time, and it has never given any
problems.  However, now that I have installed Stacker 3.0, I cannot
run perl scripts any more.  (For those of you who don't know what Perl
is, it is a very powerful pattern scanning and general processing
language that you can get free from the net.  For those of you who do
know what it is, I am using the bcv14_perl4-019E.zip version.)

Whenever I run a perl script that manipulates files, it locks up the
machine with a variety of complaints: sometimes Illegal Instruction
trapped by QEMM, sometimes GP Fault trapped by QEMM, sometimes screen
goes blank and machine dies, sometimes Read error on C (the stacker
drive), etc.

This version of Perl is compiled with Borland's VROOM overlay manager,
so I thought there might be an expanded-memory problem of some kind;
but I get the same behavior whether I load the Stacker driver high or
low, and whether I put the Stacker cache in /EMS or not.

I also tried recompiling Perl from the sources using BC++ 3.1 instead
of 3.0, and got the same behavior.

Does anyone have any ideas for what might be wrong, and how I could
cure the problem?  Otherwise, I guess I'll have to restore from the
backup and go back to stacker 2.0, which was reliable.

Thanks for any help.
From: jbla@giraffe.in-berlin.de (Johannes Blankenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: SYTOSS.  Would Someone Tell Me What This is Pls?
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 21:28:09 MES
Distribution: world               
Organization: Private MS-DOS Site

twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
>
> My uncle just got a used system.  One of the pieces he has is
> a tape backup.  The fellow who sold it to him told him he 
> needed a new copy of SYTOSS/SYTOS, but didn't know anything
> more about it.  Can someone give me some info on what it is
> and who it's available from?

Sytos is a Tape-Backup program. You can buy it from SYTRON CORPORATION.

Address:   Sytron Corporation
           134 Flanders Road
           P.O. Box 5025
           Westboro
           Massachusetts
           01851-5025, U.S.A.

           Phone: 001-(508) 898 0100
           Telefax: 001-(508) 898 2677

I hope this helps.

        Hannes

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: davidk@grebyn.com (David Kane)
Subject: Need help with Modem for IBM laptop
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:10:44 GMT

Summary: Internal modem software toggle won't turn on.
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Keywords: 

Folks,
	I have an old Zenith lapton with an internal modem.  It has a
software power toggle, which would be turned on with the command
MODE MODEM ON.
	However, I recently tried to upgrade my OS to DOS 5.0, and the
DOS 5.0 does not support that operation for MODE.  I now have nowhere to
"turn on" my modem, since I can not use the software power switch.
	Does anyone know how I can turn on my modem, with software from
DOS 5.0?  
	Please respond by E-Mail.  Thanks.

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From: dlanglan@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (super-dave)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
Date: 17 Dec 92 22:59:00 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

>>I recall reading an article in the Wall St. Journal the other day
>>about the fact that piracy is now a federal offense (correct me if I
>>don't have the exact label) and that many pirates are now pulling out
>>of BBSs and otherwise curtailing their activities.

>I believe the word you want is 'felony'.  If the value (in aggregate)
>is over something like $2k or there are 10(?) or more copies, piracy
>is a felony punishible by up to 10(15?) years in federal prison,
>several HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fines, or both.

"What we have here, is a failure to communicate." (Cool Hand Luke - A
movie with Paul Newman - rent it if you get the chance.)  If I had posted,
"Hello out there, I have 100 counterfeit copies of Stacker 3.0 for sale @
$20 a piece," then, the FBI, CIA, Green Berets, and SWAT would be pounding
on my door.  What I am proposing is that somewhere on the net, we should
have a forum where both sides of the issue of piracy could be discussed
intelligently.  I am not afraid of law enforcement, they are there to
protect my rights (one of them being - free speech) - and they do a good
job of it.  If anyone takes offense at my stance on piracy, they are
welcome to voice their opinion; I just wish people would stop thinking
that they're going to go to jail if they even think about discussing it. 

>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden

Interesting quote for this purpose, eh? ;-)

Regards,

Dave

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 I welcome all pirates, wanna-bees, wanna-kills, and others to E-mail me
From: dmarer@td2cad.intel.com (Dennis Marer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Real mode / Protected mode definition?
Date: 17 Dec 92 01:02:17 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

In article <1go1kjINN986@mizar.usc.edu> sharp@mizar.usc.edu (Malcolm Sharp) writes:
>I'd appreciate someone providing a definition of real mode and
>protected mode.  I thought I understood the difference - until I
>needed to explain it someone.  I looked in the MS-DOS 5.0 manual and
>found nothing.  Is this something that usually involves Windows only?

Ok, I'll bite... (and have time on my hands...)

Think of 'real mode' as how the original 8086's, 8088's and 80186's ran: every
segement:offset address corresponded exactly to a physical address in memory.

	0001:0000h = 0000:0010h = address 00010h in memory

In protected mode, each 'task' has its own view of the machine.  Each task also
can use global data segments (found in the global descriptor table, or GDT) or
local data segments (found in the LDT).  Segments in protected mode actually
point to the descriptors in one of these tables, and the descriptors actually
contain the physical address.  This changes the following:

	0001:0000h is probably NOT equal to 0000:0010h!!!

In this way, tasks can use global segments (from the GDT) or local segments
(from the LDT).  If a segment loaded into CS,DS,ES,SS,... is NOT found in the
GDT or the LDT, a violation occurs because the CPU has no way to translate
the segment into an actual phsyical address via descriptors.  Another note is
that two tasks may have the same segment in their LDTs pointing at different
physical memory addresses!

Another feature of protected mode on the 386 and up: The offset can now be
32-bits giving each segment a 4GB ceiling (compared to the previous 64K).

If your environment uses virutal memory, then the physical addresses stored in
the descriptors are actually indeces into another virtual memory lookup table.
This extends this memory size (from the task's point of view) to >30 terabytes.

You can also run a 'virtual 8086' task within protected mode, which is how
OS/2 can emulate a DOS machine so well...in fact, MS-DOS 5.0 is running inside
a virtual 8086 task inside protected mode!  So MS-DOS does use protected mode,
but there's no reason why your programs need to know this.  They'll run the
same as if they were on a good old PC... :-)

				Dennis Marer
				dmarer@td2cad.intel.com

-- Not speaking for Intel
From: francis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Real mode / Protected mode definition?
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:38:22 GMT
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

> I'd appreciate someone providing a definition of real mode and
> protected mode.  I thought I understood the difference - until I
> needed to explain it someone.  I looked in the MS-DOS 5.0 manual and
> found nothing.  Is this something that usually involves Windows only?
> The question came to me from someone who just bought a new compiler
> that said he could compile either for real or protected mode.

The number of address lines the microprocessor can use depends on the mode the 
PC is running in.  The 8086 only had one mode, and in it all 20 address lines 
are active (giving it 2x10e20, or 1Mb RAM access).  The '286 (24 address 
lines=16Mb RAM), '386 & '486 (32 address lines=4Gb RAM) can use all of their 
address lines, but only when they are running in *protected mode*.  DOS does 
not run in protected mode; DOS will only run in these processors' *real* mode,
which emulates an 8086.  In real mode, only the first 20 address lines are 
active.  A 286, 386 or 486 running in real mode (running DOS) is limited to 
1Mb of memory, just like an 8086.  The 386 and 486 support a third mode called 
*virtual 86 mode*, which is similar to real mode, except that it is possible 
for DOS to gain access to more than 1Mb of memory because of the quirks of 
virtual 86 mode.  When run in protected mode, each program can be allocated a 
certain section of memory, which other programs cannot touch, hence the name
"protected mode."  PM also allows the use of extended memory, virtual memory 
and performs multitasking of programs.  DOS does not run in protected mode, so
does not allow any of these features either, but an O/S such as OS/2, Unix or 
the to be released Windows NT, which are true 32 bit operating systems, take 
full advantage of the uP power.  Windows 3.1 is *not* an O/S...it still needs 
DOS to do most of the work.
From: chrisw@castle.ed.ac.uk (C Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: An easy question...
Date: 15 Dec 92 18:36:25 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Edinburgh University

Can anyone tell me how to turn off the DOS flashing cursor and prompt ??

Cheers -  
	 Chris (chrisw@castle.ed.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: bradcox@sitevax.gmu.edu (Dr. Brad Cox)
Subject: DOS/Windows version of Mac BinHQX?
Followup-To: bradcox@sitevax.gmu.edu
Organization: George Mason Pgm on Social and Organizational Learning
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:24:55 GMT

I use Eudora on a Mac to attach documents to email, where the documents
may occasionally be binary files (compressed archives, programs, Word
documents, etc). In the Mac world, the binary to ascii munging format
is called .hqx format (for mysterious reasons). Its a standard format
that's supported by all Mac compression programs (Stuffit, Compact Pro,
etc).

I'd like to set up my PC-based colleagues to unmunge these files, but
I don't know what names to search with via Archie. Can you help?

Its best to reply by email as I rarely read PC newsgroups.
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From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Telix Terminal emulators
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:23:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: constell.BzACAp.3M0
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

My problem seems to have been solved...it seems that Telix was set for
destructive backspace...one of those little options that you kind of
miss when you're PO'd over editing hassles...

Thanks to all who responded...

				James

James P. Callison       Microcomputer Coordinator        OU Law Library 
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	Please! Let's call it "informationally impaired."
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