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From: oleg@gd.cs.csufresno.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Disable CTRL+BREAK from a TP6 program
Date: 22 Nov 92 07:14:05 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Departement of California State University in Fresno

In article <1992Nov22.005737.15056@odin.corp.sgi.com> toms@ymp.esd.sgi.com (Tom Stephenson) writes:
>In article <Nov18.202206.59161@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, hallch@CS.ColoState.EDU
>(christopher hall) writes:
>|> 
>|> >I am writing a TP6 program which requires the CTRL+BREAK sequence to be
>|> >disabled, as it loads in data tables and manipulates them in real time.
>|> >If CTRL+BREAK is pressed then the program bombs out and leaves the tables
>|> >in a real mess.
>|> >
>|> 
>|> I played around with this problem a few years ago.  The solution I came
>|> up with was to hook the Ctrl-Break interrupt.  I don't remember what it
>|> was (I think it was around 24h).  The only thing my interrupt was to do
>|> was return immediately to its caller.  I used this when I had to write
>|> a simple program for a teacher of mine (he wanted students to have to
>|> enter a password without being able to break of out the program).
>|> 
>|> Hope this helps.
>|> 
>|> 						Chris Hall :-)
>
>I wrote a program that allows me to have a password on my DOS machine. (I have
>teenage people at home that think they are hackers). The attached code is the

So, they haven't figured out yet what happens if one inserts a system diskette in
drive A: and press Ctrl-Alt-Del ;-) Well, than they only think they are hackers.

>You can use them in your password if you want. The entire source is available if
>you want it. I just wrote the program to emulate UNIX login process.
>
>/* Code fragment from main */
>
>		while ((c = getkeychar()) != 0x0d){
>			str[i] = c;
>			i++;
>		}
>

What happens  if  password > sizeof(str)?  Program  can exit or  crash,  quite
probably easily  interruptable in this  state. Don't get too upset  though. In
early version of AT&T UNIX one could get in any account  by  typing a password
of  maximum length  followed  by  encrypted form   of the same  password - for
exactly the same reason.   Author of  login.c used gets()  to get  a password.
Since gets doesn't check  length of input  string, it would hapily overwrite a
buffer for encrypted password.

>/*keyboard function to replace getchar() */
>
>getkeychar()
>{
>	int c;
>	inreg.h.ah = 0x07;
>	intdos (&inreg, &outreg);
>	c = outreg.h.al;
>	return (c);
>}
>
>
>
>Good Luck...

While  code above  might  be an adeqate  protection  when  dealing with (some)
teenage people, please don't use it in your password :) Hmmm, I think teaching
teenage  people to   do  something  useful  on  computer  might create  better
security...

Oleg
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: cl27111@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher  Lindsey)
Subject: Detecting number of mouse buttons (not INT 33,0)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:25:18 GMT

 
        Does anyone know of a faster way than using INT 33,0 to detect
the number of buttons on a mouse?  Every time that I invoke this function,
there is a substantial delay that I would rather not have...
 
Ideas?  Thanks...
 
Christopher Lindsey -- Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Univ. of Illinois
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: PC-Tools under Desqew/Qemm
From: HCHA8904593X@LUST.LATROBE.EDU.AU (PERRETT, ANDREW)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:26:07 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

Im having a bit of a discussion about pc-tools (7.1) running under
Desqview.
 
I was told that during installation it mentioned something about
changing config.sys so that the line stacks=0,0 wasnt present
is this the case ? Why do you need to allocate stacks ?
 
I heard somewhere that you shouldnt use /WRITE=ON while running desqview
is this the case ?
 
Also everytime i try to open a window it beeps and asks me to use change
a program to add more system memory (this is with datamon protecting
.exe .com .ovl files, pc-cache loaded)
 
Is there an internet address for Central Point and Quarterdeck support ?

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: yuri@amath.washington.edu (Yuri Yulaev)
Subject: english-russian transaltion software
Organization: University of Washington, Applied Mathematics, Seattle
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:30:52 GMT

	MY - system for English-Russian translation.

MY can help you with your Russian. It can translate in full
automatic mode, semi-automatic one- with stops by new words;
translate sentence by sentence with possibility of correction, or just
it can translate one sentence in interactive more.
	In shareware version you can:
- check your dictionaries;
- enter text and edit it;
- translate it automatically or interactively;
- correct and "tech" your system to recognize/"learn" words in different
  environment;
- translate in regime "one sentence at the time".
  I can include driver for keyboard/monitor, if you don't have it.	

		I think, $25 is not a big deal for this version.
	( $15 if you don't need drivers )

In full version you can also:
Create/update your own dictionaries;
Print Russian text at your printer.
I'll add dictionaries about computer hardware/software.
I can give you full set of keyboard/monitors (except Herc) /printers
	drivers (about 30).

	This deal should be discussed separately. MSRP is about $50.

	Yuri Yulaev  
	6553, 38th av NE
	Seattle, WA 98115.  
	
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From: gisie@wam.umd.edu (Satan)
Subject: Re: PKWARE Version 3.05 ?!
Keywords: PKZIP305
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:45:50 GMT

In article <4457@winnie.fit.edu> rme81977@zach.fit.edu (Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE)) writes:
>In article <Bx4x97.A3E@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Tim Tschirner) writes:
>>In article <t923593.720499722@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>, t923593@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Hades Kong) writes:
>>|> I downloaded PKZ305.EXE from wuarchive the other day.
>>Where did you find that? I'd really like to have it, too!
>>I couldn`t find it in the pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory!
>>Any help is appreciated!
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>ittschir@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
>
>Sorry guys...isn't it kind of odd jumping from V1.1 to 3.05???  I believe the
>PKZ305.EXE is a hacked version...beware...
>Brian
>

***** BEWARE ***** I remember someone at work or reading something
that said that PKZ305.ZIP has a virus in it!!!!  It is a hacked
version, not released by the original publishers.  The virus
supposedly creates lost clusters on your hard drive over a period of
time, eventually causing severe problems.  Get rid of it...

Tim

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From: naftaly@supergas.dazixco.ingr.com (Naftaly Stramer)
Subject: out of environment space
Reply-To: naftaly@dazixco.ingr.com
Organization: Dazix
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:37:19 GMT


I hope this is the right group to ask this question. If not please tell me what
is the right group, or please cross post it.

While trying to install a new software on my pc I tried to set an environment
variable and got the message "out of environment space". I know what does it
means but waht I don't know is how do I allocate more memory space for an environment
variable? 

Please replay via email and I'll post a summery if needed.

thanks for your time, 

Naftaly Stramer

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Problems
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:08:05 GMT

In article <1dojpuINNlag@manuel.anu.edu.au>, cxd653@huxley.anu.edu.au (Chunping Ding) writes:
> I am learning WordPerfect. Could someone please help me answering the
> following questions?

Try [F3], of course :)

> 1. In the merge function, which keyboard character is used to
> eliminate a blank line from being printed where the field is empty?

The code {FIELD}3?~ will erase to end of line if field 3 is empty.
For more complicated stuff, use:

{IF NOT BLANK}3~This is field 3: {FIELD}3~
{END IF}

> 2. In a header/footer instruction, which is the command for automatic
> page numbering?

Ctrl-B, or Shift-[F8], 2, 6, 3 (i.e. "insert page number").  This works
also in plain text (not only in headers/footers) ...

> 3. What keystrokes can be used to prevent text becoming seperated as a
> result of wordwrap?

[Home], [Space] for non-breaking space
[Home], [-] for "hard" hyphen
[F1] when prompted for hyphenation for the "protect hyphenation" code

> Thank you very much in advance.

Good luck,

Markus Fischer    Dpt of Anthropology, Geneva CH    fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
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From: u7811555@cc.nctu.edu.tw (Hwan-Rei Lee)
Subject: Re: VGA - RGB?
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:12:02 GMT

Doug Parsons (doug@hparc0.aus.hp.com) wrote:
: Does anyone know of a product that
: will accept a vga signal and output
: rgb, with sync on green?
: 
: Having one would enable me to hook
: up my pc's vga port to
: my video projector,
: which accepts rgb with sync on green.
: 
: douginoz.

Hi!
	Have you ever check the connector of VGA? The connection pins in the
connector contains R-G-B-Sync signal you needed for your video projector.
Perhaps you need only have another connector and signal lines to get your
deisred signals only. Give it a try. You don't need extra converter.

Henry.
From: dcleek@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Dick Cleek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: kid's editor
Date: 19 Nov 1992 16:40:17 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: dcleek@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: dcleek@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


FRED is an easy to use PD wordprocessor for elementary school kids.
It features large text, help screens and block operations.
It is available for anonftp from
wuarchive.wustl.edu  in  /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS

enjoy
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From: v078jxag@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Carrozzi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Small business accounting
Date: 19 Nov 92 03:03:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


     Does anyone know of some good small business accounting software?  I'm
looking for something that includes payroll, general ledger, AR,AP, and
possibly even check writing.  I know of a few packages, but I know very little
about accounting software and accounting in general(I'm asking for someone
else), so I have no idea what's good.  Initially it would have to handle about
35-50 employees, but that will increase(it's a chain of restaurants, starting
with just a couple).  The people using the software won't be very computer
literate, so ease of use is pretty important as well.  Any input would be
appreciated.
						Todd Carrozzi
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: hatfield@s6.math.umn.edu (Gary Hatfield)
Subject: Stacker and Spinrite
Summary: Using spinrite with stacker
Keywords: Stacker Spinrite Compression
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:41:37 GMT

	I have a question regarding stacker.  I do not currently use stacker
but am considering it because my H.D. is getting full.  However, I also use
Spinrite on a regular basis to prevent lost clusters etc.  Will it still work if
I go to Stacker?  Please post a reply or e-mail me at
hatfield@s6.math.umn.edu
		Thanks,
		Hatter

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: rhw@att.com (Robert Wentworth)
Subject: Where to find inexpensive business software?
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:30:59 GMT

Could anyone suggest a source of inexpensive MSDOS business software?

(I've looked through the SIMTEL20 archives, for example, and found no
business shareware whatsoever.)

The main thing we're looking for is an order-handling program for a small
mail-order plant nursery business.  (Should keep track of orders, print
packing lists, invoices, etc.)

Of secondary interest would be programs for things like payroll, inventory
control, and perhaps general accounting.

The price target is: well below $1000 (below $500?).  Except for a $100
product which we can't locate, software packages that do what we want sell
for on the order of $10,000, believe it or not. Way, way above what this
business can afford...

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Robert Wentworth
rhw@hoh-1.att.com
(908)888-7195

PS. Please reply via E-mail since I do not usually read this newsgroup.
From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:04:03 GMT
Subject: Re: Floppy disk "image" software available?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps

eric@suncis.ycc.yale.edu (Eric Bird) writes:

> I'm looking for software which will allow me to make "images" of floppy
> disks--i.e., copy all the contents of one disk into a single file, and then
> reproduce the disk, sector for sector, later on.
> 
> Shareware or Commercial is fine.  Compression is not important.
> 
> It needs to be extremely easy to use--menu driven, not command line.  I have
> looked at all the utilities at Simtel, and found a lot of acceptable but not
> great stuff.  The one package I did like, Teledisk by SYDEX, is a problem in
> that when I called SYDEX they were extremely rude and told me that "it's no
> longer shareware" and is only available for $150.  Teledisk isn't THAT good.
> :-)

  I do not understand why you do not want a command-line interface. What
is so hard about "diskcopy a: file" (DR DOS 6.0 example)? In any case
you can use a "shell" or Norton's Batch Enhancer to make a menu-driven
interface for any utility with a command-line interface.
  Another copier not yet mentioned: Disk-RW (shareware, I believe DM
20,-). Was posted some time ago to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. Also available
on SIMTEL.

Frank Slootweg
From: bradl@neptune.informix.com (Brad Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: VGA - RGB?
Date: 17 Nov 92 03:06:12 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Nov15.103302.8660@hparc0.aus.hp.com> doug@hparc0.aus.hp.com (Doug Parsons) writes:
>Does anyone know of a product that
>will accept a vga signal and output
>rgb, with sync on green?
>
>Having one would enable me to hook
>up my pc's vga port to
>my video projector,
>which accepts rgb with sync on green.
>

VGA is analog RGB.   It doesn't put sync on green, but a lot of projectors
can accept separate sync.  Shouldn't take a lot of circuitry to convert the
signal to sync on green, since the signals are already analog.

-brad
From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Problems
Date: 23 Nov 92 08:38:10
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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In-reply-to: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch's message of Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:08:05 GMT

A more interesting question. I'm a regular emacs user in the process of
learning wordperfect. Does anyone have a keyboard file/macro combination that
would allow me to do the simple emacs keystrokes and editing functions (I
think you would need macros, at least to handle the ESC, C-X, C-C, and C-U
prefixes).

Daniel
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From: Don.Bueltmann@f119.n8012.z86.toadnet.org (Don Bueltmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Contact Managers
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 22:55:00 cdt
Organization: FidoNet node 86:8012/119 - Millennium, O'Fallon MO

I am looking for a good Contact manager program for my business. I am presently
experimenting with a shareware program called Contact Plus which seems pretty
good but costs $99 to register it is several years old. I am wating to receive
a working demo of a new program called Commence which also has a limited offer
price of $99. The other day in the new Computer City store I saw a program
called 1st Act also $99. Does anyone have any recommendations on any of these
programs.
Thank You Don Bueltmann


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From: waltoml@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: <None>
Date: 20 Nov 92 01:13:46 CST
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Can someone on here tell me something about Geos as a substitute for 
Windows?? I want to multitask and have separate windows, yet, I have a
286 and it will not support Windows (not enought RAM); besides, I
really don't like Windows and would rather use all of the DOS programs
that I have. 

Please don't tell me that Windows has a DOS window...I know this.  I
am interested in Geos because its GUI looks nicer than Windows and the
icons "seems" to be clearer.

Don't tell me the good stuff..tell me how many times it crashes, etc.
and what "tools" or "add-ons" do you recommend?

Thanks!

Settummanque!

Mike Walton (WALTOML@WKUVX1.bitnet)
Greenwood, Kentucky
From: haymoree@bones (Edward Haymore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Freeware editor recommendation wanted
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:46:46 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples) writes:
: In article <9962@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:
: >Can anyone recommend a good, simple freeware msdos text editor? It
: >doesn't need a lot of fancy word processing features, but it does have
: >to be able to produce standard ascii files with no special formatting
: 
: I am also interested in this.  I have been using VDE (version 1.51) which
: is *excellent* and is free for private use (but see further below).
: It is *very* quick because it does everything in memory.  But that is the
: problem - it only handles files up to about 80k (it uses some internal
: algorithm to reduce that to a standard 64k segment).  The default command
: set follows traditional WordStar, which is also good for many people.
: 
: However, I need something that can handle files of any size within reason
: (say up to about 400k) to process large data files.  While this can be

Try TDE in the EDITOR directory on Simtel -- it's fast, has lots of features,
is easy to use, handles up to about 450k files, does multiple text windows,
and is free.  Even has selectable word wrapping and autoindentation.

If you don't need so many features and don't have to access 64k+ files,
TED is a good alternative.

--
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ed_haymore@byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
From: johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson)
Subject: Re: STACKER W/RLL Drives 
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 01:58:31 GMT

In article <721448267snx@seswho.chi.il.us> slice@seswho.chi.il.us (Steve Steiner) writes:
>
>In article <49385@shamash.cdc.com> slc@a2.cim.cdc.com writes:
>
> > In article <1992Nov4.224515.13500@stortek.com>, robertt@n33.stortek.com (Robert Thompson (robertt)) writes:
> > |> --
> > |> I have been having problems getting stacker v2.0 to work on my RLL drive.
> > |> Has anyone else out there had this problem, I is it just impossible ?
> > 
> > Works fine for me.  I have an Adaptec RLL controller and two Toshiba drives.
>I have a Seagate RLL controller with Seagate and Mitusbisi(sp) drives, and 
>havent had a problem.
>

I used to use it with no problem on a WD RLL controller & Seagate 238
drive.  In fact it cleared up some seek problems I had for some odd reason.
It might help if you gave a more detailed explanation of the problem you
are having (apologies if a previous reply deleted it).

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From: tyen@cs.utexas.edu (Anthony Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: WANTED:  HD "Lockout" Software
Date: 20 Nov 1992 10:15:54 -0600
Organization: Coffee R Us
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cs.utexas.edu


I administer a Unix system for one of the departments here, and they
are looking into integrating the student lab PCs into the Unix system.
The idea is to leave DOS, Windows and all applications on the PCs, and
use PC-NFS to give each user their own filesystem space from the Unix
host; the Unix host will supply file and print services, as well as
account control.

One of the requirements is the ability to make the DOS boxes' OS and
applications suite tamper proof.  This means that users can walk up to
any PC in the lab, "login to the PC", and be able to run any of the
applications, but not delete, edit or otherwise tamper with the files
on the local HD of the PC.  For example, I don't want anyone being
able to modify the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files, to use the
simplest examples.

However, I don't want total lockout at the same time: many programs
these days need some kind of "scratch" space, so I would need at least
the capability to designate a partition or sub-directory as some kind
of temporary filesystem space, which would be wiped clean with each
"login".  Better yet would be a package that would allow users to run
the programs but not copy it off to floppies, as well as implementing
the tamper-proofing described.

I'm not all that familiar with the PC market, so I would really
appreciate any pointers to companies and products, or a buyers' guide
that I could look this up in (I always use the Macintosh Buyers' Guide
for this sort of thing in the Macintosh universe, but I've never found
in our libraries a similar guide for the PC side of the world).
Personal experiences from others who have set up and administered labs
with the same sort of security requirements would be *greatly*
appreciated.

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:51:59 EST
From: <JMK134@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Telemate terminal emulation

Does anyone have a vt100 terminal emulation for Telemate?  I've tried vt52 and
vt102, but I can't find all the PF keys.  Thanks.
                          Jeff K.  Penn State
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