HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Subject: qemm and sound blaste
Reply-To: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:23:20 EST

JM>I recently installed a Sound Blaster Pro in a machine that has been
JM>running QEMM (6.03) for some time.  I cannot get the Sound Blaster "READ"
JM>program (the text to speech program) to work with QEMM loaded.  Any
JM>suggestions?

JM>Note: I have not tested any third party software with the SB, nor have
JM>I tried any of the bundled utils except for SBTALK/READ and PARROT.
JM>PARROT, incidentally, works fine, but READ locks the machine up solid
JM>*and* mungs the CMOS (when QEMM is loaded).  (It works fine if booted
JM>w/o QEMM.)  I have tried several different QEMM lines in CONFIG.SYS.

Try changing the interrupts or the DMA channels on the Sound Blaster
board.  Some users have also noted that the DMA=128 paramter on the
QEMM386 line in CONFIG.SYS helps.

Regards,

Michael Bolton
Tech Support
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: spchuid@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Hui Dong)
Subject: change underline style
Organization: U of Chicago, SSPPCC
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:29:11 GMT

I am using DESQview on PC, telnet to unix workstations. I like to know
how to change the "underline" and "invert" text style. Right now the
"underline" is dark blue which is very difficult to see. If you know how
to change that, please email me, thank you very much.



Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: perry@sun1.coe (Dr. Matt Perry)
Subject: Matlab 4.0a + dv/x = hang city 
Organization: Texas Tech University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:11:30 GMT
X-Posted-From: sun1.coe.ttu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Hi,

I have been using dv/x and other xserver software to run
Matlab 4.0 for the past few months.  Although much slower
than competitors, we bought dv/x for its server capacity
and aggressive pricing.  However, after we install the
updated Matlab 4.0a dv/x now hangs when executing Matlab 4.0a.

I have run Xvision, Hummingbird, xview, and a couple of other
servers and they handled Matlab 4.0a great.  I called the 
makers of Maltab and they said they tested it on several different
pc based xservers and found no problems.

HELP, our entire graduate lab is wired with dv/x and we can
now cannot use Matlab at all since it only interfaces to X.

Also, I was supposed to receive an "upgrade" to the current
version of dv/x in December which was supposed to fix the
problems with running olwm on suns.  Where the hell is it
Quarterdeck?

Thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Virtual Tab Window Manager questions
From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 07:50:30 PDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Batchelor Pad
X-Newsreader: NWREADER [version 3.00 BETA13]

I'm having some trouble getting VTWM to display the Open Window menu
I've defined in vtwm.cfg.  Here is the relevant section:

menu "Openwin" {
"Open Window"   f.title
"Big DOS"       f.exec !"BD-PIF.DVP"
"little dos"    f.exec !"Little.DVP"
"DOS 2048"      f.exec !"DOS@.DVP"
""              f.nop
"AppMan"        f.exec !"APPMAN.DVP"
"FileMan"       f.exec !"FILEMAN.DVP"
"Help!"         f.menu "Help"
""              f.nop
"Toolbox"       f.menu "Toolbox"
"Telecomm"      f.menu "Telecomm"
"DVSI 2.00"     f.menu "DVSI"
"QWK Readers"   f.menu "QWK"
"DOS Services"  f.menu "DOS"
"Fun & Games"   f.menu "Games"
"Misc"          f.menu "Misc"
}

menu "defops" {
"VTWM"          f.title
"Open Window"   f.menu "Openwin"
"Kill"		f.destroy
"Delete"	f.delete
""              f.nop
"Iconify"       f.iconify
"Resize"	f.resize
"Move"		f.move
"Raise"		f.raise
"Lower"		f.lower
""		f.nop
"Focus"		f.focus
"Unfocus"	f.unfocus
"Show Iconmgr"	f.showiconmgr
"Hide Iconmgr"	f.hideiconmgr
""		f.nop
"Show Desktop"	f.showdesktopdisplay
"Hide Desktop"	f.hidedesktopdisplay
""      f.nop
"Preferences"   f.menu "Preferences"
"Edit VTWM.CFG" !"qedit c:\\dvx\\vtwm.cfg"
"Exit"          f.quit
}


The submenus of "OpenWin" are defined earlier in the file.  I've made
sure that all menus are defined before the menu off of which they
cascade.  I've also tried commenting out the submenus off of "Openwin"
but it still does not show when I move the mouse to the widget at the
left edge of the menu entry for "Open Window" on "defops".

I've got the port of Vtwm 5.0 done by Philippe Weil (phweil@ulb.ac.be).
The default vtwm.cfg included in the .zip does work, but I can't see
anything wrong in comparison.


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[] mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us <or> mikebat@qdeck.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: dlucy@sandr.COM (Doug Lucy)
Subject: How to set DVP for Telix 3.20
Organization: S&R Software, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:12:25 GMT

I've just started using Telix 3.20, a supposedly DV-aware comm
program. I still have the same problem I've experienced with the
previous version: after 1 call (ATDT) from a simple DOS window under
DV/X (and PC/TCP), the modem locks up (i.e. no longer responds to
commands and requires a power down to reset).

What should I be setting in the DVP for a DOS comm program that uses
COM1 ?

Thanks much.
-- 
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[ dlucy@sandr.COM                                                ]
From: mulligan@jcpltyo.JCPL.CO.JP (Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: DESQview/X memory problem
Keywords: DESQview/X memory compaq
Date: 26 Jan 93 00:18:58 GMT
Organization: James Capel Pacific Limited. Tokyo, Japan

HELP !

I've just installed DESQview/X on a Compaq Prolinea 486 and I have
encountered some problems. namely that If I try to open anything other
than a DOS window I get a "Not Enough Memory" box appears in the top
corner. 

Because the machine is not a REAL Compaq the switches "NCF RAM" have to 
be added to the QUEMM entry in the CONFIG.SYS file or dvx will not work
 at all.

The machine has 4Mb of memory, I installed the same Xview on an 8Mb machine
and it works fine. (This machine was not a Compaq)

All I want to know is 

1) Should it work OK with 4Mb. I cannot open ANY application.

2) Has anybody had a similar experience with a Compaq Prolinea 486 and
   if so how did you fix it

I would GREATLY appreciate any help anyone has to offer

Thanks in advance

Raymond Mulligan

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From: wlaite@carina.unm.edu (Winter Laite LAW)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Ahead VGA, 204a ROM, 386. DV won't install. Fixes?
Date: 24 Jan 1993 19:56:58 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
NNTP-Posting-Host: carina.unm.edu

This box had DV running on it before. Only dif is now has
AHEAD (S)VGA card w/1 Meg. Installation prog. 2.4, QEMM 6,
installs, but system crashes (needing cold boot) before the 
menu comes up. Also, DVSETUP reports "needs version 2.0 or
newer". Anyone else had this problem? Fix available?

Thanks in advance,
Winter
wlaite@carina.unm.edu

Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.desqview:4413 comp.dcom.modems:20106
From: kjhoule@iowegia.uucp (Kevin Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: DV modifing com port base address
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:33:11 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.

I just bought a 9600 baud modem, and am experiencing some strange
problems getting it to talk to my PC. The problem appears to be in
the computer's hardware and software, not the modem.

I'm using a Gateway 386sx-16 and am attempting to run the modem off
of COM A, which is configured for COM1 at IRQ4. This does NOT conflict
with any other IRQs as far as I know. (I have an internal modem on
COM2 at IRQ3 and that's all).

I have a utility called sysid.exe which reports system information.
From DOS, it reports both COM1 and COM2 as valid. If I go into Desqview,
open a DOS window and run sysid, it reports the base address for COM1
as being 000, which is way wrong. Does DV, or QEMM for that matter,
modify COM port base addresses?

All of my communications software (Telix and PC Plus) lock the computer
up when I try to access COM1. Another program, the modem doctor, sometimes
reports that the UART on COM1 is not generating any interrupts. This is
within DV.

Any help would be apprecated as I am most perplexed by this situation.


--
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From: Eric.Thockler@aedi.insa-lyon.fr (Eric.Thockler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: DV API availibility in France
Date: 25 Jan 1993 13:46:29 GMT
Organization: Departement Informatique, INSA Lyon, France.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aedi.insa-lyon.fr




 We are planning to develop a voice based application running under Desqview386
and we need the API and the C developper toolkit...
But we have problems to obtain it in France.
So, can anyone tell us how to get it and how much does it cost ??
  Thank you...

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Subject: Advantage of QDPMI over QEMM alone  for Borland C++ DOS
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:59:55 GMT

What advantage does using qdpmi on top of qemm buy me?
  - speed
  - functionality

Basically I use Borland C++ under DOS only (nmo windows). 

I know that QDPMI will give me virtual memory, but BC++ will also swap
out to disk on its own.

(I originally thought that BC++ 3.1 required a DPMI server to run. but
that does not appear to be the case.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: DVANSI Help needed
From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 10:22:15 PDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Batchelor Pad
X-Newsreader: NWREADER [version 3.00 BETA13]

bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
>
> Environment:
> 	486, DV386, Expert VGA card, MKS Toolkit
> 
> I don't seem to be able to load dvansi.com in a window as
> per the manual. Opening a MKS Kornshell shell window (my
> normal environment) and then executing DVANSI.COM promptly
> hangs the machine. No combination of DEVICE.COM statements
> works: using DEVICE DVANSI in the window causes a complaint
> about DVANSI being a block device that must be loaded in my
> config.sys. Various combinations of DEVICE and DVANSI
> statements in my config.sys either lock up the machine,
> usually after appearing to dump the contents of the
> executable to the screen and often producing Exception 13
> errors, or are simply rejected as incorrect statements.

Wow - you have found an error in the documentation.  Page 220 does,
indeed state that device.com is to be used to load dvansi.com.

Page 198 though, correctly states that you just run dvansi.com in the
window where you need it.

In other words, don't use device.com, just run the command 'dvansi'.



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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Subject: desqview/x & pc-nfs
Reply-To: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:23:17 EST

MV>Three months ago we bought Desqview/X + TCP/IP Network Manager.
MV>I didn't know the Network Manager didn't support PC-NFS,
MV>but I was told by Quarterdeck that a version, which would
MV>support PC-NFS, would be released in December 1992.

MV>Has this version actually been released ? I haven't seen
MV>anything about it on this newsgroup.

MV>So far I haven't been able to use Desqview/X (properly) so
MV>I'm very anxious for this new version.

I don't know who would have told you the release date of a piece of
software for which no release date has been set, but some such
optimistic folk have occasionally been seen at Quarterdeck.  The product
you're looking for is in beta test and is expected to be released real
soon now.  We have not set a release date, but this should not be taken
as bad news, simply as no news.  We'll get it out as soon as we can, and
we'll announce that it is shipping in this newsgroup.

Regards,

Michael Bolton
Tech Support
Quarterdeck Canada  (416) 360-5758  quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com
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From: bss_greg@vd.seqeb.gov.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: DOSKEY Aliases in DOS 5
Date: 23 Jan 93 09:35:18 +1000
Organization: South East Queensland Electricity Board


Does anyone out there know how to stop DOSKEY echoing the aliases.

For example, I create an alias with the command DOSKEY XT=XTGOLD $1

Then whenever I issue the command XT, DOS echoes (XTGOLD) on the next line.

This can be turned off in programs like ALIAS but I can't find any
reference to it in the DOS5 manual.


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From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
Date: 20 Jan 93 23:16:48 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <SCT.93Jan18171235@barley.dcs.ed.ac.uk> sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie) writes:
>From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie)
>Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
>Date: 18 Jan 93 17:12:35 GMT

>> francis@ac.dal.ca writes:
>> Well, here are the results of my preliminary test of PKZip 2.04c and 
>> how it compares to ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 1.10.

>> ...

>> Also note that PKZip 2.04 on the -en "normal" mode STILL gets better 
>> compression than ARJ -m1 and does so in two-thirds the time.

>OK, but for fair comparison, shouldn't you be using the BEST
>compression option for arj?

No.  -en is not the BEST compression of pkzip, -ex is.  -en is the middle 
level.

>ARJ -jm1 is better that ARJ -m1 (at least on my copy of arj, which is
>over two years old).  I have a 486/33, so the (significantly) greater
>compression times for ARJ are still tolerable; the better compression
>(with -jm1) and the multiple volume and auto-verify options make ARJ a
>winner.

Depends on who you are.  I frequently compress files of 25 to 40 MB, and 
time is money.

>Mind you, I haven't tested PKZip 2.04c yet, so I don't know whether or
>not ARJ -jm1 will actually win.  But it's worth trying, at least.

It doesn't.

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From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:36:37 GMT
Subject: Re: msdos utilities for ftp mailing?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc

jhigbee@cs.weber.edu (Jonathan C. Higbee) writes:

> I will shortly be without direct telnet access to the Internet or
> Usenet and am searching for utilities I can use to easily unsplit and
> decode binary ftp mail (ie:from ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com) on my 80386
> under msdos.
> 
> If you know where I can obtain utilities like these for msdos,
> please let me know.

  I think Richard Mark's UUDECODE is the most friendly one, and it can
process the parts from ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (and anything else which
just remotely resembles a UUENCODEd file :-)) just fine. This UUDECODE
(and UUENCODE) can be found on most archive sites. I think the newest
version was just uploaded to SIMTEL and/or garbo (see comp.archives.msdos.*).

  People without FTP access (you have it still for some time) can get a
basic UUDECODEr (for MS-DOS) in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc Starter Kit and
use it to get The Real Thing (i.e. Richard Mark's one).

Frank Slootweg
From: paula@nlbbs.UUCP ("Paula Stockholm")
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Help needed using comm3&4 ports
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:01:01 GMT
Reply-To: paula@nlbbs.uucp
Distribution: world
Organization: The Electronics Workbench - Cumberland Maine


In article <93021.35673.LJ01066@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> LJ01066@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:

 > 
 > I need information on how to use comm ports 3&4 if I already have devices
 > on 1&2.

        The trick will be to get your mouse to recognize com3 or com4.
        If it's driver supports this, you should have no problem other
        than setting the switches/jumpers on your serial card and
        assigning interrupts.  I THINK you could get by with using the
        same interrupt on both modems since you will only be using one
        at a time.

        There is a program, TESTCOM.ZIP, which tests modem presence,
        IRQs and function of the modems and ports. Pretty handy.


 > p.s This is a first post for me so sorry if in wrong group or looks bad.
 > 
        I think we are in an inappropriate group. You can E-mail at the
        address below.
 > 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: LJ01066@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Help needed using comm3&4 ports
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 09:54:33 PST

I need information on how to use comm ports 3&4 if I already have devices
on 1&2.  What I really want to know is if I can put two modem cards in
my system one on port 1 the other on port 2 and assign my mouse to be on
comm 3 or 4.  I already have an expensive fax/modem card but modem speed
is limited to 2400 and I would like to install a 9600 modem only card
without loosing my other card, i.e. switch between the two or at least
when using the 9600 modem being able to use my mouse too.  E-mail or posted
replies greatly appreciated.  Thanks to all who help in advance.


p.s This is a first post for me so sorry if in wrong group or looks bad.



Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood)
Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
Reply-To: sts@mfltd.co.uk
Organization: Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, England
Distribution: mf
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:22:29 GMT

In article <exuptr.698.0@exu.ericsson.se>, exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan18.095526.12886@mfltd.co.uk> sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood) writes:
|> 
|> >Quite right, +/- 1% is irrelevant for most people, and arj is slow.  This is 
|> >something that the author should address.  ZIP is fast and it compresses well,
|> >but it is horribly full of bugs.  I can't even use it in a DOS window without
|> >adding -) on the end on the command line.  It's multi-volume (in)capabilty
|> >is pretty bad, and it is rather limited in functionality.
|> 
|> >All in all, functionality and freedom from bugs makes me use arj.  It is
|> >a pity that it is rather slow.  Ok.. Mr Robert K jung, if you are reading,
|> >this is this weeks chalange.
|> 
|> On the other hand, I could tolerate the slowness of arj if it were a windows 
|> app.
|> 
|> Mr. Jung has some speed to address, but PKWARE may address their bug 
|> problems also.  For some reason, the copy I got from them seems to be 
|> missing some of these bugs, but I'm also running a real straight setup.
|> 
|> You wouldn't be using QEMM by any chance?

My setup is simply DOS5.00, Himem.sys (as supplied with windows 3.1), and
smartdrv (again, as supplied with windows 3.1.  Probably the most basic
setup that most people will use for windows.  The fact that It crashes in
a DOS window on this level of machine setup, shows a distinct lack of
testing by pkware.

Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: douglas@cs.scarolina.edu (G. David Douglas Jr.)
Subject: Re: Diskette read errors and data loss.
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date: 28 Jan 93 03:55:13 GMT

Have you tried "VERIFY ON" at the command prompt before doing
any copying/writing to diskette?  From what I've seen, doing
backups to floppy-disk of files on my hard disk, write errors
(thus read errors after that) WILL eventually happen, and are more
likely to happen when writing to high-density diskettes.

Or try something like

COPY /V FILENAME.EXT A:\

where the A: drive contains the diskette you're writing to.


Just my thoughts on the situation ... no implication regarding
how well you're versed in MS-DOS.

P.S.  Using VERIFY ON or the /V option DOES cause diskette writes
      to be slower -- but, at least in my case, I've never had
      any problems reading backup files using this method.


David Douglas
douglas@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: oliver@earthview.cms.udel.edu (Oliver Weatherbee)
Subject: 12 bit FAT?
Reply-To: oliver@earthview.cms.udel.edu
Organization: Marine Studies, University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:19:37 GMT

Hi,

  Yes another bonehead with a problem. I'm trying to set up a new IDE drive
on my system and keep getting stack overflow problems. One strange thing I
found is that the when I display partition information, under the system
category it says I have FAT12 (12-bit file allocation problem). Does anyone
have any idea why dos5.0 would do this and not set up a FAT16?

thanks,
  Oliver