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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: SX vs DX
From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:08:56 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

In article <4188.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>, john.lechmanik@uttsbbs.uucp (John Lechmanik)  writes:
>> J.>One other thing, some dealers are offering something called a DX2.  I
> J.>forget exactly what they are at the moment, but stay away from them.
> 
>         I don't know about staying away from a DX2.  It would come down to 
> a personal choice.  A DX2 50 Mhz has the chip's internal clock speed 
> pushed up to 50 Mhz while the rest of the motherboard operates at 25 Mhz 
> (ie 1/2 the speed).  This is still a good system.  However a DX2 50Mhz may 
> or may not be faster than a DX 33 Mhz.  That would depend on what 
> applications are being run.  

	I hope I am not begging the question, but I think one would see
more speed gains by getting a windows accelerator card such diamond spdstr 24x
or other good cards. I may misunderstand their structure but they really take
away much of the graphics work away from the chip, therefore freeing it up
for other "more mundane" tasks. To me, (for the average user) once you are
talking about a 486dx33 or higher (not counting the p5), you really see
diminishing returns speedwise on the chip. I mean I use a wordprocessing
package, a database package and a communications package for windows, which is
what I would consider your average user. I feel I would see more speed gains
by upgrading my graphics card rather than buying an overdrive chip.

Eric











Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: drew@deathstar.dell.com (Drew Stephens)
Subject: Re: reboot from windows3.1
Organization: Dell Computer Co
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:21:03 GMT

cs_micko@uxmail.ust.hk (Michael Chan Ho Ming) writes:

>M Petit (peti@semt2.smts.cea.fr) wrote:
>: Is there any executable that enables to reboot the computer
>: from within windows ? If yes, where can I get it ?

>: -- 
>: Marc Petit     DMT/SEMT/TTMF
>: Tel         :  (1) 69 08 52 85
>: EMail       :  peti@semt1.smts.cea.fr
>I know that there is also shareware which fits your need.
>It is called winkil10.zip
>It can be found from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the dir. of
>/pub/pc/win3/util

>I haven't tested it.  I just found it from the INDEX of cica.
>I don't know if it is good or not.


There is a program called windows restarter that I use.
It gives you the option of restarting windows, or rebooting 
the system. 

The program in called winagain.zip and is located in msdos.windows3
on cica.

Drew
--
Drew Stephens
Dell Computer Corporation
drew_stephens@dell.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: O10037@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Ray Hoff)
Subject: Re: Superstor VS. Stacker...You Make The Call
Organization: Motorola
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:11:15 MST

>>>> The other half is for games like Ultima. Should I compress the 'work'
>>>> part of the drive and leave the game part alone (i.e. partition) ? I
>>>> know many games will not work with the compression programs like Ultima.
>>>>
>>>>  Please give me your views and experience with these programs...
>>>>

>Greetings!

>I don't have any experience with Ultima, but using SuperStor, the game
>Castle Wolfenstein has problems with the speed of the decompression.
>I'm assuming this is the problem because I hadn't had it when I ran
>Wolf on an uncompressed drive.  I imaging the game constantly loads
>it's mazes from the HD. So any games that run in real time and load
>data from the HD will probably be affected.

I use SuperStor on a 386dx/20 with a pitifully small 28ms 40 meg hard
drive.  When running Castle Wolfenstein 3d (the shareware version) I
have absolutely no problems.

Ray
From: varouj@garp.East.Sun.COM (Varouj Garapetian, SMCC.BDC.HW. 508-772-0298))
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Help me select a Laser/LED/Jet printer
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:43:33 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Reply-To: varouj@garp.East.Sun.COM (Varouj Garapetian, SMCC.BDC.HW. 508-772-0298))
NNTP-Posting-Host: garp.east.sun.com


	I am thinking of replacing my 24pin dot-matrix printer with a low-end
($600 or less) Laser/LED/Jet printer. Something that has been more or
less proven to work with Win3.1.
	I have considered the following:
		1-  HP's DeskJet-500, for ~$300
		2-  Panasonic KX-P4410 laser printer ~$600
		3-  OKIDATA-400 LED printer ~$600

	My first choice (being stingy :-)) was the $300 HP's DeskJet-500.
But when I tried a demo unit, the print was a bit foggy. Is this 
what I can expect from a $300 printer or was it the demo unit? I would
be interested to hear from people who have used this printer.

	Also, I would like any feedback on my other choices (Like
how better/worse is a LED from a Laser, when both are advertised as
300dpi) or any other printers you may have in mind.

	Since I can't afford Postscript, what is the standard I should
look for? I hear PCL, HP-IIP etc.

	What are the hidden costs (Cartridge etc?). How much memory
is sufficient etc.

I would appriciate any and all comments/feedbacks emailed or posted.
  
  Thanks Much,
 		Var.
============================================================================
Varoujan Garapetian,   Sun Microsystems, East-Coast Div.
Tel:                   508-442-0298
UUCP:                  {hplabs,ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax,seismo}!sun!vgarapetian
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cs_micko@uxmail.ust.hk (Michael Chan Ho Ming)
Subject: Re: reboot from windows3.1
Organization: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:06:51 GMT

M Petit (peti@semt2.smts.cea.fr) wrote:
: Is there any executable that enables to reboot the computer
: from within windows ? If yes, where can I get it ?

: -- 
: Marc Petit     DMT/SEMT/TTMF
: Tel         :  (1) 69 08 52 85
: EMail       :  peti@semt1.smts.cea.fr
I know that there is also shareware which fits your need.
It is called winkil10.zip
It can be found from ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the dir. of
/pub/pc/win3/util

I haven't tested it.  I just found it from the INDEX of cica.
I don't know if it is good or not.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Generic NDIS driver installations for Windows for Workgroups
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7785E4EA301BA16@godzilla.jdola.lanl.gov>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 12 Jan 93 11:38:54 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:44:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.231520.18707@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> Erich
Neuwirth, A4422DAB@vm.univie.ac.at writes:
>i habve a relatively exotic Ethernet card, a Mylex LNE390.
>I also have an NDIS driver. is there anywhere documented
>how to indtrall a card with an NDIS driver in Windows for Workgroups
>when one does not have the OEMSETUP.INF one needs for the
>standard procedure?

Look for a default PROTOCOL.INI file that came with the Mylex (if one did). 
What you need to do is add the section that describes the etherete card into
WfWG PROTOCOL.INI file, and change the transport bindings to the one listed
in the bracketed section of your cards description (see how WfWG does the
Etherlink II  setup).

If it was anything like my installation (WfWG and 3COM's TCP/IP), you're in
for a lot of fun. :(

--- Gavin
Visualize Whirled Peas!
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: zars10@trc.amoco.com (Andrew R. Slagle)
Subject: MS-Windows VT340 Terminal Emulators
Originator: zars10@orca
Organization: Amoco Production Company, Tulsa Research
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:06:00 GMT



I am aware of 2 VT340 emulation programs for MS-Windows which
are available right now.

 KEA Systems, KEAterm 340 for Windows

 Persoft Inc, SmarTerm 340 for Windows

I don't know if Reflections version has been release yet.

Does anyone have experience with these packages yet?
Could you please let me know how well you think your
package works?  We are currently using SmarTerm 340
for DOS and it works great.  

thanks
Andy Slagle
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: CIM for Windows
From: david.white@oosight.status.gen.nz (David White) 
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:29:00 GMT
Reply-To: david.white@oosight.status.gen.nz (David White) 
Distribution: world
Organization: OUT OF SIGHT BBS, Auckland, New Zealand, 64-9-298-3805

rhb@hotsand.cnet.att.com, Richard H Brandwein writes:

>|> re CIM for Windows

>It's available by mail for $25 with a $25 usage credit.  I received it
>yesterday and tried it out.   I had a hard time getting myself to 
>log off; it's a fantastic interface with nice bells and whistles.
>
>One thing I must say is that it seems to be *much* faster than
>the DOS CIM interface.  There must be some fairly effecient 
>caching mechanism built in.

Is there any upgrade path from DOS CIM?

david white
Internet    davidw@auck.irl.cri.nz              CompuServe  100026,1064



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ppsystat@UMASSD.EDU
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Reply-To: ppsystat@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:46:44 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.191516.10755@netcom.com>, samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
>des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
>
>>Vassilo Walluschnig (Vassilo.Walluschnig@f55.n7101.z5.fidonet.org) wrote:
>
>>:   Okay, I got a question for all those people "in the know" about
>>:   Windows NT. What would happen while running NT on a RISC machine, say
>>:   the DEC Alpha, and running a DOS application in NT, and that DOS
>>:   application makes a direct call to the video card? How would NT go
>>:   about handling such a situation? Would it hang the application
>>:   or would NT come back saying that it cannot run the program and
>>:   promptly shuts the application down?
>
>>i'd expect that NT would stop the program with a memory protection 
>>violation. NT, like OS/2, and unlike DOS is a "real" OS where things
>>like i/o are handled via system calls to drivers ... writing directly
>>to a device register is not allowed.
>
>Ive run serveral applications under NT that write directly to the VGA. They
>simply are slowed down (a little), meaning that some of the accesses are
>being emulated by NT. There is nothing inherently bad about direct hardware
>acess, as long as it is controlled by the OS. This wouldn't apply to the
>RISC case, since there is no VGA to access (I'm guessing character
>mode only ?).
>
>                                         [sam]
>-- 
   In the book Inside Windows NT (Microsoft Press), the archetecture of the new Windows is discussed.  Support for 
Dos , Windows, and OS/2 software is provided by protected sub-systems which act as virtual machines.  The software
is fooled into thinking that it is really runnning under Dos, and this system intercepts all system direct calls.
From: nathans@pacifier.rain.com (Nathan Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:38:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: pacifier.1993Jan8.223817.3515
Organization: Pacifier BBS


In article <1993Jan6.004333.18349@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Peter.Mayne@cao.mts.dec.com writes:

>It means that you buy the shrink-wrapped Excel 6 box, and NT installs whatever
>it needs from the CD, which contains the Alpha, Intel, MIPS, and Clipper
>executables, as well as the complete on-line documentation.

Alpha, Intel, and MIPS I've heard of, but what's a Clipper?
-- 
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| Nathan Silva               |                          |
| nathans@pacifier.rain.com  | Do the World News Polka! |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jerryd@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Jerry Donovan)
Subject: Re: ASCII textfile printer driver
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:22:32 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL7]

:    When you edit a file with Notepad, Write, or Works for Windows you get
: carriage returns at the end of a paragraph.  In Notepad you can turn on Word
: Wrap to see lines stop at the right edge of the window.  In the other
: programs word wrap is automatic.  Unfortunately, when you "Save As... Text"
: all that nice formatting is lost.  The file is written with carriage returns
: at the end of paragraphs, not at the end of each line.

:    One solution I've found is WordPerfect 4.2, which puts a "soft return" at
: the end of each line.  When you save the file as ASCII it translates those
: soft returns into real carriage returns.  I don't know if the newer versions
: of WordPerfect will do that and I don't think it makes sense to buy
: WordPerfect just to get carriage returns at the end of each line.  Not every
: already has the program.

Another package is Word For Windows.  It has the option to save a file as
ASCII text with line breaks, which does place carriage returns at the end
of each line.  One other point to consider when going to ASCII text from
some of these programs is that you are often going from proportional fonts
to monospaced ones.  This usually causes some lines to be longer than expected,
because the narrow characters (like i,1,l) to take up more space after changing
to monospace characters.  To make sure you still get what you see, you might
want to set the font to 12 point courier, which is how most printers will
view the ASCII text.
From: guener@bigfoot.nbg.sub.org (Guener Santemiz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Request: 'avi-files' for 'Video for Windows'
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 23:53:30 -0100
Reply-To: guener@bigfoot.nbg.sub.org
Organization: BIGFOOT - Grosse Fuesse sind geil !!!

Hi,

does anybody know any ftp-server, which contain 'avi-files' for
'Video for Windows' ?

Thanks !

	Guener

-- 
  Guener Santemiz, Wetzendorfer Str. 34, 8560 Lauf, Germany
    Tel.: +49 9123 3735        guener@bigfoot.nbg.sub.org
From: sushi@netcom.com (John V. Sichi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: Quadbase-SQL
Summary: New product press release
Keywords: database SQL notebook
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:23:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Organization: Quadbase Systems

November 30,1992

Contact: Fred Luk 
Internet: sushi@netcom.netcom.com
CompuServe: 70253,2145 
Phone#  (408) 738-6989
Fax#    (408) 738-6980
Address: Quadbase Systems Inc.
         790 Lucerne Dr.
         Suite 51
         Sunnyvale, CA 94086
         U.S.A.

For Immediate Release

 Quadbase-SQL for Windows now supports Microsoft ODBC

Sunnyvale, CA - 

Quadbase Systems Inc. announced that it started to ship 
version 2.0 of Quadbase-SQL for Windows, a full-fledged, high performance, 
ODBC compliant SQL database engine implemented as a DLL (Dynamic-link 
Library). 

Besides significant performance improvements, this new version is 
loaded with exciting features:  support for the Microsoft ODBC 
standard with seamless, object-oriented access from Visual Basic 
v2.0 and direct access through a C language API; SQL2 syntax compliant 
multi-table outer join; a new Alter Table command that allows you 
to add new columns at any position as well as drop, rename or modify 
an existing column; a unique and very powerful on-line debugging facility 
that logs to a file and displays all SQL statements executed by the engine; 
BLOB (Binary Large Object) data type for multimedia applications; 
read-only schema for CD-ROM distribution; thirty-one character table 
and field names; dynamic Embedded SQL for C, Visual Basic, and other 
Windows languages; custom controls for browsing and data entry in 
Visual Basic; and utilities that perform schema dump and integrity 
checks.

The very fast and compact SQL engine is specially designed to manage 
large amounts of data efficiently.  The system supports updatable 
scroll cursors, an essential feature for interactive data browsing.  The 
product fully supports the ANSI SQL-86 level 2 standard plus extensions, 
e.g. referential integrity and outer join.  Other features include 
multi-user concurrency control with four isolation levels, crash recovery, 
and transaction processing. 

The product is ideal for small to medium size file server systems 
as well as standalone, notebook and pen-based systems.  Interactive 
tools included are dQUERY, an award winning query tool and report 
writer, and a new version of VBQUERY, a Windows based interactive 
tool for prototyping of SQL statements and database maintenance and 
administration.

Prices: Single user development kit, $595; multi-user development 
kit, $995.


-- 
--JVS
From: paulb@harlqn.co.uk (Paul Butcher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: New version of Dropper on cica
Date: 7 Jan 93 12:22:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Organization: Harlequin Ltd, Cambridge, UK


A new version of Dropper has been uploaded to cica.  It may be found
in the file drop_11.zip in the uploads directory, although it will
presumably be moved to the main archive at some time in the near
future. 

Dropper v1.1
============

Dropper is a small program which allows you to perform drag and drop
to the Windows desktop. It is similar in many ways to the NeXT style
"icon dock" programs around at the moment. Rather than requiring that
drag and drop is performed to a strip along one side of the screen
however, Dropper allows any part of the desktop to be used as a target.
Dropper requires Windows 3.1.

Full documentation for this release of Dropper may be found in the
Windows help file "dropper.hlp".

Changes since v1.0
==================

1.1     The following features were added;
o   Added "New Icon" and "About" to the system menu.
o   Changed the "print" key from control to shift.
o   Moving an icon with the control key down duplicates an icon.
o   The Dropper icon itself now accepts dropped files.
o   Reorganisation of the Global Dialog Box; hope I've improved
    things!
o   Now pays attention to the icon font selected in the [desktop]
    section of win.ini.
o   Visual indication of which icon has the focus.
o   Use of cursor keys to move the icon with the focus.
o   Misc. bug fixes (surprise!).

1.01 A maintenance release to cure a few serious bugs.
o   Fix the terrible speed problem when "Stay in Background" isn't
    selected.
o   Fix the grouping of radio buttons in the Arrange Icons secion of
    the global dialog box.
o   Make sure that "Save Now" really does!
From: gyugyi@leland.Stanford.EDU (Paul Gyugyi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: Hexmap 4.3 map drawing software
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:28:56 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA

I've released version 4.3 of my hex-grid map editing
program for Microsoft Windows 3.x.  It is available via
anonymous ftp from earthsea.stanford.edu (36.60.0.64).

Registration is now a low cost of $15.  The unregistered
program will let you print plain hex maps at any
scale, and load, edit and print the sample maps
provided.  Registration enables the "save map to file"
feature, quite useful for serious work :).

New features: Improved scrolling, zooming and panning
interface; better color support for e.g. HP 500C printers;
some speed improvements; custom symbols consisting of
multiple closed polygons; and more!

Description: HEXMAP is a WYSIWYG editor for hexgrid maps.  Hex size
can be varied, and for each individual hex you can set the color,
bitmap pattern, a user-definable symbol, and the color and pattern of
the symbol.  Through MS Windows, almost all printers and video cards
are supported, including printing to a postscript file.  Hex numbering
can be changed to one of several schemes, or suppressed.  The binary
file format is documented so other programs can easily access the
information.  The final map can be exported as a bitmap to Paintbrush
for decoration, and to Word to be included in scenario descriptions.
Sample maps include Renegade Legion Interceptor/Centurion integration,
an "orange-peel" global map, a railroad map (like Empire Builder), and
other maps from games of scenarios I've designed.

Ordering:
The unregistered copy is available on BBS's, or by
anonymous ftp to earthsea.stanford.edu, in ~ftp/pub/hexmap43.zip.
If you send $25 to the address below, I will mail you
a disk containing a registered copy of hexmap and place
you on the list for free updates of future (major) versions.

	Paul Gyugyi
	636 Giannini Drive
	Santa Clara, CA 95051

Disclaimer:
I'm not getting rich from this, just trying to provide the
gaming community with some quality software.  I've made sure
that the unregistered copy still has significant functionality.

-- 
Paul J. Gyugyi
Grad student, control systems, Stanford University
(and an avid LEGO collector)
gyugyi@isl.Stanford.EDU
From: kburrows@sumax.seattleu.edu (Kevin Burrows)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: avoiding sharing violations
Date: 4 Jan 93 06:46:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.1iaeobINN6h4
Organization: Seattle University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu


>So my question is, how can I determnine whether some other application has a
>particular file open so I don't try to open it and get slapped across the
>wrist?  What combination of flags in OpenFile gives me some code that
>tells me the file is in use (or hangs me up until it it not), WITHOUT
>giving me these unpleasant `sharing violations'?

I encountered problems with Openfile that may be similar to yours.
In my case I have multiple computers on a network simultaneously accessing 
a single file. To create the file I used a call similar to the following:

   hFile = OpenFile( szFileName, OFile, 
                     OF_CREATE | OF_READWRITE | OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE );

However, when a second application attempted to open the file access was
denied!  The call used by the second application was the following:

   hFile = OpenFile( szFileName, OFile, 
                     OF_READWRITE | OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE );

I was able to resolve this problem by first creating the file, closing
it, then reopening it:

   hFile = OpenFile( szFileName, OFile, OF_CREATE );
   if ( hFile != -1 )
      {
      _lclose( hFile );
      hFile = OpenFile( szFileName, OFile, 
                        OF_READWRITE | OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE );
      }

With this code I enabled simultaneous access to the file by multiple 
applications.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Kevin
From: jca17@phx.cam.ac.uk (J.C. Ashworth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Posting to a Site
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:05:17 GMT
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK

This is ridiculous! I don't seem to know anyone who can tell me what
steps I must take to post some source code to a downloading site.

Can anyone help?

I need something a bit more detailed than "Post your code to the
postmaster of the site" please.

I think ftp.cica.indiana.edu would be nice.

Thanks in advance. 
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