HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: pkz204c.exe is available (??)
Date: 7 Jan 93 05:20:28 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505

antony@werple.apana.org.au (Antony Suter) writes:

>Has anyone called PKWare or heard from them directly to verify the
>existance of this program?

It is, based on a call I made to their support line at 10:00 this morning.

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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: sumargoh@widget.fiu.edu (H. Sumargo)
Subject: Software Package for High-Frequency Eletromagnetic Design/System
Reply-To: sumargoh@fiu.edu
Organization: FIU Electrical & Computer Engineering
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:10:59 GMT

Hi,
I am currently looking for either a commercial or PD/freeware/shareware software package
that is capable to design and calculate almost any design dealing with radar antenna and
high-frequency system.

If you happend to know the source of the above subject, I would appreciate your response
of the name of the company and its phone number to be sent to sumargoh@fiu.edu.  Thank you
very much.
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: pkz204c.exe is out, finally ...
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:25:13 GMT

vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:

>Well, whatever the legalities, this great piece of junk called PKZIP
>2.04c has had its "superior" encryption technology already broken
>(by Paul Kocher, who posted his results on sci.crypt just yesterday).
>He says he did it in half an hour.

No, what Paul did was to break the Authenticity Verification, NOT the
encryption.  It has already been well-known that PKWare's AV codes are
very weak.  The encryption has not been "broken" to date, but only shown
to be susceptible to brute force attacks.

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#define  TRUE   0   | a.k.a. David DeSimone      an207@cleveland.freenet.edu
#define  FALSE  1   |
#endif              | "911 Emergency Rescue Service - Can you hold, please?"
From: csc@pilot.njin.net (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: pkz204c.exe is out, finally ...
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:26:56 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen) writes:

|Due to the restrictions on the exporting of encryption technology, this
|program cannot be legally offered by any FTP site in the USA or Canada
|that can be accessed from other countries,

It's a floor wax, a dessert topping... and a dangerous munition!

Sean
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: sharebk1.zip The ShareWare Book for software developers
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:43:20 GMT

-Subject: Re: sharebk1.zip The ShareWare Book for software developers
-To: charlesw@sail.labs.tek.com (Charles Wilson)
-Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:31:47 +0200 (EET)
-From: ts

> How would I get in touch with developers regarding the purchase and
> distribution of their software?  How could I find out what are customary
> or acceptable prices and practices?  Are royalties common?  Etc., etc,
> Is there a newsgroup of Shareware Developers that I can contact?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Hello Charles,

This is very typically a question that should be sent to the author,
or if he is unknown, then one might try to ask the uploader.  I
usually try to indicdate the uploader in the "-To: field" in my
postings to comp.archives.msdos.announce.  The author may be a more
difficult proposition, and finding that out often requires some
"detective" work from the person who wants to make the contact.  I
wish the uploaders would indicate the author more clarly in their
upload annoluncements, whenever they can.  But we'll have to
remember that this is all voluntary, and up to the goodwill of the
gentle uploaders (and the maintainers of the sites, as well). 

But yours is a good and a welcome question, and I'll be pleased to
post a copy of this reply to comp.archives.msdos.d in case someone
can help you.

   All the best, Timo

P.S.  As the gentle users will know, we all have our habits and
preferences.  One of mine is that I like to try to answer these
questions publicly, and not only by email.  I have a distinct
reasons for doing this.  Simply it gives me the chance to answer
similar questions several users might have at one go.  Besides some
other users might find the questions / answers of interest even if
they would have not come to think of them.  A third reason is that
someone else might know the answer better than I, or have additional
or alternative information. 

Please do not misunderstand this.  I still welcome your email, but
I'll often redirect it here for the reasons stated, and because I
have to economize my time.  Thus my wholesale rather than retain
methods, if you will.  Also please note that these are my personal
preferences, not those of the newsgroup.  The other moderators have
their own preferred modes, and we should respect that. 

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: pkz204c.exe is out, finally ...
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:02:21 GMT
Followup-To: misc.legal.computing
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

In article <1993Jan7.162227.18499@ugle.unit.no> robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt) writes:
>Hasn't someone already broken the law by handing the file to garbo,
>which is a finnish site?  I guess garbo can't be blamed for making
>the file public, though, as the law doesn't affect them.

As I said in an earlier posting, it seems that PKWARE has this time
got the permission for exporting.

But just for the argument's sake, consider the following.  I
imported the file from the States.  That is different from someone
exporting it.  With the global electronic village we live in, there
are just two options to stop us non-americans from importing such
material.  The first is not making it availabe IN THE STATES!!!! The
second alternative is disconnecting the transatlantic telephone
links, and severing the overseas computer links. 

Taken to its logical conclusion, no U.S. specific shareware can be
legal in the States unless the North Americans cut off all the
communication links with the rest of the world. 

Followups directed to misc.legal.computing.

   All the best, Timo

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: 'split' for MSDOS?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 04:26:45 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

Is there any way to split a large file into smaller pieces?
I'm thinking of something like the "split" command in unix.
I have "cat"-like command, but not the reverse.

Thank you




Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: Boot from B: ??
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:00:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan13.021033.9409@trl.oz.au> jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy) writes:
>bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern) writes:
>>Guys, you make me feel nervous ... Is it REALLY THE CONNECTORS you have to
>>swap, as everybody says? NOT the Jumper Settings? Or are the Jumpers integrated

>Then, then only, I discovered a program that lets you boot from B. It's
>on most anonymous archive sites. Look for BOOT-B.ZIP (4349 bytes long)
>usually in micros/pc/dskutl or something like that.

That is a better solution also from our newsgroup's point of view
because by the nature of this group we wish to concentrate of
software solutions in here. 

   All the best, Timo

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: Telemate 4.00 terminal emulation
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:43:45 GMT
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ee.tut.fi

In <104527@netnews.upenn.edu> chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin) writes:

>I have to agree with that.  Telemate has always been weak at vt102, much to
>my dismay.  While we're on the subject, can someone tell me what the correct
>code is for a backspace?  I'm getting really tired of accidently pushing the
>backspace while editing in emacs, using Telemate, and having the key send a
>ctrl-h which ends up in having the help screen pop up.  What code should I
>reprogram the key to send?

Character code 127. Also make sure "destructive backspace" is not enabled.

BTW, does anyone know if it's possible to use more than 80 columns in Telemate?
If I put my screen in, say, 132x25 mode and run Telemate, everything is fine,
but the rows wrap at column 80 or if the  auto-wrapping is off, the rest of the
line gets truncated.

Anssi
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Anssi Saari s106275@ee.tut.fi                
Tampere University of Technology 
Finland, Europe
From: vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: A better way to entice registrations
Date: 8 Jan 1993 03:44:42 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu
Keywords: Shareware registration Cyrillic editor Russian UK Thomson Cyril

 
I've pontificated here about `program crippling' in the past. 

My feeling was that software crippling _detracts_ from potential 
registrations.  It's a brutal method, more suitable for herding farm 
animals... than for encouraging people to register a program.  
(Maybe that's one reason the Association of Shareware Professionals 
frowns on crippled shareware.)

I also said that more ingenious ways of registration encouragement 
could be devised, ones that wouldn't antagonize prospects.

Well, I've just run across an interesting and original way of doing 
precisely that.

There is a bilingual editor (Cyrillic/Latin, or Russian/English, if 
you will) released by John N. Thomson, of Milton Keyes, UK which 
uses a clever way of registration encouragement.

When the editor starts up, the lower portion of the screen is taken 
up by a bilingual keyboard display. This shows every key with both 
Latin and Cyrillic equivalents, so that a novice user has a constant 
reference onscreen to the keyboard layout in both languages.  A 
really useful feature. This keyboard display does take some screen 
space, however, so it can be toggled ON and OFF at will.

Now comes the enticement: if you register the program, you get a set 
of keycap stickers that you can adhere to the keys, and you don't 
need the screen display anymore!  You can leave it OFF permanently and
you now have more screen space for text. 

This is crippling in reverse! Instead of *disabling* a feature of 
the program, the author offers an *addition* to it.  This is 
intelligent, positive marketing.

You may or may not agree with _this particular form_ of registration 
enticement, and it may not be applicable to every shareware program 
out there, but it does illustrate perfectly the difference between 
simply CRIPPLING an existing function (something any idiot can do) 
and offering a true ENHANCEMENT (something that takes a bit more 
imagination and inventiveness to devise.) 

My congratulations to John Thomson for showing the way.

(The bilingual editor CYRIL is available by ftp from 130.149.17.7 
(ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de) as cyril.arj, in directory 
/pub/msdos/dos/editor)


Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (Darrel Hankerson)
Subject: Re: Needed: flex and bison for msdos
Organization: Auburn University, Alabama
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:31:01 GMT

In article <9301122227.AA19214@hwking.cca.cr.rockwell.com> scmaher@hwking.cca.cr.rockwell.com (Steve Maher) writes:
>I have been given the unenviable task to porting a set of tools which I
>developed on the Sun to the msdos environment.  I have made extensive use of
>flex and bison in the development of the tools.  Does anyone out there have ports 
>of these tools to msdos?  I have investigated the gnuish ports of the gnu tools,
>however these appear to be rather early versions with minimal documentation.  The
>tools, especially bison, have had useful additions in recent releases.
>I could build these myself if the source and makefiles for dos are
>available, however a completed port of the tools would be even better.
>I have access to the newest Turbo-C/C++ compiler, so that would be my
>choice as to compilation tools.

Your request should go to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted.

ftp-os2.nmsu.edu is a good source of GNU stuff for OS/2 and MSDOS. Most of
the excitement is in OS/2-only ports, but the directory pub/os2/all/unix/gnu/
contains bison 1.10 for OS/2 and MSDOS. I've used this bison under OS/2. 

pub/os2/2.0/unix/gnu/ contains bison 1.19, ready to compile with EMX/gcc.
I've done this for OS/2; some changes would be required for an MSDOS version
(and I cannot confirm that it would work). 

NOTE: ftp-os2 has had some problems over the past two days. It may still
be down.

Thanks to Kai Uwe Rommel for the ports!

--Darrel Hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: ?? PD/ShareWare games and stuff for children??
Keywords: games,educational,children,shareware
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:41:23 GMT

jimbo@ee.ualberta.ca (Row Jimmy) writes:

>i am looking for games and/or educational software which is appropriate
>for children aged 10 or less. is there an ftp location or an archive
>which has anything like this? i have seen Broderbund's "PlayRoom" etc...
>but free is better :-)

Oooooo ... 
for educational software ... take a look at

oak.oakland.edu   /pub/msdos/education   (get the file 00-index.txt there)
(or wuarchive.wustl.edu  /mirrors/msdos/education)

garbo.uwasa.fi  /pc/educgames 
(or wuarchive  /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/educgames)

for games ...

ftp.ulowell.edu  /msdos/Games

Have fun!!!

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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: sumargoh@widget.fiu.edu (H. Sumargo)
Subject: Software Package for High-Frequency Eletromagnetic Design/System
Reply-To: sumargoh@fiu.edu
Organization: FIU Electrical & Computer Engineering
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:44:09 GMT

Hi,
I am currently looking for either a commercial or PD/freeware/shareware software package
that is capable to design and calculate almost any design dealing with radar antenna and
high-frequency system.

If you happend to know the source of the above subject, I would appreciate your response
of the name of the company and its phone number to be sent to sumargoh@fiu.edu.  Thank you
very much.
From: bs428@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Brassil)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: slowdown utility
Date: 6 Jan 1993 15:27:53 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bs428@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John J. Brassil)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu

Archive rats,
(That's a term of affection, BTW) Is there a "cycle-stealing" slowdown
utility which would allow one of the newer machines to emulate the 4.77
MHz clock speed of the XT? I answered a post in the ibm.pc.games newsgroup
which had offered the Lode Runner and Championship Lode Runner games,
but all reponses to my queries have indicated they are useless on a fast
machine, so I would like to find some sort of a workaround.
Thanks for your help,
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: mordeth@iastate.edu (Norman D Nunley)
Subject: Wanted: X-Windows package for Dos
Summary: I need help finding a pre-compiled version of X-Windows for MS-Dos
Keywords: X-Windows,Request
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:43:37 GMT

	I have been given the task of finding a (preferably free X-Windows package
that runs in the MS-DOS environment (deep sigh)  Does anyone know where I might find
such a beast?  
	Wishing that he could just get his boss to run Linux,
		Norman Nunley

Xref: sparky comp.archives.msdos.d:341 comp.compression:4370
From: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.compression
Subject: News from the PKWare BBS
Summary: Norton Anti-virus reports false positve on PKZIP 2.04c
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:44:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.compression
Reply-To: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen)
Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives

The news item below is posted on the PKWare BBS.  It is forwarded here
for your information. 

===

Last Update: 01/04/93

         PKZIP 2.04c is shipping.  Please allow 7-10 business
         days to process and ship orders.


 Do not trust or use any version of PKZIP other than 1.10,1.93, and
 2.04c. All other versions currently circulating on BBS's are fakes.
 These fake programs should be considered hostile and not be trusted,
 they may contain viruses, trojans, or other tricks.

Note: The Norton Anti-Virus utility erroneously reports that the files
PKUNZIP.EXE and PKZIPFIX.EXE contain the Maltese Amoeba virus.  This is
a false report.  These files do NOT contain this virus.
From: chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
Subject: Re: WANTED: TRIDENT 8900 WIN3.1 driver
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:11:42 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Dec30.185654.1383@ousrvr.oulu.fi> jlinna@phoenix.oulu.fi (Jukka Linna) writes:
>
>I have trident0 with 1 megabyte memory. I have searched display driver
>for windows 3.1 from boxes, but haven't found better than those for 
>windows 3.0. Beta-versions for win3.1 are many times slowlier than my own
>win3.0 driver. Where to find better ones, if they exist???
>
>jlinna@phoenix.oulu.fi


As I recall there were some new ones uploaded to simtel20 a couple months ago.


Chaim R. Dworkin
chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: FAQ Simtels CDROM information please
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:28:12 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.030235.25286@exucom.com> cyberman@exucom.com (Stephen R. Phillips) writes:
>I would appreciate information on the way to procure and contents of
>the SIMTEL CDROM/S

While Keith will certainly have more on this let me show how the
users can find such information.  Get the following files

Index of miscellaneous information and feedback
   9983 Oct 20 16:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post00.zip

For the author's address
  16213 Jan  8 14:14 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author13.zip

   All the best, Timo

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Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: kimes@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Kit Kimes@AT&T/NCR)
Subject: Re: BAM351.ZIP - Bank Account Manager v3.51: Family finance mgr
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:54:23 GMT

From article <shephard.726795428@sfu.ca>, by (Gordon Shephard):
> kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) writes:
>>
>>That means the minimum registration fee is US $40 ... Is that too much? ...
>>given that, with 40 (or fewer) bucks, one can get a copy of Quicken 6.0 - the
>>best personal finance software ... My point is a shareware author should
>>charge a considerably lower registration fee than the price of any similar
>>product in the commerical market ...
> 
> Then again, I have the option of trying out BAM before purchasing it. 
> I don't have the same luxury with quicken.

By that logic, a $35,000 Cadillac is a better buy than a $15,000 Chevy
if you get to test drive the Cadillac but not the Chevy.

Truth is, Quicken is a well know and reviewed product and I think a person
could probably determine if it would meet their needs without actually
trying it out.  That isn't true with BAM (or most shareware, for that matter).

Personally, I have a hard time justifying spending more than $20 on any
shareware product.  That is pretty much my hypothetical limit, although I
might go a little higher for the right product.  A lot of times, I can find
a comparable product in the closeout bin at my local Egghead store for less
and I usually get printed docs, quick reference cards, etc.

Kit Kimes
AT&T Resource Link (under contract to NCR)
Naperville, IL
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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:28:27 MST
From: haymoree@vermont.et.byu.edu (Edward Haymore)
Subject: Re: archie updates
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Dan Evans (evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com) wrote:
| How long does it take for the archie machines to be updated once new files
| have been installed on the ftp machines? Just wantin' to know.

I believe that every night they update the directories of 1/30 of the
machines they have listed, so the maximum lag would be about a month --
minimum, you take your chances.

You could try searches on two or three different archie servers, if you
really need a recent file.  I wouldn't expect their searches to be
synchronized.

--
Ed Haymore
ed@byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
From: sumargoh@widget.fiu.edu (H. Sumargo)
Subject: Software Package for High-Frequency Eletromagnetic Design/System
Reply-To: sumargoh@fiu.edu
Organization: FIU Electrical & Computer Engineering
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:43:05 GMT

Hi,
I am currently looking for either a commercial or PD/freeware/shareware software package
that is capable to design and calculate almost any design dealing with radar antenna and
high-frequency system.

If you happend to know the source of the above subject, I would appreciate your response
of the name of the company and its phone number to be sent to sumargoh@fiu.edu.  Thank you
very much.
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d