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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:51:50 GMT+1200
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From:         David Harris <DAVID@PMAIL.GEN.NZ>
Subject:      DRC (David's Readme Compiler) v2 released
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              Charon Test List <charon-l@draco.erc.clarkson.edu>,
              pmail-updates@busadm1.cba.hawaii.edu

[ Sorry if this looks a bit like a cross-posting, but I know that many
  people on each of the lists I'm mailing this to use DRC... ]

Late last year I released a little program called DRC - David's Readme
Compiler. It's a whimsical little item which allows you to create
executable guides and readme files from a simple text source. I wrote it
because I needed something for the guide for Pegasus Mail, but when I'd
finished it, I realised that a few other people might find uses for it
too, so I released it as free software.

Since then, I've been stunned by the amount of feedback I've had about
DRC - it seems that several hundred sites may be using it! In response to
the feedback I've received, I've now released DRC version 2. Version 2
picks up where v1 left off, and adds the following features:

  *  Free-text searching (promised, but not delivered in version 1.0)
  *  Enhanced printing, including PostScript support
  *  User can save the text of a topic to a file
  *  User can edit the text of a topic
  *  Forms mode input (using the <Tab> key
  *  Options menu on <F10> replaces the <P>-Print command of v1.0. You
     have control over which options are made available on the menu.
  *  Startup screen can be specified
  *  Edit screen: a topic which DRC will present when the user asks
     to edit a topic.
  *  Status line - you can define text which DRC will display along
     the bottom of the screen.
  *  Control over window borders
  *  Simplified readme support - the .BIN file from DRC 1.0 is
     provided with this release, since it generates readmes which are
     about 10KB smaller than the default mode. Create a simplified readme
     using the -S switch to RCOM.

DRC is still absolutely free. It's currently available from risc.ua.edu in
/pub/network/pegasus/drc20.zip, and I intend to make it available on
splicer and at other sites over the remainder of the week. Please feel
free to make it available on other sites including CompuServe if you wish.

Bug reports and comments to david@pmail.gen.nz.

Enjoy!

Cheers!
-- David --

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Date:         Sat, 22 Aug 1992 00:03:20 EST
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From:         Maurice Rich <M.Rich@ITC.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: duplicate messages
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              "COURTNEY@mccada.mauicc.hawaii.edu" at Aug 20, 92 3:19 pm

COURTNEY@mccada.mauicc.hawaii.edu
>
> Date: Thu 20 Aug 92 15:19:38-HST
> From: MENEHUNE DELUXE <COURTNEY@MCCADA>
> To: novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu
> Subject: duplicate messages
>
> Is it just me, or is everyone getting 2 copies of each message??
>

No, its not just you, and... it's not just this list... hang in there !
these listowners are good at fixing these breaks !


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Information Technology Centre			Fax +61 7 875 7877
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 09:52:42 U
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From:         Ken Weiss <ken_weiss1@MAILGW.SURG.MED.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Chat program
X-To:         novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu

                                                                     9:43 AM
  OFFICE MEMO                                                 Time:
                      Subject:
                      Chat program                                  08-17-92
                                                              Date:

Does anyone know of a chat program that will work across platforms(specifically
IBM/MAC)?

Ken Weiss
The University of Michigan
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Human Genetics
ken.weiss@med.umich.edu#000#
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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:28:28 EDT
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From:         "J. Pilant" <pilant@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      re: server's ethernet address
X-To:         NOVELL%SUVM@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU

Brian Knatz <bk@TURING.ORG> writes:
>I need to find out the Ethernet address of a given file server.  And no,
>walking down the hall, opening the chasis and looking at the 3Com card
>doesn't count. I need a *software*-based way.
You need to either run rconsole or get to the server.  From the ":" prompt,
load MONITOR and look up "LAN Information".  This lists your server's e-cards,
and an additional <return> will give the details including the e#.

/jeff
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:29:50 MDT
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From:         Rich Brown <rbrown@DIJKSTRA.UNIVNORTHCO.EDU>
Subject:      IP addressing in Novell 3.11 servers
X-To:         Novell%SUVM.BitNet@pucc.princeton.edu

Our school of business is re-configuring their 3.11 servers with
sub-nets to reduce traffic to the campus "backbone".  All of the
computers attached will be using the Clarkson TCP telnet and FTP.

In experimenting with adding NICs in the server and setting up
addressing it appears as if each network card needs a seperate
IP address to bind IP to the card in the format XXX.XXX.NN.XXX
where NN must be different for each NIC.  Just changing the last
octet generates errors.

Can this be correct - each NIC in each server on our WAN (that is just
being built) will require a change in the third octet, thus "using up"
255 address no matter how many workstations are attached?  Does IP
need to be bound to each card to route IP internally?  How does one
set up the host, gateway, etc. tables to make it work?

Any help will, of course, be appreciated.

You can mail direct to rbrown@dijkstra.UnivNorthCo.edu

Thanks!
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 11:09:54 EDT
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From:         John Brzezicki <JOHN@KING-KONG.VILL.EDU>
Subject:      SCSI Express CD-ROM software
X-To:         novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu

A quick question, if possible, directed to the users or SCSI express
cd-rom software:

Do you need to add server memory for each cd-rom acting as a network
volume ?  If yes, using the netware formula of:

    .023 * volume size  / block size

and the average CD-ROM holding 650 meg I get

    .023 * 650 meg  /  4  =  approx.  3.3  megs of  server memory for
each  cd-rom mounted at the server.  Have you found this to be true e?

Thanks in advance











       John Brzezicki - Villanova Univ.
       Internet: John@tiger.vill.edu
       Bitnet  : Brzezicki@vuvaxcom
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:14:56 GMT
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From:         Gary Dobbins <dobbins@LAN.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Random Printing Problems
X-cc:         dobbins@ARIZONA.BITNET

In article <920818123906.23e01a18@UNHH.UNH.EDU> you write:
>Has anyone else experinced random corruption of the printouts (not of the
>disk files) that may be similar to this.  The version of Novell is 3.11,

I'm having what sounds like the same problem at one of our LANs.  Using
PSERVER to serve a LaserJet on the server's LPT port.  Occasionally, what
appears to be part of the NLM's file will be sprinkled into the print job,
such as strings like "...stopping the NLM will cause the server to abend."

This of course alarms the users.

Raising the size of the buffers in PCONSOLE helps slightly, but the problem
continues -- more frequently with smaller buffer sizes.  Switching from
interrupt-driven to non for the ports had no effect.

Latest trick is swapping the ports, and then to try a new cable.  I've found
many times that different programs treat the ports differently, and diff
cables can feed incongruous signals, and confuse some software.  I'm at
that (desparate) stage now.

Please post or forward anything you find, and I'll return the favor.


        Gary L. Dobbins  *  University of Arizona  *  (602)621-6715
             dobbins@arizona.edu  *  dobbins@arizvms (bitnet)
     "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb..." - Batman, 1966
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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:09:41 EDT
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From:         Steve Griffee <sgriffee@NYNEXST.COM>
Subject:      re: font usage in Lan workplace for dos
X-To:         novell@suvm.syr.edu

>  We're in the process of configuring Host Presenter for use with Oracle on a
>  Sun.  Running
>  windows in 640x480, none of the standard fonts fit an 80x24 screen
 completely.
>  They all
>  cut off 2 characters.  This is a bit of a pain for full-screen data entry
 type
>  stuff.

I see what you mean.  I down loaded a font from compuserv which has worked well
for me.  It is called 6X12 and 6X13.  I can set the LWP setup for 132 colum
screens with these fonts.  I found them in the NOVLIB forum libraries while
browsing for LAN WORKPLACE key word.

>  One more note, we're not necessarily commited to Host Presenter, we're
>  certainlly not
>  impressed with the speed, documentation, etc.  Our only requirement is
>  concurrent
>  support of TCP/IP and SPX/IPX., and it would be nice to use a windows
>  application as
>  opposed to character mode.
>
>  Thanks in advance!
>  --
>  Jeffrey Dew                                     Internet: jdew@llnl.gov
>  Grant Johnson                                 Internet: grantj@llnl.gov
>  Lawrence Livermore National Lab	           PacBell Net: (510) 423-0406
>

I have to echo your lack of commitment to LWP.  I have not been impressed with
it because of the obvious bugs which were never patched by novell.  I expect
better service from any developer when I pay a lot of money for an application.
(ie. bug #1: file express will crash if you click on a menu item before
clicking on one of the file windows.  Novell has even published admission to
this blatant bug without offering to patch it ??!!!)  I have abandoned buying
any more (expensive) copies of LWP for our lan.  I am now using CHAMELEON from
Netmanage.  They are a small agressive company who will probably steal the
market right out from under novell's nose because they offer a better
product (including an NDIS driver for novell).  At the very least you should
evaluate CHAMELEON.


Steve

"the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the postion of my employer."
_____________________________________________________
Steve Griffee		Data & Information Services
sgriffee@nynexst.com	NYNEX Science and Technology
Tel (914) 644-2531	500 Westchester Ave.
Fax (914) 644-2301	White Plains, NY 10604
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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:32:51 -0700
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From:         James Bond <eapu058@ORION.OAC.UCI.EDU>
X-To:         Novell@orion.oac.uci.edu

        My name is Kevin.  Currently, I attend the University of California at I
rvine.
   My major is computer science.  After graduation, I would like to pursuea care
   er as a network specialist.
        I would like to know how/where I can get started early.  For example,
where/how can I get materials to study for the exams to become certify?

        Any information will greatly be appreciated.

        Thanks.

        e-mail to: bonnie@ics.uci.edu OR
                   orion@oac.uci.edu
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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 10:46:09 -0600
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From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: ODI/Windows/Telnet

>Recently I've been using the ODI modules with an SMC ELite10T/A in a PS/2
>model 90. I run the following:
>
>lsl
>smcplus
>odipkt
>ipxodi
>xmsnetx                << Do you really want this thing? Recommend NETX.
>#
>#       NET.CFG File for SMCPLUS
>#
>Link Driver SMCPLUS
>        Int #1 3
>        PS/2 Slot 2
>        Frame ETHERNET_II
>#
>#       NET.CFG end
>
>With the above in place, I am able to connect to our servers and run
>NCSA Telnet. However, when I try to run Telnet from Windows it dies. Does
>anyone know if this problem is caused by the way Windows shuffles programs
>around, and what might be a solution?
>
>Ron Gittleman     -|-   mrron@pucc.Princeton.edu    -|-   (609) 258-3581
>                   "Just the FAX, ma'am, just the fax"
---------------
Ron,
        It's FEP time (Freq Encountered Problem). No Packet Driver application,
none, will run statisfactorily in Windows unless external help is provided.
Why? Because the PD calls the app when a packet arrives, and Windows has a
bunch of virtual machines going reusing the same address to which the call
will go. Call the wrong v. machine and that's the end. The solution has been
available for some time now, WINPKT.ZIP. It's available from netlab2.usu.edu,
cd misc, and in the Crynwr Collection of Packet Drivers. The edition from
netlab2 has some cleanups over the original.
        Quick installation instructions:
        load the PD at an interrupt > 60h
        load winpkt as winpkt new_int old_int
where the old_int is the interrupt of the original Packet Driver, and new_int
is a new PD interrupt provided by winpkt. Make new < old so scanning programs
find winpkt's int first. Then it's ok to start Windows.
        To answer a question before it has been asked: Is there an ODI equiv
of winpkt? No, unfortunately. ODI is far more difficult to deal with on this
matter and so far Novell has not expressed itself on supporting non-Novell
products this way (TBMIx is for IPX/SPX, not for other users of ODI).
        Joe D.
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:26:00 PST
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From:         Michael_Kessler.Hum@MAILGATE.SFSU.EDU
Subject:      Workstation boot disk
X-To:         novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu

I am trying to create a workstation boot disk (my first one) for a Zenith
386 SX.  I have gotten to the following point:

If I use IPX.COM in the autoexec.bat file, the booting goes through its
paces to the point of giving the node address, but then it refuses to
execute the 3c503.com command, saying that the card is not found.  IPX is
then not loaded.

If I use IPXODI.COM, the booting goes through its paces to the point that
one reads on the screen "IPX protocol bound to 3C503 MLID Board #1" etc. to
the copyright line, and then the cpu freezes.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU
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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:31:35 EDT
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From:         "Ghassan N. Alkhoja" <ALKHOJA@GWUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      NW4MAC Problem Printing to HP LaserJet III

Hello,

I have the following setup:

NetWare v3.11
NW4MAC 3.01 (Ethernet connection)
ATPS 3.1
Mac IIci System 7.0 (Tuner 1.1.1)


I have a problem printing to a LaserJet IIIsi equiped with an Ethernet card
acting as a print server. I have the following line in the ATCFG file:

-o TestQueue1 -l -wb -f HPLASER

TestQueue1 is serviced by the LaserJet IIIsi's print server.

'TestQueue1' appears on the Mac chooser. When printing, PCONSOLE shows
me that the print job is being added to the queue, then it says that
the job is being serviced by the print server, and the job ends with no
errors. However, no printouts appear. I also tried without the '-l'
option, with the same results.

Any help is appreciated, even if its a "can't be done with such a setup."
Thanks.

Ghassan Alkhoja - Senior Programmer/Analyst |
Computer Information and Resource Center    | Internet: alkhoja@gwuvm.gwu.edu
The George Washington University            | BITNET: ALKHOJA@GWUVM
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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:08:00 CDT
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From:         "Don M. Wee/Loyola Univ Chicago" <$ACSDMW@LUCCPUA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: ? User addresses ? Which way is best ?

> We (School of Business, Lakehead University) are debating whether or not
> standardized naming conventions for user addresses on our university net
> make sense.
>
> We have discussed a seven or eight character user identifier as follows:
>
> X XX XXXX X
> 1 23 4567 8
>
> 1        A single character for user code.
>          A = Admin   F = Faculty   S = Student   R = Research   L = Lab
>
> 2,3      A two character school or department code (e.g. BA for Business
>          Admin; NU for Nursing)
>
> 4,5,6,7  The first four letters of the user's surname (or lab machine #).
>
> 8        Optional.  Reserved for an initial or number when needed to make
>          unique addresses (e.g. two Business students, same surname).
>
> For example,
>
> FBAHAND       Faculty        Business Admin    HANDford, bruce
> FNUWALT       Faculty        NUrsing           WALTers, john s.
> LBAWS01       Lab            Business Admin    Work Station 01
> ABASMITA      Admin          Business Admin    SMITh, Angela
> ABASMITG      Admin          Business Admin    SMITh, Grant
>
> The advantages we have identified lie in
>
> 1. assigning uniform account names to facilitate file and disk maintenance
>    (e.g. all student accounts are easily tracked and handled).
>
> 2. Mailing lists produced and sorted from such addresses will group logically
>    and intelligibly.
>
> 3. Name searches on Pegasus Mail could be done even without the name of
>    the individual. For example, a person attempting to contact a faculty
>    member in the School of Nursing (but unsure as to the person's
>    name) could use the search string FNU to produce a list of all
>    nursing faculty from which to choose.
>
> 4. Although the ID's do not appear `personal' user names are always
>    appended to mail headers and signatures.
>
> We would appreciate your comments.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Richard Glew
> Lakehead University                        rglew@cs-acad-lan.lakeheadu.ca

Be sure and get some feedback from the user community first...
we're in the process of SCRAPPING an age-old system like your proposal
because everyone finds it too cryptic..."Why can't we just use
first initial plus last name like everyone one I correspond with on
Internet?"  "NO ONE can remember how to send mail to me."
-------------------------------------------------------------
Don M. Wee, Loyola University Chicago
BITNET: $ACSDMW@LUCCPUA      Internet: $ACSDMW@LUCCPUA.IT.LUC.EDU
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:41:18 EST
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From:         HXR01 <elyah@FSYCC.USFSY.ABB.COM>
Subject:      Networked Windows 3.1 on 56SX
X-To:         tmoss@U.WASHINGTON.EDU, NOVELL@SUVM.SYR.EDU

          I have been working on a 56sx machine one of our users has..
          they use it to access Rumba400 (windows access to AS400).
          I ended up using a lot of memory excludes and includes to
          force the machine to work reliably. First load as
          much as you can high....(check with mem /c); use the
          himem.sys,emm386.exe files in windows 3.1; if you have
          a copy of mft or another good memory analyzer use it, note
          where your network cards are addressed, exclude these areas
          from being accessed; note where video ROM & RAM are...
          make sure you're not using IRQ2 on the network card (there
          is a patch file if you must use IRQ2- but try your best not
          to! ) To get some more lower memory free, you can try
          including some of the larger areas your memory checker
          showed were free - this sometimes takes some
          experimentation! Keep your DOS5 manual handy for syntax &
          switches.

          Hope this helps...if not feel free to contact me directly
          for some other possibilities. -H
          Helene Rosenblatt              Internet: hrosenblatt@abb.com
          ABB Combustion Engineering
          1000 Prospect Hill Rd.
          Windsor, CT 06095-0500          Phone: 203-285-3629
From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
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Subject: Re: login script help
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:23:13 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

mjedelma@SSA.GOV (Mitchell J. Edelman) writes:

>How can one test DOS environment variables in a login script?

Try this syntax:

  if "%<WORKSTA>" == "PC" then
      MAP ins s16:=sys:old_version
    else
      MAP ins s16:=sys:new_version
    end

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RUCS     | Mark A. Medici, Systems Programmer III, User Services Division
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Services | [medici@gandalf.rutgers.edu]                    [908-932-2412]
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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:30:29 CST
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From:         CACHO@ITESO.BITNET
Subject:      CN300E NIC (Server drivers)

        Hello,
        we are looking for CN300E drivers, for one of our servers,
        do you have an idea of where can we FTP them?
        Thank you.

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  Hector Gonzalez, Iteso University.
  Guadalajara, Mexico.
  Cacho@iteso
  Cacho@itesocci.gdl.iteso.mx
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From: ccewch@nuscc.nus.sg (Wong Chee Heng)
Subject: DCONFIG to change network address in NW2.15
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 03:43:01 GMT

I heard someone mentioned in the list that it is possible to use DCONFIG
to change the network address in NW 2.15 server. Now that I need to change
the address but I do not know the exact syntax, and I do not seem to be 
able to find the syntax in the manual, and the command line help does 
not tell much.

Thank you in advance.

--
Wong Chee Heng
Systems Programmer