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From: miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: How to disable computer's bell?
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:19:00 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <C0p363.Kq8@acsu.buffalo.edu>, camdna@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Darren Natale) writes:
> In article <C0LoMv.1Hp@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, jdg41088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Pickaxe) writes...
>>miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>> 
>>>How to disable computer's bell? (Keeps waking my wife...)
>> 
>>There's a program call silence. Check archie for details.
>> 
> I have seen this program at wuarchive.wustl.edu under mirrors/msdos/sysutl.
> It is called silence.arc

What appears to be the same one is also at wustl in
/mirrors3/archive.umich.edu/msdos/sound, named silence.com.  However,
such programs won't (I assume!?) silence your computer during boot,
which is when mine makes all the noise.  There's nothing for it <sigh>
but to splice in a switch on the speaker wires...
-Ken

> 
> DN
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: jdz1@Ra.MsState.Edu (John D. Zitterkopf)
Subject: Default PKZIP 204c parameters
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:29:09 GMT

	Doesn't the new pkzip even with it's problems still compress files
so that they are compatiable with the older version {1.10?}? Won't the problems
only come from using the eXtra compression switch? The reason I ask is becuase
of the possible problems on the FTP sites... How will we be able to determine
what version was used to "pack" the archive? 

John

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From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Large RAMDRIVE
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:09:10 GMT
Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
Distribution: comp
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Summary: RAMdrive.sys will create large RAM drives

In article <79330@hydra.gatech.EDU> gb8@prism.gatech.EDU (BEEBE,GARY E) writes:

>Is there a DOS 5.0 compatible RAMDRIVE equivalent capable of creating ram
>drives greater than 4M? I have a need for a ram drive that is as large as my
>system memory (16-64M). Any ideas?

The MS-DOS 5.0 manual is incorrect.  The version of "ramdrive.sys" distributed 
with DOS 5.0 will create RAM drives larger than 4096 kb (4 MB).  A few months 
back, I was using a 12 meg RAM drive created with MS-DOS 5.0 "ramdrive.sys"

Ashok
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood)
Subject: PKZIP 204c problems / Windows
Keywords: ZIP WINDOWS
Reply-To: sts@mfltd.co.uk
Organization: Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, England
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:07:26 GMT

I am having problems, running PZKIP in a dos window on my 386/40.
It happly zip's up the files, but when it finishes, windows hangs and a 
message box pops up, saying "Serious Disk Error".
I am using DOS 5.0, Himem.sys, and smartdrv.exe... There are no other tsrs
loaded in. Any Idea's ?

Steve

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From: paula@nlbbs.UUCP (Paula Stockholm)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 19:02:55 GMT
Reply-To: paula@nlbbs.uucp
Distribution: world
Organization: The Electronics Workbench - Cumberland Maine


In article <93005.135138HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:

 > 
 > In article <1993Jan5.154638.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>,
 > 11srust@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Scott A. Rust) says:
 > >
 > >        I'm having a problem copying DOS 5.0 setup disks from their original
 > >5.25" HD disks to 3.5" HD disks. The computer I'm installing the program into
 > >only handles 3.5. Using diskcopy doesn't work as the computer says the dirves
 > >or formats are incompatible. Using copy *.* doesn't work because it doesn't
 > >copy the entire disk. Suggestions on what I can use here?
        XCOPY.EXE should work. Don't forget to name the volumes
        "DISK [six spaces] n"; n being the disk number.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: PKZip 2.04c uploaded to wuarchive
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:33:06 GMT

nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
>In <rdippold.726230755@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>[Sorry, this should have been part of the crosspost, but I missed this group]

>>I have uploaded PKZip 2.04c to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the
>>pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory.  It's pkz204c.exe and pkz204c.txt.

>According to wuarchive this version is infected with the Maltese Amoeba
>virus. It is no longer available.

Norton Anti-Virus is getting a false detection of the Maltese Amoeba.
It will be available periodically.


>>Before any flames start, this is downloaded directly from the
>>PKWareBBS.  So is this announcement:

>Then your system might be virus infected. Please verify this.

I'm not infected.  Scan99 and VirX can detect the Maltese Amoeba and
they say I (and the files) are fine.
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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: How to use '/' instead of '\'?
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:12:29 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: negligable

This is old, half-remembered information.

There is (was) a undocumented config.sys option:

	SWITCHCHAR=-

That set the utility flag character to be '-' instead of
'/', which freed up '/' to be interpreted as a directory
separator.  Some programs, however, do not use the switchchar
option, and demand '/' -- this option was never fully
supported (it was an undocumented feature).  I do not know
if this option still exists.  I do not think it is a good
idea to use this option if it did because of the potential
compatibility problems.  I think that one of the most annoying
things that microsoft ever did was use '\' as the directory
separator character!  I hope this helps.

		-Richard Hartman
		hartman@ulogic.COM

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: Re: Using DD disks as HD disks?
Keywords: disks, disk drive
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:50:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.193232.1930@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Dan Evans) writes:
>In article <1993Jan5.001013.15268@engage.pko.dec.com> ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon E. Smith) writes:
>>
>>From this and other things said, can I use (cheaper) 3 1/2 DD disks in my HD
>>drive without problems?   Assuming I ADD THE SECOND HOLE?
>>
>
>As long as they format to the full 1.44 MB I don't see why not. But you
>wouldn't catch me doing that for a hard drive backup. I may just be paranoid.
...

The failure mode for DD disks used as HD is quite insidious.  The
recorded data will tend to decay slowly.  Weeks or months later, you
may find that your data has become unreadable.  The average "half life"
for the data has been reported to be approximately six months [Mueller,
"Upgrading and Repairing PCs," 2nd edition, Que, 1992, p.546].

Contrary to what the vendors of hole punchers say, the media are *not*
the same.  You can confirm this by the simple experiment of opening the
shutter on a HD disk and looking through it at a light source.  Now,
try that with a DD disk.  The magnetic coating on DD disks is both
thicker and magnetically "softer."  The latter characterictic is what
causes the closely-packed bits to merge into a useless jumble over time.

Also, in my experience DD disks will seldom format to a full 1.44MB.
The inner cylinders (where the bits are most tightly packed) almost
invariably have several bad sectors -- a pretty solid indication that
the media is being pushed beyond its limit.

With bulk HD disks available for $0.60 to $0.80 each, it's just not
worth it to fool around with DD, IMO.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: bbenowit@telesciences.com (Barry D Benowitz)
Subject: LIM EMS 3.2 vs 4.0
Followup-To: Poster
Summary:  Differences between the two revs
Organization: TeleSciences CO Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:56:30 GMT

What is the differnce between the two revs. Simtel has a program that emulates 3.2 type
EMS to Disk. What are the odds of it successfully coexisting with a program that
says it will use Extended Memory If present.




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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: garys@iscp.bellcore.com (Gary Seubert)
Subject: Adding a HD ....
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 16:42:11 GMT

I have a 286 12Mhz that (although it's outdated by most standards) still
works fine for me.  Since I only have a 70 Meg HD now, I plan on adding
another in the available half-height slot.  My existing HD has a 28 ms
access time and is RLL (ugh!) interfaced.  So far my choices seem to be:

	Seagate ST277R-1  RLL 28ms 5.25" HH    60 Meg         approx. $219
	Microsci HH1120    "   "    "    "    120 Meg            "    $390

I've heard good reports about Seagate but not much (pro or con) about
Micro Science.

Can anyone offer me either past experience with either of these two
drives or perhaps point me to any other possibilities I might have
overlooked (yes - I use 'pklite' and might soon implement 'stacker'
but I'd still like to add more physical disk space anyway to bring the hardware
up to "reasonable")

Thanks for any advice (direct E'mail OK since this is probably not
among the most common issues for general discussion).

Gary Seubert
Bell Communications Research
Piscataway, NJ
garys@iscp.bellcore.com
From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: *** WARNING *** PKZIP 2.04c is infected with Maltese Amoeba virus
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:41:56 GMT
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht

Access wuarchive.wustl.edu fro more information.


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To get (many) ==> LOSSLESS DATA COMPRESSION SOURCES <== get lds_10.zip at 
garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/programming. Make files for Borland C are included.
From: jig1@inode.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: HOW TO READ MAC DISKS ON
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:16:16 EST
Reply-To: jig1@inode.com
Distribution: world
Organization: inode BBS, Usenet Access for NYC (212-679-9146)

G>Does anyone out there know how to read a MAC disk on
G>a PC? I know MAC can read/convert PC disk/file with
G>Apple File Exchage. But it's done on MAC. I would
G>really like this to be done on a PC, even I have to
G>pay for the software and hardware. Please help!

OK, there is a program (the equivalent to Apple File Exchange) for the
PC called Mac-In-DOS.  It will read 1.44meg Mac disks.  I believe that
it is a commercial product.  It will let you read and copy files off Mac
disks, but not run Mac software (just like Apple File Exchange works on
the Mac).
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson)
Subject: Re: IBM XT upgrade
Keywords: XT
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 01:04:00 GMT

In article <50921@shamash.cdc.com> slc@a2.cim.cdc.com (Steve Chesney x4662) writes:
>At my wife's job (a church) she is obligated to use a vintage IBM XT with
>a 10 meg hard disk, color display and IBM PC-DOS 2.10.  
>Since she is used to our 386, it seems slow to her.  Are there any cheap and
>simple upgrades that we could try to alleviate this?

All of the previous replies were very good.  If you want a much greater
performance improvement and are willing to spend a few more dollars
consider buying a 386SX mother-board.  Then you will have all the power
of a 386 at the lowest possible price.  Don't bother with a 286 upgrade.

I upgraded my old XT about 6 or 8 months ago at a local computer store
that offered an XT to 386SX-16 with 1MB RAM upgrade for $159 including
labor.  Motherboard prices have dropped a lot since then, but memory is
slightly higher now.  Benchmarks show about a 10 times performance
improvement over the XT in all areas but hard disk (my old XT disk).

The only problems I had were I had to replace my old XT keyboard with an
AT 101 key keyboard and two of my XT boards (CGA and floppy/Multi-IO) 
didn't fit the 16 bit slots, so I had to replace them.
	(they had circuit-board & etches where the 16 bit AT slot was)
All three of those components can be found for under $30 each.
My old 135 watt P/S works fine as well as my old Seagate 238R hard disk,
though it is the bottleneck of the system.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: marksi@microsoft.com (Mark Simonton)
Subject: Re: Info about EMM386 and DOS=HIGH wanted!!!
Date: 08 Jan 93 22:00:25 GMT
Organization: MSDOS Test
Distribution: usa

In article <1993Jan7.143046.22849@microware.com> adam@microware.com wrote:
> S_BUCK@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Buck Martin) writes:
> 
> >First, the question about EMM386:
> >What is the use of its L=xxxx switch? I know it's used to reserve a
> >certain amount of extended memory, but why do I have to use this
> >switch? When I have 3Mb of extended memory and want to use 1Mb of it
> >as expanded memory, I write: EMM386 1024 RAM. Is it true, that in
> >this case EMM386 takes the whole 3Mb of extended memory, changes 1 Mb
> >to expanded memory and leaves the other 2Mb unused (and inaccessi-
> >ble)? If so, what is the reason for this? If not, how does it really
> >work?
> 
> I can't find any reference to the L option in the DOS 5.0 reference
> manual.  The only options I see mentioned are RAM and NOEMS (plus the

The L option is to preserve  XMS Extended memory for other 
applications, so emm386 doesn't use it all for EMS (I think it's an
old option to preserve compatibility with CEMM (compaq EMM).

> obvious size).  When you say 1024 RAM, you are providing 1Mb of EMS
> memory (minus any memory which gets mapped into the 640-1Mb area).
> The rest is XMS (if you've loaded HIMEM).
> 
> >I'd also like to know, if there is any (shareware) expanded-memory-
> >manager for the 386 that doesn't switch the CPU to virtual mode (if
> >this is possible at all). If such an emulator exists, where can I get
> >it from?
> 
> It's my understanding that it is possible (under particular chipsets
> only) to map memory from >1Mb into the area 640-1Mb.  ie, provide UMBs
> without going into V86 mode.  It would be then possible to emulate EMS
> using XMS, although I don't believe this has been written (yet).  I
> don't really see the point, though.
> 
> >My third question is about the DOS=HIGH feature when using HIMEM.SYS:
> >Is there any possibility to prevent Mess-DOS from using the HMA if
> >there is a DOS=HIGH statement in the CONFIG.SYS? As far as I know,
> >DOS prescans the CONFIG.SYS before loading any drivers and searches
> >for a DOS=HIGH statement. If the last DOS= statement is DOS=HIGH,
> >then DOS reserves the HMA as soon as it becomes available (after
> >loading HIMEM.SYS).
> >Does anybody know, how to force DOS into low memory though there is a
> >DOS=HIGH statement (it must be possible; I've seen 2 multi-configura-
> >tion-programs doing this)?
> 
> You betcha.  Write a device driver which allocates the HMA, load it
> after HIMEM.  When DOS is done processing the Config.sys, it tries to
> allocate the HMA itself--if it has already been allocated, it loads
> low.  You then need to free the HMA in your Autoexec (so someone else
> can use it).
> 
> -- 
> Adam G.
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> The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
> statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
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From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Microsoft Mouse Driver Switches : Late Results !! - - - - - - - - - - -
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:39:08 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK


		Re: Microsoft Mouse v8.20 Driver Switches
		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	This interesting post arrived from Oz today. I have yet to
check it out - but I think it's what I've been looking for.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sorry about the tardiness of this reply. The information I have is
> as follows.
> 
> Setting      Default       Values        Switches
> Mouse Type     none        Serial 1,2      /Cn
>                            PS2             /Z
>                            Inport 1,2      /In
>                            Bus             /B
> 
> Language      English      English         /L
>                            German          /LD
>                            Spanish         /LE
>                            French          /LF
>                            Italian         /LI
>                            Dutch           /LNL
>                            Portuguese      /LP
>                            Swedish         /LS
>                            Finnish         /LSF
> 
> Interrupt Rate    1        0,1,2,3,4       /Rn
> 
> Sensitivity
>  Horizontal      50        5-100           /Hn
>  Vertical        50        5-100           /Vn
>  Hor & Ver       50        5-100           /Sn
> 
> Acceleration      2        1,2,3,4         /Pn
> 
> Cursor Display
>  Display Delay    0        0-10            /Nn
>  Force Default  off        on              /M1
>                            off             /M
> 
> Hardware Cursor
> Support         off        on/off          /Y
> 
> Rotation Angle    0        0-359           /Or  (ballpoint mouse only)
> 
> Button Selection
>  Primary          1        1,2,3,4         /KPnSm
>  Secondary        3        1,2,3,4         /KPnSm
>  Clicklock       on        on              /KC  (ballpoint mouse only)
>                            off             /K
 
	Thanks, Clive; and once again thanks to everyone who replied
to my query.

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From: erik@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu (Erik Vallow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: File sharing question
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:11:40 GMT
Organization: Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania

<my first post to this newsgroup>

I'm trying to understand how to lock and unlock files in dos. (v 5.00) I would
like to use the XCOPY command on a file while in a DOS shell from Lotus (for
dos) and I get a "Shared file violation " (or something close to that)
This happens whenever I try to XCOPY the file I have opened in Lotus; That 
makes sense, but is there a way around it?

Can anyone help me out? What does the DOS SHARE.EXE do? I doesn't seem to 
matter if I invoke that or not. Am I barking up the wrong tree? (no pun here..)

Thanks in advance... erik@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
From: ninja@willard.atl.ga.us (Sonic Druid)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: IBM XT Upgrade....
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 00:49:00 EST
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

 
 well, there are 286 accelerator card available for XT's, which
is probably not a bad idea....
  might depend on whether you have the original PC or a Turbo XT...
but I'm not really sure....
 
  this card would basically turn your XT into a 286 machine....
 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: PKZIP 204c problems / Windows
Keywords: ZIP WINDOWS
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:26:04 GMT

sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood) writes:
>I am having problems, running PZKIP in a dos window on my 386/40.
>It happly zip's up the files, but when it finishes, windows hangs and a 
>message box pops up, saying "Serious Disk Error".
>I am using DOS 5.0, Himem.sys, and smartdrv.exe... There are no other tsrs
>loaded in. Any Idea's ?

Turn off DPMI ("-)") and possibly 386 mode ("-3").  Usually DPMI does
it.  Be warned that this thing is riddled with over a dozen bugs known
already, some of them serious.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: knepley@CS.ColoState.EDU (Ranseus (Jim Knepley))
Subject: Re: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:09:31 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

In article <rdippold.726520166@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>Another bug has shown up in PKZ204C (I can't believe how buggy this
>is), confirmed by several people (including on CompuServe) and tried
>by me.  If you backup your hard disk with the "-&" option you may lose
>some of your data.

It is my experience that PKUNZIP will notify you that the file didn't
inflate correctly but the file is fine.  Your mileage may vary.

If ANY file spans 2 disks, it'll report a CRC error for the file that's
being completed.  I restored 4 disks today and got a message every time
I put in a new disk, but the files were fine.

Jim
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