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From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico de Vries.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Boo Hiss MicroSoft
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:14:28 GMT
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht

In <1992Apr8.142307.12317@alw.nih.gov> donnel@helix.nih.gov (Donald A. Lehn) writes:

>In article <1992Apr8.002110.9996@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu 
>(Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>/>
>/>At least IBM does not charge me for the upgrade to 2.0,
>/>for the product or the shipping.
If OS/2 becomes a success we will all have to pay for 2.1 I think. Just
as Windows/NT will be free if OS/2 has taken over the market. 
>/>-- 

>Seems appropriate.  I guess this just shows that people are willing
>to pay for Windows.  ;-)
And not for OS/2 you are implying. Where did you get that wrong idea? Have
you invested a lot in Windows and are you afraid to lose it?

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>Bethesda MD 20892

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Xref: sparky comp.windows.ms:13095 comp.os.os2.misc:12231
From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why go to 3.1 if 2.0 works
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 05:26:59 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Apr11.144531.6610@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>

> Aye, there's the rub!  Marketing my friend, marketing.  What is really
> interesting about the whole win/os2 debate is that no one has argued
> that Windows 3.1 is TECHNICALLY better than OS/2, they would be crazy to
> do so.

The Solitare game from Windows is *much* *better* than the Solitare
game with OS/2.

The Minesweep game from Windows 3.1 is *much* *better* than any of the
games that come with OS/2.

IBM's got a stronger Reversi, possibly.

(I've only got the pre-GA OS/2, so that's what this is based on, by the
way.)

							Tim Smith
From: rusbasan@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Tseng Drivers for Windows 3.1
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:21:06 GMT
Distribution: usa

I just logged on to the Microsoft BBS and noticed that they had the
new Tseng driver.  Unfortunately, the 16- and 256-color drivers total
about 1M, and it's a long-distance call for me.  I understand that the 
same files are on CompuServe, but I'm not a member.

Does anyone know if an FTP site has them?  I believe someone said
they were going to post them to wuarchive, but last time I checked
they weren't there.  If they're not available, could someone put
them at an FTP site?  I'm sure someone has gotten them or can get
them from little or no cost, and there are many people out there
who want them, so it would be greatly appreciated...

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From: kab@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kenneth.a.becker)
Subject: Re: HELP! 3.1 <call to undefined dynalink...>
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:41:52 GMT
Summary: Yep-saw this one too, and cured it the hard way...

In article <12462@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, award@farside.auspex.com (Andrew Ward) writes:
> What can cause a call to undefined dynalink in 3.1 when I start
> windows write, or paint or a few other apps?
> 
> I'm running W 3.1, NDW 2.0, SBPRO, Qemm386, ASPI4dos
> 
> After this happens, nothing works, NOTHING. I have to HARD RESET the machine.
> 
> Ideas please!
> 
> Andrew Ward
> award@auspex.com


O.K.: I ran across this one, too!  As it happened, I was at the Trenton
Computerfest last weekend and asked a real live Microsoft person about
it.  He looked surprised, gathered together another live body or two,
and they suggested that it might have resulted from a cross-linked
file. This was possible, as I am presently beta testing a somewhat
buggy word processor which always leaves pieces of files around
for good 'ol chkdsk to complain about.  Following the MS people's
advice, I ran chkdsk one more time and then re-installed windows
3.1 from disk. Note that I did not erase anything in the windows
directory when I did so.  This overwrote all the executables and
such like, and the missing dynalink messages went away.  I then
ran a disk compaction program that aligns data and such like by
the path, so that directories early in the path get closer to the
boot track and so forth. Since then, no problems.  Note:  I got my
dynalink problems whenever I tried to change the icon for a dos
program, and it was driving me nuts before I fixed it.

		Ken Becker kab@hotstone.att.com
		
Opinions?  I don't need no steeking opinions!
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: regoli@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Subject: Re: The new Cica
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 18:19:29 GMT

In <1992Apr14.203700.14834@cs.rose-hulman.edu>
lindemaj@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU (Andy Lindeman) writes: 

>Now that cica is back up on a new machine, I'm wondering if it is 
>dedicated solely to anonymous FTPing and will be online 24 hrs?
>Also, what will be the max number of anonymous logins allowed?
>In case anybody is wondering, the new address is ftp.cica.indiana.edu

Yes, ftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.84], a Sun 3/60 running SunOS
4.0, is dedicated to ftp exclusively (no interactive logins are
accepted).  It will be up 'round the clock, with no restrictions on
access time.  Currently there is a maximum number of 15 simultaneous
ftp connections.  (This number will increase after we shake down the
system a bit and get some more memory.)

Mail your inquiries to me at ftp@cica.indiana.edu.

Your humble moderator,
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regoli@iubacs.bitnet
From: lygre@hsr.no (Eirik Lygre)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Where is OS/2?
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:15:05 GMT
Organization: Rogaland University Centre

In article <1992Apr9.124654.1285@wkuvx1.bitnet> futrena@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>Ok.  I will ask this question ONE more time.  Who do I call to get a copy of
>OS/2 2.0?  Or do I contact an "Authorized IBM Dealer"?
>
>
>Nathan

I *think* that the correct phone number is 800-3IBMOS2. Now, to doublecheck,
ask your question in the comp.os.os2.misc newsgroup, or search for "800"
in old messages there.

For the future, asking os/2 related questions to comp.os.os2.misc is going
to give you a more auaranteed answer.

Good luck with os/2 (I personally love it!)

Eirik Lygre
lygre@hsr.no
From: mbgordy@athena.mit.edu (Michael B Gordy)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Installing Soundblaster with Windows 3.1
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:24:41 GMT
Organization: MIT Department of Economics

I have a Soundblaster (not Pro) with DSP 2.0.  It works just fine with
Aaron Wallace's DSOUND.DLL.  However, I can't seem to get Windows 3.1
to recognize its existence!  When I hit Sound in the Control Panel,
all of the sounds are in light gray.  Am I missing a driver?

By the way, I have Soundblaster installed on IRC 2.  I installed
Windows using the ordinary setup (not custom.)

Any advice appreciated.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: drv@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dennis.r.vogel)
Subject: W4W 2.0 & Excel Printing Problems
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 19:59:00 GMT
Keywords: Adobe Type Manager Bitstream Facelift Word for Windows Excel

I'm having considerable problems printing from Word for Windows 2.0
and Excel 3.0 under Windows 3.1.  I'm running ATM 2.0 and Bitstream
Facelift (I forgot the version).  It doesn't seem to matter whether
ATM or Facelift are "active" or not--the same problem occurs.

When I try to print I get the following message on my screen:

		System Error

	Memory parity error detected.
	System halted.

and the system locks up tight.  Only a hard reboot will get the system
running again; ctrl-alt-del does nothing.  Diagnostics don't show
any memory problems.

The maddening thing is that it isn't entirely repeatable.  That is,
under Excel I had a file with a Facelift font in it and it hung; tried
again after rebooting with a different Facelift font and it printed
fine.  Under Word, choosing a Postscript printer to a file sometimes works
and sometimes doesn't. Almost all of the time printing to the printer
doesn't work.

I'm not running anything too exotic here--DOS 5.0 and QEMM (forgot the
version here but not the latest).  No TSRs and no other programs running
under Windows.  Machine is a Gateway 386/33 with 8 Meg; printer is a
Panasonic KXP1124.  I had installed Windows 3.1 in a new directory to get rid
of any old drivers and things, then reinstalled Word and Excel.  I then
copied the files from the original Word and Excel main directories to
get all my templates and spreadsheets as well as updates to the installed
templates.  I don't think this should cause any problems--I did not copy
any old DLL files over from the old Windows directory.

Any suggestions would be helpful.  I know there are a bunch of Gateway
owners out there.  Let me know if you've been successful running Windows 3.1.

Dennis R. Vogel
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Middletown, NJ
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: press@venice.sedd.trw.com (Barry Press)
Subject: Win 3.1 ATI Drivers Problem
Summary: Won't load in Mode 55h
Reply-To: press@venice.sedd.trw.com
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering and Development Division
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:07:56 GMT

I picked up the ATIVGA.ZIP file from ftp.cica.indiana.edu and installed
for mode 55h large fonts (1024x768x16, 120 dpi), which is what I'd been
running previously.  When Windows tries to come up, it says there's a
problem loading w31-54b.drv and exits back to DOS.  The file is there,
and appears to be decompressed (first two bytes are indeed MZ).

Has anyone gotten this mode to work in these new drivers?

_____
Barry Press                                           press@venice.sedd.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: sbray@lookout.uswest.com (Steven Bray)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster on Exit.
Organization: US WEST Communications
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:47:50 GMT

I had the identical problem with the SB Pro until I
installed the new 3.1 drivers.  Monitor this newsgroup
to find an ftp site.  A similar problem occurred when 
playing Wing Commander 2 from a Stacker drive.


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Xref: sparky comp.windows.ms:13106 comp.os.os2.misc:12256
Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 15:27:15 WUT
From: FLATSCHER Rony <RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Tastes gross/more fattening
 <1992Apr8.022751.21871@leland.Stanford.EDU>
 <1992Apr8.224400.10885@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
 <1992Apr14.044323.4432@microsoft.com>

Jeff:

Please stop the typical Microsoft FUD, or did you hear like me that
in NT one wrongly coded line ***could*** inadvertently effect NT
and destroy all the shared memory objects, pipes (worst for named ones),
semaphores NT is so proud of ?

---rony
From: victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (V Menayang)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: How about Paradise Drivers? (for those who care)
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:41:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <PHL7iB2w164w@upchrch.UUCP> joel@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch  ) writes:
>victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (V Menayang) writes:
>
>> In article <N6yZiB1w164w@upchrch.UUCP> joel@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch  ) wr
>> What do you mean by "works fine"?
>> Are you able to use your mouse in a windowed DOS session?
>> I'm using the Paradise 640x480x256 driver for Windows 3.0
>> but it doesn't work very well even though I use the grabber
>> and VDD that come with 3.1.
>
>I mean it works fine in 800x600x16 mode. I've never found much use for


In that case I wonder why you don't just use the SVGA driver that comes
with Windows 3.1. With it you'll get all the new features that
Win31 has to offer (mouse in windows, etc.)

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: steve@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (steve)
Subject: printing doc files from dos?
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:24:42 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to print a WFW doc file from dos?  I 
occasionally have some documents that I would like 
to print but hate going into Windows just to 
accomplish this.

I know I could save the doc file as postscript file 
as well and then just copy it to the printer port ... 
but is there another way? (a shareware program or 
something).  Thanks.

Steve.
steve@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: jnpotts@iastate.edu (James N. Potts)
Subject: SND -> WAV conversion???
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:23:05 GMT

If this has been answered before, I missed it.  I'm looking for a utility to
convert snd files or sou files to wav files.  If there is such a beast out
there, will you let me know?

Also, does anyone know if the not yet released version of SoundTool will
co-exist happily with the PC Speaker Driver?

Thanks for any response.

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: ed@kpc.com (Ed LaClair)
Subject: "Hidden" Memory in Windows
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer Inc, Santa Clara, CA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:52:27 GMT

I know the answer to this has been posted in the past, but alas, our
newsgroups expire pretty quickly.  I've got a 486/33 with 64 Megs running
QEMM 6.01.  Fairly normal setup otherwise.  Under Windows, Enhanced mode
only gives me 42 Megs free including the swap.  I'm sure I remember 
someone posting about a line that's added in the SYSTEM.INI file to 
"allow" Windows to not be bound by XMS memory, but I can't remember what
that line was.

So, in other words.....HELP!!!!!!

Thanks in advance

Ed

(Yeah, yeah, I know.  I'll NEVER use all 64 Meg...it's just the principle)
From: JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com (Judson West)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: NDW Backup Problem with WIN 3.1
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:11:09 GMT
Organization: TRW Space & Defense

In article <2138@transfer.stratus.com>
rscott@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Richard Scott) writes:
 
>I installed WIN 3.1 this weekend and have been using it with no problems (my
>DeskJet 500 even printed the TrueType fonts with no hassles).  I was also able
>to do an incremental backup with the Norton Backup for Windows (under NDW 1.0)
>with no problems.  However, when I tried to do a full backup that required more
>than one floppy, it bombed and I got tossed out into DOS when NBW asked for and
>tried to detect the second floppy.  Anybody else have this problem and/or have
>a suggestion?  System is a CompuAdd 386/25Mhz, 8Mb RAM, 110Mb IDE hard drive,
>DOS 5.0.
 
I don't think Symantec is supporting NDW 1.0 under WIN 3.1. I didn't have
those problems but I had a number of other problems until I installed
NDW 2.0. The upgrade package is available directly from Symantec for $49+
shipping, handling, fondling, tax, license, and insurance.
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From: Iskandar Taib <ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: WIN 3.1 AND SMARTDRV
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 12:53:50 -0500

In article <2369.1033.uupcb@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
>TO: scott@unixland.natick.ma.us
>SE.This is really annoying.  My latest suspicion, knowing Microsoft, is
>  .that it kills SMARDRV when it sees QEMM386 as the mem manager, so my
>  .next test will be to try without QEMM.

>Well... You could do what I do.  I've lost SMARTDRV and dropped back to
>HYPERDISK v4.31, it's faster and thrashes the disk a lot less than the
>new SMARTDRV, and has run better than the SMARTDRV.EXE.  I had several
>crashes with the new SMARTDRV, so it's back to HYPERDISK for me.


Its been a while sice I played with it but I couldn't get Hyperdisk
to work with Windows at all. Windows simply locked up. My machine is
an AMD 386-40 (SiS chipset). I did try the various versions that came 
in the archive.




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From: ST802200@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Rob Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: SoundBlaster and Windows 3.1
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:56:53 GMT
Organization: Brown University

My apologies if this has been pointed out before, but apparently Windows 3.1
requires v2.0 of SoundBlaster's DSP chip.  You can find out what version
you have by running the program TEST-SBC included on your SoundBlaster
disks.

If you want a upgrade, you can call Creative Labs Sales at 1-408-428-6600.
It costs $30 (plus $5 shipping).  Apparently the old chip waited for the
buffer to fill before sending output whereas the new chip sends data as it
gets it.  The result is that older chips produce delays when you implement
the .WAV sounds for system events in Win 3.1.

Hope this helps.

-- Rob
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: randy@rss.dl.nec.com (Randy Bullard)
Subject: Windows NT is Vaporware ( was Re: Why I'm sticking with Windows)
Organization: NEC America
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:25:38 GMT

|> Well lets see, the Silicon Graphics Indigo?, the microVax?, the Sun?, the new
|> 486?  perhaps even this Convex multiprocessor supercomputer?

|> 
|> Windows NT - The one operating system that fits all.

Give me a break.  Windows NT is a promise, vaporware, hand waving, blah blah blah.
Do you really think that people with the systems your listing above are going
to drop their current OS (usually UNIX) for Windows NT?  Do you really think that
Microsoft, a company with no real experience on any platform other than an Intel
box, is going to rapidly develop an OS for every computer on the planet and that
applications written in this OS are going to be transparently portable across these
platforms?  What fairy land are you living in?  I'll believe Windows NT and all that
it promises after I see it, and no matter how neeto keen it is, I sincerely doubt it
will make a real dent into any platform other than the intel box.  

|> 
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|> Bethesda MD 20892

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Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Printing PCL from WFW2.0
From: tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 03:32:02 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

Hi there.

Does anyone know how to print HP-PCL files from within Word for
Windows 2.0? I would like to link them into the text and it would be
even better if I could reduce them in size.

BTW, I don't just mean a few PCL commands. I'm referring to a 200k
document.

I have RTFM but I long ago gave up on trying to find anything of use
in the F'ing M.

Pleas mail or post any answers. I do read this group even if it does
take a few hours a day...

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From: gw18@prism.gatech.EDU (Greg Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Number of OS/2 2.0 orders (was Re: Why go to 3.1 if 2.0 works)
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:10:49 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <2395@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico de Vries.) writes:
>OS/2 hasn't been released for 14 days and there are
>already 2,000,000 orders for the program (mostly Windows 3.0 owners BTW).
>IBM currently has only one problem, where to get diskettes :-) (actually
>this problem really exists BTW).

Can you give a source on this number, or can anyone else confirm this?  I
am curious as to how many OS/2 2.0 orders there are.

-- 
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From: henry.tan@cccbbs.UUCP (Henry Tan) 
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: RE: HELP: WINDOWS 3.1
Date: 11 Apr 92 12:23:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection BBS - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-8248
Reply-To: henry.tan@cccbbs.UUCP (Henry Tan) 

TO: bakalov@WFUNET.WFU.EDU

From: cccbbs!henry.tan@uceng.uc.edu
-> >        I madly need your help. I spent the whole day trying to
-> install >Win 3.1 and I couldn't. It's a real shame-- I used to think
-> my CS degree >has some value.
-> [Windows only comes up in 3.0a /s mode...]
-> >        I am running 386/25MHz, 4Mb, ET4000, Stacker, 386MAX.

I am experiencing the same. Since my Windows 3.1 is still on order, I
tried to install Word for Windows 2.0 with Windows 3.0. I was not able
to install it; I got an error message "System Error - Xannot read drive
A (or B)" and then it hung up. Sometimes, however, with File manager I
was able to read the directory of Drive A (5.25" HD) but not of Drive B
(3.5" HD). Under DOS alonone (or using PCCTools) I can run progrresiding
on my floppies. So there is nothing wrong with my floppy drives. I too
have Stacker 2.0 installed. That makes me think that the problem is due
to Stacker. I erased my Windows files and re-installed it but still get
the same error message. I was waiting for my Windows 3.1 to arrive and
then try to install Word for Windows.  But judging from your problems, I
may not be able to install it either. Is it necessary to reformat the
entire hard drive and then start from scratch ?
My system is 386SX, DOS 5.0, Stacker 2.0, QEMM 6.02
Thanks for any help...
                                                                             
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: becap@cs.mcgill.ca (Brian CAPSON)
Subject: Re: WINDOWS 3.1 & com ports
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:08:26 GMT

In article <4878@naucse.cse.nau.edu> slh@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Steven Harvey) writes:
>
>Does WIN 3.1 have better com port support than 3.0, specifically,
>does it allow use of ports 3 and 4?

Yes, in Win3.1 all comm ports are fully configurable from Control Panel, and
now support high speed transmission.
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