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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: PKZip 2.04c uploaded to wuarchive
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:45:55 GMT

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

From the PKWare BBS at 1-414-354-8670:
 
Last Update: 01/04/93
*********************************************************************
*******  PKZIP 2.04c is shipping. Please allow 7-10 business  *******
*******  days to process and ship orders. It will appear on   *******
*******  BBS's shortly here after.                            *******
*********************************************************************
 
 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.  
 
 PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE MESSAGES ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESS,
 CURRENT ORDERS,UPGRADES,ADDRESS CHANGES/CORRECTIONS,ETC AS THE BBS
 IS NOT SETUP TO HANDLE THESE. IT IS MORE EFFICIENT TO CALL THE OFFICE 
 AND TALK TO A CUSTOMER REPRESENATIVE. OUR NUMBER IS 414-354-8699
 WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
Subject: Non-Blinking Cursors
Organization: Psych Department, Indiana University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:10:16 GMT

Does anybody have any information on ways to change the standard blinking 
underline cursor into a solid non-blinking blob-type cursor (like they had 
on old CP/M machines)? Software solutions are preferable, but hardware is 
Ok if that's the only way to do it.

    Please respond via email to me or to frommer@indiana.edu.

--
Nathan Engle                        Software Juggler
Psychology Department               Indiana University
nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu      nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
From: francis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: CMOS Setup Questions?
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:17:29 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In the AMI BIOS SETUP PROGRAM - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP, please explain what 
these configurable parameters are supposed to do on my 486DX/33MHz system:

								CURRENT
PARAMETER			OPTIONS				SETTING
------------------------------------------------------------------------

DMA Address/Data Hold Time	1-2T, 2-3T			1-2T

AT BUS Clock Select		CPUCLK/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8		CPUCLK/4

I/O Recovery Time Delay		2, 4, 8, 12BCLK			4BCLK

Cache Read Hit Burst		2-1-1-1, 3-1-1-1, 		3-2-2-2
				3-2-2-2

------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have figured out most of the other CMOS settings, but these are still
somewhat elusive to me.  I believe that AT BUS Clock Select affects the
speed of the AT BUS by dividing the master clock frequency by the selected
parameter, eg, a 33MHz system would have a BUS speed of 11MHz with an AT
BUS Clock Select setting of CPUCLK/3.  Is it adviseable to increase the
AT BUS speed beyond the standard 8MHz?  Any advice, anecdotes and other
pertinent information would be greatly appreciated.

As a final query, is it adviseable to enable memory remapping if my system
has more than 1Mb of RAM?  I have 4Mb.  My crappy manual says "no", but does
not explain why.  I have enabled it and acquired an additional 256kb of
extended memory.  I assume that the other 128kb (384k-256k=128k) is in use
as shadow ROM which is enabled also.  I have experienced intermittent/random
crashes at times and I am wondering if these are related to memory mapping?

Thanks...Francis

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From: amerritt@dante.nmsu.edu (Angela Merritt)
Subject: Need info on 'c' library for tape backup software
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:15:20 GMT

I'm looking for some information about 8mm tape backup software,
and I'm hoping someone can help!  I have an 8mm tape system on
my 486 pc using a scsi (adaptec) interface.  We are writing
some custom software on the PC and would like to incorporate
the tape backup functions into our code.  My Wish List would
ideally include software that provides the following
functions:

1.  A 'C' library of tape functions so I can operate the
    tape drive directly from my code.

2.  Some sort of standard user interface so the operator
    can do tape functions when not using the custom software.

3.  This is the catch.  The tape formats of the two functions
    above should be interchangable.

I already have some NovaStor software that does the above but
the tape format that results from the 'c' callable routines is
different from their standard canned program.  We really need
just one tape format to worry about!  Since I'm kind of new
to the world of tape backup systems I don't even know if
what I'm looking for is available.  If anyone has any information
about this I would appreciate hearing from you!

Much Thanks
Angie
(Email: amerritt@dante.nmsu.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:50:54 GMT

rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:

>Given all the bugs, I'd strongly suggest doing a "pkunzip -t" on
>anything important you make.

Better yet, use Info-Zip, or ARJ.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: mdb@netcom.com (Mark Bisgeier)
Subject: Re: HOW TO USE '/' INSTEAD OF
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:34:49 GMT

Wasn't there a command called SWITCHCHAR or something like that in DOS
versions before 5.0 that switched "-" for "\" or something like that??

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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: How to read MAC disks on PC?
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:39:06 GMT
Organization: negligable

In article <1993Jan8.225002.4186@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com> ckr2196@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Caryn K. Roberts) writes:
>From article <817@ulogic.UUCP>, by hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman):
>> PC disks are formatted in concentric circles.  Mac disks are
>> formatted in a spiral (like your old black vinyl records).  (This
>> is what let Macs put 800k on a floppy that the PC could only get 
>> 720k on.)  The Mac drive (actually the superdrive) can be controlled 
>> to read concentric-formatted disks.  I do not believe that there is
>> a way to control the standard pc drives to read spiral-formatted
>> disks.  There may be special hardware out there that can do it.

>GIGO.

Wasn't he a french singer?

>Mac disks are formatted just like MS-DOS disks except that density varies
>per track on Mac disks. In early Macs the disk speed was varied, but 800k
>and 1.44m discs accomplish this by varing the data read/write stream.

Oh well, I got the details wrong.  The concept -- that mac disks
used special formatting that standard ms-dos machines would be unlikely
to be able to read remains.  Although apparently the more recent macs
have abandond the variable-speed drive concept and use more standard
formatting (from what I gather on the parallel leaf from my msg).

Would it be possible to, on a track-by-track basis, change the
# sectors per track on an ms-dos floppy drive?

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From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Microsoft Mouse Driver - SUMMARY *******************************
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:13:54 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK


Microsoft Mouse driver v8.20 - command line switches - Summary

I recieved some very prompt replies to my post, all via email. I include
the text from a couple of them below. 

It seems that the driver only supports the switch /Y - which is explained 
below. The driver contains text stating:

		/i /z /c /b invalid

		Parameters /U /E /X no longer supported

Also the driver repeats all its instructions in 9 languages - English, 
French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portugese, and Italian.

My warmest thanks to everyone who responded to my post.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Response #1 of 2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you find out, let me know.  Microsoft issues those mouse drivers with
just about everything, and doesn't include any documentation.  I've
figured out that 
/Cx => on comx
/Sxx  => sensitivity from 10 to 100
/Hxx
/Vxx  => horizontal and vertical sensitivity, if you want different
values.

The strange thing is that the Microsoft driver sometimes (rarely) loads
and runs with my Chicony trackball, and sometimes it doesn't.  Also, have
you ever looked inside the driver?  It has instructions in about 20
different languages.  Strange.  I have no idea how to get them to work.
Setting country= doens't do it.  Not that I really need my mouse to send
me error messages in Norewigan.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Response #2 of 2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are no switches for the 8.20 ver of MOUSE.COM except for the "/Y" one
which means "no hardware cursor". This switch is needed on some Video 7
and a few other graphics cards because the card uses a graphic cursor
(sprite) instead of the standard block cursor in DOS programs. This messes
up mouse support for DOS programs under Windows.

To control the mouse program make changes in the MOUSE.INI file, normally
contained in your C:\WINDOWS directory. This file controls the mouse program.

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Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1993 13:51:38 PST
From: <HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"

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?
>
>                Thanks.
>
>                        Scott Rust
>
There is a shareware program called copyqm that will allow you
to copy between formats. I think it is called copyq302 and is
located in pub/msdos/drvutil(?). Works real well. If you
can't find it I will dig out the location for you.

Harold
harvey@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu
From: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Fonts for bank checks. Pr
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:07:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
Reply-To: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin) 

PK> .I started using Quicken and would like to print my bank checks
  > .on my ink jet printer using regular papers. I read from Chicago
  > .Tribune that someone has done it using MS Word and Canon BJ-10
  > .printer. Where can I get the fonts for the computer codes and
  > .numbers on bank checks?

Unless you use a special ink, you're going to make your bank VERY
unhappy.  That routing information on the bottom of the check is
expected to be printed with a magnetic ink.

I remember seeing a blurb about a toner that could be used with a
standard laser printer to produce acceptable results, but it was very
expensive.  I don't recall seeing any ads for magnetic ink-squirter
juice.

        D/
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: S_BUCK@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Buck Martin)
Subject: Info about EMM386 and DOS=HIGH wanted!!!
Organization: University of Ulm, Germany
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:10:02 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

I need some information about Mess-DOS 5.0's EMM386-driver and the
DOS=HIGH feature.

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'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?

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)?

Thanks,
       Martin Buck


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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:15:17 GMT
Organization: negligable

In article <jcmorris.726327474@mwunix> jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:
>I suspect that your problem is not a missing file but the volume serial
>numbers.  A 3-1/2" HD diskette can obviously hold the entire contents
>of a 5-1/4" disk, so you should be able to copy the disks with the COPY
>command (no subdirectories exist, so XCOPY isn't needed), then make
>sure that each target disk is assigned the volume label of the disk
>from which it was copied...and watch the spaces.  The volume labels
>are probably of the form:
>
>  DISK      1
>
>Note all the embedded spaces.  Check each disk as you copy it and
>use the LABEL command to write the appropriate label to your 3-1/2" disk.

This only works if the 3.5" disks have less than 1.2m of files.

Some product distributions are different for 3.5 & 5.25, including
the index files which says which volume to find which files on,
so copying like this does not always work.  (If you're going
from 3.5 to 5.25 -- the other way around should not be a problem.)

Whether it works for the DOS 5.0 upgrade I have no idea.


		-Richard Hartman
		hartman@ulogic.COM

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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Wanted: Unix utilities for dos
Keywords: UNIX, find, cpio, util
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:08:44 GMT
Organization: negligable

I am looking for some more unix utilities for DOS, preferably
in source form.  I know that GNU has a bunch of unix utils
in source form: awk, diff, grep...  I am specifically looking
for a DOS version of "find", and maybe a dos version of "cpio".

Does anyone know where I can find these?


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From: lakia@ipact.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: RUNOFF to Microsoft Word conversions
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:42:35 CDT
Organization: IPACT, Valparaiso IN

Dear Net-
	We and our customers  have a wealth of
documentation in VAX/VMS  RUNOFF and want to port it to
MicroSoft Word format on PCs.  We've written some Word
Macros to take a 60% pass at the RUNOFF file but was
wondering if anyone else has a more complete set of Macros.
We are awaiting our "Word Macro Manual" (mailed request
today) to try and complete this effort. 
	If Microsoft Word Folks are out there on the net,
any response? 
		-Earl

Earl Lakia			Email:  LAKIA@IPACT.COM
IPACT Inc.			Voice:  219-464-7212
260 South Campbell		FAX:    219-462-5387
Valparaiso, IN   46383
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Upper Limit on Subdirectories in DOS.
Date: 12 Jan 93 22:52:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1993Jan12.225249.13309
Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

sevay@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>I have two quick questions, and I hope I chose the right place to post them:

>o  Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create 
>   under the root directory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0? 

Yes. The limit varies according to the size of the disk (floppies), but
seems to be a constant at 512 for hard drives. 

>o  Is there an upper limit on how many subdirectories and files one can create 
>   under any other subdirectory in both MSDOS 3.3 and MSDOS 5.0?

Not really, except that sooner or later you'll run out of space for adding
extension blocks to the directory. Also, performance takes a *major* hit
every time DOS has to search for the next cluster of the directory.

-- 
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(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Generic SCSI CD-ROM Drivers?
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:36:08 GMT
Organization: negligable

I am looking for CD-ROM drivers.  We have a SCSI CD-ROM driver that
originally came w/ a UNIX system, so does not have DOS drivers.  From
what I understand SCSI is *supposed* to make generic device drivers
possible, since you should no longer need to know specific I/O port
numbers or other device-controller-specific stuff to make a driver.

I realize that some CD-ROM drivers are built to work with their
controller cards, and those would require a device-specific driver.

If it matters, we are using Adaptec 1542-b SCSI cards (I think, it's
the 1500 series at least).

1) Does a generic SCSI CD-ROM driver exist, and where can I get it?
2) If one does NOT exist, why not?
3) Bonus points: is there a generic SCSI-tape backup program &/or
	SCSI-tape device driver available?  It would be really nice if
	a driver made a tape look like a WORM drive and we could just
	use xbackup or something....


-Richard Hartman
hartman@ulogic.COM
From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: PKZIP 204c problems / Windows
Keywords: ZIP WINDOWS
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:09:57 GMT
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht

In <1993Jan11.090726.29141@mfltd.co.uk> 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 ?

PKZIP 2.04c seems to be VERY buggy. Best advice is to use InfoZIP, PKZIP
1.93a or ARJ instead. If you have to use it specify the -) option
to disable DPMI support.

>Steve

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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. 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
From: ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon E. Smith)
Subject: Using DD disks as HD disks?
Keywords: disks, disk drive
Reply-To: ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon E. Smith)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:10:13 GMT


In article <1992Dec30.104013.28558@Princeton.EDU>,
bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst) writes:
|>HD diskettes are coated,
|>like DD, but then polished more to reduce surface bumps that would
|>produce magnetic irregularities.  This thins the coating.  The lower
|>density drive is designed to penetrate a thick coating with
|>magnetism;
|>when it does this to the thin coating, the magntic domains grow
|>sideways rather than downward and may interfere with other tracks.
|>

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?

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