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From: phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Re: GW and DRDOS Update
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:58:40 GMT
Organization: Computer Technology Group, TAEX

In article <Oct.6.15.10.11.1992.27752@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.
net (Shag) writes:

>phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley) writes:

>>I recently received an update to DRDOS 6 and was very pleased to see an 
>>example configuration file for GEOS. 

>What sort of "example configuration file" was it?  A sample config.sys, or
>something else?  

Shag,

I just sent a post to say that the example configuration file is an autoexec.
bat file. I was wrong. It is a example CONFIG.SYS.

Sorry for the confusion.

Philip Hurley               "It is absurd to say that you are
T.A.E.X.                    especially advancing freedom when you only
Computer Technology         use free thought to destroy free will."
(409) 845-9689                              -- Chesterton
p-hurley1@tamu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: dtaylor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Douglas A Taylor)
Subject: Re: GEOS FTP SITES
Reply-To: doug-taylor+@osu.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:53:23 GMT

In article <605@grot.starconn.com> C588212@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu writes:
>     I might as well tag a question onto this note.  Besides the geos files in
>SIMTEL, are there any other sites supporting geoworks i.e. locally or overseas?

From the FAQ (hmmm, do I need to start posting it weekly instead of
biweekly?):

Q:  Are there any anonymous ftp sites for PC/GEOS stuff?

A:  There are currently two anonymous ftp sites with PC/GEOS-specific 
    files.  First, there is mir.eco.utexas.edu [128.83.172.17].  The 
    files are in the /pub/geos directory.  Access time is 6:00 pm to 
    8:00 am CST.  If you want to upload, PKZIP your file and put it in 
    the /inbasket directory.  Then send a note to Tony Yen 
    (tyen@mundo.eco.utexas.edu).  Use the filename as the subject of 
    the message, and leave a single-line description in the body of 
    the message.  Tony's doing this out of the goodness of his heart, 
    and will take the site down if traffic becomes excessive or any 
    funny stuff happens.

    Second, the army's Simtel-20 archive now has a GEOWORKS directory 
    in its msdos section.  The best way to access the Simtel archive 
    is through one of its mirror sites, like oak.oakland.edu or 
    wuarchive.wustl.edu.  If you have a program to upload to Simtel, 
    please send e-mail to Keith Petersen (w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil) 
    with a short description of the files you wish to submit.  He will 
    provide you with instruction on how to upload.  Please do *not* 
    send files to that mailbox.

-- 
   Doug Taylor                         |   Nothing real can be threatened.
   The Ohio State University           |   Nothing unreal exists.
   doug-taylor+@osu.edu                |            - A Course in Miracles
From: seger@bugend.edvina.se (Nils Segerdahl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Re: GEOS FTP SITES
Date: 8 Oct 92 06:55:03 GMT
Organization: Bugend BBS

C588212@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu writes:


> SIMTEL, are there any other sites supporting geoworks i.e. locally
or oversea

In northern europe you can try nic.funet.fi 

/pub/msdos/interfaces/geoworks (or was it pcgeos?)


    Nils

;................................................
;  Nils Segerdahl                  Boule e ball!
;  E-mail: seger@bugend.edvina.se  
;  phone: (+46)10896503   (+46)18261300
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: GeoComm/DR-DOS TaskMax problem
Keywords: affects text selection with mouse
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:24:22 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest


Fresh from the Department of Arcane Errors here in ShagWorld:

I run Geoworks Pro under DR-DOS/TaskMax.  If I start a Taskmax task, and 
switch to it from Pro, when I return to Pro, I can no longer select text in
GeoComm by holding down the mouse button and dragging.  Double/triple-click
selections still function as always.  Closing and restarting GeoComm does
not solve this; however, exiting Pro and restarting it [without closing any
applications or hanging up the modem] does correct it.

I should note that my mouse driver software is loaded before Taskmax starts,
in my autoexec.bat, and that I have not encountered any other conflicts.

Any techie sorts want to take a shot at this?

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
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From: phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley)
Subject: Re: Printing by drag-n-drop
Organization: Computer Technology Group, TAEX
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:28:46 GMT

In article <1bl5raINN340@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted 
Cantrall) writes:

>One piece on functionality I'd like to see is a printer icon that you can
>drag a file to, drop on, and have the associated program determine if the
>file was GeoWrite or ASCII and then print it.

>Simularly, an icon for a text editor and a hex editor.

>Any one have any ideas?

Ted,

I think drag-and-drop is a very important idea for GW 1.2. In addition to 
dnd printing, I would like to be able to dnd a file onto Notepad. 
Furthermore, Notepad should be able to recognize the difference and respond 
to ASCII or BIN files and adjust between text and hex editor. It is also too 
bad that Notepad has a page limit. Some might point out that the INI allows 
you to define the files which will execute Notepad when you double click on 
them but this cannot be done with *.BAT files.

I would also like to dnd a file onto the Scrapbook. 

Philip Hurley               "It is absurd to say that you are
T.A.E.X.                    especially advancing freedom when you only
Computer Technology         use free thought to destroy free will."
(409) 845-9689                              -- Chesterton
p-hurley1@tamu.edu             I, too, disclaim.
From: C588212@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: GEOS FTP SITES
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:13:19 GMT

I recoment you try not FTPing to SIMTEL but mirror site OAK.OAKLAND.EDU,
it is a UNIX site and is much easyer to access and also faster.
use anonymous as your user ID. etc.  then 'cd pub' then 'cd MSDOS' then
'cd geoworks'.  Another mirror site of SIMTEL is wuarchive.wustl.edu, another
anonymous UNIX site.  However you must 'cd mirrors' (I think this is the right
directory) then the rest is the same as oakland.
     I might as well tag a question onto this note.  Besides the geos files in
SIMTEL, are there any other sites supporting geoworks i.e. locally or overseas?
From: M.Kwok1@lut.ac.uk (M Kwok)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: How to Print to file ??
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:35:39 GMT
Reply-To: M.Kwok1@lut.ac.uk (M Kwok)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.


At home I'm using Geoworks, the question is that if I want to print on
a postscript laser printer on a machine without GW. Is it possible to print
to a file from geowrite or geodraw so I can transfer it to the other machine??

Thanks.

M.Kwok1@lut.ac.uk
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Re: How to Print to file ??
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:46:29 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

M.Kwok1@lut.ac.uk (M Kwok) writes:

>At home I'm using Geoworks, the question is that if I want to print on
>a postscript laser printer on a machine without GW. Is it possible to print
>to a file from geowrite or geodraw so I can transfer it to the other machine??

Yes.  Install the driver for the Postscript printer you intend to use, and
when you try to print, Geos will inform you that the printer is not present,
and ask whether you would like to print to a Postscript file.

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Printing by drag-n-drop
Date: 16 Oct 1992 01:28:10 GMT
Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz
Distribution: world
Reply-To: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.ucsc.edu

One piece on functionality I'd like to see is a printer icon that you can
drag a file to, drop on, and have the associated program determine if the
file was GeoWrite or ASCII and then print it.

Simularly, an icon for a text editor and a hex editor.

Any one have any ideas?

				-ted-

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley)
Subject: Re: GWE vs. GW PRO?
Organization: Computer Technology Group, TAEX
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:26:48 GMT

In article <1bmkgaINNds6@lester.appstate.edu> GRS00023@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve 
Williams) writes:


> As my subject line says...What is the difference in GW Pro and
> GW Ensemble?  I have GW Ensemble.  I have read various things about
> a Motif interface, but I can't seem to find anythin about it.  I got
> GW Ensemble Lite with a KLH 286, and ordered the upgrade to the full
> version (added GeoComm,GeoDraw, and America Online) for $34.95.
> 
> Any answers??
> 
Steve,

GW Pro comes bundled with Quattro Pro SE (Special Edition) v 1.0. Along 
with this is a QPro Viewer utility that allows GW to view QPro files. I 
don't know for sure, but it might also have the "Extras" folder which 
includes the Nimbus font converter, Screen dumper, Perf, Bouncer and Font 
Demo.

Philip Hurley               "It is absurd to say that you are
T.A.E.X.                    especially advancing freedom when you only
Computer Technology         use free thought to destroy free will."
(409) 845-9689                              -- Chesterton
p-hurley1@tamu.edu             I, too, disclaim.
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Shag, being deductive, confuses himself (was Re: General Questions)
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:43:48 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell) writes:

>This information is in the SDK Beta Documentation.
>Andrew is one of the people creating the documentation for GEOS(tm)
>development.

*baffle*  So... Andrew has the SDK beta docs, and is working to develop the
docs for GEOS development... but the docs for GEOS development and the SDK
beta docs are [thus, logically] not the same thing... so... the only 
conclusion I can reach is that Andrew is developing the docs for the release
of a generally-available [non-beta] SDK.  But, you can't tell me whether I'm
right or not. ;) ;)

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
From: gnd@idaho.amdahl.com (Greg Darnell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: wachclok patch (was Re: New uploads to SIMTEL20
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:45:17 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corp., Rexburg, ID

In article <1992Oct5.011234.16903@bnr.ca>, davev@bnr.ca (David Villeneuve) writes:
> 
>    Gee, what pub-domain tools are available to implement this
>    patch?  I'd love to change the default colors for my notebook
>    screen to make it more readable!
> 
You can use debug to make any of the changes Rudi listed, and I assume
debug comes with every DOS version.  Just add 100 to the addresses Rudi
listed and hack away!

For example, to make the bug fix:  [ stuff in () are my comments, stuff
 in <> are what debug returns; make sure you have a backup copy of 
 clock.geo before you start]

debug clock.geo
d 6d0                              (display code starting at 6d0)
 <bunch of lines displayed, starting with a5 00 c3 00 00 00 as data>
 (if it doesn't , something is wrong)
e 6d0 a5 00 b8 01 00 c3            (enter those bytes at that address)
d 6d0                              (check your work)
 <data should now start with the bytes you typed in>
w                                  (write to file)
<writing 1364 bytes>
q                                  (quit)


or to change the hour-hand color to 15:

debug clock.geo
e 0341 15
w
q


I hope this helps...
-- 
 Greg Darnell    Amdahl Corporation    143 N. 2 E., Rexburg, Idaho 83440
  UUCP:{ames,decwrl,sun,uunet}!amdahl!tetons!gnd          (208) 356-8915
  INTERNET: gnd@idaho.amdahl.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Subject: Re: location of icon files
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:44:03 GMT

In article <phurley.49@tamu.edu> phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley) writes:
[...]
>I'm not real sure I follow what you're asking. If your question is, where 
>does GW keep the representations of icons that it displays everytime you use 
>it (e.g., icons for GeoComm, GeoWrite, etc.)? The answer to that question 
>is, in the GEOWORKS\SYSTEM\TOKEN.DB file. You can delete TOKEN.DB and GW 
>will regenerate it. If your question is, from where does GW regenerate the 
>TOKEN.DB file, then my answer is, I don't know. My guess is that it gets 
>them from the files themselves, using TOKEN.DB to speed up refreshes.

The icons for an application is stored in the geode (specifically in
application object I believe).  GeoManager caches icons in the token.db
file for better performance.

John

P.S.	@include <standard.disclaimers>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: slegge@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Re: location of icon files 
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:19:07 GMT

> And those "only Icons"-applica  ons, which can bound to Dosprograms,
>    Launchmakers, VM-Files, are in fact nothingelse that just
> verylittle  Geosapps (just doubleclick on them, and you will
> see). 
 
Does anyone know the four-letter name of the icons you can assign to
programs in the DOS PROGRAMS area?
 
I'd prefer to use the picture of the telephone from that area rather 
than the GeoComm icon to represent my comm program L_auncher.
 
Anyone have a list?
 
Stephen Legge
SLEGGE@kean.ucs.mun.ca
From: cffs@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Bruce Organ)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: General Questions
Keywords: GEOS, Math coprocessor, Postscript, File Location
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:31:03 GMT
Organization: Software Training Department

I've loaded GW Pro on my home machine.  Can anyone answer the following
questions:
     -   Does GW Pro use a math coprocessor if it is installed ?
     -   How does one "print" a document to a "Postscript" file, for 
         later printing on a capable printer ?
     -   Can I move the "Document" directory (and subdirs) to a different
         drive and annotate some file to let GEOS know to where they have
         been moved?  (I like to keep my data and applications on different
         drives..)
     -   Is there a simple method to determine how much memory GEOS has 
         detected, and will use, on the computer 
I can't find the answers to the above in the GW Pro documents.

Thanks in advance.

Wish list for aspiring GEOS developers.
     - Ability to format floppies in the background
     - Ability to transfer files from/to floppies in the background.
From: joneswd@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (William D. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: GEOS 2.0
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:14:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: master.1bid5iINNb2c
Reply-To: joneswd@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (William D. Jones)
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
NNTP-Posting-Host: o231-11.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

Is it just or is this fall '92 almost winter '92........

GEOS 2.0 come out, come out where ever you are !!!!!!!!!

I know you SHOULD be out here somewhere.......... Or do I live in some  
sort of informational black hole???!???!!!!?!?!?!?!?!

I need an update!!!!!


I've got a headache this big and it has GEOS 2.0 written all over it.

Where ohh where are you tonight...why did you........


Has anybody heard anything yet..just twiddlin' my thumbs.
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: 2.0 again? (was Re: General Questions)
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:32:14 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:

>In 2.0, you can choose a location for *any* of the standard
    ^^^
*blink, blink*  Who is this wondrous man who knows the future?  Tell us
more, O teacher. :) 

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
From: wilson@hsi.com (John Wilson)
Subject: GeoComm script questions
Summary: match doesn't
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford CT
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:06:55 GMT

Howdy!

I have a couple questions about the scripting language for GeoComm (running
GeoWorks PRO under DOS 5, internal 2400 baud modem).

I am having problems making the 'MATCH' command do what I think it should
be doing.

I would like to do something like:

DIAL 1800###
PROMPT ## 				(to wait for the connection)
MATCH "CONNECT" GOTO somewhere		(which logs me in)
MATCH "BUSY" GOTO somewhereelse		(which tells me to get coffee)
MATCH "CARRIER" GOTO someplace		(which tells me to check the modem)
PRINT "failed all matches.  Get help", CR

My problem is that it always fails on all of the matches.

Am I using it correctly?  The manual says that if the test fails, it goes
to the next line.  It gets the connect message, but it never goes 
'somewhere.' (and I've loaded each branch with PRINT statements, so I can 
track program flow...)

Will MATCH work on partial strings?  (like 'CARRIER' instead of 'NO
CARRIER')

Am I using the labels right?  Maybe it is making the match, but can't
understand where I'm telling it to go.

I've gone through the 2 example .mac's, and it has helped, but this is
confusing me.

Any help will be appreciated.  Even the RTFM type! :-)

Thanks in advance,

john.

-- 
John H. Wilson                                      Friends don't let
Wallingford, Connecticut, USA                          friends do
wilson@hsi.com -OR- {uunet, yale}!hsi!wilson            Windows.
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From: cyj9h@csissun12.ee.Virginia.EDU (Charles Y. Choi)
Subject: Re: General Questions
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:42:10 GMT


In article <1992Oct8.211709.20039@netcom.com> solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:
>In 2.0, you can choose a location for *any* of the standard
>directories (i.e. the Document, World, Font, Driver, whatever...
>directories). In fact, several different directories can be
>combined in one; for example, the FONT "directory" could be both
>a directory on the hard disk (for commonly used fonts), and a
>network directory for rarely-used fonts. The system would
>automatically look in both for fonts.
>

  How do you know this?  Is this from the SDK docs?

  -charles
   cyj9h@Virginia.EDU



-- 
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                                      -Maya the Bee
From: GRS00023@APPSTATE.EDU (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: GWE vs. GW PRO?
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:44:26 GMT
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
NNTP-Posting-Host: alf.appstate.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24


 As my subject line says...What is the difference in GW Pro and
 GW Ensemble?  I have GW Ensemble.  I have read various things about
 a Motif interface, but I can't seem to find anythin about it.  I got
 GW Ensemble Lite with a KLH 286, and ordered the upgrade to the full
 version (added GeoComm,GeoDraw, and America Online) for $34.95.
 
 Any answers??
 
 Thanks
 Steve Williams
 GRS00023@ALF.APPSTATE.EDU


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From: phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos
Subject: Re: GW and DRDOS Update
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:21:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: tamu.phurley.47
Organization: Computer Technology Group, TAEX

In article <1992Oct7.025847.2141@coe.montana.edu> hardtwst@cs.montana.edu (
Tony Ackerman) writes:

PH>>I recently received an update to DRDOS 6 and was very pleased to see an 
PH>>example configuration file for GEOS. In it, DR says that they support GW 
1.2
PH>>and GWPro. It is refreshing to see this kind of support from an 
operating
PH>>system. Perhaps it will be significant in the not-so-distant 
future now that 
PH>>MS has delayed the release of Win NT.

TA>Philip,

TA>What did this upgrade to DRDOS consist of?  Scott and I are about to 
embark
TA>on introducing DRDOS and GEOS to people here at Montana State, and if 
there
TA>is something significant in the DRDOS upgrade that enchances GEOS, I'
ll wait
TA>'til I get the update.  There are people here who are interested in 
GEOS, 
TA>especially after what Scott and I have told them.  Rudi, Doug, Shag, 
your help
TA>, suggestions and tools are about to make a splash here....

TA>Stay tuned for more from this channel

Tony,

The update is an update for DRDOS 6.0. I am not sure what it consists of 
because it replaces several existing files. I assume that it fixes bugs and/
or enhances existing applications (e.g., SSTOR.EXE).

PLEASE NOTE:  I did _not_ say that it enhances GEOS. In a subdirectory 
called GEOS on one of the update diskettes, there is a file called CONFIG.
GEO which is an example of a CONFIG.SYS file that DRDOS suggests for use 
with GW.

I would be happy to post the example file here assuming there are no 
copyright restrictions (its *just* a CONFIG.SYS).

BTW, good luck in introducing the academic world to something that makes 
sense. };-)

Philip Hurley               "It is absurd to say that you are
T.A.E.X.                    especially advancing freedom when you only
Computer Technology         use free thought to destroy free will."
(409) 845-9689                              -- Chesterton
p-hurley1@tamu.edu
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