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From: qian@wam.umd.edu (George Qian) 
Subject: Re: Flow Charting Software
Followup-To: poster
Originator: qian@rac3.wam.umd.edu
Organization: um
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:05:54 GMT


In article <727861159.1@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP> you write:
>I am in need of a software package that will run under DOS or Windows that will enable me to easily create flow charts.  The types of charts I would be creating would be used to demonstrate the relationships between various menus in a program, or to show the relationships between various bits of data in a program.  It will be necessary for whatever package I am using to export data in a format could be imported into a WordPerfect 5.1 document.
>
>I have heard that ABC Flowcharter for Windows is quite good (also quite expensive @ $479) but have never seen the program up and running.  Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
>
>        RS
>
> * Origin: The Keep BBS (42:100/19)


I have a flow charting program, EasyFlow, by Haventree Software, Ver 7.0.
The current version, is 7.2, which is probably the Windows version of
7.0 (DOS version). It was sold for $279 a year ago. You can have
this one for $50 plus shippping and COD (or prepay to save the $4).

The software is not registered yet, and is quite fit to your needs above.
Let me know if you are interested. 

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qian@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: lilley@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Shannon Lilley)
Subject: Re: Summary: HP Deskjet 500C vs. 550C
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:11:20 GMT

In article <1jmormINNm7r@transfer.stratus.com> jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
>
>I received a number of replies on the HP 500C vs. 550C question
>I posted a couple of days ago. Thanks to all who replied.
>
>The major difference between the two is that, while both come
>with two cartridges (color and black), the 550C has both
>installed at once, and can thus use both in the same printout.
>The 500C only holds one cartridge at a time; you have to change
>them. (A simple procedure, that takes less than 10 seconds.) Thus,
>you can only use one cartridge for any particular print job. 
>For color print jobs that need some black, the black is a combination
>of the colors (and isn't quite black, but a very dark green).
>
>The 550C can apparently also print slightly farther into the
>margins, and has a bigger buffer.
>
>One other note on the 500C: when the black cartridge is installed,
>it is essentially a 500 (the HP black only inkjet), 
>and prints as well as a 500.
>
>Approximate prices (at CompUSA):
>
>500   $380   
>500C  $495
>550C  $695
>
>Based on all this, I bought a 500C.  This is for home use, and
>I couldn't justify $200 given that the color, for me, was a toy
>(it was only a bit more than the black printer, so it would
>be fun to have and use every now and then).  If I were
>producing lots of color graphics for presentations, I'd
>probably have gone with the 550C. But, since I don't use
>color very often, and the cartridges really are easy to 
>change, I'm quite happy with the 500C.
>
>---
>Jim Mann            
>Stratus Computer   jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com  
>
 I above reason is exactly why I bought my 500C. I'm very pleased with it but I
also recommend buying the Epson FX-80 emulation cartridge so that you have all
the bases covered.

Shannon Lilley
lilley@spdc.ti.com
From: Robin.van.der.Kuil@p30.f506.n281.z2.interfhq (Robin van der Kuil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Deskjet 500C and Wordperfect 5.1
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:01:00

Hello All!

Does anyone has or know where I can find the printer-
driver for the Deskjet 500c to work with Wordperfect 5.1
I prefer an anonymous FTP site....

Thanks in advance,

Robin

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: traal@lopez.marquette.MI.US (Brian Phillips)
Subject: MIX Software on the Internet?
Organization: Great White North/UPLink
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:02:49 GMT


Does anyone out there know if MIX Software is on the Internet or in any way
can be reached via EMAIL?
MIX Software is best known for (I think) their Power C compiler & debugger,
and now for Multi-C (a portable, multi-threaded extension to C).
If anyone has any information, please respond by EMAIL, as I'm not sure if
my site gets all these groups.

  --Traal the BRAVE 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy)
Subject: Re: Gateway service problem (was Re: Nightmare experience with "Programmer's Paradise")
Organization: Hamilton College - Clinton, NY
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:20:05 GMT

In article <C1E8rE.8xp@chinet.chi.il.us> prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts) writes:
>In article <downs.62.727498154@helios.nevada.edu> downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs) writes:
>>>I have been a fan of Gateway 2000, but my fandom is waning.  The
>>>shipped some software to me that, apparently, UPS lost.  My beef is
>>>not with them using a second-rate shipping service (this is not
>>>the first time I've had problems with UPS), but rather with the
>>>fact that I can NEVER get through to their customer service
>>>personnel.
>>
>>You might try their customer support on GEnie. Seems a shame to have to 
>>subscribe to a commercial BB$ just to get tech support but I have seen a 
>>number of situations in which a customer tried repeatedly to get through to 
>>someone at GW2000 without success (in one case, all he wanted was a simple 
>>jumper for one of his boards & was told tech support had to verify that he 
>>was really missing the jumper first!), and after posting a message got 
>>_immediate_ results from the GW sysop.
>>
>>Sigh. Probably the wave of the future.
>>
>
>I have had endless problems with their tech support, both in getting
>through and in getting a correct answer (!). I have tried posting on
>their own bbs, but apparently nobody at the company actually reads
>anything on there - my onlyresponses were from other customers.

Well, here's another, if contrary, data point: I've purchased two
machines from Gateway and had few troubles with them (and I've never had
any problems with UPS, for that matter!).  The few times I've wanted to
get through to tech support at Gateway have invariably been successful,
even though I've learned to call early in the morning for a prompt
response.  I just recently added a second IDE hard drive (it arrived
last week).  Everything about the order was fast: I got through to
customer add-on's quickly, then said to expect the drive in seven to ten
working days (it arrived in six real days) and the only thing 'wrong'
was that I wasn't sure about jumpering the two drives (their generalized
'how to replace your part' manual didn't mention that directly).  So I
called tech support at about 2:30 EST and got through in under ten
minutes with the answer I needed.  When I upgraded a systemboard, I
foolishly forget to write down the hard drive parameters for the CMOS
setup (and didn't think to look for them on the drive, where they were
printed!).  On a New Year's eve (1990) I called tech support and got
through -- it took a few tries, but I got the info.

It seems to me that one can't expect as much hand holding from a mail
order firm which competes on price than one might expect from a local
dealer.  All in all, I can't complain...

My two cents...

jmalloy@hamilton.edu

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From: hsavolai@cs.Helsinki.FI (Hannu Savolainen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sondblaster under Unix
Date: 21 Jan 1993 15:17:43 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: kypros.helsinki.fi

In <sfLD8rK00WB2BX3B4m@andrew.cmu.edu> sneaker+@CMU.EDU (Manu S. Kumar) writes:


>Can I run an X-Environment on my 486DX33(8MB, 125 MB) and still be able
>to put my soundblaster to good use....like use bsd or linux and still
>connect my synth to my computer to play music.

Yes. It is possible under Linux. There is a driver available at
nic.funet.fi (pub/OS/Linux/xtra/snd-kit).

Hannu
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From: kimd@gizmo.usc.edu (Kim Daugherty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help with computer turning off!
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:35:22 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gizmo.usc.edu


I have an 8 year old Compaq Deskpro XT compatible.  Recently, it will cycle
power on the computer at seemingly random times, but usually during hard
disk access (i.e. when executing a command).  The problem is getting worse
and worse.  Can anybody suggest what to do?  Do I need a new power supply?
Thanks for any advice.

As you can see in my .sig, I'm a software type, and am hardware ignorant!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson)
Subject: MIPS rating of 486DX2-66 in BYTE
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:19:15 GMT

In the newest issue of BYTE magazine they compare a DX2-66 to the
new $4000 SPARC classic.  They rathe the DX2-66 at 53 MIPS and
the classic at 58 MIPS.  The DX2-66's MIPS _HAS_ to be _TOTALLY_
wrong.  486-33's are approximately 15 MIPS, 486-50's are 23 MIPS
so how in the heck can a DX_2_66 be 53 MIPS!!!  The DX2-66 should
according to the progression of the 33, and 50 should be in the range
of 30MIPS.  So don't get fooled!  If I had my choice and the money
ID take the classic!  Also question for everyone DX2's are supposed
to access memory as if it were the processor of half the speed, at least
I thought..  How can a DX2-66 access memory faster than a straight 50?
In the benchmarks the DX2-66's have higher memory access than a real 50.
Can this be true?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Subject: Re: Looking for comm program to allow quasi-windows
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 23:02:03 GMT

Iskandar Taib (ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
: In article <21672@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> pthirose@tostada.engr.ucdavis.edu (Paul Hirose) writes:
: >I've recently been told that there is an application for the Macintosh
: >computer called "layers" (or "maclayers") that will allow you to have
: >multi-window capability when connected to a host Unix system with socket
: >support.  This is accomplished with just one connection.
: >
: >I was wondering if there was the equivalent of this for an ibm type
: >computer, and if so, where I might get it.  I would assume that some
: >kind of program would run on the Unix side, and I would appreciate a
: >pointer to that as well.  I'd hope it's public domain/freeware, since
: >I'd like to just install this on our local Sun-sparc lan for use by
: >all our users.
: 
: Theres something called "Winunix" (I think) on ftp.cica.indiana.edu
: (129.89.20.84) in pub/pc/win3/util. It lets you open up seperate shells
: in seperate windows.
: 

Perhaps you mean UW/WIN? This is a commprogram I wrote that uses the UW
protocol that originally was designed for the MAC. It allows multiple
login shells to a BSD based UNIX system over a single modem. It is uwwin103.zip
in the util directory, and the UNIX server source code is uwserver.zip.

I am working on version 1.04 which fixes bugs, has more emulations, and does
X/Y/Zmodem file transfers.

Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: Q3885@pucc.Princeton.EDU
Subject: Tandon Corporation / PC Brand computers
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:33:31 GMT

 
Tandon Corporation, makers of Tandon and PC Brand clone computers recently
closed all US operations, leaving many Tandon users stranded.  Does anybody
out there know where Tandon now is (?somewhere in Europe?)?  Also does
anybody know of any parts suppliers in the US for Tandon/PC Brand equipment?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.  Please respond directly to my
EMAIL address (q3885@PUCC.Princeton.EDU).
 
Phillip M. Immordino......Manager of Equipment Installations..................
Princeton University...Computing and Information Technology..Technical Support.
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From: imes@cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a Tape Backup
Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:53:36 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: boa.cis.ohio-state.edu

>Give you a few specs on my system here:

forgot a few specs here...
	4MB RAM
	no stacker or other compression software running.
	also, I plan on upgrading my system as money permits (like going up to
	a bigger, faster HD (210 MB would be nice...))

Jeff
From: spcberto@psyche.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Stacker 3.0 problems
Date: 22 Jan 93 16:31:05 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago, SSPPCC

In article <16B5C6101.WCHE@vm.poly.edu> WCHE@vm.poly.edu writes:
>In article <1993Jan14.230516.11701@webo.dg.com>
>x1sdup@esparc19.webo.dg.com (Stephen Dupre) writes:
> 
>>I have a friend who's having a lot of trouble with stacker 3.0.  He's had
>>to de-install it.  It corrupted his Quicken files, etc.  Anyone have similar
>>problems running stacker?  I don't believe stacker 2.0 was installed ahead of
>>time.  This was a brand new version of stacker (not an upgrade).  thanks in
>>advance.
> 
>    Does your friend uses some kind of disk cache with write cache turn on?
>Try turning the write cache off, if he is using it.  I had tons of bad
>sectors in my HD when I use the write cache from NCache with Stacker 3.0.

I've used Stacker 3.0 and NCache, with write caching turned ON, for nearly
two months without problems.  I run NDD /QUICK on all my drives, and the
Stacker CHECK program on Stacked drives, each time I reboot, and these
have virtually never (except for a programming crash) reported any bad
sectors or other problems.  (I use the NCache from Norton Utilities 6.01.)

Bob Osterlund
berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
SSPPCC--University of Chicago
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: jordi@scsun.unige.ch (Steve JORDI)
Subject: StyleWriter on a PC (Summary)
Reply-To: jordi@scsun.unige.ch
Organization: University of Geneva	
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:23:03 GMT

Hello there all of you wanting to connect your StyleWriter to the PC.

I have received an answer from the Hardware dpt of Apple today. It's
simply not possible. Even if it's basicly a Canon BBJ printer. The
connectors are different...

Sorry.

Sincerely,

Steve Jordi                

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
From: wells@cdsmn.mn.org (Rich Wells)
Subject: Re: Gateway service problem (was Re: Nightmare experience with "Programmer's Paradise")
Organization: Dicomed, Inc
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:05:24 GMT

Joseph T. Malloy (jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu) wrote:
: In article <C1E8rE.8xp@chinet.chi.il.us> prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts) writes:
: >>I (Rich Wells) wrote:
: >>>I have been a fan of Gateway 2000, but my fandom is waning.  The
: >>>shipped some software to me that, apparently, UPS lost.  My beef is
: >>>not with them using a second-rate shipping service (this is not
: >>>the first time I've had problems with UPS), but rather with the
: >>>fact that I can NEVER get through to their customer service
: >>>personnel.
: >
: > [another negative story about Gateway 2000]
: 
: [a positive story about Gateway 2000]
:
: It seems to me that one can't expect as much hand holding from a mail
: order firm which competes on price than one might expect from a local
: dealer.  All in all, I can't complain...

I don't expect hand holding.  I know where the plug is and how to turn
on the machine.  (Though I might add here that Gateway 2000 puts some
of the best user documentation I've seen from a mail-order house.)  I
do, however, expect prompt customer service, especially on matters
concerning unfulfilled orders.

Since my initial posting, I have been able to get in touch with
Gateway and talk to a real, live human being.  It seems that they
finally got the information they needed from UPS regarding the lost
order, and ordered replacement software for me.

I was glad to hear of Mr. Malloy's positive experience with Gateway.
It lends credence to the possibility that my experience with this
software was an anomaly.  Maybe I will buy that CD-ROM drive from
them later this month or next.
-- 

Richard Wells  wells@cdsmn.mn.org  or  ...!tcnet!cdsmn!wells
From: ph12hucg@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Carsten Grammes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Removin UNMOVABLE clusters ???
Date: 27 Jan 1993 18:30:08 GMT
Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes,Rechenzentrum
NNTP-Posting-Host: sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de

Hi,

On my HD I have recently found a lot of lost clusters. By using Norton 5.0
Disk Doctor I fixed the problem and thought it solved. But when running
SpeedDisk I saw that about 20MB of 120MB where marked as unmovable lost
clusters. So I assume that DiskDoctor could not mark the clusters he
has found during his Lost-chain-fixing as free which where before (?)
marked as unmovable.

Is there any Software which can automatically mark all clusters as
'movable' ? Any related idea. Of course I could mark them one after the other
but I haven't 3 years time!

Any idea?


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From: bkph@kauai.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: Gateway service problem
Date: 26 Jan 1993 12:34:10 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: kauai.ai.mit.edu
In-reply-to: akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu's message of 20 Jan 93 04:52:48 GMT


In article <1993Jan20.045248.2388@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes:

   I thought that folks reading this thread should know that Infowrold
   has a front page article that talks about Gateway's poor support. This
   is in the current (1/18/93) issue.

   Salient features (as I recall, do check the exact article yourself.)

   Gateway is growing very fast (I recall a figure like 50%, but I don't
   know over what period.) It is now a > $2 billion company. It is having
   trouble keeping up with its growth.

   Customer support lines are swamped. So returns and stuff is a problem,
   and one case was reported of a customer who could not return a product
   within the first 30 that did not work for his application (connection
   to AOX or something), and so is now stuck with something that doesn't
   work for him.

   Gateway is trying to beef up its customer support and tech support
   lines. It is going from 50 people to 68 in that department and adding
   more phone lines.

   Gateway is loosing customers who swear they will never buy from them
   again. 

   Infoworld says that despite the problems with service, customers still
   say that Gateway is a good product.

   --Kartik.
   -- 
   If you quote my article remember to trim it down to the essentials.
   Anant Kartik Mithal, 				akm@cs.uoregon.edu
   Network Manager, Ph.D. Student			(503)346-3989
   Comp. Science, U of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403  	(503)346-5373 (fax)

Actually, this seems to apply to other rapidly growing formerly unknown
companies as well.  For example, ZEOS is extremely eager to sell you a
computer, but worthless when it comes to even ordering add-on parts. 
I have been waiting for some memory for over a month --- spent many unhappy
hours listening to 800 number muzak tying up my phone line...

Berthold K.P. Horn
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wbm@sparcler.cc.ncsu.edu (william b morris)
Subject: What is the difference between PS/1 & PS/2
Organization: NCSU
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:58:07 GMT

I'm considering buying a used computer and I was wondering what the difference is between the PS/1 and PS/2? Also, what do the different model #'s stand for?

Bill     

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From: mkaufman@mcs.kent.edu (Michael Kaufman)
Subject: Re: XtraDrive vs Stacker and Superstor
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:19:58 GMT

What sort of problems did your friend have with v3.0???
I'm using it now and ahve had absolutly no problems at all.  In fact, 
I think it's one of the best things out!

Mike


mkaufman@mcs.kent.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: ehamrick@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric N Hamrick)
Subject: File Splitter?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:06:19 GMT

          Does anyone know of a file splitter pd program? Something
  that will pull apart a large file and split it into pieces and
  can be reassembled later??  Can it be found on some site?

                                   -Eric