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From: dks8475@u.cc.utah.edu (David Kenneth Slack/Music)
Subject: Re: Stacker ate my hard disk again.  :(  help....
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Student Mail Machine
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 15:04:47 GMT

>So, I have this bad directory.  sucks to be me.  I think I'm going to 
>deinstall stacker ----- it's usually safe and reliable, but the defrag 
>procedure takes _forever_, and there are too many shareware programs that
>when run, barf all over stacker, forcing me to scheck and junk to fix things
>in my hard disk to get stacker to stabilize.
>
>does stacker 3.0 have any of these problems?

I have been running Stacker 2.0, and I've had no problems at all with it. 
When I ran the earlier version I would run into those kind of problems,
but 2.0 is (IMHO) 100% more stable than 1.x.  I'm sure 3.0 wouldn't be
LESS stable.  <smile>

Good luck...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.graphics,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
From: iain@ee.ryerson.ca (Iain Campbell)
Subject: Re: Bambi Meets Godzilla?
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 14:11:53 GMT

In article <92348.210424GNR100@psuvm.psu.edu> <GNR100@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>    What viewer do I use for .ANI format?
>                  Gordon Rogers
>                     gnr100@psuvm.psu.edu

Where can I get a copy of this Bambi thing anyway ???

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood)
Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
Reply-To: sts@mfltd.co.uk
Organization: Micro Focus Ltd, Newbury, England
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:04:02 GMT

In article <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Alex "Mystic" Soto) writes:
|> comptec91006@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Michael Botten) writes:
|> 
|> >This question doesn't really have much to do with this newsgroup, but I
|> >suspect someone here will know the answer.  So here goes nothing...
|> 
|> >What needs to be done to files ending in '.Z'  (eg. filename.ext.Z) to make
|> >them usable?  I assume they are archived.  I guess I just need to know the
|> >name of the archiver so I can get it from an FTP server somewhere.
|> 
|> Actually, doesn't .Z mean they are tar'ed?  I think compressed or packed is
|> small .z
|> If it is tared together, you will have to go into UNIX and untar it by
|> typing: tar xvf filename.ext.Z
|> In case I'm wrong, you can also do a 'man tar'
|> 	Hope this helps.
|> 		Mystic
|> (alex.soto@analog.com)
|> 

Files with a lower case 'z' are packed (use unpack <filename>)
Files with an upper case 'Z' are compressed (use uncompress <filename>)

If file is compressed and tar'ed it will probably have the extension
foo.tar.Z (or foo.taz)

You must first uncompress it, before you can extract the files from the 
archive.  If the file has un upper case Z then it can be extracted

zcat foo.tar.Z | tar xvof -

Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: jeff@jlk.b11.ingr.com (Jeff Kilpatrick)
Subject: Keyboard Problem on Packard Bell
Keywords: Win 3.1 Dos 5.0
Reply-To: jeff@jlk.b11.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:02:28 GMT

  I'm having a problem with the keyboard on my Packard Bell Force I.  The
keyboard frequently (at least once a day) will not respond.  When this happens, I
can go into the control panel, change the keyboard repeat rate and be ok for a
while.  I had this problem with windows 3.0 but since going to 3.1 it seems to
occur more often.  My machine has Phoenix BIOS V 3.1.  Anyone else seen this
problem or have any ideas?  Please email.  Thanks.
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Internet for PC
Date: 15 Dec 92 22:26:56 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

In article <71704@cup.portal.com> jdoll@cup.portal.com (Joe - Doll) writes:

> You can reach it by modem at 408.725.0561.  
                                  ^   ^

True sign of a netter. :=D

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:13:35 EST
From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: IBM 286 MB -- Putting Ram on it ** What are my OPTIONS?

So far as I know (which ain't all that much) you need an add-on mem
board such as Interl's AboveBoard, or a similar prodcut from BOCA -
Boca-Ram???? to add memory beyond what you have.
Bobm
From: fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
Date: 15 Dec 92 13:48:30 GMT
Organization: What?!? Absolutely none!
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Alex "Mystic" Soto (torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu) wrote:
: comptec91006@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Michael Botten) writes:
: 
: >This question doesn't really have much to do with this newsgroup, but I
: >suspect someone here will know the answer.  So here goes nothing...
: 
: >What needs to be done to files ending in '.Z'  (eg. filename.ext.Z) to make
: >them usable?  I assume they are archived.  I guess I just need to know the
: >name of the archiver so I can get it from an FTP server somewhere.
: 
: Actually, doesn't .Z mean they are tar'ed?  I think compressed or packed is
: small .z
: If it is tared together, you will have to go into UNIX and untar it by
: typing: tar xvf filename.ext.Z
: In case I'm wrong, you can also do a 'man tar'

BUZZ!  sorry, the ".Z" extension is used by compress. The ".z" extension
is used by pack. Files made with tar can have any ole extension you like,
but by convention it's ".tar". Therefore, a compressed and tarred 
archive would be "archive.tar.Z".
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: david-s@hsr.no (David A. Sjoen)
Subject: Serial-to-serial file transfer
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:01:02 GMT

I need a PD program that transfers files between PCs via the serial
port. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

:)avid

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mitch@nosc.mil (Ray Mitchell)
Subject: Internal 14.4K Modems
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:59:44 GMT


I'm in the process of buying a 14.4K internal modem and need some guidance.
The brands I have had recommended include Intel, USR, Complete Comp,
Practical Comp, MACS, and Boca.  Excuse misspellings because all of these
have been phone discussions.  Price is an object but it doesn't outweigh
reliability.  A FAX feature is desirable but not a must if the price is
right.  The best price I found was on a Boca 14.4K FAX modem but one
source told me they do not run reliably at 14.4K because they lack a
UART, and one can't be added.

Any and all recommendations, insights, and horror stories will be
appreciated.  Please get technical about various features, problems,
etc.  Please e-mail.

Thanks in advance
Ray Mitchell
mitch@nosc.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: gilligan@cs1.bradley.edu (Edward Henigin)
Subject: Re: How to create a "more" batch file?
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: na
Date: 12 Dec 92 01:07:20 GMT

In <1992Dec11.235700.19707@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:

>Is there a way I can write a batch file that will allow me to type 

>more file.txt

>and have the batch file execute

>type file.txt |more

>for me?  What kind of variable would I put into more.bat to do this?

If you're just trying to make like a macro, don't bother.  Just do

more < file.txt

and that will do what you want.

If it's in a batch file, do 

more < %1

and %1 will be taken as the first word in the command line of the batch
file.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: quan@sol.surv.utas.edu.au (Stephen Quan)
Subject: Re: print to a file? help please!
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:10:04 GMT

sexonbd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin David Sexson (Ben)) writes:

>Well yes there is a way.  If the program is using the windows drivers 
>set up a driver for your printer on FILE: you do that in the printer
>section of the control panel.  I use this to get a EPS file to print on 
>dorm laserprinter
>Later,
>Benjamin David Sexson
>sexonbd@sage.cc.purdue.edu

This is if you wanted a postscript file.  The Windows 3.1 postscript
_printer driver_ lets you print EPS to a file, not Windows 3.1 itself.
Other printer drivers may or may not let you print to a file.

I guess the original poster meant postscript, but I just like being a
little pedantic :).
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From: ws523669@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (William Speiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: OS/2 slower that dos 5.0?
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:35:37 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

Can any of you pc gurus give me a hand?
I have an i386dx25 with 8megs.
I recently tried to install OS/2 and noticed a few minutes into the installation
that my hard disk started to sound weird. (Buzing intead of clicking? What else
can I say?) After it was completely installed (taking 4 hours). I noticed that
 my machine was running much, much slower than with
dos. It took 15+ minutes to boot.

It was painfully slow the DIR command took longer to acess my hard disk than it
takes for floppies.

I set my OPTI chipset to enable A20 fast gate (or whatever) but that didn't
help.

I finally decided to reformat my hard disk under dos 5.0 again and it works fine
now.

Does anybody know what the problem could be?

ws523669@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (William Speiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Feedback on FastMicro computers
From: f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Date: 18 Dec 92 05:01:49 MST
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona
Nntp-Posting-User: f67700241

There were a couple requests for info on FastMicro computers.  I have the
386-40 computer that was offered during the summer as their package deal.
I bought it in person (since my home is close to Tempe, AZ), so I got to
see the outfit they ran.  The store was clean, full service (everything
from books to chips), and was quite large (resembling CompUSA).

The salespeople and techs were technically knowledgeable about the systems
they were selling.  I had to wait a week for customizing the base 386
package from 4 to 8 megs RAM.  But during the meantime they did a 
thorough technical workout of the system...a form detailing the tests
they did on it came with the machine when I got it a week later.

I haven't had to take it into service, and I've been using it heavily
every day under MS Windows for 4.5 months.  I don't know how their 
return/repair performance really stacks up.

Hope this helps.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: chengb@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bruce)
Subject: Need help with Zeos 486/66 with AHA1542B!!!!!
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:50:57 GMT

Does anyone own a Zeos 486/66 and is working with a AHA 1542B?

I'm currently trying to get it coexist with the existing IDE drive
and am using the AHA1542B only for one external drive.

I haved tried all DMA, IRQ, Port, and made sure that termination is 
correct.  The current SCSI ID is 0.  When I used the onboard bios
to detect it as drive D: (IDE drive is C:), it is fine, but that external
drive is a removable, so I needed to use ASPI4DOS AND ASPIDISK to run
it.  However, ASPI4DOS wouldn't complete the loading process, such that
it displays the card info (IRQ, PORT, etc) when I use /d option, and is 
"hung" right there with the LED on forever.....I suspect this is a problem
with driver which doesn't load, but I can't figure out why (It is a clean
boot, with no TSRs).

I have tried to get in contact with Zeos, but haven't been able to locate
any technicians what are free to help me with this....and nothing about it
on the BBS of Zeos nor Adaptec.

Any ideas???
- Bruce
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From: alsu@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Su)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How to create a "more" batch file?
Date: 17 Dec 92 06:33:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tornado.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Dec14.162702.9385@iscsvax.uni.edu> kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
|>In article <gilligan.724122440@cs1.bradley.edu>, gilligan@cs1.bradley.edu (Edward Henigin) writes:
|>> In <1992Dec11.235700.19707@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:
|>>>Is there a way I can write a batch file that will allow me to type 
|>>>more file.txt
|>> more < file.txt
|> or
|>> more < %1
|>
|>Assuming you are successful in executing the batch file, it will throw you into
|>some effectively infinite recursion.
|>
|>Here's how to fix it.
|>
|>1)  Make sure that your MORE.BAT is ahead of your MORE.COM in your PATH.
|>2)  Give your MORE.BAT the full path to MORE.COM.
|>
|>For example:
|>
|>MORE.BAT
|>-----------------------------------
|>C:\DOS\MORE < %1
|>
|>Of course this still wouldn't work of C:\DOS was your current working
|>directory, it would get the MORE.COM before it began searching the path.
|>
|>To combat these problems, it would suffice to create a batch file with a
|>different name than MORE, so there wouldn't be any danger of tripping the
|>MORE.COM or of entering some non-ending recursion in a batch file.
|>
|>If you want a way to type multiple filenames with pauses in-between, let me
|>know and I'll put it together for you.  It involves some intentional batch-file
|>recursion and is IMHO, very interesting.  It's exposed in the User-to-User
|>column of a recent PC Magazine.
|>
|>Hope this complicated things hopelessly.  :-)    --jim
OK, here's the true challenge.  I want to be able to use the same "more
<filename>".  However, is there a way to also achieve the same "pipe"
behavior as in UNIX?  For example:
 <C:\><some command that produces output> | more
I want to do this without having to specify the full path to my dos
directory.  Anyway to do this?  (I know this sounds like I want to have my
cake and eat it too, but there *must* be a way...)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Subject: Re: print to a file? help please!
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:48:55 GMT


In <quan.724396204@sol> quan@sol.surv.utas.edu.au (Stephen Quan) writes:

>sexonbd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin David Sexson (Ben)) writes:

>>Well yes there is a way.  If the program is using the windows drivers 
>>set up a driver for your printer on FILE: you do that in the printer
>>section of the control panel.  I use this to get a EPS file to print on 
>>dorm laserprinter

>This is if you wanted a postscript file.  The Windows 3.1 postscript
>_printer driver_ lets you print EPS to a file, not Windows 3.1 itself.
>Other printer drivers may or may not let you print to a file.

This is wrong, any printer can be connected to FILE: in the control panel. This
is separate from the "print to EPS file" option, which isn't available for
non-postscript printers, of course.

Anssi


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: joh@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James O Hager)
Subject: Multimate driver for HP LaserJet
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:40:49 GMT
Keywords: Multimate HP LaserJet

I would like to obtain a Multimate printer driver for an HP LaserJet
(the original LaserJet).
Send email to hager@uicfdc.aae.uiuc.edu if you can help.
Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: umpfaif0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mike Pfaiffer)
Subject: Re: UNIX's for PC
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 19:57:17 GMT

In <1992Dec17.221823.1757@wam.umd.edu> gisie@wam.umd.edu (Satan) writes:

>I am looking for a version of UNIX for my PC (486DX-50)...
>What vendors are available, prices, ph #'s, etc will all
>be of help...

>Also, has anyone heard of LINUX??? What it be?

	I'm not an expert on this, but I think I could provide you with some
useful information. Linux is a freeware UNIX clone. It functions fairly well.
Final touches are being put on so that version 1.0 (out very soon) will be bug
free. 

	For more precise information there is another newsgroup that you should
look at. That being comp.os.linux. Read the FAQ. It has a lot of information.

	The actual binaries can be obtained from various ftp sites. At least
one of the sites is echoed on wuarchive.

				Later
				Mike





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen)
Subject: Re: Problem with 3.5" floppy drive (help!)
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:29:13 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.183812.7317@pony.Ingres.COM> bonobo@Ingres.COM (David Victor) writes:
>I just bought a new 486SX-25 clone system, and I'm pretty happy with it, 
>except for one thing: 
>
>I do a "DIR B:" (B: is my 3.5" floppy drive) on disk #1, and get a valid 
>file listing.
>
>I take out disk #1 and replace it with disk #2, which is known to have
>different files on it (verified on 2 other machines).
>
>I do a "DIR B:" again, and I get the *same* file listing as I had on my
>disk #1!
>
>If I reboot the machine and do a "DIR B:" on disk #2, I see the correct
>listing of the contents of disk #2 (which again supports my contention
>that disk #1 and disk #2 have different files on them).
>
>In other words, my directory listing is the same for every disk I insert
>into drive B: forever, until I reboot.  Can anyone tell me what's going
>on?  Thanks for any help!!
>
>-David Victor

Here, I just give you the experience I had with my old 286. Hope it helps.

I had the same problem with the 1.2 MB floppy drive after about 4 years
of usage. As I took down the floppy drive, I found dust covered the photo-
sensor which is used to detect whether a diskette is placed in the drive.
When the sensor is covered with dust, the computer always thinks that
there is a diskette in the floppy drive, and cannot detect the change of
diskette. I fixed this problem by cleaning the sensing path with a cotton
swab.

Since you mention that your PC is new, probably it's not dust problem.
Maybe the sensor is not functioning well. Try cleaning the sensor to
see if things improve. (There are three photo-sensors in the drive,
if you are not sure which one is for detecting diskette change, clean
them all.) If this should solve your problem, I guess you have a used
floppy drive in your new PC.

-- Chien-Chung Chen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: New Game Available by FTP
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Reply-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:30:48 GMT

>In article <1992Dec3.172041.26765@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, pochanay@cae.wisc.edu
>(Adisak Pochanayon) says:

>>     This game is more than worth your time to download.  I have been
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>>programming the amiga professionally for 3 years.  This game represents my
>>latest ventures into using raw blits for manipulating small objects (I was
>>going to write a simple vector ball demo but I got carried away over the
>>course of the week).

>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Port it to the PC and it will be.










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