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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: IRQ 2 and Windows 3.1
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:52:28 GMT

In <BzDC80.2nw@NeoSoft.com> dbradley@NeoSoft.com (Dennis Bradley) writes:

>Could someone tell me if it is ok to use IRQ 2 with
>devices (sound cards , network boards , etc) with
>windows 3.1 ? I understand that windows 3.0 had some
>problems using IRQ 2. I don;t know if they have been
>solved in 3.1 or not.

There are two potential 'problems' with IRQ2.  First, you may have to
call it IRQ9 instead of IRQ2.  IRQ2 is really remapped to IRQ9, sinc
the first 8259 uses IRQ2 as the cascade.  

Secondly, some video cards may give you problems with conflicts with
IRQ2.  'Standard' EGA boards use IRQ2 (but I'm not sure what for).  

Anyway, I'm currently using IRQ2 for one of my serial ports under
Windows 3.1.  Right now, I don't remember if I had to call it IRQ2 or
IRQ9 when I set it up in the Ports setup.  I also had to pull a jumper
on my Diamond Speedstar, since it wanted to have IRQ2 so as to do 100%
EGA compatability.

>This would be on a 386/486 class machine with a
>cascaded 8259.

Mine is a 486-50 EISA using ISA comm boards.  Works fine.

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From: jra@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (John Ackermann x 2966)
Subject: 32 bit access and SCSI
Reply-To: jra@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (John Ackermann x 2966)
Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:55:57 GMT

I'm currently using Windows for Workgroups with an ESDI drive and
controller.  32 bit access works with this setup, and seems to make a
noticeable difference in performance.

Unfortunately, I'm about out of space on the ESDI drive.  Fortunately, I
may be able to get a larger SCSI drive for a great price.  I'll have to
get a SCSI controller to go with it if I do...

Do any SCSI controllers emulate the WD controller so that 32 bit access
will still work?  In general, what would be a good controller to get?
(I'm not interested in paying megabucks for a 4mb caching controller or
whatever... something middle of the road would be fine.)

John

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From: rknight@stiatl.salestech.com (Ray Knight)
Subject: Re: 32 bit access and SCSI
Organization: Sales Technologies, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:42:23 GMT

jra@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (John Ackermann x 2966) writes:

>I'm currently using Windows for Workgroups with an ESDI drive and
>controller.  32 bit access works with this setup, and seems to make a
>noticeable difference in performance.

>Unfortunately, I'm about out of space on the ESDI drive.  Fortunately, I
>may be able to get a larger SCSI drive for a great price.  I'll have to
>get a SCSI controller to go with it if I do...

>Do any SCSI controllers emulate the WD controller so that 32 bit access
>will still work?  In general, what would be a good controller to get?
>(I'm not interested in paying megabucks for a 4mb caching controller or
>whatever... something middle of the road would be fine.)

>John

The Always IN-2000 adapter emulates the WD controller.  This is a very good performing adapter that costs around $175.00.  The only problem I have had with this adapter is that it has no native OS/2 drivers.  The performance with OS/2's generic INT13 driver is acceptable though.

Ray Knight1
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From: sroth@jabba.mavd.honeywell.com (Steve Roth)
Subject: How to configure W4WG with PC-NFS
Keywords: Workgroups PC-NFS
Organization: Honeywell MAvD, St. Louis Park, MN
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:48:35 GMT


Has anybody gotten Windows for Workgroups to work with PC-NFS?  We would like
to be able to use some of the workgroup features but cannot live without our 
connections to our Unix systems.

So far we can run either or, but not both at the same time.  If you can help,
either post or mail to me at either of the following addresses:

sroth@sol.mavd.honeywell.com
roth@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com

Thanks in advance.

Steve

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From: khang@vega.actel.com (khang tran)
Subject: Help: Printer Driver?
Organization: Actel Corporation
Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.setup comp.os.ms-windows.apps comp.windows.ms.programmer comp.windows.ms
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:02:13 GMT

I am trying to print my excel spreadsheet to a Generic text printer
(An old Printronix P300), but the generic text printer driver from
MS Windows 3.1 does not support 11x14" paper size that I need.
I have tried other drivers (Epson) that support this paper size, but
they were incompatible with my printer.
Is there a generic text printer driver out there that supports 11x14"
paper size (tractor feed)?
Can anyone give me some hints?

Khang
From: tsornas@dec5.ulb.ac.be (Thierry Sornasse)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: linking a macro to an icon
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:25:02 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Free University Brussels  - Belgium -  Department of Molecular Biology
Keywords: Macro

Hi networkers,

I just can help you in the specific field of EXCEL macro. In fact if you want to run a macro by double
clicking on an icon, you have to "install" your macro as an application. I mean, in the program manager
choose the file-new option for the file containing your macro. If this macro has an extention recognize by
the program manager, the double-click will launch the main program which will run your macro.
I can not help you for macro written in other application, but I think that any macro saved in a specific
file could be launch as I described above.

Good work

Thierry Sornasse                            Elm:tsornas@ulb.ac.be
Universite Libre de Bruxelles 
BELGIUM

"Don't tell to my mother that I play with computer"
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From: fisk@cvdv99.mayo.edu (Tom Fisk | 2D-337 STM | 5-4341)
Subject: Chameleon network printing
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: fisk@mayo.edu
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department - Mosaic Group
Date: 20 Dec 1992 20:11 -0700

Does anybody know the technical specifications for the network printing
services offered by ChameleonNFS?  I tried to attach to printers on both our
VAX system (running UCX V2.0 lpd) and our RS/6000 (AIX 3.2.1 lpd).  Neither
connection seemed to do anything.  Does Chameleon use lpd for network printing
or is it using something else?  Thanks for your help!  Happy Holidays!  Tom.

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From: yl01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Yi-Der Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: login on computer at "ftp.cica.indiana.edu"?
Date: 14 Dec 92 20:57:58 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <5uoNVB3w165w@netlink.cts.com>, dogger@netlink.cts.com (Dan Aeling) w
rites:
>Any help on the following problem is greatly appreciated:
>I have recently tried to use telnet to login to the computer
>at "ftp.cica.indiana.edu" with no success.  I can get to the
>point where the remote computer prompts me to "login" and enter
>a "password".  This is where I have failed to make further progress.
>I have tried to login as "guest", "user", and others but have
>not been successful.
>
>Does anyone know how I can log onto the subject computer as
>a guest???  I would like to be able to access a printer driver I
>know is available on this computer.

You should try "ftp" instead of directly "telnet"ing the machine.  Well,

  ftp ftp.cica.indiana.edu

and then use "anonymous" as the login word and "guest" as the password.  I
hope this will solve the problem.

-- 
-ydl

yl01@ns1.cc.Lehigh.edu
From: jeff@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Jeff Bangert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Dot Matrix Printer Font?
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:52:39 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

How can I print using the script font built into my Panasonic KX-P1124
printer from Win 3.1?

The printer is connected OK with the standard driver.  Both Notepad
and Ami Pro 3.0 print letter quality, which looks very nice but takes
some time.  What I would like to do is use the script font which is
built into the printer.

I have downloaded PAN24.EXE from cica.  It loads OK, but the print
setup dialog box looks exactly like the standard one in Win 3.1 and I
cannot find any option to switch to the printer fonts.

I suspect that I am missing something obvious, but what is it?

Thanks,

-- 
Jeff Bangert			jeff@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Computer Center			jeff@ukanvax.bitnet
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(913)864-0466
From: avolio@TIS.COM (Frederick M Avolio)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Keyboard mode for Windows
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:00:56 GMT
Reply-To: avolio@TIS.COM
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Organization: Trusted Information Systems, Inc.

I've seen and tried numerous programs to allow swapping keys (control
and Caps Lock for example) and they all work well under DOS.  I have
not found anything to do this under Windows and Windows applications.
Does anything like this exist?


Thx

fred
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From: gerry@bluemoon.use.com (Gerard M. Foley)
Subject: Re: COM3 in Windows 3.0
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 08:34:08 EST

> How were you able to install COM3 on IRQ5?  Were you using software or some
> other method ot re-assign COM3?  I didn't think there was anything you
> could do about the default IRQ assignments...
> 
> -- 
> John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
> mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
> Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h

   I thought it was with jumpers on my ATI2400etc modem card, but
a quick glance at the manual seems to say I'm wrong.  If I find out
I'll try to post it.

gerry@bluemoon.rn  My amateur radio callsign is K8EF, and my
packet radio address is K8EF@W8CQK.OH.USA.NA
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From: kepley@cs.unca.edu (Brad Kepley)
Subject: Windows & Com2
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:22:59 GMT

I am having trouble with my Com2 port in Windows.  I use com 2 to send
cad data to a plotter and for some reason I keep getting errors when I
do it from Windows...so I have to exit Windows restart my cad program
and then send it.  Is there something I could do to improve this situation?
I tried boosting the tasking priority and that seemed to help a little
but I still got errors.
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From: sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk (Simon Roberts)
Subject: Re: Need Windows/FTP print setup help
Reply-To: sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $
Organization: Dartacross Limited, Cambridge, UK
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 11:56:58 +0000

In article <dx3.19.723477725@dsrd.ornl.gov> dx3@dsrd.ornl.gov (C. H. Decker) writes:
> I'm working on a project where most users have diskless PC's and remotely 
> mount the file systems of an IBM RS/6000 for disk drives using FTP's PC-
> TCP+. All the printers on the network are set up as network printers and I 
> have a print que set up on the IBM so that I can print from the DOS command 
> line using the FTP "lpr" command. This works fine.  Now I would like to set 
> up printing under windows to accomplish the same thing so that a user can be 
> in a windows application (WPWIN, Excel, etc.) and print.  Does anyone have 
> any suggestions how to do this?  Thanks!

You have several options on how to do this - depending on the version of
PC/TCP that you have.

If you have version 2.05 or lower you can do what I do - I have setup Windows
so that it uses a printer driver appropriate to the type of the
physical printer (in my case a PostScript printer) and so that this printer
is connected to a file.

After printing from my application (to disk), I invoke a batch file which:

	1. Copies the print file to the print server
	   (you could use NFS mounted drives, rcp, ftp etc. for this
	   depending on what your configuration supports).

	2. Remotely executes an lp command on the server, with the
	   print file that I transferred to the server as input.

I did try using a remotely executed lp command with the print file passed
using DOS/Windows stdin (i.e. a command of the form:

    rsh -b <host> -l rcmd lp -d<printer -o<options> <c:\tmp\net.prnt 

(I am not sure that this is absolutely correct - I do not have
access to the system in question right now).

I found this to be unreliable on my system and never got to the bottom of it.
My other suggestion does work reliably though.

Your other option if you are using PC/TCP 2.1 (or above) is to use the
semi-transparent print redirection which has now been provided with
hooks into Windows. When I last looked at this it was not terribly elegant.
I refer you to the FTP manauals on how to set this up.

I believe that FTP are working on better integration with Windows
for both mass storage sharing using NFS and printing.

Regards,

Simon

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Dartacross Limited - Open Systems Consulting
sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk (preferred) 
srob@cix.compulink.co.uk
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From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: Re: Unsolved mystery....Please help *URGENT*
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 20:38:40 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.200156.5102@walter.bellcore.com> tld@cosmos.bellcore.com writes:
>
>GET RID OF STACKER!  Reformat your drive, eliminate stacker.  Restore,
>set autoexec and config:

>Stacker is a decent product; but my experience has been that the
>side-effects of stacker far outweigh its benefits.  I have had both
>the software and software/hardware based versions (2.0).  The last
>combination I used was their card and software - within one hour
>(sound familiar?) of using it, my hard-drive (71MB formatted pure DOS),
>had locked out completely.  Ever try using a *read-only* hard-drive?
>And, on top of it, my machine exhibited the same symptoms as yours.

This was a well known problem with v2.0 ... The solution to it has been
distributed net.wide, and the people at Stac technical support can tell
you exactly how to fix this problem...  In fact, I think it was even
put in the manuals...I still have v1.x, however, so I don't know for
sure about this last one.
   Anyway, don't slam Stacker too hard because it didn't work for you.
Some machines just don't get along with some software.  I have been using
Stacker happily for over two years now, and I have *never* had *any*
problems with a Stacker volume.  At all.
   Your suggestion to have the user re-install without Stacker is a
good place to start.  In fact, it may very well be his problem.  But
don't tell a user to dump a program until you have reason to.

>Try reinstalling everything *without* Stacker.  If everything works
>fine without it, then you have found your problem....

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h
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From: wjs@wang.com (William Smith)
Subject: CHIPS 452 drivers for Win3.1
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:16:04 GMT

   I could not find any drivers for this vga board on ftp.cica.indiana.edu in
   the video drivers directory.  Any place else I might look?
thanks in advance, bill   
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From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: Re: COM3 in Windows 3.0
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 02:25:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.145550.3531@nic.csu.net> steve@caticsuf.csufresno.edu (Steve Mitchell) writes:
>
>I recently installed an internal modem into my 386.
>My machine was already set up to use COM1 for the 
>mouse and COM2 as a regular serial port.  I installed
>the internal modem board as COM3, but can't get it
>to work under Windows 3.0.
>
>	COM1: 3F8  Mouse 
>	COM2: 2F8  External Serial
>	COM3: 3E8  Modem Board
>
>When I attempt to use COM3 in Xtalk for Windows or
>in the Windows Terminal program, they say "COM3 is
>currently assigned to a DOS application.  Do you
>want to reassign the port to Windows?"
>
>When I answer "yes" to the above question the reply
>is always "Port already in use."
>
>All three com ports appear to work fine from DOS.  I'm
>writing this article from Procomm Plus running on COM3,
>for example.
>
>Any ideas?  What am I doing wrong?

This should really be in an FAQ somewhere...

COM1 and COM3 share the same interrupt..IRQ4.  Sometimes DOS will let you use 
COM3, even if you already have a mouse on COM1, but Windows (especially 3.0)
does not work properly with COM3 or COM4, especially if you already have the
interrupt taken over by another device, such as your mouse.
   You either have to move your mouse to COM2 (something Windows 3.0 also
probably won't agree with) or move your modem to COM2.  You *might* try
putting it on COM4, but the way Windows is with 3 and 4, I doubt it'll work...

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h
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From: kjf388@tijc02.uucp (Ken Fisher          )
Subject: DOS window has No Path, etc.
Organization: Siemens Industrial Automation, Johnson City TN
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 13:08:13 GMT

Three people in my group have installed windows on Compaq 386 and 486
systems, and all lose their environment when the MS-DOS prompt is
selected.  That is, their path is "No Path", the command line prompt is
is simple "C>" not including the current directory as set up in their
autoexec.bat file, etc.  

I have no problems like this on my AST 386, and I've never seen on on
other systems I've worked with.  

Is this a common problem with a known fix?   

At first I thought it was because windows was called from a .bat file
that in turn was called originally from autoexec.bat when the system was
rebooted.  But calling windows directly from the autoexe.bat file did
not fix the problem.  

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From: klwg1215@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kevin L. Whiteaker)
Subject: ?? New MSWin 3.x driver for ATI VGA1024
Summary: help
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:48:55 GMT
Keywords: vidoe drivers ATI

I'm looking for a video driver for my ATI VGA1024 graphics card on my 386 
gateway.  The card does come with old drivers for windows ver. 2.1 but I can't
get them to do anything because Setup is looking for an OEMSETUP.inf file.  
I am now using SVGA driver given with windows.  It has problems with fill my 
monitor from edge to edge (mostly the horizontal sync.).

Anbody know someone at ATI?

Sincerely, Kevin Whiteaker

k-whiteaker@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: dludi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan Ludirdja)
Subject: Re: problems with NCSA Telnet
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:24:07 GMT

>spcberto@psyche.spc.uchicago.edu (Robert Osterlund) writes:

>>I run NCSA Telnet in 386 Enhanced mode windows all the time, without any
>>problems, as follows:

>>I don't load the packet driver in either CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT.
>>Rather, my TELNET.PIF runs TELNET.BAT, which loads the packet driver in
>>a DOS virtual machine, then loads NCSA Telnet.

>>Before hitting upon this configuration, I had the problems you described.

>>Hope this helps.  If you need any more details (like a copy of the PIF
>>settings--but these are not so important as the trick described above--
>>or a copy of the TELNET.BAT), e-mail me and I reply via e-mail.

>>Bob Osterlund
>>berto@clio.spc.uchicago.edu
>>SSPPCC--University of Chicago

Bob,
Did you try to run other windows application and let the telnet stay in
the background?
I did try and it crashed......

Darmawan
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From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: Re: COM3 in Windows 3.0
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 16:22:24 GMT

In article <7JoVVB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> gerry@bluemoon.use.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
>mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:
>>    You either have to move your mouse to COM2 (something Windows 3.0 also
>> probably won't agree with) or move your modem to COM2.  You *might* try
>> putting it on COM4, but the way Windows is with 3 and 4, I doubt it'll work..
>> 
>    I have had the same problem.  Although I am now in Windows 3.1,
>I think I remember that on 3.0 I could reassign my mouse to COM2,
>put the modem on COM3 and the external RS-232 on COM1.  The IRQ's
>now are COM1 RS232 IRQ4
>         COM2 Mouse IRQ3
>         COM3 Modem IRQ5
>Hope you have luck.

How were you able to install COM3 on IRQ5?  Were you using software or some
other method ot re-assign COM3?  I didn't think there was anything you
could do about the default IRQ assignments...

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h
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From: wihuri@polaris.utu.fi (Pauli Wihuri)
Subject: SPEAKER.DRV for PC speaker?
Keywords: speaker.drv 
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 15:57:08 GMT

I got the speaker.drv from nic.funet.fi and I wonder why it does not
install at all into my machine. Has there been similar problems with
anyone?

It only says that it cannot load the sound driver for PC speaker
driver.

Am I right that this driver does not need any sound cards what so ever
to work in Win 3.1? The sound is what it is... I was curious about it,
but ....

Thanks,

-- 
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tel: +358-21-633-6518, fax: +358-21-633-6560
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