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From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: re: Microsoft Postscript Driver ??
Keywords: Microsoft PostScript Driver
Date: 8 Jan 93 13:54:48 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI
NNTP-Posting-Host: photon.cem.msu.edu

In article <homer.726434598@scsds.ameslab.gov> homer@iastate.edu 
(John F Homer) writes:
>Does anyone know of an Internet (Anonomous FTP) source for the updated
>PostScript printer driverfor Windows 3.1 ?
>I thought there was an archive of Microsoft stuff but have forgotten
>the address.
>Thanks in advance

(Greetings from an ISU grad! :) )

You can get it as PSCRIP.EXE (I think) from:

ftp.cica.indiana.edu
129.79.20.84

in the directory /pub/pc/win3/drivers/printer.

Good luck, it's a busy BBS! But keep trying, you'll get through.

HTH 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: h8915726@hkuxb.hku.hk (Medusa de NetHack)
Subject: Virus in Windows
Reply-To: h8915726@hkuxa.hku.hk
Organization: University of Hong Kong
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:46:33 GMT

Hi,

	Anyone heard in Sept 1992, a new virus was found to
	_exclusively_ infect Windows executables in Sweden?
	(Tentatively known as Win_Vir.14)

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University of Hong Kong
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: bruce@utafll.uta.edu (Bruce Samuelson)
Subject: Bug? Can Windows 3.1 use over 12MB of RAM?
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:31:45 GMT

I'm not a regular reader of this newsgroup, so if you post an answer,
please email a copy to me.

A dealer who recently upgraded a friend's motherboard told him that
Win 3.1 has a bug preventing it from utilizing more than 12MB of RAM
memory. This limitation applies to physical RAM, not virtual address
space.

This bothered me, since my machine has 16MB of RAM, and sometimes it
pages more than I expect. The dealer said that Microsoft hasn't widely
publicized the bug but can supply a patch for those requesting it.

1) Is this true? I'd never heard of this alleged bug before.
2) If so, how can I get the patch? I'd prefer floppies from Microsoft
rather than a bulletin board, if possible.
3) Have you made the patch? How did it work? Any problems?
4) Is there any way under Windows I can determine how much physical
RAM it is utilizing?
5) Can I find out how much memory each process is using and how much
it is paging, i.e., something akin to the Unix 'ps' (process status)
command?
6) If I expand my machine beyond 16MB of RAM, can Windows use it? If
so, can one large process occupy more than 16MB of RAM? The program I
have in mind (ParcPlace Smalltalk) is compiled with a 32-bit DOS
extender and uses a flat 32-bit address space.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: kaustell@viikki.Helsinki.FI (KIM OLAVI KAUSTELL (MATEK))
Subject: Re: *SLOW* exit problem
Organization: University of Helsinki, Fac.Agric.For.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:56:46 GMT

In article <QfG=QcK00iV404FVYu@andrew.cmu.edu> jc6n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Janet Cohen) writes:

>When closing Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode it takes a l-o-n-g time to get
>back to the DOS prompt.  (clocked it at 19 seconds)  No problem in
>standard mode.

>Any suggestions about what to look for?
>Using an IBM model 70, 4M RAM, lots of disk space. 
>I've been looking through ini files, manuals, and aftermarket books and
>haven't found anything yet.

>Thanks for any ideas.

Hi, Janet !

I faced the same problem on the very same model of computer. When asking for 
help I was told to add the following line to my system.ini-file, in the 
386Enh-section:

InitPS2MouseOnExit=false

It seems, Windows is trying to initialize a PS/2-mouse but can't find 
one. This procedure causes the extra exit time.

Unfortunately this didn't work for me, hope it does for You !

All the best,
Greetings from Finland,

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From: rhughes@ucsd.edu (Richard J. Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Stacker 3.0 Install Problem
Date: 7 Jan 1993 16:27:05 GMT
Organization: ucsd.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-slip26.ucsd.edu

In article <1993Jan7.111806.9722%tonyle@Uz.nthu.edu.tw> tonyle@Uz.nthu.edu.tw (Tony Lee (CS 791529) TEL. 715131-4865) writes:

>Someone know how to install the Stacker 3.0 ??
>I run the setup program,but it tells me that "error running
>setup1.com " ,I look the filelist.txt with the software,it says
>that there is a setup.saf program which means the "SETUP ARCHIVE FILE",
>and has some program in it including the setup1.com , but it doesn't
>tell me how to unpack the archive file and get these problem !!

This may be the same problem...If you have the upgrade, it will only install 
when Stacker 2 is *running*.  I didn't notice any information to this effect 
in the docs. but if you delete Stacker 2, it is impossible to install the 
upgrade to Stacker 3.  Be warned!

Richard J. Hughes
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.windows.x
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: Re: .bmp converter needed
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:58:53 GMT

In article <C0EJIv.K70@puma.uucp> puma.uucp!john@becca.rain.com (John Meissen) writes:
>I need to convert .bmp files produced by the paint program that comes
>with Windows to something useful that I can process on my Unix box 
>(GIF, IFF, Sun Raster, PCX, whatever).

Paint Shop Pro is available as shareware and supports 14 formats,
including the above (well, not "whatever").  The current version
(registered) is 1.02a, but on wuarchive.wustl.edu, I find:

	mirrors/win3/desktop:
	-r--r--r--  1 root       200608 Oct  1 02:55 psp101.zip

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: WANTED: What is a (very) good video card
Keywords: videocard,svga,graphic
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:06:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.080623.21260@ktibv.uucp> rvdv@ktibv.uucp (Richard van der Veen) writes:

>I am using windows for quite some time now but I am not very happy with
>my current video card which is a 1Mb OAK. Could anyone tell me what a
>better (faster) card is. I would like to work with 1024x768x256 without too 
>much speed problems.

I was wondering about those cheap Oak cards.. wondered if they were 
faster than the mediocre Trident 8900C. 

If you want a cheap, fast board find something with the Tseng ET4000
chipset. If you want faster, get a Diamond Speedstar 24X. I've heard 
that there are problems with some of the drivers for the latter but
that will resolve itself in time.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fonts@halcyon.com
Subject: Printing Small TrueType Fonts
Originator: ttsource@halcyon.com
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:39:06 GMT

When printing fonts (tt) smaller than about 10pt it becomes abundantly clear
that my printer (NewGen PS/480) is cutting off the bottom line of the font...

This problem is very annoying when trying to do Bizness cards, and I have
tried numerous switches and buttons in the configuration of the printer driver,
to no avail...

It is important to note that the printer prints the built - in fonts just
fine at -10pts, the problem is only w/ d/led T.T. fonts...

Let me know if you have had past experience with something like this:
fonts@halcyon.com
From: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.sys.lanman
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:04:55 GMT
Reply-To: mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin)
Organization: DaytonOH.NCR.COM

In article <1in5n8INN1sv@rodan.UU.NET$  acrosby@uafhp.uark.edu (Albert Crosby) writes:
$ Request For Discussion for comp.sys.lanman
$ 
$ PROPOSAL:
$ 
$          Create an UNMODERATED Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.lanman
$ 
I vote YES in advance!!!  This group would be excellent.
$ 
$ CHARTER:
$ 
$          A group for the discussion of Microsoft Lan Manager networking and
$ related products including IBM Lan Server, 3Com 3+Open, Syntax, Pathworkds,
$ and other OEM products.  This forum is primarily for discussing installation,
$ maintenance, and administration of Microsoft Lan Manager based networks and
$ workstations under various operating systems, including DOS, Macintosh, UNIX,
$ OS/2, Windows NT, and Windws for Workgroups.
$ 
$         One issue remaining to be resolved is whether or not the existing
$ mailing list LANMAN-L will be gatewayed to comp.sys.lanman if it is created.
$ The administrator of the site hosting LANMAN-L has expressed his willingness
$ to create such a gateway, though final word will rest with the list's owner.
$ 

How would I get on this mailing list????
Thanks for your help!

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From: robert@koko.csustan.edu (Robert Zeff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.windows.programmer.win32,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Spice32 and Win32s DLL's uploaded
Date: 6 Jan 93 03:09:59 GMT
Organization: CSU, Stanislaus

I've uploaded Spice32 for Windows NT & Windows 3.1.  I've included the
Setup and necessary files to install Win32s so that NT programs, such
as this version of spice, will run on your Windows 3.1 system.

Win32s is Microsoft's DLL which allows WindowsNT binarys to run, unmodified,
on WIndows 3.1 systems.

Win32s is still in beta, so ypu'll want to get a fresh copy when it's
released.

You can get it at:
ftp.cica.indiana.edu, /pub/pc/win3/uploads/spice4.zip

Spice32 my port of Berkeley's Spice, version 3e2, which is a powerfull
circuit simulator.

Robert Zeff   
(209) 521-1448 work, 522-5866 FAX
c$erve: 70323,1251

              



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:27:50 GMT

In <1993Jan06.222856.24095@microsoft.com> blakeco@microsoft.com (Blake Coverett) writes:

>In article <C0EKBM.IC9@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan05.061510.21021@microsoft.com> blakeco@microsoft.com (Blake Coverett) writes:
>>>Nope.  This would be prohibitively expensive.  There is an Intel emulator,
>>>but that is only for DOS and Win16 apps.  Win32 apps and the the OS itself
>>>are all compiled for the target platform.
>>
>>So I take this to mean that you wouldn't be able to buy, say, Excel 
>>6 in a shrink wrap and run it on your choice of platform? You'd need
>>to get Excel 6 (Intel) or Excel 6 (Alpha) depending on the machine you
>>own?

>I don't speak for any of our apps groups and I surely can't speak for other
>application vendors, but it would seem to me that there is an easy solution
>to this problem.  Ship a CD-ROM in the box with all the binaries on it and
>a license to use the one of your choice.  The vendor could optionally
>include floppies containing the Intel version but I would suspect that
>would fade over time just as shipping low-density floppies has.

>-Blake (subliminal message: CD-ROMs are a good thing)

Hey, Blake.  Wanna buy me a Cd-ROM drive?

[Vendors 'pushing' technology without regard to what the users are
doing is a BAD thing, generally.]

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From: mschweder@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu (Mark Schweder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: DOS programs from within Windows
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:17:41 -0500
Organization: Agronomy Dept, Univ of Florida

I have this problem that I didn't used to have before I installed a Diamond 
Stealth VRAM board in my 386/40. It seems that when ever I run a DOS 
program or shell out to DOS, either in a Window or full screen, from Windows 
3.1 and return to Windows, Windows goes flakely. Icons start blanking 
uncontrollably, the screen goes blank, the mouse cursor has a mind of its 
own. In other words Windows is useless, I have to exit the best I can and 
restart to gain control. I have even gone so far as to eliminate all DOS 
program icons so that I don't have to deal with the problem. This shouldn't 
be! I used to have a Paradise SVGA board without this problem, but now I 
do. Does anyone else have this problem, or familiar with the solution?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fonts@halcyon.com
Subject: Miniture TrueType Fonts
Originator: ttsource@halcyon.com
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:47:37 GMT

 When I try and print small truetype fonts on my postscript printer, the bottom
;ine of the font seems to not print-- it looks kinda like the bottom of line
was just hacked off...

Any suggestions?
fonts@halcyon.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: pmohseni@iastate.edu (Piroz Mohseni)
Subject: fonts
Summary: format of fonts
Keywords: fonts
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:00:19 GMT

Could someone please direct me to some reliable sources about fonts in 
MS Windows?  I need information about the format of font files and how I 
can create my own fonts.  Many books that I saw, do not give much information
about this particular topic.

Thank you.

Piroz Mohseni
pmohseni@iastate.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: oliver@earthview.cms.udel.edu (Oliver Weatherbee)
Subject: Re: SX vs DX
Reply-To: oliver@earthview.cms.udel.edu
Organization: Marine Studies, University of Delaware
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:22:31 GMT

In article 14870@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu, jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu () writes:
> In article <1993Jan5.130856.1@vax1.umkc.edu>, edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
> > In article <4188.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>, john.lechmanik@uttsbbs.uucp (John Lechmanik)  writes:
> >> 

		***** lots of stuff deleted *****

> Time out.  We began this discussion first about 387 math coprocessors,
> then it changed into SX vs DX.  An overdrive
> chip is not a math coprocessor, but it is installed in the coprocessor slot.
> As far as I know, it can be used on a SX or DX, but
> I don't know much about them, other than that propoganda film that Intel
> puts out, but I would have to say that whether a graphics accelarator
> speeds it up more than an overdrive chip would be purely application depen-
> dent.  On the other hand, an overdrive chip would speed up all apps, DOS or
> Windows, while a graphics card would only affect Windows and graphics
> packages.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |  John Carmack                | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"  |
> |  Academic Computing Service  |             -Mad Hatter                |
> |  Miami University            |                                        |
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> 

I'll simply preface this with the statement " I know this is probably a stupid
question, but what the hell:"

Is there an overdrive chip available for 386sx systems? Mine is pretty much maxed-out
except for that nagging coprocessor slot which I can't bring myself to fill because
it wouldn't really do me much good since I'm not a big spreadsheet/database user.

Thanks,

	Oliver Weatherbee
From: an241@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joe Jurczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: NEEDED: Stats on PC and Windows users
Date: 11 Jan 1993 06:23:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Greetings,
 
Does anyone know where I might be able to find answers 
to a couple questions ?  I'm trying to locate some recently
published statistics or market studies on PC users and 
Windows users.  
 
1. How many people use PC's at work ?
 
2. How many people use PC's at home ?
 
3. How many people "use" Windows ?  (i.e. Not how many 
   copies of Windows are out there, but how many people 
   actually use Windows)
 
4. For the answers to each of the above questions, what
   percentage are female ?
 
If you can help me somehow (maybe you saw a PC Week article 
or something like that) I'd appreciate some e-mail (an241).
Thanks.   ...Joe

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: How to install stacker
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:37:42 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.

john.will@satalink.com (John Will)  writes:

>FJ>If you have let Stacker 'swap' the drives, so that your 390 MB stacked
>FJ>drive is seen as C, you are simply asking for trouble (IMHO).

>You keep saying that, but I see absolutely no rational reasoning 
>associated with your caution.

The reason is that many configuration management software programs (such
as less-than-immediately-recent versions of QEMM's OPTIMIZE, install
programs such as WINDOWS, etc.) can become extremely confused when the
boot drive is not drive C: but actually D:.  SSWAP does some interesting
magic in order to try to circumvent the confusion, but it is not always
successful, and this can lead to confusion if the user is not completely
up on what's going on.

Further, confused software can install its drivers on a compressed drive
which will not be available yet when the driver is loaded, and other
nasty things.  While refraining from SSWAP won't solve every problem, it
can generally be guaranteed that if you don't use it, anything placed on
drive C: will be the real thing which is always available at any time
during boot, and nothing will need to be copied around in order to make
the boot succeed.

These reasons (and others) are why I recommend that users who are not
closely familiar with the computer's operation should stay away from
SSWAP.  However, I do recognize that there is a class of users who have
a use for SSWAP.  Users who have a LARGE amount of software installed
may enjoy the convenience of not having to reconfigure the software.
Users who rarely (if ever) change their configuration or install new
software which requires driver updates will probably never run into
problems with SSWAP.  SSWAP does not cause many problems when your
configuration stays the same, but in the future when you might decide
to change it, then it can well cause many unforseen problems.

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From: finocchiaroj@merrimack.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Need: Memory Manager for a 286 computer
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:11:28 GMT
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA, USA

Does anyone know of a utility to load TSR in upper memory for a 286 computer. 
And if so would you please send me some info on this.

Thanks,
	finocchiaroj@merrimack

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de
Subject: Re:Disk Defragmentation, WinMaster
Organization: University of Passau - Germany
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 12:00:46 GMT

Have a look at a shareware defragmentation program called DOG
(disk organiszer)running under dos. It should be available at any
volominous ftp site.
Regards
Olaf Winkelhake
University of Passau, Germany
From: reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Auto-starting macros
Date: 12 Jan 93 13:40:49 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications

Does anyone know how to make a macro run automactially when you start
Windows?

I've tried putting a macro in my startup directory, but all that does is
start the recorder with the macro loaded, but it does't run the macro --
grrr.  Any ideas?
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From: john.lechmanik@uttsbbs.uucp (John Lechmanik) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: LATEST TRIDENT 8900 C dri
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:48:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.lechmanik@uttsbbs.uucp (John Lechmanik) 


A.>Could somebody tell me where to find the latest set of Trident 8900 C 
A.>for Windows 3.1 ? I now use drivers that date back to March/April 1991
A.>really think there should be newer ones available.
A.>
A.>So what is the date for the latest set and where can I download them f
A.>site)?

        You can call the TRIDENT support BBS at 1-415-691-1016 and get the 
latest TRIDENT drivers.  I checked my list and found the following dates. 
"TRIDENT" file (lists the drivers) 4-21-92, the rest of the drivers are 
dated between 3-10-92, 9-23-92 and 9-25-92.  I hope this helps...

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