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From: fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet)
Subject: Re: winmarks and mach32 drivers
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:10:32 GMT

anderson@eeel.nist.gov (William E. Anderson) writes:
>1.  I just downloaded the latest (build 53) mach 32 drivers.  To 
>install these on a machine with an older version of these drivers,
>can I just copy the new files (e.g., m32-40.drv) on top of the old

Well, I tried that once, and it mangled things up pretty good.  The ATI
install script works very well in my experience.  Just copy the pro53.zip
file to your hard drive, unzip it, and run "INSTALL C:\WINDOWS" and answer
yes to all questions.  Painless.

>files.  I hate to go thru the setup routine described in the readme.1st
>file particularly since my Gateway came with Windows preinstalled and I
>don't have a copy of the distribution diskettes.

Why don't you have the diskettes?  If Gateway didn't ship them, they made
a mistake, and you should phone their customer service number and have
them ship them to you. 

Hope this helps...

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Kevin Fluet
fluet@ee.ualberta.ca
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From: smp@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Tape drive - do I need a controller too
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:42:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: cerc.C0nD31.5nr
Organization: Concurrent Engineering Research Center

I am thinking of adding a tape drive to my PC.  I have 2FD 2HD controller.
I have two floppy drives and one hd.  Can I use the controller slot for
the second HD for a tape drive? or I need another controller?

	All comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Shailesh


-- 
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Member of Technical Staff	|Center, West Virginia University
Organization: Valencia Uiversity (Universitat de Valencia) SPAIN
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:43:44 EST
From: Jose Agustin Lopez Bueno <LOPEZJ@EVALUN11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Video cards

Hello
   Anybody know where there are video card drivers for a
OAK card (1 Mb)? I am running Windows 3.1 with higher resolution
with the default drivers but it is very slow and with some
drivers I can not see anything.
                           Thank you very much
From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: PC-TOOLS V8.0 (2 OPTIONS THAT DON'T WORK) BUGS! HELP PLEASE..
Date: 10 Jan 1993 14:21:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


I have Pc-Tools V8.0 and I can't get the option UNDELETE to work.

It doesn't even light up in my menu list. Any one know why or

has any one gotten it to work on their hard drive with files

that were just deleted????

 

I also can't get the UNZIP option in the compress menu to work.

I tried to unzip a copy of SCAN99.zip in my 2mb ram drive with

the unzip option of Pc-tools and got a message that first

the files might over right existing files on my drive.

Then it said that it couldn't unzip the file because the directories

might already exist on my drive. My ram drive was empty other than

just the one file (SCAN99.ZIP) so there couldn't be a problem

with either existing directories or files.

 

Using pkunzip I unziped the file with no problem at all.

What gives with the NEW AND IMPROVED PC-TOOLS V8.0 FOR DOS????

 

Any help would be vary nice on this and would be greatly APPRECIATED!

 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: dyer@rtsg.mot.com (Bill Dyer)
Subject: Re: Disappearing UMB's, get this.
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:50:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.173117.14082@dcatlas.dot.gov> joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott) writes:
>linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>
>
>>The funniest thing happened to me. Yesterday, when I booted my
>>dos partition, I noticed I had no UMB's. I was rather surprised,
>>since I hadn't changed anything since I last used dos.
>>And behold, the himem.sys and emm386.exe settings were still
>>ok, yet, from the dos prompt (4dos or command.com) I could not
>>see any UMB's, emm386 repports 0 bytes available/free UMB
>>but a correct UMB start segment (C800), SI repports no UMB server
>>present, BUT the drivers in DEVICEHIGH's were loaded high and
>>functioning!!!
>
>Are you sure they were up high?

Well, I hate to say this, but you may have a virus.  The exact same 
thing happened to me when I caught the  Stoned virus.  Get yourself a
good virus checker and scan your system.  The first thing that went
crazy on me when I caught the virus was the memory manager.  Stoned
(and other stealth type viruses) steal some memory to "hide" in and 
this totally messes up emm386.

>
>>How's that for a mysterie. Has my processor maybe gone off DOS
>>after having been running OS/2 for a while now :-) ?
>>I reinstalled DOS, reformatted c: disected config.sys, and what
>>else. No indication of failure. OS/2 runs fine, checkit confirms
>>the system board to be ok, yet, NO UMB's.
>>My suspicion is rather arroused though, by the fact that SI,
>>repports different memory sizes in the various info screens.
>>It finds 638 to be useable by DOS, yet 640 to be available.
>

Yep, this is a classic symptom of the Stoned virus.  That 2K 
difference may be the memory that Stoned stole to hide itself
in.

>Sounds like some of your BIOS settings may have been changed, such as the ones
>for shadow RAM.  How much RAM is in your system?
>
 
This is another possibility, my brother had the CMOS on his computer 
scrambled (from his 15 month old daughter flipping the power switch 
on and off is my guess) and things went totally crazy.  However, your
symptons don't sound like a BIOS problem, they sound an awful lot 
like a virus.  Like I said before, get a virus checker and run it,
it certainly couldn't hurt.  Make sure to check all your floppies
too, Stoned is transmitted in the boot sector of floppy disks.

Later,

-Bill
From: psmedsha@ecst.csuchico.edu (Paul Smedshammer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Print Screen to HP Deskjet... How?????
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:37:26 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

In article <1993Jan9.144748.24432@news.unige.ch> jordi@scsun.unige.ch writes:
>In article <GJAMES.215@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA>, GJAMES@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA (GJames) writes:
>|> The subject says it all.
>|> 
>|> The HP DeskJet doent have a switch setting for graphics. Do I have to buy a 
>|> font cartg. ?  Is there a software solution available. 
>|> 
>|> 
>|>  Thanks for any information.
>
>There is an easy solution if you use DOS 5.
>Just load "GRAPHICS DESKJET" in your autoexec.bat file. Then, the print screen
>function will work correctly in both text and graphic modes. 
>You can use it for several other printers. Just take a look at the GRAPHICS.PRO
>file provided with DOS 5, you have LaserJet, LaserJetII, ...
>
>Steve Jordi                
Is there also a way to print color graphics on the HP Deskjet 500C?  The
graphics I'm printing now is in 640x480 and prints in shades of grey on the
DJ500C but I would like to get it to work with color.  

Thanks,

Paul

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Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
California State University at Chico
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: verburgt@stc.nato.int (Jan Verburgt)
Subject: Re: PKzip2.04c overlays for XtreeGold V2.5
Keywords: pkzip2.04c XTG NEEDED
Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
Distribution: eunet
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:05:34 GMT

In <1993Jan7.214243.27697@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> csnyder@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Chris Snyder  UNDER-ECE) writes:

>I have Xtree Gold v2.5 (I think that is the correct version number) and
>was wondering if anyone has or knows where to find the overlays for the newest
>version of PKzip2.04c. Responce through Email is preferred.

>			Chris...

>			CSnyder@Bobcat.Ent.OhioU.Edu

>Thanks in advance.

   I am also interested.  Did you contact the Xtree Company ? Probably it is
   too early for a new version.

   Jan.


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From: anderson@eeel.nist.gov (William E. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: winmarks and mach32 drivers
Date: 11 Jan 93 02:49:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology

I have two questions that hopefully someone can help me with.

1.  I just downloaded the latest (build 53) mach 32 drivers.  To 
install these on a machine with an older version of these drivers,
can I just copy the new files (e.g., m32-40.drv) on top of the old
files.  I hate to go thru the setup routine described in the readme.1st
file particularly since my Gateway came with Windows preinstalled and I
don't have a copy of the distribution diskettes.

2.  How do I measure winmarks?  Is winbench public domain and, if so,
where can it be found?

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From: ng4@husc10.harvard.edu (Ho Leung Ng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DOS Graphics & Curve Fitting Software
Keywords: Graphics, Curve Fitting
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:29:22 GMT


   I received some information from Polysoft a few months back, and it also
looked very good to me (especially its price).  Someone u/l techplot to
simtel20 (can be found in graphics subdirectory or wuarchive) which is
supposed to be an older version of PS-Plot.  I am not sure if it is shareware
or a demo - I have not run it thoroughly but at least from the skimpy
acommpanying doc files, it is fully functional.  You may want to d/l and
give it a try.  I have found it to be very straightforward and simple to
use after playing with it for just a few minutes.

Ho Leung Ng
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: am66@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Alexander Maldutis)
Subject: Request for location of best&latest virus checker/killer
Reply-To: am66@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Alexander Maldutis)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 04:23:51 GMT


Hi!  I would like to know what is the best, most comprehensive public domain
or shareware viruschecker and killer, and an ftp site that has it.  I have
decided that I should strat scanning my dls.

Thank you in advance.  

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From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: netnews readers for DOS?
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:52:21 GMT
Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: axa12-slip.dialin.cwru.edu

In article <J.Newman.197.726463940@icarus.curtin.edu.au> J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman) writes:

>>From: daniels@xstor.com (Daniel A. Segel)
>>Subject: netnews readers for DOS?
>>I'm looking for a DOS-based netnews reader, similar to NewsWatcher or
>>TheNews on the Mac side of the world.
>>
>>Any info or recommendations for shareware or public domain software that is
>>available via ftp?

>I'm using a very good reader for DOS called TRUMPET. Unfortunately
>the version I have only works on a network. I don't know if there
>is a version for use with a modem.
>The author is Peter Tattam. His email is: peter@psychol.utas.edu.au

Trumpet works perfectly well over a modem connection using the SLIP protocol.  
I am using one version of it currently.  Another PC NNTP client is the 
Newsreader module of WinQVTnet.  This package also performs adequately over 
SLIP connections.

Ashok
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                              Ashok Aiyar 
                      Department of Biochemistry
                       CWRU School of Medicine
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: PKzip2.04c overlays for XtreeGold V2.5
Keywords: pkzip2.04c XTG NEEDED
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:35:44 GMT

antony@werple.apana.org.au (Antony Suter) writes:
>lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
>>The thing I am worried about is will the new version read
>>all those old archive ZIP files that stretch back over two years.

>Err. Yes.

PKZ204C can't unpack its own archives at times, but it's been a champ
on the old ZIP files.
-- 
Alienation can be fun!
From: slepert@cse.unl.edu (Steven Lepert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DMA chip numbers?
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:18:23 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: global
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu
Summary: Need help in identifying DMA chip(s)
Keywords: DMA chip

I have a problem with one of my DMA chips.  The computer still basically works
so I'm thinking that all I would have to do is to change the proper chip.
The computer is a 386 AT-20 Mhz, which I'm told uses 2 DMA chips.  Checkit 3.0
says that channels 0-3 on DMA chip #1 are bad.  Does anyone know what numbers
I should look for?  Thanks in Advance!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: hui@apaturia.trl.OZ.AU (Alvaro Hui)
Subject: Re: PKZIP 2.04c Uploaded to wuarchive
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:01:48 GMT

ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) writes:

>In article <rdippold.726230390@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>I have uploaded PKZip 2.04c to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the
>>pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory.  It's pkz204c.exe and pkz204c.txt.
>>
>>Before any flames start, this is downloaded directly from the PKWare
>>BBS.  So is this announcement:
>>
>>From the PKWare BBS at 1-414-354-8670:

>[deleted]

>I just connected to wuarchive, with the following result:

>ftp> cd pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS
>250 CWD command successful.
>ftp> ls pkz204c*
>200 PORT command successful.
>150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
>pkz204c.exe_contains_Maltese_Amoeba_Virus__DO__NOT__USE__:
>total 0

>pkz204c.exe_is_a_hack_DO_NOT_USE_:

Look like it is a good idea for pkware to rename their zip program.....
So that they can put in the legitimate copy starting at version 1.0....

How about pkzipPRO??

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a.hui@trl.oz.au
Synchronous Network Research
TeleCom Research Labortaries Australia.
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From: st1ee@Rosie.UH.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Freelance Drivers
Date: 7 Jan 1993 21:01:36 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Reply-To: st1ee@Rosie.UH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu

Does anyone know where I can get (preferably ftp) a driver for a Citizen
GSX-140 for Freelance plus 3.01?
Thanks,
Bart DeLatte
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: jordi@marsun1.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (JORDI Stephane)
Subject: Re: Print Screen to HP Deskjet... How?????
Reply-To: jordi@scsun.unige.ch
Organization: University of Geneva	
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 14:47:48 GMT

In article <GJAMES.215@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA>, GJAMES@HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA (GJames) writes:
|> The subject says it all.
|> 
|> The HP DeskJet doent have a switch setting for graphics. Do I have to buy a 
|> font cartg. ?  Is there a software solution available. 
|> 
|> 
|>  Thanks for any information.

There is an easy solution if you use DOS 5.
Just load "GRAPHICS DESKJET" in your autoexec.bat file. Then, the print screen
function will work correctly in both text and graphic modes. 
You can use it for several other printers. Just take a look at the GRAPHICS.PRO
file provided with DOS 5, you have LaserJet, LaserJetII, ...

Sincerely,

Steve Jordi                

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gfritz@tesla.ecn.purdue.edu (Geoffrey M Fritz)
Subject: Two questions... (help!)
Summary: Hard disk and CMOS info needed.
Keywords: interleave and unknown options
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:10:49 GMT


Hey, folks.  I have a couple of minor mysteries that I need help solving.

1st (the main one):

I upgraded from an 8086-10 to a 386DX-40.  When I bought the AT, I didn't get a
hard drive or monitor, so I used the ones from the XT.  The HD is some type
of Seagate that has a 21Mb capacity.  Here's the weird part.  On the XT, the
optimal interleave was 1:3, but on my AT it is now 1:6!!!  The controller for
the HD is an 8-bit card (same one from the XT), and it's plugged into a 16-bit
slot (that's all I have).  Any suggestions on how to get my 1:3 (at least)
interleave back?  BTW, I used Norton 6.0's calibrate program for calculating
and changing the interleave, and I run with a 64K memory cache.


2nd mystery:

  My 386 has an option in the CMOS setup program that isn't documented in the
manual.  It's called "Decouple Refresh Option" and it's setting are "Enabled"
and (of course) "Disabled".  When it is enabled, the speed of my machine
increases by about 0.3 mips (as shown by MIPS.COMv1.2) faster than with it
disabled.  Any clue what is going on here?

  Hint:  When I first got the machine, I only had 1 (of 4) if my SIMM banks
filled. (I have 4 banks, each containing 4 slots)  When this option was
enabled, the machine would occasionally freeze up, so I stopped using it.  
However, when I added more SIMMS (I filled up the other 3 banks), the machine
no longer froze up when it was enables, so (naturally) I use it.

P.S. -- My motherbord is of the "Vega 386 Cache Series" (as if this would
        help much ;-)

Any (and all) help is welcome and appreciated.  Please reply by email, as I 
can't afford the time to wade through all the posts on these groups.

Thanks a bunch!
-- Geoff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: pkz204c question (not virus or hack question)
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:05:31 GMT

cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Cliff Chen) writes:
>	So far I have seen mention of a problem with the DPMI when using
>PKZIP with Norton Desktop (or Windows in general).  And also problems
>getting this version to uncompress its own archives (not older versions).

There's actually more general DPMI problems... another known bug is
that it won't store volume labels.
-- 
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bought and sold are legislators.
From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Help!! Software Company email / snailmail addresses needed * * * * * *
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:55:57 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK


I have a student here who wants to contact a lot of big software companies.

If anyone can mail him direct at ma90gjo@brunel.ac.uk, or mail me, 
or post to this newsgroup; I'd be most damnably grateful.

Like the heading says - email or snailmail addresses happily accepted.

Thanks ...

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                           |       is better than 'Startrek - TOS'        |
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From: slyxg@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: C++ version 3.1 for sale!!
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:35:03 GMT
Organization: Utah State University

I would like to sell the original set of Borland C++ 

The set includes all disks and manuals for version 3.1
It is only a couple of months old and in excellent shape.

	Asking $105 in US currency 

The cost includes shipping.  It will be sent C.O.D

If interested reply via e-mail to 

			Doug
			slyxg@cc.usu.edu
From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Utility to read Mac disks needed please
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:51:45 GMT
Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
NNTP-Posting-Host: axa12-slip.dialin.cwru.edu

In article <1iiltiINNnuq@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx) writes:

>From article <endecotp.726410865@cs.man.ac.uk>, by endecotp@cs.man.ac.uk (Phil
>Endecott):
>> Does anyone have or know about a shareware/PD utility to run on a PC
>> to read Macintosh disks ?  Pointers to any ftp-able programs would
>> be appreciated.

>Shareware?  If you find it let the rest of us know.  I only know of a
>commercial program called (I think) MACINDOS and it does a good job
>but only reads high density disks.  Your best bet is to do your file
>transfers on the Mac with apple file exchange.  I don't know how to use
>this, sorry.

I picked up a file called Macette.exe from sumex-aim.stanford.edu -- yes, it 
is a PC program!! :-)

Macette.exe reads and writes HD Mac disks in a PC HD drive.  It is shareware 
-- there is a shareware screen that comes up.

For 400K/800K mac disks, you need a hardware modification like Central Point's 
Copy II PC Option Board.

Ashok
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                              Ashok Aiyar 
                      Department of Biochemistry
                       CWRU School of Medicine
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