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From: etl0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ERIC TODD LANDRIEU)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: "*.cgm -> (*.pcx || *.tif)"
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:58:35 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>       I do have whole bunch of *.cgm files and I need to know if there's
>       a utility that can convert this type file to either to *.pcx or
>       *.tif format.  I appreciate if you can point me to a direction.
>
Look in the direction of a product called Hijaak if you want the most complete
graphic transfer system.  The other thing to try is check if any of your paint
programs have a CONVERT utility.  Most will have convert utilities which
convert between formats.
                                     Eric Landrieu

                                     
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                                                 -Ellis Fuls
From: 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Capture TEXT Screen to GIF/PCX?
Date: 5 Apr 92 20:13:22 GMT
Distribution: comp

I'm trying to capture TEXT screens to graphics files that I
can use in a demonstration (via self-executing GIF files).
I found a utility VGACAP that captures VGA screens, but what
I need is a utility that will capture text mode screens
(word processing, spreadsheet) into a graphics file, either
GIF or a format I can convert easily to GIF.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Bill

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
William W. (Boo) Bushing  |  Some people say I'm not playing 
6500boo@ucsbuxa.bitnet    |    with a full deck, but I only 
6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu  |    need four aces to win! 
bushing@lifesci.ucsb.edu  |      - Jonathan Winters 
Marine Biotechnology Lab   Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DR-DOS Installation Hell -- HELP, PLEASE
From: gilf@vms.huji.ac.il (GIL FREUND)
Date: 12 Apr 1992 21:02 IDT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Summary: It doesnt work!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    Lines: 22

In article <1992Apr10.205155.2455@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, scls_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Scoles) writes...
>
[deleted]
>
>The problem that occurs (well the major one -- there are others) is that
>when it comes time for the Install routine to copy the files to disk, it
>goes into this endless loop where it fails to recognize its own disk as "the
>startup disk", and keeps prompting you to put it in.
>
>If you try and lead installation down another path, you can get to a point
>where you get a message that the drive is not ready (which it is).
>
>This all sound to me like hidden *.INI information, but there are no other
>*.INIs on the disk that could do this -- I looked at them all.
>

The DR-DOS diskettes have volume names. One likey explenation is that the
installation program uses them in order to recognize the diskettes. Since
you can't DISKCOPY between diffarent media sizes, you'll have to write the
volume names manually, using LABEL.

Gil
From: haibo@bones.caedm.byu.edu (haibo yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Mail Order from Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW)?
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:41:21 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA

I am planning to buy some stuff from the CDW in IL.  Their prices listed in
PC World are good.  I have several questions before I place the order:
	1. Do they deliver the parts ordered in time?
	2. How is the reputation of CDW (service, product quality)?

I need commonts from anyone who has ordered from CDW before.  Thanx.

Haibo Yu
From: dmm0t@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dave Meyer)
Subject: Re: uw (unix windows) is great!
Keywords: comm software; multi windows
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1992 16:59:32 GMT

In article <1992Apr4.152348.7536@cs.tu-berlin.de> wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke) writes:
>It even says in the README file, that using MNP5 is recommended.
>With MNP5 I had no trouble so far.

I tried it a while back, but had some serious flow control (I think)
problems.  I was losing maybe 1% or 2% of the incoming characters,
which is fairly serious if the characters happen to be screen control.

With or without MNP5, I get these problems.  Has anyone else had
similar difficulties?  BTW, these characters get lost whether or not
I've run the uw server on my host, so it's not a problem with the unix
server.  I'm using a USR HST 14.4K, if it matters.

		Dave

-- 
David M. Meyer                                   | dmm0t@virginia.edu
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | (804) 924-7926
University of Virginia                           |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: NOTE82B
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:50:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059

 It's Baaack:  WordStar For DOS version 7.0, with *yet another* new
user interface.  This one is supposedly CUA compatible.  Price is still
$495.

 Watcom's new C 9.0/386 supports OS/2 2.0 and Windows 3.1, runs as an
OS/2 WorkFrame/2 graphics app, has special optimizing for 486 processors
and is priced at $895.

 Windows 3.1 is here.  Tens of thousands of early purchasers got their
boxes via Federal Express on April 6.  A FedEx employee told me, "We
were glad when it was over.  Microsoft started shipping batches a couple
of weeks before, but we couldn't deliver any until the sixth.  We're an
overnight courier; we don't have any storage space.  For the last few
days people were turning sideways to get around the stacks in the
corridors."

  Windows 4.0 is being developed by an entirely different group, and
Microsoft is now referring to it publicly as Windows Cairo.  Why?
That's for them to know and us to find out, I guess.  PC Week claims
Cairo/4.0 will have "icons that can be acted on in more powerful ways
than current Windows icons" (?) an "object oriented file system" (oh,
really?) and special network filesystem support.  Delivery sometime in
1994.

 Get Real:  InfoWorld editor Stewart Alsop said in his March 16
editorial:
  "...given that [Windows] NT represents a completely up-to-date
version of [DEC] VMS..."
  Er... one of the principals behind the original VMS was David Cutler,
who has moved from DEC to manage Microsoft's Windows NT project.
Unfortunately, Windows NT isn't VMS in any size, shape, or color - it's
plain old OS/2 3.0, originally known as "portable OS/2", only with
Windows instead of Presentation Manager (which was originally Windows to
start with). Alsop must know this, and the column was too early for
April Fools.

 Quote of the Week:  "MAPI is designed to message-empower applications."
- Rick Segal of Microsoft, as quoted by InfoWorld.

=======================================================================
 Dave Williams can be found on BIX as 'dave2', CIS as 72571,3542,
on RIME at ->CHAOS, at The Courts of Chaos BBS, (501)985-0059, or
as dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us
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From: jimm@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (james.mumper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: mouse, memory, management, high
Summary: Know what you're saying, please.
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:49:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

Well, I don't know whether to address this to Kevin or Roland, so I'll choose
Roland.

Dear Roland,

It was very kind of you to reply to my post.  However, I must make two
corrections in what you wrote lest anyone think it should be emulated.

In article <1992Apr13.163247.26720@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> roland@turing.acs.virginia.edu (Kevin R. McGrail) writes:
>Ok well its been a long time since i messed with loading things high
>but lets see if i cover all the bases:
>config.sys file must have in this order atthe beginning
>device=c:\dos\himem.sys
>device=c:\dos\emm386.exe RAM NOEMS

The above line contains a discrepency: loading EMM386.EXE with RAM and NOEMS is
incompatible.  NOEMS allows you to utilize the UMB's without emulating Expanded
Memory.  Loading with RAM allows you to do both.  Therefore, EMM386.EXE should
be loaded with either RAM or NOEMS not both.  I use NOEMS since I let Windows
3.1 do my expanded memory management for me.

>DOS=HIGH,UMB
>devicehigh=mouse.sys etc... etc... etc...
>
>in the autoexec.bat file you do
>loadhigh mouse.com
>
The mouse driver should be loaded from either config.sys or autoexec.bat, not
both.

>Hope this helps
>-- 
Not really, but as I said, Thank you for caring enough to respond.

><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Cherry Nyquil and Tequila>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Do you have a name for this drink!  I personally like Nyquil, but can't seem
to get excited about your concoction.

>Roland@turing.acs.virginia.edu              AMIGA!      ///
>Roland@eddie.ee.vt.edu                                 ///
>2788b1@gmuvax2.gmu.edu                            \\\ /// 
> "I am a peek into the future of our Society"      \\X//
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Jim Mumper
From: cain@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Joe Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: software to plot simple equations
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:27:54 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Florida State University Geology Dept.


	My middle and high school boys could use some easy way to plot
simple equations on our home 286, which has no floating point chip. We
have both Quattro and Golden Software's Graphics and Surfer, so have
no problem plotting data once generated. However, for most purposes
this is a pain.

	I see that MathCad 3.1 is being offered at $99, but that seems
a little heavy. I have no need for such at the office since I have
available a Sun Sparc etc.  

	Can anyone recommend something cheaper and easier to use than
MathCad even if fewer features?

Joseph Cain		cain@geomag.gly.fsu.edu
cain@fsu.bitnet		scri::cain
From: tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu (Pradeep K Tapadiya)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Using two monitors
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:11:23 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University

Howdy netters:

Often I have seen machines having a primary color monitor (CGA, EGA, VGA, etc)
and a secondary monochrome monitor. I wish to use the graphics capability
of my hercules monochrome card for my primary display and use a CGA card for
my secondary display. Is this configuration possible?

Thank you for your help.

Pradeep
tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu
From: tyen@cs.utexas.edu (Anthony Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: HELP:  DR-DOS 6.0 and Compaq LTE Lite/25 Hibernation
Date: 16 Apr 1992 06:10:11 -0500
Organization: Coffee R Us
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cs.utexas.edu


Hello Folks,

I've confirmed with Compaq Technical Support that the SuperStor
distributed with DR-DOS 6.0 is not compatible with the LTE Lite/25's
Hibernation mode feature.  Does anyone know if SuperStor 2.0 solves
this problem?  If so, do I have to purchase it separately, or can I
upgrade from the bundled one I got with DR DOS?  I just bought this
whole setup about three weeks ago, and I'm dismayed that it's not
working; getting acquainted to the DOS world after I had been in the
Macintosh universe has been, er, fun.

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From: bgo@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Where'd all my disk space go?
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:26:09 GMT
Reply-To: bgo@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go)
Organization: black white grey blue lavander chartreuse hemidemisemiquaver

I was converting a graphics file from JPEG to GIF format with Alchemy
and ran out of disk space.  I went to look for the temp file to delete it,
but can't find it.  Somebody once told me that there was a DOS utility to
recover space that didn't show up when you do a DIR, but I can't remember
what it was or how to do it.  Can somebody help me?  Please reply by e-mail,
as I don't generally read this newsgroup.

thanks,

     byron  (:

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"When you pick up the pen, you must put down the sword.  You can only hold one
 thing at a time.  No fair using both hands."	Maxine Hong Kingston, 8 May 91
From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PLASTIC SLEEVES FOR 3.5"
Summary: Not static sensitive
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:28:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <fluet.702772981@ee.ualberta.ca> fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet) writes:
>The computer tech people at the UofA's bookstore recommend throwing away
>these plastic covers.  They claim that there _is_ a problem with static, and 
>I believe it.  Whenever I get a new box of disks I remove all the covers, and 
>quite often they will sort of stick together (I assume from a static charge).
...
Here are a few points to ponder for those who believe there is a static
problem with diskettes:

    1.	When was the last time you saw a box of diskettes marked
	"Static sensitive device?"

    2.	I just performed a quick check of the plastic SHELL of a 3.5"
	diskette (from a major manufacturer) and found that it will hold
	a static charge quite nicely (at elast the hairs on my hand
	think there's something attractive there).

    3.	My diskette filing case is made of polystyrene and will hold a
	strong static charge.

    4.  I have seen vinyl disk wallets on sale in a store, and just
	opening one generated a static crackle and attracted all the
	dust in the vicinity.

    5.	Do you really believe that a disk manufacturer would distribute
	its product in harmful packaging?

I don't keep the sleeves on my "working" diskettes or on original
distribution diskettes (generally filed away in boxes and seldom opened),
but keep the sleeves on seldom-used diskettes in my file.  I also keep
a few sleeves handy for times when I want to slip a diskette into my
shirt pocket.

Bob Nichols
rnichols@cbnewsg.att.com
From: bagdy@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Mark Bagdy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: WORDSTAR 4.0 to 5.5??
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:08:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO

I write this query for a friend that is not connected to the NET.

My friend uses WORDSTAR.  He was using 4.0 very happily.  After installing
5.5 (he says...) various "older" files that were not touched in a while
now have spurious characters in the file.  He can clean these manually, but
they seem to be in many files.

Spurious characters like:

^]}^@^@Uepson^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ ...
.op
.mt0
...
TEXT TEXT TEXT
TEXT TEXT ...      ^] ^@K:^Q^E^@^@^@^P3^A^@^@^@^@^@

and so on.

    
My questions to help him out:

1)  Are these control characters?  They look like NULL (^@) etc.

2)  Does anyone have experience with WordStar word processing that could
    tell me if there are compatibility issues between 4.0 and 5.5?

3)  Any suggestions as to how these multiple files could be corrupted??

Please email me with your inputs.  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!  (A reply post here would be just fine, also...)

Regards,
Mark Bagdy
bagdy@hpmtaa.lvld.hp.com
From: cbarilleaux@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Mauve Maruader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: REFRESH
Date: 12 Apr 92 04:00:38 GMT
Organization: Pierson's Pleasure Palace


	Greetings!! I was wondering if anyone knows of a shareware or freeware
utility which will allow my keyboard to act as a Dvorak keyboard. I have one
which works, but eats almost 50k of RAM. Any help on this would be appriciated.
Ideally, location of an FTP site, but the name of a prog will do.
	Thanks in advance,
	Charles Barilleaux
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: RE: B & R COMPUTERS $1278
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:15:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Satalink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

TO: trekkie@netlink.cts.com
BN>That ad was a fake ad, made up by Penn Jilette to go along with his article.
BN>The 800 number he put in there doesn't even work.  Read Penn's article 
BN>("Micro Mephisto"), and he'll explain the ad.  I think he intended it as an
BN>April Fool's joke.  Oh, by the way, you forgot that the ad threw in lots of 
BN>free software, too.  Whatever you do, though, don't call that number!

I had already figured that out without knowing the origin. :-)
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From: aaa33750@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Arnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: fast timer interrupt
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:58:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr6.175800.10364
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Since I'm trying to do a couple of I/O processes at the same time, one time
critical and the other not, I need a good time based interrupt to call one
piece of code.  I've been away from pc's too long, but the only timer 
interrupt that I could figure out from the interrupt docs was only every
18.? milliseconds.  I need to call the one process a lot faster than that.

The question:  Can I do this with any method than that which I am currently
considering???  What I think I am going to have to do now is to use an
external clock on the hardware interrupt line on the RS-232 port to call
my subroutine.  There has to be a better way.

Pse e-mail your replies, and thanks very much.
Drew Arnett  U of IL
arnett@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: r3daw@VAX1.uakron.edu (David A Waltermire)
Subject: News Readers and UUCP software for IBM/MSDOS
Organization: The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 07:21:18 GMT


Hi!  I am trying to set up a UUCP node on my PS/1.  I was wondering what
UUCP/USENET software everyone used.  I am looking for a news and E-Mail
system.  Please E-Mail responses as I don't read these groups regulatrly
yet! I will be glad to post a summary at a later date.

Thanks!
-- 
--
David A Waltermire 
Internet: r3daw@vax1.cc.uakron.edu  (School)
          bigwalty@legend.akron.oh.us (Somewhere...Out There)
From: spielman@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Terence P. Spielman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Non-interlaced Windows drivers for ET4000 wanted
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:41:37 GMT
Reply-To: spielman@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Terence P. Spielman)
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hi net-world!

Here's a quick question:

Where can I find Windows (3.0 or 3.1) drivers for a Tseng 4000
SVGA chipset?  I have a few, but all of them seem to flicker at
1024x768x256 color modes.Is it that all these drivers are using an 
interlaced mode?  Do any drivers support a 1024x768x256 non-interlaced
mode?  FYI, my monitor supports non-interlaced 1024x768x256 mode with a
vertical scan rate of 60 Hz.

Thanks,
Terence
From: sinnige@fwi.uva.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: BUG in Wordperfect printer driver
Keywords: wordperfect
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:31:14 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

Hai everybody,

I have wordperfect 5.1 (dutch and uk version) and the dot matrix printer
Brother M1109.

But i have a difficulty in printing graphics. The printer head first shifts
back to the start, then some control lamps are on and off. The printer
prints some rubbish like '@@@' etc. (i think initialization bytes). but
no graphics.

Then i looked at the driver with PTR.EXE and i found the first bug:

   when the graphics print starts, it sends:
      ....[27]"t"... 
   but i think this should be
      ....[27]"T"...  (capital T),

since the printer does not know any command with a lower case t, only with
capitals.......

Can somebody help me with this irritating problem.

Thanks in advance


   Stefan Sinnige,
     
     sinnige@fwi.uva.nl

=====================================================================
Faculty of mathematics and computer science, 
University of Amsterdam , Holland.
You know that wonderful small country, with the comming tennis player:
  Richard Kraijcek..
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From: Louie.Williams@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Louie Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Help!  Does Anyone know of an RLL Formatter???
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:11:32 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

Hi All!  I need some help finding a low-level formatter for an
RLL controller/disks.  Here's the story:

I've got a Seagate ST21/22R controller card and I've had to 
disable the bios (on the card) in order to run Linux.  By
doing this I've had to reformat the drives, and I've been
using WDFMT (Western Digital's LL format program).  It works,
but barely.  It also shows up bad tracks that otherwise don't
show up.  

My questions is, does anyone know of a good RLL low-level format
program?  Something like Spinrite, but one that works with RLL 
disks?

Please email me and I'll summarize if there's interest.

Thanks Ahead!

-Lou Williams                 lou@enterprise.niehs.nih.gov
Computer Sciences Corp.       lou@excelsior.niehs.nih.gov
Research Triangle Park, NC    william8@niehs.bitnet

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ctt31684@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (CMP)
Subject: Re: Motherboards with SIMMS and DRAM help!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:47:12 GMT

moe@rainier.lib.washington.edu (Joe Shippert) writes:

>I just bought a used computer (no manuals, ooops) and when I poped open the
>case I see 4 SIMM slots (with 2 1x9 MB SIMMs) and what look like a bunch of
>DRAM slots (slots? plugs? things you put DRAM in). Does this mean I can have
>both SIMMS and DRAM in my computer at the same time? 
>Normally I'd just get SIMMS but I happen to have a bunch of 256k drams that
>would fill the board. Is there anything special I need to do to install both?
>Anyone elso have experience in these type of mother boards?
>BTW it's a 386sx-20 if that helps.
>thanks,etc.
>-- 
>The above is my considered opinion, it is also my considered opinion
>that Carthage must be destroyed.

Yes and no, some board can use both type of memory at the same time, most,
however, can't.  You really need the docs this time...  Try calling the place/
buy up and ask him/her about it.

-Ching Tai

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From: fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: PC Screen Graphics Chars in a Mac Font?
Keywords: PC extended character set, PC font, Mac font
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:36:55 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

teplitz@optilink.UUCP (Ron Teplitz) writes:
>IBM-PCs have type fonts resident in their graphics adapters that allow the
>construction of graphics such as boxes.  Each individual character would be
>a gray rectangle, a horizontal or vertical line segment or corner, etc. Is 
>there a font for the mac that duplicates this Extended Character Set?
>Thanks in advance.

You should be able to get such a font from a communication program which
has an "ANSI" terminal option (Z-Term is a shareware example of such a
program).  There are numerous programs available which will enable you 
to copy fonts that are built-in to programs (ResEdit is my favorite).  

----------------------
Kevin Fluet
fluet@ee.ualberta.ca
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