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From: cteague@ra.cs.umb.edu (Charles F. Teague II)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Printer set-up question
Date: 15 Oct 92 03:04:07 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston


  Does anyone out there know what driver I should use to configure
Windows 3.1 for an ANCIENT Panasonic KX-P1091 (9-pin!) printer?  I
have dug up the Owner's Manual for it, but it predates Windows by quite
some time, so it's no help.  It also doesn't say anything helpful like,
"Your Panasonic KX-P1091 is 100% compatible with the Epson cX-nnnn." --
I checked, twice.  Windows includes their "universal printer driver",
which I am sure can do the job, but it doesn't list any Panasonic printers
of this one's generation.

  I can get workable results by using several Epson models (MX80, FX100,
FX100+, FX185, among others), but I get intermittent, unrepeatable
failures when printing files with Win3.1's Write.  For now I am assuming
this is because I'm not using the right driver.  (For anyone who cares,
it just stops, anywhere in the file, in mid-line often, and then after a
minute or so, the print mngr. will pop up and ask if I want to retry or
cancel the job.)

  Unfortunately, retiring this printer to a more useful role as
Senior Paperweight will have to wait at least a year, unless I hit
the lottery sometime before then (I spent all available funds + then some
on the computer, so the printer will have to wait..)

  If noone out there has any idea which printer driver I should try, then
can someone email me a (current) product support line for Panasonic?
(preferably 1-800-, or in eastern MA...).

  Merci Buckets,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: henrik@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no (Henrik Gudbrandsen)
Subject: Qvtnet 2.8, where?
Organization: SINTEF
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 19:02:53 GMT

I have seen this question before, but no answers: On what ftp-site is qvtnet 
2.8 ???

Henrik Gudbrandsen
email: henrik@itekiris.kjemi.unit.no
From: shump@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Scott Humphries)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WANTED: "Uno" (card game) for DOS or Windows
Date: 16 Oct 1992 05:33:25 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Hi!  I'm after a card game called "Uno" for either DOS or Windows.
Any information on where to find one would be appreciated.  Please
e-mail responses.


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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: MICROSOFT IS STACKING THE DECK!
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:34:22 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <92287.091613SASTPH@vm.sas.com> <SASTPH@vm.sas.com> writes:

>In article <1992Oct12.185104.1@vax1.umkc.edu>, edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu says:
>>        I just read an article about Microsoft. Apparently microsoft
>>has written in "secret codes" to the dos. Essentially these codes guarantee
>>that software packages that are not microsoft's will run slower and less
>>effeciently than microsoft's because they do not have access to these codes!
>>There is apparently much evidence from many companies that overwhelmingly
>>proves this is the case.
>>
>(More details omitted.)
>>
>>Can anybody verify this through other sources?
>>

>I'd be very interested in reading the original article.  Can you post just
>exactly where you read this?

I bet some folks from Microsoft would be real interested in where it
was published, too, since publishing it without proof would probably
be legally actionable.

[Note that that probably DOESN'T apply to someone saying it on the
net, however.  Just in case someone gets the idea that I'm trying to
'stifle discussion' or something.]

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dbasinge@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger)
Subject: WinQVT 2.7 and ODI
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:36:03 GMT


I have a couple of questions about WinQVT 2.7

1. Will is work with Novell ODI?

2. What is a error 1 in config mean, when trying to load the program?

3. Where can I locate QVTnet2.85 at?

Thanks,

Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla)
Subject: Mixing portrait & landscape in WfW2.0?
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 20:04:01 GMT


Hi.  All I want to do is have the masthead for my newsletter (with a
logo in .WMF format and two rows of TrueType text) run up the left
hand side of the page, with a line "under" it, and then have two
columns of text running down the page normally.  Subsequent pages
would have either two or three columns of text with .WMF's and text
frames thrown in here and there. 

Here are the methods I've tried:

1. Framing the text part and the logo, and rotating each of them.
Unbelievably, you can't rotate frames, even of .WMF's.  

2. I managed to get the .WMF into MSDraw (horrible little applet) but
whenever I tried pasting the text, all I got was an MSWord icon as a
bitmap (and I've since found out that you can't rotate text even in 90
degree increments in MSDraw anyway). 

3. WordArt was a start, but supports only 19 rather odd-looking fonts
that I've never installed on my system.  I can't figure out how to get
it to use TT fonts.

4. Setting the paper type to landscape and applying it to "this
section only".  Of course, it then forces a page break.  There doesn't
even appear to be an "overlay two pages" function here; that was
something I had to use once way back when on a C-64 with GEOS, and
would have at least been a help.

It looks to me like I've got two options:

- print the first page out, stick it back in the printer and print the
  second page on top of it to simulate an overlay effect; unfortunately,
  I seem to have bad luck with lasers when I feed paper back into them
  after printing once.  I could always paste up and copy, but I'm
  trying to perpetuate the delusion that with scanners and whatnot
  coming into prominence, pasting up is obsolete. :)  Besides, it
  means I have to do the final layout stuff at repro time, when I'm
  paying for it.

- Or, I could go and spend $70 on Bitstream MakeUp, which supposedly
  supports all kinds of nifty text functions and exports .WMF's.
  Another draw program would probably manage to at least rotate the text
  90 degrees, but since EB has MakeUp for 70 bucks, it wouldn't be *too*
  painful. 

But I'd just as soon avoid the aggravation of either of those two
methods.  Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks.

Rob
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf Paul)
Subject: Re: ARGHH!-WFW2.0 Sucks big time!
Reply-To: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: Alcatel Austria - Elin Research Center, Vienna
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:12:41 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.101717.16807@news.uni-stuttgart.de> skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok) writes:
>I've decided to delete W4W from my disk after completion of the text I'm
>writing currently and switch to LaTeX for doing serious work.

And what are you going to do with your copy of WfW? 
I hope you do have one. Coz if you don't, you should be ashamed of
yourself, complaining about the shortcomings of a program you're using
illegaly.
(Sorry if that is an unfair suspicion. But you seem awfully quick to
let the cost of an expensive program go down the drain ...)

>-- 
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>womit man beruhigt, wenn es greint, das Volk, den grossen Luemmel.
>Ein neues Lied, ein besseres Lied, oh Freunde, will ich Euch dichten,
>Wir wollen hier auf Erden schon das Himmelreich errichten.    ... H. Heine

And how successful have attempts to do that been so far? We see the end
results of these attempts right now, in the former USSR and the former
Yugoslavia ...


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From: jrkdmd@dmdscs.com (Joe Krulewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Qemm and swapfile question
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:20:43 GMT
Organization: DMDS Consulting Services, Branchburg, NJ

In article <71286@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt6746a@prism.gatech.EDU (Slapman de Funk) writes:
> 
>      OK guys, here's my problem:  I just recently upgraded from
> Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1.  After finishing setting up, I 
> rebooted my computer.  When it started booting Windows it said
> that there was a memory conflict at address B000.  I tried loading
> it up with Win /d:x, but that didn't work.  Then I tried with
> Win /d:v, but that didn't work either.  Finally I had to block 
> out a chunk of memory so that windows would run.  This finally
> worked, but now I have a huge chunk of memory blocked out just
> for windows, that Windows doesn't even use all of.  But if I don't
> block out the whole thing, windows won't load up.  I am using Qemm
> 6.02 as my memory manager.  And since I had to block out that
> chunk of memory, all the other memory resident program I had take
> up more memory than they used to.

	Try finding monumb2.386 on the distribution disk
	expanding it into \windows\system directory
	adding device=monoumb2.386 to the [enhanced] section
	of SYSTEM.INI

>      My other problem seems to be that now that I have screwed
> with the memory, I have a 7.5 meg hard drive swapfile that takes 
> up most of the last unused portion on my hard drive.  What the
> hell?
  
	Using a permanent swapfile will generally give you the best
	performance, especially if you can also use 32-bit Access.
	If you don't like the permanent swapfiles - you can switch
	to a temporary one -- {or if you have LOTS of physical memory
	some people have sugeested NO swapfile}

>      I would be greatly appreciative of anyone that could help me.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Lawton Brown
> gt6746a@prism.gatech.edu

-Joe
jrkdmd@dmdscs.com
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: SpeedStar 24x evaluation
Date: 8 Oct 92 09:44:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

                           PRODUCT TEST REPORT 
                           ------- ---- ------ 
 
Well, I took the (mini) plunge and picked up a Diamond SpeedStar 24x and 
put it through it's paces.  First, the system I tested with: 
 
386DX-40 w/8mb, 10mhz expansion bus, 200mb IDE w/Stacker 
 
I installed it and immediately ran into a problem! :-(  Apparently, this 
is the first card I know of that actually WON'T let you use the B000-B7FF 
range, even with MONOUMB or MONOUMB2, so I lost 32kb right away.  Undaunted, 
I proceeded and ran some benchmarks with PC-Mag's Winbench 2.5, first on 
the original STB PowerGraph, then on a couple of the drivers included with 
the 24x, all at 800x600. 
 
STB PowerGraph   (800x600x16) VGA464S.DRV, "ET4000        " Winmark=2,002,538 
Diamond SS24x    (800x600x16) HVGA800.DRV, "SpeedStar 24X " Winmark=6,854,047 
Diamond SS24x   (800x600x256) WSPDPSF.DRV, "SpeedStar 24X " Winmark=11,436,698 
 
In this system, this card does as well as the Diamond Stealth that I had for 
about a week, it interfered with the Lantastic-A/I LAN when running Windows, 
to it was sold pronto!  With the exception of losing the B000-B7FF segment, 
I'm pretty impressed, the card also clocks in at 6500 in Landmark 2.00 in 
DOS, also faster than the STB PowerGraph it replaced, so you don't give up 
any DOS performance to get the speed in Windows. 
 
SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION: 
--------------------- 
The card seems very speedy in plain DOS text modes, and the difference in 
performance is VERY apparent in Windows.  One of the easiest tests was to 
load a document into Write and scroll around.  With the STB board, it  
"painted" onto the screen, with the 24x, it just "appears"! :-)  Unless 
I run into some problems down the road, this one's a "keeper"!  I'll give 
it a few days in the 386 machine and then more it to this one for serious 
testing and use. 
 
PROBLEMS 
-------- 
Only the afore mentioned B000-B7FF restriction, if anyone has a solution 
that will allow me to take back that 32kb, I'm all ears. :-) 
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . That .HLP file is no HELP!
From: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Mouse won't work on 40MHZ
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:58:12 GMT
Organization: iX-Redaktion


In article <3686.1100.uupcb@satalink.com>, john.will@satalink.com (John Will)  writes:
|> RE.I just upgraded two AT's to 386-40's, and have spent several hours
|>   .trying to get the mouse to work w/ no luck.
|>   .
|>   .I've tried several different brands of mice (ARTEC, New Idea, MicroSoft,
|>   .LogiTech) and all the Windows drivers.
|> 
|> Clearly seems like a problem with either the bus or the serial port,
|> have you done any diagnostics to determine if the serial ports are 
|> functional with other applications?  I'd also go into the expanded
|> setup and slow down the expansion bus, may be a timing problem.
|> ---
|>  . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . I can't use Windows.  My cat ate my mouse.
|>                                                               

If there is a possibility to speed down your AT bus clock, you should try. Maybe these mainboards tick with more than the agreed 8 MHz. There are still some expansion boards that refuse higher clock rates.

Hope that helps.
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From: sat@eng.tridom.com (Stephen Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Termcap/Terminfo entry for "Terminal"
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:18:23 GMT
Reply-To: sat@eng.tridom.com
Organization: AT&T Tridom

In article gerMOx000k00FISER7@transarc.com, Elliot_Jaffe@transarc.com () writes:
>Does anyone know/have a termcap/terminfo entry for the Windows Terminal
>emulator.  It has reasonable fonts, but I can't find a good termcap
>entry.

>I'm using a RS6000 with AIX 3.2, and I've tried terminfo entries for
>ANSI, vt100, and assorted variations.

From your comments, I presume you've set Terminal to VT100 emulation
(Settings->Terminal Emulation). If so, the standard vt100 termcap entry
should work fine.

If you're trying to use the arrow keys in something like vi, be sure you
uncheck the "Use Arrow, Function, and Ctrl Keys for Windows" box in the
Settings->Terminal Preferences dialog box. Once you uncheck this box,
Terminal will pass these keys to the remote system. You lose some
functionality this way, specifically, the ability to use the "new"
keyboard shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste (Ctrl-C, ...). I think you
can still use the old shortcuts (Ctrl-Del, ...) just fine though.

Hope this helps

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From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: Paradise Win 3.1 SVGA drivers uploaded
Date: 14 Oct 92 07:58:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.setup

I have uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu the following file:

	/pub/pc/win3/uploads/90c0031.zip

Soon the file will be found at:

	/pub/pc/win3/drivers/video/90c0031.zip

This archive file contains the setup disk to use a Paradise or WD SVGA
card in the following resolutions:

	VGA 640x480 256-color
	VGA 1024x768 16-color
	VGA 1024x768  2-color

This file should not supplant or replace the existing file called
pvga1a.zip already at CICA, since that file supports the 640x400
256-color mode only.

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From: wood@havedash.aer.loral.com (Bill Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: SuperBar version 1.2 is here...
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:17:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps


               SuperBar Version 1.2 is now ready.  

     I have uploaded SuperBar to ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  It is 
currently in /pub/pc/win3/uploads but will quickly be moved to
/pub/pc/win3/util.  I'd like to get some feedback on this program.  
I'd like to know if there is any interest in this program and if there
are Windows applications or system configurations which are not compatible 
with SuperBar.  It is shareware ($15 registration). 

     SuperBar is a Windows program for creating and editing user 
configurable tool bars called  SuperBars. These tool bars are 
similar those found on newers Windows applications like Word 
for Windows, Excel, Word Perfect, etc.  A SuperBar consists 
of a gray area containing several buttons, each assigned to an 
application menu command.  A SuperBar can be added to any 
Windows application that is compatible with the SuperBar program.  
Most Windows applications which have standard menu bars are 
compatible with SuperBar.  SuperBar can be used to increase 
efficiency by placing commonly used menu commands on a SuperBar.

     In addition to providing SuperBars, this program also includes 
the ability to start Windows applications at the same location 
on the desktop every time they are executed.  The applications can 
be run normally, minimized, maximized or hidden.  A hidden 
application runs normally but cannot be seen on the desktop.  
This feature is useful for hiding utility programs which should 
run in the background.

     SuperBar may also be used as a replacement Task Manager.  SuperBar
includes all of the functionlity of the Windows built-in Task
Manager including switching between applications, terminating
applications and rearranging the desktop.

     Future plans include the ability to assign user-defined macros 
to buttons and more button customization options.

   Version 1.2 has many improvements over version 1.1, including:

-  SuperBar Icon Manager for user-defined icons.

-  SuperBars that wrap to new rows/columns if they won't fit in the window.

-  Replacement Task Manager.

-  Half spaces.

-  Improved context sensitive help.

-  Faster drawing of SuperBars.

-  Several more button icons.

-  Some minor bug fixes.

Please send any comments/suggestions/problems to:

wood@havedash.aer.loral.com

Thanks you in advance for any feedback you can give me.

William J. Wood
From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: Microsoft Developer Network Files available by anonymous ftp
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:12:20 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.win32
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

The samples and technotes from the Microsoft Developer Network CD-Rom are
now available via anonymous ftp from the internet site ftp.uu.net in the
~ftp/vendor/microsoft/developer-network directory

We hope these are useful to you - please, no followup directed to me, I dont
have anymore info to offer about these

-- Alistair
From: gordc@wes.on.ca (Gord Cameron)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: SODA Structural Analysis -- student pricing now available
Keywords: analysis design structures engineering windows
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:48:21 GMT
Reply-To: judim@wes.on.ca
Followup-To: judim@wes.on.ca
Distribution: na
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software


	Waterloo Engineering Software is pleased to announce a significant
	savings opportunity for college and university engineering students.

	SODA - Structural Optimization Design and Analysis
	     - ANALYSIS
		- 2-D and 3-D structures
		- P-Delta analysis
		- moment and shear diagrams, deflected shapes
	     - STEEL DESIGN
		- American ASD and LRFD design standards
		- Canadian CSA-S16.1-M89 standard
		- designs to sway and deflection limits
		- uses commercially available steel shapes
	     - OPTIMIZATION
		- mathematical programming algorithms reduce weight
		  while satisfying design criteria.

	WINDOWS - all of the above features are available in a friendly
		  and easy to use interface.

	SODA normally sells for $2995.00 but may be purchased by students
	for only $99.00! For more information, reply by email or contact

	Waterloo Engineering Software 		email: judim@wes.on.ca
	22 King Street South, suite 302 	phone: 519-885-2450  
	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 		fax:   519-746-7931
	N2J 1N8
From: quanbook@world.std.com (Quantum Books)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: New Book: Inside Windows NT
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:34:55 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.win32
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

Inside Windows NT
by Helen Custer
$24.95 pb / 385 pages / ISBN 1-55615-481-X / Microsoft Press
 
From the back cover:
 
.. provides an accessible, inside look at the design of this revolutionary 
operating system.  Written by a member of the Windows NT team during 
the system's development, Inside Windows NT reads like a wide-ranging, 
in-depth discussion with the Windows NT developers.  The author begins 
with a description of the Windows NT operating system and a discussion 
of the design goals, providing an overview of Windows NT and the 
architectural model on which it is based.  The author then covers, in 
technical detail, such topics as:
 
Client-Server Protected Subsystems
--the source of Windows NT's ability to simultaneously run MS-DOS, 16-
bit Windows, POSIX, and OS/2 programs.
 
The NT Kernel
--its kernel objects, interrupt and exception handling, thread scheduling 
and dispatch, and multiprocessor synchronization.
 
Virtual Memory Manager
--the implementation of its 32-bit linear addressing scheme, versatile 
paging software, and memory-mapped files, as well as its interface to the 
kernel, the cache manager, and the process structure.
 
Object Management--the naming and sharing of system resources.
 
Processes and Threads, I/O and File Systems.
 

Chapter Headings:
 
1.	The Mission
2.	System Overview
3.	The Object Manager and Object Security
4.	Processes and Threads
5.	Windows and Protected Subsystems
6.	The Virtual Memory Manager
7.	The Kernel
8.	The I/O System
9.	Networking
 


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