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From: tanu@beach.csulb.edu (     Tanu Kartawiria)
Subject: Re: Windows threatens world security!?
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
	<1992Mar20.062350.19476@syacus.acus.oz.au>
	<1992Mar20.150505.6528@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
	<22515.29cef54d@amherst.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:24:58 GMT


>>: In article <203317@unix.cis.pitt.edu> tjdst7@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Todd J Derr) writes:
>>: Hmmm.... I thought UAE stood for "United Arab Emirates"? Guess I must
>>: be wrong.
> 
>>No. You're incorrect. UAE actually stands for "Uncontrollable African Elephant".
> 
> Nah, guys.  My Maytag guy says that it's "Unanticipated Appliance Expulsion".
> 
>  Actually it's "Unclear Acronyms Everywhere".

I always thought that it's "Uhhh.... Ahhhh..... Ehhhhhh...."..

-- 
-tanu-
tanu@beach.csulb.edu
CSULB LIB LAB
From: kxh26@cas.org (Kenneth D. Huffman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Need ATI VGA Wonder drivers
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:56:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: cas.1992Apr10.175649.9948
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio

In article <1992Apr10.145732.3786@javelin.sim.es.com> bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>I'd like to know if the ATI VGA Wonder WIN3.1 drivers have been
>uploaded anywhere I can access with e-mail as I have no FTP access.
>I've tried the BBS but have gotten nothing but busy signals.

You are not alone. murf@comet.ucar.edu, jkb@ms.uky.edu, and I (kxh26@cas.org)
would like them too.  The drivers supplied in ATIW300.ZIP, ATIW3256.EXE, and
ATIW3400.EXE all seem to be old Win3.0 drivers.  The version numbers aren't
any newer than the ones I've got.

For those of you with ATI cards: try testing all the screen savers.  If
some of them cause your windows session to generate a stream of UAEs, you
need a new driver too.  An ftp site with the LATEST 3.1 drivers would be nice.

BTW: Is there a difference between the ATI VGA Wonder and the ATI VGA Wonder
XL drivers?

Ken
-- 
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<kxh26@cas.bitnet>        614-447-3838 ext. 2290              614-771-6334
From: copleyd@physc1.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: more bugs in 3.1exit
Date: 16 Apr 92 01:09:44 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1992Apr15.145813.12588@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
> 
> More bugs:
> 
> 1) a bad one: the clock appears to only run once, no multiple copies,
>    and, far worse, you can't make it the active window by clicking
>    just anywhere on it - you have to use the "move bar" area.
>    Whoever at microsoft that did this, it was dumb.

Hmmm... that's odd.  clicking anywhere on my Windows 3.1 clock makes it the
active windows...

As for multiple copies... I guess you could do what is suggested in PC
Magazine and run many copies of Windows 3.0's clock.  I've noticed that you
can't get multiple copies of File Manager either.
From: kevinc@adp.uucp (Kevin Cherek)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: MGR for INI files wanted...
Date: 14 Apr 92 23:39:43 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin ADP

Hi,

We are running Windows on a large Novell 3.11 network.  We
have been managing the contents of the ini files using 
INIMAN.EXE from Saber Software Corp.  Lately we have been
experiencing some problems with this software and are now
exploring alternatives.  The question:

Does anybody know of any other INI file management software?
The INI file manager must be able to test environment variables,
Novell group membership, and station ID.

Thanks,

- kev -
From: leadfoot@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Mark Curtis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Ami Pro 2.0 w/win3.1
Keywords: win31 amipro
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:59:02 GMT

Lotus called me back!  Now they admit there is a problem.  Hit the
ESC key to recover the cursor.

Mark
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: windows 3.1; why bother?
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

It just kills me to see the incredible fluff people are making out of
a minor release of Windows.  This isn't even a major upgrade.  It's
just 3.0 -> 3.1.

The only reason I can see why anyone would see this minor upgrade as
something of earth-shaking proportions is if 3.0 was a disk hog, buggy,
and with an intense appetite for RAM that was meant for applications.

And of course that's not the case.

-- 

   -Richard L. Goerwitz              goer%ellis@uchicago.bitnet
   goer@ellis.uchicago.edu           rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer
From: skelly@capella.tmc.edu (sean kelly `94)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Pro Drivers for Win 3.1
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:38:28 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.
From: ehunt@bsc835bsc.edu (Eric Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win 3.1 PC speaker MM driver?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:09:18 GMT
Organization: Lost in Space

Does anyone know if Microsoft ever plans to, or has released previously in
the beta drops, a driver to allow .WAV files to be played through the regular
PC speaker?
-- 
Eric Hunt
Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
bsc835!ehunt@uunet.uu.net (preferred)
eric.hunt@matrix.sbs.com
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From: marchant@iosg.enet.dec.com (Paul Marchant)
Subject: Re: TrueType Fonts
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Reading UK.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:53:34 GMT


In article <ku3imgINNhp4@spim.mips.com>, mpolen@gelato.mips.com (Michael Polen) writes...
>I remember from when cica was available that they had some truetype
>fonts.  Does anyone know of an FTP source for fonts that is available

    Try wuarchive.wustl.edu since that is a mirror site for the cica archives.

Cheers,
--
Paul Marchant - marchant@iosg.enet.dec.com / Paul.Marchant@reo.mts.dec.com
From: failsafe@cellar.org (Failsafe)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1, SCSI, QEMM, and the Netherworld
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:55:54 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:

>   People who use a third-party disk cache or ASPI4DOS do not seem to have
>   a problem (but disk performance may not be as good as IDE drives).
>   [ Out of curiosity, just how much does ASPI4DOS cost, and does anyone
>   know of a reliable source (one that doesn't mind dealing with
>   private individuals) for it?  ]

Try Avnet Computers. They have an 800 # and will refer you to a local
dealer. I costs around $60.00 or so. You must be an owner of an Adaptec
controller (or say you are) or they aren't supposed to sell it to you
(porbably a licensing agreement with Adaptec). Also there is a longer list
on the Adaptec BBS (number not handy, mail me if you need it).


Steve Roth
Philadelphia, PA.

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failsafe@cellar.org (Failsafe)
The Cellar BBS - (215) 654-9184
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WinFaxPro, FaxGrabber and Norton Desktop 2 $85 deal
From: stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson)
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 15:06:34   Y

hughesr@SANDNET.UCSD.EDU (Richard Hughes) writes:

>           Norton Desktop 2
                           ^

Are you sure v 2.0??  If so what new features does it have??

...Stefan


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   Kindness in giving creates love.
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From: jwu@zeus.calpoly.edu (John Shih Jen Wu)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win 3.1 PC speaker MM driver?
Date: 11 Apr 92 05:10:25 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

In article <2030@transfer.stratus.com>, leadfoot@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Mark Curtis) writes:
> what happened to sndtool.  Sndtool 2.4 gave me a GP error, 2.5 said it
> couldn't load the driver said "Bad Karma".

I had the same problem. The Windows Speaker driver seems to interfere
with Sound Tool's speaker driver. I just unloaded the Windows driver
and the "Bad Karma" problem ended.

-- 
=========================================================================
John S. Wu (Engr Mgt. / Mech Engr) ===>  jwu@nyx.calpoly.edu
California Polytechnic State Univ., School of Business, MBA Program 
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Observations/problems when installing 3.1
From: lawson@ssdvax.mdcbbs.com (Jim Lawson)
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:52:24 GMT
Organization: McDonnell Douglas - Space Station Division, Huntington Beach CA
Nntp-Posting-User: ltv

Some observations/problems I had while installing Windows 3.1:

Don't have Central Point's antivirus for windows running while running the
install program. I had conflicts while my windows executables were being
overwritten with the new ones. I ended up uninstalling the antivirus for
windows and had no problems after that.

Before exiting 3.1 make sure you've selected the save configuration on exit
option. The "save configuration" box does not appear when you exit 3.1.

I had a bad font file on my install disks, file courbi.ttf couldn't be read.
Anyone else have this problem ?

Does anyone know of the proper e-mail address (compuserve perhaps ? )to report 
this problem to Microsoft ?

Thanks,

-- 
Jim Lawson				Opinions expressed here are my own !!
Address: Lawson%ssdvax.decnet@lbgwy.mdc.com or Jimbo@qed.cts.com
Alternate:ap149@cleveland.Freenet.Edu or lawson@mdcbbs.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: petesk@microsoft.com (Pete SKELLY)
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Date: 06 Apr 92 01:32:12 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <1992Mar31.044330.20331@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>>1) 32 bit, pre-emptive multi-tasking, multi-threading, multi-processing
>>   (per thread) OS
>
>It should be noted that there are no hardware standards (that I'm
>aware of) for multiprocessing on the Intel family.  Someone please
>correct me if I'm wrong.  (In fact, I venture to guess the
>multiprocessing hardware is murky at best with other CPU families.)
>This area needs work.

multi-processing = symmetric multi-processing.
There are a few multi-process boxes out there on which
NT has been demoed (4 processor i think)

>
>It is not to be multiuser.
>
This subject started a flame ware recently, so I'll try to clarify.
It supports the concept of ownership on resources. i.e. you can own
a file, and with the proper security setup, no one else can acces it)

However, right now you cannot log into to a remote machine like you can
on unix systems.  NT was designed with a client-server archetecture in 
mind, which a lot of people consider a better solution than the remote
login related methods.

>
>No doubt the competition will have a response ready.

Alas, capitalism.
>
>It also will require, according to Microsoft information, a minimum of
>a high end 386 (preferably a 486) with 8 MB (preferably 16) and
>copious amounts of disk space.  A high resolution display is highly
>recommended.  Not today's typical desktop configuration (although it
>could be in the future).
Alas, progress.

petesk@microsoft.com
My Opinions...
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: QEMM 5.11 & WIN 3.1
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:29:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Satalink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

TO: shopsis@auvax1.adelphi.edu
S5>I haven't loaded win 3.1 yet.  I'm using QEMM 5.11.  Does anyone know 
S5>if there is a conflict between these two?

I tried to install with QEMM 5.11, crashed and burned in 386 enhanced mode.
Updated it to 6.01, runs fine.  I'd say that you should update if you
intend to install Windows 3.1. :-)
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 . Hardware: The part you kick.
 
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From: s4uhkm@brutus.sysadm (Howie Michalski)
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and COM ports
Keywords: Windows 3.1 COM Ports
Reply-To: s4uhkm@brutus.sysadm
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:20:39 GMT

You mentioned "better" support for COM ports... Windows 3.0 handles COM ports
quite nicely -- OK I admit I was doing alot of swearing myself there for a
while :0'  But with a bit of tweeking v3.0 will handle all of your comm's needs
there are just two things to remember when configuring your ports...

		IRQ and Base Address

If you are able... Change your COM3/4 Irq's to something like 7 and 8 vice
the standard that is 3/4.. Also, Make sure your Base I/O address is CORRECT!

If you are using a clone, you may not be using the standard base add's...

The lines you try in your INI file would be

COM1Base=3E8h
COM3Base=3F8h

This is my setting... I only use 3 ports and it works!

BTW -- I am NOT using COM1... So you don't necessarily have to use the ports
"in order"... Note, however my Base Address for COM1 is pointing to 3! ((Configure
your DOS software to go 4 COM3... Your Windows Software will need to point to
COM1
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From: roger@uvmark.uucp (Roger MacNicol)
Subject: Re: DeskJet 500
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 12:54:20 GMT
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

I too am having problems with Win 3.1 and the HP Deskjet 500.  I bought a
DJ500 yesterday and the built in fonts all print fine from windows but
the true-type fonts only produce gibberish on the printer.  I am using the
Win 3.1 printer driver, I checked that it was set to 300 dpi, I tried adding
[DJ500,Ports] prtresfac=0 to win.ini, to no avail.  

I know other people have had this problem but I never saw the posted answer
- all help gratefully received.

-- 
 Roger MacNicol, Software Engineer
 Vmark Software, Inc., 5 Strathmore Road, Natick, MA  01760, USA
 email: uvmark%roger@merk.com
 Phone: (508) 655-3700, Fax: (508) 655-8395
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
From: larry@reg.triumf.ca (Lawrence Clarke)
Subject: win 3.1 drivers ATI March/92 broken
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:27:00 GMT

If anyone has grabbed the ATI VGA Wonder device drivers for Windows 3.1 from
wuarchive.wustl.edu, warning !!!  These are the March/92 issue from ATI and
they do not work on all systems. ATI has released an April 6/92 issue which
fixes the bugs. The file is on Compuserve GO WINADV. The file is called
ATIVG2.ZIP  size is 591039.

Someone please repost this to wuarchive.wustl.edu in pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS.

Thanks
From: nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows does not multitask (repost)
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:52:50 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

NOTICE: OS/2 discussion follows.  Sensitive Windows users may wish to skip
        the rest of this article.
        (I'll put up this banner whenever I have to talk about OS/2 here,
        not that my post has any inflammatory content, I am simply giving
        Windows users a chance to skip if they are not interested.)
^L
thomasg@epx.hscs.umn.edu (Thomas Gasser) writes:
>linville@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (John W. Linville) writes:
>>garyd@netcom.com (Gary Dietz) writes:

>>>I work for a company that creates Windows software, and therefore
>>>have no choice but to use Windows ...

>>You should convince your company that OS/2 is the ultimate development platform
>>for Windows, for the reasons you detailed in your excellent post!

>Gary says it right in his post.  To make money TODAY you must be writing 
>Windows programs and not OS/2. [...]

I think what John meant is that OS/2 is great for developing *Windows* 
applications, for the reason that's all too obvious -- memory and task
protection of OS/2.  I've written software under an unprotected enviroment
(MacOS System 7), and I know all too well the agony of having the whole 
system crash on you, taking all work with it as it goes.  For this reason,
OS/2 is a great enviroment to write and debug software on, as you don't
have to worry that serial download going on in the backgroud; or that
unsaved letter in your wordprocessor when you're debugging a piece of code,
if one application crashes, it usually will not affect the whole system
and other apps.  Multitasking without protection is like driving without
your seatbelt on.

-- Nan
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: re: WfW 2.0 -- You cannot be serious!
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:13:05 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan

In article <1992Apr6.174404.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> pbrown@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>Okay, this is some kind of cruel joke, right?  I discovered yesterday, that
>one of the properties of WfW 1.1 which I really liked, namely, give a
>graphic or paragraph a position, and then you can move it around to your
>heart's content in PrintPreview mode -- NO LONGER WORKS!!!!
>
>That is, I've assumed that Frames replace the Format Position action, and
>Frames can only be moved around in PageLayout view.
>
>WHY OH WHY OH WHY????!!!!  This isn't perhaps fixed in the 2.0a version?
>-- 

WHY OH WHY OH WHY is this a problem? Think of it this way: you can now move
things around to your hearts content WITHOUT having to switch to Page 
Preview mode, AND be able to edit and format the text as you do it! You CAN 
set page layout view to show the whole page, AND drag framed objects around 
to your heart's content, so what's the difference? Am I missing something?


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|   Tom Carter                          |        carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu    |
|   Michigan State University           |        carter@msucem.bitnet         |
|   Chemistry Department                |                                     |
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From: luis@mavrick.UUCP (luis basto)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Win 3.1 and SMARTDRV
Keywords: windows 3.1 smartdrv
Date: 8 Apr 92 06:12:57 GMT
Distribution: na

I tested a Windows 3.1 installation with the typical mix of applications -
WFW, Excel, Quattro Pro, Dos Shell, Microsoft's assortment of Windows games,
and everything seem to work quite nicely.

Windows 3.1 replaced the old SMARTDRV.SYS with SMARTDRV.EXE which seems
to have more control on setting up a disk cache. However, when I run
CORETEST v2.8, the read/write speed is almost an order of magnitude slower
than when using the simpler SMARTDRV.SYS, almost to the point of having no 
disk cache. What gives? Is CORETEST no longer valid for this new driver?

--
Luis Basto
Usenet: cs.utexas.edu!mavrick!luis
        basto@cactus.org
From: andrzej@bcars268.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why go to 3.1 if 2.0 works
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:32:18 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada

In article <moore.703184477@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu>, moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore) writes:
|> In <2377@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico de Vries.) writes:
|> 
|> >In <44908@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> sexonbd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin David Sexson (Ben)) writes:
|> 
|> >>He has a good question.  Which is better Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0
|> >>or OS/2 2.0.  OS/2 has many advantages from what I know, but Windows
|> >>has the Apps behind it.  My question is when will someone make an OS
|> 
|> >Which apps? OS/2 does run all existing apps.
|> 
|> How many are 32-bit?
|> 

For example ST-80/Windows (Smalltalk from ParcPlace). When they have 
that functionality and when SVGA is supported (by whoever's responsibility
it is) I may have a look. For now, I do think that spending $80.00
(I live in Canada) on OS/2 or Windows 3.1 is not that great idea. I am
perfectly happy with 3.0 and all my applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
ST-80). The only thing I would consider valuable is TrueType. However,
with the neat scalability fetaure of Word 2.0, that is of a lesser value.
I will wait for Windows 4.0 or OS/2 that supports 32 bit Windows
applications. I will also see who is the winner from a marketing
perspective. The guy who sells more, will sell cheaper and the price
of the applications is what the whole thing is about.

I am not going to go for a bargain prices of Win3.1 or OS/2, and spend
hundreds of dollars on upgrades to my applications. How much would I pay
for only those four that I mentioned for OS/2? Upgrading to Excel 4.0
for Windows is $150.00 (plus 15% of taxes in Ontario). Historically,
OS/2 applications were more expensive than for other platforms.

I have to mention, that I use SparcStation at work, so others may have
valid reasons to go for OS/2. I do not mind if the formatting takes
away my PC for a minute or so at home. I can watch TV or read something.

However, I may change my mind if I see something interesting coming out
of the discussion on the net. I find it a valuable source of information.

-- 
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Bell-Northern Research, Ltd.          | Fax:    (613) 763-3283
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From: drv@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dennis.r.vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: True Type
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:35:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr8.013354.4025@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, swartzjh@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Jeff H. Swartz) writes:
> 
> 	Does anyone know if there is an easy way to convert Adobe fonts  
> into True Type fonts?  I have tons of Adobe fonts and really want to keep  
> them when I get Win 3.1.  Any ideas???
> 
This should be a FAQ if it isn't already:

	AllType from Atech - avout $50 at Egghead

Dennis R. Vogel
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Middletown, NJ
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms