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From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: TrueTypeFont-Bug!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:14:35 GMT

rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols) writes:

>In article <jcmorris.726422810@mwunix> jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:

>>Something to consider is whether the fonts themselves are properly built,
>>rather than assuming that the font engine in Windows is faulty.

>>Who built the fonts which are giving you problems?  Are they commercial
>>products constructed according to the official Apple specifications, or
>>are they el cheapo knockoffs done in someone's basement?  (And note that
>>there are numerous supposedly commercial fonts which do not meet the
>>standard specifications.)

>I believe I was the one who posted about this same problem several
>months ago.  As you can read in the followup that I just posted, yes,
>the fonts I have were indeed converted from fonts generated by Altsys
>Fontographer.  It's a little difficult to examine the fonts to see if
>they meet Apple specifications, since the specifications are
>PROPRIETARY and obtainable only under license.

The specs are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net, in the
directory vendor/microsoft/TrueType-Info.  The files are generally
revisable Word for Windows documents.

Last time I looked the text wasn't completely current (some changes, for
example, have been made in the license enforcement bits) but the material
describes what you should expect to find in a font file.  I used the
material, for example, to show that the output of the AllType font
converter (aside from carrying that snotty license restriction about
what you can do with the output) fails to properly generate the font 
characteristics data when translating from PostScript to TrueType.

Joe Morris
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: cbrooks@afit.af.mil (Christopher L Brooks)
Subject: HP Laserjet IIIP and TrueType
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:20:44 GMT

My question is concerning using the MS TrueType fonts on a LaserJet
IIIP.  When I am running Word4Win, and I have the IIIP selected,
my font selection in limited to the built-in printer fonts plus
a couple of non-TrueType, non-printer fonts.

Now, I understand that without a cartridge, TrueType fonts would
not appear as printer fonts.  Is there anyway to download them?
If not, how can I use them in bit-mapped format?  Right now,
I can't choose a TrueType font at all from the pull-down menu.

Thanks,

Chris
From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.1
Date: 12 Jan 1993 05:01:21 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <C0p3ys.DMC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, by ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib):
> In article <1iceg0INNbpk@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx) writes:
>>From article <1icbvqINNf6b@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx):
> 
>>1.  Make sure you have SET TEMP=c:\<your temp directory> in your
>>    autoexec.bat.  Don't use a RAM disk for your temp directory.
>>    Temp directory should have at least 6 Meg free.
> 
> Hmmmm... why not use a RAM disk if you have RAM to spare? Size
> limitations might be one problem, but I have heard of someone 
> using Stacker on a RAMdisk and getting incredible speed increases

Actually, I quoted that from the magazine article.  You can use a RAM
disk if you've got ram to spare.  The author of the article merely
suggested that you keep your ram free for your other applications.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: duvalld@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Danek Duvall)
Subject: Re: problem with supervga.drv on win3.1
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 16:39:30 GMT
Distribution: usa,world
Organization: Washington & Lee University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Boon-Lock Yeo (yeo@thoth.Princeton.EDU) wrote:
: 
: Hi, I tried to run win3.1 using 800x600 16 color mode (setup
: with supervga.drv). Everything is fine until I tried to run
: msdos-prompt from window. It switches fine to text mode; when I tried
: to get back to window, the screen messed up. Even if I tried to
: run msdos-prompt in window mode, the screen still messed up.
: 
: I wonder it there is any setup I am missing, or is it the some problem
: with the hardware (I have a supervga card 512K ram and a supervga monitor)

I'm glad to hear that someone out there has a similar problem. I'm running
with a Dell (Paradise video) and their utilities and drivers (except for
the Windows 800x600x16). With resolutions 800x600 and above, I've been
having incredible problems when I set the Vertical frequency of the
monitor to a higher rate than "standard VGA". If I go to 60 Hz, then I can
go into a DOS prompt and back out (windowing it or exiting it) and
everything's fine. But if I make it full screen, the monitor makes an
audible click and the screen stretches horizontally and shrinks vertically
back at the prompt. The same thing happens if I do a Ctrl-Alt-Del in
windows and the blue screen comes up; it too is distorted.

When I boost the frequency even higher, then I have exactly the same
problem Mr Yeo has. When coming back in to Windows the screen is screwed
up. More precisely, the picture flickers *extremely* badly, like there was
a solid black frame in there.

Interestinly enough, the problems go away when I switch to the Dell 256
color mode driver. Except when I go to a higher frequency. Then the
Windows screen looks "sheared". Everything has a horrible ghost image.

At 1024x768, everything's fine.

Has anyone run into problems like this? Or better yet -- answers? I called
Dell support and they said to run it at a lower frequency. Big help.

Thanks,
Danek
-- 
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Internet: duvalld@liberty.uc.wlu.edu
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From: rodg@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Rod Gamble)
Subject: norton commander mouse
Keywords: mouse,norton commander,windows
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:54:35 GMT

Hi all.
	I have a problem with windows 3.1 that has for the life of me, got
me and a few friends totally stuffed. 
	On 2 of my friends computers they can use the mouse on Norton Commander
as you would normally in full screen mode. BUT on mine (typical) I just can't
get the mouse to play ball in a windowed (dos type) situation. If I start up
Norton Commander under windows in a window and then switch to full screen mode
the mouse then is fine. Switch back again and no go.

	Anyone out there got a solution to this problem?? There is nothing in
the manual about it, either windows or NC that I can find, and as expected
uSoft have been of little to no help. their swicthboard was fun  to use but
that was about it! :-)

Ta in advance de Rod
Vk2Day

A


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From: dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: ATTN: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Owners
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:05:59 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

[pro53.zip] comment:
ATI Technologies Inc.
                     ************************************     2400etc/i
  VGA Wonder XL    *********************************     **   2400etc/e
  8514/ULTRA      *********************************       **  9600etc/e
 Graphics Ultra  ***********************************     **   2400~FAX
 Graphics       *****************************************
   Vantage     *******               *******
              *******       ***      *******         ***    Stereo~FX
             *******      *******    *******        ***** VGAStereo~FX
            *******      *********   *******       *******
           *******        *******    *******       ******* Graphics Ultra Pro
          *******           ***      *******       ******* Graphics Ultra +
         *******                     *******       *******
        *******                      *******       *******
         ****                         *****         *****

                 P e r f e c t i n g   t h e   P C !
       DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
              ATI MACH32 BETA Windows drivers (Build 53)
       DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
            Please read the README.1ST file for instructions!

Well, it seems like ATI has finally come out with a successful Windows driver
for their Graphics Ultra Pro.  I have posted this driver at
			ftp.cica.indiana.edu
in the directory
			/pub/pc/win3/uploads
So my fellow ATI users don't have to call LD and have a $100 phone bill like
mine.  (Am I a nice guy or what????)  Contributions to my phone bill fund
are always welcome!

The only bug I have noticed so far is that MathCad 3.0 hurls unless you put the
line 'DeviceBitmapDraw=off' in the [mach32] section of your win.ini.

This driver does fix the problems in loading Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0,
as well as the printing problem on the Panasonic KX-P1124i.

						You're welcome,
						Daniel M. Coleman
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: mhatz@nyx.cs.du.edu (Raven)
Subject: Middle Earth/Elvish Fonts????
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 17:44:32 GMT

Does anyone know of a source for Middle earth type or Elvish fonts for
windows?  Thanks.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: jonm@Ingres.COM (Don't Judge a book by your cover)
Subject: Verrrrrry Slow Dos Prompt BOX
Summary: 
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: 
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department - Mosaic Group
Date: 4 Jan 93 09:36:26 GMT

I have set up my dos prompt to be windows within the PIF setup.
I have 4M using a 486 33MHz.  I have about 12M of swap space set up.

Why why why why does the machine hang for abominably long periods when I try
to do average commands like copy/del etc.  I have done the same on a little
compaq/386 and there was no problem?

Jon

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From: s_furrer@irau35.ira.uka.de (Andreas Furrer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Microsof Video for Windows examples
Date: 8 Jan 1993 12:56:38 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: irau35.ira.uka.de

I have installed Microsoft Video for Windows runtime,
but there aren't any examples in the packet.

Where can I found some?

Andreas Furrer
s_furrer@ira.uka.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: TrueTypeFont-Bug!
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:24:26 GMT

In <1993Jan8.002210.3991@cbfsb.cb.att.com> rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols) writes:

>In article <1ce6da9b@p7.f7521.n241.z2.fidonet.org>
>  Kai_Rohrbacher@p7.badendoor.fido.de (Kai Rohrbacher) writes:
>>
>>  I  discovered  a  very  annoying  bug with Windows' 3.1 TrueTypeFonts
>>  (TTF's) and I can't imagine being the first one:
>>  When  using  complex  TTF's  (especially  the  three ornamented fonts
>>  "CarrickCaps",  "KonanurKaps" and "Starburst"; others too), the chars
>>  display well at the screen, but get printed out as empty, rectangular
>>  boxes!
>...
>>  I  suspect  that by default, Windows doesn't set aside enough RAM for
>>  the font-handling; does anybody know how to fix that?

>The problem doesn't seem to be just with Windows drivers.  I ran into
>this exact problem with some of the fonts you mentioned and various
>others.  I tried to use Atech's Alltype conversion utility to convert
>the offending fonts to type-1 PostScript, but it died with a general
>protection fault on every one!

I encountered this problem, too.  The only 'solution' I ever found was
to set the printer up to do the fonts as 'bitmap' instead of as 'Type
1'.  This makes printing horribly slow, but then TrueType seems to be
pretty slow in the first place.

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From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDO
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:20:32 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu

From article <1ictn1INNieq@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by jpd@discovery.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello):
> one that I would like to pursue the most is updating the driver.  We have an HP Laserjet III
> PostScript printer.  Is there a newer driver than the one that came with MS-Windows 3.1,
> and if so, how/where do we get it.

New Microsoft HP LJ III drivers can be downloaded from their bulletin board.

2400 bps  206-637-9009
9600 bps  206-936-6735

I don't know if they have been uploaded to Simtel or Compuserver yet.

     Gregory R. Cook         |  INTERNET:    gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
 Department of Chemistry     |               cookgreg@student.msu.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: RealTek VGA Windows 3.1 D
From: jonathon.twigg@oosight.status.gen.nz (Jonathon Twigg) 
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:38:00 GMT
Reply-To: jonathon.twigg@oosight.status.gen.nz (Jonathon Twigg) 
Distribution: world
Organization: OUT OF SIGHT BBS, Auckland, New Zealand, 64-9-298-3805

TF>I have a RealTek 1 Meg VGA Card.  I purchased it in March, 1992.  I
TF>need to get the updated drivers for use with Windows 3.1.  Does anyone
TF>have the drivers or know of an FTP site where I can grab them?  Or how
TF>to get in touch with RealTek?  I've tried the place that I bought my
TF>card, but they no longer deal with RealTek.  Thanks.
TF>--
TF>Thomas V. Frauenhofer, WA2YYW
TF>tvf@cci.com, ...!uunet!uupsi!cci632!tvf, tvf@cs.rit.edu
TF>Mandlebratwurst: The Meal that Eats Itself!

I have a 512k card but no drivers at all. sO if you find so new drivers 
let me know, cause I can't find any over here.

        Jonathon.

--- WinQwk 2.0 #0
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Epson LQ-800 Pin Settings?
From: rz63633@stewball.d50.lilly.com (Gregg A. Mantock)
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:58:46 EST
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Eli Lilly and Company
Keywords: Epson

Hi,

I recently inherited an Epson LQ-800 printer, and am having
difficulties getting it to print graphics in Windows 3.1.  I
noticed in the \windows\printers.wri file that a couple of
pin settings need to be set/not set on the printer.  As it
was an inherited printer, I have no documentation defining
the pin switches (20 on the rear of the printer).

Could someone whom has the docs/knowledge please either
E-mail the info to mantock@lilly.com, or post it here.

Thanks,
Gregg
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From: jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: problem with supervga.drv on win3.1
Date: 6 Jan 93 12:13:25 GMT
Distribution: usa,world
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK

In article <1993Jan1.163930.3302@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>, duvalld@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Danek Duvall) writes:
|> Boon-Lock Yeo (yeo@thoth.Princeton.EDU) wrote:
|> : 
|> : Hi, I tried to run win3.1 using 800x600 16 color mode (setup
|> : with supervga.drv). Everything is fine until I tried to run
|> : msdos-prompt from window. It switches fine to text mode; when I tried
|> : to get back to window, the screen messed up. Even if I tried to
|> : run msdos-prompt in window mode, the screen still messed up.
|> : 
|> : I wonder it there is any setup I am missing, or is it the some problem
|> : with the hardware (I have a supervga card 512K ram and a supervga monitor)
|> 

Are you using a Trident board? I have a Trident 8900C SVGA board and I had EXACTLY this
problem. Trident have produced some Windows 3.1 drivers that don't give this problem.

In the docs that come with the Trident drivers, they suggest trying the Microsoft driver, and
if you have the switching problem, then use the Trident one.

The Trident drivers DON'T work with graphics in DOS boxes, unlike the Microsoft driver, but
this doesn't seem a great loss (to me at least) as it is so slow as to be almost unusable.

Using a Dell 433DE the Microsoft driver works ok.

The Trident drivers are available by FTP, but I can't remember exactly where.

-- 
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1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, 	|	jeremy@inmos.co.uk
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Tel.  +44 454 616616    Fax. +44 454 617910
The above is the personal opinion of the author,
and does not necessarily reflect INMOS policy.
From: agross@inode.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: PROBLEMS WITH SMARTDRIV
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:37:46 EST
Reply-To: agross@inode.com
Distribution: world
Organization: inode BBS, Usenet Access for NYC (212-679-9146)

R>
R>Hello there,
R>
R> I have the following questions:
R>1. TO simulate disk cache with dos and windows you can either put the
R>statements
R>a) devicehigh=c:\smartdrv.sys     in the config.sys file or
R>b) loadhigh=c:\smartdrv.exe       in the autoexec.bat file


Microsoft recommends the EXE version.


R>2. I have aproblem with the path statement of dos.
R>If I type the following statement in the dos prompt
R>PATH = C:\DOS; C:\WINDOWS; C:\STACKER;

Change your path to:

PATH C:\DOS; C:\WINDOWS; C:\STACKER

**** No '=' and no ';'.

--andrew g.




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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: britten@utklib.lib.utk.edu (Bill Britten)
Subject: WNQVTnet memory grabber
Organization: University of Tennessee Library
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:33:58 GMT

I'm using WNQVTnet 3.0, with only one major problem:  Every session I open 
seems to permanently claim a small chunk of memory (indicated by the 
percent free under "about program manager").  If I quit and restart Windows, 
I get the memory back, but this is inconvenient.  By the end of the day, 
my sessions are crawling if I don't exit/restart.  I've noticed that other 
software also claims a small chunk of resources, but only the first 
time they're run.

Any idea what's going on?

thanks,
Bill Britten
U of Tennessee
From: jpd@discovery.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDO
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:14:09 GMT
Reply-To: jpd@discovery.msu.edu
Organization: Michigan State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: discovery.cl.msu.edu

We have this same problem.  I'll check out the suggestions posted in previous articles, but the
one that I would like to pursue the most is updating the driver.  We have an HP Laserjet III
PostScript printer.  Is there a newer driver than the one that came with MS-Windows 3.1,
and if so, how/where do we get it.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
From: rubin@procon.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin)
Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.1
Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ APL
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 18:20:37 GMT


!1.  Make sure you have SET TEMP=c:\<your temp directory> in your
!    autoexec.bat.  Don't use a RAM disk for your temp directory.
!    Temp directory should have at least 6 Meg free.

Could someone explain why this is? Since the RAM disk goes at CPU
speed how could this possibly be slower????

!3.  Make sure you have the LATEST print driver.  HP has new print drivers
!    for its LaserJet III family.

Could some kind person please upload these to CICA or SIMTEL20 ??

--
Don Rubin
Johns Hopkins Univ APL
rubin@procon.jhuapl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Subject: Re: ATTN: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Owners
Organization: UIUC SCS
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:24:16 GMT

In article <86249@ut-emx.uucp> dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman) writes:

>Well, it seems like ATI has finally come out with a successful Windows driver
>for their Graphics Ultra Pro.  I have posted this driver at
>                       ftp.cica.indiana.edu
>in the directory
>                       /pub/pc/win3/uploads
>So my fellow ATI users don't have to call LD and have a $100 phone bill like
>mine.  (Am I a nice guy or what????)  Contributions to my phone bill fund
>are always welcome!

>The only bug I have noticed so far is that MathCad 3.0 hurls unless you put the
>line 'DeviceBitmapDraw=off' in the [mach32] section of your win.ini.

>This driver does fix the problems in loading Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0,
>as well as the printing problem on the Panasonic KX-P1124i.


I have tried this driver and find that it introduces serious bugs 
not seen in the build 50 ones:

DOS boxes generate garbage on the screen outside of themselves, and
if you run a Mach32 program full screen in a DOS box, on returning 
to a Windows graphics screen I find more damage than with the Build 50 
ones.

If the Build 50 ones work for you ... these are worse. It's not for nothing 
they are labelled "beta". The build 50 ones are far superior in my case.

Doug McDonald