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From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: So much for MSoft's Bluster <grin>
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:04:22 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

09/25 (DW) Microsoft Delays Shipments of Windows NT Operating System
    By Ken Yamada
    Dow Jones Staff Reporter
	
    REDMOND, Wash. -DJ- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said the first shipments
of its Windows NT operating system software are expected to be delayed
until early 1993.
    The software maker had initially expected to begin selling its new
operating system software by the end of this year.  But early 1993 is
''what it's going to take to ship a very high quality product based on
the performance customers want,'' Dwayne Walker, Microsoft's Windows NT
director, told Dow Jones.
    Since July, Microsoft has shipped more than 20,000 advance copies of
the software, called developer kits, to potential corporate customers
and independent software developers for testing, Walker said.  By the
end of this year, that number is expected to rise to 25,000, he said.
    Because there is such widespread testing of the new software, Walker
said, Microsoft is expecting to get a huge volume of reports back from
testers, which will contribute to the delay in the product's shipping
date.  Consequently, Walker said he could not say exactly when the
product would begin selling.
    Microsoft expects that about 20% to 25% of users of its operating
systems software enhancement, called Windows, will convert to Windows
NT, he said.  The new software is targeted at corporate, scientific and
engineering customers, Walker said.
    And he said that application software for Windows NT was rapidly
being developed.  In November at Comdex, a computer trade show, over 300
different software that run on Windows NT are expected to be exhibited,
he said.
From: PRAETHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Ethan Evan Prater)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: out-of-memory --- too wlow
Date: 30 Sep 92 05:43:44 GMT
Organization: Yale University

In article <7180017@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>
stevek@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Steve Kauder) writes:
>
>>In comp.windows.ms, ereimber@nyx.cs.du.edu (Erich Reimberg) writes:
>>
>>
>>    Hello folks.
>>        Here's a little problem I have using windows. I cannot open three
>>    DOS applications at a time. The first one runs OK. The second runs almos
>>    OK: It runs, but windows becomes veeeerryy slow. I mean I can see how
>>    the icons are drawn, and my HDD starts working continously. When I try
>>    to start the 3rd application, I get the out-of-memmory error message.
>>    But I go to the "about program ...." item, and it  reports
>>    8.x Mb free memeory.
>>        I'm using a 386Sx with 2mb memory. A permanent swap file that is 8Mb
>>    and smartdrive for cache. The pif file for the application does not
>>    lock application memory.
>>
>>             Ideas, anyone ????
>>    -ern
>
>If you really want to get 3 DOS applications running, then in order of
>priority:
>    Upgrade your ram (I would recommend 8mb)
>    Upgrade your system (I would recommend '486 33)
>
>You should probably run with a bigger swap file also.
>
>sk
 
Yeah, three DOS apps on a 386SX with only 2MB RAM is pushing it by any
standards. However, if you use 32-bit disk access, you can run a significantly
greater number of DOS sessions. Enable that through the 386 Enhanced--Virtual
Memory module of the Control Panel and see if that helps your problem.
 
I'm also running DOS sessions with a 386SX. A while back I upgraded to 5MB of
RAM from 2, but I got more improvement from using 32-bit access.
 
--Ethan
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: chrisgro@microsoft.com (Christopher Gross)
Subject: Re: question on memory
Date: 01 Oct 92 19:20:17 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1acko1INNojs@roche.csl.sri.com> dchan@cisco.com (Derek Chan) writes:
>
>Now the questions: Why do we need to save the conventional memory? Can't a
>DOS or Windows application be loaded to the extended memory? Does it imply that
>DOS program runs only in conventional memory?( I assume windows does its only
>memory managment so that windows application can be loaded to the extended
>memory)

Dos sessions under enhanced mode windows run in virtual 8086
machines that "inheret" the conventional memory present prior to starting
windows. Whereas the physical memory for these virtual machines is indeed 
taken from your pool of available memroy (XMS+swapfile) each dos session
will think it is running in its own pool of conventional memory.
Consequencly, any conventional memory that is saved prior to starting windows
will benefit every dos application that you then run on top of windows.

Unlike genuine 8086 boxes, the v86 mode provided through windows by the 
386 chip will allow you to address extended memory, and the amount
provided by each dos session can be configured through its pif file. 
Of course, your dos app will need to be written to use extended memory, and 
to my knowledge there aren't many of those out there, Lotus 3.0 perhaps?

Windows apps use extended memory exclusively.

 
Chris Gross
chrisgro@microsoft.com
I do not speak for ms.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: herbing@netmbx.netmbx.de (Kai-Uwe Herbing)
Subject: Microsoft Foundation Classes ported to OS/2 already ???
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:32:59 GMT

Hello,

as the Subject says, I would like to know, if someone already has tried to
port, or succsessfully ported, the Microsoft Foundation Classes class
library which accompanies the MS C/C++ Compiler, to OS/2.

Thanks in advance
Kai
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Redirection of Print Mana
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

KE.Is there any way to redirect Print Manager's temporary files
  .to another directory than the directory that the TEMP
  .environment variable is pointing to? My TEMP environment
  .variable points to a RAM-disk, which is fine for almost all
  .temporary files except the huge temporary files of the Print
  .Manager.

Only the obvious, change the environment variable. :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: smustain@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike Mustaine)
Subject: Re: HELP: PC-SPEAKER plays only 2+ seconds of sound
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: world,local
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 12:36:29 GMT

>Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin      Interviewer: "Sir, how do you spell relief?"
>f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu               Dan: "R-O-L-A-I-D-S-E."
>
>"[George Bush is] the most ruthless white man in the history of the planet."
>    -- Richard Ben Cramer, author of _What It Takes_

Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Weitek Power Video Card?
From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 00:37:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

In article <1992Oct4.030137.23625@netcom.com>, ergo@netcom.com (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:
> In <1992Sep27.045712.14245@berlioz.nsc.com> my@berlioz.nsc.com (Mike Yip) writes:
> 
> 
>>Hello,
>>	I saw the Weitek Power video card (which uses the Weitek 5086 chip)
>>is selling for $60 in Fry's Electronics.  Is it a good buy?  It seems much
>>cheaper compare to the card with the S3-chip.  It mentioned a pretty big
>>Window speed up compare to the normal SVGA cards.  Is it worth the money,
>>or I should spend more than $200 to get the Diamond Stealth video card?
>>What kind of performance do people get from it anyway?  Any winmark?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have this card.  The Weitek card is so much cheaper than S3 cards because it
> doesn't try to optimise everything.  Most graphics operations aren't
> any faster than with plain VGA. 

I hope we keep up the info on the graphics cards, but hey, with these cards
in almost every instance I have looked at, you get what you pay for. The Weitek
card only has 16 colors, the amazing 700 card (or whatever) only has 512K.
We get what we pay for. If we want the faster operations with 32k of color we
are normally right now going to pay over 170$ period.
However, if anyone does come up with a card that does all this for a good price
send it our way!

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Subject: Re: Weitek Power Video Card?
Organization: Beach Systems / RTFM UN*X Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 05:58:08 GMT
Keywords: Weitek Power 5086 Chip

(Mike Yip) writes:
>Hello,
>	I saw the Weitek Power video card (which uses the Weitek 5086 chip)
>is selling for $60 in Fry's Electronics.  Is it a good buy?  It seems much
>cheaper compare to the card with the S3-chip.  It mentioned a pretty big
>Window speed up compare to the normal SVGA cards.  Is it worth the money,
>or I should spend more than $200 to get the Diamond Stealth video card?
>What kind of performance do people get from it anyway?  Any winmark?

It has 2 problems in my opinion:
1: It is a 16 color device.
2: It has no noticible speedup.  It does NOT compare to the S3 at
all, in features or performance.

I would say it is not a good buy.
----
 Steven Warner  (34W 36L)
 sgw@boy.com    [ ess gee double you at boy dot com ]
From: rlb@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: WinQVT/Net and DECnet
Date: 7 Oct 92 02:18:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center


 In article <21SEP199209093843@elroy.uh.edu> elee969@elroy.uh.edu (Brown, William J.) writes:
>As anyone had success getting WinQVT/Net to peacefully coexist with DECnet.
>We've tried everything but to no avail.  The problem lies not so much with
>WinQVT but with the packet driver.  Apparently both programs load it at boot
>up but with different settings.  If anyone has any experience running these
>two pieces of software on the same machine I would appreciate any insight you
>could give.

We use the Novell NE-2000 card in our PCs here at work and have no problem
running both Pathworks v4.1 (DECnet) and WinQVTNet v2.85 at the same time.
We are using the NDIS driver NE2000.DOS from clarkson or cica or something like
that.  We are also using the shim DIS_PKT9.DOS, which I beleive is available on
cica.  We tried using 3c503 cards but could never get Pathworks and WinQVTNet 
to play together on them.

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From: rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: slow exit from windows - getting worse
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:28:44 GMT
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute

h8915726@hkuxb.hku.hk (Chris Lo) writes:

>: >Using windows 3.1 and Norton 2.0, I find that exiting windows is taking
>: >longer and longer -
>: 
>	In fact, it's problem of NDW, because it always has to
>	rewrite the program groups and .ini back to hardisk irrespective
>	to whether any change has been made.

>	I do like NDW, but I will not select NDW as my program manager
>	for this reason, (and I can change font used for PROGMAN, can
>	NDW? I don't know, looks unlikely...)

Don't you know that there is a setting in Preferences to cause ND
to NOT save all the ini information at each exit?  That's how I
do it.  If I make changes, I manually select "save configuration".

With save on exit turned off, ND exits Windows faster than PROGMAN....

Robert
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Where do the mouse pointer icons live?
From: Arnaud.Wylie@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:03:09 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Keywords: mouse icon

I recently bought a laptop on which I run windows. Unfortunately the lack of
contrast and slow screen refresh rate on the LCD display make seeing the
I-bar mouse icon a literal headache.

Does anyone know where the icon for the I-bar lives, so that I can edit it?

Please tell me before I have to get glasses....
Thanks in advance, Arnaud.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: CENG51@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Craig Witkowski)
Subject: Re: Tseng BBS
Organization: Motorola
Date: 28 Sep 1992 07:43:15 CDT


>I'm sure there is a better place to be posting this but not knowing it
>I'll try here first. Does anybody know if Tseng has a BBS and, if they
>do, what the number is?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul

Paul,
According to the April 28, 1992 issue of PC magazine,  which lists the various
vendors and phone numbers for Windows related items,  TSENG has a forum on
Compuserve,  WINADV FORUM,  but I got my TSENG ET4000 drivers for WIN 3.1
from the BOCA Research BBS (my card is a BOCA super VGA) and they have a BBS
where you can download after you register (no verification before you can
download).  The BOCA BBS phone number is 407-241-1601.

For others who need WIN 3.1 driver BBS numbers,  refer to pages 236-256
of the above issue of PC Magazine.  It is in a section titled "Gain with
No Pain", part of their software compatibility guide.

Craig Witkowski,  CENG51@maccvm.corp.mot.com
From: sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: NT Multiprocessing?
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:41:51 GMT
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division

kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu writes:

>Does anyone know if Windows NT will allow multiprocessing ACROSS a network
>instead/or in addition to the multiprocessing inside one computer.  I'm thinking
>about doing raytracing and I have two machines at home.  I know on the
>(*yeck!* Mac) there are programs that allow idle processor time on a network
>to be utilized by other machines.

NT has RPC but I don't think that there is a "governor" program around that will
detect idle time on machines on a net and start processes on it. I do know that
there is a distributed "make" program around that will divide a massive make
process across idle machines on a network.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: ecetron@NCoast.ORG (Ed Cetron)
Subject: Re: envelope program
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:30:42 GMT

Try the WOPR Package  [Word for Windows Office POWER Pack].  It has some
great Macros... Good Site License stuff also....

Included:

Fantastic enveloper - does everything [including USPS barcodes] except
			lick the stamp.

Two by Four - does 2 up, and duplex 2 up for listings and such.

Toolbar Editor - neat icons, colors, etc

WOPRClock
FileNew
CloseAll
Charcter Vies
Character Compose
......

Contact Pinecliffe International  1-800-ok-WINWOrd (659-4696)

				or (314)-965-5630


PS I'm only a customer who is VERY satisfied!!!

-ed
ecetron@ncoast.org


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla)
Subject: Re: TrueType fonts in Windows Draw?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 18:40:56 GMT

In <1a2op7INNims@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar) writes:
>You can buy an update for Windows Draw that will let you do all
>kinds of fancy things to TrueType fonts.  I bought the package
>for $90 and paid $10 for the update (if I remember correctly).

Cool, thanks.

Rob
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Strange Problem with
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:30:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

LF.If I remember well, the new EMM386.exe is like the new SMARTDRIVE for window 
  .3.1 (SMARTDRV.EXE version 4.0).  What I mean is that it is now an executable
  .file, instead of a device.  That means that the "device=" statement in the
  .config.sys file is not necessary anymore, since it is an executable file.

BUZZ, WRONG!
EMM386.EXE is really both, but when you initially load it in your 
CONFIG.SYS file, you certainly DO need the device= statement.  You can
also run EMM386 to enable/disable it.  The complete help is...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Turns on or off EMM386 expanded memory support.

EMM386 [ON | OFF | AUTO] [W=ON | W=OFF]

  ON | OFF | AUTO       Activates or suspends EMM386.EXE device driver,
                        or places it in auto mode.
  W=ON | OFF            Turns on or off Weitek coprocessor support.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
You'll notice that all those parameters you know and love aren't mentioned,
they're ONLY valid when loading it as a device driver.  I suggest you
check your DOS 5 manual, it's well explained there.
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 . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . How many babies can a motherboard have?
                                                  
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ieong@fraser.sfu.ca (Kim Ieong)
Subject: Re: Environment space: how to adjust?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:39:52 GMT

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>In article <ieong.718329048@sfu.ca| ieong@fraser.sfu.ca (Kim Ieong) writes:
>|Each DOS session has a default of 256 bytes of environment space.  If you
>|want to increase the environment space, you have to edit the DOSPRMPT.PIF
>|using the PIF Editor.  Here is the procedure to increase the environment
>|space for your DOS session:
>|
>|1. Run PIF Editor by double clicking the ICON.
>|
>|2. Open the DOSPRMPT.PIF file.  It should be in your windows directory.
>|
>|3. Enter /E:1024 in the optional Parameters field.
>|
>|
>|4. Save and exit
>|
>|The /E:1024 parameter for command.com will create a DOS session with 1024
>|bytes of environment space.

>Thanks.

>Supposing you want to run a DOS app using another PIF file, though,
>can you specify /e:1024 in the app's PIF file or will just changing 
>it in DOSPRMT.PIF work?


The DOSPRMPT.PIF file only works for the DOS sessions.  If you want to
setup a DOS app, it will be a little bit for work.  First you have to
can a batch file to run your DOS app and then create a PIF file using
command.com to spawn your batch file.  


Kim
From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: CardFile
Date: 1 Oct 92 18:22:00 GMT
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

TO: daniel_s@lsa.lan.mcgill.ca
DS.A friend of mine is using cardfile to keep track of his tape collection. His 
  .collection is rather extensive and he has already filled up more than 1200 
  .cards. Each card only contains a bit of text information.
  .
  .When he tries to add another card, the system responds that he is out of 
  .memory. The manual indicates that the number of cards depends on the amount 
  .of RAM availiable.

I'd suspect that card uses a 64kb segment to hold the cards, that's the
memory he's running out of.  Most of the "App-lets" that come with Windows
are pretty limited.  65535/1200 = 54.6, could it be he has about 50 
characters on each card?

DS.RAM. In fact, if he loads Windows and then his cardfile with all the 
  .1200 or so records, "Help\About PRogram Manager" reports 6,XXX KB 
  .free (odd since he only has 4MB)

Not that odd really, that includes the swapfile memory, I'd suspect he
also has about a 4mb swapfile.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Problem: Stacker / Sm
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:10:43 GMT

In <3295.1100.uupcb@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will)  writes:

>FJ.>That's great, but he tried what it told him, and it didn't work!  You
>  .>have to run SCHECK/F first, but that's not what the message says!
>  .>How many times should he follow the instructions before he figures out
>  .>that it doesn't work?
>  .
>  .Then he didn't do what the message said, now did he?  From Appendix A
>  .of the Stacker manual:

>He was reading the message off the screen, that message you refer to in
>the stacker manual is pretty well buried, it took me a while to find it,
>and I know where to look.

Not that well buried, given that I said it was in an Appendix in the
back of the manual.

>FJ.[And personally, if the other message said to do something else and
>  .that didn't work, I would have tried running SCHECK/F anyway...

>So would I, but then I wasn't the one with the problem.

>FJ.Now then, don't you feel silly?

>Not at all, do you?

Well, only for assuming that posting something in the same tone as
your note might indicate to you some potential problems with your
approach without rubbing your nose in it.

Beam me up, Scotty.  No intelligent life here.

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From: man@labrea.zko.dec.com (Richard Man)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Postscript fonts to truetype fonts?
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:43:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: e2big.1992Oct5.174349.27824
Reply-To: man@labrea.zko.dec.com (Richard Man)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


DOes anyone know of a program that converts Adobe postscript fonts (.pfm) to
True Type fonts? If possible, please reply by mail. Thank you.
--
- Richard F. Man (man@labrea.zko.dec.com)
"Small Rovers, Big Dreams"
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc