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From: walver@kielo.uta.fi (Ville V. Walveranta)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Does WinFAX Pro work with
Date: 13 Dec 92 10:39:29 GMT
Reply-To: walver@uta.fi (Ville Walveranta)
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland
In-reply-to: neuroman@cibbs.UUCP's message of 9 Dec 92 00:10:49 GMT

>HT>I can't seem to solve the question stated in the Subject line.
>HT>Does anyone know the answer? Has anybody tried the combination?
>HT>I've bought the Zoom AFC fax/modem and got the MTEZ/Fax software
>HT>with it, and I am satisfied with it. The software works OK, both
>HT>modem and fax software, but only under Dos.
>HT>I am figuring out which Windows Fax package to buy: WinFAX or BitFax.
>HT>I tend to the first one, but since the demo package didn't work that
>HT>good, I am hesitating to buy...
>HT>Maybe someone knows the BBS number of Delrina? I only know the
>HT>Tech support nr.

neuroman@cibbs.UUCP writes in comp.os.ms-windows.misc:
> WinFax outsells BitFax in my store 10 to 1. I also have less problems
> with WinFax.

        That might be true (that WinFAX outsells BitFax), however, after
        using WinFAX for a few months I recently moved to brand new
        ZSoft's UltraFAX for a week and then ended up with Eclipse
        Systems' 'EclipseFAX'. Definitely *the* choice. The price of the
        package is about the same as the price of WinFAX Pro 3.0 or
        UltraFAX. WinFAX 2.0 lacked decent fax-management, to begin
        with. This deficiency was fixed in 3.0, however, the features
        WinFAX Pro 3.0 or UltraFAX offer are way behind EclipseFAX'es.
        EclipseFAX offers, among many other features, possibility of
        *easily* signing your faxes before sending. You can either
        scan-in your signature or if you don't have a scanner you can
        send a fax to your computer and extract the signature from
        there. Works well!

        UltraFAX was extremely confusing if compared to EclipseFAX or
        WinFAX Pro (I returned it).

> In short, buy WinFax...

        I'd strongly suggest checking out EclipseFAX first!

        -- Willy
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: smithb@cognos.com (Brad Smith)
Subject: Re: Usenet news for Windows NT
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:04:50 GMT

In article <724570036snx@dartac.demon.co.uk> sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <BzBJ02.59x@news.iastate.edu> Martin R Calsyn writes:
>
>> The reader will likely be distributed as shareware with posting
>> available when the product is registered.
>
>I understand your reasons for making posting available only when registered.
>However, please reconsider. I, for one, register a lot of shareware.
>But I only do so if I am genuinely able to carry out a full evaluation with
>all facilities available to me. This may be of particular importance with
>a product such as this - there are lots of potential interworking problems
>with networking packages and it is important to be able to genuinely "try
>before you buy".
>
I agree 100%. There are many folks in my organization who would *love* to see a
Windows-based reader. I evaluate any shareware offerings that I think will make
our folks more efficient.
I can guarantee that, if I can't do a **full** evaluation of any product,
especially Windows ones, I will simply delete it from my system with no further
interest. I don't do crippleware.

I hope that the original poster (Martin Calsyn) does not take our comments as
flames, but as the truly constructive critism that it is intended to be. :-)

Brad.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Installing program groups and items - HOW?
From: stefan@olson.acme.gen.nz (Stefan Olson)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 08:44:09 +1200

In <1992Dec14.104411.10122@hemlock.cray.com> kak1@birch02.cray.com (Kevin Kramer) writes:
>I am looking into installing programs into windows (3.1).  What I want 
>to do is when the file (that I have previously compressed and split over

I have written such a program.  It is also freeware.  It should be
on ftp.cica.indiana.edu soon...

...Stefan Olson

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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Graphics Accelerators
Date: 17 Dec 92 11:57:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) 

RF>Here's the situation, I'm going to be given a 386DX at 20MHz and was
RF>wondering it buying a graphics accelerator card along with a good monitor 
RF>would significantlyt improve it's speed when using Windows and Windows 
RF>based applications.  Would it be worth paying the extra money?

The monitor won't do anything for the speed, but you can pick up the
Diamond SpeedStar 24x accelerator, and it'll make a significant difference.
The best part is that the price is in the $150-170 range on the street.
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From: anik@crhc.uiuc.edu (Sadun Anik)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: latex for windows
Date: 20 Dec 92 20:22:28 GMT
	<1992Dec20.092135.10499@prime.mdata.fi>
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
NNTP-Posting-Host: lyra.crhc.uiuc.edu
In-reply-to: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi's message of 20 Dec 92 09:21:35 GMT

In article <1992Dec20.092135.10499@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
>In article <BCHEN.92Dec18171751@yoyodyne.WPI.EDU> bchen@yoyodyne.WPI.EDU (Bi Chen) writes:
>>
>>I gave up window word processor and came back to LaTeX sometime ago. No
>>word processor has the typesetting capacity as LaTeX or TeX, espcially
>>in cross reference. However, LaTex does not allow you to change, say,
>>from a two colum style into one on the same pager. Is there a forum for 
>
>Comparing a word processor and a Tex program is quite unfair, as a word
>processor is meant for a different purpose. How about trying a desktop publish-
>ing program?
>
>
>>LaTeX on internet so I can ask netter question?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Bi Chen
>>
>>

First a reply to the original post. Comp.text.tex is the newsgroup to
check out for TeX/LaTeX stuff. Furthermore, you can mix double column
and single column using minipages. 

As far as comparing TeX/LaTeX to desktop publishing or wordprocessing
systems on PC's, I belive it is closer to word processors than DTP.
The strength of TeX is processing text not graphics. If you need to
typeset large documents, reports, thesis, books etc TeX/LateX is the
way too go. If you need to typeset math I don't know of any free or
reasonably priced system to do it (I mean do it well). Most WP or DTP
sytems on the market suffer from lack of symbols of fonts. Furthermore
they are not aware of the contex-sensitive spacing required to typeset
these correctly. Just check out AMS-LaTeX (AMS for American
Mathematical Society). The typestting of very complicated equations is
painless and it comes out right almost all the time. On the other hand
I wouldn't try to use TeX prepare a flyer. 

Tex is a typesetting system which requires you to use an editor to be
able to prepare your document. A word processor is usually a 
combined editor/typesetter which is definetely not the best editor you
can get end definately not the best typesetter. I have been quite
happy with my emacs/TeX combination. I would like to have WYSIWYG but
with TeX the output is quite predictable (it comes out right) so this
doesn't cause headaches.




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Sadun Anik, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for Reliable and High-performance Computing
e-mail: anik@crhc.uiuc.edu
From: gibsonst@sonoma.edu (Stephen Gibson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: re: NDW -- is there a way to run it from a network drive???
Date: 15 Dec 92 00:16:51 GMT
Reply-To: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
Organization: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA


In article <schuck.724133145@sfu.ca> schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
>Is there a way to run NDW from a network drive and only have a few
>essential files on my C: drive?
>
>Windows allows it with  setup /n
>
>Word for Windows has a workstation option where it only copies *one*
>file or creates *one* on my C: drive.
>
>How about NDW?
>
>If it doesn't, I may have to go back to Windows 3.1 -- arggghhh!
>

NDW 2.0 has a network installation option.  Check your documentation for 
more info.


Stephen Gibson
System Support Specialist
Sonoma State Universtiy
eMAIL:  gibsonst@sonoma.edu
        Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
From: CIR_TLW@VAX1.UTULSA.EDU (Tristia Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Problem, need ideas...
Date: 15 Dec 1992 11:19:02 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Greetings!

We have a problem that has exhausted our local resources, any ideas from
the Internet community would be greatly appreciated!  We have a 386 Clone
that was configured to load DEC Pathworks and then launch Microsoft Windows
3.0.  The person who was on the computer was trying to clean up the PC by
using the File Manager. While moving some files, the PC locked up.  She
rebooted the machine.  When the machine came back up, the Pathworks
software was loaded and Windows was called.  The Windows banner page came
up and then a DOS prompt showed up in the upper left-hand corner of the
screen.

We have reinstalled Windows, copied all INI files from another machine to
this one with the same result.


Ideas/Suggestions/Comments/HELP!

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Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.misc:5541 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33457
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:43:15 EST
From: <CXL121@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Deskjet 550 faster than Deskjet Plus in Win3.1?

In article <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>, syny@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (R
Craig Stevenson) says:
>
>I am contemplating upgrading from a Deskjet Plus to a Deskjet 550C.
>Obviously, printing color will be *slower* than B&W.
>
[...]
                                   Black                Color
Windows    (presentation mode)   1 ppm                7 min/page
           (Normal mode)         2 ppm                4 min/page
           (Draft mode)          3 ppm                3 min/page

DOS        (LQ mode)             167cps @ 10cpi      depends on doc. contents
           (Draft mode)          240cps @ 10cpi      software, system, etc.
                     * approximate speeds actual speed will vary depending
                       on system, software and amount of page coverage.
[...]
>Apart for gaining color, are there any other aspects about the 550c
>that makes this printer a better deal than the Deskjet Plus?
>
[...]
On a personal note, I like the fact that added memory can be configured as
an input buffer...it helps speed thing up a bit!

Just my $.02

-Chris
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Penn State University - Electrical Engineering
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
            Penn State...they are mine...but sometimes I disagree
            with myself.
From: cgreen@sersun1.essex.ac.uk (Green ISBD C)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Why do I see Kbytes instead of Mbytes ?
Date: 16 Dec 92 08:57:06 GMT

From article <kaustell.95@viikki.Helsinki.FI>, by kaustell@viikki.Helsinki.FI (KIM OLAVI KAUSTELL (MATEK)):
> HI all !
> 
> I ran into this strange problem of Windows Help/About.. showing, I only have 
> 7...10 KB free memory and 68 % free system resources. All win-programs show 
> the same: the numeric value is in the reasonable range but it's certainly 
>
I had this too, it's because the free memory display has a bug which
can't cope with European format numbers.  If you switch to US format for
numbers (Control Panel - International I think) then you get the right
value displayed for free memory.

All that's happening is that the free memory display is stopping at what
it sees as a delimiter before the decimal part of the number which is in
fact a separator between the thousands.  So it displays 1000 times less
memory than you actually have free.

Chris Green
    cgreen@axion.bt.co.uk       (work at British Telecom)
    cgreen@essex.ac.uk          (guest account at Essex University)
    cgreen@cix.compulink.co.uk  (CIX conferencing system)
    100023,657                  (CompuServe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: sap@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Stephan A. Puga)
Subject: Super EGA Genoa graphics drivers
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 20:24:03 GMT

I am looking for some Genoa Super EGA graphics drivers for windows.
Does anyone know where I might be able to find anyting like this on
the archives?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: syny@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (R Craig Stevenson)
Subject: Re: Deskjet 550 faster than Deskjet Plus in Win3.1?
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 18 Dec 92 14:12:17 GMT

mic@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Marc Clarke) writes:

>Check HP's Peripherals forum on CompuServe for the latest
>announcements about HP's policy for upgrading 5** printers.

Marc: many of us do not subscribe to CompuServe.  It is good that
vendors are making information about the upgrade policies and new
driver announcements available via public forums.  However, it would
be really nice if these announcements were also posted on the internet
for the countless thousands like me who actively read internet and do
not read CompuServe (or Prodigy).

Perhaps you could relay this request to the appropriate folks w/in HP?

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mike@ulinf0.unil.ch (Michael Bloch)
Subject: Limited File Manager functionnality
Organization: HEC, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:59:01 GMT

I'm looking for a way to limit the functionnality of the Windows
File Manager. This would be done to prevent the copying of files
by students in our lab. The idea would be that File Manager doesn't
display the network drives icons so that an unsophisticated student
cannot copy them anymore.

Any idea, or any suggestion of a replacement for the File Manager ?
Thanks, Michael

-- 
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University of Lausanne, Switzerland		BIX ID   : astolfi

If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants - I. Newton
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: hwhalen@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Hugh Whalen)
Subject: Resources in Windows
Summary: Where have all my resouces gone.
Organization: Faculty of Administration, University of New Brunswick
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:15:13 GMT

I had a rather strange thing happen today. I went to open an 
application and received a low memory notice. Since I have 8 MB of RAM 
and a 10 MB swap file this was not the problem. I did notice, however, 
that my system resources were at 7%. I closed Microsoft Excel and my 
resouces went back up to around 20%. I could then open the 
application. I closed windows, started windows againa and took another 
look at my system resources. After the reboot, the resources were up 
at 77%. This was *exactly* the same desktop (same apps open, same 
bitmap, etc.) that had shown system resources at 20% before the 
closing and opening windows. 

Does anybody know what is happening here? Do apps take system 
resources and not release them when the apps are closed? How can I 
prevent this from happening? 

Thanks for any help!


Hugh Whalen                     | Where all men think alike, no one
Faculty of Administration       | thinks very much.
University of New Brunswick     |               - Walter Lippmann			


DISCLAIMER: Neither UNB nor I care what the other thinks.
From: towen@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Thomas F. Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Epson Action Laser II - anyone used it for printing TrueType ?
Date: 17 Dec 92 12:39:28 GMT
Organization: Code K302, Naval Surface Warfare Center

In article <GREG.REINACKER.92Dec15161103@gershwin.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Greg.Reinacker@FtCollins.NCR.COM writes:
>From: Greg.Reinacker@FtCollins.NCR.COM
>Subject: Re: Epson Action Laser II - anyone used it for printing TrueType ?
>Date: 15 Dec 92 16:11:03 GMT
>>>>>> On 8 Dec 92 19:48:43 GMT, nitin@Ingres.COM (Nitin Borwankar) said:
>
>-> I'm considering buying the Epson Action Laser II printer for use as a printer
>-> for WinWord 2.0 and Windows printing in general.
>-> I have the following questions :-
>
>-> 1) Has anyone used it for Windows 3.1 printing using Epson's drivers ?
>->    How good are they for TrueType fonts in Windows ?
>
>-> 2) Is there a Postscript option ? Has anyone used it ? Is it really necessary
>->    if all I want to do is printing from Windows ?
>
>-> 3) How is the HP Emulation ?
>
>I have an Action Laser II, and I'm very happy with it.  To answer your
>questions, as far as I know, Epson doesn't even have drivers for this
>printer.  All over the manual they just say to use HP Laserjet IIp
>drivers.
>
>The TrueType quality is great...no complaints whatsoever.  I have also
>had no problems at all with the HP emulation -- which is a good thing
>since you have to use HP drivers!
>
>I haven't used the postscript option, but I submit that for most Windows
>uses, with TrueType, there is little need for postscript.  (I'm sure I'm
>about to get flamed for this...I can almost feel the heat now!)  There
>would of course be exceptions to this -- some programs, for instance,
>are MUCH more efficient printing graphics with postscript...but on the
>other hand, many are not.
>
>All in all, I recommend the printer highly -- especially for the price!
>
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>2001 Danfield Court                     Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
>Fort Collins, CO  80525
I have recently purchased an Action Laser II and am very pleased with its
operation.  However, to print True Type you may need to upgrade the memory
from th 0.5 MB to something around 1.5MB - 2.5BM.  I just upgraded with a
2MB JetRam Memory Module purchased from Shecom in California (800) 872-6673
[who actually had R&R Electronics of Norcross, GA (404) 368-1777 ship the 
unit] for $118 inlcuding shipping, and it works great.  I called Epson about 
a Windows driver since WordPerfect for Windows has a separate driver for 
the Epson Action Laser, but their tech support indicates that none is 
avaiable and just use the Laser Jet II or IIP drivers.  So far everything 
works great.

Good Luck,
Tom
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Work: (703) 663-7614
Paper Mail: NAVSWC, Code E402, Dahlgren VA 22448
From: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: games
Date: 11 Dec 92 17:45:46 GMT
Reply-To: cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany

I am looking for a game to give to my brother
for a present.  I don't know what to get.  Can
anyone tell me thier favorite game, windows or
dos.  thanks,  Larry.  

P.S. $40-$60
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
From: sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk (Simon Roberts)
Subject: Re: Usenet news for Windows NT
Reply-To: sjr@dartac.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $
Organization: Dartacross Limited, Cambridge, UK
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:27:16 +0000

In article <BzBJ02.59x@news.iastate.edu> Martin R Calsyn writes:

> We are nearing completion of a Usenet news reader for Windows NT.  This
> was originally to be a port of WinVn by Mark Riordan, but it took some
> detours and ended up a whole new product.


> Soon to follow is a port of INN (an NNTP news-server suite) to NT.  This
> should be available in late January

Sounds interesting. Where will you upload them?


> The reader will likely be distributed as shareware with posting
> available when the product is registered.

I understand your reasons for making posting available only when registered.
However, please reconsider. I, for one, register a lot of shareware.
But I only do so if I am genuinely able to carry out a full evaluation with
all facilities available to me. This may be of particular importance with
a product such as this - there are lots of potential interworking problems
with networking packages and it is important to be able to genuinely "try
before you buy".

Whatever you decide on this, I look forward to having a look at your software
- all I'll need then is a PPP or SLIP driver for NT and I'll be able to stay
in NT for all of my Internet access. Is anyone working on this?

Simon

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu
Subject: Re: Windows Hebrew font
Reply-To: mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:50:47 GMT

In article <18273@mindlink.bc.ca> Jack_Marissen@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack  
Marissen) writes:
:-> Is there anyone out there who knows of a Hebrews font that is 
:-> available for MS-Windows that I can download?  I need one in the next 
:-> few weeks.

I believe wingrk16.zip is the latest hebrew/greek font package.  You  
should be able to download it from ftp.cica.indiana.edu.
I'm not 100% positive that "wingrk" is the name, but it should be very  
similar, and somewhere in the fonts directory.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc