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From: ken@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Corel Draw 3.0 CD-ROM Edition (Reviewed by Tony Thomas)
Date: 4 Sep 92 04:29:47 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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Tony Thomas (aa699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
: COREL DRAW 3.0
: CD-ROM Edition
:  
: Reviewed by Tony Thomas
: file manager.  To duplicate what is included in this package would cost
: double or triple the street price.  It is easy to use, well integrated
: and will make you look great on paper, even if you have limited graphics
: skills.  Five Stars *****

What you don't say is that it's as buggy as hell. Half the time is bombs out
with a (what used to be called) UAE. I get all sorts of weird behaviours
(e.g. not being able to save or load files: I had to cut my drawing to the
clipboard as WMF, quit and restart, save the clipboard to a file, then
import it using the WMF filter). I've heard on the net that there is a new
version of 3.0. If you buy Corel make sure to get this. And there's no point
trying to mail them: my e-mail to support@corel.ca is "pending" (uucp
politely informed me that it would try for another few days to deliver the
mail). I'm _supposed_ to receive a free upgrade. Have I? You guess.

Now, gripe over. CorelDraw 3.0 is a neat package. The video helps a lot. The
CD ROM is great. There isn't another drawing package on the market to touch
it. Assuming that the latest release fixes the bugs (and fixes some really
_really_ annoying user-interface irritants like the way the text roll-up
doesn't seem to persist the settings properly) I would definitely vouch for
its suitability.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: rvinluan@cs.cornell.edu (Rolando Vinluan)
Subject: Re: NT on a Mac???
Organization: Cornell University, CS Dept., Ithaca, NY
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 05:35:10 GMT

In article <87757@netnews.upenn.edu>, din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din) writes:
|> Anyone know if Microsoft has any plans for putting NT on a Mac?
|> Now that would be neat!


	No, no...you've got it backwards. The question
should be: "Is there going to be a Mac subsystem on NT?"

	Think of it: Mac usability in cheap PC hardware!

	(It all depends on Apple, of course.)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 09:48:44 +0200
From: Martin_Schloeter@eurologic.fido.de (Martin Schloeter)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
X-Comment-To: tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name)
Organization: Die ersten 100.000 Jahre... 

N > True.  Yet these are specifics that you'll have to check in the source
N > code for windows.  The fact that MS says in their manuals that each
N > application has a stack does not mean that this is literally true.
Meanwhile only speculating or what? There are different stack. I know it and 
you can believe it.
On the other side - did you really see the code of Unix with the different 
stack. Have you ever seen that earth is a ball. Do you really believe, that 
earth is not the center of the universe...
N > About the heap there is no problem there at all, all window's
N > appliation and DOS applications share one single huge heap which is
N > exactly the DOS's heap starting at the end of the DOS code+data (I
N > think at the beginning of physical memory) and end at the end of the
N > real memory.  
No! NO! Every Windows app has an additional Local Heap. And the Windows heap is 
NOT the DOS heap. The DOS heap is real mode only with max. 640K size (technical 
would be 1MB possible, but the architecture of the PC..blabla). The Windows 
heap is protected mode and uses all physical available memory plus virtual 
memory on disk. There are different adressing mechanisms and so on.


Martin
From: rah@public.BTR.COM (Richard A Hyde  rah@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows 2.0/3.x Metafile format?
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:13:03 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

Windows Gurus,

I have searched all of the likely places for a description of the differences
between Windows 2.0 and Windows 3.x metafiles.

Can anyone help me with a description of the Windows 2.0 metafile format?

With great thanks!

Rick

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From: sam4628@zeus.tamu.edu
Subject: Paradise colors/speckles
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:15:00 GMT

I have a Paradise SVGA card running at 640x480x256, Windows 3.1, and
the Paradise 3.1 drivers recently released (however, the problem
occurred under 3.0 also...).  The problem is that when viewing certain
GIF files small white dots appear scattered over portions of the
picture (irritating).  If I use the driver w/o gamma correction, the
dots disappear, but all the colors are too dark.  Is there an explanation
and/or fix for this?  Thanks!

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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Subject: MCI driver for MMM files?
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 20:16:04 GMT

Can anyone tell me where to get a driver that will allow us to
play .MMM files on Windows 3.1?  We'd like to use the standard
VGA screen.
From: tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Date: 26 Aug 92 00:50:59 GMT
	<1992Aug25.163945.7613@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
	<TGUEZ.92Aug25191804@jade.tufts.edu>
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

>   Multi-tasking does not appear in DOS, at least ver 5.0, and since it
>   appears in windows that maybe an argument that windows is an operating
>   system having introduce this giant step.  To remove this point from
>   any oppositors to the view I presented I said that no one considers
>   DesqView as an opeating system.  If windows has A, and is claimed to
>   be an OP, and DesqView also has A but is not held as operating system,
>   then A is not a prerequisite to an operating system.  Now, that we
>   have removed mutli-tasking as an argument, we narrowed and focused the
>   problem, I hold that concepts of primitives, layered programming, and
>   information hiding are being confused here with an Operating System.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Tomer Guez
>  Tufts University
"If windows has A, and is claimed to be an OP, and DesqView also has A
but is not held as operating system, then A is not a prerequisite to
an operating system" This should read, "then A alone does not make an
operating system."

Sorry,
Tomer
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jar@inel.gov (Jeffry A Rich)
Subject: Re: ** NORTON'S DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS!! **
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 20:14:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.162821.7325@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
|> In <1992Aug21.065034.26236@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> CSC9017984R@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (M.C. Freddy!!) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> >               **    NORTON'S DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS !!!    **
|> >                               version 1.0
|> 
|> >                               Brand new !!
|> >                                Unused !!
|> >                           Still in Plastic !!
|> 
|> >                        Won at PC-Show last week !!
|> 
|> >                               $150.00 !!
|> 
|> >                          Or make me an offer !!
|> 

Methinks this author is simply fishin'...throw out the bait and see what comes to the surface!

All kidding aside, Norton Desktop has to be one of the most useful packages ever developed for Windows. I like having the drive icons/file manager at the surface where they're easy to get to. 

It (ND) makes Windows alot more fun and useable. (Should these comments be in .advocacy, sorry).

Regards,
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From: U24226@uicvm.uic.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Moving the Cursor on the terminal.
Date: 30 Aug 92 03:30:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: uicvm.92242.223035U24226
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

Hi!
Does anyone know a way to move the cursor on the VT-100 and Vt-52 emulations?
I'm using the terminal program that came with Windows.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole)
Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows... again...
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:14:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.095551.1@vax1.umkc.edu> edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>In article <1992Sep1.222054.10521@wam.umd.edu>, macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug31.144856.1@vax1.umkc.edu> edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>>In article <CMM.0.90.2.715255575.terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no>, Terje Holmboe <terjeh@ifi.uio.no> writes:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>    Hello again, and thank you ! I have had a lot of replies to my
>> I load everything (and the kitchen sink) into high mem...I'm a dos memory
>> miser...since I run games that need as much base mem as possible (e.g.,
>> Falcon 3.0, Wing Commander I & II, etc.) so I have less mem available for
>> Windows...therefore, I use a 3 meg Swapfile to make up for the lost space.
>> 
>> Gee, I guess 8 megs isn't enough...not for me anyways...hmm...I wonder how
>> much it costs for 4 meg SIMMs... 
>> 
>
>
>	$132 for 4 mg simms.
        ^^^^

Hehehe...$120 for 4 meg Simms...60 ns....got a friend who's a dealer...But I'll
wait until I get my 486-50...of course, after I get out of debt.  Let me 
rephrase that...forget the debt part...when I clear out enough room my VISA!


Mario

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Password protection
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:04:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.133613.5047@walter.cray.com> huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes:
>I am surprised no one has yet to mention this one. Use the Keylock to
>lock the computer. Unless someone wants to go to the trouble of 
>taking the system apart and rewiring it, I don't think you will
>have any trouble with someone messing with your data.
>Please ... no flames about the computers that are not equipped
>with a lock.

Unfortunately a lot of the clones I've seen have locks that use
the same key as every other clone built on the same case.





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From: Dave.Beaujean@davespc.mi.org (Dave Beaujean)
Sender: FredGate@davespc.mi.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WinQVT tech support
Distribution: world
Date: 02 Sep 92 20:23:00 EST

Hi All!

In a msg of <02 Sep 92>, -Unknown- writes to All:


 -> WinQVT tech support:  Is there a phone number available?  How good is
 -> their response via eMail?

 -> Stephen Gibson
 -> gibsonst@sonoma.edu

Well, I have (and 2 others) mailed to the e-mail
address and not one of us received a reply. I
finally was lucky enough to have a fellow netter
help me to get it running. I sure hope they
responde better to people who have ALREADY sent them
their money. (Although QVTNET is very nice for the
price!!!).

Dave

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: To RAM disk or not to RAM disk?
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 19:35:11 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <92247.31236.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
>   I've heard a lot about using RAM disks and I'm confused.  Perhaps a RAM
>disk would be a fast swapfile or TEMP file, but doesn't that just take RAM
>away from Windows if several apps are running?  I have a 386DX-20 with 8 MB
>on board.  I could spare 2 MB as a RAM drive if it would help, but then I'd
>have less memory for Windows, wouldn't I?  I'm a bit confused.  So, should I
>use a RAM DRive or not?  And why or why not?
>

Well, I'd only set aside 1 meg for a Ram Disk, and use one meg for a cache,
then use the rest for windows.

Reasons for using a small Ram drive:
Windows creates temporary files whenever you want to print out a file. 
these files have to be written, the read back into memory to send to
the printer.  This will slow things down more than if the printjob 
were spooled to the disk.  1 meg is big enough for most smaller documents,
but might not be big enough.  If you use superstore, stacker, or any similar
product, use it on the Ram Disk to effectively double its size (really does
more than double, printer codes are highly compressible).

Corel Draw also uses temporary files to store image information that gets
swapped to the display.  But these files are much larger, so 1 Meg certainly
wouldn't be adaquate.  It would need to be closer to 4 meg in size.

If you run more than one application at a time, it would better to not use
a RAM drive at all and give thehave of its memory over to windows and the
other over to a cache.

My recommendation is, depending on your computer use:

mainly word processing and spread sheet use then use smartdrive (or other
cache) with 2 Meg set aside for DOS/ 1 Meg for windows, use 1 meg for a
RAM Disk, create a directory on that Ram Disk, then set the Temp env. var.
to that dir.

mainly database use no Ram Disk.  Instead setup smartdrv with 2 Meg DOS,
1.5-2 Meg windows.  Set temp to a dir on the hard drive.

Either of these cases will leave you with ~6 Meg for windows to work with.
Turn off virtual memory unless you get some out of memory erros.  In this
case, use a perm. one.

The temporary files created by windows are not the same ones it uses for
swapping/virtual memory, so there are no conflicts.


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From: tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Tooraj Enayati)
Subject: Re: Covox driver for windows 3.1
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 09:45:03 GMT

hieronym@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Andreas Hieronymus) writes:

>Hi folks,

>maybe this is an FAQ, but i'm not a frequently reader of these
>newsgroups. (sorry :-))

>My problem:

>I need a driver for ms-windows 3.1, which supports a covox plug in the
>parallel port. The plug is actually a simple D/A-converter. Many 
>sound programms support this type of playing sounds via a parallel
>port, e.g. modedit, stream tracker, playbwc, scoptrax. I hope there
>is a driver for ms-windows 3.1 which supports covox to use the
>multimedia extensions for playing e.g. midi-files. 

>Can anybody give me a hint where to get this driver?

>Thanks 
>Andreas

I just downloaded sndsrc.zip which is supposed to be what you are
looking for (I haven't checked it out yet).

I got it off monu6.cc.monash.edu.au in /pub/win3/sounds
I thinks I've seen it in wuarchive in /mirrors/win3/sounds as well.

Have fun.

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From: umsalte2@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daniel Saltel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: OFFENSIVE MESSAGES
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:57:29 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Somebody has wrongfully used my user-id to send offensive messages.
I am sorry that this has happened.
This has been very upsetting.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: WinQVTNet and PC-NFS?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:57:49 GMT

In article <ekkers.715506369@galaxy> ekkers@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Rob Ekkers) writes:

>I think that WinQVT's terminal emulator is much better than PC-NFS's.
>Besides, PC-NFS Telnet is not a real Windows program, but just a DOS
>box. Also, WinQVT has a nice FTP server, and so there are more reasons.

There are such things out there. Someone sent me an ad months ago
but it was in the $400 range. It sounded impressive. Forget the name
though....




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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mcwhirtj@unvax.union.edu (Jim Mcwhirter)
Subject: Re: ET4000 (4/16)/ColorView (5/27) Drivers Identical
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:10:56 GMT

mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz) writes:

>For those of you who are wondering what the difference is between
>the ET4000 drivers dated 4/16/92 and the ColorView Drivers dated
>5/27/92, I just expanded the drivers and compared them using the
>FullAlias option of Duplicate File Locator 3.11s. They're exactly
>the same.
>-- 

However, the ET4TURBO.ZIP drivers that I recently uploaded to
ftp.cica.indiana.edu are NOT the same as the 4/16 drivers.  I ran 
PC Labs WINBENCH with the turbo drivers, and the turbo drivers
ran SUBSTANTIALLY faster on nearly all test.  Substantially=2 to 10
times faster!  (faster than the 4/16 drivers, which I had previously
tested). 

I uploaded the turbo drivers for Andy Lindeman
(lindemaj@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu) who was going to do a comprehensive
comparisson of the various versions of ET4000 drivers.  Any news,
Andy?  

Jim McWhirter
Physics Dept.
Union College
Schenectady, NY
mcwhirtj@unvax.union.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: larry@boris.webo.dg.com (Larry Rogers)
Subject: Large Hard Disks
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:42:35
Distribution: usa
Organization: Data General, Westboro, Mass.


From the frequently asked questions it says that if I have a disk over
1024 cylinders (I do) and I use third party software (dmdrvr.sys) I do
and I use SMARTDRV (I do), I can have problems using Windows.

It does not say what the problems are.  I called Optiquest regarding
Disk Manager, and they tell me I need to upgrade to their version 5.1
to allow it to work with Windows 3.1.  However, they did not tell me
if it would work with SMARTDRV.  I am using 5.0 right now with
SMARTDRV and Windows 3.1 and it works fine (near as I can tell), but
Windows will not let me create a permanent swap file.  I am told by
Optiquest that it works fine if I purchase the 5.1 upgrade.

By the way, I have a 760M ESDI drive.

Questions:

   1.  Should I be using another caching program other than SMARTDRV
       and what ones are most recommended for successful use with
       Windows?

   2.  Is it safe to use Optiquest's Disk Manager program with Windows
       3.1 and permanent swap files?  Anyone doing it?

   3.  Unrelated question... I had heard of a package called WinSpeed
       that really speeds up windows.  Does it also speed up Windows
       3.1 or was it obsoleted by Windows 3.1?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: WINPKT.COM - do I need it?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:18:20 GMT

>In article <1992Aug19.231842.31814@datamark.co.nz> tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer) writes:
>>Subject: WINPKT.COM - do I need it?

I believe you only need to use WinPKT if you are running
NCSA or Clarkson's Telnet under Windows. If you are running 
WinQVT/Net or FTP's PC/TCP you don't need it.



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From: cgaeth@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Christopher Gaeth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup
Subject: How do I replace the WIndows Opening Screen?
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:37:06 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

I have already tried the suggestions and programs off of CICA but they do not
seem to work with Win 3.1.  Has anyone looked at this?  Any suggestions would
be helpful.

Chris

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