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Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #67
Date: 31 Mar 92 23:03:44 GMT
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Info-IBMPC Digest           Tue, 31 Mar 92       Volume 92 : Issue  67 

Today's Editor:
         Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@brl.mil>

Today's Topics:
                          ^QT bug in VDE 1.62
                      Contextual Analysis Summarry
                       Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #46
                              Kedit for PC
                      Safest way to Reset the DOS
                             Software MNP 5
                 Welcome to Info-IBMPC Digest (2 msgs)

Today's Queries:
           Dynamic Array Question? Turbo Pascal 5.5 Question.
                      Fax modem information needed
                         font/printer question
                         Hercules Print-Screen
                           NFS Client for PCs
                           PC/3270 and Mouse
                              PL/1 for PC
                Programming an application with a modem
                      question on 19" b/w monitors
                    Read Commodore 64 Disk on a PC?
                       SCSI HOST ADAPTER PROBLEM
                           Prodigy Questions

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 21:35:55 CST
From: Glauber <gmribeir@wheaton.edu>
Subject: ^QT bug in VDE 1.62

In a recent issue of PC-DIGEST it was reported that there is a bug in
VDE 1.62 that freezes the machine if you move to the end of the file
you are editing and invoke ^QT (which means: "delete up to...").

I emailed the author (Eric Meyer), and he told me that he has fixed
that bug already, but considered it is not serious enough to issue an
immediate fix release. It won't be present in the next version, which
is in beta testing right now. (1.63)

I'd also like to inform that the newest release of VDE can always be
obtained from Compu$erve or from the "Glendale BBS": 818-956-6164
(N-8-1). This is a free BBS (you pay just the long-distance call, of
course), with VDE-related programs and other sharewhare stuff. If you
use macros in VDE, be sure to get "VMC" (VDE Macro Compiler), which
makes it MUCH easier to edit macro files.  Another good one (by Eric
Meyer) is WSNOTES, to add footnote capability to Wordstar, and also
works nicely with VDE in /W mode.

Glauber.

Standard disclaimer: I don't have any professional connection with
either Eric Meyer or the author of VMC. I don't profit anything from
VDE, except the pleasure of using a swell text editor.
 
Glauber Ribeiro - Wheaton College, IL (USA)
  email: gmribeir@wheaton.wheaton.edu or glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us
  big files and uuencoded stuff:    gmribeir@wheaton.wheaton.edu

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Date: 23 March 1992 09:48:01 CST
From: "Tom Kirke (312) 413-5539" <U33515@uicvm.uic.edu>
Subject: Contextual Analysis Summarry

Howdy!

I have had one reply to my request for CA programs.  Mr Klein has
included a Postscript documemt describing his program.  If you want
one, send me a note.  

[Mr Klein also forwarded this program to the Digest.  Keith will advise 
the location later.  gph]

>From:         Harald Klein <FPU21@DMSWWU1A.BITNET>

>I just read your question about contextual analysis software on the
>IBMPC LIST. I don't know the MCCA package, but I do know quite a lot
>of other text analaysis packages. One named INTEXT runs on a normal PC
>and is my own product, written in C.
>Well, I don't like to praise myself, so I send you some information
>with this file so that you make up your mind whether it fits your needs
>or doesn't.

>Other packages running on a PC are TEXTPACK, OCP and WordCruncher.
>TEXTPACK is a multi purpose text analysis package, but quite slow,
>user unfriendly and stil has quite a lot of minor bugs and some severe.
>I know it too good to recommend it, and because that is so I wrote my
>own package.

>OCP (Oxford Concordance Program) is a very good index and concordance
>program with lots of features, especially in selection of parts of your
>text. If you do just this, OCP is a good choice.

>WordCruncher is an indexing and retrieval program based on a databank
>approach. It works interactive, is rather fast and has only few analysis
>features.

>Maybe you know other programs (I only know a few here in Germany), and
>I'd like to know what software is available in the US.

Tom Kirke                        |     All standard and non-standard
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We have discovered a *therapy* (NOT a cure) for the common cold,
                  play tuba for an hour.

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1992 07:54:28 -0400
From: layes@ug.cs.dal.ca (Jonathan Layes)
Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V92 #46
Keywords: Star Rainbow Printer Codes

I am a happy owner of the printer you mention, but unfortunately, I
don't have the printer codes in electronic format.  However,
WordPerfect 5.1 has an excellent printer driver for the Star Rainbow
series.  Fortunately, the PTR program that comes with WP is excellent,
and it should make finding your printer codes relatively easy.  I've
used this technique many times when in doubt of a particular printer.

Jonathan Layes
Dalhousie U.

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 11:47:59 -0500
From: Joe Morris <jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org>
Subject: Kedit for PC

In a recent issue of INFO-IBMPC Isac Schapira asks:

> Please, could someone give me info on where to get Kedit for PC
>package?

KEDIT is a commercial product from Mansfield Software Group.  I've seen
it available in both local superstores (SoftWareHouse) and mail order
emporia (The Programmer's Shop).  List price is US$150; Programmer's
Shop offers it for US$139.  I haven't any idea of availability in your
area.

The Programmer's Shop catalog shows two European phone numbers: Germany
(0231/17680) and Italy (02-48.01.11.11).  Other possible numbers of
interest are "International Dealer", 617-740-2017; fax 617-749-2018;
Telex, 6715348 PROGRAM.

Mansfield Software's address is:

  Mansfield Software Group, Inc.
  P. O. Box 532
  Storrs, CT 06268
  (203) 429-8402

Although I know some of the people at Mansfield, my only connection
with the company is that of a very satisfied customer.

Joe Morris

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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 10:21:07 GMT
From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg)
Subject: Safest way to Reset the DOS 

Info-IBMPC@BRL.MIL writes:

>What is the safest way to reset system? Int 19h does not seem to work
>in all situations. I would like to be able to reset from e.g. t-pascal
>or c. All general information about resetting will be welcome.

I was told the safest way is to have the keyboard controller sending a
reset to the CPU.

In Turbo Pascal you can do it with this code:

procedure boot (magic:word);
begin
   asm
      mov   ax,$0040
      mov   ds,ax
      mov   ax,[magic]
      mov   [$0072],ax
      mov   al,$FE
      out   $64,al
   end;
   delay (500);
   { in case this didn't work, try this: }
   inline ($EA/00/00/$FF/$FF);  { jmp  ffff:0000 }
end.

Magic is either $1234 for a warm boot or $0 for a cold boot.  The
computer should reboot when executing the out instruction.  In case it
doesn't work, this code tries a JMP ffff:0000 what seems to be the best
alternative.

Klaus Hartnegg, Kleist-Str. 7, D-7835 Teningen, Germany | include standard
Bitnet : hartnegg@dfrruf1 or hartnegg@cernvm            | disclaimer here!
Internet : hartnegg@ibm.ruf.uni-freiburg.de             |  

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1992 15:13:08 GMT
From: protein@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Blackmon)
Subject: Software MNP 5

Info-IBMPC@BRL.MIL writes:

>>    Is there any device driver or TSR that can change a plain modem
>>to MNP 5?  Is there any communication program that simulate MNP 5?

>Yes. There is a program called  mte20  that emulates MNP5 with 100%
>compatibility, as i know. There is still a fossil driver that emulates
>MNP5 but you cannot d/l or u/l  anything with programs that handle
>directly the comms and not via bios.

>I don't know the name of the driver but the mte20 is PERFECT. It's a
>very good terminal with a lot of term emulators (vt102 etc) and
>internal xmodem, zmodem and some other protocols. I don't know where
>you can find it, try SIMTEL20.  If you fail finding it, write to me and
>i'll try to send it to you ...

>Sechidis A. Lazaros
>Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.

Yes to the second part of the qestion, too... There's a shareware
communications package called ODYSSEY that will and there is a
commercial one called Mirror III that will... both are really nice
packages.

Chris Blackmon, N4VGK
protein@catt.ncsu.edu

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 08:52:16 -0400
From: jezsik@px3.stfx.ca (Louis Jezsik)
Subject: Welcome to Info-IBMPC Digest

Taboo topic #1.  While I agree that self promotion is out, I would hope
that a shareware author would be allowed to announce a new release (I
use shareware, I don't create it, by the way).  Will you allow this?

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 06:29:22 MST
From: Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Welcome to Info-IBMPC Digest

>...I would hope that a shareware author would be allowed to announce a 
>new release ...

Not a problem.  When they do the upload to WSMR-SIMTEL20, they
generally put in just about anything they want.  The average upload
notice is around 2K chars long...  Can be longer, but most are about
that length.

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 16:21:58 EDT
From: Andrew <AKERNS%ERS.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Dynamic Array Question? Turbo Pascal 5.5 Question.

   I am having a problem assigning values directly to Dynamic arrays.
Could someone please explain why the following code does not work.

program DynamicQuestion; {$R-}  { Turn off Range Checking }

type

  item = integer;
  dtype = array0..0Y of item;

var
  darray : 5dtype;
   asize,i : integer;

begin
  asize := 5;                             { size of the dynamic array    }

  getmem(darray,asize * sizeof(item) );   { get memory for dynamic array }

  for i := 0 to asize -1 do
    darray5iY := i;                      { load 0..4 in a dynamic array }

{
    These statements appear to be equivalent to load 0..4 in
    the dynamic array. If executed these lines produce the error.

    Constant out of range.

    darray50Y := 0;
    darray51Y := 1;
    darray52Y := 2;
    darray53Y := 3;
    darray54Y := 4;

}

  for i := 0 to asize -1 do
     writeln(darray5iY);                 { print 0..4 on screen         }

end.

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 10:05:55 MEZ
From: "Thomas P. Niesel" <UNM123@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
Subject: Fax modem information needed

Dear networkers,

I'm hunting for information about how to communicate with fax cards and
especially with fax modems, i.e. how to send something to such a device
from a (self written) application.

Any tips, tricks, hints, bibliography, etc. greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
          Thomas P. Niesel

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 13:01 EST
From: <HGOLDSTE%UDCVAX.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: font/printer question

question for wordprocessing/page layout gurus ...

what is the experience with getting proportional and scalable fonts for
use with Word Perfect ... what has been the luck with softfonts (ATECH
has a great deal now for Publisher's Powerpack, which they claim
integrates beautifully with WP)(or Fonts on the Fly)(or ...) vis a vis
the cartridge approach ... some of these claim to allow dot matrix
printers to use scalable technology ... (i know the new epson and
panasonic offerings feature this capability)

or if one is buying a new laser printer should one jump up to
postscript and forget the lesser alternatives? thanks for the info

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1992 19:41 CST
From: JACK RUPERT <2634RUPERTJ@vmsf.csd.mu.edu>
Subject: Hercules Print-Screen

Hello:

I recently purchased th student edition of the sorgware package MATLAB.
One of the limitations on this package is that it does not contain a
graphics processor, however, all the graphics screens may be printed
with SHIFT-PRINT SCREEN.  In order to do this with a Hercules card, the
directions say I have to run HPRINT.COM., and execute SHIFT-PRINT
SCREEN-1.  I do not have this program and have never heard of it.  I
have checked other systems with the Hercules card and none have this
program.  If anyone has heard of this or another program which has the
same function, please let me know.

By the way, I can perform a screen dump by first runnign SIMCGA and
forcing MATLAB to run in CGA mode.  However, the resolution is
obviously not as good as can be obtained from a straight Hercules dump.

If this means any thing, I am running DOS 3.3 on an 8088 XT clone.  My
graphics card does not emulate EGA.  My printer is a Panasonic
KX-P1080i.

Thanks,

Jack Rupert
Marquette University
Electrical Engineering

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 09:46:40 edt
From: Mike_Normile@dgc.ceo.dg.com
Subject: NFS Client for PCs

Can anyone point me toward a freeware/shareware implementation of NFS
client software that runs on PCs?  Please send replies to:
Mike_Normile@dgc.com.  Thanks in advance.

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Date: 03/23/92 15:15:08 CET
From: <ADI201%DKAKFK3.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>  ( KfK/Karlsruhe - Verstege)
Subject: PC/3270 and Mouse

Hello,

I am using
  - IBM PS/2 Model 80
  - IBM 3278/79-Adapter Card
  - IBM 2 Button Mouse
  - MS-DOS 5.0
  - IBM Personal Communication/3270 Version 2.0

  - MVS/XA with TSO on a Mainframe
  - ISPF Version 3 for MVS

I am not using
  - MS-Windows

What I want ? ... Oh, of course: I want to write an ISPF Application,
which uses CUA (Common User Access, a part of SAA). This should be no
problem. But I want to use the PC-Mouse to navigate the application.
That means, I want to move the Cursor with the mouse and use one button
instead of the ENTER or CurSel Key, like I can do on an IBM
Info-Window.

Does anyone want to do such silly things before? Is there any solution?

Thanks in advance

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe     | Bitnet: ADI201@DKAKFK3
Abt. HDI-RZ, Bernhard Verstege      | Phone: +49 7247 82-5665
D-W-7500 Karlsruhe 1                | Fax:   +49 7247 82-4972

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Date: 23 March 1992 09:42:39 CST
From: "Tom Kirke (312) 413-5539" <U33515@uicvm.uic.edu>
Subject: PL/1 for PC

Howdy!

Does anybody know where I can get a PL/1 compiler for PC?  Please save
bandwidth, respond to me, I will summarize to the list.

Tom Kirke                        |     All standard and non-standard
U33515@UICVM.BITNET              | disclaimers, declaimers, and claimers
U33515@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU          |                apply.
U33515@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU@INTERNET#|

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 92 20:59:29 PST
From: A Lyons <awong@cns.caltech.edu>
Subject: Programming an application with a modem

I will be developing an application which will require users to dialup
via modem to my machine.  I would like this application to be
standalone so that it communicates with my modem directly.  Offhand, I
know it will be a series of read/write operations to the serial port.
My questions are :

1) Is there public domain communications code I can look at to see
what's involved in talking with a modem?

2) I noticed some BBSes detect ANSI, RELIABLE CONNECTION, etc.  How is
this being detected?

3) How hard would it be for the application to support multi-modem
lines.  ???  This is more of a multi-tasking question.

4) Any other clues, tidbits or pearls of wisdom regarding the above
will be appreciated.

Will summarize if there is enough demand.  Please respond to me
directly.

Al Wong
awong@cns.caltech.edu

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 12:59 EST
From: <HGOLDSTE%UDCVAX.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: question on 19" b/w monitors

i have a need to buy a good quality ~19" monitor (not color) for text
and DTP ... i understand there is a monitor that can be rotated from a
horizontal 2 page format to a vertical full page format ... anyone have
info on this monitor?  other recommendations in the ~$1000 price range
.. what is important in a graphics card for DTP ... speed?

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 17:56:05 EST
From: Robert Carpenter <rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
Subject: Read Commodore 64 Disk on a PC?

A friend has years of membership records in a Flex File database on a
Commodore 64. My questions:

1- Can the Commodore 64 disks (5-1/4 in) be read on a PC-clone?

2- Is there an easy conversion from Flex File on the Commodore to some
PC data base format. For some reason(?) he wants to use First Choice on
the PC. The ordinary comma-delimited-ASCII export sounds easy enough to
me, if available in Flex File.

Thanks in advance.
Bob Carpenter  rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 15:14:27 CST
From: julie denkers <JLDENKER%SAMFORD.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: SCSI HOST ADAPTER PROBLEM

I have a problem with a micro-channel machine, specifically an IBM
PS2-55SX.

I upgraded the hard drive on this machine to an SCSI 86mb plus products
drive.  With the drive i received a plus SCSI host adapter, since my
other two slots are full i had to kick out a TRANTOR T228 SCSI host
adapter that was running my NEC CD-ROM.. It ran fine on its SCSI host
adapter (TRANTOR) with the nec cd-rom drivers that came with the drive.
The PLUS products manual says that it will run other SCSI devices (up
to 7) with their own unique address, i have the hard drive  set to 0,
and the cd-rom set to 1.

I then decided to try and run both devices off the trantor card BUT it
Never recognizes the hard drive.  i called the folks at trantor and
They tell me i need to enable the boot rom function on the reference
diskette and i need a boot rom chip to go in slot u2 for $15.

If this is so then i should be able to boot off a floppy and access the
hard drive, wrong.  somehow  i think even if i had the boot rom it
would not recognize the hard drive.   by the way i have terminating
resistors at the hard drive and the cd-rom.  so i thought i would try
the plus scsi host adapter, when it powers up it says that  it is
version 1.2 and that it sees the hard drive and cd-rom, except that the
nec cd-rom device drivers do not work with this plus card.

i called future domain,they make the chip set for this card and they
have device drivers for a cd-rom but not nec in particular and they
said their software is not guaranteed and non-refundable at $53.  my
question to those on the list is has anyone come upon a similar
situation or trust any of my options?

any ideas would be appreciated

THANKS IN ADVANCE.

\    Julie Denkers        JLDENKER @ SAMFORD       /
/    Computer and Telecommunication Services       \

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 92 22:17 GMT
From: James Millick <0004861036@mcimail.com>
Subject: Prodigy Questions

  I keep hearing all sorts of conflicting information regarding Prodigy
service.  These include censorship issues, unauthorized searches of
hard drives, etc.  Rumors on the latter range from the system merely
writes to the hard drive to speed up the graphics, to it searches,
documents, and uploads the information to Prodigy for all sorts of
speculative purposes.  There were supposedly some articles in MAC WORLD
covering this, but the friend who told me of this no longer had the
articles.  Can anyone on the net clear this up for me, what is really
going on?

Thanks,
Jim
 
4861036@mcimail.com

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