HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: yon@rugrat.cbm.dec.com (David A. Yon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus for Windows and the Telepath modem
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:57:59 GMT
Reply-To: yon@rugrat.cbm.dec.com (David A. Yon)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1agg6mINNq2i@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>, ggirard@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Greg
Girard) writes:
|>millerje@CS.ColoState.EDU (Jeff Miller) writes:
|>
|>>In article <1992Oct1.195749.16227@wam.umd.edu> ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John
Sedat Ozcomert) writes:
|>>>Fellow netters:
|>>>I am looking for a little help from another Gateway telepath modem owner
|>>>who is using/has used ProComm Plus for Windows.  A choice of which modem
among 
|>>>the choices offered by the program must be made, and I know not which to
|>>>choose.  Of course, the telepath itself is not among the choices.  I have
|>>>been using the Hayes 9600 baud choice, but suspect some strange behavior
|>>>to be caused by this.  Help anyone?  Thanks.
|>>>
|>>>-John
|>
|>>According to a friend of mine who has a telepath, either:
|>>1) Use the Hayes Ultra settings
|>>2) Get "wmodems.com"  - its an updated modem list which includes the
telepath
|>
|>Currently, for anyone who cares to get wmodems.com, it can be found 
|>in the pub/pc/win3/uploads directory at ftp.cica.indiana.edu.
|>

Also, there is a patch on Compuserve for PP/W which fixes problems with several
high-speed modems, including the Telepath.  If you're getting what looks like
missed
characters at high speed, then you should download this patch.  Apparently the
Telepath
and several other modems give bogus parity errors at high speed which causes the
comm
software to ignore perfectly correct characters.  I fought this in my own
software when
I tested it on the Telepath, and apparently PP/W had the same problem.

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David Yon
yon@caboom.enet.dec.com <--- use this address
From: hob@soda.berkeley.edu (Bing Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Superstor Pro
Date: 27 Sep 1992 20:32:18 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu


Anybody know anything (besides the ads) about Addstor's Superstor Pro?
Sounds interesting, perhaps feature overload, but I am mostly interested
if they have improved (1) the compression ratio, and (2) performance.
The other features just don't excite me (JPEG, etc.)

Thanks for any information.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: lentz@gandalf.ca (Jim Lentz (Wheeling Tech Support))
Subject: what happened to V-COM
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:57:50 GMT

 Anyone know what happened to the PC manufacturer by the name of V-COM.
They used to be in PC magazine and Computer Shopper but I haven't seen
their ads lately. Thanks!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
Subject: Re: MS's misconduct!
Reply-To: motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: "world"
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 20:00:56 GMT

dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:

>In article <wiegand.717274659@lido16> motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net writes:
>>cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
>[....]
>>I don't know about the IBM chip, but Intel *was* working on another
>>processor which they expected to be the next generation chip (I forget
>>their name for the chip). The 8088/8086 was supposed to be a quick upgrade
>>for all the people using the 8080.

>Would this have been the 80186? (Which originally had another name as
>I recall, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was).

>Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.

No - not the 80186. At the time the 8088/8086 came out Intel was working
on a new micro which wasn't compatible with any of their existing
products. The micro never caught on and was quickly killed.

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From: dmacdona@av8r.uucp (David MacDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: GIF2BMP
Date: 1 Oct 92 03:06:27 GMT
Organization: Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH


	Does anyone know where I can find a GIF2BMP program so I can
put some of my GIFs on Windows? Please E-mail me or post on the net.

							Thanx
							Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: speaking of other cpus...
From: bigbro@netlink.cts.com (Kenneth Sullivan)
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 18:03:12 PDT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

It seems all my Microsoft software makes some reference to a '186, was 
there ever such a thing, or was it just planned, or is it different name 
for the 8086 or what?

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From: lk1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lawrence Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Info Requested
Date: 4 Oct 92 13:47:46 GMT
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


    
I am looking for any information on a PC software package called OBJECT
1. I think this a database/screen builder product. I will  greatly
appreciate ahy responses. Also, if at all possible please CC: me a
response to this mail address.

Thank You
Lawrence D. Kim
From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: HELP - PRINTING PROBLEM W/LASER PRTR
Date: 28 Sep 92 01:45:43 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Sep25.170337.2363@inland.com> bilimoria@inland.com writes:

>Often, when I try to print from my PC (386 w/dos 5.0) to my Panasonic
>laser printer, I don't get the output right away.  I have to try it
>several times and then I get the output, but there are several copies
>of the output on the page.  It seems DOS doesn't want to print until
>there is enough output to fill a page.  Is there a buffer somwhere that
>is holding the output until it is full?  Any help will be appreciated.
>P.S. Panasonic laser printer has 512K of RAM.  Thanks.

  Yes, the printer in question waits until a page is full to print it.
There's an easy workaround, however:  after your print job, just type
the following at the DOS prompt:

     ECHO ^L > PRN

Where "^L" represents "Control-L".  Control-L is the formfeed character 
(ASCII 12), and instructs the printer to go ahead and print what's in its
memory.

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  "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits"  -  Mark Twain
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: hunter@quake.sylmar.ca.us (James Collins)
Subject: Some info on chips please...
Organization: Quake Public Access, Sylmar CA
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 21:07:29 GMT

Ok, i've noticed that people have been talking about the 487 chip.  Also 
about the 486DX and 486DX2.  I'd like to know what the differences 
between these are.  I assume the 486DX2 is a bug fix of the 486DX, but I 
could be wrong.  Also i've never heard of the 487 before.  Thanks in 
advance.


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From: stangel@sparc8.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Stangel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Please try this PD utility!
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:40:48 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:

>From article <1992Oct5.194951.29279@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu>, by stangel@sunb4.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Stangel):
>	Maybe if you had told us this in the first place instead of 
>"Download this program!", you wouldn't have gotten that reception.
>a) You posted a program in a newsgroup that usually does not have
>things uuencoded to it and b) Left us with no description.  

a) the darn thing is a total of 4K -- much less than the FAQ.  There's
   little reason NOT to post it here, where it will do the most good.

b) Fine, an oversight.  'nuff said.

>	Go back and finish your intro to programming homework.  After you've
>done that, had a night's sleep and a good wank, come back to us.

Oh, great; an ad hominem attack.  If you are questioning my integrity or
my programming experience, I can offer reputable testimony for both.  
Take your posts to alt.flame or /dev/null; I'm not interested.

Mike

 Mike Stangel		| "I can't kill the man I love."   
 stangel@uiuc.edu	| "Then kill the one you're with." 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu (Pradeep K Tapadiya)
Subject: IRQ Usage - Info needed 
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:13:20 GMT

Howdy netters,

I know I use my IRQ 3 both for COM2 and my ethernet card. This is
not a problem for me since I do not utilitize both services
simultaneously.

What I need to find out is which IRQs are being used in my PCs and
by whom? The system utilities I have (386MAX ASQ, Microsoft MSD,
and Norton SI) just assume that IRQ 3 is being used by COM2 (I guess).
Also, its hard to find out the availability of IRQs through these
utilities.

Is there any PD/shareware utility which can show the IRQ utilization
in a more accurate way? Something which can produce an output like

IRQ No.     Normally used by       Current owner
3           COM2                   COM2 / Ethernet card
4           COM1                   Mouse
5           LPT2                   Available


Thank you for your help.

Pradeep
tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu
From: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Proaudio Spectrum 16 help with Speaker jack & SCSI jack
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:00:33 GMT
Reply-To: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
Distribution: comp
Organization: N.I.S.T
Posting-Front-End: Shinbun -- the OpenLook newsreader




Yesterday in a thrifty mood I went out to buy a sound board.  What I
came back with was the ProAudio Spectrum 16.  The installation went
fine, and since I forgot my speakers at work I decided to hook up the
internal speaker to the board (as per instructions).  When I turned the
PC (386/40) on all the nice clicks and beeps were gone.  I went ahead
and installed the DOS drivers and that installation went fine (it
passed the configuration test).  I then tested it with some of my
favorite games and that went great.  But all of the warning beeps and
clicks that I've come to know and love are gone.  I can get them back
by rehooking the speaker cable to the motherboard, but the manual
"says" that hooking the cables to the PA board will still allow the for
the clicks and beeps.

I'm guessing, but could it be the CMOS or BIOS.  I remember that the
CMOS has a question as to whether you want some of the clicks and beeps
so somehow the CMOS knows to control signals to the speaker jack on the
motherboard.  Does this have to be rerouted and if so how?

My next question deals with the PA SCSI jack.  I have a 3 year old Sun
SCSI 1 drive (327 MB) lying around not being used.  I have configured
some cables so I can hook the drive up.  What would be the next step?
Do I need a driver?  Will the system be able to automatically pick up
that this drive exists so I can format and partition it?

As a final note, are there any opinions on this board?  I still have my receipt and
would have no problem taking it back if it doesn't live up to my expectations.
I'll gladly post a summary of responses in hopes that I can help others with
the information I receive.

Thanks in advance,


Rob G.
glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude)
Subject: Re: MS's misconduct!
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:29:38 GMT

In article <13941@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

>I don't know any details about the 432,
>but it was apparently incompatible with the 80x86 series.

While I missed the start of this,  here's a brief bit of trivia:

The 432 achitecture bore no resemblance whatsoever to the 80x86 family.

It was Intel's failed attempt at a processor (chip set actually) which
would run Ada in microcode.   

Enough said. ;-)

- Ted Drude (drudetb@infonode.ingr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.comm
From: do-minh@CS.YALE.EDU (Minh Do)
Subject: UART Question
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:40:05 GMT

What does the 16550 UART have that the 16450 doesn't?  I am trying to connect
several computers to a print sharing box via the com port at 115.2Kbps.

Please e-mail me if possible.  Thanks in advance.
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From: csnyder@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Chris Snyder  UNDER-ECE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Strange hidden files.
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:02:46 GMT
Organization: College of Engg. & Tech., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

In article <1992Oct5.165952.3015@doug.cae.wisc.edu> terryh@cae.wisc.edu (Terry Henning) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I've found this hidden file in my root directory.  I have no idea how it
>got there, but it's nearly 16 Meg big.  (Actually 16734208)  The name of the
>file is 386spart.par.  

>Does it really have to be there.  I'd love to delete the thing.  Does it
>maybe have to do something with the Windows swap file?
>
>Just curious,
>Terry Henning

The answer to your question is found in the 386 Enhanced mode icon. Here
you can choose to use different types of swap files. If you choose to have your swap file PERMENENT then Windows will create one file on your hard drive, the  
one said above, 386spart.par. This file is always there. If you choose to have
your swap file Temporary, then Windows makes a file called SWAP386.WIN, or some thing like that, but it is removed everytime you quit windows. Hoever this file is very large, about 20 to 30 Megs. 

I hope that I answered your question.

					Chris Snyder
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: Quality of DR-DOS 6 (was BEWARE SUPERSTOR!!!!!!)
Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 00:42:55 GMT

In article <Jim_Johnson.09nj@abcd.Houghton.MI.US> Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson) writes:
>Novell has issued updates to DR DOS 6.0 dated 7/15/92.  These updates were
>made available to the public via FTP or Novell's BBS as of 9/16/92.
>(Novell's BBS number in North America is 408-649-3443 for 300-2400bps;
>there is also a 9600bps, but I seem to have misplaced it).

What's the address of their FTP site?  The most recent update I have
is the one that came out in April (to fix DR DOS so that Windoze 3.1
would run...not that I use Windoze anyway).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ching@angelo.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Subject: Re: Local Bus Video Question
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:13:50 GMT

In article <1admlnINN6aj@ecoole.soph.cs.ubc.ca> t8c192@soph.cs.ubc.ca (Michael Angelo Relova) writes:
>
> >I'm wondering if in order to take full advanatge of a local bus video card,
>application has to recognize that the data path to the card is
> >32 bits as opposed to 16, 8 bits.  Applications I'm talkinare
> >normal VGA or SVGA type of DOS apps.  I'm aware that regardless of the width
>
>You should be getting a MUCH faster video rate... but to the answer to your
>question, your programs can't tell whether or not you have a local bus or
>not... I mean it may be able to detect it with a benchmark prog or something,
>but as far as other progs are concerne, it's just another VGa card


I would not be surprised if a lot of applications update 256 color screens
a byte at a time (one byte = one pixel) in which case the 32 bit access
available with local bus video would not accelerate anything and the speed
difference would only be the difference in bus speed. IMHO the original
poster's speculation that to take FULL advantage of local bus video, an
application has to recognize that the data path is 32 bits is correct. All
applications would work as the second poster suggests but they would not
take FULL advantage of the hardware.

Mike Ching
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mikee@seas.gwu.edu (Mike Me)
Subject: Re: Windows NT
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 01:02:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.195717.17526@ms.uky.edu> kevins@slow.inslab.uky.edu  writes:
>Can anyone tell me how I can get the Windows NT Developement kit?
>

I just did it.....
Call 1-800-555-1212 and ask for the microsoft 1800 number ....

Then call that number, go through the voice-mail/router action, and
sellect the developer option. (i think it was #2)


Its $69 + $10 shipping + $4.xx tax. For the CD version with the 
DOCS as PS files on the disc.

The same but with printed manuals is $300.

Now, I'm pretty sure we can all find a postscript printer, and hog it
for a while huh????

Anyway, this stuff comes with the preliminary Windows NT, the
preliminary SDK, and the preliminary 32-bit C-compiler.

Later when the REAL!!! thing comes out, you get ther real NT,
the real SDK, but not the REAL!!! c-compiler.

Thats the deal as far as I can remember. 
Give them a buz.

PEOPLE that allready ordered it, please let me know. I'm try to 
compile a list of people that have it so we can discuss any problems.

The guy from microsoft said it was ok to discuss it, there is no
non-disclosure stuff for this official release.

Good luck,

	Mikee


PS. Remember to email me if you order it, I may be able to
get some kind of news-group / listserv started if there is enough
interest.



Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: esl1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Eric Lambert)
Subject: Does anyone have the email address of Exis?
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 30 Sep 92 05:08:27 GMT

Hello,
I'm trying to get the email address for Exis, the makers of 
Telix.  I need to ask them to add a modem to the modemcfg.exe file.
Does anyone know of an email address so that I can send them mail?

Thanks.

EEEEE
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EEEEE ric :)

"Jesus saves....but Gretsky gets the rebound and SCORES!!!!!"
From: fmag9694@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Fouad M. Abdel-Rahim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: File splitters ??
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:38:41 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) writes:


>	A rather dumb question, but I've been through a few directories
>(long ones) looking for a file splitter.. without any luck. I need to
>split large files for multiple disks, but I don't want it to do anything
>special with the split file - just slice in half or so. Reason? I'm transfering
>it to another machine, but since the format I can read on the other machine
>is only 720k 3.5" disks, I'm in need of a way to split the files.

>	If anyone can be of help finding such a util, drop me some mail.. 
>hopefully with a filename, and maybe which directory its in.



>							Thanks,
>							Mike




    Site:  SIMTEL20
    Dir :  MSDOS.FILUTL
    File:  SPLITIT.ZIP     [ menu driven ]
    _______________________________________________
    You also will find other file splitters a round
    this file. split-----.zip and more, just read the
    on line text file.  00-INDEX.TXT .
    _______________________________________________
    Good luck.

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From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MS's misconduct!
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 10:01:19 GMT
Organization: Global Village 1

cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:

>I agree with Mike.  I think the part of David's story about the "other
>CPU" is a confused, and erroneous re-telling of the following story.

I believe the story about the "other CPU" is about the Intel 432. The 286
was intentionally crippled so that it wouldn't compete with the 432, but the
286 was a success and the 432 flopped. I don't know any details about the 432,
but it was apparently incompatible with the 80x86 series.

Greetings,
Peter Busser
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From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus for Windows and the Telepath modem
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:15:08 GMT
Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1992Oct1.195749.16227@wam.umd.edu>, ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Sedat Ozcomert) writes:
|> Fellow netters:
|> I am looking for a little help from another Gateway telepath modem owner
|> who is using/has used ProComm Plus for Windows.  A choice of which modem among 
|> the choices offered by the program must be made, and I know not which to
|> choose.  Of course, the telepath itself is not among the choices.  I have
|> been using the Hayes 9600 baud choice, but suspect some strange behavior
|> to be caused by this.  Help anyone?  Thanks.

1st) install qmodem that came with your package.
2nd) look at the setup strings that qmodem created for the telepath
     wite them dowm.
3rd) delete qmodem
4th) gointo Procomm for winbdows and input the strings that
     you wrote down

That should do it.

Or Call Gateway Tech Support for help.