HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Date: Thursday, 23 Jul 1992 09:52:06 EDT
From: <SASTPH@vm.sas.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: The response to Releases?
Distribution: usa
 <1992Jul23.074154.3561@unislc.uucp>

In article <1992Jul23.074154.3561@unislc.uucp>, thayne@unislc.uucp (Thayne
Forbes) says:
>
>From article <1992Jul22.144006.1061@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, by cdent@europa
>(Christopher Dent):
>> In article <92204.074425SASTPH@vm.sas.com> <SASTPH@vm.sas.com> writes:
>>> In article <1992Jul22.021820.25739@athena.cs.uga.edu>,
>>> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) says:
>>> >
>>> >Was "Windows 3.00a" the last release of Windows 3.0?  Or was
>>> >there a later one?
>>>
>>> I assume this is a "joke" posting and therefore I am having my
>>> leg pulled...
>
>How many microseconds did you think before you posted?  Just curious.
>
About 1.  I forgot (again) the old advice about ensuring that my brain
was running before I put my mouth (or in this case my fingers) in gear.
Pity that the net doesn't show my red face.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: wihuri@polaris.utu.fi (pauli mikael)
Subject: Re: Mine Sweeper cheating
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 06:15:13 GMT

rme81977@zach.fit.edu (Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE)) writes:
>Try typing xyzzy return and <shift-return>...that will place a blinking
>cursor in the upper left hand corner of your screen...and will tell you
>when it is safe to pick a square...
>-Enjoy...
>-Brian

IT DID NOT WORK, WHEN I TRIED.....


pauli
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:12:10 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <Bs1D6B.Gp@brunel.ac.uk> Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner) writes:
> The subject line really says it all. To satisfy an argument here, can
> someone please tell me (officially?)......  Is Windows 3.1 an OS, or
> just another application running under DOS?
> 
> I think that the latter is true, but a number of people here do not
> believe me. Could I be wrong?

I would agree with anyone who claimed that DOS/Windows *together* form an OS.
Windows - unable to stand alone - is not an OS. 
 
A parallel would be IBM's mainfram OS: MVS (Multiple Virtual System). This can
stand on it's own. But to get any *real* work done, you also need (and get)
JES2 (Job Entry Subsytem/2). JES2 can't stand on it's own. It needs MVS to
provide system services to it. Together, they form the MVS operating system or
environment. Of course, you also need VTAM to provide the network.
 
OS/2 is an OS. The various flavours of Unix are OS's. Coherent is an OS (as i
understand it). DOS is an OS, though a pretty basic one. 
 
But you can't boot Windows or run Windows without first booting DOS. Windows
can't access any devices or data on it own - like any other application.
 
Steve
  
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dave@phonon.waterloo.edu (Dave A. B. Dobson)
Subject: Upgrade available for Norton Desktop V1 to V2?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:38:48 GMT

Hi folks,
Does anyone know if Symantec is still offering a free upgrade for Norton
Desktop for Windows v1.0 to v2.0?
Thanks,
    Dave
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: joelfire@leland.Stanford.EDU ( Firehammer)
Subject: Change env. var. in Windows?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 16:59:50 GMT

Hello.  Is it possible to change your current environmental variables while
in windows?  I ask this because I usually use a RAMdisk, but the print
mamnager uses the TEMP area as a buffer while printing, so if I want to
print out any reasonable length document I have to start out with
TEMP=C:\TEMP instead of TEMP=D:
So is there any way of making this switch without exiting Windows?
Thanks,
Joel
From: tjb@enh.nist.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Best place to store icons
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:24:26 GMT
Organization: NIST

Hi,
I currently have 2Mb of icons, and about to receive A LOT more...
I was wondering if any of you have suggestions for the ideal method/location
to store all my icons.
i was considering ARJ on floppy while extracting only the ones in use,
using ICONMASTER zipped icon libraries,
using plain libraries
not using icons at all.
any help appreciated...
Omri Barak
barak@ee.bgu.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: revans@uspi2.Prime.COM (Robbin Evans)
Subject: Re: The response to Releases?
Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:29:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.144006.1061@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, cdent@europa (Christopher Dent) writes:
> In article <92204.074425SASTPH@vm.sas.com> <SASTPH@vm.sas.com> writes:
> > In article <1992Jul22.021820.25739@athena.cs.uga.edu>,
> > mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) says:
> > >
> > >Was "Windows 3.00a" the last release of Windows 3.0?  Or was
> > >there a later one?
> > 
> > I assume this is a "joke" posting and therefore I am having my
> > leg pulled...
> > 
> > Just in case this is a serious request, though:  Windows 3.1
> > was released in early April, in one of the biggest media blitzes
> > ever witnessed in the history of the solar system.
> 
> --
> I think the question was Windows 3.0 not 3.x.
> 
> It is my understanding the 3.00a was the last release before 3.1. But I don't  
> know for sure.

I believe that there is also a Windows 3.00b.  I belive that the a and
b releases addressed different specific problems, and the fixes from
a may not be available in b.  (I don't remember the specific problems,
sorry.)  I don't know whether these releases are still available from
Microsoft or not.

/Robbin
revans@uspi2.prime.com
From: ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: ATI releases new win30 drivers for Wonder cards
Date: 22 Jul 92 05:58:18 GMT
Organization: ISG Technologies Inc. Mississauga Ont. Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

ATI has just released new Windows 3.0 drivers for the VGA Wonder- and
Integra-series cards.  They fix most of the problems encountered when
running under OS/2.  There is also a slight improvement in the
16-colour Windows modes: the highlight bar is now blue instead of
black, if anyone cares.  I don't know what other bug fixes or
enhancements they contain.

NOTE: these are only for Windows 3.0, not 3.1.

I have placed the drivers in the pub/pc/win3/uploads directory on
ftp.cica.indiana.edu, filename "atiwin30.zoo".  It was repacked directly
from the zip file I uploaded from the ATI BBS yesterday.  It will
probably migrate to another directory soon.

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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Undoc Windows Trick (Ami Pro)
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:54:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: cancun.rdippold.711928455
Distribution: usa
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

Paul.Gronke@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Paul Gronke) writes:
>Hey, if you then click on each face, they disappera.  Except for one
>(appears to be randomly selected) which spins around and transforms into
>"D King" (i think) with a kind of alien looking forehead.  Anyone know who
>it is?

It's elvis!  Da' King!  See, you can't kill him...
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       and they want to avoid a lengthy search.
From: stryker@pencom.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: NT
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:34:07 GMT
Reply-To: stryker@pencom.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pencom Software


Has anyone information on how Windows NT is likely to do next year?  I'm  
hoping only for round numbers here.  A guess maybe?

Thanks,
  Ryan
From: tremmel@iras1.ira.uka.de (Wolfgang Tremmel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Toolbook Icon Question
Date: 24 Jul 1992 07:35:07 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: uka
Reply-To: tremmel@ira.uka.de
NNTP-Posting-Host: iras1.ira.uka.de
Keywords: Toolbook, Icon, Windows 3.1

In article <149mh6INNqpr@moe.ksu.ksu.edu>, raj@phys.ksu.edu (raj) writes:
|> I have a question regarding Icons of Toolbooks that run under Asymmterix
|> TOolbook. I would like to change the generic icon of an open book to

Which Version? With 1.5 it's easy, with 1.0 it's quite impossible.


|> ANy suggestions?
|> 

set icon of this book to <filename>

Wolfgang

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Subject: Re: NT
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 20:57:03 GMT


In a previous article, stryker@pencom.com () says:

>
>Has anyone information on how Windows NT is likely to do next year?  I'm  
>hoping only for round numbers here.  A guess maybe?
>

There is no way to make an actual prediction until microsoft actually makes 
a product.

But if it has an average number of bugs, I'd expect that they
will sell 100,000 in the first 12 months after it is released 
given the hardware requirements, minimal dos & windows support, 
and installed base of unixes on top and os/2 underneath.

But I'm just some guy on usenet.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: wo@rio70.snibln.de (Wolfgang Kalthoff)
Subject: Re: EMM386 error
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:24:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Info.Sys. AG, Paderborn, Germany

hardiman@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul V Hardiman) writes:


>After starting to use EMM386 lately, my machine has been crashing
>frequently with the following messages:

>  EMM386 exception error #06 - press ENTER to reboot

>  EMM386 invalid page fault

>Can anyone tell me what these messages indicate in some detail?

>My environment:

>  IBM PS/2 model 70 386 with 4MB memory
>  Windows 3.1
>  Novel token ring network attachment
>  Novel 3270 emulation
>  Novel LAN workplace for DOS

>The environment was very stable before I started using EMM386.

>Thanks for any information you might have.

Did you exclude the memoryarea that is used by your networkcard?
Good luck!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,rec.games.misc
From: evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Dan Evans)
Subject: Running f-15 w/windows
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:06:22 GMT


Ingo,

Thanks for the reply. Sent you mail but it bounced.
In your reply you said:

> But after I installed desert storm, my version of f15 was not able to run
> properly, not even up to the first screens. I tried the whole thing with
> DR-DOS 5.0, 6.0, MS-DOS 5.0 and finally 3.3. The game only runs perfect on
> my machine when I use a boot disk under MS-DOS 3.3. Under no cicumstances
> would it run with any EMM or HIMEM Drivers installed, so maybe that's your
> problem, too.
> 
> greetings,
> ib...
> 

I had the same problem with F-15. It would kick
me out with no warning under MS-DOS 5.0 after the first few seconds
of play.

I find the solution to that to be to use the "loadfix" command
provided my DOS 5.0. Your command line for F-15 will not change
except place the word loadfix in front.

   C> loadfix f15 [options, whatever]

The loadfix file should be in the same directory as all your other
DOS 5.0 commands. Some programs expect DOS to be in conventional 
memory and don't deal well with it loaded high.  I imagine that a
few of the programs put out before 5.0 will need loadfix, but 
the manual may not say that.

I would hate to have to boot to play f-15, it's bad enough putting
the original disk in. I hope this works for you too.

Later,

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: vamatya@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (AMATYA VB - SYSTEMS DESIGN )
Subject: Devnagari font (Hindi, Nepali, Sanskrit..?)
Keywords: devnagari, sanskrit, Hindi, Neapali font
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:07:00 GMT


Has anybody been working on a devnagari font (also may be called
Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) for windows3.1, (Truetype or ATM).
Preferably, shareware or freeware. Also information on commercial
software in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Vishwa



Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu (Frank Drake)
Subject: Windows undoc'd keyboard tricks?
Organization: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:08:29 GMT

Hi,

Help me before I lose my mind...

I recently (in the last week or so) saw an article in a magazine that
described some keyboard/mouse combinations under MSW that do silly
little things like display MSW developer names, etc.
I know I saw this article. I swear I saw it, but I wasn't near a
windows box. Now, I can't remember the magazine that it was in (I get
about 20lbs of magazines/week )-:  and it's driving me out of my tiny
little mind.

Did anybody else see this article? Does anybody know what some of these
are? If so, just e-mail to me and I'll blast it back out to this newsgroup
(to keep the bandwidth down with junk like this).

Yeah, this may be crazy waste of bandwidth, but I've spent so much time
trying to find/remember this article, it's my sanity that's at stake now.

Thanks for your help!

Frank

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University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Lowell, Massachusetts 01854                        drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: oliver@marley (Fred &)
Subject: Re: Getting rid of Ctrl-D in Postscript Output
Organization: Alliant Computer Systems
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:49:14 GMT

mortr@windmill.tulip.lmt.mn.org (Mort Rasmussen) writes:
: In article <25548@life.ai.mit.edu> bkph@kauai.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) writes:
: >   Add CtrlD=0 under you printer heading, as in:
: >   [Apple LaserWriter, LPT2:]
: >   CtrlD=0
: 
: >Yes, BUT you can only get rid of one of the two control-D's that the
: >PoistScript printer driver sticks in...
: 
: Which doesn't matter, as only the first Ctrl-D will make a printer flush the 
: job. Some printers will complain about the last Ctrl-D, but at that point 
: the file is already printed. It would be nice if MS would change the driver
: to remove BOTH.
: 
: MortR

It does matter.  If you are using a two-way serial communications protocol
between the printer (e.g. Apple Laserwriter) and host (e.g. Adobe Transcript on
Sun Unix), reseting the printer will cause it to drop out of the communications
code.  This leaves the host code waiting for an acknowledgement which never
comes.  All the other users of the printer on the network have to wait for
someone to kill and restart the printer daemons.

It gets real annoying to us Unix folks when someone uploads their Postscript
files and forgets to remove ALL the Ctrl-D's before printing.  Of course if
Adobe's host communication software removed the Ctrl-D's itself ...

Fred Oliver
oliver@alliant.com
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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject: Re: What is Cairo?
Date: 19 Jul 92 18:25:27 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

sg@monsoon.com (Sunil Gupta) writes:

> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
> 
> >      I believe you are referring to "Chicago", not "Cairo".  Don't
> > ask me why either of those products are named what they are...
> 
> Well, Alchin stated that Cairo derives from the quote "... all
> roads lead to Cairo". Don't know about Chicago, though...
> 

Perhaps Microsoft is naming products/projects with city names and going
alphabetically. I remember receiving 'Bombay' CD-Rom sometime ago.

GeSS
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From: anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Mine Sweeper cheating
Date: 24 Jul 92 18:16:14 GMT
Organization: Mayo Foundation

In article <moore.711996804@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu> moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore) writes:
>From: moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore)
>Subject: Re: Mine Sweeper cheating
>Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:53:24 GMT

>In <1992Jul24.061513.9618@polaris.utu.fi> wihuri@polaris.utu.fi (pauli mikael) writes:

>>rme81977@zach.fit.edu (Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE)) writes:
>>>Try typing xyzzy return and <shift-return>...that will place a blinking
>>>cursor in the upper left hand corner of your screen...and will tell you
>>>when it is safe to pick a square...
>>>-Enjoy...
>>>-Brian

>>IT DID NOT WORK, WHEN I TRIED.....

>It didn't work for me either...




Nor did it work when I tried it either.
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From: syy@ElSegundoCA.ncr.com (Sang Y. Yum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 on a 286 PC?
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:28:39 GMT
Reply-To: syy@ElSegundoCA.ncr.com
Distribution: world
Organization: Teradata/NCR

In article 24788@cs.tu-berlin.de, larsbuet@cs.tu-berlin.de (Lars Buettner) writes:
>spare@romulus.rutgers.edu (Joshua Spare) writes:
>: I am running windows 3.1 on a 16mhtz 286 with 2 meg RAM and I am using the
>: FAST! cashe program.  It is kinda slow but with the cashe it isn't much slower than the 386's at work.
>
>Hi,
>I'm interested in this cache program. Are there any ftp sites available ?
>Or does I have to pay much money ?
>							Lars


No, this is a commercial software.  You can call TigerSoftware at (800)444-3363.

Be warned, however, that this cache program isn't all that spectacular,
I heard.

Sang

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: jeganath@leland.Stanford.EDU (Muthuveerappan Jeganathan)
Subject: Problems with windows 3.1 Terminal
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 17:21:24 GMT


Hi, I just got a computer (386-33MHz) with a factory installed internal modem 
set on COM4 & IRQ3. I can connect on to the local net, transfer files etc. 
without any porblems using the software (called COMit) that came with the 
computer. However I can not even get a connection or hear the dialing using 
the Windows 3.1 Terminal program. When I try to set the com port to 4, Win 
gives me an error saying com4 is not supported. So the question is how do I 
get win terminal to work with com 4. Or is my only option to take apart the 
2 day old computer and set the modem com port to 2?

Thanks.

-- Muthu Jeganathan
   muthu@kaos.stanford.edu


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: cee1@ra.msstate.edu (Charles Evans)
Subject: Windows locks on logo screen
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:57:02 GMT

Here is my setup:

AMD 386/40
4 MB 70ns ram
Hyperdisk 4.3
QEMM 6.02
4DOS 4.01b
nnansi.sys for TRIDENT
TRIDENT Bios Rev. C3.00, 8900C card
Seiko CM-1430 monitor, anyway

everythings been running smooth and dandy.

had windows running printing stuff (win 3.1) while i was away. came back
bout an hour later, everthing fine, got out, did  some stuff back in win,
back out.. no problems. then, i installed (only thing i have done since
then) a 387 emulator (387.zip -> frank.387).. it makes things think i got
a 387, anyway, raytrace 4.0 B still doesnt think i do, so i take 
DEVICE=c:\franke.387 on back out of my config.sys and reboot.

everything possible runs fine on pooter, then an hour later, i try to get in
windows to type more and get online, then boom (640x480x256) on the Win 3.1
startup logo, the HD jiggles a bit as usual then locks up with rectangular
chunks of the logo are missing, left with black (as around the logo) and
it locks up., and i have to reboot. Sorta looks like some black on black
ascii characters (in video mode still) were like typed over the logo,
but everything is locked.. any ideas?

never had problems.. i am planning to reinstall, but may wait.

need help fast!!!!

chuck

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Disappearing windows resources...
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:40:06 GMT

In <278@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin) writes:

>In article <l6p912INNkdd@news.bbn.com|>> saustin@bbn.com (Steve Austin) writes:
>|>>jpark@Ingres.COM (John Park) writes:
>|>>
>|>>|>>It seems like Windows is eating my resources.  I have the following config:
>|>>
>|>>In Windows, if an application gets some resources and does not
>|>>explicitly free them, they will become lost forever (until you
>|>>quit Windows).  One of your applications does this -- find which
>|>>one by starting one up, using it and quitting -- see which one
>|>>causes the resources to be significantly different afer exiting.
>|>>
>|>>	Steve Austin

>I thought I read somewhere that afterdark has a resource eating BUG. Try
>not starting afterdark and see if your problem disappears.

It's not just After Dark.  I've had the same problem, and the only
things I was running were Solitaire, Notepad, Crosstalk for Windows, a
file browser, and the File Manager (and, of course, the Program
Manager).  The only program that I really was shutting down and
reopening was Solitaire.

On a 16 MB 486 I ran out of system resources, and even when I closed
everything I only had about 32% left.  Anybody at Microsoft know if
Solitaire will eat resources and not give them back?

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