HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cwechter@cyclone.mitre.org (Christine G. Wechter)
Subject: HCL eXceed experiences (was Re: PC-Xview by NCD)
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:47:12 GMT

In article <Oct14.211321.8320@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> shafer@CS.ColoState.EDU (spencer shafer) writes:
< ... beginning stuff about using HCL eXceed deleted ... 
>The eXceed solution gives a
>nearly identical look and feel to using an X-Terminal.  I think NCD quotes
>that a PC running X-emulation can only get about half the performance of
>a generic X-terminal.  Our informal findings would agree, although half-fast
>is not really all that bad.  If I was an occasional X-user, it would be
>fine.  Full-time X-users and programmers in particular would find the
>graphics updating delays very irritating.  

I use HCL eXceed with a VGA monitor (don't try this at home kids!).
(I have a SVGA++ video board w/1MB video RAM but haven't been able
to get my hands on a good monitor).

This is acceptable sometimes, but when I need to open lots of windows,
resolution becomes a problem.  Also, when I run some graphics-intensive
applications, the refresh rate is annoyingly slower than an X-Terminal.
However, I can be productive in this environment using virtual desktop.
I do about half of my work in this environment -- the rest of the time,
I go find an X-terminal.

A while back I tried an SVGA monitor (don't remember which kind) and
definitely noticed improvements.  It was kind of a cheapo monitor, though.
I then tried a NEC 3FGx and was *really* impressed.  I now have
a NEC 4FG on order.  


>X-Emulation is getting much
>better because more and more people are doing it.  If you get a high-speed
>graphics card for your PC, it will improve the performance for some
>X-applications considerably.  I would say that a 20MHz 386 with 4MB RAM
>is the minimum.  I would suggest a 33MHz or better 386 or 486 with 8MB RAM, 
>if you have the luxury.
>

I agree with these recommendations and add that the monitor is important.
The cheesy SVGA monitor I tried certainly beat the VGA, but the really
nice SVGA monitor *really* gave me the look of an X-Terminal (although
was still somewhat slower).  


Christine
cwechter@mitre.org

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0: "File too large to save" (bug?)
Keywords: Windows Word File Save Bug
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:00:14 GMT

In article <640@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> mcglob@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Brian.McGloin) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.131643.2207@jet.uk> kb@jet.uk (Kenneth Blackler) writes:
>>In <1992Oct9.184656.13634@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
>>
>>It seems to happen after lots of edits, so I suspect
>>it could be a problem with FastSave?
>>
>>Ken B.
>
>
>The problem is FastSave.  Whether it's a bug or not is up to you and Microsoft.
>FastSave doesn't delete any changes you make to the document.  It just hides 
>them from you and keeps them in the document.  Turn FastSave off and your 
>problem MIGHT go away.
>
>Good luck!!!
>
>-- 
>Brian T. McGloin	| Lift your glasses, friend, with mine 
>NCR Corp.		| And raise your hand with me 
>USG/ISS-OLS		| I'm England stole, I'm Ireland spent 
>Miamisburg, OH 45342	| I'm an outlaw raparee 

this makes sense, because I have had MANY problems with fastsave on th
Macintosh version of Word, although I have not had any since version 5
was released (almost but not equivalent to w4w 2)

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Subject: Re: W4W 2.0a -- long TOC causes page number problem
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 03:36:22 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1992Oct6.000020.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> pbrown@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>Hi folks!

Gidday.

>  We've run into a problem here at work, in which the table of contents
>that is created using InsertTableOfContents (or whatever it is) is so
>large it takes up 2 pages -- but Word doesn't take that into account
>when it creates the TOC, so all of the page numbers in the TOC are one
>off (after the numbers for the TOC itself, naturally).

Well, I don't have any problem with this.

On the other hand, I normally update the entire document at once.
(Ctrl-5, F9)

When updating the Table of Contents it seems to calculate it twice. I
think that the first time it finds how many entries there are and uses
this information to create a correct TOC.

This is WFW2.0 under Win3.1
-- 
    Thomas Beagle | thomas@datamark.co.nz  or  thomas@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz
Datamark Intl Ltd | 
 Technical Writer | I don't need a disclaimer, I live in a sane society.
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Procomm and Program Manager
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:42:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.BvtD61.C6q
Distribution: usa
Organization: Indiana University

In article <RHARMON.92Oct6112737@triton.srg> rharmon@triton.srg (Robert Harmon) writes:
>
>
>If I'm downloading a file in Procomm and hit <Alt><Enter>, the
>download stops.  Is there any way to make it keep going?

>I thought the MSDOS windows get 50% processing time even when
>they're not the foreground task.  Or do I have to wait for NT?

When you hit alt-spacebar hit Settings, then check the background
box.






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From: blackwoods@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: HOW TO GET
Date: 8 Oct 1992 18:17:48 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: blackwoods@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

Does anyone know how to access files and directories on "ftp.cica.indiana.
edu"? I can get into the system but then I am stuck. I type "dir" but do
rot then get a directory but the ftp prompt. I type dir again and it tells
me it can not make a connection. HELP!!
Steven Blackwood  "blackwoods@vms.csd.mu.edu"
From: gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:58:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: onion.GERRY.92Oct7115840
Reply-To: gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
Organization: Field Robotics Center, CMU

As long as someone has physical access to the computer, the issue of
security is a moot point...

--
Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu)    | They that can  give up essential liberty
Field Robotics Center,          | to obtain a little temporary safety deserve 
Carnegie Mellon University      | neither liberty or safety. Benjamin Franklin
Pittsburgh, PA, 15213           | 
(412) 268-3856                  | 
                                | 
The opinions expressed are mine | 
and do not reflect the official | 
position of CMU, FRC, RedZone,  | 
or any other organization.      | 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: al@col.hp.com (Al DeVilbiss)
Subject: Re: W4W and HPGL files. Very funny!
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:50:43 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

chenina@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Robert Chenina [Chemie]) writes:
> 	Hi!
> 	For all those who use Word for Windows and HPGL file import, TRY this:
>  	Extract the 8 following lines and save they as square.plt or square.hpg,
> Then try to import them in W4W.
> begin----------8<-------------------------8<----------------------8<------------
> IN;SP1;PU;
> PA2000,2000;
> PD;
> PA2000,4000;
> PA4000,4000;
> PA4000,2000;
> PA2000,2000;
> SP0;
> end------------8<-----------------------8<---------------------------8<--------
> 	As You can see, it is an absolutely simple HPGL file and all programs 
> dealing with HPGL I know will read it correctly. Only W4W is unable to 
> recognize it. Good work, Microsoft (:-))!
> 	The very best of the story is that I have a few hundred of more
> complexe HPGL files that are imported without any problem.
> 	Greetings,
> 		Robert
>  --
>   ****************************************************************************
>   * Robert Chenina, Dpt. of Physical Chemistry, University of Kaiserslautern *
>   *          Erwin-Schroedinger-Str, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, Germany          *
>   *             Phone: + 49 631 205 2534, Fax: + 49 631 205 3200             *
>   *                       Email: chenina@rhrk.uni-kl.de                      *
>   ****************************************************************************

Yes, it's a bug, and been there all along. It seems like an HPGL file
thats "too" simple doesn't work.  You can get the box in your short example
file to plot by repeating the commands to draw the box three more times:

IN;SP1;PU;
PA2000,2000;
PD;
PA2000,4000;PA4000,4000;PA4000,2000;PA2000,2000;
PA2000,4000;PA4000,4000;PA4000,2000;PA2000,2000;
PA2000,4000;PA4000,4000;PA4000,2000;PA2000,2000;
PA2000,4000;PA4000,4000;PA4000,2000;PA2000,2000;
SP0;

And it fails if the pen is not down for all four traces around the box.
I sent in a bug report to Microsoft six months ago on this topic, included
a floppy with examples that work, examples that don't work, and a
description of the problem.  I haven't heard a peep from MS, so
I don't know if they have any plans to fix it.

Al DeVilbiss
al@col.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: trappetj@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (John Trappett @ Telecom Australia)
Subject: WinQVT/NET: Keyboard map problem
Organization: Telecom Australia, TNE Computer Support Services
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:24:15 GMT

Could someone please tell me how to insert an escape sequence into
the keyboard map definer in WinQVT/NET

TIA, John

-- 
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Telecom Australia                      ....   _/\_>      
trappetj@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au           .....O,> / O...  
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: westes@sti.com (Will Estes)
Subject: Bug Inserting File Into Frame In W4W 2.0
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:22:08 GMT

Has anyone else stumbled onto this (bug) in Word For Windows 2.0?:

1) Insert a frame
2) Put the cursor on the paragraph marker inside the frame
3) Insert an ASCII file, and be sure to click the linked to file box
(this will insert an include statement rather than copying in the
contents of the file)

Bug #1: at this point, the text will jump out of the frame and above it.
If you cut the text up to, but not including, the last paragraph
marker, you can paste it back into the frame and all is well.

Bug #2: put the cursor onto the included text and hit F9 to update it.
Ka-bam, it's outside of the box again.

This has got to be a bug.  And from the standpoint of maintaining a
large document with many text files included in many frames, it's a very
bad, time-consuming bug.

Any workarounds?

-- 
Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:3721 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:3764
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:22:20 EDT
From: <HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Any MS Works for Win users?
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Oct11.192141.16002@u.washington.edu>,
chan@biostat.washington.edu (Benjamin Chan) says:
>
>I am currently thinking about purchasing MS Works for Windows and
>wondered what users thought about the current version (2.0 I believe)

Never understood why you'd want to get an integrated software package to
work within a platform that is built around integration.  ?!?  But it
sells, for some damned reason...  :-)

*  Hans C. Masing        |  "When you go in for a job interview, I  *
*  HCM100@PSUVM.psu.edu  |   think a good thing to ask is if they   *
*  Penn State MIS Dept.  |   ever press charges." - Jack Handey     *
From: anderson@dseg.ti.com (John Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Winqvtnet 2.85 location
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:13:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: m2.BvrMqG.Ixo
Reply-To: anderson@dseg.ti.com
Organization: TI-DSEG Spring Creek

I have heard that a version 2.85 of QVTNET is out.  Does anyone know
where it can be found and if it will run under 3.0.  Version 2.7 
won't.

John Anderson
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: steveng@world.std.com (Stephen Ng)
Subject: Re: Personal Information Managers for Windows
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:31:29 GMT


I used PackRat for a few months, then switched to Commence.
Straightforward interface, customizable, good performance.  They have
a free working model which I got hooked on.

--Steve
From: ccr@genrad.com (Chris C. Reis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Changing name in 123 for windows v1.0a
Date: 9 Oct 92 10:36:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: GenRad, Inc.


	Hi all,
I've been reading the posts about changing the name information in windows
software packages. I bought used Lotus 123 for Windows v1.0a, and I would like to clear out the original owners name and do a fresh install. Does anyone know
how to do this ala WFW2.0?
		Thank You
		Chris
From: mcn@cfa203.HARVARD.EDU (Charley Noecker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: Where to find... FAQ
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:24:51 GMT
Reply-To: noecker@cfa.harvard.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA

I got this from comp.sys.mac.faq, @ Elliotte Harold.  It still applies here.
------------------------------------------------------------
  If you can't find what you're looking for at one of the above
  sites, try telnetting to your nearest archie server or sending it an
             ^^^^^^^^^^                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  E-mail message addressed to archie with the subject "help."  Archie
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  servers are located at 
    archie.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.15, America),
    archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3, the original archie server in Canada),
    archie.au (139.130.4.6, Australia), 
    archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100, the continent), and 
    archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.3.7, the U.K.). 
  These sites serve as indexes for the tens of thousands of files available
  for anonymous ftp.  Login as "archie" (no password is needed) and type
  "prog filename" to find what you're looking for or type "help" for
  more detailed instructions.  For instance after connecting type "prog
  Disinfectant" to search for a convenient ftp site for Disinfectant. If
  the initial search fails to turn up your file, try variations on the
  name.  For instance if you didn't find Disinfectant, you might try
  prog dis instead.

       Please check the above archives and ARCHIE personally BEFORE
  asking where you can find a particular piece of shareware.  If you
  follow the above advice, you should almost never have to ask the net
  where to find a particular piece of software.
------------------------------------------------------------
end of comp.sys.mac.faq @ Elliotte Harold (my emphasis added)

Charley Noecker              Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
POINTS Group                 Mail Stop 63
noecker@cfa.harvard.edu      60 Garden St 
617-495-7329                 Cambridge, MA 02138
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: WinQVTNet Over SLIP?!?!
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 03:09:29 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

Hi there.

I've been a fan of WinQVTNet for a while now, and we're going to
install it at a client's site soon. (We'll be registering all copies,
don't worry...)

However, we would like to run some of them over SLIP instead of an
Ethernet connection.

I've been playing around with it here and while I could get SLIP to
work, QVTNet, would seem to crash after 5 to 10 minutes of operation.
Has anyone else got it going?

I was using the SLIP8250 from the Crynwr (ex Clarkson) packet driver
set with WinQVTNet2.7

BTW, I couldn't get hardware handshaking to work. I also couldn't get
the ETHERSLIP driver to work at all. Any ideas?

Thanks,

-- 
    Thomas Beagle | thomas@datamark.co.nz  or  thomas@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz
Datamark Intl Ltd | 
 Technical Writer | I don't need a disclaimer, I live in a sane society.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Toh Guan Nge)
Subject: Re: HELP! Need to get DEC Pathworks 4.1 on NDIS to work with WinQVT/NET
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 07:00:01 GMT

Toh Guan Nge (egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg) wrote:

: by changing intvec=60, the decnet utilities still dead. I wonder that do
: we need to include pktdrv.exe in the autoexec.bat before runing startnet
: or any other packet related s/w such that the decnet will survive.
: 
: any help please? 
: 
I am glad to find out that the reason that the decnet service hang was
due to old version of netbind and dllndis files. Only version 4.1 allow
the dis_pkt9.dos and packet driver to be installed.

Thanks and regards

--
Toh Guan Nge, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Internet Email: egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
Bitnet   Email: egntoh@ntuvax.bitnet
From: rjberke@berke.itg.ti.com (Richard Berke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: NDW 2.0 Problems
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:22:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: berke.rjberke.35.0
Organization: Electronic Communications

In article <1bijq9INN6oe@aludra.usc.edu> dflynn@aludra.usc.edu (Daniel Flynn) writes:
>From: dflynn@aludra.usc.edu (Daniel Flynn)
>Subject: NDW 2.0 Problems
>Date: 15 Oct 92 02:08:09 GMT
>
>A few days ago, a couple of people posted problems they are having with
>Norton Desktop for Windows. I took the liberty of downloading these posts
>and passing them on to a friend who is a tech support person for Symantic
>specifically on the NDW Support team.
>
>He has since passed them on to the various people who will in turn respond
>to those people with problems. So, since I have a direct line with the Norton
>people, please post (remeber to post, since e-mail will ... Nevermind, just
>post!) any problems that you have with NDW 2.0. Make sure you are specific
>as to the problem, and include your name and a number that you can be reached
>at during business hours.
>
>
>Dan Flynn
>dflynn@aludra.usc.edu
> 
Thanks for the relay!

I've received my update for NDW 2.0 to the Viper36 level.  Symantec shipped
FED EX last week a complete new copy, and this week sent an update/patch
disk.  Both appear to be the same level.

The network disk dialogue is fixed.

My NDW 2.0 appears stable.  I've not had crashes/protection violations of
its NDWMAIN, nor of other apps.  I'll continue to monitor.
The memory leakage problem is undetermined yet.  It hasn't bit me, so it
may also be fixed.

I'd still like to know of outstanding problems lurking, and when fixes come 
out I'd like to know what's addressed by them.  Other than that, I'm 
satisfied that I've got usable, productive NDW 2.0 software.

Richard Berke   RBRK   Richard.Berke@lobby.ti.com  (214) 575-2828
Texas Instruments      Plano, Texas
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: What is the format of TrueType font?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:35:59 GMT

87p0786@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:

>Does anyone know what is the format/structure of TrueType Font?

Microsoft placed a copy of the TrueType technical description -- including
the layout of the actual files and a program to format them -- in the
vendor/microsoft/TrueType-Info directory.  You can access it via 
anonymous ftp.  The readme.txt file there describes what's available.

(To check that I have the proper directory name I just opened a connection
to uu.net and found that there's a new file there dated 9/2 which is
listed in the readme.txt as a hypertext-based help file for use with
the Windows 3.1 HELP engine.)

Joe Morris / MITRE
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
From: chiac@ee.ubc.ca (chia-tung chen)
Subject: Timed Batch Files
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 11:58:29 GMT

Hi,
  Does anyone know whether there is a program available under windows
that will execute a particular window application at a certain specified
time. For example, ask Window to wake you up in the morning by playing
some MIDI music. Is there any program like that for DOS too?

			thank you.
				chia-tung chen
				chiac@ee.ubc.ca

ps. I just got a sound card, and always want to wake up in the morning
with some nice music instead of buzzing noise.
From: kvozel@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Keith Vozel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: CD-ROM Based Encyclopedia
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:52:23 GMT
Reply-To: kvozel@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Keith Vozel)
Distribution: world
Organization: R&D Corp Arch & Systems Mgmt - Dayton, OH

I am currently in the market for a CD-ROM based encyclopedia system for my 
kids.  Does anyone have any experience/recommendations?  I would prefer a 
Windows based  interface since my kids are experts at "cutting & pasting" and
linking.

I have seen Sony's package with the Collier(??) encyclopedia and the 
Magnovox package with Grolier's, but no experience.  Any input would help
my kids be the next Rhodes Scholar.  (Oh no, I hope they don't then go on
to be governor of Arkansas! ! !)


Thanks

-- 
Keith Vozel, Director
Corp. Arch. & Systems Mgmt
Keith.Vozel@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM
...!uunet!ncrcom!wtcp!kvozel
From: mireley@horus.cem.msu.EDU (John Mireley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: LaserJet IIsi Driver Without Ctrl-D
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:14:58 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University


Is there a Windows 3.1 Driver for the LaserJ et IIIsi
that does not use Ctrl-D as the first
character of the file.

The "CtrlD=0" trick in the win.ini file that works
for other postscript drivers will not work with
IIIsi driver. 

I may have missed someting, but I've screwed around
with this for quite a while and have just gone to
calling my IIIsi a LaserWriter II NT. It would be
nice if my users could toggle duplex and the other
features of this printer from windows.

John Mireley
Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:3717 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:3760
From: gt7961a@prism.gatech.EDU (Nguyen Peter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: IBM 3151 terminal emulation
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:12:42 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Hello Netters,
I am looking for a IBM3151 terminal emulation for xtalk for windows. 
or any terminal program that support IBM3151.
Any pointer will be fully appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Peter.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps