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From: doc@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Smith)
Subject: Re: Installing NT
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:42:28 GMT

joel@vthvax.tamu.edu writes:

>I'm having trouble installing WNT.  One problem is that I have to let
>OS/2 remain on a bootable partition.  I know this is unsupported but
>I have no choice.  I also only have 8 meg of ram.  Will NT install with
>only 8 meg of ram?  Here's what i did:

Yes I have it installed with only 8 megs of ram.  According to my
documentation, OS/2 2.0 isnt supported at all by the flexboot option and
if you try to use it the system will fail to boot, It says it works for
OS/2 1.x but not 2.0 I hope they solve this in the future.

I installed with the Dos2nt and it worked great.  

L8er,
Jeff 
>- I partitioned the disk with a 1 meg primary boot partition, a primary 135 meg
>  os/2 partition, and 2 135 meg extended dos partitions.

>- Installed os/2 with it's (flexboot) program.

>- Rebooted.  Selected dos from os/2's bootloader. 

>- Used dos2nt to install NT on C drive and edited the ini files.

>- Rebooted.  Selected dos from os/2's boot manager, which brought
>  up NT's boot manager.  Selected NT...

>Windows NT
>Portable Bootloader
>(c) Microsoft

>Warning! - Incorrect EISA memory configuration info.
>Windows NT will use the ISA memory configuration information.

>Loading...

>MS Windows NT
>MnInit: 8192 Kb Available memory
>*** Fatal system error: 0x00000069
>*** Phase 1 i/o init failed.
>(hang)

>I seems to me like os/2 and it's bootloader is not my problem.  Is it my 
>memory or is it really the EISA configuration?  Since dos and os/2 work 
>correctly,  I would think the EISA configuration sould work under NT.

>I know this is a bit of a kludge but could someone point out any invalid 
>assumptions i have made?

>Joel
Romana: "I thought you said we were coming here for May week?"
Doctor: "I did, May week's in June."
	                **Shada and The Five Doctors**
        Jeffrey Smith   --KD4AYH--  doc@catt.ncsu.edu
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From: joiner@cs.umn.edu (Jay Joiner)
Subject: Re: Installing NT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:12:16 GMT

In <1992Jul27.091312.1@vthvax.tamu.edu> joel@vthvax.tamu.edu writes:

>I have no choice.  I also only have 8 meg of ram.  Will NT install with
>only 8 meg of ram?

I installed NT with only 8 Meg of RAM on a DOS 5.0 (FAT) partition and 
ISA machine.  Can't help with the OS/2 Dualboot or EISA factors.

Jay Joiner
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From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP for NT
Date: 24 Jul 92 04:45:38 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Jul22.164923.2291@hyper.hyper.com> bonneau@hyper.com (Paul Bonneau,,) writes:
>
>"The *** service could be started"
>
>Alistair?
>
>cheers - Paul.

I'm sorry - I'm not an installation or hardware guru - I know some
people have got it working - and I know I haven't tried - beyond
that, I don't know -- Alistair
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From: peter@citr.uq.oz.au (Peter Klavins)
Subject: Re: Microsoft Systems Journal on NT
Keywords: Systems Journal NT
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:47:11 GMT

debeaupr@cayley.waterloo.edu (David Beaupre) writes:

>Someone mentioned a few days ago, that an issue of the Microsoft
>Systems Journal was dedicated to Windows NT.

>What month and volume number was that issue??

MSJ Jul/Aug 1992 Vol 7 No 4 contains:

    A Grand Tour of Windows NT, Helen Custer, 17
    The Case for 32 Bits, Charles Petzold, 32
    An Introduction to Windows NT Mem Mgmt, Paul Yao, 41
    Developing Network-aware Programs Using Win3.1 and NetBIOS, Ray
	Patch & Alok Sinha, 57
    Safer Functions for Working with MS-DOS Files, David Thielen, 79

So, a fairly heavy NT bias, but I don't know if this is 'THE' NT issue.
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From: SDENARO@vm.poly.edu
Subject: NT Promises?
Organization: Polytechnic University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 14:56:15 EST

Will NT solve these problems, if so how?
 
8.3 names? Is this a new, backward compatible files system?
 
Will NT solve all my network NetMares? How? Will I have to set up a
peer to peer lan, Or can I still use Novell?
 
Speed. Will 32bit apps run faster under NT than DOS/Windows?
 
Will Billy and the gang at Redmond put out an NT-lite? Most of our
users don't need POSIX and OS/2 (Or MS Lan-Mangler). I would like
to see win32 without DOS, OR all the NT stuff. In 4mb on a 386, >40mb disk.
 
Thanks.
 
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From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:19:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Problems with "Shell" command in VB
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools

In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, mwh45279@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Marc Henkel) writes:

>Hello all, 

>I am trying my first application in Visual Basic, and it
>is really starting to give me some headaches.  I am trying
>to shell out to executable program within my VB program.
>Now, the "Shell" command is wonderful and everything, but here's
>the rub...  The executable is just a simple little program that
>runs with no output (it links an IP number to a share name in
>LAN Manager, addname.exe to be exact).  I want it to run, do it's
>thing quietly, and then go away.  Right now, it runs, put's a
>minimized window up, does it's thing, returns back to the VB
>program, but leaves the minimized window up!!  I have several

You need to set up a PIF for each dos program you wish to run (or
change the DEFAULT PIF)...  In the pif editor be sure to set up
"close on exit"...

- Galen -
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: marco@hpmcaa (Marco Dalla-Gasperina)
Subject: Re: Shareware Windows batch/macro writer
Organization: HP Cardiology Business Unit - McMinnville, OR
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:30:13 GMT

sgiri@medics.jsc.nasa.gov@aios.jsc.nasa.gov (Samir Giri) writes:
> 
> I'm looking for a good Shareware Windows Batch or Marco writer to perform 
> simple windows tasks. The marco recorder shipped with Windows 3.1 doesn't 
> allow direct commands, I need something that does. Anyone know of any good 
> Batch writers out there ?

I'm a good Marco writer... after all I should be able to write myself!

marco

:-)


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From: kcurtis@inthehat.engin.umich.edu (Keith Curtis)
Subject: Re: MS C/C++ 7.0 and OS/2 - free update (Was: Borland 3.0 vs MSC 7.0
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 15:24:01 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: kcurtis@inthehat.engin.umich.edu


Well...  Watcom and Symantec/Zortech have both licensed MFC and Borland
has added a switch to their 3.1 product to change the interpretation of
the much discussed ambiguity that prevented their 3.0 product from compiling
MFC.  Sounds like an up-and-coming defacto standard to me.

Well, I don't know if thats true or not, but no matter.  Do you know if MFC will somehow encapsulate the support of threads in NT?  Also, I'm writing a TCP/IP application--will MFC encapsulate Winsock?  What about MAPI, LSAPI, etc for C7 under Windows/DOS?
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From: sp@cs.brown.edu (Seth Padowitz)
Subject: Re: VB and sound
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:31:56 GMT

If you have Windows 3.1, then you can use the sndPlaySound() API
from VB to play sounds through your soundblaster.
Alternatively, you can use the Media Control Interface (MCI)
Custom Control included in the VB Professional Toolkit to play
sounds.

sndPlaySound() is defined in C as:
BOOL sndPlaySound(LPCSTR lpszSoundName, UINT wFlags);
lpszSoundName is the name of the sound (.WAV) file.
wFlags is some combination of the following:
SND_SYNC (0x0000) -- play synchronously (default)
SND_ASYNC (0x0001) -- play asynchronously
SND_NODEFAULT (0x0002) -- don't use default sound
SND_MEMORY (0x0004) -- lpszSoundName points to a memory file
                       (probably not very useful from VB -ed.)
SND_LOOP (0x0008) -- loop the sound until next sndPlaySound
SND_NOSTOP (0x0010) -- don't stop any currently playing sounds

You'll need to create a VB prototype for sndPlaySound().  My VB
is a bit rusty, so I'll simply recommend that you look at your
manual.

Hope this helps.

Seth

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: peter@kentrox.uucp (Peter Uchytil)
Subject: TDW vs. Portacom Eclipse II
Organization: ADC Kentrox, Portland OR
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:36:53 GMT

Well, I'm having the same problem lots of people are having.  I can't
get Borland's Turbo Debugger to work under Windows 3.1 with my video card.
The symptom is that when I switch from the TDW screen to the user screen 
(this includes exiting the program), I get a mess of text characters and
I'm locked up. I'm wondering if:

1) Anyone who has a Portacom Eclipse II video card has been able to 
   get it to work with TDW.

or

2) Anyone has been able to get the TVESA.DRV driver to work with TDW.
   I ran TESTVESA and it reports that my video card understands VESA and
   should use TVESA.DRV.  Now maybe TESTVESA is confused or something, but
   my system exhibits the same behavior with TVESA and it does with
   everything else.

I've tried to get through to Borland, but their tech support number has
been busy.  I tried Portacom, but they were not aware of the problem.

Thanks.  

Pete
-- 
Peter Uchytil   | ADC Kentrox Industries | "They say that I'm a dreamer
peter@kentrox.com |  Portland, Oregon    |  And I tell them they are right"
From: zelhart2134@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Popups and Hotspots in Help files
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:17:06 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

I am trying to write a windows help file that includes bitmaps with hotspots on
them.  I have tried to make a popup window link with a hotspot, and all that I
can get to happen so far is that the popup window get's drawn, erased, and then
I get a windows help message box stating "Help topic does not exist."  I have
tried using both the macro typewith the PopupId macro as well as the pop-up
type with the correct string.  
        Is there some trick when writing the context string, or am I going
about this the wrong way?  Any suggestions would be really appreciated.  I know
that this type of thing is possible, as the hotspot editor has it in it's help
file.  
        Thanks in advance for the advice.  If possible please mail me direct,
as well as posting, or mail direct and I will post any responses I get.  I can
be reached at zelhart2134@iscsvax.uni.edu.

        Fred Zelhart
        UNI Buba Toy
From: John E Salter <salter@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: MSC to Turbo C++
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:12:13 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]




We are trying to compile and link a sample  "C" program  for windows
written for Microsoft "C" using Turbo C++ for windows 3.1.  The sample
program has some libraries of it own and it is also looking explicitly for
the Microsoft "C" library ( slibce.lib) during the link process.

Is it possible to some set the Turbo C++ for windows environment to
compile and link programs written for Microsoft "C" (windows)?
To be specific the the sample programs that we are trying
convert is the "wtcpclnt" program from the novell lan workplace for
dos socket toolkit.  Thanks.

John.
From: tannerr@CS.ORST.EDU (Ryan Tanner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Re: UPGRADE INFO FOR BORLAND PRODUCTS (was Re: Is there an upgrade...)
Date: 28 Jul 92 23:28:14 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept
Originator: tannerr@storm.CS.ORST.EDU

rspangle@tazdevil.llnl.gov (Randy Spangler) writes:


>Here's the upgrade info I got from Borland thru email
>(customer-support@borland.com):

>(begin included text)
>****************************************************************
>       BORLAND LANGUAGE PRODUCT UPGRADES FOR WINDOWS 3.1
>****************************************************************
>TURBO C++ 3.1 FOR WINDOWS......................$149.95 + $15 S/H
> Upgrade from TC++ 3.0 for Windows...............19.95 + $15 S/H
> Upgrade from Turbo C or Turbo C++...............89.95 + $15 S/H
> Turbo Pascal owner or dBASE owner special.......99.95 + $15 S/H
>****************************************************************
>BORLAND C++ 3.1................................$495.00 + $0 S/H
> Upgrade from Borland C++ 3.0....................39.95 + $15 S/H
							  ^^^^

Just a small update to this price list: The current shipping cost
is 10 dollars, not 15.  When I ordered over the phone, I complained
about the shipping price, and they said it had been lowered to $10.
The "second chance" upgrade offer I was just sent reflects this small
change.

Ryan (tannerr@prism.cs.orst.edu)

-- 
Ryan Tanner (tannerr@prism.orst.edu)        Highlander III quote:
                                                   "There can be only FIVE!"

DISCLAIMER:  I don't even know the person!
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: sp@cs.brown.edu (Seth Padowitz)
Subject: Re: VB and sound
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:44:21 GMT

Just thought I'd point out that the samples given for using
mciSendString were incorrect.
The samples should have used mciExecute(), since it only takes a
single string parameter.  mciSendString takes 4 parameters.

Also, note that mciExecute returns TRUE/FALSE (1/0) for
success/failure, whereas mciSendString returns an error code,
which is 0 for success.

Seth
From: flc@mips.com (Fred Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Anyone ever get OWL to work as a DLL?
Date: 21 Jul 1992 05:43:18 GMT
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, California
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: orac.mips.com
Originator: flc@orac

I've been trying to build an application that uses classes that
are implemented in a DLL.  After listening to parts of a French
horn concerto for an hour, I finally found out the necessary flags
to compile and link my program.

I was told that in order to get any classes from a DLL, that I need
to define _CLASSDLL, which requires that OWL and ClassLib need to
be dynamic as well.

However, when they are dynamic, I get a GPF before my window shows
up.

I called Borland again, and the guy said I need to get Tech Fax
TI1017.

After calling the Tech Fax number, and entering 1017, I got a one
page fax which didn't have any documents attached.  I'm waiting
for a repeat fax, but hold little hope.

If anyone has the necessary information, and could mail it me, I
would be eternally grateful.

Fred Cox
flc@mips.com
From: franca@vandi.ars.cl (Franca Oppici S.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Codewright, a programmer Editor for Windows
Distribution: world
Organization: Ars Innovandi (El arte de innovar)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:21:21 CST

Does anybody know Codewright? I recently saw an advise and
I would like to hear some opinions about it.

Thanks, Franca.

_______________________________________________________________

Franca Oppici Soriani		uucp  : franca@vandi.ars.cl
				Fax   : +56-2-231-9756
Santiago - CHILE

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
Subject: Re: MS C/C++ 7.0 and OS/2 - free update (Was: Borland 3.0 vs MSC 7.0
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Organization: Mitre Corporation
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:26:08 GMT

In article <1992Jul19.035304.12551@microsoft.com>, blakeco@microsoft.com
(Blake Coverett) wrote:
> 
> Well...  Watcom and Symantec/Zortech have both licensed MFC and Borland
> has added a switch to their 3.1 product to change the interpretation of
> the much discussed ambiguity that prevented their 3.0 product from compiling
> MFC.  Sounds like an up-and-coming defacto standard to me.
> 

I hate to burst your bubble but Symantec/Zortech, with Apple as a partner,
are also developing their own platform independent class library.  The code
name for it is Bedrock.  Bedrock is supposed to be out early next year and
I would bet that they are planning to use Bedrock as their "official" class
library.  

Personally, I can't wait til Bedrock actually comes out.  Apple has been
shipping MacApp for 5 years and it is a VERY mature class library.  IMHO,
MacApp blows away both MFC and OWL.  Having a portable MacApp would be a
very cool thing.  

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From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:28:08 GMT
Subject: Re: VB and sound
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools

In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, sp@cs.brown.edu (Seth Padowitz) writes:

>If you have Windows 3.1, then you can use the sndPlaySound() API
>from VB to play sounds through your soundblaster.
>Alternatively, you can use the Media Control Interface (MCI)
>Custom Control included in the VB Professional Toolkit to play
>sounds.
[... stuff deleted ...]
>You'll need to create a VB prototype for sndPlaySound().  My VB
>is a bit rusty, so I'll simply recommend that you look at your
>manual.

>Hope this helps.

>Seth

Hi Seth, good to see you again!  I've had some requests for the VB
prototypes as well, so I'll post them here for anyone to use!!!
Note - these are NOT official MS prototypes!  Use them, but at your
own risk... :-)

In the global declare....

Declare Function sndPlaySound Lib "MMsystem" (ByVal lpSound As String, ByVal Flags As Integer) As Integer

Global Const SND_SYNC = 0
Global Const SND_ASYNC = 1

In your program simply put...

Ret% = SndPlaySound("TADA.WAV", SND_ASYNC)


You can also access the MCI without the VB Pro Toolkit!!  Much more flexible
but more difficult to use.  You communicate with MCI via messages.  The
alias is arbitrary, the ones I used below are for readability...  A few 
examples should get you going...

The VB prototypes are...

Declare Function mciSendString Lib "MMsystem" (ByVal lpCoMMand As String, ByVal lpReturnString As String, ByVal WReturnLength As Integer, ByVal hCallback As Integer) As Long

Declare Function mciGetErrorString Lib "MMsystem" (ByVa dwError As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal WReturnLength As Integer) As Integer

In your program to play TADA.WAV...

Ret% = mciSendString("Open TADA.WAV alias TALK");
Ret% = mciSendString("Play TALK");
Ret% = mciSendString("Close TALK");

to play "CANYON.MID":

Ret% = mciSendString("Open CANYON.MID alias MUSIC");
Ret% = mciSendString("Play MUSIC");
Ret% = micSendString("Close MUSIC");

to pause it

Ret% = mciSendString("Pause MUSIC");

simply "Play MUSIC" to continue.

I think you get the idea...
Anyway, enjoy!!!!!
- Galen -

Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
From: marco@hpmcaa (Marco Dalla-Gasperina)
Subject: Re: Codewright, a programmer Editor for Windows
Organization: HP Cardiology Business Unit - McMinnville, OR
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:37:17 GMT

franca@vandi.ars.cl (Franca Oppici S.) writes:
> Does anybody know Codewright? I recently saw an advise and
> I would like to hear some opinions about it.
> 
> Thanks, Franca.
> 
> _______________________________________________________________
> 
> Franca Oppici Soriani		uucp  : franca@vandi.ars.cl
> 				Fax   : +56-2-231-9756
> Santiago - CHILE

I use CodeWright and am generally very impressed with it.  Particularly
when I need to edit a bunch of files in a project.  It is very configurable
and its nice to look at.

The manual isn't outstanding (I mean the user's guide, not the 500+ API
function call manual!) but it has enough to be productive.

If I just have a quick edit to do I usually just use epsilon.  Codewright
is best when you have a lot to do.

It has compiler support like most modern editors but also keeps track of
edits that you make when your looking at compiler errors.  So, if you
need to add a line to fix a compiler error, doing "NextError" still takes
you to the right place.

I recommend it.

marco
From: mheller@genesis.nred.ma.us (Martin Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Re: Is there an upgrade for Turbo C++ for Win to Win 3.1?
Date: 29 Jul 92 10:06:49 GMT
Organization: Genesis Public Access Minix  +1 508 664 0149

In article <4601@balrog.ctron.com> mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown) writes:
>Has anyone heard from Borland about an upgrade for TC++W from Win 3.0 to
>Win 3.1?  I have seen TC++W in stores with stickers saying it's 3.1 compat,
>but I've seen no specifics there, on the net, or in the mail.  What gives?
>
>Also, is there a BBS for Borland support?  I seem to recall some one mention-
>ing one, but I can't find a phone number among my saved articles.
>
>Also, any specific problems/shortfalls in going to 3.1 without an upgrade?
>I've been holding back waiting for word from Borland, but I'm thinking about
>getting on with my life and upgrading to Win 3.1, with or without TC++W.
>Any advice? Please respond, either here or email.  Thanks much.
>
>Matt
>

I got my upgrade to Borland C++ 3.1 last week. I'm sure there will be an
upgrade to TC++ for Windows, but I can't say when.

You can upgrade to Windows 3.1 without upgrading your compiler--you might
need some patches, but they're small.
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