HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: usenet@nosc.mil (Network News)
Subject: re: 2587   Re: WINQVT DEC font size problem   (Tom Carter)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:51:10 GMT


In article <1992Sep2.140002.13961@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu writes:
>In article <1992Sep1.172737.25598@nosc.mil> barrus@cod.nosc.mil writes:
>>I have a problem with the two font sizes associated with the 
>>DEC character set.  When I choose LARGE it is way to big and 
>>when I choose SMALL it requires a magnifying glass to read.  I 
>>have a SVGA monitor using 1024x748 screen.  Before anybody 
>>suggests to choose smaller than 1024x748, let me say that I 
>>really enjoy this resolution because it enables me to have 
>>several windows up at once without having to cascade them and I 
>>don't wish to change that.  Am I missing somthing in my setup 
>>or is the way it is?  Are there any additional font sizes 
>>avaiable for the DEC emulation that I can use?  
>>
>>Does QPC have an email address or phone # or do I have to write 
>>them by snail mail?
>>
>>
>
>When you register, you get fonts for all common screen resolutions, 
>including 1024x768 (which is what I use). It's just right!
>The shareware version includes only VGA fonts.

I failed to mention that I do have a registered version.  I have tried the various font files and I have the same problem with all of them.  It only occurs with the DEC fonts.



Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck)
Subject: Re: WNQVTNET - Help
Reply-To: Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:33:42 GMT

fmag9694@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Fouad M. Abdel-Rahim) writes:

>sbjie@engr.psu.edu (Sanjay Joshi) writes:

>  [ Stuff deleted ]

>>I looked in ftp.cica.indiana.edu, but could not find wnqvtnet version
>>2.7. (infact i did not find any version of wnqvtnet).

>>Any other ideas, where I should look.

>>thanks,

>>sanjay joshi.


>   It's at CICA  UPLOADS DIR.
>		 ^^^^^^^

As of 23:00 August 26th it's now in the util directory.



Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.windows.ms,bit.listserv.win3-l
From: jkf@Franz.COM (Sean Foderaro)
Subject: Re: FAQ #48: How do I swap the Ctrl and Caps Locks Keys?
Organization: Franz Inc., Berkeley, CA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:48:32 GMT


In article <1992Aug31.193155.5335@viewlogic.com> josh@viewlogic.com (Josh Marantz) writes:


   The answer to this FAQ is to check the Kermit distribution from
   Columbia (watsun.cc.columbia.edu).  However, it's not clear from just
   looking at the kermit distribution, which covers every computer known
   to man, where to find this little gem.


I have to agree that this answer doesn't seem very helpful.  I checked out 
the files on watsun.cc.columbia.edu and the kermit listed as a ms-windows
kermit was actually just an ms-dos kermit.  This makes this FAQ answer 
less than useful in two ways: first any given application (in windows or dos)
can switch the ctrl and caps-lock key, and there are existing tsr's
that switch ctrl and caps-lock for all ms-dos applications. 

  What I'd really like to find is a way to switch it for all 
*windows* applications.  And just to be greedy I'd like to know 
how to do with for Windows NT as well.    I suspect that one answer is
setting up some global message filter (to translate the WM_KEYDOWN message).

john foderaro
jkf@franz.com

From: franc@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Franc Woods)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:01:57 GMT
Subject: Re: Password protection
Organization: HP Roseville Networks Division
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

I've seen in previous postings that the screen saver files are actually
executable programs.  I copied the SSSTARS.SCR to a file called STARS.EXE,
added it to my MAIN group and set up a short cut key to turn on the 
screen saver.  Now with the click of a mouse, or CTR-ALT-S, I get a password
locked screen.  BTW you need to add a /S parameter to the command line
otherwise it comes up in config mode.

And.... if you add it to your startup group then you get around the re-boot
problem.

Good Luck
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: gif to bmp the easy way
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:05:57 GMT

In article <172u08INNitp@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> brettw@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett D. Watson) writes:

>  Hmmm, I tried gif2bmp on a fairly common space gif, ICEWORLD.GIF.  I
>tried to load the BMP as my windows desktop and Control Panel crashed
>with a UAE!  Don't know what happened.  I can read the resulting BMP
>in P Brush, or WinGif.  Any ideas?


Just wondering.

1) Does Contro Panel crash when changing to any other .bmp?

2) Is ICEWORLD.GIF 1024x768?

3) You're using 3.0, right?



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: Terje Holmboe <terjeh@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Speeding up Windows... again...
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 10:06:15 GMT
Originator: terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no





   Hello again, and thank you ! I have had a lot of replies to my
   request for tipson how to speed up windows.

   This posting is hereby to be considered a general THANK YOU !

   The conclusions, just to make myself boring, is this :



   Step 1 : Windows 3.1

   Step 2 : More memory ( at least 8 MB, which is all this motherboard can
                          take onboard anyway. Any tips on what to do then ? :)

      2.1 : A 2MB RAM drive ( For the SWAPfiles I guess... ? )


   Step 3 : Use a permanent swap file. 
            ( All I have to do is convince windows that my disk is NOT 
              fragmented... *sigh* )

   Step 4 : Buy an accelerator card...

    

   Hmmm... There is no use for a 387. What I now am wondering is this :
   Why cannot Windows use the 387 ( if installed ) for some of the more
   painstaking labour of graphics ? Is this to complicated a task ?
   
   Mmm... whilst I remember : 1 MB RAM ( in Norway ) = 38 - 40 US $

     Any better ?   :)




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From: cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Windows.com doesn't work!
Summary: Help!  Windows.com doesn't work
Keywords: windows.com
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:10:49 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <sybesmer.714933756@uther> sybesmer@uther.calvin.edu (Eric W Sybesma) writes:

>After reading in PC magazine that I could change the startup screen
>merely by replacing the vgalogo.rle with another rle file, switching
>to another video driver in SETUP, and then switching back to my original
>video driver.  After doing this, I get a message that says
>"Can't run Win.com"  (or is it Windows.com?).
>

Did they mention in the article that the resulting win.com file must
be less than 64k bytes?  By definition, you can't run a .com file that
is greater than 64k bytes.  If the rle file you substituted is too big,
then the resulting win.com will be too big to run.

Chuck

Charles H. Chapman  (GTRI/MATD)             (404) 528-7588
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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From: peyman@vthnw.cvm.msu.edu (Peyman SaidiZand)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: MS Mouse and Grids
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:29:02 GMT
Organization: Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Michigan State Univ.

I hope someone has an answer to my mystery.  I have a Grid 1550 laptop that 
comes with one of those annoying isopoint devices attached to the keyboard.  
I hooked up a MS Mouse to the serial port and loaded the driver.  The mouse 
works with all my other software, except windows 3.1.  In fact after I exit 
windows, the mouse doen't work for the rest of the applications either.

Any ideas?

You can post it here or E-Mail me at:

peyman@cvm.msu.edu


Peyman SaidiZand;
E-Mail:  PEYMAN@CVM.MSU.EDU
PHONE#:  (517) 353-5551
FAX#:    (517) 336-1799
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.binaries.sounds.d,alt.binaries.sounds.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
Subject: Re: Covox driver for windows 3.1
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:09:06 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.133212.5124@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, hieronym@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Andreas Hieronymus) writes:
>I need a driver for ms-windows 3.1, which supports a covox plug in the
>parallel port. The plug is actually a simple D/A-converter. Many 
>sound programms support this type of playing sounds via a parallel
>port, e.g. modedit, stream tracker, playbwc, scoptrax. I hope there
>is a driver for ms-windows 3.1 which supports covox to use the
>multimedia extensions for playing e.g. midi-files. 
>
>Can anybody give me a hint where to get this driver?

I wonder if it's compatible with the Lifesize (TM) sound enhancer that came
with _Leather Goddesses of Phobos part 2_.  It's the same sort of thing; it
plugs into the printer port and outputs to an amplifier or whatever.

Check the device for the name of the manufacturer.  If you get a hold of
them or their distributor, I'm sure they will be more than happy to hook you
up with a driver for it.  Be sure to mention you are writing shareware and
that your documentation will include them as a source.

The only problem I see is the "multimedia" part.  These parallel-port D/A
converters are real CPU hogs.  If you make any windows calls to update the
screen or anything, you may get a pause in your sound.  LGOP2 stops the
sound on me whenever I do anything more than move the mouse.

Keith Lewis             klewis@mitre.org          "Mr. Cheap"
I don't dance to music; music dances to me.  Email me for my PGP key.
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:26:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.040823.9415@wam.umd.edu> macole@wam.umd.edu (Mario A. Cole) writes:
>In article <Sep.2.08.09.51.1992.3949@ratt.rutgers.edu> andrewsr@ratt.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes:

>>Wouldn't putting Windows on a stacker drive speed up performance?  

>Nope...Stacker compresses (or tries to) everything...whatever is on the stacker
>drive will have too be decompressed first...hence, any disk i/o operations will
>take a tad bit longer.  Of course, if you have files that are loaded in all at
>once..then you can save space by keeping them on the stacker drive.  I keep all
>of my windows apps on the stacker drive...except for windows itself and Norton
>Desktop.

Not strictly true. Depends where the bottleneck is. In the hardware
newsgroup people were posting that Stacker dramatically speeded up 
some systems. The ones that improved were those with fast CPUs... 
apparently anything with a 25 MHz DX and above, maybe even SX machines.
The bottleneck turned out to be disk transfer rates. The machines
have CPU cycles to spare, apparently.

Of course, one must make sure the permanent swap file remains unstacked..

>>What is wrong with HIMEM.SYS?
>
>Nothing...I just hate using MS supplied utils...it's liking using Paintbrush or
>Write instead of using PhotoStyler or MS Word.  I got hold of QEMM and I like
>it very much...of course, only after months of taming it.

I've found that unless you are loading tons of stuff high and using 
EMS there isn't too much of a difference... except himem usually requires
no taming.




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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter) 
Subject: re: WinQVT Posting problems 
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan 
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:32:44 GMT

In article <hippo.20.0@sonoma.edu> hippo@sonoma.edu (Michel Davidoff) writes:
>When I try to post wen using WinQVTnet I get kicked into the note pad and 
>then when done writing my artical WinQVTnet come back with error message. 
>Have anybody been able to post ? how?
>
>Thank you
>Michel

I'm posting this with WinQVT. Make sure you save the file to disk in Notepad
before you press POST in WinQVT. And don't change the filename in the "Post
followup article" dialog window!

Oh, and be sure that the PNEWS.HDR file in the WinQVT directory has every 
line ending in a space character, especially the header lines ending with 
a colon (:). Otherwise the NEWS server won't be able to correctly parse 
these lines.
Good luck! :)
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From: cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: packet driver bombs windows 3.1
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:27:06 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <2SEP199209034434@zeus.tamu.edu> sam4628@zeus.tamu.edu writes:

>   I'm trying to use NCSA telnet and QVTnet on my system.  The problem is
>that if the packet driver is installed, windows locks up on the logo screen.
>Since QVTnet is a windows program, this is somewhat inconvenient.  I've
>tried two different drivers with the same results, and the problem also
>seems to occur for Win 3.0. I'm using the 8003 packet driver, int 0x0A,
>mem base address 0xb000, int vector 0x300.  Any help would be appreciated!
>

Did you exclude the base address from use by Windows by including the line

EMMExclude=b000-b3ff, or however much memory your network card has?

Chuck

Charles H. Chapman  (GTRI/MATD)             (404) 528-7588
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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From: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Monitor
Date: 25 Aug 92 11:40:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima) 

  I'm not sure if this is appropriate, but a friend pointed this out to 
when I was over at his house.  He runs windows under 800X600 (or something 
like that) mode, and although he has a non-interlaced monitor and card, he 
has to run a program which makes his monitor run non-interlaced.  I am not 
positive but I believe he has a trident card.  I also found it odd that 
the program caused his vertical screen size to shrink about 25% from both 
the top and bottom, so he constantly has to readjust his monitor's dial 
everytime he enters and exits windows.  From what he told me and showed me 
about interlaced monitors, if you look at it from the corner of your eye, 
it flickers.  And that is exactly what his monitor did if he didn't run 
the program, and that is exactly what my monitor does right now.  I am in 
1024X760 (or something like that) mode, I have a microscan 3d/ADI monitor 
and an orchird Fahrenheit 1280 card with 1024K.  When I put it in the 
800X600 mode, it seems to be find, but I can definetly tell that it is 
interlaced in the 1024X760 mode.  Is there a program I need to run or 
something?  

   I also always thought that the monitor made the difference between 
being interlaced or not, and not the card?  I guess I'm just a bit 
confused.  Any suggestions/info?

Reza Naima
reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp

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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: elee969@elroy.uh.edu (Brown, William J.)
Subject: Platforms for NT
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:25:00 GMT

I've heard talk that windows NT will run on platforms other than intel.  If so,
will it run on an HP 9000?

William Brown
Applied Electromagnetics Group
Univ. of Houston
From: Monroe.Thomas@ttlg.UUCP (Monroe Thomas)
Sender: postmaster@ttlg.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Date: 27 Aug 92  16:51:14 mst

EVL>Bollocks all, if Windows were to be an OS it'd be a bloody daft one.
   >Ever hear of an OS you can quit and still have a functioning machine?!
   >Windows IS a shell with a GUI,a large one though. The only reason
   >Windows features the large amount of functionalism a lot of you
   >take as proof for it to be an OS is because DOS is even less competent.
   >Consider this, if DOS wasn't the farce it is but an advanced operating
   >system like it should have been and Windows would be the GUI it is
   >running on top of this DOS. This DOS would now feature functions for
   >memory and resource management Windows would still have to offer them
   >to its applications if only to pass them directly to DOS. Hence the
   >current API is no proof at all of it being an OS. It is just another
   >layer in a machines hierarchy. The fact that it must and can bypass
   >DOS for functionality DOS doesn't provide is only proof of the
   >incompetence of DOS.

EVL>Well, this should prolong this thread for another few weeks :-)

Yup...

What you are arguing is nice in theory.  The fact is DOS can't handle
resource management for Windows apps.  Thus Windows must do it.  Since
Windows must do it, it is providing operating system services.  It
does so by shutting DOS down, except for some file management.
Thus, the postulation that Windows is 90% of an OS is essentially
correct.

It would be nice if DOS did indeed handle resource allocation for a
multitasking environ.  Sadly it does not.  Thus, any GUI of Windows
proportions must also provide OS services.  This is not wishful
thinking.  This is the plain truth.  DESQview does the same on a much
smaller scale.  DV might be called 30% of an OS.

Nobody here is claiming Windows is a full fledged OS... it isn't since
it doesn't meet all the requirements.  It meets about 90% of them
tho'...

-Monroe

 * OLX 2.2 * "These test scores look better," Tom remarked.

 * Origin: Through the Looking Glass (42:100/14)
From: rvinluan@cs.cornell.edu (Rolando Vinluan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar 24x
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:04:38 GMT
Organization: Cornell University, CS Dept., Ithaca, NY

In article <1992Aug26.160625.5142@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, nsus_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Nick Susch) writes:
|> Hello. I just purchased a Diamond SpeedStar 24x video card and was wondering
|> if there are newer drivers anywhere (Newer then Apr. 92). Also, one problem

	I have v1.01, I think. The file date is some July date. But then,
I bought mine in Santa Clara (near where the company is), so maybe that's
why I got a later version. What's your box? I saw two kinds of boxes at the
CompUSA store I went to: One originally for a Speedstar 24 that had a
"24X" sticker on it, and one that's really for a 24X.


|> I noticed with the card is that, when AfterDark kicks in, the mouse cursor
|> doesn't go away. It just stays on the screen. Does any one know how to fix
|> this? Thanks.

	Nope, it's really like this because the drivers use a harware cursor. 
If you use the 24-bit mode, though, this doesn't happen. Doesn't really
matter to me though.
Date: Tue,  1 Sep 92 12:25:12 +0200
From: Martin_Schloeter@eurologic.fido.de (Martin Schloeter)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
X-Comment-To: (Name)
Organization: Die ersten 100.000 Jahre... 

N > >   You are ONLY describing the lack of security in the OS Windows. The
N > main re>   ason
N > >   for that is, that all apps and the system are running on the same CPU
N > >   protection ring.
N > Correct, I am ONLY describing the lack of security in Windows
N > (please don't put OS, it creates a bitter taste in my mouth, you'll
N > understand why in a while, it is premature to explain why now), AND I
N > have continued to explain the argument, but you missed it even after
N > I explained it.  Let me ask you, what is the essense of the argument
N > you commented?  Actually, answer what does this lack of API security
N > in windows, in particular, mean?
I'm only the opinion, that lack of security is no argument against an OS, only 
an argument against an OS which call's itself secure. Even bad system design is 
no argument against an OS, only against an OS which call's itself "nice 
designed". 
Martin
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WNQVTNET - Help
From: sbjie@engr.psu.edu (Sanjay Joshi)
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:46:59 EDT
Organization: Penn State University

HI,

I am having some problems with using wnqvtnet, especially when using the
gateway and namesever.  No matter what i specify to telnet it always
logs me into the namesever.

Can someone using the namesever and gateway in thier qvt_tcp.rc file
send me copy of the file, so i can see what i am doing wrong.

Also, I have been playing with version 2.1, is there a newer version
around. and where can I get it.

Thanks,

sanjay joshi.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: bmakuch@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian A Makuch)
Subject: Looking for Wayout (game)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 21:06:10 GMT


I'm looking for a windows shareware game called Wayout.
It is a 3D maze game. I saw an add in Windows magazine from
Eurosoft offering it in a pack of shareware. If anyone can