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From: worm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Ryan Bowles)
Subject: Re: Stacker vs. Superstor
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:18:08 GMT

In article <downs.63.727498434@helios.nevada.edu> downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs) writes:
>>Does anyone have any advice or info regarding the hard disk compression
>>programs - Stacker and/or Superstor? 
>>
>>Has anyone experienced any bad side effects caused by the installation
>>of either program. I have heard and suspect that the PC's is slowed 
>>because of the constant decompressing and compressing.
>>
>>Does Windows work happily with them?
>
>I've used Stacker 2.0 & 3.0 for about a year & have had no problems. If 
>anything, it _speeded up_ disk access since there's less for the disk to 
>read (course having a fast processer helps). I keep windows in an unstacked 
>part of the disk but all my Windows apps are in stacked drives & I've had no 
>problems. 3.0 even has controls available in Windows, though it actually 
>drops out of Windows to defragment, etc.
>
>My own recommendation if you get Stacker, though--don't select the "stack 
>entire disk" option. This stacks almost all of your drive & calls it C:, 
>leaving the tiny unstacked remainder as D:. This necessitates some (to me) 
>bizarre shenanigans involving keeping duplicate config.sys & autoexec.bat 
>files, swapping them back & forth if you edit them, etc. I just cleared off 
>most of my hard disk & told it to stack the empty space, creating a new 
>drive & leaving C: alone. Haven't had any problems.
>
>Lamont Downs
>downs@helios.nevada.edu

He's telling the truth here.. If you dont leave part of c drive unstacked.. you might run into some problems.. I had a buddy who stacked the whooe drive and couldnt do anything to it, because he had corrupted it..

-worm

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From: tmcg@blueline.EBay.Sun.COM (Tom McGinn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Authoring on a PC
Followup-To: poster
Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:47:09 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: blueline.ebay.sun.com


I apologize is this a FAQ, I don't usually read these net groups...

My father has produced a terrific text that when printed, produces
a "scrambled text".  This is a book that allows the reader to make
decisions while reading the text and "branch" to other pages within
the book.

He worked long and hard on it, as the compilation of the page numbers,
the text and the brancing were done manually.  Clearly this document
cries out for some type of Hypertext program.  

What I'm looking for is advice, suggestions, pointers, anything, that
I can use to start looking into converting the printed text to a
computer based model.  The text is entirely in WordPerfect, and ideally
the desired program would take the text as is and allow him to author
the links.  Further, if the program were also capable of including
images, audio, and digital video (ala QuickTime) this would be a big
plus.

Of course other ideal attributes would be that the runtime produced
could be run across a wide variety of PC platforms, from an XT up
to a 486 (maybe even a Mac?).  I aware of ToolBook, but from my limited
experience, using it would be a lot of work based upon the nature of
the program.  Are there others that concentrate on hypertext?

Please reply directly to me as I don't get a chance to peruse these
net groups often.

I appreciate any of your collective wisdom!

Tom McGinn
Course Developer
Sun Microsystems 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.windows.ms
From: bulkem@sage4c.its.rpi.edu (Mark Andrew Bulkeley)
Subject: Driver for pc speaker
Reply-To: bulkem@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:53:22 GMT

Can somebody tell me how to download the driver for the pc speaker to make noises associated with certain window commands (like closing a window, etc.)
I know the driver is on WIX, but if somebody already has it and could e-mail it to me that would be great (you might also like to include instuctions on how I make a normal file out of the letter.

Thank you!

MAB
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From: imes@cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Recommendations for a Tape Backup
Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:48:09 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: boa.cis.ohio-state.edu

I'm in the market for a tape backup system.  Since I know next to nothing about
these systems, I'd like to field suggestions as to makes and models, as well
as software.  

Give you a few specs on my system here:
	386-40 noname clone
	80 MB HD
	3.5" 1.44 MB FD
	2 open 5.25" slots
	1 open 3.5" slot
	
That oughta do it.
===============================================================================
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CIS Undergraduate Student	   apart by something as simple as wild dogs."
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From: dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PKZ204C - WARNING!  Virus found.
Summary: Ignorance is bliss
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:21:33 GMT
Organization: Data Factory Services, Harrisburg, Pa.

In article <eiyHXB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>, trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes:
> Warning!  If you download PKZ204C.EXE and use it, you may become infected 
> with a virus!  A friend of mine and I both downloaded the program from 

Ya just gatta wonder if these guys also believe the "Make your 2400 baud
modem into a 9600 baud modem" files that circulate periodically. 

At the very least they oughtta read the net more often. 

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From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
Subject: Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?
Originator: bern@kleopatra
Organization: Theor. CS, FB IV / CS, Univ. of Trier, Germany (Internet TI.Uni-Trier.DE)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:04:57 GMT

In <1993Jan25.181926.19241@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>Last time I looked (ages ago) windows keeps accessing the harddisk
>periodically (every3-5 seconds) even when it isn't touched.
>I never found a valid reason for it doing so.

Windows keeps its Swap Space on Disk, and it uses Caching Mechanisms. Every
now and then, it should have a Look whether it can flush them. Maybe it
maintains a "Last Flush" Timestamp on the Disk?

Regards,
								J. Bern
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From: B7QT@MUSICT.MCGILL.CA (B7QT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.tech
Subject: HELP! Does upgrad 286 --> 386 MultiTask?
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:01:56 GMT
Organization: McGill University


Hi everyone,

I need some help.  I am in the market to purchase a an old 286 or
386 to use as a permanent Internet connection.  I have been offered
a 286 that was upgraded (via piggback board I think) to a 386/25.

My question is the following:

I plan to install Windows so that I can use the Helldiver newsreader
for Waffle.  Will this setup multitask or is the original architecture
of the 286 going to limit it to a glorified taskswapper?  Will I be
able to run Waffle in the background while using Helldiver to read
the posting?

Many thanks in advance for all your help!!!

Indy (Luis Escaleira)
B7QT@musicb.mcgill.ca
From: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.org (Wayne Summer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Mixing HD Controllers??
Date: 22 Jan 93 20:36:27 GMT
Reply-To: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Distribution: usa
Organization: Wayne's Machine; Palm Bay, Florida

In article <1jmi4fINN3dq@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> awang@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Angus Wang - Sun NC Development Center) writes:
> I am interested in purchasing a 486 system and was wondering if
> one could have more than one disk controller in a PC system of
> different types.  For example, if the package comes with a 200Meg
> IDE drive with dual FD connections, could I use another slot later
> and drop in a SCSI controller in and use SCSI HD/tape drive/CD-ROM,
> or would I have to remove the IDE controller & disk? This would help
> me decide whether to upgrade now or later.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Angus
>
I have a 386 system with a similar setup - 200 MB IDE HD and a SCSI CD-ROM.
I haven't tried a SCSI HD or tape drive with the system; but, according to the
docs., it should work.

A 486 should not have any problems.  You just can't have two IDE controllers
in your system :-(.  I prefer SCSI because, on my system, I only have one
custom config for a HD.  Therefore, I have to use an identical drive if I want
to add a second drive.  And that is only if it will work as a slave.
--
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From: brianm@soda.berkeley.edu (Brian Markenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Stacker 3.0 problems
Date: 25 Jan 1993 05:45:47 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

I just installed Stacker 3.0 on my Hard Drive, and it appears to be working
fine.  However, there is a recurring problem that is making me a bit
nervous, so I'd appreciate any advice or information that anyone can give me
regarding it.
	I am running a 486/33 with a 212meg HD.  I stacked 60 megs of free
space and made it drive d:, I then proceeded to stack another 60 megs from
c: drive and made it e:.
	Okay, the problem is relatively simple:  with some consistency, I am
getting read errors off of both of my stacked drives.  I will try to run a
file, and will get beeped, saying "Read error" with the Abort etc, message.
If I retry a couple of times, then the problem seems to disappear.  It has
happened with a number of files...but not every time I run the file.  When I
run check on the stacked drive, it reports no errors.  when I run NDD on my
C: drive, it reports no errors.  Chkdsk also, on all 3 of the drives, c:,
d:, and e:, reports no errors.  This is making me nervous, so again, any
help or comment would be greatly appreciated.
	E-mail replies appreciated, but not required. :-)

	Thank you.


-- 
Brian Markenson
---------------
brianm@soda.Berkeley.EDU
brianm@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
From: joshuaf@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Recommended PD games for IBM PC
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:10:25 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

In article <1993Jan21.112937.91048@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>, slb143c@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
> 
> 	PD games for IBM-Compatible
> 	---------------------------
> 
> Can any kind networker recommend any particular PD games for IBM PC
> which can be obtained by using anonymous FTP ?
> 
> When answering this request, please tell me the name of the game,
> the address of the FTP site, and what directories you have to
> access, to find the game.
> 
> 	Thanking you in anticipation
> 
> 		Wu
> 
> 	( Beginner FTP - er )
> 	Victoria, Australia


Ditto!

Please post if possible.  Email if you can't.

Your help is much appreciated!

Josh
From: cjohnson@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Wordperfect 5.1 footnotes problem
Date: 26 Jan 1993 04:58:22 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Summary: footnotes not printing properly in wordperfect
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 #1

Hello all,

A friend of mine has wordperfect 5.1 and has a small problem with it.

At home it prints fine, but at work the footnotes sometimes foul up.

Here's what happens :
	First everything wil be ok, then,
	One footnote will be printed too far down (the choice of which
footnote appears random), 
	Then next footnote will include footnotes that should have been
on the previous page, and it will go way over the page break, then skip
that page and go back to being well aligned, then,
	Sometimes a footnote will be printed back over the main text.

The machine at home is an XT with an Epson FX-80 or similar printer.

The Machine at work is an NEC Powermate SX Plus conected to a SUN-NFS
network with LPT3 (network lpt) dataproducts laser printer and in the
office an Epson lq-570 on LPT1 (local device), the correct printer
drivers appear to be installed properly.

Oh, and another thing, the prevew - "view document" shows the page how
it should be, not how it prints.  And the problems seemed to only appear
when dos was upgraded from 3.3 to 5.0

You can reach her at schapple@decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au
Or me at Cjohnson@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Any help gratefully received,

Chris.. 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:19:26 GMT

mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:

>In article <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bes38869@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Bard Duelak   ) writes:
>>	I have a 386DX@40Mhz, w/ a Maxtor 7120A 130Mb Hd, and a
>>Cirrus GD54 video card.  I havent noticed this before, but when I enter
>>Windows, it seems to be taking longer for it to start up, and then when 
>>it finally does, Windows seems to be accessin the HD alot, and when it isnt
>>accessing the HD, the HD lights constantly flicker.  They dont do this
>>running under DOS.  I have even run the most recent version of scan on
>>all the files on the hard drive, and no viruses are reported.
>>	Has anyone had this problem, or know what is causing it and
>>how to stop it?  Please post, or reply by e-mail.

>How many buffers and files do you have set in your config.sys?  If you don't
>have enough of either, Windows will be foreced to do a lot of disk accessing
>(at least, that has been my experience).  I set 30 files and 15 buffers,
>though your mileage may vary, if this is indeed the problem.

Last time I looked (ages ago) windows keeps accessing the harddisk
periodically (every3-5 seconds) even when it isn't touched.
I never found a valid reason for it doing so.



-- 
Erik van Linstee   |   Delft University of Technology   |   I'll be back ... 
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   in our holy brains...  (Yello)
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From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.databases
Subject: Re: Please name any good Accounting shareware
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:30:10 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Distribution: na

feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke) writes:

>In article <1993Jan18.132356.21685@nap.amoco.com> zjop02@NAP.AMOCO.COM writes:
>>In article <C10sq8.H6p@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:
>>>I am looking for a good accounting package (shareware). Could you please

>MEDLIN can be found on SIMTEL20 and many BBS.  This is a full functioned
>accounting software package containing G/L, A/R, A/P, Payroll and Invoice.

MEDLIN is excellent but it's not integrated. I.e., you can't get the
different modules to always post this in a robust manner to all the
affected accounts.

Kevin
Prof. of Finance
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: gilligan@camelot.bradley.edu (Edward Henigin)
Subject: Networked games?
Summary: know of good multi-player games for ethernet networks?
Organization: Your Mother's Knee
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:55:51 GMT


At ftp.ulowell.edu under msdos/Games/Misc I have found nspace13.zip
which is a space game where up to 8 players can be networked together
to play at the same time, against each other, in an outerspace shoot-em-up
duel, over an ethernet connection.  This looks like an awesome game,
although I haven't been able to get it to work for my particular
ethernet card (my config.tel file for NCSA Telnet says the hardware=packet,
which is the most general and least reliable connection for the game.)

My question is, Has anyone seen any other games which can network people
together to play at the same time?  I'm looking for something that works
over ethernet connections, hopefully something 'arcade style' (ie, no
text adventures)  and definitely no MUD's.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Need help with wordstar printing
From: ng4@husc10.harvard.edu (Ho Leung Ng)
Date: 24 Jan 93 01:26:35 GMT


   Hello.  I am using Wordstar 5.5 and am having difficulties printing
italics.  I am using a Star NX-1000 II printer and use the NX-1000 printer
definition file.  When I print italics in NLQ, I get normal typeface.  However,
boldface, superscript, subscript, and underline work fine.  Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Ho Leung Ng
ng4@husc.harvard.edu
From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (roy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Fit lots of files on a floppy??
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:54:47 GMT
Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN
X-Newsreader: rusnews v0.98

jarnold@tixel.mv.com writes:

> I've got an application where I want to write a LOT of smaller files
> (around 280 files, each file being around 3K bytes) to this floppy.
> The total size required (280 * 3000) is clearly lessthan 1.44MB, yet
> DOS won't let me do it.  Not an "insufficient disk space" message, but
> a bogus message about "can't duplicate file entry".  I am assuming this
> is because of the insufficient space for *directory* entries?

Exactly!

> Is this logical?  If so, is there a way (I couldn't find one) to
> increase the size of each allocation unit from 512 to some other
> number?

Logical?  Sure, in a way.  A root directory has to be a fixed size under
MS-DOS.  If you need more filenames, just put them all in a subdirectory.
But be prepared for some long access times when searching a directory
like that.  It will get pretty badly fragmented.
--
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roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu  [my opinions]            sometimes, you're the bug!"
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From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Computer Problem... please help
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:37:36 GMT
Reply-To: ahummel@ems.cdc.com
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC

In article <1993Jan24.213734.10312@newshost.lanl.gov>, sct@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan23.183543.12329@sarah.albany.edu> pv9955@gemini writes:
|> >I think I deserve this punishment.
|> >Back in June, my family bought a Gateway2000 486sx25.  It is a fine computer.
|> >...then it died.
|> >
|> >What is happening is that when it is turned on, the three indicator lights
|> >flash on, and then everything turns off.  No fan spinning; no hard drive.
|> >Gateway Tech Support said they cannot send an On-Site technician to my home
|> >because they do not do "troubleshooting."  I will first have to find the
|>          ------------------------------
|> >problem, and they will send me a replacement part.  Only if it is a big job
|> >will they send someone to do the work.
|> >
|> 
|> 
|> Waite a minute!!  What good is having "on-site" technical support if they
|> don't troubleshoot?  I may have been naive, but what is the "on-site"
|> support for except to fix something you cannot identify?  Am I wrong??  If
|> this is the case, then we've been dupped by the claim.

Immediately, if not sooner, get back to Gateway 2000 and get a service
manager, and if the story is the same call Ted Weitt owner, you will
probably get an assistant, but you should get some assistance on this
problem. According to the adds You are entitled to one-year service
on site if you can not fixit.
From: unicorn@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Adrian Castillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for comm program to allow quasi-windows
Date: 27 Jan 1993 09:39:20 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: dopey.cc.utexas.edu

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a situation I am in.
	I have a Thunderboard soundcard along with software, that can record
	sound in a *.WAV format.  I would like to be able to analyze the 
	sound in mathematica, but mathematica will only accept sound as a
	string or array of numbers (signifying the intensity, etc.).  

I would be very appreciative if someone could help me with this problem, or
even let me know if this sounds hopeless.  
	
	Please email me at unicorn@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu or post something

	Thanks in advance,

	Adriannn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc