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From: SXMRP@orca.alaska.edu (Michael R. Platzke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Monitor
Date: 27 Aug 92 02:02:54 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network

In article <897.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp> reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)  writes:
>From: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima) 
>Subject: Monitor
>Date: 25 Aug 92 11:40:00 GMT

>  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

>--- WinQwk 1.10a #0
>                                                       

I too have this problem.  It seems that the problem lies both in the video
card and the monitor.  I think different video modes can cause the screen
to shrink and grow.  I have the problem on two differnt cards using two
different chipsets (one is a S3 based Diamond Stealth, same chip as the 1280)
On my el-cheapo 14", there is nothin I can do but adjust the screen.  On my
Viewsonic 7 17" digital monitor, the monitor has the ability to store
different resolution sizes in memory and hence when the video card switches
modes,the monitor adjusts automatically.  When I goe to interlaced mode, I
can definately tell the difference, especially in white areas.  I cannot
use the monitor for more than 15 minutes without taking a break for eye
strain.

Hope this helps some...

-Michael R. Platzke (sxmrp@orca.alaska.edu)
From: dingbat@diku.dk (Niels Skov Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with WinFax Pro 2.0
Date: 2 Sep 92 12:08:20 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

xtdn@levels.unisa.edu.au writes:

>Greetings All,

>I am interested in hearing from people who have purchased WinFax Pro 2.0
>and who have had problems with same.

We do a lot of faxing to China (from europe) and the lines are often
very bad. Sometimes during the initial handshaking WinFax comes up
with a "No communication from modem" message. One then has to click
it away, after which the event is removed from the pending list. This,
I think, is a misfeature as it prevents us from putting several faxes
through overnight unattended.

The manual doesn't say what this message means. Is it the local or 
remote modem that refuses to communicate? The fax usually goes through
after several retries (which alas cannot be done unattended).

Since switching to Windows 3.1, when selecting receipient the correct
phone number is no longer automatically inserted when tabbing to the
phone number field. One now has to go into the phone book and pick the
right entry.

We are using WinFax Pro 2.0 with a cheap GVC Supermodem 2400

[ ... ]

Niels
From: tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:25:34 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

What is the argument behind, "What operating system, when it crashes,
leaves the computer operational?"  I am asking you to think this over
before you continue to read.  What is the essence of the argument?  I
would like you to respond to this without continuing reading, and do
not alter your response after you continue reading-- you don't have to
post the response, it's for you.
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"What operating system, when it crashes, leaves the computer operational?"

An operating system manages resources (CPU time, memory space, file
storage space, I/O devices and so on).  The operating acts as the
manager of these resources and allocates them to specific programs and
users as necessary for the latter's tasks.  It controls these
resources,i.e., execution of programs (cpu), improper use of these
resources (an application trying to access previliged memory, for
instance), and more emphasis is usually put on control of I/O devices.
On the highest level of abstraction, the operating system brings life
into the dead hardware.  The Hard-drive is a piece of metal and
magnetic surface without instructions, the memory is useless without
means to access it, it is the operating system that connects these two
and all other parts of the computer into a single operating unit--
hence the name "operating system."

It follows directly from the definition of an operating sysem (any
definition as long as it is reasonably detailed, a few lines of
definition) that when the operating system dies, crashes, taken out of
control the hardware is dead, disjointed and useless.  The essence of
the argument, "What operating system, when it crashes, leaves
the computer operational?" now clearly follows.  If it were the
operating system that crashed the computer would be a collection of
metal objects of relatively high complexity completely disjointed, and
useless. [Hardly the case with windows]

There is no contradiction in any thing said so far in the posts.  Even
in VM where there are nested operating system this is true.  If the
CPM operating system crashes it leaves the virtual machine, which it
was executing on, completely disjoint and non-operational.  The
physical machine on which CPM is running is still in good shape,
because it's operating system, VM, was not touched.

-Tomer
From: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows..
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:55:00 GMT
Reply-To: reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp (Reza Naima)
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591

jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes in article <btjn+ab@lynx.unm.edu>

>Almost true.  What you should do is set the TEMP environment variable 
>(and
>tmp, for some other programs) to a subdirectory on the RAM disk.  The 
>reason
>for this is some programs (COREL DRAW, Windows Print manager, etc.) 
>create
>and play around with temporary files that slow down the system if 
>written ........

  What would be a good setting for the size of the ram drive?  I have 8 
Megs to play with, and am currently using using 2 for smartdrive in 
windows (that's it!).

Reza
reza.naima@uttsbbs.uucp        

--- WinQwk 1.10a #0
From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Can 123 3.1 run in the background in Win 3.1?
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:04:31 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Hello netters,

I have been unable to get 123 3.1 (for DOS) to run in the background.
I am using Windows 3.1 on a MicroTech 486-33 at work.  I can run
123 3.1 fine, but when I try to check the background execution box,
Windows complains and freezes the 123.  Is there a way to run 123 3.1
in the background?

Thanks,

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From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Subject: .FNT font files
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 23:54:29 GMT

Does anyone know of a source of Windows fonts files with the .FNT 
extension or a utility to convert .FON files to .FNT format?  Any
hints, suggestions, references, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Skip Sauls
skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu




Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: goudswaa@fraser.sfu.ca (Peter Goudswaard)
Subject: Re: "Events" in sounds section of win.ini??
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:20:02 GMT

dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones) writes:

>In article <1684E72A1.IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU> IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (D. Kirk Darnell) writes:
>>Can anyone describe the events in the [sounds] section of ini file?
>>A couple are rather obvious like start and stop but asterisk and exclamation
>>are not necassarily as clear.  Thanks for your information....
>> 
>> 
> Well, it really relies on the application calling MessageBeep with the
> appropriate parameter (MB_ICONEXCLAMATION etc.).  There's a mapping
> between these parameters and the system events, and that's as far as
> it goes.  Windows Accesories use "exclamation" to tell you that you're
> being an idiot, as in scrolling back beyond the beginning of a file.

I noticed that in our Multimedia Windows _3.0_, in the Control Panel
under Sound, there is a box that is missing in Win 3.1 -- a box called
Edit or Add, I think.  The help wasn't helpful, and it appeared to
add a name to the Events list, and then of course you could then add
a matching .WAV sound to it.  However, it didn't say anything about
what kind of names you could use.  Am I correct in assuming that
there are other undocumented calls (i.e. MB_HELPABOUT), or is this
in there for future development?

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From: ashaw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (andrew.shaw)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:48:04 GMT

From article <714728840.0@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>, by Monroe.Thomas@ttlg.UUCP (Monroe Thomas):
> 
> <Sigh...  here we go again!>
> 
> The definition of an operating system is that it manages
> 
>     1) memory   (I know, a special case of #2)
>     2) resources
>     3) processes
>     4) file system
>
> [and then makes the case that these criteria are mostly met].
 
My $.02: that's fine as far as it goes, but I think a classic OS should
*stop* after providing these services.  The shell, or GUI, or what have
you, should then be applications using the services of the OS.  Windows
provides too much of an applicationy feel for me to consider it a real
OS.  What they should do is move all of the 4 things above into DOS, and
then run Windows as an application, a la X.  But then I'm a UNIX type.
From: nunis@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Simon NUNIS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Password protection
Date: 2 Sep 92 08:25:04 GMT
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server

yeah...

i once tried that program too...dunno where it comes from.  it is very good
and it allows you to have 6 different user passwords and one admin password.

with the admin one, you can override all the user ones.  it even has a 
screen lock/saver...not bad really...also, it disables hard disk access
when booting from a floppy...real nice.

you don't even have to reformat your drive when you install...and i 
think it is real neat...

only problem is...if you accidentally delete your config file, or any
of it's control files, you are in for a good time.  so always make
sure you have a copy setup on floppy...in case that happens.

when i was trying it, i accidentally deleted one of the config files.
then, i had no backups of the program, and the only way i could access
the hard disk was to reformat it...sigh...so sad...

enough said...anyone knows where i can get that program now?

simon.
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: funka@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Funk)
Subject: NT-Logitech mouse question
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:55:18 GMT

Hi,

just installed the Windows-NT prerelease and 
everything works fine- except my LOGI-S9 serial mouse,
connected to Com1. I tried several settings, including
Microsoft serial, Logi serial etc. but the mouse cursor
is just jumping around on the screen.

Any hints appreciated

Thanx in advance

Funky


Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Windows == OS
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:39:45 GMT

In <TGUEZ.92Aug24191246@jade.tufts.edu> tguez@jade.tufts.edu (Name) writes:


>   YS> the
>   YS> >resources of the computer". By this definition Windows is a 90% OS.
>   YS> Windows

[Much description of Event Driven multitasking deleted.]

>Therefore, I hold my position, windows is not even close to an
>operating system.  True there are things that will make you think it's
>an operating system, for instance, the ms-dos time sharing is very
>nice compared to the windows apps "time BSing" but then you never hear
>of DesqView held as an operating system.

So, in other words, by your definition, for something to be an
operating system it must provide preemptive multitasking.  Sorry, but
that requirement simply doesn't make sense.  Given that definition,
practically nothing in the 'personal computer' world is running an
'operating system' except for those boxes running OS/2 or UNIX
variants.

Oh, and just by the way, since Windows DOES provide preemptive
multitasking for DOS tasks, would that make it an OS by your
definition, too?

>p.s.
>I did not intend to be rude to anyone or shoot flames
>at any particular company, maybe a little flame
>toward marketing schemes but no more than that.

Not to worry.  I think most people who recognize what an OS is also
recognize that calling something an OS does not necessarily make it a
GOOD OS.

Perhaps you should find out more about what an operating system is and
does?  As a hint, preemptive multitasking is neither necessary nor
required. 



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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: WinQVTNet and PC-NFS?
From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 03:47:41 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

Is it possible to run both programs such as WinQVTNet and PC-NFS
together on the same ethernet card?

If this cannot be done, is it possible to run them on two different
ethernet cards in the same machine?

If this is impossible too (sob), are there any similar programs that
will run together?

Thanks for your help.





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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: Stephen Gibson
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: re: MAG15 and STEALTH VRAM
Date: 2 Sep 92 23:13:49 GMT
Organization: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA


In article <1992Sep2.215148.5819@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> tanin@cat42.cs.wisc.edu (Mark Tanin) writes:
>Would someone please tell me the best monitor to choose from the STEALTH
>SMODE utility so the card uses my MAG15 to its potential(the MAG is not
>one of the available choices).
>
>
>You can email me at tanin@garfield.wisc.cs.edu
>
>				Thanks in Advance,
>				Mark Tanin 

From within the SMODE utility, use the CUSTOM monitor definition.  You 
will be presented with options for video modes 640 x 480 thru 
1280 x 1024.  For each video mode that you choose, use the 
cursor to center the box on the screen.  Check your Stealth 
documentation for more info.

Stephen Gibson
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Com port trouble
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:20:36 GMT

In <1992Aug20.140906.42461@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> paulj@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (pPAUL JEFFERSON) writes:

>I am having trouble setting up my modem to work with Windows 3.1.  The
>modem is on COM 3 and my mouse is on COM 1. Does anybody have any
>ideas on how to get it to work. Thanks

Insufficient information given, but I'd bet that COM1 and COM3 are
both set to use IRQ4.  Change COM3 (on the hardware) to use IRQ2 or
IRQ5.  


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From: mikeo@spider.co.uk (Mike Overton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: QVTNET on notebook?
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:09:31 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

I am using qvtnet on my notebook, which has a standard notebook style
keyboard. The program, believing it to be a 102 key enhanced style,
keeps locking the keyboard into num lock mode. This means an 'l' ends
up as a '3' etc. Although I can turn it off with <shift>+<num lock>,
the program seems to randomly relock.

Anyone have any ideas about a setting to prevent this?

Mike Overton (mikeo@spider.co.uk)
From: SXMRP@orca.alaska.edu (Michael R. Platzke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 4.0 (really DOS 6.0)
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:06:13 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network

In article <1992Aug25.041115.11752@CS.ORST.EDU> gonzalm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Mario Gonzales) writes:
>From: gonzalm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Mario Gonzales)
>Subject: Windows 4.0 (really DOS 6.0)
>Date: 25 Aug 92 04:11:15 GMT


>I have heard from a reliable source that Dos 6.0 will be a step by MS to
>counteract what DRDOS 7.0? will have by the way of features + a way for
>MS to play catch up with DRDOS 6.0.  Some of the new features of
>MS DOS 6.0 are to be Disk Doubler Drive Compression, Norton Speedisk,
>CP Backup, Anti Virus... Also a serial network with a server and client
>included in dos..  (to counteract Novells intorduction of possible
>novell lite in DRDOS 7.0).

>Also MSDOS 6.0 will take the NDOS (ala 4dos) approach I belive..

>From what I have heard it sounds like MS is in the business of buying MSDOS
>6.0 from Symantec, Central Point, etc... What ever happend to them writing
>the OS?  Well if the "improvements" to windows are any indication then I 
>think it is best to have MS purchase MSDOS 6.0 and sell it as theirs! :-)

What exactly is it that you want out of DOS 6.0?  IMHO, MS should spend as
little time as possible on DOS.  The 6.0 version sounds to me as exactly you
described, something to keep up with DRDOS.  People complain about Win 3.X
being a cludge becaus it attempts to do multiprocessing on top of a single
processing, 16 bit OS.  Imagine the complaints if MS tried to upgrade DOS
to 32 bits with installable files systems, etc.  It would be an ugly and
probably unworkable kludge.  If you have a 286 system, continue to use MS or
DR DOS and your older apps, they still work great.  If you have a 386 or
better system, go with Win 3.1 or OS/2.  OS/2, in paticular, does great DOS
work and integrates well.  If you have the system for it, run NT.  It really
is designed to take advantage of all the advances that have taken place and
will take place (distributed computing, multiprocessor systems, multiple
platforms, etc.).  Why do people demand that MS constantly try to upgrade an
OS that should have died years ago? 

>Cute Bill... How about UNIX, Novell 4.0, Desqview X, and OS/2 all bundled
>together as Windows FX 1.0 - Needing the New P5 running at 95 mhz with
>120 MB of ram and taking 230 MB of Disk Space...

Sounds a lot like NT (very UNIX like, integrated networking, OS/2 1.X
compatibility...)  The hardware requirements are not that bad.  I would
much rather see MS work on an NT that has great future expandibility rather
than great compatibility (I know, thats just my opinion).  I'd also rather
see MS continue to work on NT and not devote as much resources to DOS, a
dead OS.

-Michael R. Platzke (sxmrp@orca.alaska.edu)
From: kaustell@viikki.Helsinki.FI (KIM OLAVI KAUSTELL (MATEK))
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Password protection
Date: 2 Sep 92 05:31:06 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Fac.Agric.For.


>Hi.  The problem with keylocks is that some computer manufacturers don't go to
>the trouble to make each key unique!!!  You got one key, you can open them
>all!

>Tschuess,
>David Paschal

Not to mention the quality of the "locks". Some of them do not survieve 
continous use but fall apart or the key wears and becomes useless...


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From: Terje Holmboe <terjeh@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Speeding up Windows
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:43:36 GMT
Originator: terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no



  This might be a FAQ, but I'll chance it... :)

  I've got a 386/25, 4 MB memory, running W3.0. I want things speeded up.

  Apart from the NATURAL solution ( buy a 486/66 :) what can I do ?

   - Install more memory ?
   - Install a 387 ?
   - Installl W3.1 ?


   I am using a Tseng ET4000 1MB card, and especially the screen updates
   are abit slow.





		 	yt, Terje Holmboe

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