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Help! - Disappearing Groups!!!
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 30
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca
Salutations!
I don't usually subscribe to these newsgroups so I would really
appreciate it if someone could possibly e-mail me the answer to my problem.
I have been using Windows 3.1 since buying it last winter but I have just
now come across an annoying bug. I now have about 8 different groups in
program manager but it seems that everytime I install something new that
makes a new group, it promptly disappears after I turn of windows!
This happened when I installed Excel and WinFax Pro v.3. They both created
their own groups but when I turned off windows and reran them, they were
gone. I had to manually pull them up as new items and put them in a
previously existing group as all new gropus disappear as soon as I turn
off windows.
my set up:
precision 386dx-25 w/ 4 megs
Trident 8900c with 1 meg
Windows 3.1 running in 800x600 colour mode
logitech mouseman
Thank you in advance!
Emile Woo
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Any updated Canon BJ-200 driver
Organization: dis
Lines: 7
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.ai.mit.edu
Hi ... can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of updated Canon BJ-200
printer driver for Windows 3.1, if any ? I have ver 1.0 which comes with
my BJ-200 printer, I just wonder if there is any newer version.
Thanks very much, please email.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
last
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee School Of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI USA
Lines: 20
I have two questions:
1) I have been having troubles with my Wordperfect for Windows.
When I try to select and change fonts, etc. some of the text
disappears. I tried to center two lines once, and the second
line disappeared. I can not find the error, and I do not
know how to correct it.
2) Is this the right newsgroup? Where should I go?
E-mail prefered...
_____
Who else is still waiting for "Naked Gun Part | | "
''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/
'/''/'Nathan'Narloch''/''/''/'""/''/''/''/'
/''/''/''/''/''or'/'""'/''/''
''/''/Milw,/WI/53207/''/'"Join'the'Official'Psycho/Team..."/''/''/
'/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/''/'
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Chera Bekker <>WANTED: Xterm emulator for windows 3.1
Keywords: xterm
Reply-To:
Organization: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Lines: 14
Hello,
I am looking for a Xterm emulator which runs under windows 3.1.
Please reply via E-mail.
Thanks.
Chera Bekker
--
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Faculty of Applied Physics Voice: +3153893107
University of Twente Fax: +3153354003
The Netherlands
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: WANTED: Address SYMANTEC
Reply-To:
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 27
writes:
>I am looking for the exact address of the Symantec Coporatoin, which
>distributes Norton Desktop and other Windows software.
>
>The information I am looking for is:
>
>Mail address
>Phone number
>Fax number
>E-mail address
Try
or
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>--
>*** Nothing beats skiing, if you want to have real fun during holidays. ***
>*** Rob de Winter Philips Research, IST/IT, Building WL-1 ***
>*** P.O. Box 80000, 5600 JA Eindhoven. The Netherlands ***
>*** Tel: +31 40 743621 E-mail: ***
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Network Administrator @ University of Charleston / Dept of Biology & Geology
S.C. Space Grant Consortium -792-4969 / FAX -792-5446
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Truetype OEM font with line drawing characters etc wanted
Distribution: world
Organization: Cavendish Systems
Reply-To:
X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 1.90
Lines: 13
Title says it all: I'm in need of a Truetype OEM character set font - ie
one that contains the line drawing and other characters in the PC
character set similar to those you get when running a text mode application.
If anyone could point me at such a thing, I'd be grateful.
[The only OEM fonts included with Windows are not Truetype.]
Regards,
--
Colin Manning
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Help on bitmaps
Summary: Bitmap size
Keywords: Bitmap, windows 3.1, SDK
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Lines: 18
I wonder if anyone can tell me whether or not I can create a bitmap
of any size? I followed the bitmap creation example in SDK manual
and specified a 24x24 bitmap and supplied
a byte string with 72 chars. But I just cannot get the right bitmap
image. I changed the width/height to 32x32 and used the same value
string and
got the image.
The example in the manual is 64x32 size, which are multiple of 2 bytes.
Can you define a bitmap image of any size?
Thanks very much.
G Chen
--
G. Chen, Centre for Information Technology Research, University of
Queensland, Australia 4072
Tel: +61 7 365 4325, Fax +61 7 365 4399
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Proteced Mode
Organization: University of Tromsoe
Lines: 1
I'm looking for information how W-NT uses Proteced Mode.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Mathcad 4.0 swap file?
Organization: Scientific Computing Divison/NCAR Boulder, CO
Lines: 119
Reposting and summarizing, for your information or additional comment.
*** THIS IS LONG ***
I have 16MB of memory on my 386SX , an Intel math coprocessor, and
a 120MB hard drive with 20MB free . I have been running
Mathcad 3.1, under Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode, with a 5MB RAM drive,
2MB/1MB Smart drive, and no swap file for
several months.
I am interested in the faster Mathcad 4.0, but I am concerned about reported
swap file requirements and the legitimacy of Mathsoft's claim about increased
speed.
TO 386SX USERS:
Will Mathcad 4.0 run without a swap file, or insist that I use a swap file?
So far, in response to a less detailed description of my setup, or in
unrelated postings, the more informed answers, on the net or by E-mail,
appear to be:
1) by >>
>> According to Mathsoft, no. Mathcad uses the swap file extensively so as
>> not to overburden the physical resources. They say this is actually a
>> win32s feature. A figure of 10MB was indicated to me as a minimum. But
>> you might try anyway!
2) by >>
>> I'm not all that certain that Mathcad is the culprit here.
>>
>> I have a 486/66DX2 with 16MB of main memory ,
>> which I have been running without any swapfile. When I installed the
>> WIN32s subsystem from the March Beta of the NT SDK, the WIN32s subsystem
>> itself demanded the presence of a swapfile. The only WIN32s program
>> I've run to date is the 32-bit version of Freecell that came with that
>> subsystem.
>>
>> I gave Windows a small temporary swapfile , and all seems well.
3) by >>
>> What is Win32? I upgraded to Mathcad 4.0 and it installed a directory for
>> Win32 under \windows\system . During the upgrade it told me that win32
>> was required.
4) by >>
>> MathCad 4.0 makes use of the Win32s libraries. You've probably
>> heard about Win32s, it is a 32-bit Windows library that provides
>> much of the Windows NT functionality but can be run under Windows 3.1.
5) by >>
>> I also have 16 Mb of ram, and indeed Mathcad 4.0 insisted on a permanent
>> swapfile; it would not run otherwise.
6) by >>
>> 3) MathCAD absolutely requires 4MB RAM or 8MB RAM
>> . It will give you a not enough memory error if the
>> swap file is less than 8MB. It is a MAJOR resource hog. If you do not
>> load the symbolic processor or the smart math, it takes about 5MB of RAM
>> just to load (again, due to the win32s libraries.
********************************************************************************
* *
* So it seems that in addition to the system requirements shown on Mathsoft's *
* advertisement for 4.0, that you need a swap file, possibly as big as 12MB. *
* Looks like I would just need an 8MB swap file, and would need to choose between a faster permanent swap file, or a slower temporary swap file*
* *
* Apparently a Win32 subsystem ships with Mathcad 4.0 - how much disk space *
* does this require? *
* *
********************************************************************************
I also received these answers:
1) by >>
>> If you've got 16 megs of RAM, why not configure 10megs as a ram disk for
>> Mathcad? DOS 6 permits different bootup configurations.
********************************************************************************
* *
* Can Mathcad 4.0 + Win32 be configured to use such a RAM drive instead of a *
* swap file? If not, I don't see how using DOS 6.0 for an alternate bootup *
* would provide Windows with this swap file. Some time back I remember a *
* discussion about the issues of using a RAM drive to support a swap file, *
* but I thought this involved slower, < 8MB systems. *
* *
* I have DOS 6.0 but for various reasons have not yet done a full installation.*
* *
* By the way, is a full installation of DOS 6.0 required to avail oneself of *
* the "alternate bootup" feature? Which files from the installation disks are *
* required? *
* *
********************************************************************************
2) by >>
>> Presumeably, you mean without a _permanent_ swap file. If Windows needs a
>> swap file, it will upo and create one if a permanent one doesn't exist.
>> Permanent is generally faster though. I don't know why Mathcad wouldn't
>> be happy with either type--Ver. 3.0 is and so should any program conforming
>> to the Win specification.
*********************************************************************************
* *
* So far, 16MB has been enough RAM to avoid the overhead of running ANY swap *
* file - I have been running Mathcad 3.1 under Windows 3.1 without one. *
* *
*********************************************************************************
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Windows NT, HELP! PLEASE HELP!
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ of Cincinnati Academic IT Services
Lines: 26
WINDOWS NT
I need some information on the new Windows NT.
Anything you have would be appreciated. I know nothing about it.
Some questions...
Memory requirements, hard drive space, release date? is it out?
How is IBM reacting? Intel?
Can it replace other LAN OS's?
ANYTHING else like specs, speed, etc..
Thanks in advance!
Luke
Email me at internet address:
bitnet address:
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: ===> EPS display software?
Organization: BC Systems Corporation
Nntp-Posting-Host: bcsc02.gov.bc.ca
Lines: 4
Does any one know of any shareware/freeware software which lets one display
EPS files on a PC with DOS and/or Windows???
Your reply would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hal Adam,
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Hercules Graphite?
Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Organization: Indiana University
Lines: 20
In article <> writes:
>Has anyone used a Hercules Graphite adapter? It looks good on paper, and
>Steve Gibson gave it a very good review in Infoworld. I'd love to get a
>real-world impression, though -- how is the speed? Drivers? Support?
The PC World reviewers found out that the Herc people had hard-coded
Winbench text into the driver. Clever, no? In any case, the Winbench
results are pretty much inflated.
When and if you get one send me mail.. I might buy that ATI GU+ off
you.. 9-)
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Please Refresh On Internet Access To CompuServe
Organization: Georgia State University
Lines: 22
writes:
>Hi,
>sometime ago there are some discussions on gaining CompuServe access thru
>the Internet. But I seem to misplace those articles. Can someone please
>refresh me where I can telnet to to gain access.
>Hopefully I can download files as well.
This should be in the FAQ, it only get asked about twenty times a month
There is *NO*, that's right, *NO* telnet access to Compuserve, no ftp access,
no gopher access....no Internet services except e-mail.
You can telnet to hermes.merit.edu, but that routes you through Sprintnet,
which is horrendously expensive.
--
Tom Gillman, Systems Programmer | "AAAAAGGGGHHHH"
Wells Computer Center-Ga. State Univ. | -- Any "Classic" Star Trek Security
651-4503 | officer sometime during the show
GSU doesn't care what I say on the Internet, why should you?
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
VideoBlaster & PC SPEAKER
Keywords: Video Blaster Speaker Driver
Reply-To:
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern
Lines: 28
Software that comes together with the VideoBlaster
is designed to work together with the SoundBlaster
.
Since I do not own a SoundBlaster: is there a possibility
to use the PC Speaker driver to play audio files for
the VideoBlaster ?
I think what I should have is a device driver for
the Media Player that controls the PC Speaker Driver
instead of the SoundBlaster card .
Has anybody heard of such a driver?
Or am I on the wrong track?
Any information on this appreciated!
_V_ | Joerg Meyer
/ \ | E-Mail:
|O O| | University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: multiple desktops
Nntp-Posting-Host: tinman
Organization: Prodigy Services Company, White Plains, NY
Lines: 16
In article <> writes:
>
>Is there a free/share package that will allow multiple
>desktops in windows 3.1. What is desired is to have a desk top
>for several people that each can personalize by name and choice
>of programs etc.
Amishware has one included in their package. They were advertising here on the
net a couple of weeks ago with a riduculously
low price. Does anyone remember what it was ?
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Prodigy Services Co. | charles% | mine alone, unless
White Plains NY 10601 | Voice 914-993-8856 | you would like to
PRODIGY ID - KJRD82A | FAX 914-993-8659 | share them.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Panasonic KX-P1091i Driver?
Organization: Drexel University, Phila. Pa.
Lines: 2
Does anyone out there know if there are print drivers for Windows for the
Panasonic KX-P1091i 9-pin dot matrix printer?
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
David A. FuessMathCad 4.0 vs NDW 2.2
Organization: UC LLNL
Lines: 23
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: talon.llnl.gov
I just got off the phone with Mathsoft technical service. They
are now admitting a problem of unknown nature with Maple and
Norton Desktop for Windows. They have no clue at this time
and are collecting configuration information on the systems
which exhibit the problem. Anyone having problems loading the
Maple solver in MathCad 4.0 under NDW shoud call technical
support at 617-577-1017. They made no schedule promices,
but are actively working on the problem.
In the meantime, the workaround is to provide a configuration
selection in autoexec.bat to use PROGMAN whenever
you plan to use the Maple solver and NDW otherwise. I am using
Norton BE to place a little menu on the screen with a 5 second
timeout to auto boot NDW.
+---------------------------------+----------------------+
| _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | David A. Fuess |
| _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ | Dir, Center for EECS |
| _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ | Phone: 423-2436 |
| _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | Fax: 422-9343 |
+-------- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory --------+
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Qestion about amipro demo files on cica
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Lines: 18
Hello
I have a question about the demo files for amipro v3 uploaded in cica.
I downloaded it and tryied to install it. However, it didn't work.
In addition, it altered or eliminated my NWRES2.dll file so that I had
to reinstall my Norton Desktop again.
Is there anything I have to know to install it or do I eventually have
to ask Lotus to send a working model to me ?
I just want to see its look and feel before buying it.
Any pointer would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Hiroto
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Steve Frampton <>Is "Kermit" available for Windows 3.0/3.1?
Summary: Looking for Windows Kermit.
Keywords: windows kermit comm app
Reply-To:
Distribution: world
Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Lines: 16
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hello all:
I was wondering, is the "Kermit" package available for Microsoft
Windows 3.0/3.1?
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail or post.
Thanks in advance!
+--------+< Unabashed Shabba Ranks Fan! >+------+--------------------+
| Steve Frampton - | Steve Frampton |
| I collect postcards! If you send me one from | 501-A Princess St. |
| your area, I'll send one in return. Send to >| Kingston, Ontario |
| | CANADA K7L 1C3 |
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Borland's Paradox Offer
Nntp-Posting-Host: brahms.udel.edu
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: usa
Lines: 19
>I am considering buying Borland's Paradox for Windows since I
>would like to use a database with Windows for both work/home use. I would like to advantage
>of Borland's "$129.95 until April 30" offer if this package
>is everything that Borland claims it to be. So, I was
>wondering ... has anybody used this and/or have any opinions?
>
>-- Tom Belmonte
I've been using MS Access
and I am quite pleased with it. It's relatively easy to learn, very easy
to use and somewhat easy to program. I highly recomend it, particularly
at $99.00! I have not used Paradox for Windows, but I don't expect it to
be $30.00 better than Access .
--Dave
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Organization: Penn State University
Azmi Hashim <>Re: Trident 8900 *CL* 1280x1024 driver?
Lines: 18
In article <>,
says:
>Please excuse if FAQ but...
>New Trident 8900CL based card claims to have 1280x1024 support.
>Drivers with card indicate several 1280x1024 drivers on diskette.
>Windows 3.1 does not make all drivers on diskette available to
>configuration dialog box. Any suggestion?
>Thanx; please e-mail.
>
Since we are in the subject, I have one more question. I have a Trident
8900C Video Card. I want to know what is the latest video driver for it.
So far, all I can find is that an old driver dated Aug. 92 in garbo.uwasa.fi
Anyone have any info ? Please e-mail me at
-Az.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: ATM
Article-I.D.: life.1r6m6hINNg6b
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Lines: 29
NNTP-Posting-Host: kauai.ai.mit.edu
In-reply-to: 's message of Wed, 21 Apr 1993 20:20:28 GMT
In article <> writes:
>>So good that there isn't any diff whether or not ATManager is turned
>>on or not. Is it worth it to run ATM at all? Especially with these
>>better printer technologies ... and TT?
>
>There are some fonts that are only available as PS fonts. If you
>have a PS font that you want to use, use ATM. Otherwise, it is
>a waste of system resources.
>
-----Or, if you need to use a service bureau and they're only set up to use
Type 1 fonts. From what I've heard the results of outputting
TT fonts as Type 1 is _not_ as good as using high-quality Type 1 fonts in
the first place.
Unless you `print' to file with the correct resolution set for the
final output device . A problem with TT fonts in Windows
is that they do get converted to T1 format OK, and the hinting is even used
while this is done, but the resulting T1 fonts are NOT hinted. The result
is that they WILL work fine on a device of the resolution assumed by the
printer driver when the PS file is generated, but they will not look
good when printed at a different resolution.
So when you print to an attached PS printer, with the PS driver set up for
this printer results, may be quite good. But if you take a PS file made for
that printer and run it on a device of different resolution , then the results may not be so good.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Organization: Penn State University
<>Fall Comdex '93
Lines: 8
Does anyone out there have any info on the up and coming fall comdex '93? I was
asked by one of my peers to get any info that might be available. Or, could
anyone point me in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated.
Dave Stevens
Training and Multimedia Services
Penn State University
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Hercules Graphite?
Organization: Software Metrics Inc.
Lines: 56
> writes:
>> Has anyone used a Hercules Graphite adapter? It looks good on paper, and
>> Steve Gibson gave it a very good review in Infoworld. I'd love to get a
>> real-world impression, though -- how is the speed? Drivers? Support?
writes:
> The PC World reviewers found out that the Herc people had hard-coded
> Winbench text into the driver. Clever, no? In any case, the Winbench
> results are pretty much inflated.
Two things that annoyed me about the PC Magazine review:
1. Their benchmarking technique is seriously flawed, as was clearly shown
by the Graphite and #9GXE's "cheating". Can't they just admit that
their benchmark is to easy to optimize for and/or cheat on? WinTach
is much harder to beat...
2. The big "cheat" that Hercules/IIT used was overlappipping BitBlit and
PolyLine optimization, and Hercules sent them a new driver which didn't
do this -- but produced almost identical scores. Yet, the only thing
PC Magazine says is that scores are not "legitimate" -- couldn't they
at least make some comment about its real-world performance?
I'm not so much going by WinBench for performance, but, rather, by Steve
Gibson's results, which are more real-world based . If you believe Gibson, that is ... :) He writes:
"Despite these documented cheats, I have to say that in real-world
applications the Hercules Graphite adapter actually draws faster than
any other display adapter in the industry. [...] Even though it's
just a modest ISA bus card, it outperformed every local bus adapter I
have, including the Stealth 24 VLB, the Fahrenheit 1280VA/VLB, the
ATI VLB Mach32 and even the Weitek P9000-based Diamond Viper VLB."
This kind of praise is enough for me to be interested in it, bogus WinBench
or not! :)
> When and if you get one send me mail.. I might buy that ATI GU+ off
> you.. 9-)
I already returned the ATI GU+. My dealer had sold eight of them, and
seven were returned to him. I'm now back to running an
original ATI GU, until I get my Graphite. And, yes, the GU is faster in
my 16 MB system than the GU+, especially in bitmap handling .
Hercules has a promotion available for VARs and software developers: you
can buy one Graphite or Graphite VLB for 50% off list to try it out. At
just $199 for Graphite or $249 for the VLB version I decided it was worth
trying . I'll post
my impressions when I get it...
--
[ /tom haapanen -- -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "stick your index fingers into both corners of your mouth. now pull ]
[ up. that's how the corrado makes you feel." -- car, january '93 ]
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: WANTED: Info on Asymetrix/Toolbook
Organization: University of Passau - Germany
Lines: 30
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc5.rz.uni-passau.de
In article <> writes:
>Does anyone know the phone and fax number of the Asymetrix
>Corporation. I am also interested in their e-mail address.
>I would also like to know what the current status of their product Toolbook
>is. I received the last update 1.5 about 1.5 year ago. Are their any new
>developments or is Toolbook slowly dying?
>Regards,
>Rob de Winter.
>--
>*** Nothing beats skiing, if you want to have real fun during holidays. ***
>*** Rob de Winter Philips Research, IST/IT, Building WL-1 ***
>*** P.O. Box 80000, 5600 JA Eindhoven. The Netherlands ***
>*** Tel: +31 40 743621 E-mail: ***
Rob,
their e-mail adress is
I've heard V.2.0 is in beta.
have a look at bitserv.list.toolb-l - which is a toolbook list.
Regards,
Olaf Winkelhake
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Simple Windows question
Organization: AT&T
Lines: 15
In article <> writes:
>When running DOS 5.0 under Windows 3.0, I lose the ability to do a
>print-screen.
>I have no problem with this when I'm running DOS not under Windows.
...
Open up the .PIF file with the PIF Editor, click on the "Advanced" button,
and then reserve the PrtSc key for the application. Any keys that you
select in this section will be passed along to the application rather than
being processed by Windows.
--
Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: moving icons
Nntp-Posting-Host: epistat.med.miami.edu
Organization: University Of Miami, Medical School
Lines: 17
writes:
>I remember reading about a program that made windows icons run away
>from the mouse as it moved near them. Does anyone know the name
>of this program and the ftp location
As I remember it, the name of the program your looking for is called icofrite.
Cica was where I saw it last. It was quite a while ago.
*********************************************
Richard Calderon: *
University of Miami School of Medicine *
Information Systems Computing *
1029 NW 15 St. *
Miami, Florida 33136 *
*********************************************
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Changing system fonts
Nntp-Posting-Host: ravel.udel.edu
Organization: University of Delaware
Lines: 18
I would like to change all of the system fonts in windows... I have a
program that will generate system fonts from truetype, but i was
wondering if there is a problem to help you set up all your system
fonts.
Also, how do i change the icon text color... all of my icon text is black,
and i want to change it... couldn't find any options in control panel or
in win.ini
brad cain
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University of Delaware Electrical Engineering
"Blah, blah, blah" alt.blah
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
How do I quickly switch between Windows screen resolutions?
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Columbus, Ohio
Distribution: na
Nntp-Posting-Host: slgsun.cb.att.com
Lines: 18
Can someone out there tell me how to switch Window's screen resolution
quickly and easily? I know that I can go back into install to do it,
but what I'd really like is to have is the ability to just change a
couple of startup or configuration files and have the resolution
changed. I already have both video drivers that I need on my system,
so that isn't a problem.
Thanks,
Sean.
---
Sean L. Gilley
<-- USE THIS ADDRESS, ALL OTHERS BOUNCE!
614 236 5031 , 614 860 5743
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: multiple desktops
Nntp-Posting-Host: eugene.convex.com
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
not necessarily those of CONVEX.
Lines: 22
In article <> writes:
>
>Is there a free/share package that will allow multiple
>desktops in windows 3.1. What is desired is to have a desk top
>for several people that each can personalize by name and choice
>of programs etc.
There's a package called Workspace on cica that has 5 desktops; I
haven't done much with it yet, but it seems to be able to do what you
want it to.
Don't have the exact archive name handy, but it's something like
wspace<blah>.zip.
Tom
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Character Codes Problems
Reply-To:
Nntp-Posting-Host: sbb1.empros.com
Organization: Empros Power Systems Control, a division of Siemens EA
Lines: 15
Help!
I am working on a project that involves using text with foreign language
characters . I have been manipulating the data
with Excell 4.0 and then exporting the data as comma seperated variable
files to an RS6000 workstation. The Norwegian characters show up fine
under Windows, but appear as "funny" characters on the workstation. The
workstation is setup for national language support and we have problem
entering the Norwegian characters from the workstation keyboard.
On further investigation I found that the character codes used by
Windows are different than those specified by the
MSDOS code page. The MSDOS codes seem to be the same as the
workstation. What gives, and how can get around it.
Please reply by E-mail as I will be out of the office the next few days
and will not be reading the news.
Thanks.
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How to hold the control to a window object?
Keywords: ObjectWindows, MS-Windows, SDK
Nntp-Posting-Host: maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.misc comp.windows.ms
Lines: 30
//I'm using BC++'s ObjectWindows and trying to get some data
//processed in a window object. However, when the calling program invokes
//the window object, it gives up the control to the window object, and keeps
//executing the next statement. I would like the calling program, after
//invoking the window object, to wait until the window object is closed.
//Can I do that? My program may look like:
class MyWindow : public TWindow
{
...
};
void MyCallingProg // Could the calling program be a C function?
{ ...
MyWindow *MyWinObj;
MyWinObj = new MyWindow;
GetApplication->MakeWindow;
MyWinObj->Show;
next statement; // I want the program to wait here until MyWinObj
... // is closed so that I can get some data back from
... // MyWinObj. I specified the window style to be
... // WS_POPUPWINDOW, didn't help. Is there any other way
... // to execute the window object so that the calling
... // program won't give up the control? Any help would
} // be appreciated. Thanks. -- Jun
To talk to the Lord with PS/2 through MS-Windows
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Anyone use Number 9 GXE video card?
Summary: Anyone use Number 9 GXE video card?
Keywords: Video adaptor hardware graphics
Distribution: world
Organization: NCR Corp., Network Products - San Diego
Lines: 5
Has anyone used the Number Nine Video Graphics adaptor with Windows
or Windows NT? What do you think???
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
MONOUMB.386
Organization: Prairie Storm International, Lockport, MB., Canada
Lines: 10
Does anyone know where the program MONOUMB.386 is available .. I have
checked my Windows system disks and MONOUMB2.386 is there but not the
other one.. Thanks..
Stan Kucera
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Re: Canon BJ200 and HP DeskJet 500...
Summary: there are so many refill kits now ...
Organization: Jeff's house of computer pieces
Lines: 18
>@nd.edu wrote:
>: The key issue that I bought my BJ-200 on was ink drying speed.
I was at the Trenton Computer Fest and there were many sources of
ink refills for the HP and Canon, so if you don't like the ink you're using,
you have a choice. There is a Frequently Asked Question list
that's reposted occasionally that reports how to refill the cartridges
yourself with inks that are available from the stationery store
instead of a "specialty" ink with the specialty price.
I'm not sure, but I think I found another legal source of cheap
hypos for injecting ink into the cartridges.
More on that when my mail order succeeds.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Canon buble jet printer?
Organization: Lehigh University
Lines: 12
Hi,
Can somebody tell me how much is Canon BJ200? And from where can I buy it for
the cheapest price? Thanks in advance..
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Need help setting PIF for games
Summary: Can't seem to get the settings right for a few things
Keywords: WINDOWS PIF
Organization: VERSYSS Incorporated, Westwood MA
Lines: 29
HI there! I have a few games that I'd like to run under Windows 3.1 and can't
get the PIFS adjusted right. For example Wing Commander. In my DOS Prompt, I
have more than 620K available for programs. This is enough to run WC.
So I build a PIF giving WC a couple of megs of extended memory etc.. and run
it. WC prompts: "Loading Wing Commander..." and then a message about
"Using extended memory..." etc... and then my screen goes black
I also have a pool game that does almost the same thing. It opens up and
prompts me for what kind of video driver I have. I
respond EGA and the screen goes black.
On both of these a ctrl-alt-del getss me back to Windows.
Has ANYONE run Wing Commander under Windows? Or has had the problems I
describe and fixed them? HEre's the rest of my setup:
400MB Disk Free
8MB memory ~5 free during WIN session
386DX-25
Respond here or on E-Mail. If anyone else needs this info, send me mail in
a couple of days, and I'll forward the replies to you.
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Re: X Windows for windows
Organization: LESC/NASA/LaRC
Lines: 11
Distribution: world
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: antares.larc.nasa.gov
PC-Xview from NCD, HCL-eXceed from Hummingbird Software!
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WINNLS.DLL?
Organization: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST
Lines: 7
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: deimos.ucs.umass.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24
I tried to install a foreign language Windows application
that required a file named WINNLS.DLL. I checked all of my
WIndows 3.1 installation disks for this file, but could not
find it. Does anybody have any idea what this file is for and
where one could get it from?
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Re: Help with WinQVT
Reply-To:
Organization: Inst. f. Anaesthesiologie der LMU, Muenchen
Distribution: lrz
Lines: 63
writes:
> when I use a name such as rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
> Initiating nameserver query for 'rosevc'
> nameserver query time out
> when I use the IP number
> Local host or gateway not responding
>I know the nameserver is correct and the router is correct. They work
>fine using NCSA telnet/ftp.
They are working ok, but your definitions in QVTNET.INI and QVTHOST.RC are
incorrect .
>The docs said if you are running concurrent packet software you need to
>load PKTMUX??? Does this apply to me???
No, I don't think so. You are using QVTNET and NOVELL concurrently, aren't
you? They use different packet types, so QVTNET and NOVELL
should be able to coexist just fine. PKTMUX is required if you are using
different TCP/IP-Packages concurrently.
>This is the qvthost.rc file.
>137.112.5.2
>137.112.199.50
There is the first problem: You didn't specify hostnames, just IP-Addresses.
Your file should look like this:
137.112.5.2 <Name of your Nameserver>
137.112.199.50 <Name of your Router>
>This is the beginning of the winqvt.ini file.
>[net]
>name=swartzjh.test.rose-hulman.edu
Here you should only specify your hostname, without the domain part.
>router=137.112.199.50
Instead, use router=<Name of your Router>, as specified in your QVTHOST.RC
I know the release notes for 3.31 say that IP addresses should work also,
but apparently they don't.
>nameserver=137.112.5.2
Here, too, you should use the hostname of the nameserver instead of the
IP address.
It worked fine for me that way, although I could not specify more than
one nameserver. The relnotes say it should be possible to specify up to
three nameservers, separated by commas, but it didn't work.
Hope it helps,
Richard
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Subject: ==> MS Windows Sound System, Text to Speach?
Organization: BC Systems Corporation
Nntp-Posting-Host: bcsc02.gov.bc.ca
Lines: 4
Hi all News Group users:
Does anyone know whether there is some software which will let one do
Text to Speach like the Sound Blaster does?
Hal Adam,
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Aaron Herskowitz <>For Sale: Borland C++ w/ Application Frameworks 3.1
Reply-To:
Organization: Allegheny College
[Please excuse me if this is inappropriate to post here, but I do not read
these groups normally and I did not see any PC related marketplace
newsgroups]
FOR SALE: Borland C++ with Application Frameworks 3.1
Borland C++ Programming Package including unopened software, unopened
manuals, and registration card.
SOFTWARE INCLUDES:
1. *Still plastic wrapped* high density 5.25 inch disks for Borland C++:
total of 18 diskettes in 2 individually wrapped packages, each
disk has "Borland C++" and "BC++ & APP. FRAMEWORKS 3.1" on label
2. Amish System Utilities for Windows :
Amish Launch
Amish Desk Utilities for Windows
3. Phar Lap's 286|DOS-Extender Lite Version 2.5
MANUALS INCLUDE:
1. *Still Plastic Wrapped* Manuals include :
A. Boland Windows API Volumes:
I: Reference Guide
II: Reference Guide
III: Windows 3.1 Reference Guide
B. Borland Turbo Debugger 3.0 User's Guide
C. Borland Turbo Profiler 3.0 User's Guide
D. Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0 Users Guide
E. Borland C++ 3.1 User's Guide:
integrated environment
optimization
command line compiler
installation
F. Borland C++ 3.1 Programmer's Guide:
language structure, class libraries, advanced prgramming
techniques, anci c implementaion
G. Borland C++ 3.1 Library Reference:
runtime library, global variables, cross-reference
H. Borland C++ 3.1 Tools and Utilities Guide:
error messages, winsightm make, help/resource compilers,
tlink
I. Borland Object Windows for C++ User's Guide:
tutorials, class reference
2. Opened Manuals include:
A. Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
B. Borland Turbo Vision for C++ User's Guide
C. Borland Resource Workshop User's Guide
This package was purchased by a former employee of my father's and my
father has asked me to try and sell it since neither of us have any use
for it.
Retails for $749, most software houses have it for approx. $480. I am
asking $400.
If you are interested, please e-mail me directly because I do not normally
read this newsgroup.
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Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Utility for updating Win.ini and system.ini
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
Lines: 11
Sorry, I did`nt tell exactly what I need.
I need a utility for automatic updating of *.ini files for Windows.
The program should run from Dos batchfile or the program run a script under Windows.
I will use the utility for updating the win.ini on meny PC`s.
Do I find it on any FTP host?
Svein
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Using Microsoft Foundation Classes with Borland C++ 3.1
Organization: SPSS, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Lines: 53
In article <1qv1rc$>, writes:
> Hi all,
>
> has anybody tried to compile CTRLTEST from the MFC/SAMPLES directory,
> after compiling the MFC-libs with BWC ?
>
> Seems to me, that BWC isn't able to distinguish pointers to overloaded
> functions.
> For example, imagine the following 2 functions:
> void same_name
> void same_name
>
> After trying the whole day, I think, with BWC its impossible to take the
> adress of one of the above two functions and assign it to a properly defined
> function pointer.
> Am I right ? Has anybody else had this problem ?
>
> thanx
I think you may be chasing the wrong problem. I don't think it is the
function overloading at all-- I do that sort of thing all of the time
in BC++ without a hitch. The big problems I have encountered in
porting MFC to BC++ is that fact that MFC _depends_ on a couple of
invalid C++ assumptions.
I have never gotten the _entire_ ctrltest app to run under BC++, but
the reason is that MS makes some bad assumptions about the order in
which static/global objects are initialized . The problem is in the
owner-draw menu code somewhere-- if you comment out that section, all
other pieces of ctrltest work fine.
Two other major gotchas I have found using MFC under BC++:
- The CFile::OpenFlags enum uses hard-coded numbers for the open mode,
rather than the manifest constants defined in fcntrl.h .
- All of the MFC collection classes depend on another bad C++
assumption-- that a reference to a base object can used be in place
of a reference to a derived object .
I am sure there are other problems along the same lines, but I have
not encountered them . I have not seen MFC 2.0 yet, but I hope
that some of these will be addressed. If they are not, all of MS's
hype about portability to other vendor's compilers will be just that.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Wanted sample source for editing controls
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA
Lines: 18
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: todi.oas.olivetti.com
Hi Everyone,
I would like to get an example program to get started with a simple
editor . Can someone
point me to a source such as a programming windows book, or example program
comes with Windows SDK . I would greatly appreciate
it.
All I want to do is to be able to place a edit control or combobox or a listbox
on a window and be able to drag and resize.
If anyone has written similar program and don't mind sharing code or ideas,
I would appreciate it very much.
Thnx in advance, Manu Das
Please send me directly at
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: EMM386.EXE and Windows and Dos6
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Lines: 37
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu
In a previous article, says:
>In Windows I created a permanent Swap-file of 7771Kb as win3.1
>recommended me to do that .
>If I use EMM386.EXE, after win3.1 startup I have 6689K of memory
>free, if I leave EMM386.EXE out of my config.sys I have 9935K
>of memory free, and windows recommends me a swap file of 11769K.
>
I think you need the EMM386.EXE noems
This will let the expanded mem be active but not use any, therefore
this will give you more extended mem for windows yet have all the
bases covered.
>I use DOS6, with memmaker, have 4MB of internal Memory and a 486DX,
>
I do not use dos6 so I am not familiar with this.
>Does anybody knows why this is happening
>
>I need an optimized DOS-environment, because i develop applications for
>DOS using a windows programming environment.
>
>
>Rudi
>
c-ya..... /\/\artin
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Organization: Arizona State University
James Cassidy <> Norton Desktop Smartcan vs. Norton Util's EP
Lines: 22
I just purchased The Norton Desktop for windows, and I also have
Norton Utilities. When I installed NDW, it wanted to rem out the line
that installed EP and the command to invoke the Image utility.
It replaced the Image command with a new image command that invokes the
version of Image that came with NDW. This makes sense, as presumably the
Image version with NDW is newer than the one with NU. It did not, however,
install smartcan in the autoexec. Now two questions:
1: Will NU use the image data saved by the newer version of image invoked.
i.e. Are the two version of Image compatable?
2: Will erase protect use the info from smartcan, and vice versa?
I use both dos and windows, and I want to make sure that when I
erase files in either environment, they are going to be protected.
From the experiments I have run, The two programs don't use each others info.
I currently have both EP and smartcan loading within my autoexec, and
I don't see any conflicts;
FYI : Norton Desktop for Windows version 2.2
Norton Util's version 6
Thanks for any help.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: W4WG & Novell
Organization: Malaspina College
Lines: 29
In article <>, writes:
> In article <1rh2mi$>, writes:
>
>> If I put LASTDRIVE = Z in my config.sys, NETX will run but I can't access
>> drive f: to log in to Novell.
>> If I don't put LASTDRIVE = Z in my config.sys I can't access other W4WG
>> drives from the file-manager.
>>
>> It seems that there should be a way to make NETX work with the LASTDRIVE =
>> statement in my Config.Sys.
>
> First off, I haven't used W4WG .
>
> The problem is the LASTDRIVE command and the way NetWare in general adds drives to the device chain.
> Setting LASTDRIVE=Z means there are no "unassigned" drive letters for NetWare to use, as it tacks its drive
> mappings -onto the end- of the existing list of drives. W4WG obviously
> attaches its network drives to "existing, unused" drive letters.
>
> I'd guess the next thing I'd try is something like LASTDRIVE=M, which on
> most machines will leave a fair swathe of drives for W4WG and still
> allow up to 13 NetWare drive mappings as well.
W4WG requires DOS drives. I use LASTDRIVE=J which makes my first Novell drive
K and leaves me drives G, H, I and J for W4WG. My local DOS drives use A-F.
Ron
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Data corruption
Organization: Kansas State University
Lines: 31
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
I quit windows normally to run a special DOS app, got done with it
and tried to start windows. Ok got the title screen, Windows
background, DOS with an error about loading PROGMAN.EXE. Hum, yep
PROGMAN.EXE is still there. Must be bad, ok pull off PROGMAN.EXE
from a backup tape, start windows, get the windows title screen,
windows background, DOS with the same error. HUM! Fire up the
good ol' Norton Disk Doctor, test, 500 lost clusters! Ok, fix them,
and look through them, doesn't look important. Remove the Windows
directory, and reinstall from disks. Fire up windows, title screen,
background, Program Manager, Success!
I have a 486/50 with 4 meg of RAM, 120 meg HD, SVGA, running under
DOS 5.0, no special memory managers or stuff, just the basic Windows 3.1
A 12 meg permanent swap file using 32-bit Access. I mainly use Windows
to run more that one DOS app at a time.
I've noticed that since I started using Windows a few months ago, lost
clusters have gotten more and more common. Although I don't like
having data just disappear, it really haven't been a problem except
for today. Has anyone else had any problems with lost clusters while
running windows? And what could I do to fix the problem, I'd sleep
better knowing Amy wasn't loosing her marbles. :)
Steven
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: AMI Pro 3.0 and equation mode
Nntp-Posting-Host: fido.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Lines: 37
writes:
>Hi,
> I'm having a problem with AMIPro when writing equations. If the
>equation extends past a certain point on a line, the whole thing disappears.
>If I then try to delete the equation or cursor beyond the equation, AMI
>goes nuts. The line counter at the bottom of the screen increments
>repeatedly and the only way out is to CTRL-ATL-DEL. If I have been
>unfortunate enough to save a document with one of these screwed up
>equations, the document is basically trashed.
> Has anyone else experienced this? Does Lotus know about it
>and or have a patch???????.
>Thanks in advance,
>Kurt
>
I contacted Lotus about this problem today. It has been reported previously
and there is a fix. Apparantly the problem only occurs when TAB characters
are used immediately preceding the equation frame. The work around when
equations are expected to touch the right margin is to delete at least one
preceding TAB and use SPACE to align the frame . Unforutnately, once the page run-on has
occured you are hosed. So the moral of the story is use only SPACE characters
to align equation frames.
Hope this helps the rest of you who have already contacted me with this
problem.
Kurt
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: X-emulator
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Lines: 12
Nntp-Posting-Host: compstat.wharton.upenn.edu
A posting in another news group I read a while ago said that
PC-Xview and PC-Xremote allow you to use Xterm.
Call NCD @ 503-641-2200 for more info.
Hope it helps,
-Hao
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: Re: Windows for WorkGroups and LAN Workplace
Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,world
Organization: University of Wyoming
Nntp-Posting-Host: sheriff.uwyo.edu
Lines: 18
>Hey, sounds great. Does that mean that W4WG works with ODI? I thought it
>uses NDIS.
WFWG does use NDIS but it cooperates well with the NDIS shim for ODI.
>
>My problem is that Lan Workplace with all its drivers uses up most of my
>UMBs, so I'd hate to have to load many more drivers to make W4WG work
>along.
The additional TSR load is minimal. I think I eat another 20K total.
This is worth it to me since it allows me to get to my Windows NT
box. Novell hasn't released a decent NT Novell client yet so I share
through my WFWG box.
This solution is very usable.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: Black Screen of Death, Windows, Novell
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
Lines: 23
Hi there,
We are running a 120 node Token ring with Windows 3.1 and Novell 3.11.
Every once in a while, we run into "The Black Screen of Death", a phrase
coined by Robert X. Cringely in a recent InfoWorld column.
Basically, sometimes when you quit Windows, the screen goes black and
you get a nice little flashing cursor in the top left corner of your
screen. Also, sometimes when you exit to DOS, the same effect occurs.
Cringely hints that Microsoft and/or Novell has a patch for Windows'
virtual interrupt controller that may solve this. Neither company
seems to know what I am talking about when I call them.
Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?
Is there a fix for it?
Any response is welcome.
Peter Sweeney
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: PC/Geos, Windows, OS/2, and Unix/X11
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
Lines: 22
NNTP-Posting-Host: eden.cs.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: 's message of Tue, 6 Apr 1993 11:41:36 GMT
In article <> writes:
=>There is a free unix, linux, that has cc, ~c++, fortran ,
=>Xwindows and many other features besides, with a large number of utilities
=>that can be optionally added. And there is also a free 386BSD I believe.
=>Both these unix's are quite robust. You can check out comp.os.linux
i dunno about linux, but for 386bsd, don't forget networking
, NFS, a fast, incredibly stable filesystem,
and the list goes on... 8-)
for us 386bsd folk, look in comp.os.386bsd.*.
chris
moderator of comp.os.386bsd.announce, anti-politician, and sometime evangelist
--
Chris G. Demetriou
"386bsd as depth first search: whenever you go to fix something you
find that 3 more things are actually broken." -- Adam Glass
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Workspace Manager for Win 3.1 ?
Organization: University of Canberra
Lines: 26
In article <1r5uml$> writes:
>Are there any Workspace Managers out there for Windows 3.1 ?
Try WorkShift by Karl Thoreddson. The latest version is 2.0 but
the following is at Cica in the Desktop directory.
WRKSFT16 ZIP : WorkShift Graphical Virtual Desktop
Or email Karl and ask him to put version 2.0 up
Karl's email:
I was Beta tester for WorkShift and must say it is very good
.
It'll even remember your WorkShifts between
Windows sessions.
>Thanks in advance.
Your Welcome.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Info on Books on BIOS, 286 etc.
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
Lines: 18
Hi Everybody,
I am interested in the following topics.
1)BIOS programming on 286 and 386.
2)Memory management in 286 and 386.
3)Developing Visual Basic Custom Controls.
I would like to have your valuable opinion on the books
that are best in the above topics. Please send a mail to
. I will post a summary of the
suggestions.
2**32-1 thanks in advance.
-Rahul Mehta
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Wallpaper in Windows 3.1
Organization: University of Joensuu
Lines: 23
writes:
>>Is there any utility available that will make Windows
>>randomly select one of your windows directory's .BMP
>>files as the wallpaper file?
>There are a couple. I am personally using screenpeace, which is a
If you need just to change the wallpaper, then I've written a short
program in VB that does this by using SystemParametersInfo-function.
The bad news is that you need VBRUN200.DLL to run it, and the DLL is
some 350kb . The order of pictures depends
on the system date and the number of BMP-files in the directory, so
the picture remains the same if you execute the program multiple times
during the same day and the number of BMPs has not changed.
If you feel this is what you need then I could uuencode it and email
it to you.
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Need help with WordPerfect for Windows...
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee School Of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI USA
Lines: 19
I have two questions:
1) I have been having troubles with my Wordperfect for Windows.
When I try to select and change fonts, etc. some of the text
disappears. I tried to center two lines once, and the second
line disappeared. I can not find the error, and I do not
know how to correct it.
2) Is this the right newsgroup? Where should I go?
E-mail prefered...
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Who else is still waiting for "Naked Gun Part | | "
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Mouse on Com3OM3 or COM4 in Windows
Organization: Cloud Nine BBS, Melbourne, Australia.
Lines: 53
writes:
> I am having a problem configuring the mouse in windows to use COM3
> with IRQ5.
I don't believe IRQ5 is the problem. I tried a mouse on COM3, IRQ4 and it still did not like it. Simply, Windows seems to only
support mice on COM1 or COM2. The funny part is, though, that
Microsoft's own mouse driver was quite happy with my mouse
sitting on COM3. Why can't Windows use the mouse driver, or at least
support COM3? :-)
> COM2Irq=3
> COM3Irq=5
> COM4Irq=7
> MaxComPort=4
I've tried this too. Actually, I wanted to be able to use my second
modem from Windows. It still will not talk to that modem. I
created two profiles, AMSTRAD and
MAESTRO . It will not talk to the Maestro
at all.
> that their driver does not support COM3 and COM4 in windows.
> Their suggestion was that the 'MicroSoft or PS/2' setting in windows
> setup would work. It does not.
Nor here. .
> I can not believe that it is not possible. At worst, you would need a special
> version of 'a' mouse driver that looked at COM3 and COM4 instead of COM1
> and COM2. I know that IRQ5 and IRQ7 are normally printer port IRQs, but I
I've seen nothing like that. I've experimented with Logitech's mouse
driver too, with no sucess.
> have no printers attached. A side note is that I would really like to assign
> COM4 to some higher IRQ, because my SoundBlaster board uses IRQ7 , but no modem that I know of allows settings other than
> IRQs 2,3,4,5, and 7.
If you have a SoundBlaster Pro, it should support IRQ10 as well.
Finally, a board that supports IRQs >9. The only one I have .
hamish
Hamish Moffatt, APANA: The Australian Public
Cloud Nine BBS, 3:635/ Access Network Association.
Melbourne Australia 58:4100/ Mail
Titanic Software. Voice: +61-3-803-1326 for information.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
ATM
Organization: University of California at San Diego
Lines: 15
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
I've been reading, with much confusion, about whether or not to use
ATManager. Lately, all the packages I've been buying have all
included ATManager as a "bonus"
I do some desktop publishing using PageMaker and Coreldraw.
Coreldraw comes with a nifty laser disk that contains over 200 diff
types. Add that to the TTfonts that come with win31 and you have a
decent amount of fonts. I print my creations out on an HP4
Postcript, at 600 dpi resolution with the "Resolution Enhancement
Technology" and .. well ... I get some darn good copies.
So good that there isn't any diff whether or not ATManager is turned
on or not. Is it worth it to run ATM at all? Especially with these
better printer technologies ... and TT?
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: What about SMARTDRV /DOUBLE_BUFFER?
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
Lines: 9
I am curious: what does the /double_buffer parameter in smartdrv actually do
for me? I seem to have less problems in Windows when I leave it out.
Using a PS/2 with an ESDI drive, but also a PS/2 with a SCSI.
Any response is welcome.
Peter Sweeney
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
For Sale: Harvard Graphics for Windows
Keywords: Harvard Graphics, sale
Organization: Xerox PARC
Distribution: us
Lines: 17
For Sale:
Brand new, shrinkwrapped
HARVARD GRAPHICS FOR WINDOWS
List Price: $500
Cheapest pince in Computer Shopper : $315
My Price: $250
This is really a slick package, but I won it in a bike race so I
can't return it for credit. My dilemma is your fire sale.
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** Internet: XNS Net: Tapscott:PARC:Xerox
** 415 813-6885
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
exit codes (dos--sorry for wrong group : (
Organization: George Washington University
Lines: 19
Hey now. First of all, sorry to post this DOS question in a WINDOWS
group, but I'm in kinda a hurry, so I can't scramble to find the dos
groups' names.
Anyway, anyone know where I ccan find the exit codes to DOS commands?
the manual doesn't seem to have all of them. I'm particularly looking
for COPY, in order to make a "move" batch file, such that if the file
wasn't coppied properly, it won't be deleted.
please e'mail
Thanks, I.A,
Mickey
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?? DOS font size in windows??
Organization: NC State University
Lines: 13
I have an 8514/A card, and I am using windows in 1024x768 mode
. In the 386 enhanced mode
the DOS window font is too small for my 14" monitor. Is there a
way to spacify the font size for the DOS window? You'll have to
excuse me if there is a trivial answer, since I am fairly new to
MS Windows world.
Thanks.
====== S. Alavi [] 467-7909 ========
515-8063
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
WIn 3.0 ICON HELP PLEASE!
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
Lines: 10
I have win 3.0 and downloaded several icons and BMP's but I can't figure out
how to change the "wallpaper" or use the icons. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx,
-Brando
PS Please E-mail me
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Organization: University of Central Florida - Computer Services
Mark Woodruff <>Why I'm not using Dos 6 anymore
Lines: 18
I've been running Dos 6 for about a month. I was generally impressed with
the improvements: the multiple boot configurations were great, the
new commands were nice, and DoubleSpace worked fine .
Until now.
This morning at 4 am while I was working on my research paper, I had to
reboot a hung Dos program from within Windows 3.1.
When my machine finished rebooting, I found my windows directory and about two
thirds of my other directories were irreversibly corrupted.
I cannot afford problems like this. I'm returning to Dos 5.
mark
P.S. I've also noticed bad sector errors from DoubleSpace where none should
exist.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: More Cool BMP files??
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: usa
Lines: 27
>
>
>>BEGIN ----------------------- CUT HERE ---------------
>>begin 666 ntreal.bmp
>>M0DTV5P< #8$ H ( , %@" ! @
>>M $ ! @@P![; &N+L0 #UH BV
>
>Deleted a lot of stuff!!!!!!!
>How do you convert this to a bit map???
You're supposed to delete everything above the "cut here" mark, and
below the lower cut here mark, and uudecode it. but
*I was not able to: unexpected end of file encountered at the last line.
could you please re-post it, or tell be what I'm doing wrong?
thanks,i.a.,
Mickey
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Turbo C++ Visual Edition adn request was Re: absolute newbie questions...
Organization: KIT Iizuka, AI Dept, JAPAN.
Lines: 52
NNTP-Posting-Host: mickey
In-reply-to: 's message of Fri, 16 Apr 1993 06:16:54 GMT
In article <> writes:
>BTW, how would you rate the new "Borland Turbo C++ Visual Edition for
>Windows," anyone?
Time for a new discussion, maybe ? I asked in these groups some time ago
what about the TC++/VE, and got no answers, so I decided to try. My brother
who lives in the US bought and sent it to me, and I'm still trying to get
used to it.
Before I put my good/bad points list, consider I am a Turbo Pascal/DOS
programmer, and sometimes try to make something in Unix with C . I used to make some programs in
Microsoft C version 5 because we used some third-party libraries
that required that.
- I like Borland. It seems to me much more easier to use than Microsoft,
specially the debugger. I tried to learn Codeview sometimes, but never
felt confortable with it.
- TC++ V/E seems very nice to create simple apps, like the examples on the
ObjectWindows book. So far, no problems. Lets see next week or so, when I
will try something more complex.
- It works nice even in my "weak" machine 386/16Mhz, 6 Mb Ram.
But.....
- The manual for the Resource Workshop seems to be from a different version
from the Workshop itself. Some of the windows that appear on the manual
have more itens than in the manual.
- I think I will run into trouble since I got this TC++/VE from my brother
as a present. I didnt wanted to buy the Japanese version because 1) I
suspect that the manuals will be in Japanese :- I believe it
will be far more expensive here. So he bought it as a present and sent to
me, I send the registration card to the Japanese branch of Borland, but...
who knows.
So, I'd like to ask some questions for you all;
- I know that there are some Microsoft guys around here in this group. Is
there anybody from Borland ? Is there any e-mail address that we can
contact the technical support ? Not for stupid questions, but to ask
for example, why the RW manual seems to be different from the RW itself ?
- Is there anybody else using it around here ?
- Will the book of Petzold be useful for me ? I intend to use RW and ProtoGen
to make the interfaces and then work on the code itself.
Answers to my e-mail or comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, please.
Thanks in advance,
Rafael.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Canon BJ200 and HP DeskJet 500...
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Lines: 26
Justin Whitton wrote:
: In article <> writes:
:
: @nd.edu wrote:
:
: I think the ink now used in the DeskJet family is water-fast.
:
: I've had pictures ruined by a few drops of rain. These were colour pictures
: from a DeskJet 500C. Mind you, it could have been acid rain:-)
The black ink is waterfast, but the color isn't
:
: I use a BJ10ex. Ink dries fast, but it really doesn't like getting wet.
:
: --
: /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\
: |Justin Whitton at ma90jjw% |Where no man has gone before..|
: |after August mail \------------------------------|
: |Disclaimer: My opinions count for nothing, except when the office is empty. |
: |I'm a student => intelligence = 0. |
: \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
Bob Taylor
HP Vancouver
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Permanaent Swap File with DOS 6.0 dbldisk
Distribution: git
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 58
In comp.os.ms-windows.misc you write:
>While reading through the DOS 6.0 book, it states that the Windows permanaent swap file will not work correctly when placed on a compressed drive. To make things compatable,
>I removed my Permanent swap file before starting the upgrade. However, when all the dust settled, and I go into windows, it says that the temporary swap file is right where it always was, in the Windows directory. My question is: How come the temporary swap files works OK with a compressed drive, and the permanent one doesn't?
you might want to look in windows FAQ for this one, but here is my best
explanation. But I can't guarantee that I'm not way off base...
The permenant swap file is read/written to by windows by talking
directly to the hard disk controller card. The controller card must
use the protocal set up by western digital .
Windows creates a file called spart.par in your windows directory that
points to that file. It then uses the physical information about your
disk to index to information in that file.
compressed disks are actually "logical" disks. These disks have different
characteristics than the actual physical disk. Furthermore, the information
on the compressed disks must be uncompressed before it is used. . Because of this "inbetween" program, windows
cannot use direct methods to read from the "logical" disk.
a permenant swap file is only there to "reserve" an area of the disk that
windows can use and to block that space from DOS. Windows would theoretically
not even have to access the file from DOS to use that disk space.
a temporary swap file is just a normal DOS file that is accessed by windows
via DOS and the BIOS. If a disk compression program or other TSR is loaded
the file access must go through DOS...TSR'S ...and BIOS in
order to be access.
more on permenent swap files...
i'm sure everyone who has an uncompressed part of their compressed hard disk
has seen the message "you have selected a swap file greater than the suggested
size...windows will only use the size suggested...do you wan't to create this
swap file anyway" or something like that.
well, a friend of mine called microsoft and asked them what and why.
what they said is that windows checks the amount of free disk space and
divides that number by 2. Then it checks for the largest contiguous block
of free disk space. Windows then suggests the smaller of the two numbers.
They also said that under absolutely no circumstances...NONE!...will windows
uses a swap file larger than the suggested size. Well...that's what he
said!
I call bull@#$#. If this is true why does windows report the memory is
available to me if it's not going to use it?
any takers?
James
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
RE: Need Windows-logo
Organization: Clark University
Lines: 46
In a previous article, wrote:
>In article <1qjqed$>, writes:
>> Markus Maier wrote:
>> : Hi,
>>
>> : Well I'm searching for the Ms-Windows logo, u know the picture when u
>> : start Windows, in some suitable grafics-format, like gif or jpg,...
>>
>> C:\windows\system\vgalogo.rle. If my memory serves me correctly,
>> *.rle is a compressed *.bmp format.
>>
> An is readable by WinGif, Paintshop Pro, Paint, and god knows how
>many other programs.
That isn't enough to change your Windows startup logo. vgalogo.rle is not
needed after you have installed Windows. It is incorporated as a part of
win.com.
To make a new win.com, you have to concatinate three files together,
using the /b option for a binary concatonation. I beleive it is
copy /b win.cnf+vgalogo.lgo+vgalogo.rle mywin.com
Make sure you backup your win.com file in anotehr directory before you do this
-- I absent-mindedly typed win.com instead of mywin.com and had to resinstall
Windows!
Anyway, substitute whatever .RLE file you want. The win.cnf has the
info needed to start Windows and vgalogo.vga has
video information. Just make sure that the .RLE file doesn't tip the whole
COM file size over the 64k limit of a .COM file!
So anyway, I use mywin.com to startup MS Windows. Now instead of that
annoying Micro$oft advertisment, I have the Joker taking
yoru picture from the screen, saying "Smile!" Also a little bit of text:
"Micro$oft Windows: The world's first commercially sucessful virus." I added
that because of the frequency of crashes. <grin>
Rob
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Any good sound formats conversion program out there??
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 34
NNTP-Posting-Host: uclink.berkeley.edu
In article <> writes:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone know if there is a good sound formats conversion program out
>
>there???
>
>Please send me a copy of your reply!!!
>
>thanks a lot
>
>Bel
>
Hi...
THe best sound conversion program I've ever seen is SoundTool, which
is shareware from Germany. I found a copy somewhere in wuarchive.wustl.edu
a long time ago, but I don't know offhand what directory it was under. It's
GREAT at converting files of all types, including Mac, NExT, Sun, and
various PC formats... It's also a great player and editor, with various
special effects that put Windows' Sound Recorder to shame. It requires a
driver for various sound cards... The only builtin one is for the pc speaker
, but if you're just using it to convert
things, you can convert them in SoundTool and then play them in Sound
Recorder.
Give it a try!
Bret
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* biggest monkey head I've | *
* ever seen!" -Guybrush | *
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
ma90jjw% Re: Canon BJ200 and HP DeskJet 500...
In-Reply-To: 's message of Sat, 24 Apr 1993 22: 31:30 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host: hayle
Organization: DRA Malvern, Worcs., UK
Lines: 24
In article <> writes:
@nd.edu wrote:
: The key issue that I bought my BJ-200 on was ink drying speed. You really
: have to try awful hard to get the BJ-200 ink to smear. The HP DeskJets need
: 10-15 seconds to completely dry. In both cases, however, do not get your
: pages wet. Unlike laser printers, the material on your pages is INK, not
: toner. But that should go without saying.
I think the ink now used in the DeskJet family is water-fast.
I've had pictures ruined by a few drops of rain. These were colour pictures
from a DeskJet 500C. Mind you, it could have been acid rain:-)
I use a BJ10ex. Ink dries fast, but it really doesn't like getting wet.
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|Justin Whitton at ma90jjw% |Where no man has gone before..|
|after August mail \------------------------------|
|Disclaimer: My opinions count for nothing, except when the office is empty. |
|I'm a student => intelligence = 0. |
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Summary: ATI Graphics Ultra Questions etc
Reply-To:
Organization: Eos Systems Inc, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 147
To those interested in the new ATI Ultra Cards:
I had posted some questions regarding the new ATI Ultra Pro cards and
had asked confirmation of some opinions.
This message is a summary of the responses. Thanks to all of you that
replied.
> 1) The card does not work in a system with 32M RAM.
a) The higher memory limits apply to ISA cards only, as far as I know. The VLB
and EISA version should have no problems.
b) I'm pretty sure from my experience that the ISA version doesn't
work in systems with over 16M Ram. There is supposed to be way
of switching the "memory aperture" feature off to prevent this,
but apparently it doesn't work. I posted some "help me" messages
on the net and people indicated that the EISA card didn't have this
problem.
c) FALSE
d) The VLB card, which I have, allows you to set memory aperture over 32M
by using their configuration software. No messing with jumpers necessary.
The 32M problem is probably valid only for ISA cards.
> 2) The card works in a 32M system with some switches
> set but it is much slower.
a) Again, the memory aperture need only be disabled if you have more than 124M RAM
or 12 M . 32M should not be a problem for you.
b) Dunno.
c) Depends on the bus. YES if ISA, NO if EISA or Localbus
> 3) The card is _interlaced_ in its 24bit modes.
a) Nope. I can use 640x480 at 72hz, 24-bit and 800x600 at 70hz, 24-bit, all
non-interlaced.
b) Yes - According to PC Magazine, they've tested a local bus version
that does 1024x768 in 24-bit which may or may not be interlaced.
c) Not for the Pro. Sometimes for the Plus.
Some modes may run only interlaced on certain monitors. This has nothing to
do with 24 bits ... only with screen size. Note that for 24 bit color
and Windows you MUST have 2 megs, memory size calculations notwithstanding.
> 4) The latest build 59 drivers still do not work in many
> cases.
a) They aren't perfect, but are much improved. I don't recall the last time which
I had to leave mach 32 mode and switch to 8514 or VGA mode due
to software incompatibility.
b) True. Many people recommended going back to Build 55 or 54.
c) They appear to be excellent, but have a few bugs. For example, certain
graphs with dashed lines in Mathcad 3.1 do not print correctly, though they
do display OK on the screen. They are about par for fancy cards ..
other accelerated cards also have bugs.
d) Overall, I like the card, even if driver performance is somewhat less than
satisfactory. I am running the 1024*768 16 Color mode as that is all my
NT driver for October NT version seems to allow.
I will say this that Color performance is not quite as nice as a Diamond
Stealth VRAM, but I have not been able to try out a lot of the options on
the old driver.
> 5) This card is the fastest full colour card for the money.
a) It's quite fast, but whether or not its the fastest is open to debate.
b) Yes - I'll admit it was very very fast in 16-bit mode, which is what
I wanted to use it for. Too bad it crashed
every 20 minutes or so...
c) Depends on many many things.
> 6) This card is the greatest thing since sliced bread. ;-)
a) I like it.
b) Well - PC Magazine seems to think it is.
c) Yes, this appears to be true :-)
d) As to greatest thing since sliced bread, I doubt it. Better cards are
coming out. Who knows, maybe ATI will come out with something faster yet.
Several reviews I read rated one Pycon Winjet card as a superior performer
at a cheaper price except for availability of drivers, which Pycon was
developing at that time.
Overall, the card has a lot of potential, but you have to be able to use it.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
That is the end of the questions. These were the most discussed items in this
group so I thought they needed confirmation. For those of you not familiar
with the card I have included a summary here
ATI Graphics Ultra Plus:
- Accelerated 1024x768 at 65K colours
- True colour at 800x600
- Multimedia Video Acceleration
Stretch full motion video windows to full size
- Fast VGA
- Includes 3 button mouse
- Anti-aliased fonts
- Real-time pan and zoom across large virtual windows desktop
- Around a 1/2 length card size
- Priced from $400 U.S.
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro:
- Everything in Graphics Ultra Plus
- Faster performance with VRAMS
- Accelerated 1280x1024 at 256 colours 74Hz non-interlaced
- Available in ISA, EISA and Microchannel
- Priced from $600 U.S.
ATI Technologies
756-0718
I hope this summary can be of use to you.
Al
P.S. I am not associated with ATI Technologies in any way other
than having used their previous ATI Ultra card for a few
years .
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OR ...uunet!wimsey.bc.ca!eosvcr!aew
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Utility for updating Win.ini and system.ini
Reply-To:
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Lines: 11
In article <> writes:
>I nead a utility for updating *.ini files for Windows.
>
>Do I find it on any FTP host?
>
>Svein
>
In Windows 3.0 there is a built-in called sysedit.exe that is just what you
need. Windows 3.1 I don't know......
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
EMM386.EXE and Windows and Dos6
Nntp-Posting-Host: piaget.cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Organization: Dept. Computerwetenschappen
Lines: 17
In Windows I created a permanent Swap-file of 7771Kb as win3.1
recommended me to do that .
If I use EMM386.EXE, after win3.1 startup I have 6689K of memory
free, if I leave EMM386.EXE out of my config.sys I have 9935K
of memory free, and windows recommends me a swap file of 11769K.
I use DOS6, with memmaker, have 4MB of internal Memory and a 486DX,
Does anybody knows why this is happening
I need an optimized DOS-environment, because i develop applications for
DOS using a windows programming environment.
Rudi
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Help with changing Startup logo
Organization: Express Access Online Communications USA: 800-546-2010
Lines: 21
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
Summary: Help with changing Startup logo
I know this is probably a FAQ, but...
I installed the s/w for my ATI graphics card, and it bashed my Windows
logo files. When I start Windows now, it has the 3.0 logo instead of
the 3.1 logo.
I thought the files that controlled this were
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VGALOGO.RLE
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VGALOGO.LGO
I restored these files, but it didn't change the logo. Anyone know what
the correct files are?
Thanks.
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<Charles U. Farley>
Average IQ of Calgary Board of Ed. Employee: 65
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Can I Change "Licensed To" Data in Windows 3.1?
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Lines: 19
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu
In article <>, writes:
>Have you tried re-installing the software? Otherwise I would be dubious about
>simple ways to change that screen. Is it not designed to be an embarassment to
>would be pirates?
>
ahh, yes, this is a fun topic. No, once the name is incribed on the
disk, that is it, it is encoded. Not even a HEX editor will find it. You can
write over the "Licensed to:", but you can't change the name underneth it. I
think if you wish to change this you would have to be a pirate, and we're not
going to promote that here.
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| Marquette University ||||||||||| Math / Computer Science Double-Major|
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| Internet Address: 2A42Dubinski.vms.csd.mu.edu | Milwaukee, WI |
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Why is my mouse so JUMPY?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Lines: 42
In article <> writes:
> writes:
>
>>I have a Microsoft Serial Mouse and am using mouse.com 8.00 . Vertical motion
>>is nice and smooth, but horizontal motion is so bad I sometimes can't click
>>on something because my mouse jumps around. I can be moving the mouse to
>>the right with relatively uniform motion and the mouse will move smoothly
>>for a bit, then jump to the right, then move smoothly for a bit then jump
>>again . This is crazy! I have
>>never had so much trouble with a mouse before. Anyone have any solutions?
>
>>Does Microsoft think they are what everyone should be? <- just venting steam!
>
>I think I have the same problem. I think it is caused by the rubber ball
>in the mouse, which doesn't roll so smooth. The detectors in the mouse
>notice this and whoops, I hit a mine ).
>
>I think the solution will be buying a new mouse, and/or using a mouse pad.
>
>Wouter.
And/or taking the rubber ball out of the mouse and cleaning it with
alcohol . This is good to do every so often, even if you
have a mouse pad. Dust still gets caught in the mouse and on the
rubber ball. As well, lint and other garbage may find it's way onto
the rubber ball and get into the mouse damaging the horizontal and
vertical sensors.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
--
Sincerely,
Robert Kayman ---- -or-
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
"You mean you want the revised revision of the original revised revision
revised?!?!"
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: MIDI files on MS-Win3.1 and SoundBlaster 1.0?
Article-I.D.: medtron.1993Apr22.190051.23597
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The Cybard wrote:
: I have a 486DX-33 computer with a SoundBlaster 1.0 card. I'm running
: Microsoft Windows v3.1. I have the SB driver set up properly to play
: normal sounds . I want to play midi files through the
: Media Player that is included with windows. I know I have to set up the
: patch maps or something in the MIDI-Mapper in the Control Panel. I KNOW
: NOTHING ABOUT MIDI.
: How do I set up Windows so that I can play MIDI files?
If you install the Soundblaster windows drivers correctly, and have
the latest drivers, the media player should be setup to play files
authored to Microsoft's Multimedia midi authoring standard , see the section in the back of the Voyetra manual in the
Soundblaster midi upgrade kit.
You'll find that midi files exist with all kinds of different
mappings, so don't expect them to always sound correct without using
some kind of midi file editor, such as Voyetra's Sequencer Plus.
You can attempt to use the midi-mapper to remap the patches for
soundblaster, but since you cannot modify the sbfm.drv you are allways
stuck with the instruments that come with this driver. Unless you can
find an editor for making modifications to the instrument settings in
sbfm.drv , I would suggest you locate the early version of
soundblaster drivers that were mapped to mt32 voices, and the later
drivers that are mapped to the general midi voices.
:
: --
: David Thomas Dudek / \ __ _ The Cybard
: State University / \ / `-' ) ,,,
: of New York / "If music be the food of love, \ | | |||||||[:::}
: @ Buffalo / play on!" - Wm. Shakespeare \ `__.-._) '''
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Borland's Paradox Offer
Organization: RedRock Development
Distribution: usa
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In article <> writes:
|I am considering buying Borland's Paradox for Windows since I
|would like to use a database with Windows for both work/home use. I would like to advantage
|of Borland's "$129.95 until April 30" offer if this package
|is everything that Borland claims it to be. So, I was
|wondering ... has anybody used this and/or have any opinions?
Yes, and it's pretty much what they claim. I haven't had time to
try all of it. Considering the price, even if you decide you don't like it,
it should be saleable over the next 2-3 months for what you have in it . All in all it's very serviceable; and in my humble
opinion, more powerful than Access.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: moving icons
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Lines: 15
In article <> rutgers!viamar!kmembry writes:
>I remember reading about a program that made windows icons run away
>from the mouse as it moved near them. Does anyone know the name
>of this program and the ftp location
There's a program called "Icon Frightener" included with the book Stupid
Windows Tricks by Bob LeVitus and Ed Tittel . It's
freeware. If it's not on the net anywhere, I'll happily email a copy to
someone who's willing to upload it .
--
Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Searching for a phonetic font
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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writes:
: I'm searching for a phonetic TrueType font for Windows 3.1. If
: anybody knows one, please mail me!
:
: Thanks.
:
: dw
:
:
: ##################################################################
: Dipl.-Inform. Dietmar Weidlich # IfADo, Ardeystr. 67 #
: # D-4600 Dortmund 50 #
: Phone ++49 231 1084-250 # >> Dr. B.: "Koennten Sie das #
: Fax ++49 231 1084-401 # MAL EBEN erledigen?" << #
Yes, I'm looking for phonetic font too! So if you know one,
please mail me too!
Thanks in advance
Patrick Hudepohl
VU Amsterdam
The Netherlands
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: NDW Norton Desktop for Windows
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu
>I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!
If an Uninstall icon doesn't exist in the Norton Desktop Apps
group:
Run NDW's install program with /u.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Program manager ** two questions
Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.90.30
Reply-To:
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Lines: 20
In article <>, writes:
|>
|> Is it possible to change the icons in the program groups? I'd like
|> to give them some individuality.
|>
|> Can you set up a short-cut key to return to the Program Manager?
|> I know <CTL><ESC>, <ESC> will do it, but I'd rather set it up so I
|> can avoid the task list and get back to the P/M with <ALT><F1>.
I use PlugIn, an enhancement to Program Manager. It allows for sure, I
don't know on . Anyway, give it a try. I like it a lot and registered it
right away It can be found at ftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.84] in
/pub/pc/win3/util/plugin13.zip
-Bruce
--
Bruce F. Steinke | "Never know when you're going to
| need a good piece of rope."
Software Technical Support Engineer | Sam Gamgee
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. | <My mail, My Opinions>
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Searching for a phonetic font
Organization: Institut f. Arbeitsphysiologie a.d. Uni Dortmund
Lines: 13
I'm searching for a phonetic TrueType font for Windows 3.1. If
anybody knows one, please mail me!
Thanks.
dw
##################################################################
Dipl.-Inform. Dietmar Weidlich # IfADo, Ardeystr. 67 #
# D-4600 Dortmund 50 #
Phone ++49 231 1084-250 # >> Dr. B.: "Koennten Sie das #
Fax ++49 231 1084-401 # MAL EBEN erledigen?" << #
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
FTP-site for .WAV-files
Organization: Institutt for informatikk, Universitetet i Tr.heim, AVH
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Hello everybody...
Are there any ftp-sites with wav-files available???
Frode Kvam :-)
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_______________________________________________________________________________
Name: Frode Kvam
Univ: University of Trondheim, dept of informatics
E-mail:
Snail-mail: Lademoens Kirkealle 8
7042 TRONDHEIM
Voice: + 47 7 50 45 06
_______________________________________________________________________________
*** Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers. ***
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Win NT - what is it???
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
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<> <>
NNTP-Posting-Host: lyra.crhc.uiuc.edu
In-reply-to: 's message of Fri, 16 Apr 93 21:34:28 GMT
In article <> writes:
> Somewhere in this thread, it has been said that Windows NT is a
> multi-user OS, as well as multi-threading, etc. I certainly haven't
> seen this to be the case. There are seperate accounts for each person,
> and even seperate directories if that is desired. I don't see an
> implentation of simultaneuos use though.
>
> Scott
It certainly is multi-user. What I have seen from the March Beta is
that it doesn't yet come with the stuff which exploits multi-user
features. I remember somebody from MS stating that it doesn't allow
two users share one GUI. My interpretation of this was that one user
per console but all the networking and RPC based stuff you want.
I believe ftp and rlogin deamons for NT systems will come from third
party. Somebody already has a Beta version of an unsecure ftpd on the
net. There is no reason why one cannot write a posix based shell like
csh on Unix for remote logins.
In general I liked NT when I checked it out. It slow compared to
Win3.1 . The beta version, although being
slow, botts up much faster than my SUN workstation. Windows subsystems
also start up a lot faster than X windows. I believe Bill Gates was
right when he stated that NT was not for everybody. After playing
around with it for a while I was convinced. If I owned a busines using
a "business computer" from IBM or some other established vendor, I
would consider moving to NT platform because it would provide a much
cheaper solution . It provides
the robustness such an application requires.
On the other hand if you like your DOS games, more or less forget
about NT. You can always boot to DOS but in general that defeats
the purpose of using NT. Most of NT's features are visible in a
networked environment and in such an environment you can't reboot your
machine at will. For personal use, I would rather wait for the Win32
based Windows release than jump to NT bandwagon.
I expect most applications will keep on using Win16 until Win32
becomes widely available.
--
Sadun Anik, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for Reliable and High-performance Computing
e-mail:
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
RE Diamond SS 24X
Organization: Physics Department, FSU
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS
Reply-To:
Lines: 25
>Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
>card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
>latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
>in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
>I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
>in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
>quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
>What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
>Thx Dave L
I have used both version 1.17 drivers for Win 3.1 and the new 2.03 drivers.
I have had none of these problems. No GPF's at all. I have a feeling that
your problems are not with the card or drivers. The ATI Ultra drivers are
considered some of the most reliable on the market, and the SS 24X ones
seem quite good as well. Maybe you should check BIOS problems in your
Gateway. I know a few people with Gateway DX2's, and all of them have
found some problem or other with compatibility -- especially with graphics.
The only GPF's I have ever had can be directly attributable to using/
abusing applications. I even got the newest drivers from Diamond when
people started complaining. I still only have one small problem with
them, and it is that the hardware cursor is slightly jumpy during writes/
reads to the swap file.
Greg Bishop.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Losing dark colors of my icons
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
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NNTP-Posting-Host: lyra.crhc.uiuc.edu
Here is an annoying problem. Whenever I save an icon which contains dark
colors like dark red or dark purple, these colors are converted to the
bright colors. This happens with every icon editor including the image
editor that came with SDK. I don't have this problem with .BMP files
either; only with .ICO files or icon libraries. The problem is with
the icon colormap field in the icon file header. Checking the file
with a binary editor, I can see that the masks are OK. By editing the
colormap manually I can
fix the colors. Does anybody know what may be causing this problem?
Thanks.
--
Sadun Anik, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for Reliable and High-performance Computing
e-mail:
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
WORD 2.0 HELP!
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Lines: 10
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu
Hello,
I'm having problems printing SPANISH characters with WFW2. I was using the Celtic True type which has the accented characters, and used insert symbol to put in in the document. However, when I put it in the doc, I get a big square character, and then it prints out just the same .
Can anyone tell me if and how they have printed Spanish characters? I know WP 5.1 has this built-in, but I do not recall ever seeing this option on WFW2. HELP!
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| Robert S. Dubinski | Aliases include: Robb, Regal, Sir, Mr., and I |
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| Marquette University ||||||||||| Math / Computer Science Double-Major|
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| Internet Address: 2A42Dubinski.vms.csd.mu.edu | Milwaukee, WI |
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: WP-PCF, Linux, RISC?
Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Lines: 47
writes:
: In article <1qu8ud$> writes:
: >In article <> writes:
: >>
: >>Dear friend,
: >> The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
: >>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
: >>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
: >>computer architecture for more information about RISC.
: >
: >hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember
: >reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large.
: >The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not
: >as orthogonal is CISC.
The original RISCs had small instruction sets, and simple ones. The
idea was that a) every instruction should be completable in a single
clock cycle and b) to have no microcode and c) extensive pipelines.
A few comparisons :
CPU Year Instructions Microcode
--- ---- ------------ ---------
IBM 370/168 1973 208 420Kb
DEC VAX 11/780 1978 303 480Kb
IBM 801 1980 120 0
UCB RISC 1 1982 39 0
Stanford MIPS 1983 55 0
While researching for the VLSI VAX, DEC discovered that 60% of the VAX
microcode is there to support 20% of the instruction set which
accounted for a mere 0.2% of all instructions executed. The uVAX 32
subsetted the architecture onto a single chip and used a software
emulator for these very complex instructions, the full VLSI uVAX
included the entire instruction set, was 5-10 times more copmlex but
only ranm 20% faster.
CPU Chips Microcode Transistors
--- ----- --------- -----------
uVAX 32 2 64K 101K
VLSI uVAX 9 480K 1250K
--
Real: Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
Email:
Phone: +1 604 370 4452
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Help with changing Startup logo
Reply-To:
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores CA
Lines: 32
Nntp-Posting-Host: monica.us.oracle.com
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
at Oracle Corporation. The opinions expressed are those
of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.
In article <1rgtba$> writes:
>
> I know this is probably a FAQ, but...
>
> I installed the s/w for my ATI graphics card, and it bashed my Windows
> logo files. When I start Windows now, it has the 3.0 logo instead of
> the 3.1 logo.
>
> I thought the files that controlled this were
>
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VGALOGO.RLE
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VGALOGO.LGO
>
> I restored these files, but it didn't change the logo. Anyone know what
> the correct files are?
>
> Thanks.
>
Somewhere there is a program
called winlogo.zip that does the trick. It works great. I believe the
reason why you can't change the files you mentioned is that the logo is
actually imbeded into the windows executable
-Eric
>
> --
> <Charles U. Farley>
> Average IQ of Calgary Board of Ed. Employee: 65
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: Re: WINBENCH 3.11 help -- graphics comparison?!?
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson
Lines: 32
In article <> writes:
>
>
>In article <> writes:
>>I have a question about WINBENCH 3.11..
>>
>>I have a 386/33 and a Ahead B card and got these results-
>>
>>windows vga driver - 2.44 million
>>ahead B driver - 455,000 winmarks
>>windows svga driver - 1.68 million winmarks...
>>
>>I was thinking about upgrading to a diamond 24x card.. I read it had about
>>8 million winmark..
>
>On my 386dx 33Mhz 4Mb RAM
>Winbench 2.5
> 24x v2.02 16.7M 1,668,274
> v2.03 16.7M 1,668,985
> v2.03 16 4,602,428
> v2.03 256 7,635,278
Be very careful with these results! As I recall, numbers from Winbench
2.5 are calculated differently from 3.1, and so these figures are not
comparable.
However, to answer Stephen's question, replacing the Ahead B card with
a Diamond 24x will yield a cost-effective, dramatic speed increase for
Windows. That or the ATI Graphics Ultra Plus....
--
Greg Franklin
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Can I Change "Licensed To" Data in Windows 3.1?
Nntp-Posting-Host: hermes.acm.rpi.edu
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In <> writes:
> ahh, yes, this is a fun topic. No, once the name is incribed on the
>disk, that is it, it is encoded. Not even a HEX editor will find it. You can
But a disk compare utility will. And Windows 3.1 is
also flexible enough at install time that you can copy all the files
onto your hard disk, which greatly speeds things up and makes them
less annoying, if you can spare the 7 or so compressed megs.
>write over the "Licensed to:", but you can't change the name underneth it. I
>think if you wish to change this you would have to be a pirate, and we're not
>going to promote that here.
No, we're not. But we're also not going to promote pandering to
corporate paranoia when the real issue is convenience. I don't *like*
dealing with floppies. Personally, I have no use for changing the
registration info, but I see it as a valid need, and one that ought to
be solved using a quick little utility rather than a half-hour
reinstall that's just about guaranteed to mess up your settings in one
way or another.
So, while I'm not going to put much time into it myself, here's the
procedure for getting on your way to finding the encoded information:
1. Copy all your Windows disks into the directory from which you want
to install it. I've been using c:\WINSTALL myself.
2. From there, copy that directory to something like c:\WINORIG.
3. Install from c:\winstall.
4. comp the two directories to determine changes.
i.e., comp *.* \winorig\*.* >\report.txt
5. Look in the report file for the file that change. Assuming
they didn't cover themselves covering their own tracks, at least one
file should have a difference noted at a particular offset. Locate
said offset in the original directory and see what's there using a hex
editor, and do the same for the modified one.
6. You're on your own as far as breaking the code goes; I don't
really do cryptography. It's probably just an xor key or something; I
think MS is more concerned with Joe Schmoe at the office personalizing
his copy than with "real pirates" who will probably just disassemble
the damned thing anyway. This technique should work with just about
any obnoxious corporate product that tries to write to the original
floppies when you install; in some extreme cases you may not be able
to back the floppies up to hard disk, and will be stuck doing a
compare on floppies .
As I noted before, if you can afford the space on the hard disk, and
don't do much in the way of customization, reinstalling from one
directory to another may be less arduous. Doing some of the stuff
I've mentioned here may well void your license with Microsoft, as if
they'd ever find out. If you aren't careful with the disk editor, you
could also mung something important... duh. I guess that's a
disclaimer.
Have at it....
Rob
--
Rob Keywords - Oldfield Jane's Leather Yes Win3.1 Phish
light blue right Bondage r.e.m. DTP Steely Dan DS9 FNM OWL Genesis In the
spaceship, the silver spaceship, the lion takes control.....
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Visual c++
In-Reply-To: David A. Fuess's message of 26 Apr 1993 14: 22:55 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host: 192.8.210.197
Organization: Pelican Software Corporation
Distribution: usa
Lines: 20
To clarify:
VC++ *is* considered an upgrade for C7. There will be no product
called C 8.0 . C7 is not a "DOS"-only product -- it is a C/C++
compiler capable of producing executables for DOS or Windows, as is
VC++ . The difference is that VC++ comes with
many Windows-hosted tools which assist developers in
creating Windows executables much more quickly . Initial
impressions have been very favorable.
Everyone who is a registered user of C7 should have received a
considerable amount of info regarding the specifics of C7. If you
haven't, call Microsoft and I'm sure they'd be happy to send you some!
-Jefrem Iwaniw
Pelican Software Corporation
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Anyone know stacker's email address?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Waldbronn, Germany
Lines: 15
> Does anybody know if stacker has a e-mail address and if
> so, what it is? I know they have a BBS and something on
> compuserve, but I'm hoping someone know's their e-mail
> address.
John White from STAC Electronics can be reached at compuserv as 72370,1005.
For me would as email address work from Internet.
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internet:
phone: Germany 7243 602296
address: Fromut FRITZE, Waldbronn Analytic Division R&D,
Hewlett Packard Str, D 7517 Waldbronn 2, Germany
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Windows Disk Drive Test availabel?
Nntp-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Lines: 28
Is their a pd/freeware hard drive utility that can handle
a compressed IDE drive without screwwing it up?
Need to document occasional failures in reading/writing,
check overall integrity of disk's hardware and sectors.
I believe that all of my problems with DOS/Windows can
be isolated to my drive. Getting occasional corrupted
files, even with smartdrive, 32 bit access turned off.
Had these problems under DOS 5. Only with drive C.
Drive D may have had one failure, but that file was
under the control of Win/Winword on drive C.
All utilities available to me report no problems.
DOS, NDD . Another symptom, SD took forever
on C, and kicked me out with a suspension till NDD run
6 to 8 times.
Thanks.
--
Mike Hayes |"Knowledge is good." - Faber College Motto
WWW |"Knowledge and Thoroughness" -Rensselear Poly Motto
Unemployed Tech, |"No, thank YOU!" -Groucho Marx, 'A Day at the Races'
Driven to banging my head against engineering physics for 4 years.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: ATM
Organization: AT&T
Lines: 39
In article <1r1jq4$> writes:
>
>I've been reading, with much confusion, about whether or not to use
>ATManager. Lately, all the packages I've been buying have all
>included ATManager as a "bonus"
>I do some desktop publishing using PageMaker and Coreldraw.
>Coreldraw comes with a nifty laser disk that contains over 200 diff
>types. Add that to the TTfonts that come with win31 and you have a
>decent amount of fonts. I print my creations out on an HP4
>Postcript, at 600 dpi resolution with the "Resolution Enhancement
>Technology" and .. well ... I get some darn good copies.
>So good that there isn't any diff whether or not ATManager is turned
>on or not. Is it worth it to run ATM at all? Especially with these
>better printer technologies ... and TT?
ATM will do nothing for your TrueType fonts. If your TrueType fonts are
sufficient for your needs, don't run ATM. I have a lot of fonts that I can
install either as Type-1 PostScript or as TrueType. I have
noticed that:
1. TrueType font files are at least 1/3 larger than their Type-1
equivalents. If you are using a disk compressor, though, be aware
that TrueType fonts will compress, whereas Type-1 fonts will not
.
2. With a 300 dpi laser printer, the "artificial bold" version of a
TrueType font is indistingishable from the original, forcing me to
install the actual bold variants if I want
to use them. Type-1 PostScript fonts under ATM generate a visually
distinct bold variant from the base font. I realize that the
artificial bold font that ATM generates is aesthetically inferior
to the hand-generated bold TrueType variant, but it is sufficient
for my needs, and not having to install bold variants saves me 50%
on disk space .
--
Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Windows Shareware Monthly
Article-I.D.: tamsun.1ps35rINNfpd
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NNTP-Posting-Host: tamuts.tamu.edu
Windows Shareware Monthly is an on-line forum for information about the
newest and best Windows 3.x and NT shareware/freeware software.
WSM is a compilation of submissions from shareware/freeware authors in a single
Windows .HLP file. All types of software may be submitted for
entry in WSM - utilities, applications, games, programming tools, etc.
WSM benefits Windows shareware/freeware authors by allowing them to publicize
their software releases, inform users of updated versions, and to increase
their installed base of users. Those searching for specific Windows software
will benefit by having a complete list of available software available at their
fingertips - complete with feature lists, current prices, and any other
relevant information.
Windows software authors may submit entries to Windows Shareware Monthly in the
following manner:
1. Compose a short summary of the function of the software. Include all
special features which are unique to your product and which set it apart
from other programs in the genre. Be sure to include specific details
such as: the current release version, where the software is available,
how much the registration fee costs, how much disk space is required, any
special requirements , how the
author may be contacted, etc. Because text is highly compressible, the
summary may be as long as is necessary, however, it is best to keep it
short. A good guideline is a single screenful of 12-point text at 640x480
resolution. Order forms and other such addendum may be included if desired.
All submissions whould be in plain text format. Formatting will
be exactly as it is submitted - I will simply cut and paste text files
into a Help Authoring system. If you require special formatting
conventions - such as boldface text or italics, or a larger font size,
indicate so CLEARLY within the text file. For best results, use Windows
NotePad to create the .TXT file.
2. Include up to 100k of Windows-format .BMP screen-shots which
display the workings or special features of each program. Special cases
which require 256-color bitmaps may
submit up to 250k of .BMP files - all other should observe the 100k limit
and use 16-color format. For maximum compatiblity with the software which
will be used to create the WSM .HLP file , please save the bitmaps with Windows Paintbrush or
WinGIF.
3. Include a 16-color .BMP of the program's icon . Many programs
are available to convert .ICO to .BMP format, or Windows Paintbrush may be
used. The .BMP will be embedded in the summary text.
4. Double-check for spelling errors, formatting corrections, etc.
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The data in this dataset is a subset of 20newsgroups/SciKit dataset:
license: mit dataset_info: pretty_name: 'SciKit newsgroup20 subset' features: - name: index dtype: int64 - name: Text dtype: string - name: Label dtype: int32 - name: Class Name dtype: string task_categories: -text classification -sentence similarity tags: -text classification -sentence similarity splits: - name: train num_bytes: 799164 num_examples: 750 download_size: 477299 dataset_size: 799164 configs: - config_name: default data_files: - split: train path: data/train-*
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