Info-IBMPC@C.ISI.EDU.UUCP (02/23/87)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sunday, 22 February 1987 Volume 6 : Issue 11
This Week's Editor: Billy Brackenridge
Today's Queries:
Co-Processor Board
Meridian Ada
Problems with ProComm Terminal Emulation
Optimizing BIOS
UNIX Like C Compilers
TURBO C
F6's appear in .exe and .bat files Anyone know why?
3.5 Drives
GRAPHICS.COM
Logicsoft's 60MB Internal Tape Backup
Printing from Hercules Plus
Need Compact Memory Model Micro Emacs
Request for XMODEM program
Copy Won't Copy 0 Length Files
WYSE Compatible
PC/RT Configuration and Software
Connecting a WYSE-60 Terminal via COMx.
Systat or Statgraphics
PCWATCH
MS CodeView and EGA
Software Carousel AutoMenu Hard Disk Setup
Disk Optimizer Disk Organizer
XON-XOFF Flow Control
ASCII to Display Writer 3
Lotus 123 Graphs to HP Laserjet
3278/3279 Terminal Emulation
Bug in Microsoft MASM or DOS 3.2 or RAMdisk drivers?
Cheap CAD/CAM
Where can I find RHM?
malloc / free info requested
BTRIEVE
Replacement for Compaq Power Supply
Wordstar 2000+ EOF Problem
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 87 22:03:44 PST
From: johnston@lbl-csam.arpa (Bill Johnston [csr])
Subject: Co-Processor Board
I need some information and recommendations.
How do the co-processor boards that include, say, an 80286 and memory, on
a PC bus board work. How do you generate code for them (standard compilers)?
How do you load the code into them? Do they run their own operating system?
How do you get information into and out of them? Do they share an address
space and/or I/O functions with MSDOS?
Clearly there are variations. Looking at a Byte add for Micro Way I see
that the "FastCACHE-286" has cache memory only, but that the
"Number Smasher ECM" has main memory.
Does anyone have any good (or bad) experience to share?
What I need to do is get compressed images from an Ethernet interface,
decompress them and write them into a frame buffer memory. Do I have
to copy the data from PC address space to co-processor, and then
back out? If the co-processor can access PC memory, could I write
directly into the frame buffer (which is in PC address space). To
do this I would probably have to slow down the co-processor memory
writes (by adding dummy instructions between each transfer to PC
memory?) Can I call routines resident on the co-processor board?
If not, is there a synchronization mechanism? (E.G. how can I execute
a task on the co-processor and then inform a PC program that
the processed data is ready for use.) Currently, all of our
coding uses Microsoft C, and we would like to keep it that way, if
possible.
Any information would be appreciated. Please respond directly to
me, if possible. I will summarize the responses.
Thanks, Bill Johnston
johnston@lbl-csam.arpa or wejohnston@lbl.arpa
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 87 04:39:20 EST
From: Kenneth Ng <KEN%ORION.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Meridian Ada
Does anyone have any experience with the AdaVantage Ada Compiler for
the IBM PC? Its written by Meridian Software Systems Inc. I have their
brochure, but I'd be more inclined to buy it if I knew others had
used it first. I have their brochure and have read the article in
Computer Language Dec 86.
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From: Stephen Herman <philabs!sjh@seismo.CSS.GOV>
Date: 16 Feb 87 15:02:01 GMT
Subject: Problems with ProComm Terminal Emulation
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
I am using ProComm version 2.4.2 to access VAX computers running BSD UNIX 4.3.
I am having problems with the terminal emulators built into ProComm. When
I set both the VAX and ProComm to VT-100 then everything is fine except
that there is no scrolling in the vi editor. The scroll setting of the
terminal emulator is set on and it does scroll, but not within vi.
The same problem occurs if I use the Heath 19 emulation.
If I use the ANSI emulation in both the PC and the VAX, the scrolling problem
goes away--almost. After displaying one screenful of text, the emulation
loses all color settings and reverts to white on black.
Any ideas on what is the problem?
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Date: Mon 16 Feb 87 12:42:20-PST
From: Cliff Yamamoto <CYAMAMOT%GUMBY@USC-ECLC.ARPA>
Subject: Optimizing BIOS
Greetings. I was wondering if anyone out there could provide
a direction or some information about this subject. With the great
amount of accelerated machines on the market, I have heard (a rumor
possibly?) that all fast machines usually utilize an optimized bios
written specifically for the given clock rate (i.e. a bios for an 8 Mhz
machine would be different than one in a 10 Mhz machine).
If this is true, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what
exactly are the changes that one makes to the bios? With the many
companies out there making bioses, aside from Phoenix, it appears as
though it is not to difficult to design one.
I pose this question because I have sped up my Ibm AT after
reading the all Ibm issue of Byte magazine a few months ago and I'm
wondering if I really am getting the max performance. Is just speeding
up the clock rate all there is to it? Other than the change for the
timeout loop on the 1.2 Mg drive what other difference, if any, exists?
There must be room for improvement since at the moment I am using one
of those TSRs that really speeds up the bios scrolling output.
I have the newer bios (#6480090, dated 6-10-85) and I have the
Technical Ref. manual handy #6280070. Unfortunately I am not too
familiar with the inner workings of the bios routines, especially those
like Int15 that play around with the protected mode. Can these routines
be optimized for a faster clock? (or should they be optimized?)
I realize these are a lot of questions but if any of them can
be answered I would be most grateful. I would be interesting in hearing
about any bios routines that are affected when the clock speed is changed.
Thanx in advance!
Cliff Yamamoto
Arpa : Cyamamot%Gumby%Usc-Ecl.Arpa
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From: nina@cernvax.UUCP (nina)
Subject: UNIX Like C Compilers
Date: 16 Feb 87 11:29:17 GMT
What's your opinion about the Archimedes Software's C-51PCC compiler.
I'am very interrested to have a C UNIX compatible compiler for PC!
Francis Somers (cernvax!uclfynu!some
prlb2!uclfynu!some
lln-cs!uclfynu!some)
CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CH-1211 Geneva, Sw
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 87 09:33 EDT
From: Peter Heitman <HEITMAN%cs.umass.edu@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: TURBO C
Just announced in the latest issue of PC Magazine is TURBO C from
Borland. THe price is right ($99), but how is the compiler?
TURBO PASCAL wasn't Pascal, TURBO PROLOG wasn't Prolog. Can it be
that TURBO C is really C? The ad states that the compiler is ANSI
standard. Does this mean that I can take sources that were written
for Microsoft C and have a reasonable chance of compiling them under
TURBO C? If you know about this product, let me know how complete it
is. Anyone know when/where the reviews will appear?
Thanks for any help.
Peter Heitman
heitman@umass-cs.csnet
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From: Barbara Siefken <barbara%tekecs.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Date: 17 Feb 87 17:48:04 GMT
Subject: F6's appear in .exe and .bat files Anyone know why?
I have an original, plain vanilla IBM-PC. Recently, it has started
scribbling F6's in executables, in the autoexec.bat file, in the
config.sys file, etc. I have not tried to update these files in
2 years, and the update dates have not been changed, but the files
are altered.
One program I was using needed to read another disk, and asked me
to put it in Drive 6 (instead of A or B).
Does this sound like a disk problem? A motherboard problem? Some
other kind of problem?
I am about to buy a hardcard for the computer, but if I need to
replace something else expensive, it would be cheaper to buy a
new system (if I keep the monitor), then to buy several parts for
the old one.
Help! Debug advice would be greatly appreciated.
Barbara Siefken
tektronix!tekecs!barbara
503-685-3876
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Date: Tue 17 Feb 87 13:39:16-PST
From: Lawrence <LDURHAM%SHEDIR@usc-oberon.ARPA>
Subject: 3.5 Drives
I've installed two 3.5 drives in my PCs. The problem I seem to have is
in trying to get them to format at 720kb. I'm running 3.2 DOS, and tried
to use the instructions for setting up a 3.5 disk drive. I set-up the drive
to be the "b" drive, and in the manual for set-up under config.sys I used
this format (device=driver.sys \d:1 \f:2). This form gives me a message at
boot-up that D drive is now an external drive. I've made several changes,
and none gives me a 720kb size on the B drive which is my 3.5 drive. Is
there something I'm missing or is it possible to get this size? I under-
stand there is a patch or two for a 3.5 drive. Will this help my problem?
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Date: Tue 17 Feb 87 17:21:11-PST
From: Michael Kahn <KAHN@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: GRAPHICS.COM
The version of graphics.com supplied with PC-DOS 3.0 does not work correctly
with an EGA card. Since it works perfectly with a CGA card but also does
not work if the EGA is in CGA simulation mode (this is a Video-7 EGA), I
assume that the problem is with addressing the right area of video memory.
Is there an easy fix to graphics.com or is there a PD program that gives
the same functionality as graphics.com but on an EGA card? All I want to
do is to dump an EGA graphics screen to my printer by pressing
ctl-PrtScrn. Nothing fancier.
Michael Kahn
(kahn@sumex-aim.stanford.edu)
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From: lbafrin%GruMP.UUCP@tecnet-clemson (Larry Afrin)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 87 22:37:15 EST
Subject: Logicsoft's 60MB Internal Tape Backup
Straight to the point: has anybody out there had personal experience
with Logicsoft's own brand ("Logic" brand) of 60MB internal streaming
tape backup unit? They're selling it for $725, and I'm attracted by
the 5-year unconditional repair/replace warranty. But as PC Magazine
pointed out in its tape unit survey many moons ago, tape hardware is
all pretty much the same -- it's the software that separates the men
from the boys (please excuse my momentary chauvinistic lapse,
ladies). The only thing the Logicsoft salesman can tell me is that
it does image and file-by-file backup/restore and can transfer data
at up to 5MB per minute, pretty much in line with other tape units'
specs. Like I said, the warranty looks good, and the price sure is
competitive, so the only thing I have left to worry about (since
there's no money-back trial period) is the quality of the software.
Can anybody comment on this (or any aspect of the unit, for that
matter)? Each reply will be thankfully acknowledged, and I'll post a
summary of the replies if anybody else is interested.
-- Larry Afrin
Dept. of Computer Science
Clemson University
================================
Please send replies, if any, to:
CSNET: lbafrin@clemson.csnet or lbafrin%eureka@clemson.csnet
ARPA: lbafrin@tecnet-clemson.arpa
USENET: ihnp4!seismo!{clemson.csnet|tecnet-clemson.arpa}!lbafrin
I disclaim everything anybody ever said about anything.
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 87 00:03:55 est
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi@rochester.arpa>
Subject: Printing from Hercules Plus
A friend of mine just bought an AT clone with the new Hercules Plus
video board. Using Microsoft Word with the Hercules Plus driver he
can see all sorts of special characters on the screen. But how can
he print these out? He specified an Epson FX-80, which is the kind
of printer he has, but it looks like Word can only print the standard
characters built into the Epson. Does anyone know how he can get the
other characters, or if Word permits printing them on any other model
of printer?
Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester.edu
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From: hplabs!felix!babich@seismo.CSS.GOV (Alan Babich)
Date: 19 Feb 87 02:31:06 GMT
Subject: Need Compact Memory Model Micro Emacs
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA
Lines: 5
I need a copy of the source for microemacs that will run on an IBM AT
clone when compiled with the compact memory model (<64K stack, <64K code,
>64K data) of the Microsoft 4.00 C compiler. Thanks.
hplabs!felix!babich
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 87 14:28 CST
From: <KRANTZ%VUENGVAX.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Request for XMODEM program
We have several versions of XMODEM for the PC but don't have one that will
run on a VAX (running VMS). If possible could someone send me the source
of an xmodem program that will run on a VAX (VMS) system. I'd appreciate
it and thanks in advance.
Alan Krantz
KRANTZ@VUENGVAX
(We have C, Pascal, FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC compilers but no BLISS-32)
[Use Kermit and save yourself lots of trouble. -wab]
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 87 13:03:14 est
From: Andrew Malton <malton%csri.toronto.edu@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: Copy Won't Copy 0 Length Files
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
I have a question, which probably displays ignorance. But, under PC-DOS
the COPY command seems to refuse to copy empty files. Is this right?
Is it a bug? Is there a way to do it? Can somone mail me an explanation
please?
[Some copy programs such as JET from Tall Tree will copy 0 length files
if a switch is specified. -wab]
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 87 15:33:23 est
From: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone)
Subject: WYSE Compatible
I need a 10 Mhz IBM PC/AT compatible for 8 hrs./day, 5 days/wk. DBMS
use (Oracle or Informix, not yet decided). Does anyone know of any
reliability or compatibility problems with WYSE brand? Any other
suggestions? Any advice would be greatly appreciated; I need
delivery by 2/27/87. Thanks!
- Tony
catone@wharton.upenn.edu
catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 87 18:32:55 HOE
From: xavier millet <ZCCBXMP%EB0UB011.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: PC/RT Configuration and Software
We are planning to instal a PC/RT (6150) mod25 in one of
our units of software development. We have some information about the
lastest RT model, but we will like to have some contacts with
anyone with experience on it.
In short, what happens in the new model with the 5080 configuration ?
What happens with the software updates ?
Does anyone has experience in multitasking usage of the PC/RT
realted to the software development ??
Thanks in advance,
Xavier Millet ZCCBXMP@EB0UB011
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 87 10:07:07 +0100 (Central European Time)
From: XBR1D770@DDATHD21.BITNET (R. Hoenig)
Subject: Connecting a WYSE-60 Terminal via COMx.
We want to built up a communication between a WYSE-60 terminal,
which is able to run in IBM PC emulation (screen and keyboard),
to an IBM PC under MS-DOS 3.1 via COMx.
The problem is, that if you connect the terminal and use
CTTY, the scancodes and control sequences are not handled
properly. The piece of hardware or software needed should
make the terminal (screen and keyboard) behave exactly
like the main screen/keyboard of the PC in alternative mode.
If this solution can handle the video RAM, too, this would be fine,
but is not absolutely required. ASCII character transfer and
scancode handling would be sufficient.
Any (low cost) solutions known/at hand?
Replies to Dr. Th. Brendel, Frankfurt via R. Hoenig/THD.
drb
11.2.1987
[Sounds like a program could be written based on our interrupt driven
COM packages such as COM_PKG2.ASM and something on the order of BUF160.ASM
which would give you some ideas as how to link into the keyboard interrupt
routines. I can't understand why anyone would want to do this, but you could
achieve limited success. -wab]
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 00:43 N
From: <DRAYER%HGRRUG5.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Systat or Statgraphics
Hello, I'd like to know more on the differences between the programs
Statgraphics and Systat.
The PC-version of SAS is very basic, and I don't like the user interface of
SPSS/PC, might as well use a mainframe. More importantly, both SAS and SPSS
are extremely expensive.
Is it worth buying Statgraphics or Systat, using a PC with 8087, or should
I stick to using SAS on our Vax and/or SPSS on th Cyber? Why? We never
use very complicated statistical procedures, we do have a "lot" (in PC terms)
of data.
Which of the two is better/faster/easier to use/more reliable/etc ??
Send answers to me (if you can access bitnet/earn) and I'll summarize for
the list.
Thanks all,
Nick Drayer jr.
Groningen University
Holland
Earn/Bitnet: drayer@hgrrug5
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1987 10:36:27 ULG
From: Andre PIRARD <A-PIRARD%BLIULG12.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: PCWATCH
I once have seen at an IBM course a program called PCWATCH. It was said to be
part of a suite called 'Directory of personal developped software' and
available through mail order to U. S. residents only.
It selectively displays interrupts events and is one of the most useful
tool for debugging and getting an insight of DOS working.
Does anyone know of of its wider availability (to Europe) or of a public
domain comparable substitute?
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 04:59 MST
From: Allan Haggett <Haggett@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA>
Subject: MS CodeView and EGA
We have just received MS C, 4.0. It comes with a wonderful symbolic
debugger -- CodeView. However, whenever I run CodeView it resets the
screen colors upon exit. If I simply fire it up and quit immediately, I
get white on black. If I actually run a program when inside the
debugger (i.e., cause it to switch to "program output" screen) and then
quit, I get dark green an disgusting bright green. I would appreciate
any advice on eliminating this annoying problem.
We are running DOS 3.0 on a Compaq Deskpro 286, with ANSI.SYS, a MS
Mouse (5.00 with MOUSE.SYS 5.02), a Princeton color graphics monitor,
and a TECMAR EGA (Master).
Thanks. -- Allan
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 9:32:16 EST
From: gdj5t@krebs5.acc.virginia.edu
Reply-To: gdj5t@krebs5.acc.virginia.edu
Subject: Software Carousel AutoMenu Hard Disk Setup
I'm getting ready to set-up a new AT&T 6300 with 20MB hard disk.
We'll have several programs including Word-Perfect and Lotus 123. Not
only does the disk need to be well organized, but also easy for many
different people to use. (I think each user should keep his data & text
files on floppies.) A shareware AutoMenu program that I glanced at looked
useful. Word Perfect has introduced their "Library" program which has many
nice features, but I have not seen any reviews yet. Also, I just got an
offer from SoftLogic Solutions to buy Software Carousel for $39. Any advice
someone could offer on these or other programs would be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 9:48:18 EST
From: gdj5t@krebs5.acc.virginia.edu
Subject: Disk Optimizer Disk Organizer
Does anyone know of any problems using either SoftLogin Solution's
Disk Optimizer or the shareware Disk Organizer (DOG) on a 20MB Plus Hardcard
in an AT&T6300 running (IBM) PC-DOS 3.2? Can these programs handle copy-
protected programs, including Lotus 123 (ver. 2.01)? A review that I read
several months ago made DOG sound like the better of the two. Any other
suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 08:44:08 PST
From: BINKLEY%OFE@ames-io.ARPA
Subject: XON-XOFF Flow Control
We have recently purchased several HP-Vectras (PC-ATs) to replace our
aging (and slow) HP-150s. With these new PCs we are having a problem that
someone may have a simple (and hopefully painless) solution. The MS-DOS
print command (and some of our application software) does not use XON-
XOFF flow control while printing. While this is not a problem for printers
local to the PCs, it is when we use our facility's LAN to communicate with
a printer in a remote area. This is a requirement as we cannot afford to
purchase a LASER printer for every office and lab here. Is there some fix
for print.com? The only solution we have come up with as yet is a converter
from DTR to XON-XOFF from Black-Box. This is an expensive solution as it
will cost ~$500 per PC. We didn't have this problen with our old HP-150s
serial interfaces and have become dependent upon this capability. Thanks
for listening...
binkley%OFE@ames-io.ARPA
[Use a print spooler such as Tall Tree's JSPOOL or AST's SUPERSPOOL. -wab]
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Date: 20 Feb 87 13:00 EST
From: harvey@nems.ARPA (Betty Harvey)
Subject: ASCII to Display Writer 3
Does anyone know of a public-domain utility that
will convert and ASCII file to a DisplayWriter 3 format file.
I have never used DisplayWriter and am asking for a friend.
Any help will be appreciated.
Betty Harvey <harvey@nems>
[Can't Display Writer read ASCII files? -wab]
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Date: Fri 20 Feb 87 12:13:27-PST
From: David Pope <POPE@SRI-KL.ARPA>
Subject: Lotus 123 Graphs to HP Laserjet
Does anyone know of a utility to print Lotus graphs that have been
saved to disk to a HP Laserjet printer. It seems that it would be
relatively easy to send a "fil.PIC" bitmap to the laser printer.
Please mail directly to me as I am not on this user group.
Source code (preferably in BASIC) would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David E. Pope
pope@sri-kl
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 12:50:52 EST
From: John Shaver (STEEP-TMAC 879-7602) <jshaver@APG-5>
Subject: 3278/3279 Terminal Emulation
Does someone have information about an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulation
program which will allow the information being displayed to be routed to a
file. We will accept either an ASCII or an EBICDIS (?) file.
Thanks in advance
John
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 87 20:53:11 EST
From: jcm@ORNL-MSR.ARPA (James A. Mullens)
Subject: Bug in Microsoft MASM or DOS 3.2 or RAMdisk drivers?
I have had an amusing experience with a bug somewhere in Microsoft
Macro Assembler 4.0, DOS 3.2, or RAM disks running in extended
memory. I have tried the following on 2 ATs -- one an IBM brand
6-MHz converted to 8 Mhz, with 2 hard drives and 3 Meg of Extended
RAM which is used as a RAM disk. The second is a 10 MHz 0-wait-state
RAM clone with 1 40 Meg hard drive logically divided into C: and D:
by Everex's EVDISK driver, and 3 Meg of Extended RAM used as a RAM
disk. Both machines are running PCDOS 3.2, and both had been using
PCDOS's VDISK to use all of extended memory as RAM disk.
I have a large (17Kbyte) assembly language file which assembles
without error unless the source is on the ramdisk (E:) and the object
file is built on the harddisk on the default directory. (When the
assembler fails its error message is "Error 52: Illegal Operand Type"
on the line "mov BX,seg _o_rete". There is *nothing* wrong with that
line of code.) If I assemble with source and object in the same
device/directory (root of E:\ OR C:\HFIR\STATE) the assembly proceeds
without error.
I called Microsoft technical support and they told me that the PCDOS
RAMdisk driver VDISK is flaky for reasons no one understands. They
told me to use any other RAMdisk driver. They approved of trying the
RAMdisk from Windows version 1.01, so I did, and that failed also in
exactly the same way.
I have had this happen twice before without understanding what was
happening. Both times the problem went away when I removed a few
lines of assembly source -- like debugging lines -- just to get a
shorter module. Still, I have assembled 90Kbyte modules without
having this problem. The problem becomes apparent only rarely -- I
have been running with the RAM/hard disk assemblies for several
months and only had 3 assembly sources show this problem.
Has anyone else had similar experiences using the assembler or the
RAMdisk?
jim mullens / jcm@ornl-msr.arpa / oak ridge national laboratory
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1987 10:46 EST
Message-ID: <LIN.12280832314.BABYL@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU>
From: LIN@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU
Subject: Cheap CAD/CAM
Does anyone know about good CAD/CAM packages for IBM PC? This would
be for home use (designing furniture and the like), so very expensive
packages are not appropriate?
Comments to me directly, please.
Lin@xx.lcs.mit.edu
thanks.
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Date: Saturday, 21 February 1987 20:12:28 EST
From: David.Maynard@faraday.ece.cmu.edu
Subject: Where can I find RHM?
I retrieved a program call 'rhm' (Right-Hand Man) from SIMTEL20. From the
documentation, it sounds like a program I would like to have.
Unfortunately, when I try running the program, it aborts with a message
like, "This program only runs on Z-100 series computers."
The doc file indicates that there is a IBM-PC version. Does someone know
where I can find it?
Thanks,
David
David P. Maynard ARPA: dpm@faraday.ece.cmu.edu
Dept. of ECE USENET: ...sun!faraday.ece.cmu.edu!dpm
Carnegie Mellon University (412)268-3333
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Subject: malloc / free info requested
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 87 10:09:20 -0500
From: feist@rochester.arpa
I would appreciate any information anyone has to offer on the
internal workings of malloc / free in Microsoft C 3.0 or 4.0, large
model. I am also interested in known bugs.
Pointers to any public domain implementations of malloc / free would
also be welcome.
-- Steven Feist
feist@rochester.cs.edu
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Date: 22 Feb 87 11:30:00 EST
From: "G. B. Reilly" <reilly@wharton-10>
Subject: BTRIEVE
I've been seeing references to a database product called BTRIEVE.
The claim is that this product can "easily" exchange information
with Lotus 1-2-3. Can anyone point me to more information on this
product?
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Date: 22 Feb 1987 12:56-EST
Sender: SCHNUR@A.ISI.EDU
Subject: Replacement for Compaq Power Supply
From: SCHNUR@A.ISI.EDU
To ibm-PC users group
Is there an alternative to the Compaq power suply for their 286
machines? While everything else has proven to be quite reliable
my gorup is going through quite a few power supplies. I also am
interested in a source for the batteries since they will be soon
beginning to fail I believe.
Joel Schnur (Schnur@isi)
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 87 11:34:55 O
From: Henry Nussbacher <HANK%BARILVM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu>
Subject: Wordstar 2000+ EOF Problem
Posted on behalf of a friend - send replies directly to me - they will
be forwarded:
HELP OR ADVICE IS REQUESTED CONCERNING THE FOLOWING PROBLEM:
A. I'M USING AN I.B.M P.C XT WITH 256KB RAM, 10MB HARD DISK,
A WORDPROCESSOR WORDSTAR 2000+ BY MICROPRO WITH
DOS 2.1 .
B. WHEN I EDITED A FILE (256KB) AND TRIED GETTING TO
END-OF-FILE (CNTRL CE) IT TOOK 5 MINUTES.
C. I'VE REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS ON I.B.M P.C COMPATIBLE
WITH 640KB AND 20MB HARD DISK AND A TURBO-CARD.
IT TOOK ABOUT 4 MINUTES.
D. ANY IDEA OR ADVICE HOW TO SHORTEN THIS PROCESS
WOULD BE APRECIATED.
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