Info-IBMPC@C.ISI.EDU.UUCP (01/19/87)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sunday, 18 January 1987 Volume 6 : Issue 3 This Week's Editor: Billy Brackenridge Today's Topics: MPREP Macro Preprocessor Keytronics KB5151 RM COBOL Kermit Backup to VAX Tape Backup Better than Serial Lines Comments on Microsoft C V4 Console I/O Functions Resident Programs that Use the Disk Genealogical Software Cheap lex yacc from Austin Code Works MS-DOS Kermit 2.29b Test Prerelease JET from SubLogic Works with Hercules Control Break from Turbo Pascal Ada Compiler Pascal Compilers in Pascal Disk Duplication LEX.C INTERCEPT.SYS allows 720KB on DSDD Floppies Pascal Program to Move Around in Your Subdirectories Using nansi.sys with MS C XT286 Supports new BIOS Connecting to H89 NetBios (2 Msgs.) MS DOS chmod Source Executable Micro Emacs on Hercules Now Works Today's Queries: Plus Hard-Card Help Getting a copy of PKARC AST Flash Pack and Fast 88 Evaluations Wanted R/M Fortran-Callable Graphics Utilities MS Windows Error Message Anchor Automation Modem Query Everex Edge Graphics card vs. Microsoft CodeView Calendar Alarm Clock Program Wanted Signal processing on the AT Window Communications Package from MTS Token Ring Questions lisp and vi PD Graphics Terminal Emulators Interactive Video Training Arrow Keys and 2020 Spreadsheet 360 Kb B-Drive on AT03 c-compiler HP Vectra and Micropolis disk Mouse Hercules and Turbo Pascal V20 Chip NUSQ & PC-FILE III Token Ring and DDN Interface 8 Line Serial Device Missing direct.h from grep.c Printer Redirection ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 86 10:49:49 EST From: Kenneth Van Camp -FSAC- <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA> Subject: MPREP Macro Preprocessor The enclosed program, MPREP.PAS, is a general-purpose macro preprocessor and version control program which I am placing in the public domain. C programmers who are forced to program in other languages will especially appreciate MPREP, since it implements the four C preprocessor commands, #define, #ifdef, #ifndef and #endif, for use in any other language. I wrote MPREP in Turbo Pascal, but it works equally well with source files written in Fortran, Lisp, Cobol, etc., as long as they're in standard ASCII files. Documentation is included in comments at the beginning of the program. --Ken Van Camp <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA> [MPREP.PAS has been added to the Info-IBMPC library. -rag] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 06:50:37 CST From: Jess Anderson <anderson@unix.macc.wisc.edu> Subject: Keytronics KB5151 Having seen a query about this keyboard for AT&T, and having now used a Keytronics KB5151 on my office XT for a few weeks, I can give one user's impressions and ask a couple questions myself. I *hated* the original XT keyboard for its hard touch and the lingering thought that the high incidence of typos with the left little finger was not correctable through training myself. I had other typing problems with the original KB too. Upon getting a Keytronics KB5151, I experienced new frustrations. The touch is *much* harder. The separate cursor keypad is nice, but the relocation of Ins and Del to the top is proving hard for my hand to learn. I don't have the same problems with the left little finger, I just have new problems. By far the hardest feature to get adjusted to is the relocation of the function keys to the top. I wasn't aware before of how often I needed to strike Alt-F<n>, but I am now, because it has become a two-handed operation. I always did it by touch before, but I don't think I'll ever be able to do the new one by touch. (By contrast, I have a Z-158 at home, and that KB seems to me to have the better parts of both worlds, especially in touch characteristics.) My question: It seems to me that function keys across the top is an irretrievably bad idea. Is there any ergonomic research that addresses this? Are there keyboards that have (a) adjustable touch, (b) separate cursor pad, (d) Ins and Del below the cursor keys, (e) function keys in the "traditional" left-end positions? ==ARPA:==============anderson@unix.macc.wisc.edu===Jess Anderson====== | UUCP: {harvard,seismo,topaz, (avoid ihnp4!) 1210 W. Dayton | | akgua,allegra,usbvax}!uwvax!uwmacc!anderson Madison, WI 53706 | ==BITNET:======================anderson@wiscmacc===608/263-6988======= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 08:19:59 cst From: mlw@ncsc.ARPA (Williams) Subject: RM COBOL Ryan-McFarland COBOL is available in at least three versions for the PC; one XENIX and two MS-DOS. The latter include RM/COBOL (list $950) and RM/COBOL 8X (list $1250). One source for these products is the Programmer's Connection, 136 Sunnyside Street, Hartville, OH 44632. Check Dr. Dobbs Jnl. or another similar magazine for ads with latest prices and competitive vendors. Mark L. Williams (mlw@ncsc.arpa) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 09:18 EST From: "GLENN EVERHART, 609 486 6328" <EVERHART%ARISIA%rca.com@RELAY.CS.NET> Subject: Kermit Backup to VAX We have VAXen hardwired to PCs here via asynch lines which typically are set to 19.2k baud. Backups are handled via Kermit which does a very nice job. The host VAX needs to be told only SET FILE TYPE BINARY, then SERVER, and then MS-kermit can happily chuck whole directories at a time over. It runs nicely from short batch jobs on the PC as well. If you want to have autodialer, xmodem, menus, and scripts, have a look at the VTKERMIT package that came out on the DECUS RSX (and VMS) SIG tapes; all sources, docs, and executables are there. VTKERMIT is a VERY reasonable all purpose communications package and can be far friendlier to novices than standard Kermit. Either works just fine on the VAX. Similar methods should work on ibm mainframes BUT there are some caveats having to do with invertibility of ASCII <--> EBCDIC translation tables. Glenn Everhart Everhart%Arisia@RCA.COM ------------------------------ To: jcmorris@mitre.arpa Subject: Tape Backup Better than Serial Lines Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 17:51:21 -0500 From: <reintom@ROCKEFELLER.ARPA> I was going to do what you described but later figured that it was impractical. I did learn, however, that there is a software product that can be made to do it although backing up is not its specific purpose. It was written for a Unix system so I can't help you with VM or VMS. I will dig up info on it if you are interested. The reasons I decided not to use a host for backups are as follows. Our lease line runs at 4800 bps. Figure: - 10 Mbytes of data - 1 start bit and one stop bit per byte = 10 bits per byte. - At 4800 bits per second, characters are sent 480 per second. - That's 28,800 chars per minute, or 1,728,000 per hour. - Divide by two for a conservative error checking protocol overhead. - Now you're moving data at 864,000 chars per hour. - 10,000,000 / 864,000 = 11.57 HOURS TRANSFER TIME! I think that 11.57 hours transfer time is not acceptable for backup. We have to pay for CPU time. Maybe you don't. Not that our charges are unreasonable for what we get but 11.57 hours of character transfer is not going to be cheap at any rate. Now what about reliability? Could this really be better than a tape drive? All other things being equal, the amount of time adds vulnerability to the system: there is more time for the host or PC or anything else to crash etc. We bought a tape drive that could be carried to the PCs and connected. I connect the drive as I leave for the night and give the backup command. This means that only one PC can be backed up per night. This is more than acceptable for us. I don't know if it will be for you. We bought the Alloy tape drive because it was the cheapest 60 MByte drive and also because it can be connected to the 37-pin connector on the back of PCs an XTs. The drive was $1000, but I have now seen it for $800. For $175 you can buy an expansion board for a computer, such as an AT, that does not have this connector. The software update I received recently now supports the Novell network. There is no explanation for this, possibly because we don't use a PC network. If you do, however, maybe you should call Alloy for info. This may allow you to connect the Alloy tape drive to your Macs, Suns and Apollos. Tom Reingold; The Rockefeller University; 1230 York Av; NY 10021 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 12:38:48 EST From: jcm@ORNL-MSR.ARPA (James A. Mullens) Subject: Comments on Microsoft C V4 Console I/O Functions Here is a gotcha! report for Microsoft C V4.0 users and Microsoft. I just started using the console I/O functions (cscanf, getch, ungetch in conio.h) for my menu-input module, and I have noticed some undesirable behavior. The following code shows that an ungetch'd character is not echoed when it is re-read: #include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> main() { int ch; char inline[80]; /* TEST 1: ungetch followed by cscanf */ ch = getch(); if (ch != ungetch(ch)) cprintf("\n\r Error in ungetch, return = %d",ch); cscanf("%s",inline); cprintf("\n\r Received '%s'",inline); } Even though cscanf does input the ungetch'd character, the character is not echoed to the screen. Here a some clues/notes from the C manuals: "The cscanf function reads data directly from the console into the locations given by the arguments, USING THE GETCHE FUNCTION TO READ CHARACTERS." [COMMENT: The getche function is the echoing version of getch. The above statement hints that cscanf would echo any characters it reads.] "The console I/O routines use the corresponding LOW-NUMBERED MS-DOS SYSTEM CALLS to read and write characters. These console routines are not compatible with stream or low-level library routines." And here is statement, known to be true, which surprised me (and made me wonder why I should bother to use the console I/O functions -- or, at least, made me wonder why Microsoft named these functions "console I/O"): "Redirecting the standard input or standard output from the command line causes the input or output of these functions to be redirected." jim mullens / oak ridge national lab / jcm@ornl-msr.arpa -------------------------------------------------------- * "It's you and me against the world -- LET'S ATTACK!" * -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 09:32:11 PST From: Tom Wadlow <spar!taw@decwrl.DEC.COM> Subject: Resident Programs that Use the Disk I am trying to write a little assembly language terminate and stay resident program that lets me browse through directories and files on disk. Using the DOS disk functions from in a resident program is quite tricky, and I was wondering if anybody out there had some example code I might look at. Thanks in advance --Tom [See the file INDOS.TXT in the <info-ibmpc> directory. -wab] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jan 87 14:17 EST From: harvey@nems.ARPA (Betty Harvey) Subject: Genealogical Software To: martyn@garfield.mun.cdn Martyn: This response is probably late, but just in case it isn't there is a shareware genealogical software package called FTETC (Family Tree, Etc.). The author asks for a $35 donation. I tried it and it is a pretty slick little program. However, found a flaw that I couldn't overcome. It only allowed for one marriage. This problem could be overcome if only one current or ex-spouse bore children. The only other alternative was to enter the same person twice from the parent. The graphics are pretty slick and some of the reports are nice. If it did allow multiple marriages, then I could wholeheartedly recommend it. Hope this helps, but if it doesn't just toss this message in the old circular file and/or bit bucket whichever is more productive. Betty Harvey (harvey@nems) ------------------------------ Subject: Cheap lex yacc from Austin Code Works Date: Tue, 13 Jan 87 14:09:11 -0500 From: Mark Colan <mtc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> You can get (nearly) public domain lex and yacc programs from The Austin Code Works, 11100 Leafwood Lane, Austin TX 78750-0785. I believe these lex and yacc are DECUS/1977 versions, the original source of which was in the public domain. Since some work was involved in porting to the IBM PC, they charge a small fee. Interestingly, the code (at least for yacc) looks identical to that found on the BSD4.2 source tape - which implies that BSD yacc is actually the public domain DECUS version. Anybody have more information on the origins of this software? Is that true for any other BSD code? I bought Austin Codeworks' port of yacc and have used it with both Lattice C 3.10 and MicroSoft C 4.00 cleanly; the generated code compiles without any diagnostics (and works properly). I have not used their lex, but assume it to be of the same quality. Prices: lex: $25 yacc & prep (prep is a attribute grammar preprocessor) $25 Add $10 for large model version of yacc (recommended). Can order by phone at 512-258-0785 I have no association with Austin Codeworks except as a satisfied user. Mark Colan MIT Project Athena ------------------------------ Date: Tue 13 Jan 87 18:04:46-EST From: Christine M Gianone <SY.CHRISTINE@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU> Subject: MS-DOS Kermit 2.29b Test Prerelease This most recent version of MS Kermit 2.29, identified as MS-Kermit 2.29b, has support for VT102 printer commands, long packets, and script execution. Additionally, it has corrections to most problems known at this time. A new kind of MS Kermit, MSTCLO.BOO, is available for near-clones of IBM PC's but whose serial port hardware is not similar. Here is a description from the originator, Glenn Everhart of RCA: This module is derived from MSXIBM.ASM and is intended for IBM PC near-clones that differ in their serial I/O but emulate the IBM BIOS. Such machines include Seequa Chameleon, DG/1, and others. The idea is to use the VT100 emulation (which will work) but use BIOS for all serial I/O. This is not interrupt driven and so will (unfortunately) not be able to keep up well at high baud rates. Nevertheless, it will be far better than the old Seequa version which didn't emulate anything. Note that this "semi-clone" version may also work on IBM equipment in situations where the real IBM version will not, for instance when communicating through a network communications server (e.g. on the token ring) rather than a real asynchronous adapter (untested - guinea pigs?). BUG FIXES AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS: MS Kermit 2.29 of May '86 (no letter) had two serious bugs. First was an incompatibility with Hayes and similar internal modems: the modem would hangup the phone when a file transfer completed or Connect mode exited. We have tested this version with a real Hayes 1200B modem with satisfactory results (whew!, but let's keep our fingers crossed). Second was that extraneous null characters could be sent at the start of a file transfer or when Connect mode was entered, causing certain mainframes (e.g. IBM mainframes in linemode) and minis (e.g. HP-1000s) to ignore packets (or worse), preventing file transfer from taking place. The nulls are no longer transmitted. In addition, there were numerous small problems throughout MS Kermit, as might be expected, and those identified to date have been addressed. One important one was the serial port was left active if one PUSHed to DOS while in Connect mode. Serious DOS errors are now trapped by Kermit to prevent Kermit from being aborted with the serial port interrupt alive and with a couple of other items redirected to Kermit itself. The most common such error is "Drive Not Ready." Previously, these conditions would invoke the normal DOS Critical Error proc which would request "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" and would abort the program if Abort were chosen. Now, Kermit exercises a fourth option, Fail the Operation, when these errors occur. Procedures spawning a second copy of COMMAND.COM (DIR, etc) still can yield the A/R/I message but it is harmless in this case. However, if such a message arises while Kermit is in Server mode a human must still type the answer locally. The implementation replaces the normal DOS Control-Break (^C) and Critical Error handlers with Kermit's own handlers and restores the originals when Kermit exits. Numerous small bugs concerning negotiated parameters (8 bit quoting, Block check types, etc) have been fixed; these mainly concerned Server mode operations. The terminal emulator no longer responds to the answer-back msg request; there is no answer-back message in the emulator. Screen handling has been improved internally, but it still has a few glitches. While in Connect mode 8 bit received data will be passed through to the terminal processor if the Parity type is None, and the character will be displayed from the system's 8-bit character set. If Debugging is ON then characters with their high bit set will be displayed as a tilde and then a code for the lower 7 bits; i.e., 10000001b is displayed as ~^A. (Note to mail readers: due to network quirks these characters may be mistranslated; the tilde is the funny wiggle character above the accent mark and the control symbol is a caret.) ADDITION TO SET DISPLAY COMMAND: Set Display Regular | Serial | Quiet | 7-bit | 8-bit The keywords 7-bit and 8-bit have been added to control display of characters in connect mode. 7-bit is the default and 8-bit becomes meaningless when parity is other than None. The Set Display command accepts two keywords in one command, processed left to right. ADDITION TO SET PROMPT COMMAND: Special characters, such 8-bit Ascii or control characters like escape, can be included in text of Kermit's prompt by specifying them as octal numbers in the form \ooo where o is an octal digit. Escape itself is \33. To return to Kermit's default prompt give the Set Prompt command without text. The replacement prompt can be up to 80 characters long. VT102 PRINTER SUPPORT (IBM PC version only, for now): The MS Kermit VT-102 emulator now accepts ANSI printer control sequences from the host, including Print Screen, Print Current Line, Enable/Disable Auto Print, etc. LONG PACKETS: MS Kermit can now use packets up to 1000 bytes in length. The transmitter selects the type of packet (Regular or Long) based upon the size of the data to be sent in that particular packet; negotiations at the start of a file transfer determine the maximum length. The receiver is prepared to accept Long packets at any time up to a maximum length set by the user. The commands Set Send Packet nnn and Set Receive Packet nnn the maximum packet size; nnn can be as large as 1000. Kermit uses 94-byte packets as its default maximum size; longer packets will be employed only if the user gives the Set Send/Receive Pack commands above. Long packets may be used in conjunction with any other Kermit program that supports them. Currently, these include IBM 370 VM/CMS Kermit 3.1, PDP-11 Kermit (for RSX, RT, RSTS, etc), and MS-Kermit itself. EFFICIENCY: The IBM serial port interrupt routine, buffer handler for received chars, and the packet assembly/disassembly routines Spack and Rpack have been completely rewritten for efficiency, long packets, and high speed operations. It is possible to operate at 38400 baud on a plain 4.77 MHz IBM PC provided that the clock tick routine is not loaded with time consuming extras (Helpful Utilities, print spoolers, screen savers, and the like). Long packet and high efficiency code are system independent; fancy high speed operation code is for IBM PC's and clones and the DEC Rainbow. SCRIPTS: A simple script and raw file upload facility has been written by Jim Sturdevant and myself (Jim did the original version and we developed it from there). The syntax and operation conform to the description of login scripts in the Kermit book, and in the DEC-20 section of the Kermit User Guide. This code is actually system independent. Joe Doupnik jrd@usu.bitnet [Ed. - Many thanks, Joe! The three versions that you sent have been put in the Kermit distribution for testing as MSTIBM.BOO (IBM PC family), MSTCLO.BOO ("semi-clones"), and MSTGEN.BOO (generic MS-DOS version, should run - slowly - on any DOS machine). Further details about the printer control sequences and the script facility are in MST29B.DOC. This second post-2.29 pre-release of MS-Kermit comes without sources because the source is still undergoing development towards the forthcoming "real" release, and is being issued primarily to relieve the many Kermit users who have been affected by the internal-modem and interpacket-null problems. If no serious flaws are encountered, this release will replace 2.29 on our distribution diskettes; therefore, IBM-PC Kermit users are strongly encouraged to get this new version and try it out, and report any problems back to Info-Kermit. It has been tested on a PC/AT at Columbia against VAX/Unix, DEC-20, and IBM VM/CMS (both linemode and full-screen) Kermits, and seems to work as advertised. The next true release of MS Kermit, to be called 2.30, will also include a completely reworked key definition facility, which will allow key definitions to work on any system covered by MS-Kermit, not just a select few, and will allow Kermit "verbs" (like scroll back one screen, send a BREAK, toggle mode line, etc) to be assigned to arbitrary keys. It will probably also include some other features, like reporting of performance statistics. Volunteers for testing the new code on systems that Joe does not have access to are most welcome; such systems include the Wang PC, Victor 9000, HP-110 and 150, Sanyo MBC, ACT Apricot, Heath/Zenith 100, Grid Compass, TI PC, etc. Please send mail to Info-Kermit@CU20B if you'd like to volunteer. The IBM version also needs rigorous testing under all the many and varied conditions our network readers can subject it to: with various window and desktop managers, in conjunction with different terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) utilities, with ANSI.SYS and its many replacements, with keyboard utilities like ProKey, with networks like PC Network and Token Ring, with every conceivable kind of host at the other end of the connection. This is one of the most widely used pieces of software in the world and YOU are the quality control! Internet users may get the new files from host CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU using FTP, login ANONYMOUS, any password. The files are KER:MST29B.* (documentation), KER:MSTIBM.* (IBM version), KER:MSTCLO.* (semi-clone version), and KER:MSTGEN.* (generic DOS version). The .EXE files are encoded as printable ".BOO" files, which may be decoded using any of the KER:MSBPCT.* programs. If you're unfamiliar with Kermit network distribution at Columbia, first GET the file KER:AAAREAD.ME, read it, and take it from there. BITNET users may request the files from KERMSRV at host CUVMA; to get started you TELL KERMSRV AT CUVMA HELP (or SEND/REM, or whatever the syntax on your host is). The files should also show up at the Oklahoma State University (okstate) UUCP Kermit server within a few days.] ------------------------------ From: dgis!bms-at!stuart@seismo.CSS.GOV Date: Wed Jan 14 00:31:31 1987 Subject: JET from SubLogic Works with Hercules The command A> JET H causes JET to work with a Hercules compatible adapter. (At least on my version it does.) SIMCGA is not needed. Stuart D. Gathman <..!seismo!dgis!bms-at!stuart> ------------------------------ Date: 13 January 87 10:57-CST From: AYAC071%UTA3081.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: Control Break from Turbo Pascal I would like to thank all who took the time to reply to my query about catching Control-Break's from Turbo Pascal. I apologize for the delay in summarizing this information, but I have not received a copy of the Info-IBMPC digest since I sent the request. I was not even sure the request was printed until I started receiving letters from both the APRA-net & Bitnet. Paul Palmer of Georgia Tech indicated that you can replace the Turbo run-time error-handler routine w/ your own. This is done by storing the offset of your routine in the pre-defined variable ERRORPTR. Note that, using this routine, you cannot continue program execution, This method will only allow the program a graceful way to die. Eric Thomas pointed out that 1) Turbo Pascal normally does all screen I/O using the BIOS calls, not the DOS functions (at least for the IBM-specific version), and 2) Trapping the Ctrl-Break will not prevent the break indicator, the caret-C (^C) from printing on the screen. Finally, Timothy Kay of Caltech sent me a copy of a working TP program that does intercept the Control-Break signal & continue processing. A copy of that code follows. It would appear that, in order for the interrupt handler to function, the Compiler must be told to switch from the BIOS-level I/O routines to the DOS-level. This is accom- plished by placing the compiler directives {$Px) & {$Gx} at the start of the program. P & G represent the directives to allow re-direction of standard input & output, respectively, while "x" represents the size of the re-direction buffer. By specifying the re-direction options, you can force the compiler to use the higher-level DOS calls for I/O, thereby enabling the trapping of ^-Break. Thanks again to all who responded. Bill Douglass Office of the Attorney General of Texas PO Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548 AYAC071%UTA3081.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Sample program provide by Timothy Kay ========== c u t h e r e =========== c u t h e r e =========== {$P1} {<==== $P DIRECTIVE, USED TO INVOKE DOS-LEVEL CALLS FOR I/O} {$I.INC.ITOHS.INC} type reg=record ax,bx,cx,dx,bp,di,si,ds,es,flags: integer; end; var rg: reg; i,j,k: integer; (** procedure to get control upon receipt of ^Break **) procedure int23r(flags: integer); var rg: reg; begin . perform a little magic . inline($9c/ . pushf . $9c/ . pushf . $06/ . push es . $1e/ . push ds . $57/ . push di . $56/ . push si . $55/ . push bp . $52/ . push dx . $51/ . push cx . $53/ . push bx . $50/ . push ax . $89/$e0/ . mov ax,sp . $05/$16/$00/ . add ax,0016 . $89/$c5); . mov bp,ax . mem.$b000:160*22. := 1; flags := rg.flags; inline($58/ . pop ax . $5b/ . pop bx . $59/ . pop cx . $5a/ . pop dx . $5d/ . pop bp . $5e/ . pop si . $5f/ . pop di . $1f/ . pop ds . $07/ . pop es . $9d/ . popf . $44/ . inc sp . $44/ . inc sp . $cf) . iret . end; (** start of main routine **) begin rg.ax := $2523; (** DOS Set Vector Function - Set Vector 23h *) rg.ds := cseg; rg.dx := ofs(int23r)+10; (** DS:DX -> new intr. handler. DX is offset *) (** by 7 to bypass stack-setup code *) writeln(itohs(memw.0:$23*4+2.),':',itohs(memw.0:$23*4.)); intr($21,rg); writeln(itohs(memw.0:$23*4+2.),':',itohs(memw.0:$23*4.)); for i := 1 to 1000 do write('hello, world',#13) end. ===================== e n d o f c o d e ====================== ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jan 1987 15:43:53 PST Subject: Ada Compiler From: Richard Gillmann <GILLMANN@C.ISI.EDU> I got a call a while ago from Meridian Systems, who are developing an Ada compiler for the PC. The compiler is priced at $129.95. It generates normal PC OBJ and EXE files, it sounds quite complete, including such toughies as tasking and generics. Of course, it won't do you much good until it's validated, which they are planning for March. Meridian is at 800-221-2522 in Laguna Hills. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 13:44:01 MEZ From: A4422DAB%AWIUNI11.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: Pascal Compilers in Pascal Answering the question about Pascal compilers in Pascal I know of two such compilers: Facilis and Visible Pascal Both can be obtained from PCSIG, 103D East Duane Av., Sunnyvale CA 94086 (Facilis is disk#424, Visible is #510) Facilis also from Turbo Six, POB 8373, Waco TX 76710 Both are public domain. Disclaimer: I have not used them, I only know they exist. happy hacking Erich Neuwirth ------------------------------ To: "Andre Pirard" <A-PIRARD%BLIULG12.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF%NIHCU.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 16:36:08 EST Subject: Disk Duplication There is a fast disk copy program available that will read the disk once and alternate writing to the A and B drives. It was developed for the Capital PC User Group Software Library and can be ordered from Capital PC Software Library P.O. Box 6128 Silver Spring, MD 20906 USA Ask for the fast disk copy program on disk M1. The cost is $8 in North America and $10 elsewhere. ------------------------------ To: bilbo.rp@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU Cc: info-ibmpc@c.isi.edu Subject: LEX.C Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 22:25:12 EST From: James R. Van Zandt <jrv@mitre-bedford.ARPA> Rich Patterson asked about the odd C code in the LEX in the info-ibmpc library. I got LEX from the C Users' Group. My copy of INTEG.C looks like this... /* HEADER: CUG nnn.nn; TITLE: LEX - A Lexical Analyzer Generator VERSION: 1.0 for IBM-PC DATE: Jan 30, 1985 DESCRIPTION: A Lexical Analyzer Generator. From UNIX KEYWORDS: Lexical Analyzer Generator YACC C PREP SYSTEM: IBM-PC and compatibles FILENAME: INTEG.C WARNINGS: This program is not for the casual user. It will be useful primarily to expert developers. CRC: N/A SEE-ALSO: YACC and PREP AUTHORS: Scott Guthery 11100 leafwood lane Austin, TX 78750 COMPILERS: DESMET-C REFERENCES: UNIX Systems Manuals */ /* * integ -- ascii to long (various bases) */ long integ(cp, base) char *cp; register base; { register c; long n; n = 0; while (c = *cp++) { if (c>='A' && c<='Z') c += 'a'-'A'; if (c>='a' && c<='z') c = (c-'a')+10+'0'; if (c < '0' || c > base+'0') break; n = n*base + c-'0'; } return(n); } ...which is to say, perfectly normal C. Could someone have uploaded LEX to info-IBMPC via an IBM mainframe? (Note that EBCDIC has no braces.) I successfully recompiled LEX with the DeSmet compiler. (I modified it to return a nonzero status if and only if it finds an error.) This is NOT the same LEX as on UNIX. The syntax is considerably different. I found that this LEX created incorrect scanners when the number of internal states got close to 256. I was **barely** able to generate a scanner for C. It also failed to handle complex regular expressions, although the same patterns could be recognized by predefining subexpressions. It's still a powerful tool. - Jim Van Zandt (jrv@mitre-bedford) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 87 01:05 CST From: EDWARDCA%VUENGVAX.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: INTERCEPT.SYS allows 720KB on DSDD Floppies There is a public domain program called INTERCEPT.SYS that allows a 1.2Meg AT-class drive to read/write 720K on standard DSDD floppies. However, the source is not available. Furthermore, I am at a loss to discover how to send a reply to Zhahai Stewart (I am new to gMAIL and VMS in general). Regards, Mike Weekley ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 87 10:42 GMT To: INFO-IBMPC@C.ISI.EDU (Informationssystem zum IBMPC) From: M70B%CBEBDA3T.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU (F.Buetikofer, Help desk UNI Bern) Subject: Pascal Program to Move Around in Your Subdirectories Hello netlandians and pc freaks, Some years ago I worked on a VAX/780. On this machine we had some nice programs to move around in the subdirectories: UP and CHANGE. So when I began to work with an IBMPC with a hard disk, I thought that the CD command was not so user friendly at all. So I decided to write my own CHANGE program for the IBMPC, using Turbo-Pascal. So I append that program to this mail, and hope that you enjoy it. Fritz Buetikofer Senior Consultant Uni Berne (Switzerland) ===================cut here============================================= PROGRAM Change_Directory; TYPE regpack = RECORD CASE BOOLEAN OF TRUE: (ax, bx, cx, dx, bp, si, di, ds, es, flags: INTEGER); FALSE: (al, ah, bl, bh, cl, ch, dl, dh: BYTE); END; String8 = String [8]; String13 = String [13]; String255 = String [255]; ASCIIZ = ARRAY [1..255] OF CHAR; VAR Ch : CHAR; Regs : regpack; Entry, Loc, Old_Loc : INTEGER; Current_Disk : BYTE; Possible_Dir : ARRAY [1..80] OF String13; Current_Path : String255; FUNCTION TestBit (B : BYTE; BitNo : INTEGER) : BOOLEAN; BEGIN TestBit := FALSE; CASE BitNo OF 0: IF B AND 1 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 1: IF B AND 2 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 2: IF B AND 4 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 3: IF B AND 8 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 4: IF B AND 16 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 5: IF B AND 32 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 6: IF B AND 64 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; 7: IF B AND 128 > 0 THEN TestBit := TRUE; ELSE; END END; PROCEDURE XDir (Drive : BYTE); CONST Offset = 5; VAR Regs : regpack; DTA : ARRAY [1..44] OF BYTE; Search : ARRAY [1..7] OF BYTE; LongName : String13; FileName : String8; FileExt : String8; Attribute : String8; i, j : INTEGER; BEGIN FillChar (DTA, 44, 0); WITH Regs DO BEGIN AX := $1A00; DS := Seg (DTA); DX := Ofs (DTA) END; MsDos (Regs); Search [1] := Drive + 64; Search [2] := ORD (':'); Search [3] := ORD ('*'); Search [4] := ORD ('.'); Search [5] := ORD ('*'); Search [6] := 0; WITH Regs DO BEGIN AX := $4E00; DS := Seg (Search); DX := Ofs (Search); CX := $16 END; MsDos (Regs); WHILE Regs.AL = 0 DO BEGIN LongName [0] := CHR (13); MOVE (DTA[31], LongName [1], 13); FileName := ''; i := 1; WHILE (i <= 8) AND (LongName[i] <> CHR (0)) AND (LongName[i] <> '.') DO BEGIN FileName := FileName + LongName[i]; i := i + 1 END; FileExt := ''; IF LongName[i] = '.' THEN BEGIN j := i; i := 1; WHILE (i <= 3) DO BEGIN FileExt := FileExt + LongName [i+j]; i := i + 1 END END; IF TestBit (DTA [22],4) THEN BEGIN (* This is a directory entry *) IF FileName <> '.' THEN BEGIN IF FileName = '..' THEN FileName := '.. (upper dir)'; IF FileExt = '' THEN Possible_Dir [Entry] := FileName ELSE Possible_Dir [Entry] := FileName + '.' + FileExt; Entry := Entry + 1 END END; FOR i := 31 TO 43 DO DTA [i] := 32; Regs.AX := $4F00; MsDos (Regs) END END; PROCEDURE Get_Current_Path (Drive : BYTE; VAR Act_Path : String255); VAR Regs : regpack; Temp : ASCIIZ; i : INTEGER; BEGIN Regs.DX := Drive; Regs.DS := Seg (Temp); Regs.SI := Ofs (Temp); Regs.AX := $4700; MsDos (Regs); Act_Path := '\'; i := 1; WHILE (Temp [i] <> CHR (0)) AND (i <= 255) DO BEGIN Act_Path := Act_Path + Temp [i]; i := i + 1 END END (* Get_Current_Path *); PROCEDURE WriteSubDirs (Num : INTEGER); VAR i,j : INTEGER; BEGIN ClrScr; i := Current_Disk + 64; WRITELN (' Current directory&path ', CHR (i), ':', Current_Path); WRITELN (''); WRITELN (' Select in the following list of subdirectories by moving around'); WRITELN (' with the cursor keys, and changing to a highlighted item by'); WRITELN (' pressing the <ENTER> key. The <Esc> key stops the program.'); FOR i := 1 TO Num DO BEGIN GotoXY (5 + 18*((i-1) MOD 4), 7+((i-1) DIV 4)); WRITE (Possible_Dir [i]) END; GotoXY (5, 7); TextBackground (White); TextColor (Black); WRITE (Possible_Dir [1]); TextBackground (Black); TextColor (White); END {WriteSubDirs}; PROCEDURE Update_Cursor; BEGIN GotoXY (5 + 18*((Old_Loc-1) MOD 4), 7+((Old_Loc-1) DIV 4)); TextBackground (Black); TextColor (White); WRITE (Possible_Dir [Old_Loc]); GotoXY (5 + 18*((Loc-1) MOD 4), 7+((Loc-1) DIV 4)); TextBackground (White); TextColor (Black); WRITE (Possible_Dir [Loc]); TextBackground (Black); TextColor (White); END; BEGIN WITH Regs DO BEGIN ax := $1900; MsDos (Regs); Current_Disk := SUCC (ax AND $FF) END; Get_Current_Path (Current_Disk, Current_Path); Entry := 1; XDir (Current_Disk); TextMode (C80); WriteSubDirs (Entry-1); Loc := 1; repeat repeat read(Kbd,Ch) until Ch in [#27,#13]; case Upcase(Ch) of #13: (* Just do nothing *); #27: begin read(Kbd,Ch); Old_Loc := Loc; case Ch of 'H': begin (* Up Arrow *) IF Loc > 4 THEN Loc := Loc - 4 end; 'K': begin (* Left Arrow *) IF Loc > 1 THEN Loc := Loc - 1 end; 'M': begin (* Right Arrow *) IF Loc < (Entry-1) THEN Loc := Loc + 1 end; 'P': begin (* Down Arrow *) IF Loc <= (Entry-5) THEN Loc := Loc + 4 end; end; Update_Cursor; end end; UNTIL Ch IN [#27, #13]; {$I-} IF Ch = #13 THEN ChDir (Possible_Dir [Loc]); {$I+} ClrScr END. ===================cut here============================================= ------------------------------ Date: Fri 16 Jan 87 18:58:21-EST From: Yuichi Shoda <G.SHODA@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU> Subject: Using nansi.sys with MS C About a month and a half ago, I posted a query about using Dan Kegel's enhanced console driver, "nansi.sys", from Microsoft C (version 3 and 4). The gist of my query was that I was unable to get the kind of massive speedup I was able to get using Lattice C and nansi.sys when I moved to MSC (and Dan's set_raw() and restoe_raw() routines for MSC). Since then, I found two solutions, one I found by chance, and the other suggested by two people one of whom is the author Dan himself. The one I stumbled upon relies on this curious behavior of MSC: as long as I use only printf() for console output, I get a massive speedup just by calling set_raw() before printf(). But once putchar() is used anywhere in the program, speedup stops for the subsequent set_row() printf() combinations. It's as if it starts out having a buffer for stdout but the moment I use putchar(), it assumes that stdout is unbufferred. The MSC manual says that stdout is "line buffered", which I interpreted as meaning that the buffer is flushed as soon as an end-of-line is reached. But it's a buffer nonetheless, no? Anyway, since I found this solution right after I posted the query, I substituted all occurances of putchar(x)'s in my program with printf("%c",x), and had a satistory, tough a bit puzzling, results. The more fundamental solution was suggested by two people including Dan. This solution explicitly attaches a buffer to stdout by: #include <stdio.h> static char stdoutbuf[BUFSIZ]; . . main() { setbuf(stdout,stdoutbuf); . . } The only (minor) problem with this is that one must use fflush(stdout) to guarantee output before prompting the user for input. Anyway, I'd like to thank all the people who responded to my initial query. I'm posting a short program in MSC (tested in version 4.0) that demonstrates the solutions and the curious behavior I mentioned above in a separate message. Yuichi Shoda G.shoda@cs.columbia.edu #include <stdio.h> char response[128]; static char stdoutbuf[BUFSIZ]; writeit(blurb) char blurb[]; { int i; printf("\n"); for (i=0; i<20; i++) { printf("This is %s mode! Is it fast, or is it slow?\n", blurb); } fflush(stdout); } main() { int i; printf("\033[2J"); printf("Cooked mode test (hit return):"); gets(response); writeit("cooked mode"); printf("\033[%d;1Hhit return",24); gets(response); printf("\033[2J"); printf("Raw mode test #1 (hit return):"); gets(response); set_raw(); writeit("r a w mode"); restore_raw(); printf("\033[%d;1Hhit return",24); gets(response); printf("\033[2J"); printf("Raw mode test #2 (hit return)"); putchar(':'); gets(response); set_raw(); writeit("r a w mode"); restore_raw(); printf("\033[%d;1Hhit return",24); gets(response); printf("\033[2J"); printf("Raw mode test #3 (hit return)"); putchar(':'); gets(response); setbuf(stdout,stdoutbuf); set_raw(); writeit("r a w mode"); restore_raw(); printf("\033[%d;1Hhit return",24); gets(response); printf("\033[2J"); printf("Raw mode test #4 (hit return)"); putchar(':'); fflush(stdout); gets(response); set_raw(); writeit("r a w mode"); restore_raw(); } [Thanks to all those who sent us copies of NANSI.CAT. Our corrupted copy has been replaced with a new error free copy. -wab] ------------------------------ Date: Fri 16 Jan 87 19:04:07-PST From: Daniel Davison <DAVISON@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU> Subject: XT286 Supports new BIOS I posted a note some time ago asking about the IBM PC XT 286 and its BIOS. Yes, indeed it does have a new BIOS; in fact there are all sorts of goodies in there-mostly support for multitasking. It looks to me like Dvorak's column (kindly posted by DMGee@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA in Vol.6 No. 2) is on track. Documentation IS available now- I received my copy of the Technical Reference Personal Computer XT Model 286 from IBM last night. The part number is 68X2210 on the spine, but 68X2537 on the title page. I ordered the manual from IBM's Tech line, 1-800-426-7282. The BIOS makes great reading. There is a chapter, meager but useful, titled IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY with important info for assembly language programmers. dan davison BITNET: BCHS6@UHUPVM1 ARPA: DAVISON@SUMEX-AIM UUCP: uhnix2!bchso ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 87 03:01 EST From: Bruce H. McIntosh <Z8BHM%SCFVM.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Connecting to H89 Hello! I've been trying to connect my H89 to my pc clone (generic with an AST I/O Plus2 copy) via serial ports. I've been largely successful; I can communicate between the two machines with no problems. The only snag is this: when the H89 is plugged into the PC AND powered up, the PC won't power up! I've about driven myself nuts moving jumpers and rearranging cables, but the only time I've managed to get the PC to come on with the H89 powered on and plugged to it, I also managed to disable the serial ports!! Could some kind soul out there please give me some kind of suggestion, perhaps a preferred cable configuration? Thank you in advance for any help!!! ps- just goes to show, the RS232 standard isn't! :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 87 08:59:43 EST From: LAMB@Lids.mit.edu (RHL) To: info-ibmpc@c.isi.edu Subject: NetBios Does Anyone know where I could find the specifications for the NetBios interface i.e. the INT 5CH calls. Or a sample NetBios listing. Thank You Rick Lamb lamb@lids.mit.edu,@mit-multics, ihnp4!mit-eddie!lids!lamb ------------------------------ Date: 18 Jan 1987 13:23:21 PST Subject: NetBios From: Billy <BRACKENRIDGE@C.ISI.EDU> To: LAMB@LIDS.MIT.EDU (RHL) Netbios is described in "Technical Reference PC Network" IBM document 6322916. You might get more information from the group discussing netbios on top of TCP/UDP/IP. That mailing list is netbios@mitre-bedford.arpa ------------------------------ Date: Wednesday, 14 January 1987 00:46-MST From: Gene Cohler <cohler@LNSSUN3.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Subject: MS DOS chmod Source Executable Now available from SIMTEL20... Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD:<MSDOS.DIR-UTIL> CHMOD.ARC.1 BINARY 11773 9D6BH 1) The top of the doc follows :- CHMOD(1) MS DOS USER COMMANDS CHMOD(1) NAME chmod SYNOPSIS chmod [=+-][r][h][s][a] file ... DESCRIPTION Changes the attributes of 'file'. The file attributes can either be set (=), or attributes can be added (+) or removed (-) from the current attribute. If no attributes are specified, then the file is marked 'normal' i.e. no attributes set except the archive bit. 2) CHMOD.ARC contains a) chmod.doc b) chmod.exe c) chmod.c (source code for Microsoft C) Gene Cohler ARPA: cohler@lnssun3.tn.cornell.edu Lab. of Nuclear Studies Usenet: cornell!batcomputer!cohler Cornell University Bitnet: jbvy@cornella.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 87 13:26:02 CET From: Eberhard W. Lisse <LISSE%DACTH51.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Micro Emacs on Hercules Now Works Only today I received issue 106 in which the cure to my problems of getting it to compile under MS-C 3.0 and a Hercules board was mentioned. One needs MS-C 4.0 to get large files sizes. Indeed, one sets IBMMONO to 1 and compiles with the switch -Asld or -Alhd. One doesn't have to worry about the graphics. It behaves as the monochrome board. Then one links it with a large stack size (I use 21000). I link it with LSETARGV.OBJ and thus get wildcard expansion like emacs *.c. (One needs to add a line of code into file.c to check for upper case extensions .C and .H to put those buffers into CMODE too as SETARGV returns upper case file names. This is nice as one can use the next-buffer command ^XX to edit all the files) thanks, el ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jan 87 18:00:57 EST From: "Robert J. Welsh" <rjwelsh@cct.bbn.com> Subject: PLUS HARD-CARD Does anyone out there know about the Plus Development Corp. Plus Hard-Card (20meg) for the IBM PC/XT ? I recently purchased a used one for my IBM PC. However, all I got was the card and a "hardcard field diagnostics" disk. When trying to install the hardcard (under DOS 2.0) I get a error while formatting -- track 0 bad, disk unusable. When I run Plus' diagnostics (version 1.00), I get the following: BAD HARDCARD Diagnostic Code 9B00E2230210 Error Code 6-6 I have tried moving the DOS partition starting cylinders to cylinders 1 and 2 to try to see if physical cylinder 0 is bad. I get the same results. Also, when I do a "chkdsk c:" both fat1 and fat2 are bad. Questions: =========== 1) Does the PLUS hardcard require its own partitioning and format software ? 2) Can anyone tell me what the error codes mean ? 3) Suggestions ? I did get a written money-back guarantee, but I'd like to get this thing working. Please E-mail replys directly to me: "rjwelsh at cct.bbn.com". Thanks, Rob <*> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 14:23:11 EST From: Jim Ennis <JIM%UCF1VM.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Help Getting a copy of PKARC To: Info-IBMPC <INFO-IBMPC@C.ISI.EDU> Hello net, We would like to get a copy of PKARC for our University. We are a BITNET site so we cannot ftp from SIMTEL20 and we have state phones so we have had no luck getting through to a BBS which may have the program. We would like to mail a floppy (disk(s)) via quick mail and get a copy from a site that way. If you could help us out I would really appreciate it. Jim Ennis University of Central Florida (305) 275-2931 JIM%UCF1VM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA ------------------------------ Date: Mon 12 Jan 87 19:23:40-CST From: Michael Sheridan <SHERIDAN@STL-HOST1.ARPA> Subject: AST Flash Pack and Fast 88 Evaluations Wanted I am writing in behalf of an application developer who has decided that the standard clock rate of his ibm xt is just too darned slow. He has proposed the installation of an AST Flash Pack or a Fast 88 board to speed things up. His current configuration is as follows: IBM PC/XT W/ 20MB HARD DISK GENOA SPECTRUM GRAPHICS CARD AST RAMPAGE CARD FULLY POPULATED He is an avid fan of Desqview and will not easily be persuaded to do without it. He is using RBASE 5000 to develop the applications that started all of this. Do any of you have similar configurations with either of the two previously mentioned boards installed? Do any of you have experience with these two boards in other configurations? Is my friend heading for trouble? I seem to remember reading that, in particular, the Genoa board could not handle the higher clock rate. All information will be appreciated. MICHAEL SHERIDAN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 87 16:18:25 PST From: ames!scubed!s3sun!jalex@cad.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Alexander) Subject: R/M Fortran-Callable Graphics Utilities An item for Info-IBMPC: A client of mine has a set of Fortran77 programs that he uses for thermochemical modelling. He has a stand-alone PC version that writes its output on disk, and currently he uses a BASICA postprocessor to plot his results. He finds his current setup cumbersome and has given me the task of installing a graphics option as an integral part of his stand-alone PC system. To do this job, I need a set of R/M Fortran-callable graphics utilities that will allow me to put lines, curves, dots, text, etc., on the screen of a PC via CGA, EGA, or Hercules monochrome adapter and also, he wants the ability to dump the screen to any of the more popular dot-matrix hardcopy devices. I do not need routines for scaling, drawing axes, etc., since we already have a library of portable routines for operations of this general level. I have indentified four packages which appear to meet my requirments: 1.) GEOGRAPH, from Geocomp Corp. 2.) CGI, from GSS 3.) HALO, from Media Cybernetics, Inc. 4.) GRAPHMATIC, from Microcompatibles, Inc. Does anyone know of some reason why I should choose (or should avoid) any particular one of these products? Or perhaps there are other packages that are even better than any of these? Jim Alexander jalex@scubed ------------------------------ Date: Mon 12 Jan 87 18:26:13-PST From: Steve Dennett <DENNETT@SRI-NIC.ARPA> Subject: MS Windows Error Message I'm trying to run MS windows on my generic PC AT clone. When I start windows, I get the title screen, then the desktop starts to appear, then it vanishes and I get the error message: Parity error 94D6 (Segment) 069C (Offset) But pattern not found. The "parity error" part made me suspect a bad chip, but so far diagnostics haven't found it (and I'm not about to try pulling and replacing 1024k of chips without a very good reason). Setup: 1 meg memory, 2 serial/1 printer port, EGA card & monitor This is the first software that hasn't run correctly on this machine. So, my questions are: 1) What is causing this message? A bad chip that I haven't found? 2) Could it be caused by a less-than-perfect BIOS? If so, where could I get a Phoenix (or other "name") BIOS chip? Thanks for your help with this perplexing problem. Steve Dennett dennett@sri-nic.arpa ------------------------------ Date: Tuesday, 13 Jan 1987 14:16:51-PST From: shapiro%kim.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM Subject: Anchor Automation Modem Query I own an Anchor Automation Signalman Mark XII modem. I managed to lose my AC to DC converter (don't ask how) and need to replace it. Are these converters generic enough that I can just swap in another converter of any kind, for example for an old answering machine which I no longer user (provided the connector and dc volatage is compatible)? I'm worried about current limiting overvoltage protection and the like. If possible, I'd like to avoid the hassle of contacting Anchor for a replacement, assuming even they'll sell me one. /Avi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 87 03:34 CST From: <EDWARDCA%VUENGVAX.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Everex Edge Graphics card vs. Microsoft CodeView I have an Everex Edge monochrome graphics card in my IBM AT (running at 8 Mghz). For those not familiar with this card, it provides standard monochrome text, Hercules graphics, and monochrome CGA emulation. However, I have found I cannot run Codeview v1.0 (with a mouse) with this board... the program will not display any text (though you can see/move the block mouse cursor). I must switch into color emulation mode to make things work. Unfortunately, the program to switch modes is not on good terms with many memory-resident programs. Thus, I cannot have Codeview and Sidekick at the same time (for example). Furthermore, Codeview will occasionally "go to Smyrna" (crash) when using my setup. I am also using FANSI console v1.15 (same results with or without FANSI, although FANSI 2.0 and Codeview DO NOT work together at all). Has anyone else had any problems like this or at least similar to mine, and how did you solve it (if at all)? Please send responses to me and I will summarize for the net. Thanks in advance! -- mlw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 87 16:28 N From: <FYSKO%HWALHW5.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Calendar Alarm Clock Program Wanted Hi, I'm looking for a DAILY utility like the one on the old DEC-10's for our PC's. With DAILY you read a little data-base where a number of messages are placed connected with a date. Messages are displayed on the console when the date criterium is satisfied. i.e. 02-02-87/warning=3 Next Monday lecture of Dr. Cosgrove from Bristol University. Be there all! The message will be displayed from 3 days before the actual date. Before I write such a program myself I wonder maybe someone else has already done this. Peter Barneveld Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands. FYSKO@HWALHW5.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Wednesday, 14 January 1987 15:06:20 EST From: Ed.Skwarecki@g.cs.cmu.edu To: info-ibmpc@c.isi.edu Subject: Signal processing on the AT Message-ID: <1987.1.14.20.3.7.Ed.Skwarecki@g.cs.cmu.edu> Someone I know is trying to configure his IBM PC/AT to do signal processing. Does anyone have experience using the ILS (Interactive Laboratory Systems) signal processing software for the IBM PC/AT? How does this implementation compare to the PDP-11 ILS implementation? Any suggestions about other good commercially available signal processing software and A/D boards for the AT would also be appreciated. Replies to ejs@g.cs.cmu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jan 87 13:32:30 EST From: Lon_Edward_Hayes@ub.cc.umich.edu Subject: Window Communications Package from MTS I am looking for some documintation on "WINDOW" the communications package put out by "MTS". I would like to know whether there is a way to use the data concentrators to transfer files, in the hopes that the process would be less CPU intensive, thereby reducing the overall cost of transmition. If anyone out there can relay any information on this subject please send it to: Lon_Edward_Hayes@UB.CC.UMich.EDU Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jan 87 15:13:00 EST From: <zn0chapman@nardacva.ARPA> Subject: Token Ring Questions cc: pc-token-ring@ucla-ccn Greetings! Two token ring related questions: 1. Does anyone out there in NetLand have a copy (source code) of the "IBM Token Ring Network Record Keeping" program (on pages C-3 to C-18 of the Token Ring Network Introduction and Planning Guide)? It's kind of silly for IBM to make everyone key in 15+ pages of BASIC code. 2. Has anyone heard of ANY performance monitoring hardware or technical control hardware/software for the Token Ring? Ethernet sure has a lot of tools, but we have not seen anything for the Ring. Please exclude the Token Ring Manager program or NetView. Any help would be appreciated... we are implementing a small (65 user network) soon, but it will grow (as things do) and we want to have some tools available to assist us in problem and traffic determination. If I get sufficient responses, I will summarize for the Net. Thanks! David Chapman zn0chapman "at" nardacva.arpa NARDAC Norfolk Code 542 804-444-1190 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 87 09:14:23 EST From: Beth Adelson <adelson%tufts.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET> Subject: lisp and vi Does anybody know where I can get Lisp and/or VI (the unix editor) for a PC? Thanks, Beth Adelson Please mail responses directly to: adelson%tufts@csnet-relay (I don't get interest group info) [Both have been discussed extensively on this list. Perhaps you should subscribe. -wab] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jan 87 14:45 CDT From: Keith Teague <TEAGUE%rvax.ecen.okstate.edu@RELAY.CS.NET> Subject: PD Graphics Terminal Emulators Does anyone know of any good public domain communication software with VT-220 emulation as well as 4010 graphic emulation (or Regis). I am running a Panasonic Sr. Business Partner with 640K and a Vega Deluxe video card (Hercules compatible). Thanks for the help. Keith Teague ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jan 1987 10:46-EST Subject: Interactive Video Training From: HARDY@A.ISI.EDU I am seeking information regarding the components of an interactive video training system which combines computer-based training (i.e., interactive text, video (possibly animation), and sound) and laser-disk technology. The external PC should control the videodisc player so that frames containing video images and sound can be located and played back in response to on-screen answers made by students. Information is needed on the following: 1. Authoring system or courseware; 2. Production of tape of the training concept (i.e., course); 3. Technique of mastering the laser-disc from the video tape; 4. Overlay board which permits the text and graphics to be laid over the video picture; 5. Image-capturing hardware; and 6. Paint program for modifying captured images. Thanks in advance Richard R. Hardy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 11:14:16 EST From: Robin C DeFranks STEAP-IMS 5757 <rdefran@apg-1.ARPA> Subject: Arrow Keys and 2020 Spreadsheet I have an ibmpc and am using the 2020 Spreadsheet but have experienced problems in using the arrow keys. Does anyone have an alternative or suggestion to my problem. Would appreciate any help. Jim Whallon <jwhallo@apg-5> ------------------------------ Date: 15-JAN-87 16:52 MET From: U30Q%CBEBDA3T.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU (Konrad Haedener) Subject: 360 Kb B-Drive on AT03 I have installed a spare 360 kB floppy drive (Olivetti XM 4311/3) on an IBM AT03 as drive B and changed the NVR contents accordingly using SETUP. The drive is now accessed correctly but there seems to be a timing problem ('Drive not ready' message). I changed the disk parameter table to the values used by the Olivetti M24 (AT&T 6300), but that doesn't solve the problem. I'm grateful for any suggestions. Konrad Haedener Phone: (031) 65 42 69 Institute for Inorganic Chemistry University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3000 Bern 9 MAIL form: Switzerland BEDAG at Bern via EARN ------------------------------ Date: Thu 15 Jan 87 11:45:27-EST From: Donna Lynch <ADMIN@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA> Subject: c-compiler I tried to use the c compiler in PD:<MSDOS-C-LANGUAGE>. It includes the following files: ccompile.arc csr.arc scale.cq xrf.lbr I unarc'd ccompile.arc & csr.arc successfully. I then created a simple 3 line program with a "for" statement. It failed with a "missing bracket". A "while" loop worked, however. The c programs included in the distribution fail with "open failure on include file". I am obviously missing something. Please help, Donna ------------------------------ Date: Thu 15 Jan 1987 11:42:18 EST From: <PLEZ@LL.ARPA> Subject: HP Vectra and Micropolis disk I have recently installed a Micropolis MC-1335 hard disk (85 Mbytes unformatted, 71 Mbytes formatted) into a Hewlett-Packard Vectra computer, and of course the software supplied with the computer is too dumb to realize that the disk is that large. Hewlett-Packard only supports a 40 Mbyte disk, and as a result my 71 Mbyte disk, after initialization, thinks it is a 40 Mbyte disk. What is the favored solution to this problem? Is there a good public domain program to correctly initialize my disk, or do I have to spend money to get it to work? My apologies if this a a redundant request. I know this problem has come up before, but I don't know what the answer was. Thanks in advance. Dan Pleasant PLEZ@LL.ARPA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jan 87 21:12:41 CET From: Eberhard W. Lisse <LISSE%DACTH51.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Mouse Hercules and Turbo Pascal Hi, I have hacked this program from a german magazine into my AT to access mouse functions from within turbo. It only works under the CGA adapter which I simulate with the SIMCGA program (great !!!) I have some Hercules routines too but the cursor shape seems to be different under Hercules. (There is a mention of it for the EGA in the documentation but none for Hercules) The functions seem to work but just the cursor (stored in an array beginning at the ABSOLUTE address of the first element) won't display. Has anybody written a program to access the mouse functions under a Hercules Card ? thanks, el ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jan 87 13:46:16 PST From: aiz@Jpl-VLSI.ARPA Subject: V20 Chip This may be an old subject, but I recently helped a friend install a V20 in his Compaq. The speed up was impressive. I'm thinking about doing it in my 8MHz XT Clone. Has anyone got any experience with the V20? Is there some reason I shouldn't install it (software incompatibility, etc.)? I would appreciate any thoughts. Art Zygielbaum ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 87 9:39:14 EST From: Kenneth Van Camp -FSAC- <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA> Subject: NUSQ & PC-FILE III I just downloaded PC-FILE III from Simtel20 (from PC-BLUE VOL046), and found the documentation file, PC-FILE.DQC. It's unreadable, and my experience in the past has been that a file with a Q in the middle of the extension is a squeezed file and can be unsqueezed with the utility NUSQ. NUSQ, however, returns the error message that PC-FILE.DQC is not a squeezed file. Anybody know what it is, then? Possibly I just have a version of NUSQ that is not up-to-date (I have version 1.10); is there a later version? Thanks in advance for any help. I will attempt to answer any replies, but my mailer is easily confused by other network addresses (even from some people who have ARPAnet addresses), so please don't get insulted if I can't reply directly. --Ken Van Camp <kvancamp@ARDEC.ARPA> ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 87 15:02:00 EST From: <zn0chapman@nardacva.ARPA> Subject: Token Ring and DDN Interface To: "pc-token-ring" <pc-token-ring@ucla-ccn.arpa> Does any one out there know of any approved (or, god forbid, unapproved) DDN interfaces for the IBM Token Ring network? Hopefully, this isn't a pipe dream, but we would like to get our system (IBM Token Ring w/ Novell Advanced Netware) "on" DDN. And... when I say "on", I mean ON (FTP, Email, Telnet standard X.25 and TCP/IP). We'd like to be able to travel and get in (from remote sites via remote TACs) and TELNET to and from our VAX host. Dedicated micros for a "black box" or for gateways are no problem. In the event the answer is "No not yet!" or "Maybe(!?!)", we would be willing to be a test site for any institution or organization (we would coordinate for available node, etc.). David Chapman zn0chapman @ nardacva NARDAC Norfolk Code 542 804-444-1190 Is this like "Nightmare on Elm Street"? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 87 17:37:22 CST From: Scott Royall <HSS0%UHUPVM1.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: 8 Line Serial Device A while back, someone mentioned that they were using a device which added 8 serial ports to a PC. Does anyone remember the name of the device, or know how to contact the manufacturer? Thanks in advance, I need this info for a project. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 87 13:02:18 EST From: Harold C Pritchett <HAROLD%UGA.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU> Subject: Missing direct.h from grep.c I downloaded the GREP.C file from the UMCVMB file server. It has a #include in it for a file DIRECT.H which is not on the server, and is as near as I can tell, not a part of the standard librarys of my DeSmet C88 compiler. I am unable to FTP files from BITNET, so if you have a copy, could you send it to me directly. Thanks Harold ------------------------------ Date: 16 January 87 16:52-GMT From: K662717%CZHRZU1A.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: Printer Redirection Who can help me please! Problem : Two printers (LPT1 , LPT2 on intel above board) I want use both printers from Turbo-Pascal with the write(LST,'...') statement. How can I tell the MS-Dos (before loading the Turbo) that I want to use printer-X or the other ?? 1) Is it possible to change the interrupt-vector ? 2) Has somebody a program? Please mail it to me. thanks for help Urs [LPTX.ASM in the lending library is a start at such a program. It redirects printer output to a file, but could be modified to do what you want. I also suspect the DOS MODE command will do what you need. -wab] ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest ************************ -------