raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (02/07/90)
In article <2757@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, kaleb@mars (Kaleb Keithley) writes: >It's time for a monthly frequently asked questions posting!!!! I'm willing to handle the task, so I'd like some help from the rest of you: Drop me a brief piece of email stating whether you think a monthly frequently-asked-questions file is a good idea or not. If you have any suggestions as to what should go into it, pass those along too. And if you suggest a question, please also include an answer. I will not make up answers to questions myself, since I am far from an expert on everything. (Lots of things, maybe... :-) ) My list starts out like this: Where can I get curses? vi? What is the difference between extended/expanded memory, and how can I access it from my C/Pascal program? What are the differences between the following chips: 8086 80286 80386 80386SX 8087 80287 80387 V20 V30 How can I remove a TSR from memory? How do I do a low-level reformat of my hard drive? How do I do direct video access from C/Pascal? How do I undelete a file? What is the SysReq key good for? How do I access SIMTEL20? How do I de-archive the files? Answers to these questions would be greatly appreciated. Do not post your replies! comp.sys.ibm.pc is busy enough as it is! -- raymond@math.berkeley.edu mathematician by training, hacker by choice