Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (04/09/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Fri, 5 Apr 91 Volume 91 : Issue 86 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: Administrivia - FTP and WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (2 msgs) Accessing the WSMR-SIMTEL20 Archives CMOS to floppy disk Re: Connecting a PC to Internet? Connecting a PC to the Internet Doing it on the cheap (DD formated as HD) XTree Gold & McAfee's Vshield conflict (V91 #63) MS Word -> Word Perfect Conversion Re: PS/2 1.44m drives: Today's Queries: .tar.Z and .Z formats IIIsi on UN*X networks <was: Laser Jet III (# 56)> ISA- or MCA-based 386 or 486 PC's Soundblaster CMS chips Shadow Ram New Uploads: Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's msdos directories TSCHEK10.ZIP - Unix-like spelling checker by Timo Salmi TSFAQ18.ZIP - T.Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers TSPELL24.ZIP - Full-featured spelling checker by T.Salmi Updated rz/sz (Zmodem) for Unix and VMS now available Send Replies or notes for publication to: <INFO-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Send requests of an administrative nature (addition to, deletion from the distribution list, et al) to: <INFO-IBMPC-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Archives of past issues of the Info-IBMPC Digest are available by FTP only from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL in directory PD2:<ARCHIVES.IBMPC>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 14:56:01 est From: postmast@dg-webo.webo.dg.com (Postmaster) Subject: Administrivia - FTP and WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Have been trying to FTP to WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL and logon with Anonymous, however always receive failure due to "Too Many Anonymous Users at the moment" message. Have attempted at all times of day with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 91 04:58:02 MST From: Gregory Hicks <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Administrivia - FTP and WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL A fair number of readers have asked why, when trying to use ANONYMOUS ftp login, they get the message "Too many ANONYMOUS users at the moment." The reason for this is that the host restricts the number of anonymous users during working hours to 9. After working hours, the number of anonymous users approximately doubles is restricted to 14. That message is just like a 'busy signal' on the telephone. I would do just like you do for a busy signal, keep trying. I've tried just as fast as I can type 'connect wsmr-simtel20.army.mil' and usually have been logged in within 3-5 attempts. Regards, Gregory Hicks ----------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 21:10:32 -0500 From: smith@NCoast.ORG (Phil Smith) Subject: Accessing the WSMR-SIMTEL20 Archives In your article <1926.w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> ["Accessing the WSMR-SIMTEL20 Archives"], you wrote: | SIMTEL20 is not accessible on the first Wednesday of each month from | 6-10pm Eastern Standard Time. Which brings up the question. What are the standard access hours? Only outside of 'normal' business hours or may Simtel be accessed anytime during the day? [SIMTEL20 may be accessed at any time EXCEPT during the first Wednesday of each month from 6-10pm Eastern Standard Time (7-11 Eastern Daylight Time). The system is taken down during these times for system and preventative maintenance. gph] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Mar 91 18:59:35 CST From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) Subject: CMOS to floppy disk In Reply to this Note From: <Chuck R.> <346b36g@cmuvm.bitnet>: >I would like to know if there is a way to copy a CMOS test program >to a floppy disk. I have a program in CMOS (or is it ROM?) which tests >all the components of your computer, monitor, keyboard, drive >controller, etc. Can I copy this program to a floppy disk? If it is in ROM (probably), you can dump it to a file using debug.com. You will need to know the address of the rom, but a simple debug session should do it. -David- # david@wubios.wustl.edu ^ Mr. David J. Camp # # david%wubios@wugate.wustl.edu < * > +1 314 382 0584 # # ...!uunet!wugate!wubios!david v "God loves material things." # # abs (investment#1 - investment#2) << abs (anyinvestment - anydebt) # ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 91 15:49:01 -0500 From: "Paul P. Dziomba" <dziomba@a1.benhur.upenn.edu> Subject: Re: Connecting a PC to Internet? Gregory Hicks, The following posting appeared in The IBM PC Digest: >>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 91 10:54:35 MST >>From: Gregory Hicks <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Kurt: The file pd1:<msdos.uucp>SMAIL*.zip has some extensive documentation on >>the procedure to follow to get YOUR PC on the Internet... Actually, on >>USENET or uunet.uu.net if you will. There are two files, about 289-290K long, that contain the programs >>necessary. You might also want to grab pd1:<msdos.uucp>mush*.zip while you're at >>it. This is the Mail Users Shell and is quite friendly. Both are highly recommended. Another set of files to grab is PD1:<msdos.uucp>UUPC09D*.zip There are 3 of them and are 180-190K long. Regretfully, although the >>documentation is 'good' it is not as detailed as in the SMAIL* files. I tried to obtain the files PD1:<MSODS.UUCP>SMAIL*.Zip via a PDGet command. However, it appears as though the files are not available. Could you please tell me how to obtain the above mentioned files?? Thanks much, Paul P. Dziomba Human Resources Information Management 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 527A Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 Voice: (215) 898 - 1318 Fax: (215) 898 - 0403 Internet: Dziomba@A1.BenHur.UPenn.Edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 91 04:41:38 MST From: Gregory Hicks <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Connecting a PC to the Internet I may have mis-spelled the sub-directory name. I checked PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP> and found that PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP> SMAILBIN.ZIP SMAILSRC.ZIP are in fact there. Actually, the documentation doesn't tell you how to connect to the Internet, but how to send and receive E-Mail. Some hooks are in the program to allow for NETNEWS as well. Other items covered are how to register a Host name, a Domain name, et al... Regards, Gregory Hicks ------------------------------ Date: 1 April 1991 18:29:01 CST From: "Tom Kirke (312) 413-5539" <U33515@UICVM.uic.edu> Subject: Doing it on the cheap ( DD formated as HD ) Hello All, Here at UIC we actually did a semi-scientific test of this. We used Northgate, Zenith, AT&T, IBM (XT, AT, & PS/2 50Z's), and "some clone which I don't remember" computers. We used KAO, unlabled 3M, Centech, Sony, and some other brand (w-I-d-r). These were all 3.5". The results: Sometimes it works & sometimes it don't. We could not see any consistent problem. The Conclusion: Format a disk at the design density to be safe. Someone here mentioned the difference in coercivity between HD & DD disks. DD use about 500 oersteds, HD about 700. Is your data worth $1/disk extra? Mine is, I use HD formated to 1.2M and DD at 720k ONLY. Tom Kirke | All standard and non-standard U33515@UICVM.BITNET | disclaimers, declaimers, and claimers U33515@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU | apply. U33515@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU@DASNET#| ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 91 15:47:40 CST From: dogface!bei@cs.utexas.edu (Bob Izenberg) Subject: XTree Gold & McAfee's Vshield conflict (V91 #63) Info-IBMPC@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.mil ("Info-IBMPC Digest") writes: > Date: Sat, 09 Mar 91 16:03:47 CST > From: Jhinuk Chowdhury <FF76%UNTVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu> > The problem is, in this latter case, XTreePro Gold V4.3 or the latest > version XTree Gold 2.0 *Sigh* Another product that's been substantially upgraded without this registered user hearing a word until now. I've got XTreePro Gold 1.4. What changes will I find between what I have and the latest and greatest? -- Bob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 09:21:24 -0500 From: elliss@frith.egr.msu.edu Subject: MS Word -> Word Perfect Conversion In comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest Morrison@UWSTOUT.BITNET writes: >I'm looking for a program that will convert Microsoft Word Ver 5 >documents to a Word Perfect Ver 5 document and vic versa. I know I can >save either type of document in an ASCII format and use it with the >other program but this loses the formating features such as underlining >and the like. Public Domain programs would be preferred but if you >know of any commercial programs I would also like to hear about them. >Thanks in advance Save the file in either DCA or Rich Text Format, I believe both are supported by both programs. Import using the proper option with the WP convert program. All formatting is not preserved, but I believe it will save enough to take care of most of your formatting. One or the other may be better for your purposes so you may wish to try both formats. Even better would be to stop hanging around with people who require you to abandon the one true word processor for WP. ;-) R.Stewart (Stew) Ellis Assoc. Prof. of Social Science Dept. of Humanities & Social Science 1700 W. Third Ave Flint, MI 48504 313-762-9765 Office elliss@frith.egr.msu.edu ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 18:43:11 EST From: moy@xp.psych.nyu.edu Subject: Re: PS/2 1.44m drives: The difference is that when you format a disk (without using the /n:9 switch), the PS/2 merely assumes that you have a High-Density disk in the drive, since they do not sense the extra hole in High-Density disks. Computers with the drives that sense the hole (for example, the newer Zeniths with Sony drives) simply forbid you to do this, because you're not supposed to do it. Here's why: The High-Density 1.44meg floppies use a magnetic coating that can record a higher-density (read higher-frequency) signal. Remember that a floppy, like a audio cassette, is fundamentally an analog recording! The drive electronics convert the analog signal into a bit stream that can recognized as sectors and bytes. The floppy controller as well as the electronics for a High-Density drive must be able to work at the faster recording rate used by High-Density disk. When reading a disk, the controller tries the lower recording rate if the drive finds nothing at the higher rate. DOS also reads the media descriptor byte on the floppy to determine its logical format. This is generally true of most machines--there is no difference whether there is a hole or not. However, if the Double-Density diskette formatted "successfully" as a High-Density, you are actually pushing everything past specifications (like trying to record ultrasonic sounds on a regular cassette). The electronics give the diskette the black-and-white appearance of having valid data, while your analog signal on disk may in fact be quite marginal. Moy Wong Dept. of Psychology New York University ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1991 22:13 EST From: <ACSRCB@semassu.edu> Subject: .tar.Z and .Z formats I'm new to the world of BITNET/INTERNET/FTP. My VAX account has ftp privileges, but a lot of files (even in msdos archives) have the extensions: .tar.Z .Z I think these are two UNIX-like compress formats. What i need is a program to uncompress these to executable files (some are .zip.tar.Z which I would have to PKunzip first.) Is there one available from SIMTEL, or elsewhere to do this. I need the "uncompressor" to run on MS-DOS. If you respond directly to me instead of the list, I will summarize to the list. Rich [In order to process those files with a .Z extension, you'll need an uncompress program. These have worked for me: PD1:<MSDOS.C>, U16PC.ARC 'C' language source for 'uncompress' for PC PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ> COMP430D.ZIP Unix-compatible 16bit compress/uncompress/zcat COMP430S.ZIP C src: Unix-compat. 16-bit compress/uncompress" DECOMP2.ZIP Unix-compatible 16 bit uncompress, w/C source" PD1:<MSDOS.TURBO-C> COMPRS12.ARC Unix-compatible compress/uncompress - 12 bit" After you finish with the uncompress, you'll need an 'un'-TAR program. One of these should work. Flags for these are the same as the Un*x version. PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL> DETAR11.ARC Process a TAR file on PC" PAX2EXE.ZIP PAX v2.0 - Unix-like tar and cpio for MS-DOS" PDTAR.ARC Read/write TAR files on PC" TAR.ZIP Unix-compatible TAR archive maker/extractor" PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER> TARREAD.EXE Read Unix TAR files on a PC" If the file is also ZIPd, you'll need an UNZIP program. Try PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER> PKZ110EU.EXE Katz's ZIP archive package v1.10, export vers. Anyone else have any information? Hope this helps. gph] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 91 18:37:14 GMT From: raysnec!shwake@uunet.UU.NET (Ray Shwake) Subject: IIIsi on UN*X networks <was: Laser Jet III (# 56)> For those hoping to run this device off their UN*X lans, we went back-and-forth with a dealer and HP on this issue. The latest definitive word is that they currently support *only* Novell and 3Com networks. Nothing definitive yet about supporting TCP/IP. No mention yet of support for LM/X or Portable Netware either. Curious. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 14:39:37 EST From: kobus@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (D. Kobus) Subject: ISA- or MCA-based 386 or 486 PC's Can anyone synopsize the basic differences of the subject buses and indicate just what manufacturers use which bus? David B. Kobus Naval Air Development Center ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 91 10:58:14 +0200 From: vholder@cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Van Holder Wim) Subject: Soundblaster CMS chips I remember reading an article in which the type and manufacturer of the Soundblaster CMS chips was revealed. I think it was PHILIPS A... but I don't remember exactly. Can someone mail me the correct specifications and perhaps even tell me me if these chips can be bought in an electronics store (price ?) ? Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: 2 Apr 91 03:50:54 GMT From: 8156boydk@vmsc.csd.mu.edu (Kevin Boyd) Subject: Shadow Ram A short time ago, a digest reader explained shadow RAM as follows: >Shadowing: accessing ROM is much slower than accessing RAM. Since the >BIOS is in ROM, the speed of accessing it becomes a performance >bottleneck on fast machines. Shadowing uses the above memory mapping >features of the 386. First they copy the ROM into RAM and then they >remap the RAM so that it gets used instead of the ROM. It speeds up the >machine. My question is this: When the computer does this remapping, does it also make this area of memory undetectable by software? I have 4 256k Simms memory chips in my 25mhz 386, but upon boot up, the memory check indicates 896k of memory. All software programs(Norton, ASQ, etc.) show 896k of memory installed.(640k plus 256k) Is this the case, that the hardware is making this RAM invisible to the software? Regards, Kevin Boyd | BITNET 8156boydk@MUCSD.BITNET Marquette University | INTERNET 8156boydk@VMSD.CSD.MU.EDU Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. | Phone (414)223-4873 Broadcasting and Electronic Media & | FAX (414)288-3300 Computer Services Division | "All views expressed are my own..." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1991 19:57 MST From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's msdos directories Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.x> directories as of April 1, 1991 (where 'x' is one of the names below): 4DOS COMPUTE-PC GRAPHICS PACKET SPRINT ABC CROSSASM HAMRADIO PASCAL SQ-USQ ADA CROSSREF HANDICAP PC-JR STARLINK AIJOURNAL DATABASE HYPERTEXT PCMAG STARTER ALLCHARGE DBASE INFO PCPURSUIT STATISTICS APL DDJMAG INSIDE-TP PCRESOURCE SURFMODL ARC-LBR DESKACCESS IRIT PCTECH SWAP ARCNET-PCIP DESKJET KA9Q-TCPIP PCTECHNIQUES SYSUTL ASM-MAG DESKPUB KERMIT PERL TAXES ASMUTL DESQVIEW KEYBOARD PGMUTL TELEGARD AT DIRUTL LAN PIBTERM TELIX AUTOCAD DISASM LANTIMES PILOT TEX AWK DSKUTL LAPTOP PLI TIFF BASIC EDITOR LASER PLOT TROJAN-PRO BATUTL EDUCATION LEGAL POSTSCRIPT TURBO-C BBS EEL LISP PREPROCESS TURBOBAS BBSDOORS EGA LOGO PRINTER TURBOPAS BBSLISTS EMULATORS LOTUS123 PROCOMM TXTUTL BIBLE FIDO MAC PRODIGY UEMACS BOOKS FILEDOCS MAPPING PROGJOURN UUCP BORLAND FILUTL MATH PROLOG VENTURA C FINANCE MAX QBASIC VGA CAD FLOWCHART MENU QEDIT VOICE CALCULATOR FORMGEN MICROCORN QMODEM VOICEMAIL CASE FORTH MODEM QPASCAL WINDOWS3 CATALOG FORTRAN MODULA2 RAMDISK WORDPERF CIS FOSSIL MOUSE RBBS-PC WORLDMAP CITADEL FREEMACS MSJOURNAL SCREEN X-10 CLIPPER GENEALOGY MSWINDOWS SMALL-C XLISP CMPLNGMAG GENIE MUSIC SMALLTALK XPC CMU-PCIP GIF NCSATELNET SNOBOL4 ZIP COBOL GNUISH NETWORK SOUND ZMODEM COMPATIBLES GRAPH OPUS SPREADSHEET ZOO See PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME for details on file directories and descriptions. Keith Petersen Maintainer of the WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 91 14:51:54 EET From: Timo Salmi <ts@uwasa.fi> Subject: TSCHEK10.ZIP - Unix-like spelling checker by Timo Salmi Summary: Reposted by Keith Petersen I have just updated my screen oriented spelling checker (TSPELL24.ZIP at the time of writing this) which displays a text file highlighting the mis-spelled words. Having lately used much also a Unix spell, which instead gives an alphabetical list of the mis-spelled words, I wanted a similar utility for MsDos. So, as usual, I decided to write one myself. Naturally I called it SPELL.EXE and it is available from SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.txtutl> TSCHEK10.ZIP Unix-like spelling checker by Timo Salmi Its contents: Filename Comment -------- -------------------------------- SPELL.EXE Unix-like spelling checker SPELLED3.DNY Dictionary SPL.BAT A simple batch to drive spell TSCHEK.NWS News announcements about tschek TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa The usage is: SPELL DictionaryFile InputFile [OutputFile]. Spell lists in alphabetical order all the words of the input file which it cannot find in the dictionary file. The checking is automatically done in lower case so the system is case-independent. All words longer than 25 characters are truncated. If you omit the OutputFile, the output comes to the screen and can be redirected (e.g. through MORE or LIST). If you use your own, larger dictionary, it must be in a lower case and in a strict alphabetical order. The ability to use your own dictionary means that you can use SPELL.EXE also for languages other than English. There is a very simple batch SPL.BAT to call spell. Configure it to suit your own paths. Using a batch is convenient, since then you don't have to type the name of the dictionary each time. If you have several dictionaries, you might even have a batch for each one. The LIST command used in the batch is refers to LIST75F.ZIP, that is Vernon Buerg's well-known LIST program. If you don't have it, replace LIST /s simply with MsDos more command (or whatever browser you have at your disposal). The maximum number of _different_ words that SPELL.EXE can handle is 8000. This practically means an unlimited size, since it is extremely rare that a normal text has such a number of different words. (Checking another dictionary with SPELL.EXE is the only case I can think of where the limitation would become effective in actual practice). The size of the dictionary for a registered version is unlimited. For the distributed PD version the maximum dictionary size is 20000 words. The rules of usage are: This package may be used and distributed freely for NON-COMMERCIAL, NON-INSTITUTIONAL, PRIVATE purposes, provided it is not changed in any way. (Repacking with another method, such as PKZIP, is ok, though). For ANY other usage, such as use in a business enterprise or a university, contact the author for registration. Uploading to bulletin boards is encouraged. Please do not distribute any part of this package separately. Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 91 14:57:37 EET From: Timo Salmi <ts@uwasa.fi> Subject: TSFAQ18.ZIP - T.Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers I have updated my Frequently Asked Questions collection. It is now available from SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.info> TSFAQ18.ZIP T.Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers It contains new information such as a pointer to the archie database (in faqnews.txt), and a pointer to the database of postings on frequently asked questions (in faquote.txt). Both very useful for finding information by oneself, instead of posting the queries. Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 91 14:46:58 EET From: Timo Salmi <ts@uwasa.fi> Subject: TSPELL24.ZIP - Full-featured spelling checker by T.Salmi I have updated my screen oriented spelling checker, and my word frequency counter. They are now available from SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.txtutl> TSPELL24.ZIP Full-featured spelling checker by T.Salmi Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 21:33:36 EST From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Updated rz/sz (Zmodem) for Unix and VMS now available Keywords: modem,xmodem,ymodem,zmodem,unix,vax,vms,omen,forsberg Summary: SIMTEL20 gets the files directly from Chuck Forsberg Chuck Forsberg's rz/sz for Unix and VAX/VMS has been updated. The updated files were obtained directly from Chuck's BBS and are now available from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [26.2.0.74]. Directory: PD1:<MISC.UNIX> File name: RZSZ9103.TAR-Z Function: X/Y/Zmodem for many flavors of Unix File type: Compressed tar archive Rename to rzsz.tar.Z after transferring with FTP in TENEX mode, uncompress and then extract with command: tar xfv rzsz.tar Directory: PD1:<MISC.VAXVMS> File name: RZSZ9103.TLB Function: X/Y/Zmodem for VAX/VMS File type: VMS Text LIBrary This is a binary file which should be stored as a 512 byte FIXED record file with carriage control NONE on VMS. To extract files from rzsz.tlb, issue the following DCL commands: $ LIB/EXTRACT=EXTRACT_TLB^COM/OUTPUT=EXTRACT_TLB.COM rzsz.tlb $ @EXTRACT_TLB rzsz/exit Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest V91 #86 ******************************** -------