Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (03/25/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Fri, 22 Mar 91 Volume 91 : Issue 64 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: Download Files from SIMTEL20 Check existing directory - summary Finite Element Analysis Software Big Text Editor (V91 #52) Neat Software Reviews Windows 3.0 Screens NUMLOCK - Turning Off Today's Queries: Looking for Common LISP Program input/output capture VGA addressing New Uploads: ALICE13A.ZIP - Lewis Carroll-ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Borland patches for TC++ 1.01 and BC++ 2.0 DLS200.ZIP - Disk labeling system, interfaces w/catalogers DS410A.ZIP - Directory Scanner 4.10A - Disk/File Mngr Epsilon v5.0 extensions uploaded to SIMTEL20 LCD_21A.ZIP - Change dir faster & /w more features than NCD TSBAT24.ZIP - Collection of useful batch files by Timo Salmi WAF164.ZIP - Waffle BBS v1.64, with UUCP mail & Usenet news 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: Thu, 14 Mar 91 12:40:29 EST From: nguyen%master.dnet@dxi.nih.gov Subject: Downloadinf Files from SIMTEL20 Sometimes ago someone has post a question of how to download files from simtel. I had printed out a copy of how to do it, but I was sort of busy lately that I could not try to exercise it. Some of my co-workers here at the office asked me the same question, and I went back to my "FILE OF PAPPER" to look for it; IT WAS GONE (I just moved into a new office). I would be greatly appreciated if someone could tell me where I can request this file again, or it would be even better if you can show me how to do it?. Thank you all Khoi Nguyen BITNET ADDRESS: NGUYEN%MASTER.DNET@DXI.NIH.GOV [Since the reader is on BITNET and apparently in the US, I have forwarded the file PS:<GHICKS>SIM-BIT.FTP (or SIMel-BITnet.FTP). If other readers want a help file, there is also a file for users in Europe (PS:<GHICKS>TRICKLE.DOC) as well as the one for US readers. gph] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 16:56:56 TUR From: Andreas Tranquillini <C102TA%AINUNI01.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu> Subject: Check existing directory - summary Hello, some time ago I had a problem checking the existence of a directory. I received several answers (thanks to all who responded) - here is the summary. Solution comments IF EXIST directory\NUL goto ... works fine with floppies and hard disks; does not work with Novell netware drives IF EXIST directory\. goto ... does not work IF EXIST directory\*.* goto ... does not check the existence of empty directories <MSDOS.BATUTL>DPV12.ZIP These two programs work fine with floppies <MSDOS.BATUTL>IFEXIST.ARC and hard disks together with DOS 3.3 but they ignore hard disks together with DOS 4.0 and 4DOS (??). And in both cases they don't work with Novell netware drives. After these experiences, I wrote a very short Turbo Pascal 5.0 program that solved my problem: program IFEXIST; uses DOS; var F:file; ATTR:word; EXITCODE:word; begin assign(F,paramstr(1)); getfattr(F,ATTR); if DOSERROR<>0 then EXITCODE:=2 else if (ATTR and DIRECTORY)=0 then EXITCODE:=1 else EXITCODE:=0 ; halt(EXITCODE); end. Usage: IFEXIST directory Results: ERRORLEVEL=0: directory exists =1: something exists, but it is no directory =2: does not exist A simple but effective solution? Andreas Tranquillini ------------------------------ Date: 14 Mar 91 07:20:00 EST From: "Larry Mendlow" <mendlowl@imo-uvax5.dca.mil> Subject: Finite Element Analysis Software David Dodell in V91 No38 asks about shareware or commercially available Finite Element Analysis Programs. I don't know of any shareware FEA programs. I've seen one company advertise heavily in engineering trade magizines about its desktop FEA programs. The company is: Algor Inc 260 Alpha Drive Pittsburg, PA 15238 (412)967-2700 I have not tried this program and have no idea how good or user friendly it is. I am not affilated in any way with Algor and am not recommending this product (Usual disclaimer). One other potential source of FEA program information would be any mechanical or civil engineering department at a college. FEA was originally developed by these fields and those people know it best. Hope this helps. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 08:32 GMT From: Ed van Daalen <E.F.G.vanDaalen%MARIN.nl@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Big Text Editor (V91 #52) Gary Bisaga is seeking for a big file text editor. In the past year I've been using a demo-version of Multi-Edit, a very nice text editor which can handle big files. It uses some kind of window which gives access to a part of a file, if the file is too big to fit in the window. The editor has very nice menus and was designed to be used with a mouse. I don't know what the official version can do more than the demo version, but I never ran into problems. Some interesting features are multi-windows and column-block-marking, which is very useful in manipulating numerical data. A similar text-editor is used in F77L, a Fortran-compiler. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 17:29:11 TUR From: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT%TREARN.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu> Subject: Neat Software Reviews Here is a brief summary of the stuff that blew my socks off recently: <MSDOS.DSKUTL>HYDK240.ZIP: HYPER DISK: Disk caching software - but it also caches WRITES to the disk. So, you can say COPY *.* A: and be done in five seconds, with the DOS prompt. If you repeat it, COPY *.* A:, you get done in one second! the writing goes on whenever the system is idle. Works amazingly well, especially if you have lots of RAM. Works with Windows 3 too. <MSDOS.WINDOWS3>SCRPEAC3.ZIP: Talking of Windows: I recommend SCREEN PEACE screen saver for windows. It has tons of totally different displays. Including fishes, fireworks, a puzzle that shifts your windows screen,many more. all this until you move the mouse or click a key. it then restores your screen. If anyone else tried something neat recently, well, why not let us know about it? Regards, -turgut ------------------------------ Date: 14 Mar 91 14:31:00 GMT-9:00 From: "HUGH PRESTON" <hpreston@osan-emh.af.mil> Subject: Windows 3.0 Screens Hello all, In a recent issue of the digest, I read that someone was having a problem with windows 3.0 not "saving" the screen properly. Not sure if I have an answer as to why the problem was there but I can tell you that it ain't so! I recently "built" my own 80386 machine [DTK 25Mhz mother board] and have gone to windows 3.0 for everything. My machine loads the window(s) just as I saved it, with not 1 but 4 windows of different sizes. I have one set up for my daughter [7 year old hacker], one for my goodies, one for the "main" PM items (which is smaller), one for Borland [Paradox 3.5, Pascal 6.0, Side Kick 2] and a 4th very small window with nothing but cute screen displays to show off VGA to the occasional visitor. I am using all of the windows 3.0 memory managers to control the 8 megs of RAM in the box. Interestingly, Turbo Pascal 6.0 wouldn't run from the DOS prompt without giving me the out of memory routine but when "exploded" from a windows 3.0 icon, worked great. Icons? In all, the current count is about 93 for various different utilities and programs. I really like the way Procomm+ runs as a full screen which I can alt Tab to an icon and still continue to download files with kermit. Multi-tasking is GREAT! Hugh Preston Osan AB, Korea PS: Just a happy customer, not a sales person for MS Windows! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 02:10:31 MEZ From: "Gisbert W.Selke" <S00100%DBNRHRZ1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: NUMLOCK - Turning Off In a recent info-ibmpc digest, <smr49@hull.ac.uk> asks for a way of turning off the NumLock key. PC magazine published a wee utility to do so back in 1988; to recreate NUMLKOFF.COM, run "debug < numlkoff.scr", where this latter file consists of the following 12 lines [down to the line that begins "Then you can...]: N NUMLKOFF.COM A POP DS AND BYTE PTR [0417], DF INT 20 R CX 8 W Q Then you can include NUMLKOFF in your autoexec.bat, say. (In case some EBCDIC gateway mangled the above message: there are square brackets around 0417 in 'AND BYTE PTR [0417], DF'.) \Gisbert <s00100@dbnrhrz1.bitnet> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 10:54:49 EST From: poulin@acsu.buffalo.edu (Marc C. Poulin) Subject: Looking for Common LISP I am looking for a commerical version of LISP (preferably Common LISP). It should be able to fit in 640K if necessary, but have the ablility to use extended/expanded memory if it is available. Has anyone heard of such a beast? Please E-mail replies, and I will summarize. Thanks, Marc Marc C. Poulin (I speak for myself only unless otherwise indicated) I: poulin@{acsu.buffalo.edu|softvax.radc.af.mil} B: V069HPMS@UBVMS U: {rutgers,uunet}!acsu.buffalo.edu!poulin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 11:41:22 From: Gray Cluley <GM_CLULEY@prime2.bristol-poly.ac.uk> Subject: Program input/output capture I have written an adventure game as a project for my college course. What I now need to do is produce a printout of the program in action, with my text inputs breaking up the computer responses. Is there a program which can capture scrolling text displayed on screen to a file. I'd rather not use a simple 'snapshot' program as they tend to store just one screen at a time. In other words the program (preferably PD or shareware.. resources are very limited on British educational grants!) should produce a carbon copy of screen output to a file. Any ideas? Please help!!! Gray Cluley, Bristol Poly, United Kingdom gm_cluley@p2.brispoly.ac.uk JANET: gm_cluley@uk.ac.brispoly.p2 Internet: gm_cluley%p2.brispoly.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu EARN/BITNET: gm_cluley%p2.brispoly.ac.uk@UKACRL UUCP: gm_cluley%p2.brispoly.ac.uk@ukc.uucp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 11:45:25 EDT From: Stanislav Saic <TI83%CSPGAS11.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu> Subject: VGA addressing Hi, is there anybody out there who knows, how to directly address VGA memory banks in extended modes 640x400 and 800x600 with 256 colors. Any advise or a tip for literature are greatly appreciated. Stanislav Saic (TI83@CSPGAS11.BITNET) CSAV-UTIA, Praha 8, Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, Czechoslovakia ------------------------------ Date: 12 March 1991 11:29:38 CST From: "Mark S. Zinzow" <MARKZ@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: ALICE13A.ZIP - Lewis Carroll-ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.books> ALICE13A.ZIP Lewis Carroll-ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND It adds two missing paragraphs, and corrects some typos that were in ALICE11.ZIP which was previously uploaded. Mark Zinzow MARKZ@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 15:02:07 GMT From: sidney@borland.com (Sidney Markowitz) Subject: Borland patches for TC++ 1.01 and BC++ 2.0 I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.turbo-c> BC20P1.ZIP Patch file for BC++ v2.0 (from Borland) Patch file issued by Borland for Borland C++ v2.0: Corrects: 1) Incorrect scrolling of screen text in conio routines. 2) Occasional bogus "Insert disk in Drive A:" message during expression eval and inspect on single floppy drive systems pd1:<msdos.turbo-c> TCPPT2.ZIP Patch file for TC++ v1.01 (from Borland) Patch file issued by Borland for Turbo C++ v1.01 Corrects occasional bogus "Insert disk in Drive A:" message during expression eval and inspect on single floppy drive systems Sidney Markowitz sidney@borland.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1991 Mar 12 01:06 EST From: Bob Babcock <PEPRBV@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU> Subject: DLS200.ZIP - Disk labeling system, interfaces w/catalogers I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: DLS200.ZIP Disk labeling system, interfaces w/catalogers This program is by Jim Clark. As the author of Wssindex, I cooperated in testing the code for making labels from a Wssindex database. An extract from the README file: DLS v2.00 DLS is a fully functional shareware program designed to read the main directory files and any subdirectory files from all types of 3-1/2" and 5-1/4" diskettes in the A or B drive and then print a label or disk insert (for 5-1/4" diskettes) on your printer. You may also read any drive that DOS recognizes from C to Z. - Added support for some disk catalog programs. DLS can read the catalog databases produced by: CatDisk, LogiCat, PmCat, and, of course, my own WSSIndex and print disk labels from these files. Bob Babcock <PEPRBV@CFAAMP.HARVARD.EDU> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 14:00:37 PST From: pm4060nm@TECNET1.JCTE.JCS.MIL (Nat Martino) Subject: DS410A.ZIP - Directory Scanner 4.10A - Disk/File Mngr I have uploaded the latest version of my Directory Scanner program to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.dirutl> DS410A.ZIP Directory Scanner 4.10A - Disk/File Mngr - Nat Martino pm4060nm@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 91 17:48:55 EST From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Epsilon v5.0 extensions uploaded to SIMTEL20 I have uploaded to SIMTEL20 a number of EEL code files which I grabbed from the Lugaru BBS (412-421-4678) a few weeks ago. pd1:<msdos.eel> CURSPOS.E Continuous display of cursor row/column DECTOCH.E Input characters by ASCII value GREP.E Interface with grep for multi-dir searches WINCONF.E Save/restore window setup BAKIN.ZIP Video and process buffer enhancements EDITKEY.ZIP Jump to definition of a keybinding HELP_SYS.ZIP Build your own help files for Epsilon LISPMODE.ZIP Useful keybindings for editing Lisp code MARK.ZIP Various region-marking commands NEWMOUSE.ZIP Improved mouse support functions NEXTBUF.ZIP Single-key switch between buffers POINTSTK.ZIP Maintain a stack of points and buffer names PRINTER.ZIP Print to HP LaserJet II or IBM Graphic Printer SAVE_MOD.ZIP Prompt for revision comments on saving file STOREMOD.ZIP Enhanced version of store.e TAGMOD.ZIP Enhanced version of tags.e TRIM.ZIP Trim whitespace from ends of lines Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 11:58:16 CST From: ST7021%SIUCVMB.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: LCD_21A.ZIP - Change dir faster & /w more features than NCD I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.dirutl> LCD_21A.ZIP Change dir faster & /w more features than NCD "Led's Change Directory" v2.1 by Keith Ledbetter. Voted by the Public (software) Library as one of "the 10 best utilities of 1990". This program helps you quickly and easily change between subdirectories on your hard drive. A work-alike to Peter Norton's NCD command. This program can act as a total replacement for DOS's CD, RD, and MD commands. A real time-saver! Member, ASP. Thomas Boehler ST7021%SIUCVMB.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 18:30:08 EET From: Timo Salmi <ts@uwasa.fi> Subject: TSBAT24.ZIP - Collection of useful batch files by Timo Salmi An updated copy of my collection of useful batch utilities is now available from SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.batutl> TSBAT24.ZIP Collection of useful batch files by Timo Salmi I have written a menu based ansi.sys driven advanced batch for sending command codes to the printer to make printer initialization and setting easy. It is called setprn.bat. It is for Diconix Inkjet Parallel Printer Model 150, which is an Espon compatible printer. Thus the batch is suitable for various different printer makes, and easily configurable. I have added these two batches to my collection of (hopefully) useful and instructive batch files. There is a program-based alternative to setprn.bat, that is setdico.exe which can be found in tsprn15.zip on SIMTEL20. The difference is that in setprn.bat you are able to configure the printer codes if you wish. TSBAT24.ZIP Batch file collection, T.Salmi Filename Comment -------- -------------------------------- ADDPATH.BAT Append directories to the path APATH-OM.BAT Otto Makela's version of addpath ARC2ZIP.BAT Single .arc to .zip with comment ASK.EXE Ask questions in a batch file BLANK.BAT Poor man's screen saver BLK.BAT Poor man's screen saver & popup C.BAT Lazy changing of directory COLOR.BAT Set screen color attributes D.BAT Directory with sort & wildserach DAILY.BAT Run a program only once a day DELDIR.BAT Remove directory and its files DELPATH.BAT Delete a directory from the path FU.BAT Poor man's function evaluator LASTBOOT.BAT Show date + time of previos boot LINK1.BAT How to link batch files together LINK2.BAT Batch link demo's second file LOCATE.BAT Wildcard file find LOGRUN.BAT Log program usage & time and run M.BAT Give multiple MsDos commands MAKESURE.BAT Simple command.com virus warning MENU.BAT Run programs from a menu POPDIRE.BAT Restore (pop) saved directory POPPATH.BAT Restore the saved path PUSHDIRE.BAT Non-resident push directory PUSHPATH.BAT Save the current path RUN.BAT Testing for viruses SAFEDEL.BAT Safe delete of files SAFEDEL1.BAT Auxiliary batch to safedel.bat SCANZIP.BAT Scan for viruses (incl. lzexed) SCOPY.BAT Copy a file with a single device SETCOM.BAT Secure your command.com SETPRN.BAT Set an Epson compatible printer SETPUSHD.EXE Program for nonresident pushdire SETVAR.BAT Sets a variable for delpath.bat SHOW.BAT Wildcard multifile type command SHOW1.BAT Auxiliary batch for show.bat TSBAT.INF Document TSBAT.NWS News concerning this package TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi UNPACK.BAT Unpack-test-view any archivetype VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa VIRUS.BAT Another batch-based virus test WHERE.BAT Generic searchstring fname find ZIPDATE.BAT Equate .zip date to latest file ZOO2ZIPH.BAT Single .zoo to .zip on harddisk 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: Wed, 13 Mar 91 04:24:17 PST From: "Thomas E. Dell" <dell@APPLE.COM> Subject: WAF164.ZIP - Waffle BBS v1.64, with UUCP mail & Usenet news I have uploaded to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.bbs> WAF164.ZIP Waffle BBS v1.64, with UUCP mail & Usenet news WUP100.ZIP Waffle BBS utility programs, version 1.00 ...Tom dell@apple.com ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest V91 #64 ******************************** -------