Info-IBMPC@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.mil ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (03/25/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sat, 23 Mar 91 Volume 91 : Issue 65
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
MAIL in VM/CMS using PC terminals (2 msgs)
VGA addressing
ZModem with Telix
Today's Queries:
Getting text screen captures into paint programs
help with graphics printscreen
Info-IBMPC Digest V91 #52
windows 3.0 on 286/CGA gives memory parity error
ZIP archives search pgm
New Uploads:
ARR-V110.ZIP - Large, Many, XMS and Huge Arrays in C
HCAP1290.ZIP: Handicap-related BBS list uploaded to SIMTEL20
Hearing impaired utilities uploaded to SIMTEL20
LHA211.EXE - LHA archiver v2.11 has better comp. than ZIP
Sign Friends Version 4.0 uploaded to SIMTEL20
SNIPPR24.ZIP - TSR to save part of screen to disk/print/keybd
Visually impaired utilities uploaded to SIMTEL20
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 91 09:05:00 EDT
From: Karel Smuk <SMUK%CSPGAS11.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: MAIL in VM/CMS using PC terminals
Hi networkers, we are rather new in using Bitnet, so we try to find
some support in the following: We use Columbia MAILER at IBM VM/CMS
system and the procedures MAIL, MAILBOOK etc. for doing the post. For
users with fullscreen terminals this is OK.
Some of the users, however, have only PC's with terminal emulation,
connected by telephone lines. Becasuse of poor telephone lines it
would be reasonable to limit the time of connection (transfer) to a
minimum. What we are looking for is: Some software (eg. EXECs) at
VM/CMS, allowing to collect and combine incomming post to one (or more)
files, which would be transferred to PC using Kermit (?).
Another piece of SW at the PC side should be able to provide all
services (reading post, preparing replies, preparing post etc.) in PC
environment without connection to CMS. And as a last step - the result
of this would be sent to CMS (again using KERMIT) as one or more files.
The CMS environment then should take care about the distribution of the
post.
I suppose we are not the first ones with such a need. Any advice or
hint would be appreciated
Karel Smuk
Karel Smuk smuk@cspgas11.bitnet
Institute of Information Theory Phone: +42 2 815 2256
and Automation
Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, 182 08 Prague Fax: +42 2 858 4569
Czechoslovakia Tlx: 122018 ATOM C
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 91 13:27:25 EDT
From: Jiri Peterka <UMKJP%CSEARN.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: MAIL in VM/CMS using PC terminals
Dear colleague,
what you are looking for is a PC mailing utility for the VM/CMS
environment, similar to those available for the FIDO network (for
example). Right now I do not know if there is any available, but I can
suggest you a very simple solution you can use in the meantime:
As you might know, in the VM/CMS environment all of your
incoming mail is stored at first in the virtual reader (e.g. that
part of the spooling area, that is visible to you). When you call
the MAIL utility and issue the UPDATE command, all your new mail is
tranferred from your virtual reader to your private disc and
appended to the UNREAD NOTEBOOK file. So all you need to do is
exit MAIL and download your UNREAD NOTEBOOK file through Kermit (as a
text file, because it indeed is a simple text file). A good idea is
also to discard the UNREAD NOTEBOOK file once you download it
successfully, as not to overflow your limited disc space. Of course
the same procedure applies to all other notebooks you might have,
with mail you eventually logged earlier.
To download your mail in an automated fashion, you must have a
communication program running on your PC, that has a suitable command
language (a script facility, as it is usually called). I am using
the Softclone's Mirror package myself, but there are many others.
Once you have your mail in a text file on your PC, you can
disconnect and process your mail off-line. The internal structure of
the notebook files is very simple - they are unformatted ASCII text
files (converted to ASCII by the VM/CMS Kermit - by default), and
they contain the individual messages separated by lines of the =
character. You can read these files with any text editor you like.
Writing a PC application to read your mail in a more
point-and-shoot fashion is nothing more than a routine job.
When it comes to replying and sending new mail, its only a
bit more complicated. You can prepare all of your outgoing mail as
individual text files while being still off-line. Later, when you
go on-line and log on the mainframe, you can upload all the files
with your outgoing mail again through Kermit. Then you can send your
individual messages and use the contents of the uploaded files as their
bodies. Again you can write a command file (a script file) for your
PC communication package to do so in an automated fashion. This might
require that you also prepare some sort of a mailing list for the
script file to act upon, containing the necessary information
about addresses, subjects etc., but this is also mere routine.
Jiri Peterka
Dept. of Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Charles University
Prague, Czechoslovakia
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 19:29:54 MEZ
From: Thomas <UNP072%DBNRHRZ1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: VGA addressing
On Thu, 14 Mar 91 11:45:25 EDT Stanislav Saic said:
>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 advice
>or a tip for literature are greatly appreciated.
>Stanislav Saic (TI83@CSPGAS11.BITNET)
>CSAV-UTIA, Praha 8, Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, Czechoslovakia
Oh. It depends... on the manufacturer of your VGA. Look into
VGAKIT34.ZIP in <msdos.vga>. You will find an answer for most VGAs in
there.
- Thomas
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 19:36:58 PST
From: 6600arac%ucsbuxa@hub.ucsb.edu (Wolf)
Subject: ZModem with Telix
I've got version 3.12 of Telix for the IBM PC, and I'm allowed to use
wildcards in filenames. Try a newer version. And, yes it works
w/zmodem
Wolf
6600arac@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Internet)
6600arac@ucsbuxa.bitnet (Bitnet)
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Date: 14 Mar 1991 14:38:17 EST
From: DEVRIES@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU
Subject: Getting text screen captures into paint programs
I have a need to capture screens from character based DOS applications
(like Paradox) in such a way that I can bring them into a paint
program. My goal is to treat the image as a picture and to add
elements like arrows and text to highlight features on the captured
screen. There are plenty of utilities to capture graphics screens or
text screens, but I haven't seen one yet for capturing a text screen
and saving it in a graphics format like .TIF or .PCX.
Does such a product exist, or is a there a conversion product that will
convert a text file into a graphic image? Of course shareware/public
domain is preferred, but I'll take anything.
Thanks in advance.
Ernie DeVries
Academic/Personal Computer Services
Northern Arizona University
bitnet%"devries@nauvax"
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 16:59:31 EST
From: poulin@polar.bowdoin.edu (Jeff Poulin)
Subject: help with graphics printscreen
I would like to do a high resolution graphics printscreen to my
Panasonic KX-P1124 from a (genuine) Hercules card. I tried loading
graphics.com first then doing a print-screen but all I get is foreign
characters in the ASCII 130 to 140 range (My printer is emulating an
Epson 2500 in graphics mode). Perhaps the problem is the very strange
bitmapping order the Hercules card uses (line 1 is B0000, line 2 is
B2000, etc...)
I also tried pizazz, but the version I have is circa 1986 and It won't
print more than 180dpi (I would like 360dpi).
Finally, I also tried hprtsc.com in Simtel <msdos.screen> but it only
prints sideways and the resolution is way too low (it was made for an
epson FX80/90).
Can anyone help me with this? I would rather see if the program I want
exists than try to build one. My assembly is a little rusty :-(
jeff
Jeff Poulin poulin@polar.bowdoin.edu jpoulin@bowdoin.bitnet
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 19:36 GMT
From: SCCS6075%IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: X-Windows List?
I'll make this short and snappy...
Does anyone out there know of the existence of a Xwindows list.
thanks David
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 91 01:33:50 GMT
From: cadence!cadence.ashwini@uunet.UU.NET (Ashwini Shandilya)
Subject: windows 3.0 on 286/CGA gives memory parity error
I have a Zenith Data Systems Z-248 (AT compatible) a 286 based machine.
It has a CGA card/monitor. Memory is 640k base and 1536K extended. I
was testing to see if Windows3.0 runs on my machine after installing
the extended memory.
ON using windows I get Unrecovarble application error, and the systems
error is MEMORY PARITY ERROR.
Is there some one who knows why such an error is issued. And secondly
is Windows 3.0 having problems running on CGA machines. I ran memory
diagnostics to check extended memory map there seems to be no prolem.
Also is a UTILITY to check the system thoroughly for memory faults.
Other than the diagnostics that is run from MFM.
-thanks
-ashwini
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 22:51:50 IST
From: Itamar Even-Zohar <B10@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL>
Subject: ZIP archives search pgm
Does anybody know if there is some pgm that can search strings INSIDE
ZIP archive files, that is, WITHOUT OPENING the files, like Buerg's
ARCF for ARC files?
(ZV, ZGREP, ..., and more, all look for fileNAMES in a ZIP archive.
This is NOT what I am looking for. ARCF allows keeping material in ARC
files in a compressed form, and yet it is readily accessible. Search
strings can even be piped to a file without extracting the relevant
files, nor searching by temporary viewing them one by one, as LIST
would require.)
Thanks,
Itamar Even-Zohar
Porter Institute, Tel Aviv University
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 13:11 GMT
From: G.Robertson <gnev83@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
Subject: ARR-V110.ZIP - Large, Many, XMS and Huge Arrays in C
I have uploaded to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.c>
ARR-V110.ZIP Large, Many, XMS and Huge Arrays in C
Large Arrays, Many Arrays (cached to disk or extended memory) and Hugh
Array (any size) in C, Version 1.1
This package include code for use with C which
1. Allows the use of many large arrays 65530 bytes long as memory
permits.
2. Allows the use of many large arrays using disk caching, virtual
disk caching or extended memory caching.
3. Allows the use of a hugh array (bigger than memory allows).
These routines are very fast and the main part is written in machine
code. The source code is available
Graham Robertson <gnev83@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
British Software Licensing
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 11:48:31 EST
From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Subject: HCAP1290.ZIP: Handicap-related BBS list uploaded to SIMTEL20
I have uploaded to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.bbslists>
HCAP1290.ZIP Handicap/disability related BBS list (12/90)
This is the December, 1990 version of the Handicap BBS list with over
700 BBS's throughout the world that carry disability-related
conferences (such as ABLED, BlinkTalk, SilentTalk, etc) and/or have
files/programs for the handicapped.
Bill McGarry
(203) 337-1518
UUCP: {oliveb, isc-br, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm
INTERNET: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
BITNET: l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet
Fidonet: The Handicap News BBS (141/420) 1-203-337-1607
(300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours)
Compuserve: 73170,1064
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 8:58:44 EST
From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Subject: Hearing impaired utilities uploaded to SIMTEL20
I have uploaded the following to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.handicap>
ASL-TRAN.ZIP Translates words into ASL finger spelling
FUTUR110.ZIP Communications program for use with a TDD
LSIGN20.ZIP Teaches ASL finger spelling
SIGNFONT.ZIP Printer font for finger spelling
Bill McGarry
(203) 337-1518
UUCP: {oliveb, philabs, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm
INTERNET: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
BITNET: l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet
Fidonet: The Handicap News BBS (141/420) 1-203-337-1607
(300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours)
Compuserve: 73170,1064
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 01:16:30 EST
From: kaplan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Subject: LHA211.EXE - LHA archiver v2.11 has better comp. than ZIP
I have uploaded the latest version of the LHARC program to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.arc-lbr>
LHA211.EXE LHA archiver v2.11 has better comp. than ZIP
Preston
kaplan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 11:57:11 EST
From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Subject: Sign Friends Version 4.0 uploaded to SIMTEL20
I have uploaded to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.handicap>
SIGN40-1.ZIP Sign Friends: Learn sign language. Part 1 of 2
SIGN40-2.ZIP Sign Friends: Learn sign language. Part 2 of 2
Sign Friends is an interactive program designed to teach sign language
utilizing the graphic and animation capabilities of the computer. The
program requires GWBasic or BASICA to run. CGA video is needed
(although the program SIMCGA may be able to be used with
Hercules-compatible display adapters).
Bill McGarry
(203) 337-1518
UUCP: {oliveb, philabs, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm
INTERNET: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
BITNET: l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet
Fidonet: The Handicap News BBS (141/420) 1-203-337-1607
(300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours)
Compuserve: 73170,1064
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 14:39:39 -0500
From: David Kirschbaum <kirsch@usasoc.soc.mil>
Subject: SNIPPR24.ZIP - TSR to save part of screen to disk/print/keybd
I have uploaded my update of Snipper to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.screen>
SNIPPR24.ZIP TSR to save part of screen to disk/print/keybd
This is an updated version of the PC Magazine utility "Snipper",
incorporating the additional functionality from Snipper v2.3, but
keeping the fixes in v2.2 that v2.3 didn't know about. It also has
trailing space trimming.
Some users have requested "no direct screen writes" (problems with
speech synthesizers, DeskView, etc.). However, snipper does not DO
direct screen writes! BIOS calls only! Maybe something else is
causing the problems.
Regards,
David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall
kirsch@usasoc.soc.mil
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 9:09:30 EST
From: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Subject: Visually impaired utilities uploaded to SIMTEL20
I have uploaded the following to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.handicap>
ACCENT.ZIP DEMO of ACCENT speech synthesizer
ACCSET.ZIP Changes ACCENT speech synthesizer's settings
BEDIT20.ZIP Large character editor for sight impared users
BIGECHO.ZIP Print large letters in batch files
DZ101.ZIP Speech or Braille DOS shell program. DEMO
VE1-1.ZIP Screen/kbd access for voice synth., DEMO, 1of2
VE-DOCS.ZIP Screen/kbd access for voice synth., DEMO, 2of2
Bill McGarry
(203) 337-1518
UUCP: {oliveb, philabs, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm
INTERNET: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com
BITNET: l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet
Fidonet: The Handicap News BBS (141/420) 1-203-337-1607
(300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours)
Compuserve: 73170,1064
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