Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (03/09/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Mon, 4 Mar 91 Volume 91 : Issue 49
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
request for network info... (2 msgs)
Running PC monitors on European 50Hz AC.
Today's Queries:
Request for special version of KA9Q
Miniscribe IDE 8051A Drive
New Uploads:
Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 15:21 EST
From: DULING%NIEHS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: request for network info...
Our institute has a vax center with a decnet backbone. They are
installing pcsa in most offices and labs. I have a lab with some pcs
and macs and an os/9 computer which can use tcp/ip. My wants are;
1) file transfer between our macs, pcs, os/9 system, unix machines, and
vax.
2) print services from all pcs to one postscript laser.
3) print services from all macs to one NTX (which we already have)
QUESTION: Can this be done from pcsa 3.0? I understand that won't
communicate with the tcp/ip and unix machines. Correct? Is there
public domain/low cost tcp/ip -ftp -telnet software for pcs as there is
with other systems? The hardware is 16bit 3COM cards on AT
compatibles. All responces welcome.
-- Dave Duling. Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, NIEHS. Tel 919-541-3381.
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 91 09:21:27 MST
From: Gregory Hicks <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: request for network info...
Take a look in these directories in the SIMTEL20 Archives:
PD1:<MSDOS>
ARCNET-PCIP
CMU-PCIP
KA9Q-TCPIP
LAN
NCSATELNET
NETWORK
PACKET
All may be accessed via anonymous FTP login. Full directory
structure is:
PD1:<MSDOS.*>
where * is one of the names listed above.
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
Editor, Info-IBMPC Digest
PS - KA9Q is a full implementation of TCP/IP and includes such things
as FTP, TELNET, SMTP (E-Mail), PING, ECHO, etc... for those
nets that support this.
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 91 11:27:05 GMT
From: "Pete Lucas, NCS-TLC" <PJML@ibma.nerc-wallingford.ac.uk>
Subject: Running PC monitors on European 50Hz AC.
Monitor and mains frequency; no this should not cause any problem; most
modern monitors (all modern monitors?) use a 'switched-mode' power
supply, where the AC line current is rectified to produce DC, then
stepped down via a power-oscillator.
I have run PCs off portable-generator systems which are notoriously
unstable as regards frequency (the output frequency depends on engine
speed which of course varies significantly with the power being drawn
from the generator...) without any noticeable problems.
I have also run a PC off a 12-volt auto battery via an 'inverter'
circuit which operated at 100Hz rather than the usual Eurpoean 50Hz;
this worked perfectly too!
...-.- Pete Lucas PJML@UK.AC.NWL.IA G6WBJ@GB7SDN.GBR.EU
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 9:11:33 MET
From: wolf@grasp2.univ-lyon1.fr (Christophe Wolfhugel)
Subject: Request for special version of KA9Q
I'm searching a compiled version of KA9Q that implements just the
gateway functionnality. I actually use a complete set of the nos, but I
get horrible round trip time between the two networks, slowing down the
ftp's to less than 2 Kb/second and giving really a bad impression in
telnet.
Has anyone modified the KA9Q package to get a fast router? If yes, I
would be really interested in that modification.
Christophe Wolfhugel (on irc: Zolf) | Email: wolf@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr
INSA Lyon - Departement Informatique | IRC'admin at node grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr
69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France | Fax: (+33) 72 44 08 00
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 1991 12:35:54 -0500
From: Claude Daoust <505620@UOTTAWA>
Subject: Miniscribe IDE 8051A Drive
I have a Miniscribe IDE drive, model 8051A. Suddenly it decided to
conk out on me. Very strange business. Have tested my controller with
another drive and all is well. With the miniscribe my system comes up
with controller failure after a long delay. Now, I've heard that
Minsicribe is out of business and Maxtor owns them, I also know they
are manufacturing this model now under their own name. My drive is
still within the warranty period. I was wondering if someone had a
number for Maxtor and if they are honouring miniscribes warranties.
Thanks in Advance
Claude
bitnet - 505620@uottawa.ca.bitnet
internet 505620@acadvm1.uottawa
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 1991 00:29 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20
The following files have been recently uploaded to SIMTEL20:
NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII
Filename Type Length Date Description
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Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ARC-LBR>
FV134.ZIP B 8351 910218 View dirs of ARC/DWC/LBR/LZH/PAK/ZIP/ZOO/SFXs
LHA205E.EXE B 39970 910218 LHA archiver v2.05e has better comp. than ZIP
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>
RONSET25.ZIP B 64958 910226 Multi-function batch enhancer by Ron Bemis
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BBS>
MSGTALLY.ZIP B 19446 910226 Total messages in conferences QBBS/RA/SuperBBS
PSTLG300.ZIP B 18430 910226 Generates bulletin for # of messages QBBS/RA.
QBBS266O.ZIP B 138526 910226 Quickbbs v2.66 - Overlay version (no docs)
QDOC_266.ZIP B 54183 910226 Quickbbs v2.66 - Documentation
QEXE_266.ZIP B 138032 910226 Quickbbs v2.66 - Non-overlay version (no docs)
QUM_120.ZIP B 112888 910226 QBBS/RA/SuperBBS user editor
USA_100.ZIP B 22288 910226 QBBS/RA/SuperBBS statistics generator
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CROSSASM>
68ASMSIM.ZIP B 161140 910222 68000 cross-assembler/simulator with C source
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESKACCESS>
REM23-00.ZIP B 44335 910221 REMIND v2.3.0: Sophisticated reminder service
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESQVIEW>
TAME254.ZIP B 56378 910218 Speed up pgm execution in DesqView/VM386/other
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL>
DS400B.ZIP B 159686 910218 Directory/file management and DOS shell pgm
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
CLNFIL23.ZIP B 25898 910216 Wipes out sensible data in unused file space
HYDK420.ZIP B 248808 910219 HyperDisk v4.20 disk cache system (shareware)
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>
SIMIBM.ARC B 240589 910227 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
SIMIBM.IDX A 534216 910227 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL>
LZEXE91E.ZIP B 86264 910226 Compress most EXE files and run them directly
QFIL31LD.ZIP B 129467 910218 QFiler DOS shell/file mgr, handles ARC/ZIP/LZH
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPHICS>
GRASP32C.ZIP B 55088 910220 Grasp Art automation GL file viewer 3.2 Beta C
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.KEYBOARD>
NEWKEY54.ZIP B 170089 910220 Keyboard macros and key redefinition
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.LASER>
FINEPRNT.ZIP B 42399 910221 Print small 6pt font text on HP LaserJet ptr
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MENU>
KYSS37.DOC A 2561 910226 Overview of KYSS37 menu system & file manager
KYSS37.ZIP B 278654 910226 High-performance menu system & file manager
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PCMAG>
VOL10N05.ZIP B 126499 910218 PcMag:2BOTH,ALTD,CALDEMO,FINDHID,TINYDOS,VGA28
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.QBASIC>
GRAFWZ15.ZIP B 92843 910218 Smaller, faster graphics library for QBASIC4.5
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ>
COMP430S.ZIP B 70872 910224 C src: Unix-compat. 16-bit compress/uncompress
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>
BSET11.ZIP B 9997 910226 Set parent envir. variables up to 1023 chars.
SIMP294.ZIP B 40693 910223 Fortune program on the things Simpsons say
TSUTIL31.ZIP B 124274 910220 First set of command-like utilities, T.Salmi
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TEX>
WD2LATEX.ZIP B 13407 910218 Convert MSWord to LaTeX (crude but useful)
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO>
AVS224E.ZIP B 76475 910222 AVSEARCHv2.24e:Scans for more than 158 viruses
SECUR222.ZIP B 34104 910218 Virus/trojan security, prevents unauth. writes
VC200EGA.ZIP B 111799 910222 Shell simplifies use of VirusScan/Cleanup, EGA
VCOPY74.ZIP B 40840 910217 Copy utility checks for viruses as it copies
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TURBO-C>
TCU_31.ZIP B 357920 910218 Turbo-C flexible menus, windows & forms entry
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TURBOPAS>
NKTOOLS.ZIP B 50076 910226 Source to some useful TurboPas 4/5/5.5/6 Units
TP6MAP.ZIP B 10318 910226 Map of 500 procedure entry points in TP6 IDE
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL>
CRLF142.ZIP B 18982 910216 Adds/removes line feeds (convert Unix<-->DOS)
E2A142.ZIP B 26340 910216 Fast, flexible EBCDIC <--> ASCII/ISO converter
If you are unable to access SIMTEL20 via Internet FTP or through one of
the BITNET/EARN file servers, most SIMTEL20 MSDOS files, including the
PC-Blue collection, are available for downloading on the Detroit
Download Central network at 313-885-3956. DDC has multiple lines which
support 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 bps (HST/V.32/V.42/V.42bis/MNP5).
This is a subscription system with an average hourly cost of 17 cents.
It is also accessable on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via
StarLink outdial. New files uploaded to SIMTEL20 are usually available
on DDC within 24 hours.
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!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
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