Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (02/19/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sat, 16 Feb 91 Volume 91 : Issue 31
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
Administrivia (List Statistics)
Can I Have Four Serial Port On A PC?
FTP through BITNET
help accessing FTP files
Leading Edge (V91 #25) (2 msgs)
unpack unix .Z files on PC
Today's Queries:
Problems w/ redirected console via CTTY
Subdirectory detection & creation
UUCP Server for NETNEWS Wanted
New Uploads:
Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 02:45:18 MST
From: Gregory Hicks <GHICKS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Administrivia (List Statistics)
I recently received a request for information on the history of the
Info-IBMPC Digest. While collecting the information, I found some
interesting trivia on the distribution of the list. (At least, I
thought it was interesting! I used the current list.)
Domain Number of addees % of List
.MIL 176 33
.GOV 30 6
.EDU 165 31
.COM 117 22
IBM Re-dist Lists: 107 20
This comes to about 12% MORE than the total number of subscribers on
the list because some of the re-distribution lists are counted in the
first four catagories. The above list does not include various things
like addresses on TWO character domain names (like .NL, .DE, etc).
It also does not include things like UUNET.UU.NET, .FREENET, etc
addresses.
There are two major re-distribution lists: BITNET (IBMPC-L: about
10K with about 200 redistribution lists); USENET
(comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest: WHO knows how many?) However, I actively
encourage the USENET readers to subscribe to the NETNEWS news group.
(Doing this increases the efficiency of the net as a whole...)
In the process of searching for mis-routed mail, I've had to explode
about 50 of the re-distribution lists. The smallest list had 4
addresses on it while the longest had 104. For 'security' reasons, I
don't have access to the lists at IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Xerox, GE,
Poloroid, ATT, Banyon, DEC, SUN, Encore, Kodak, MCI, HAC (Hughes
Aircraft), Wang, Intel, TI, Cray, Prime, Sage, Honeywell, TRW...
If you wonder if the major manufacturers listen, they do...
Just thought you'd like to know.
Gregory Hicks
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Date: 8 Feb 91 13:05:50 GMT
From: steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steven Howell)
Subject: Can I Have Four Serial Port On A PC?
Can it be done? Is it possible to use four serial ports on my pc
without having to load drivers and reconfiguring files etc? Can a four
port card be plugged in and simply access comms 1 thru to comms 4?
I intend on using smart term 240.
Thanks in advance. I will post results
Steve h
[Take a look at file:
PD1:<MSDOS.INFO>COM3COM4.TXT 910201 Notes on using COMM ports 3 and 4
It's a little longer than 5K and it may answer your questions. gph]
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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 91 20:37:24 +0100
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: FTP through BITNET
A Reader recently requested assistance doing FTP functions from a
BITNET site. The responses were:
From: "D. Vermeir" <vermeir@banuia51.bitnet>
If you can't FTP directly from your site, try using BITFTP. for more
help send a one line message with NO SUBJECT to BITFTP@PUCC saying HELP
Sending a message like this'll get you started (if I remember correctly):
To: BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET
HELP
[Note: NO SUBJECT! gph]
From: CETEK63%TECHNION.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
From: Fred Wiersma <SRONCH%HLERUL2.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
From: bax%TUDGW2.TUDELFT.NL@uga.cc.uga.edu
Yes, you have to go via a special node. Send a mail with the one line
HELP to BITFTP@PUCC and you will be sent a helpfile with all the
necessary info.
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 91 11:56:32 PST
From: "Paul W. Kittle" <MDLPKI%LLUVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: help accessing FTP files
I am entering the system via a VM BITNET link. I have a colleague who
has referred me to an FTP address, and a file thereto. How can I get
from BITNET to FTP 130.160.20.80 pub/network-pc ?
PAUL KITTLE - DIRECTOR: MEDICAL LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
[See previous message on how to get help with FTP through BITNET.]
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 10:12:40 EST
From: labdg@unix.cc.emory.edu (Diego)
Subject: Leading Edge (V91 #25)
Curtis Wilbar at Southeastern Masschusetts Univ asked for information
on the Leading Edge Model D computer:
Leading Edge Model 'D' for sale, it is NOT a 286 machine (I had one,
and I'm sure it's 8088 unless it's been upgraded w/ a drop-in 286).
The machine has (I think) 5 8-bit slots and the ORIGINAL 'D' (circa
'86) was SLOW, SLOW, SLOW 4.77mhz. The "new" Leading Edge "D" are 8mhz
8086.
The leading edge 286 machine is known as the 'D2', while 386 versions
exist in various incarnations as the model 'D3' (I've got one of those
too).
-Diego (labdg@unix.cc.emory.edu)
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 09:50 EDT
From: Navin Ganeshan <NGANESHA%UDCVAX.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Leading Edge
> (2) I have an opportunity to buy a Leading Edge Model D computer.
>The person selling it believes it is a 286 machine. Does anyone know
>anything about this machine ? speed, compatability, slots (16 and 8
>bit), serial/parrallel ports, etc..... anything you can tell me would
>be greatly appreciated.
>Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.
>Grad student in CIS @ Southeastern Masschusetts Univ.
Nope. A Leading edge model D is an XT-compatible with a 9.16 MHz
8088-2 uP. It has four 8-bit slots none of which are already used.
It has 1 serial port with a DB25 connector and a parallel centronics
compatible port. It has hercules graphics and CGA controllers on the
motherboard. At 9.16 Mhz Norton's SI is 1.5. The speed is switchable
between 9.16 and 4.77. The BIOS is made by PHOENIX and is fully
compatible.
Leading Edge used to be a respectable clone-maker about 3 years ago,
and gave you reliable machines for a very good price. The went out of
business about a year and a half ago, but the company that makes the
motherboard DAEWOO, has revived the company somewhat.
Nevertheless, keep in mind that XTs are almost obsolete and buying
one isn't practical anymore. Unless this person is almost giving it
away, you'd be better off buying a 386 SX system, for not much more.
Also, since LE is back in business, go to a dealer and take a peek at
their new machines.
Navin S. Ganeshan
NGANESHA@UDCVAX.Bitnet EE/Univ of DC, Wash DC.
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 91 15:52:30 CST
From: Mark Moody <CCMARKM@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject: unpack unix .Z files on PC
I'm sure this has been asked many times, can some one recommend a good
program that will unpack unix .Z files on a pc? Thanks in advance,
Mark Moody
MOREnet - Missoouri Research and Educational Network
University of Missouri - Columbia
CCMARKM@umcvmb.missouri.edu
[Sure. Use one of these programs available from the Archives at
WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL:
PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ>
COMPRESS.C Unix-compatible compress/uncompress
COMPRESS.DOC Doc for COMPRESS.C
COMPRESS.MAK Makefile for COMPRESS.C
COMPRESS.TQT Part of COMPRESS.C
COMPRS12.ARC Unix-compatible compress/uncompress - 12 bit
COMPRS16.ARC Unix-compatible compress/uncompress - 16 bit
DECOMP2.ZIP Unix-compatible 16 bit uncompress, w/C source
PD1:<MSDOS.TURBO-C>
COMPRS12.ARC Unix-compatible compress/uncompress - 12 bit
You may also want one of these files:
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.ARC Read Unix TAR files on a PC
PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>
TARREAD.EXE Read Unix TAR files on a PC
I have used comprs16 and tar with good results. Documentation is either
included as a help file or by executing the program without arguments.
gph]
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 09:21:15 EST
From: gary@ctc.contel.com (Gary Bisaga x4219)
Subject: Problems w/ redirected console via CTTY
I am using DOS v4.01 on a Northgate 386 PC and having some strange
occurrances using the CTTY command.
First, what I have observed. When you use backspaces (at least from
COMMAND.COM), the backspaces are not transmitted to the CTTY'ed port;
they are sent to the normal screen. On the other hand, the spaces that
wipe out the characters ARE, so I have found that I need to, in my
program that communicates with the remote CTTY'ed PC, display
backspaces following the next two characters (why two? two spaces are
apparently sent) received from the remote system.
Second: This first problem leads me to believe that the CTTY
capability has not been fully tested, at least under various
circumstances of machines, ports, or whatever.
Thus, the request: does anybody else have any more such "interesting"
experiences to share about using CTTY? Has anybody else ever even used
it? Please mail directly to me, I will post summary of results.
Thanks much.
Sincerely,
Gary Bisaga (gary@ctc.contel.com)
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 91 16:53:00 EST
From: bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn)
Subject: Subdirectory detection & creation
Is there such thing as a 'standard' way to detect the presence or
lack of a particular subdirectory (or tree)? I'm using MSC 5.1 but
there doesn't seem to be any obvoious method (apart from the brute force
method of just creating everything in the full path to insure that the
desired subdirectory does now exist).
Any snippets of C code would be appreciated (but I can handle
pseudo-code too!!)
Bruce (bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com or
kahn@adam.dg.com)
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 91 13:02:00 EDT
From: Don Kazem <DKAZEM%NAS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: UUCP Server for NETNEWS Wanted
Does anyone know of a server that would allow a DOS machine emulate a
UUCP server on a network, so that it could receive the Usenet News Feed
from Internet (through a leased line)?
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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 1991 01:55 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.4DOS>
4EDIT106.ZIP B 34169 910205 4DOS full screen directory description editor
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ALLCHARGE>
ALLMENU.ZIP B 168611 910207 System information display for ALL CHARGECARD
LOADERS.ZIP B 64784 910207 New EMS loaders for ALLEMM4 CHARGECARD softwre
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ARC-LBR>
AM553.ZIP B 209489 910205 ArcMaster front-end/convert for .ARC/.ZIP/.LZH
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>
MICROBAT.ZIP B 14068 910207 MicroMacroBat, extends functionality of BATs
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BBS>
EXPIRE.ZIP B 15879 910201 Expire Program for Waffle BBS USENET files
MAXS_102.ZIP B 578274 910202 MSC/TC source for Maximus-CBCS 1.02 (BBS prog)
ORASHARE.ZIP B 348488 910130 Oracomm v5.M.6P multi-user BBS, 1 node version
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BORLAND>
BGIFONT.ZIP B 59093 910130 Update: BGI Font Editor/develop your own fonts
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.C>
BOSS01.ZIP B 143309 910203 Window Boss 01.07.91, windows for C pgms, 1of4
BOSS02A.ZIP B 235102 910203 Window Boss 01.07.91, windows for C pgms, 2of4
BOSS02B.ZIP B 265204 910203 Window Boss 01.07.91, windows for C pgms, 3of4
BOSS03.ZIP B 85641 910203 Window Boss 01.07.91, windows for C pgms, 4of4
PC-8250.ZIP B 43556 910207 Serial port rtns. & VT100 emul. (C src only)
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CALCULATOR>
CALC_V22.ZIP B 51097 910130 'Infinite' precision calculator
FFT128.ZIP B 79075 910203 Fast Fourier Transform/Spectrum calculator
LISTROOM.ZIP B 66744 910207 Optimize audio speaker/listener room positions
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CLIPPER>
AHELP5.ZIP B 202810 910131 Help sys/Clipper 5.0 & Summer '87 compiler app
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE>
NUTRI321.ZIP B 114152 910207 Nutritional database helps fine tune your diet
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESKACCESS>
REM22-06.ZIP B 42209 910205 REMIND v2.206: Sophisticated reminder service
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
HYDK412E.ZIP B 222113 910204 HyperDisk Version 4.12E - disk cache system
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR>
DTE5-1.ZIP B 118586 910206 PD text editor for MSDOS & mainframes. C src
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDUCATION>
DIVECOMP.ZIP B 62974 910204 Diver's nitrogen loading computer simulator
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>
SIM9101.IDX A 22334 910202 Comma-delimited list of January 1991 uploads
SIMIBM.ARC B 238566 910208 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
SIMIBM.IDX A 531514 910208 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
UPLOADS.JAN A 20234 910202 List of uploads to SIMTEL20 for January 1991
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FINANCE>
CKMSTR3.ZIP B 217399 910205 CheckMaster 3.0, check management program
MKT-MAST.ZIP B 303206 910205 'Market Master' analyzes stock, bond, mutuals
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GENEALOGY>
BKINDX.ZIP B 71168 910207 Indexing util for Brother's Keeper (Genealogy)
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPHICS>
ALCHMY13.ZIP B 199185 910206 JPEG/Targa/GIF/IFF/PICT2/PCX/Sun/TIFF convert
VGACAD21.ZIP B 361820 910203 Edit and colorize digitized images (VGA req)
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.INFO>
COM3COM4.TXT A 5361 910201 Notes on using COMM ports 3 and 4
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.KA9Q-TCPIP>
ASMOBJ.ZIP B 7045 910201 Compiled binary files for linking w/KA9Q NOS
NET-0201.ARC B 180026 910201 KA9Q TCP/IP, NOS 02/01/91 version, executable
SRC-0201.ZIP B 578296 910201 KA9Q TCP/IP, NOS 02/01/91 version, source code
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MENU>
HDM427.ZIP B 157582 910131 Gen DOS menu system w/security & customizable
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MODEM>
COMMO451.ZIP B 101388 910205 DESQview-aware comm pgm w/macros,ext.protocols
RBCOMM33.ZIP B 117764 910203 DESQview-aware comm prg w/VT100,AVATAR,scrlbck
TR3-9.ZIP B 123989 910207 Operate PC from a remote location, or monitor
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PGMUTL>
WISPLNG3.ZIP B 84166 910207 WISP v3.0: Text-oriented interpreter w/editor
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER>
LQCHR121.ZIP B 13664 910207 Design own char sets for Epson LQ compat prntr
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.QBASIC>
EZWINDO1.ZIP B 144513 910207 EZ-Windows pulldown/popup lib for QBasic 4.x
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.QEDIT>
AMAC33.ZIP B 144855 910205 Tom Hogshead's QEDIT macros thru 30-Jan-91
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SCREEN>
IM17.ZIP B 43878 910205 C/E/VGA/Herc 3D stars scrn saver w/visual eff.
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>
00-FILES.DOC A 6590 910130 All about file types in the SIMTEL20 archives
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.STATISTICS>
MVSP2.ZIP B 284253 910205 MultiVariate Stats. Package, ver. 2.0
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>
BOOT127.ZIP B 66414 910128 BOOT.SYS 1.27: Change config while booting
DABUTIL2.ZIP B 205219 910131 Disk and file utilities featuring EVENTMAN
TSTSR10.ZIP B 24759 910203 Terminate Stay Resident utils by Timo Salmi
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO>
FPROT114.ZIP B 252743 910130 Virus detection/removal/prevention/information
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TURBO-C>
ALLOCAAP.ZIP B 5682 910129 alloca() for TC2.0 and TC++1.0 by Alex Pruss
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL>
TDS-V10.ZIP B 17036 910207 Transliterate/delete/complement txt characters
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.WORDPERF>
STYLST30.ZIP B 52446 910205 Convert WordPerfect 5.0 Style Sheets to text
WPHP52.ZIP B 202556 910205 WP 5.1 printer drivers, additional HP LaserJet
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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