Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (01/21/91)
Info-IBMPC Digest Mon, 21 Jan 91 Volume 91 : Issue 14 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: Re: E-Mail and BIX EDT and TECO for PC Info-IBMPC Digest V91 #10 Deceptive Advertising - Selective Software Today's Queries: Disk Optimizers AT&T 6300 plus Reading Mac disks on IBM-PC GNU, UNIX and MS-DOS Screen Dump on Zenith Laptop Colors with TeleMate 2.11 TSR for batch files required New Uploads: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 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: 12 Jan 91 20:24:07 GMT From: shuford@cs.utk.edu (Richard Shuford) Subject: Re: E-Mail and BIX/Byte Magazine > Date: 4 Jan 91 08:31:16 GMT > I would like to e-mail the folks at Byte. Can you tell me how to > send mail to BIX from Internet? Thanks. > (___) | Michael E. Adams > (o o) | Custom Computer Programming > /-------\ / | P.O. Box 5027 > / | ||O | Chico, California 95927-5025 U.S.A. > * ||,---|| | > ~~ ~~ | internet: madams@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu No BULL bandwidth | (Somebody asks this question every few months somewhere within Usenet.) I'm a former employee of BYTE and serve as moderator for a couple of conferences on BIX. Other than reflecting what the situation is, however, my writings here are *not* official statements. BIX is the BYTE Information eXchange, the computer-conferencing system operated by McGraw-Hill's BYTE magazine. (BIX uses a variant of the CoSy software developed at the University of Guelph and currently runs on a Pyramid computer.) Access is via Tymnet or via McGraw-Hill's private network. Subscribers to BIX pay a single quarterly flat fee of $39 for all BIX use (with one exception, mentioned below). Telecom- munication charges are not included, but an off-peak unlimited Tymnet account can be arranged for $20 per month by subscribers in the 48 contiguous states. For information on BIX, within the U.S. you can call 800/227-2983 (for voice help). Otherwise, contact BIX at BYTE Information eXchange 1001 Phoenix Mill Lane Peterborough, NH 03458 USA +1 603/924-7681 The international NUI for BIX is 310690157800. Talk to your local PTT. Regarding electronic mail to BIX and BYTE: At present, there is *no* direct connection between BIX and the Internet (or between BIX and other interorganization networks, IONs, that you may know of). This has been due to legal and political concerns, although the idea has been under consideration for some time. Maybe someday it will happen, but don't hold your breath. It is possible to transceive traffic between BIX and other IONs using the facilities of DASnet, a commercial relay service, but you need an account with DASnet (about which see below). Because the BYTE editors use BIX every day, the best way to communicate with BYTE is to get a subscription to BIX. On the other hand, there is a UNIX-based computer in the Peterborough BYTE offices that has a connection to the networking world via UUNET. This computer is *not* connected to BIX, and is not yet connected to the editorial LAN, but if you desperately need to send a message to a BYTE editor, and you can't use BIX, you can send it in care of: ben@bytepb.byte.com and Ben Smith will print a hardcopy and place it in the recipient's physical mailbox. Don't overburden him with traffic, though. Senders who have to use bangpath addresses can construct one from: ...!uunet!bytepb!ben And, Mr. Adams, if you include your "signature" in your message, the recipient will likely be very amused, because the building in which BYTE and BIX are headquartered is still engraved with the name of the organization which constructed it, the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Now, about DASnet: Operating as a profit-making concern, DASnet provides 1. Electronic mail exchange between several dozen e-mail communities. DASnet uses UUNET as the relay point for Internet e-mail. DASnet handles *only* messages originating from or destined to one of its subscribers. 2. Delivery of e-mail (ASCII text only) to a G3 FAX (facsimile) machine. 3. Paper mail, dispatched from printing centers in the United States, Belgium, and Australia. 4. Electronic publishing (essentially a mailing-list service). 5. Telex service. There are a registration fee and deposit which amount to around $40 (U.S.), when last I checked. Billing can be via credit cards. There is a fixed subscription charge of $4.75 per month (in U.S., more elsewhere), and for each message processed DASnet charges a use fee to the subscriber. The fee structure is too complicated to post here. As you might expect, each e-mail community has a distinct method for its users to invoke a DASnet mail transmission. For a BIX user, DASnet e-mail is the only service incurring charges beyond the BIX quarterly fee. For more information, contact: DA Systems, Inc. 1503 E. Campbell Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 USA +1 408/559-7434 I'm not affiliated with DASnet, but I'm posting this description as a possible solution to general case of the problem stated in the earlier posting. Richard S. Shuford | These opinions here are held neither by the shuford@cs.utk.edu | University of Tennessee nor by the National BIX: richard | Football League. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 14:43:25 EST From: kelley@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu (Steve Kelley) Subject: EDT and TECO for PC There is an excellent shareware version of EDT for MS-DOS called SEDT written by Anker Berg-Sonne. It can be found on terminator.cc.umich.edu in the msdos/editors/others directory, on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil in the PD:<MSDOS.EDITOR> directory, and on wuarchive.wustl.edu in mirrors/msdos/editor. License cost is $25.00 for the current version (I use version 4.0) and I believe version 3.xx is freeware. I guess I should have mentioned in my other message, if you are a true DEC fan, you can pick up a really good TECO for MSDOS from Pete Siemsen at usc.edu in the pub/teco directory as tecoc. And you too can laugh madly at the hordes of UNIX zombies who constantly cry out for yet another emacs or vi clone. :-) Steve Kelley kelley@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu Cancer Center Cytometry Laboratories (317) 494-8638 -- voice B050 Hansen LSRB, Purdue University (317) 494-0517 -- fax West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 19:08:28 -0400 From: pham@px3.stfx.ca (Hai Pham) Subject: Windows 3 Alternative FTP Site (V91 #10) In reply to M Solow's question about an alternative FTP site. Try cica.cica.indiana.edu There are other Windows3 FTP sites, but cica.cica is the best I've come accross without going outside of North America. (You don't really want to FTP to overseas sites anyway - the response time is horrible.) You can also get a complete list of other possible sites from pilot.njin.net Best of luck, Hai Pham Hai Pham TPI, Physics Dept. Box 383, Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2G 1C0. Email: pham@phoenix.stfx.ca (Internet) ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jan 91 12:37:00 CST From: "55SRWLGS" <55srwlgs@sacemnet.af.mil> Subject: Deceptive Advertising - Selective Software From: HQSACHCX "HQ SAC/HC, OFFUTT AFB NE 68113-5001" To: @AIG688-HC CC: @ALMAJCOM-HC,55SRWLGS,410SPS,HQSACHCX Subj: Selective Software A personal observation--I received a Winter '91 catalog from Selective Software, Santa Cruz, California. On page 42, they advertise SoftKey's Key Publisher, 500 graphics images, mouse, and a presentation graphics package. However, a picture depicting "Keychart adds graphic punch to everything from term papers...." is actually a picture of Wordstar 5/6 with an external dictionary overlaid on the screen. If you do plan to do business with this company, please exercise caution. You may consider calling their toll free number first to get further clarification on the capabilities and limitations of software you're planning to purchase. Dom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 16:07:05 EST From: Alex Nemeth <AN5@CORNELLC> Subject: Disk Optimizers I'm looking for idea's on what type of Disk Optimizer to purchase, and would appreciate any comments (good or bad) on your favorite, or not so favorite Optimizer. I currently use DISK OPTIMIZER on my ZDS Z-158 at home and other than the amount of time it takes to complete I've had no complaints. We're currently running IBM model 70's with 60mb drives, some setup as 2-30mb, and others as single 60mb. each with a min. of 5mb Ram IBM MOdel 30's with 20mb Hardcards IBM PC's with 20mb drives our current operating systems are DOS 3.2, 3.3, OS/2 and we are currently looking into Novell, possibly unix as we design a LAN system I realize that this might have been discussed before, if so could someone point me to the right archived set of files and I can go merrily browsing on my way. Thanks Alex Nemeth Acknowledge-To: <AN5@CORNELLC> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jan 91 16:39 EST From: The Apple <S12124CW@SEMASSU.BITNET> Subject: AT&T 6300 plus I would like to know stats on the AT&T 6300 plus (speed, processor, etc). I also would like to know where I could get a keyboard for the thing. (I bought the machine for the hard drive and it came with no keyboard). Also, can a 'normal' monitor be hooked up to the thing via its 25 pin monitor connector ? How compatable is the thing ? Thanks, -- Curt Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. Graduate Student in CIS @ Southeastern Massachusetts Univ BITNET: S12124CW@SEMASSU PCIS17CW@SEMASSU WILBAR%SMUHEP@SEMASSU ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 13:43 CET From: "Chris Gallacher" <LETTCG@HLERUL2.BITNET> Subject: Reading Mac disks on IBM-PC Hello Everybody, I was wondering if anybody on this list knows of a programme for the PC which can read (and write) Mac disks. Thanks in advance. Chris The State University of Leiden The Netherlands. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 16:54:17 EST From: KESLER%OUACCVMA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: GNU, UNIX and MS-DOS I'm interested in any information people can provide about the GNU (UNIX) operating system for MS-DOS machines. I've seen many collections of files but I have not yet discovered if there exists a complete operating system (kernel and all) or just GNU-ish versions of standard UNIX utilities. My ultimate question is whether I could partition my PC's hard disk and create a DOS partition along with a UNIX (GNU-ish) partition? Would this allow me to create a poor-man's UNIX machine? BITNET: kesler@ouaccvma INTERNET: kesler@ouvaxa.ucls.ohiou.edu University Computing and Learning Services INFORMATION CENTER Ohio University, Athens, Ohio ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 15:45:00 EST From: Robert Wince <RWINCE%MEMSTVX1.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: Screen Dump on Zenith Laptop Hello Netters, Needed: A utility for printing (in graphics mode) an IBM screen. Something similar to the old GRAFTRAX, which worked on the Epson printer. The computer is a ZENITH model ZTV-3040, which is a 386 laptop computer with a flat screen - resolution 640 X 480. Something that would work on a laser printer would be great! Any ideas? Name: Robert Wince, Manager User Services Site: MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY - STOP AD112 Location: Memphis TN 38152 VoiceNET: 901.678.3876 *** FAX: 901.678.3299 BITnet: rwince@memstvx1.bitnet Internet: rwince@msuvx1.memst.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 07:49:26 CST From: "Tony Phillips (VMA)" <S102066@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU> Subject: Colors with TeleMate 2.11 Does anyone on this list use TeleMate 2.11? If so, could you tell me how I can get the terminal colors to be the intense colors instead of the dull ones? Thanks! Sincerely, Tony Phillips Student of Computer Science University of Missouri, Rolla -==*==- Reply Addresses: BITNet: S102066@UMRVMA PostalNet: InterNet: S102066@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU 632 Thomas Jefferson PhoneNet: (314) 341-9524 Rolla, MO 65401 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 19:51:16 EST From: Trevor Cradduck <trevorc@uwovax.uwo.ca> Subject: TSR for batch files required I need a TSR that will "wake-up" at preset times to run a batch file. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am sure such a program must exist as so many magtape backup routines rely on such a method for timed backups. Many thanks - Trevor Cradduck <TREVORC@UWOVAX.UWO.CA> University of Western Ontario, London, Canada ------------------------------ Subject: New Uploads: Date: Thu, 17 Jan 1991 02:25 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 ============================================== Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ARC-LBR> ZZAP61A.ZIP B 95775 910112 Convert between ARC/DWC/LBR/LZH/PAK/ZIP/ZOO Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BASIC> UBAS815.ZIP B 304890 910109 High precision math-oriented BASIC interpreter UBMPQS32.ZIP B 35518 910109 UBASIC prime factorization pgm for 386/486 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL> SELECT.ZIP B 9152 910107 Select from multiple AUTOEXEC files on boot-up Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BBS> ASPBBS.ZIP B 19027 910114 How BBS can now be an associate member of ASP Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BBSDOORS> PHONE200.ZIP B 59104 910109 Split screen BBS Chat door. Fossel required Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BBSLISTS> 96BB0191.ZIP B 49635 910112 World-wide 9600+ bps BBS list for JAN 91 GOVT91.ZIP B 1971 910112 Listing of government-run bulletin boards USBBS80.ZIP B 51335 910112 Darwin's nationwide IBM BBS listing: 01/01/91 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BORLAND> ET3BGI.ZIP B 4666 910114 BGI driver for Tseng ET3000 SVGA cards Directory PD1:<MSDOS.C> MCOMM530.ZIP B 77504 910112 Interrupt-driven async LIB for MS-C & Turbo-C Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CALCULATOR> HEX_CALC.ZIP B 59097 910114 Hex/dec/binary calculator and ASCII/video ref. Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CLIPPER> RLIB20.ZIP B 122409 910109 Clipper menus/dialog/record-select lib w/src SLSW.ZIP B 297382 910109 SUPER.LIB Shareware for Clipper S87/Clipper5 SUBNTX2.ZIP B 60978 910109 Fast index extract/create Clipper filter rtn VSIX302.ZIP B 60783 910109 Vern Six's Clipper Summer '87 tookbox v3.02 WORKBASE.ZIP B 162879 910109 Clipper/dBASE development/file access system Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> CEQPT32D.ZIP B 117378 910117 Database for equipment service/usage histories CINVT52D.ZIP B 121386 910117 Inventory pgm for tracking store stock/orders GIFLG11A.ZIP B 47608 910114 GIF file cataloging program Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESKACCESS> BDAY.ZIP B 37191 910116 Birthday/event reminder with music & search PC1410.ZIP B 161848 910109 Personal Calendar (clock,cal,remind,notepad) Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESQVIEW> DVMACROS.ZIP B 5703 910114 MASM macros for Topview/Desqview pgm develop. QW12INST.ZIP B 211564 910116 DESQview white papers tech notes, w/QTEST (PD) Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> FIND216.ZIP B 25592 910114 Ultra fast file finder for DOS 3 and higher Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DISASM> ID12.ZIP B 27040 910109 Intelligent Disassembler v1.2 MD86.ZIP B 166241 910115 Masterful Disassembler for Intel 8086 programs Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL> SHOWF241.ZIP B 30126 910109 Intuitive display of disk FAT & dir structure Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR> E2-1.ZIP B 129723 910116 Unix Rand text editor ported to MS-DOS VDE-BC.ZIP B 7571 910112 Big characters for VDE text editor VDE-MC.ZIP B 18267 910112 Macros for VDE text editor VDE16A.ZIP B 114255 910112 Small, fast, WordStar-like text editor Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDUCATION> ODE25.ZIP B 131887 910116 Ordinary differential equation simulate/solve Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS> SIMIBM.ARC B 234700 910117 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions SIMIBM.IDX A 522880 910117 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL> CHK4C260.ZIP B 13282 910116 Identify PKLITE/LZEXE/DIET/AXE/LEXEM/TINYPROG DRX099.ZIP B 30119 910112 Shell for executable pgm (COM/EXE) compressors QUX01_91.ZIP B 11386 910116 Quick UUencode/UUdecode and XXencode/XXdecode Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GIF> CSHW823A.ZIP B 100215 910114 GIF/MAC/RLE view/print, Herc/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA GIFDE32A.ZIP B 32370 910114 View several GIFs at once. Req. VGA w/>=512K GRABSC11.ZIP B 38235 910112 Save graphics screens to disk, then cvt to GIF Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPHICS> STK100.ZIP B 214270 910109 Sprite Graphics Toolkit v1.0 for Turbo C Directory PD1:<MSDOS.INFO> QEMMTEC.ZIP B 20777 910112 Quarterdeck Tech Notes for QEMM/DESQview/Win3 TIPS1115.ZIP B 24663 910112 Tips - QEMM/DV, RBBS-PC, Zenith, Doorway, etc. TSFAQ16.ZIP B 62345 910112 T.Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers Directory PD1:<MSDOS.KA9Q-TCPIP> VIEW0107.ZIP B 312494 910107 Electronic mail program for use w/KA9Q TCP/IP Directory PD1:<MSDOS.KEYBOARD> STUFF30.ZIP B 12406 910112 StuffIt v3.0 - Stuff keystrokes into buffer Directory PD1:<MSDOS.LAN> CMAIL24E.ZIP B 134228 910117 Electronic mail agent pgm for use on any LAN Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MODEM> BACKDOOR.ZIP B 53534 910112 Automated X/YModem/Kermit file xfer/term emul. NMODM160.ZIP B 34093 910112 NMODEM protocol driver w/MNP and 16550 support TMODM500.ZIP B 43003 910112 TMODEM, fast file transfer protocol module USRMAN.ZIP B 126091 910112 USRobotics user manual, updated for v.32bis XFER39.ZIP B 81291 910109 Shell adds multiple protocols to terminal pgms Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MUSIC> D10CTL11.ZIP B 104090 910116 Roland D-5/10/20/110 synthesizer MIDI ctl pgm JMPLAY11.ZIP B 219269 910114 Play Amiga Sound/NoiseTracker on Sound Blaster Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PACKET> PKTGOLD.ZIP B 183852 910112 Hams: Packet Radio utility for PK-232 TNC Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PCMAG> PCINDX01.ZIP B 25877 910112 Index of PC Magazine files to January, 1991 VOL10N02.ZIP B 123824 910112 PCMag: FOXIDX,HPNOTES,LZSELECT,MOVBYTES,QPRINT Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PCTECHNIQUES> PCTV1N5.ZIP B 37593 910112 PC Techniques magazine, volume 1 number 5 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER> CRAM-V21.ZIP B 19432 910112 CRAM v2.1, Place 6 pages of text on 1 sheet PPRINT50.ZIP B 78375 910109 Patriquin's advanced printer utility, v5.0 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.QBASIC> BKINPQB.ZIP B 25803 910109 Edited input function library for QuickBasic GRAFWZ14.ZIP B 104442 910112 Smaller, faster graphics library for QBASIC4.5 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SCREEN> BORDER.ZIP B 9718 910112 Set screen border color using BIOS rtns, w/src NAB15.ZIP B 15456 910112 Selective screen capture to file/kbd/printer TDRAW330.ZIP B 171286 910112 TheDraw ANSI editor and drawing program, v3.30 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> CRON12.ZIP B 52579 910115 Timed command dispatcher; like Unix cron EXECSW13.ZIP B 25968 910109 Swaps calling program into expanded memory HRAM1.ZIP B 41570 910114 QRAM-like memory mgr gives up to 944K for DOS RBSETNV1.ZIP B 73959 910107 Set/add/insert/delete/change environment vars. SELECT.ZIP B 9152 910109 Select from multiple AUTOEXEC files on boot-up Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TELIX> EXHOST15.ZIP B 78532 910112 ExecHost: Telix BBS host mode w/doors & areas TELIXANA.ZIP B 9534 910109 Gives comprehensive analysis of TELIX.USE file Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TEX> JEMTX101.ZIP B 386081 910109 JemTeX v1.01 - Japanese [La]TeX PCWTEX.ZIP B 14719 910116 Translates PC Write files to TeX files SB34TEX.ZIP B 266752 910116 TeX v3.4, plus files for Plain TeX SBMF12.ZIP B 241664 910116 MS-DOS adaptation of Knuth's METAFONT for TeX Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO> SECUR221.ZIP B 34341 910112 Virus/trojan security, prevents unauth. writes Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TURBOPAS> EXTEND5.ZIP B 12815 910109 Allows more than 20 files open at once in TP6 INDEX15.ZIP B 16353 910116 TP4-6: Indexed files, encryption & file maint. TSPA2360.ZIP B 74876 910116 TurboPascal 6.0 units for programmers, T.Salmi Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL> MSIGUIDE.ZIP B 154973 910112 Shareware Norton Guide clone from MSI Directory PD1:<MSDOS.VENTURA> VPWINFIX.ZIP B 78523 910109 Ventura Publisher/Windows 3.0 patches, 11/90 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ZIP> ZIPUP1_1.ZIP B 16258 910109 Strip out or add comments to ZIPs ZTERMV38.ZIP B 48146 910112 Shell, PKZIP, etc with SysOp stamp/strip Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ZMODEM> MOBYTRBO.ZIP B 3097 910112 Explanation of MOBYTurbo protocol in Zmodem 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 ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest V91 #14 ******************************** -------