Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (05/04/90)
Info-IBMPC Digest Thu, 3 May 90 Volume 90 : Issue 81 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: 3270 Emulation Re: Stopping a 'Hung' Program Re: Fontain 286 and MS-DOS 3.3 Re: Hebrew Laser fonts Re: Extended Keyboards (F11 & F12) Re: MS Windows under DesqView - Mouse Problem WordPerfect 5.0 --> Postscript Today's Queries: 286 programs on a 386? crypto software ? Free Disk Space in Batch File Hard disk lookup tables, info on a WD HD controller Mice and Hercules Screens New Uploads: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 Quick reference list to SIMTEL20 msdos directories 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> The Lending Library is available from: WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (see file PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME details on file directories and descriptions.) 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DDC is a networked system with multiple lines that support 300, 1200, 2400, and 9600 bps (HST). This system is a subscription system with an average hourly cost of 17 cents per hour. It is also accessable on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. New files uploaded to WSMR-SIMTEL20 are usually available on DDC within 24 hours. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 02:37:28 EDT From: Irwin M. Fargo <fargo@iear.arts.rpi.edu> Subject: 3270 Emulation To the person who requested information on a 3270 emulator: IBM has a program known as the Migratable Yorktown Terminal Emulator (MYTE). It is a very well done 3270 emulation program. The only problem is that the program is IBM Internal Use only (I worked for IBM last summer) which means you'd have to talk with IBM about getting a copy. Also, if I remember my rumors correctly, IBM released a product called PC/3270 (note the slash) which is supposed to be very similar to MYTE. If you want to get more info, try calling your local IBM Branch Office. Or call IBM Direct at 1-800-426-2468. Please note that I have no affiliation with IBM except as a former (and hopefully soon to be again) employee. Regards! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 11:57 EDT From: DATAUB%VASSAR.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Stopping a 'Hung' Program Jim Van Zandt (jrv@mbunix.mitre.org) in Info-IBMPC Digest V90 #67, writes: >Now and then one of my programs gets into an infinite loop that does >not involve BIOS calls, so cntl-C and cntl-break, even with "BREAK=ON", >don't work. Quite some time ago I got a program called UNCRASH which >will usually let cntl-break work. However, I can use it only eight >times. On the ninth time, I get the message "internal stack overflow, >system halted". At that point even cntl-alt-del won't work, and I have >to cycle the power. I recently tried PowerKit (POWKT173.ARC at >SIMTEL20), but it has the same problem. Does anyone have a better >routine for recovering from an infinite loop, or is this problem >inherent in MSDOS? I sent a program to SIMTEL called respro. It will drop to dos on many hung machines. It is also a great TSR manager, and very easy to use. Do not, however, use it concurrently with Desqview, or you will lock up every time you try to access the program. Also, it has keys that you can redefine (if you don't like them) to break out of a locked state (I think it's CAPS+SCROLLK), and if you "fire" them once, and you break out, you might have to set them to "off" before trying to break out again. Good luck with the program (when they post it), and as usual, the standard disclaimers apply... Danny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 18:34 EDT From: DATAUB%VASSAR.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V90 #70 In Info-IBMPC Digest V90 #70, "6SWSCX" <6swscx@sacemnet.af.mil> writes: >I have a friend with a Fountain 286 AT clone that has an AWARD BIOS, >and a Chinon FB357 3.5 inch 1.44M drive. The 1.44M drive will read a >720K disk, but it will not format a 720K disk. He is using MS-DOS 3.3. >Is there some special trick to getting the 720K disks to format? > >Also, he receives intermittent Stack errors when running Procomm 2.42. >Any suggested starting points to tracking this down would be helpful. First, is he using the Dasddvr.Sys (I think that's what it's called) for Dos 3.3? Second, does your friend have the Patch for Procomm 2.42 for using it with Dos 3.3? Danny Taub Dataub@Vassar.Bitnet Dataub%Vassar.Bitnet@Cunyvm.Cuny.Edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 13:23:27 IST From: Itamar Even-Zohar <B10%TAUNIVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Re: Hebrew Laser fonts HP Israel sells a cartridge will fonts for HP Laser Jet II. It includes FrankRuhl, David, Narkiss and other fonts. It should cost now about $200. A far better quality is available on diskette with fine fonts produced by Shemuel Gutman in Jerusalem. They currently seem to be customized for Nota Bene, but I suppose you could use them with other word processors. Please contact BOYARIN@TAUNIVM.BITNET about these. Very ugly Hebrew fonts are also available as part of the Multilingual version of Nota Bene (Dragonfly Software, New York). Nota Bene is the best word processor for Hebrew, and is available in "American" and "Israeli" versions. Itamar Even-Zohar Porter Institute Tel Aviv University ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 90 14:12 EDT From: DATAUB%VASSAR.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Extended Keyboards (F11 & F12) JACK RUPERT <2634RUPERTJ%MUCSD.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: >In regards to the question about F11 & F12 keys. I, likewise, have the >problem of them not working. Some other users with similar problems >have tried using TSR's and they work fine. My system, however, locks >up whenever one of these programs tries to do anything with the >keyboard. > >If this is the problem, I have found no solution yet. Sometimes extended keyboards are hooked up to the old IBM Pc's. Their BIOS's do not support the F11 and F12 keys. In some cases, clones will be able to communicate with them via TSRs, however, in many cases it will not work. Danny Taub Dataub@Vassar.Bitnet Dataub%Vassar.Bitnet@Cunyvm.Cuny.Edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Apr 90 07:47:03 GMT From: elroy!grian!alex@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Alex Pournelle) Subject: Re: MS Windows under DesqView - Mouse Problem Later versions of DESQview (e.g., 2.25 and 2.26) have the "revive mouse" feature--does this cure the problem? Alex Alex Pournelle, Workman & Associates Data recovery specialists for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 90 16:57:17 -0400 From: aa255@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Subject: WordPerfect 5.0 --> Postscript In IBMPC DIGEST # 73, the following messaage appears... >From: Charles Holden Winstead <winstead@faraday.ece.cmu.edu> >I am also writing documents with WordPerfect5.0 and would like to >convert my output to a true Adobe Postscript file. I would appreciate >any help in finding a PostScript driver for WordPerfect or a >WordPerfect to PostScript conversion. I'd like to respond that a couple of things need to be considered... It is possible to get POSTSCRIPT output from WordPerfect 5.0.. you only need to configure your output to use a printer driver that supports Postscript.. and with every copy of WordPerfect, you get a diskette full of printer drivers... for example, if you select the TI ONMI choice, you'll get a driver that produces Postscript... You may already have everything you need setup, or your may have to add more printer drivers from the printer diskette... use the SHIFT PF7 option in WP, then (S)election a printer.. if need be, look to the (A)ddition printer menu to add those from the diskette... also, you might have to (E)dit the choosen printer driver to point to the LPT port you want to use... Thanks, Ted Fabian my opinions are my own aa255@cleveland.freenet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 90 14:34 EDT From: DATAUB%VASSAR.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: 286 programs on a 386? I have a PS/2 Model 80. At work, I have access to a Compaq/386, as well. No matter what (386) machine I try to run Cygnet's Little Black Book on, it will lock the machine up (I have tried many others). If I try the program on a 286 or 8088, it works fine. I know that the 286 instruction set is a subset of the 386 set, and when the 386 was built, they left off a few commands that were available in those previous processors. I'm sure that the program is trying to access some of those instructions. What I'm looking for is a TSR that will allow me to run The Little Black Book on a 386. Cygnet went out of business and the company that took them over dropped the program. Now I have the program, all the data, a 386, and I can't run it. Also, I love the program because it actually prints an actual little book and has an algorithm in there to figure out spacing, and such. If anyone knows of either a better program that will print a little book that keeps names, adresses, phone numbers and notes OR knows of a TSR that will allow me to run the program, please let me know. I would prefer the latter since I am so attached to the program, however any suggestions would be much appreciated. You can either reply to me directly, or respond to the network. Thanks... Danny Taub Dataub@Vassar.Bitnet Dataub%Vassar.Bitnet@Cunyvm.Cuny.Edu [If you respond to him directly, please info me as well. I LIKE the program, and am upgrading to a '386 machine in the near future... gph] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 09:20 N From: Urs Baer <BWLLIBMOD%CSGHSG5A.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: crypto software ? I am looking for any software that enciphers computer files with a more or less save method. The PK-ZIP compression package has such an option, but I don't know which method it uses and therefore can't know how save it is. Another program is PC-DES4 from Germany. Does anybody know anything about these or other programs? Any tips about crypto-software would be appreciated. Urs Baer, bwllibmod@csghsg5a.bitnet, hb9dil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 14:54 EDT From: Bob Belvin <BELVIN@zodiac.rutgers.edu> Subject: Free Disk Space in Batch File Due to a overcrowded hard disk, I have a number of batch routines that unzip large sets of files. I want the routines to end if there is insufficient room to unzip all of the files. Is there a program in the SIMTEL archives that will return error codes for the number of K remaining free on a hard disk? I've downloaded SHO24.ZIP and FREE151.ZIP and while both function well, they seem to have no mechanism for being included in a batch file. Any suggestion of another approach will be appreciated. Thank you Bob Belvin, School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University. BITNET: Belvin@zodiac.rutgers.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Apr 90 03:51 GMT From: John Bourke <BOURKEJ%ul.ie@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Hard disk lookup tables, info on a WD HD controller Hi, two things ........ We have an old IBM PC portable and a 71 Mb hard disk here. The PC hasn't got the hard disk type in it's table. How can we get the hard disk working with the PC ? Also has any information on a Western Digital hard disk controller number WE1002A-WX1 ? Thanks, John Bourke <bourkej@ul.ie> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Apr 90 08:43 EDT From: Mary Lou Frey <MLFREY@rcca.bbn.com> Subject: Mice and Hercules Screens I need help with getting the mouse cursor to work with my hercules type (Leading Edge) screen. I have used the examples in the Microsoft manual and no-go. I vaguely recall somebody in this forum with the same problem, but I don't remember when. Any help appreciated. Is there an index to or a way to search the archived issues? I was going to track down the reference, but was daunted by the idea of downloading everything from PD2:<ARCHIVES.IBMPC> in order to do a search. Mary Lou [An index is available for issues published during or before 1985. This file can be found in PD2:<ARCHIVE.IBMPC>INDEX.TXT. I lack the KWIC Index Software to make current indices. gph] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 1990 02:35 MDT 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.CALCULATOR> CNC.ZIP B 43570 900428 Complex number calculator,real/complex expres. MATHFC.ZIP B 21064 900425 DOS command line math expression calculator Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.CATALOG> LC171.ZIP B 124996 900425 LogiCat 1.71 - disk cataloging utility Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> WEDDING1.ZIP B 111011 900428 Wedding Organizer: Invitation mgr/budget/to-do Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> RTN89NOV.ZIP B 4049 900425 Return to original directory after CD elswhere TOMAR90.ZIP B 3838 900425 Improved CD - change directory without \'s Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL> 22DSK133.ZIP B 208864 900428 CP/M<->Diskette xfer, over 100 formats. SYDEX COPYQ220.ZIP B 50976 900428 Quick multiple diskette format/copy/verify HP15S101.ZIP B 13813 900428 Device driver for HP-150 diskettes. SYDEX JP_DU11.ZIP B 10922 900427 Recursive disk usage utility by Jussi Puttonen PRUNE.ZIP B 8461 900425 Get rid of 'garbage' left in a file's cluster RAIND111.ZIP B 14079 900428 Device driver for DEC Rainbow diskettes. SYDEX TELED202.ZIP B 86906 900428 TeleDisk v2.02 - xfer disk into a file. SYDEX Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR> BINGO11B.ZIP B 131248 900428 Bingo: multi-window programmer's text editor Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.EDUCATION> SPELLING.ZIP B 39295 900425 Tutorial/exercises for h.s., college learners Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS> QUICKREF.LST A 2260 900429 Quick reference list to SIMTEL20's MSDOS dirs SIMCVT.C A 2928 900427 Unix C program to print SIMIBM.IDX SIMCVT_C.ARC B 11261 900427 Compiled C pgm for MSDOS to print SIMIBM.IDX SIMDIF.DOC A 1786 900426 Documentation for SIMDIF.FOR Fortran program SIMDIF.FOR A 20187 900425 Make SIMTEL20 additions/changes/deletions rept SIMIBM.ARC B 254569 900429 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions SIMIBM.IDX A 450005 900429 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.FINANCE> DDMTG.ZIP B 14535 900427 Canadian mortgage amortization month by month WALLST5.ZIP B 181041 900425 Wall Street stock-tracker & portfolio analyzer Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPH> GRAPH317.ZIP B 87036 900428 Scientific graphics v3.17, CGA/EGA/VGA/Herc GRAPHDOC.ZIP B 11882 900428 UN*X-like graph filter v3.17, documentation GRAPHPS.ZIP B 43485 900428 Line graphics v3.17 w/PostScript v1.33 driver POSTOGRF.ZIP B 58286 900428 Add labels to GRAPHPS or GRAPHLI output Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.HYPERTEXT> HYPERH15.ZIP B 63851 900428 Hypercard-like help util. Make your own stacks Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.INFO> INTER290.ZIP B 205349 900428 Comprehensive listing of IBMPC interrupt calls ZIP-3-2.ZIP B 79352 900425 Zip Telecommunications magazine, vol 3 no 2 Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.LASER> ADIT16.ZIP B 40644 900426 Generates variations of existing HP soft-fonts Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.PASCAL> PNL001.ZIP B 7485 900425 The Pascal Newsletter: Programming in Pascal Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.QBASIC> QBNWS102.ZIP B 45809 900427 QuickBASIC electronic newsletter, Feb. 1990 SMALLFNT.ZIP B 5341 900427 Quick Basic source to create 106x33 CGA font Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.SCREEN> INFBAR14.ZIP B 4160 900427 TSR ruler displays exact (X,Y) screen position PSPLUS.ZIP B 3706 900428 TSR: Shift-PrtSc saves to disk or printer Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER> QUICKREF.LST A 2250 900425 Quick reference list to SIMTEL20's MSDOS dirs Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL> BATPOWER.ZIP B 38405 900427 Yet another selection of 'standard' utilities BESTUTIL.ZIP B 55248 900427 Assortment of the miscellaneous utilities CPCUG.ZIP B 154949 900427 A powerful collection of utilities Z10.ZIP B 142602 900427 General purpose utilities from Scott Pazur Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO> CLEANP62.ZIP B 41297 900428 Universal virus disinfector, heals/removes FSHLD12.ZIP B 34640 900428 Shields executable files from virus infections SCANV62.ZIP B 40686 900428 VirusScan, scans disk files for 86 viruses VSHLD62.ZIP B 33255 900428 Resident virus infection prevention program VSUM9004.ZIP B 35857 900425 Pat Hoffman's virus info summary list, 900418 Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL> ASC-POST.ZIP B 46481 900427 Converts ASCII-to-PostScript, w/QuickBasic src Directory: PD1:<MSDOS.ZIP> ZGREP21.ZIP B 19634 900425 Search/extract ZIP files w/regular expressions Directory: PD2:<MSDOS2.MODEM> JMOD305B.ZIP B 48944 900428 Jmodem file transfer protocol, with C source RBCOMM31.ZIP B 86705 900428 Small DESQview-aware comm prog w/ VT102,AVATAR Directory: PD2:<MSDOS2.RBBS-PC> RBBSPUMA.ZIP B 470 900425 Add PUMA protocol to RBBS-PC Proto.Def Directory: PD2:<MSDOS2.TIFF> TACS40.ZIP B 126480 900425 TIFF Access/Create System - C source, TIFF 4.0 Directory: PD2:<MSDOS2.ZMODEM> NZMOD991.ZIP B 6515 900428 Zmodem interface v.99.1B for DSZ.COM --Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@brl.mil BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 1990 02:37 MDT From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Quick reference list to SIMTEL20 msdos directories Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.x> directories as of April 29, 1990 (where 'x' is one of the names below): ABC DESKACCESS HYPERTEXT PACKET SQ-USQ ADA DESKJET INFO PASCAL STARLINK ALLCHARGE DESKPUB IRIT PC-JR STARTER APL DESQVIEW KA9Q-TCPIP PCPURSUIT STATISTICS ARC-LBR DIRUTL KEYBOARD PCRESOURCE SURFMODL ASMUTL DISASM LAN PCTECH SWAP AT DSKUTL LAPTOP PGMUTL SYSUTL AUTOCAD EDITOR LASER PILOT TEX AWK EDUCATION LISP PLI TROJAN-PRO BASIC EEL LOTUS123 PLOT TURBO-C BATUTL EGA MAC PREPROCESS TURBOBAS BBSLISTS EMULATORS MAPPING PRINTER TURBOPAS BORLAND FILEDOCS MATH PRODIGY TXTUTL C FILUTL MAX PROGJOURN VENTURA CAD FINANCE MEMACS PROLOG VGA CALCULATOR FLOWCHART MENU QBASIC VOICE CASE FORMGEN MICROCORN QPASCAL VOICEMAIL CATALOG FORTH MODULA2 RAMDISK WORLDMAP CLIPPER FORTRAN MOUSE SCREEN X-10 COMPATIBLES FREEMACS MSJOURNAL SMALL-C XLISP CROSSASM GIF MSWINDOWS SMALLTALK ZIP CROSSREF GRAPH MUSIC SNOBOL4 ZOO DATABASE GRAPHICS NETWORK SPREADSHEET DBASE HAMRADIO OS2 SPRINT Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD2:<MSDOS2.x> directories as of April 29, 1990 (where 'x' is one of the names below): AIJOURNAL CMPLNGMAG HANDICAP PIBTERM TIFF ARCNET-PCIP CMU-PCIP KERMIT PROCOMM UUCP ASM-MAG COMPUTE-PC LANTIMES QMODEM XPC BBS DDJMAG MODEM RBBS-PC ZMODEM BIBLE FIDO NCSATELNET TAXES CIS FOSSIL OPUS TELEGARD CITADEL GENIE PCMAG TELIX See PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME for details on file directories and descriptions. --Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@brl.mil BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest ************************ -------