Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (03/22/90)
Info-IBMPC Digest Wed, 21 Mar 90 Volume 90 : Issue 51 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: MSDOS Manual Video producer products for PC Today's Queries: EXE2BIN Ibm/Pc Jr Internal modem Playing Game, then No System Help with Tandy 1000SL Networking woes with PS/2-50's PC XT Compatible Problems Turbo Pascal 5.0 SOTA-Vga card Drivers Wanted New Uploads: 4DOS v3.0 and FrontDoor v1.99c uploaded to SIMTEL20 Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's 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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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: Fri, 16 Mar 90 18:01:07 EST From: Peter Jones <MAINT%UQAM.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: MSDOS Manual In IBM-PC Digest, Vol 90 Issue 44, fstarr@lognet2.af.mil (TSgt Frank Starr) asked for a good MS-DOS 3.3+ book > I just put MS-DOS 3.3+ on my machine. As might be expected, the vendor's >manual leaves a lot to be desired. So, I'm shopping for a good, definitive >book to fill in where Micro Soft leaves off. appreciate all suggestions. A French-language book entitled "MS-DOS Simplifie" has been published by a member of the University of Quebec at Montreal's Computing Center, and has been very well received by the users and by columnists in Montreal's daily papers. It's available in French only. I will post information on how to obtain copies, if there is enough interest. Peter Jones MAINT@UQAM (514)-987-3542 "Let your flippers do the walking" :-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 90 14:04:21 EST From: Peter Jones <MAINT%UQAM.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: Video producer products for PC On Fri, 2 Mar 90 10:39:36 gary@ctc.contel.com (Gary Bisaga x4219) said: > >Hello. I am looking for hardware and programs and that would allow a Mac or >PC to be used as a video producer's workstation. > Our audiovisual department suggested Comprehensive Video Supply in New Jersey as a company that has a lot of video accessory systems, including mixer programs and edit managers. Now I have a question of my own. Last week, while visiting a cable TV station, I noticed that the Dubner 5-K character generator uses 5 1/4 HD diskettes for the video messages saved by the graphist. The obvious question: Can such diskettes be read/written on an IBM-PC? If so, is there software in existence to take advantage of the fact? I do know the Dubner can be driven from a serial port, but diskette-based transfer might be more reliable for large or complex files. Example: Books or other documents, once translated into computer-readable form, could be displayed in large computer-generated characters and the output saved on a videocassette. The characters could scroll horizontally like a bilboard. A visually-impaired person could read the document using a variable-speed VCR. The current technology, based on closed-circuit optically-magnifying TV, is distracting because of difficulties in getting the book to lie flat under the camera, following the horizontal lines, and positioning to start the next line or page. One can imagine other possible improvements such as automatically speeding up display of common words, or using different colours to highlight technical terms. Peter Jones MAINT@UQAM (514)-987-3542 "Let your flippers do the walking" :-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 17:31:42 EDT From: The Time Traveler <HE891C%GWUVM.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: EXE2BIN I'm trying to convert an .EXE file to a .COM file. It's in the valid .COM format, but version 1.04 of EXE2COM doesn't like it, and I can't find a copy of EXE2BIN anywhere. I have MASM 5.10, PC-DOS 3.30, and 4.01, and none of them have EXE2BIN!!!!! This is so stupid!! Could someone please send me either EXE2BIN or something similar? Thanx in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 12:00:37 IST From: Yanuka Moti <yanuka%hujivms.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Subject: Ibm/Pc Jr Internal modem I would appreciate any information on how and where to get the Ibm-Pc Jr. internal modem. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 20:57:51 AST From: DBILLINGSLEY <J2YC%UNB.CA@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: Playing Game, then No System I need some suggestions. My computer system was the victim of something horrid today. My roommate booted and ran a game on my XT-Turbo (Clone) that required a CGA card. (Incidentally, the game was an original.) After the program was running, he left the room comming back 5 minutes later to find a blank monitor and a whirring computer fan. When I came back, I ran a battery of tests on it. The power supply in the computer is producing the correct voltage as is the transformer on the monitor. The CRT failed to give it's orange tint it usually does when it's actively shooting the phosphor and the power light of the monitor does not turn on... The computer, when booted, fails to turn on the TURBO LED which it does immediatly following power-on. As well, no beep or corresponding disk activity occurs. The fan, however, still runs. The computer was connected to a surge protector (Bar kind) but others in the wing noted no power quirks in that time (Lights blinking, etc) and the skies were overcast. The computer is not that old. (Not very quantitative, I know but I am not sure myself... I think a little over a year...) I would *greatly* appreaciate anyone making any suggestions to aid in my troubles. Thank-You Derek J. Billingsley Student: University of New Brunswick Bitnet/Netnorth: J2YC@UNB.CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 17:30:07 -0800 From: MNK@RDAC.dnet.hac.com (Mike Kimura) Subject: Help with Tandy 1000SL I'm posting this message for my brother who has started a Comic Book Store and is using a Tandy 1000SL (640K with two floppy drives) for doing inventory, printing mailing labels, etc. He is interested in expanding his system by adding a hard drive (at least 20MB). I'm a computer sciene major with limited IBM PC Clone experience (a lot of Macintosh); so I know a little about computers and I am trying to help him acquire what he needs. We would like to minimize the expense of adding this hard drive. My questions are: 1) Can "any" IBM PC compatible hard drive be used with the Tandy 1000SL or does it have to be a Tandy hard drive? 2) What kind of board (if any) has to be added to the Tandy to control the hard drive? 3) Does anyone have any recommendations of an inexpensive but reliable hard drive and/or controller that can be used with the Tandy. 4) Does anyone have any recommendations of any software package (either public domain or retail) that is good for running a small comic book store. Functions should include inventory, generate labels (price tags) from inventory database, mailing lists, cash register functions, bookeeping, ordering, etc. Michael Kimura Internet: mnk@rdac.hac.com Hughes Aircraft Company (RSG) BITnet: mnk@rdac.hac.com P.O. Box 92426 MS: R2/9A37 EDEN: rdac::mnk Los Angeles, CA 90009 Telephone: (213) 615-9775 ------------------------------ Date: 16 Mar 90 08:19:00 EST From: <junger@cwru.cwru.edu> Subject: Networking woes with PS/2-50's Here at CWRU law school we are on the receiving end of a effort to install a campus wide optical network. For some weird reason the law school contains some of the first faculty offices that will be blessed with access to this network. Unfortunately those who are responsible for installing the system know almost nothing about personal computers, I spent a very frustrating day today listening to them contradicting each other about how the network software that they are supplying to us will work--or fail to work. Perhaps some kind soul on this list will be able to give me some pointers so that I can explain to my colleagues what is going on. Those members of the law school faculty who use computers use PS/2 50's; the micro channel architecture is probably part of the problem: since the university people say the 3 Comm is (or, perhaps, was until very recently) the only company that supplies ethernet boards that work that architecture and that one has to use the software supplied by 3 Comm with their boards. This software consists of the following files: Name Number of bytes NET3C523 EXE 8779 TCPIP EXE 46191 PING EXE 21340 FINGER EXE 16701 FTP EXE 46833 LPR EXE 46548 TELNET EXE 57429 WHOIS EXE 16497 TN3270 EXE 83351 TN3270 DOC 2365 which are in a subdirectory called \IP. This software is supposedly supplied by 3Com, although all of it except NET3C523.EXE is supposedly freeware from Stanford. My first problem is with NET3C523.EXE, which--despite its extension--is a DOS driver, not a program. When the line DEVICE=\IP\NET3C523.EXE is added to the CONFIG.SYS file, this driver proceeds to swallow up between 54 and 55 k of memory that I can ill afford. I have seen other Drivers that only consume 4 or 5 k of memory... my questions are: (i) is this the only game in town? and (ii) can anyone point me to any documentation for this driver?--I looked at it in a hex editor and it is weird, the device header doesn't even contain a name--though one appears in what looks like another device header that is located two logical sectors further on. My second problem is with a bunch of software for connection to a Novell network which either is or is not supplied by 3Com. This software is included in a subdirectory named \NET and consists of the following files: IPX COM 27688 NOVELL BAT 1853 NET3 COM 41352 NETDRIVE COM 44 The "support" personnel at the university wasted most of my day claiming that this software (which again is completely undocumented) uses the NET3C523.EXE driver and then demonstrating that they did not have enough memory to reach a CD-rom on our Novell network until they removed the line DEVICE=\IP\NET3C523.EXE from the CONFIG.SYS file. That is somewhat troubling but the real problem is that they claim that one has to reboot one's machine after one finishes using the Novell network. [One has to re-boot the machine after CHANGING the CONFIG.SYS file.] I hope that someone can assure me that this is not the way things work in the real world. Still, not having access to the network is not much of a loss, since I can connect using Procomm+ and telephone lines to a machine on internet that does have the FTP and TELNET capabilities. I can live without the CD-roms. Still, if someone can tell me a work-around to these problems, I would be grateful. Peter D. Junger--CWRU Law School--Cleveland, Ohio JUNGER@CWRU.CWRU.EDU JUNGER@CWRU.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 20:41 EST From: Steven Kayser <SLK3021%RITVAX.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: PC XT Compt. Problems I have an IBM PC XT Compatible, about five years old, and well used. Recently, a few annoying problems came up, and would appreciate any suggestions for soultions. First, and foremost, the 'E' key on my keyboard went bad, and it takes sometimes 10-15 strokes of the key to produce a single 'E'. Sometimes, when I hit it I will get two 'E's. Being as the computer is old, and will be replaced in about a year, getting a new keyboard will be a last resort. Anthor problem I think has to do with the CGA graphics card. Sometimes when I boot up, the entire screen is distored, that is, it is all fuzzy, and gives off a high pitched sound. The rest of the computer works fine. When I run any program which puts the machine into graphics mode, the screen returns to normal. (This is why I think it is the graphics card, not the moniter.) It seems to happen most when my machine gets hung, and I am forced to reboot. Thanks in advance, -Steven Kayser Bitnet: SLK3021@RITVAX U.S. Mail: Steven Kayser Box 2607 30 Lowenthal Rd. Rochester, NY 14623 ------------------------------ Date: 15 Mar 90 11:50:41 +0100 From: S89406043@hsepm1.hse.nl Subject: Turbo Pascal 5.0 I have a problem when i try to run Turbo Pascal 5.0. The screen is a mess and all i can do is reset the computer. I tried all kind of monitor-types in the installation program, but this didn't help. I have a Tulip AT compact 2 with TEVA graphics card (this card should be Hercules and Ega compatible) and a monochrome monitor. Is there anyone who knows the problem or the solution? Maupie, S89406043 @ HSEPM1.HSE.NL.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 21:11:08 +0200 From: Oshry Mozes <NYMOZES%WEIZMANN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: SOTA-Vga card Drivers Wanted A friend of mine has a SOTA-VGA Card, I've been testing CShow 8.0A and I haven't found a suitable driver to this VGA Card (Especially for the SuperVga modes). Which one of the driver suits ??? Does anyone know where can I find a "serious" VGA Pictures ?(640X480X256 and bigger) GIF Format preferred... Thanks Oshry. BitNet: NYMOZES@WEIZMANN.BITNET InterNet: NYMOZES%WEIZMANN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Acknowledge-To: <NYMOZES@WEIZMANN> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 16:46 MST From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: 4DOS v3.0 and FrontDoor v1.99c uploaded to SIMTEL20 [--forwarded message--] From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU I've uploaded the newest versions of 4DOS and FrontDoor to SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.sysutl> 4DOS30.ZIP 4DOS v3.0, enhanced COMMAND.COM replacement pd2:<msdos2.bbs> FD199C.ZIP FrontDoor BBS mailer/front-end, v1.99c Ralf [--end forwarded message--] Thanks, Ralf! --Keith ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 23:37 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> AT55.ZIP B 60650 900315 Archive shell for ARC/LZH/PAK/PKA/LBR/ZOO/ZIP Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ASMUTL> XRAY15.ZIP B 13946 900314 Displays interrupts/calls during pgm execution Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BASIC> ASIC.ZIP B 92610 900314 Complete BASIC compiler, 40 BASICA commands Directory PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL> CHOICE17.ZIP B 45598 900314 Ask multi-level questions in batch files Directory PD1:<MSDOS.CROSSASM> ASREF.ZIP B 22588 900314 Reference manual for MOTOASMS cross assembers MOTOASMS.ZIP B 92103 900314 Motorola 6800/01/04/05/09/11 cross assemblers Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> HOOPER.ZIP B 182369 900314 Finance Manager II, General Ledger Lite Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL> EZCP-1-2.ZIP B 92724 900315 EZ-Copy: Copy/format/verify multiple diskettes Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR> VDE151.ZIP B 88558 900315 Small fast WordStar-like text editor Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDUCATION> TSGMEB13.ARC B 97547 900315 T.Salmi: Second package of educational games TSGMEC10.ARC B 63581 900314 T.Salmi: Third package of educational games Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS> AAAREAD.ME A 4397 900315 Information about the files in this directory QUICKREF.LST A 2192 900315 Quick reference list to SIMTEL20's MSDOS dirs SIMCVAX.BAS A 2073 900315 VAX/VMS BASIC V3.3 pgm to print SIMIBM.IDX SIMIBM.ARC B 230690 900315 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions SIMIBM.IDX A 426542 900315 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL> PS42.ZIP B 79016 900314 Menu-driven search for text or find files UUEXE401.ZIP B 26715 900315 R.E.Marks' UUdecode/UUencode/XXdecode/XXencode Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FORMGEN> EZFF-10B.ZIP B 137370 900315 EZ-Forms First: Free program to create forms Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GIF> VUIMG220.ZIP B 45777 900312 GIF/TIFF file viewer for Herc/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPH> GRAPHPS.ARC B 45824 900314 Line graphics v3.16 w/PostScript v1.33 driver Directory PD1:<MSDOS.LAN> NETLIST.ZIP B 17483 900315 Quick search for Token-Ring/PC Network users Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MENU> GMENU446.ZIP B 202895 900312 GMENU v4.46 PC menu system. Mouse compatible Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MODULA2> M2CMP20.ZIP B 152063 900315 FST Modula-2 Compiler v2.0, compiler, 1 of 5 M2DOC20.ZIP B 133768 900315 FST Modula-2 Compiler v2.0, docs, 2 of 5 M2EXA20.ZIP B 19024 900315 FST Modula-2 Compiler v2.0, examples, 3 of 5 M2LIB20.ZIP B 39776 900315 FST Modula-2 Compiler v2.0, libraries, 4 of 5 M2UTL20.ZIP B 82460 900315 FST Modula-2 Compiler v2.0, utilities, 5 of 5 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MSWINDOWS> WNQVT415.ZIP B 143337 900315 Windows VT220 emulator with X/Y/Zmodem/Kermit Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SPREADSHEET> AEA400L.ZIP B 174422 900312 AsEasyAs v4.00L, Lotus 123 spreadsheet clone EZS23VLU.ZIP B 124250 900315 EZ-SpreadSheet: Easy to use SpreadSheet Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL> LISTEDIT.ZIP B 924 900315 How: Make Buerg's LIST.COM invoke text editor --Keith Petersen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 21:27 MST From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Subject: Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's MSDOS directories Some MSDOS directories at SIMTEL20 have been moved. This is a revised list. Please discard any older versions. Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.x> directories as of March 15, 1990 (where 'x' is one of the names below): ADA DESKJET HYPERTEXT 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 UUCP CAD FINANCE MEMACS PROLOG VENTURA CALCULATOR FLOWCHART MENU QBASIC VGA CASE FORMGEN MICROCORN QPASCAL VOICE CATALOG FORTH MODULA2 RAMDISK VOICEMAIL CLIPPER FORTRAN MOUSE SCREEN WORLDMAP COMPATIBLES FOSSIL MSJOURNAL SMALL-C X-10 CROSSASM FREEMACS MSWINDOWS SMALLTALK XLISP CROSSREF GIF MUSIC SNOBOL4 ZIP DATABASE GRAPH NETWORK SPREADSHEET ZOO DBASE GRAPHICS OS2 SPRINT DESKACCESS HAMRADIO PACKET SQ-USQ Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD2:<MSDOS2.x> directories as of March 15, 1990 (where 'x' is one of the names below): AIJOURNAL CITADEL GENIE PCMAG TELIX ARCNET-PCIP CMPLNGMAG HANDICAP PIBTERM XPC ASM-MAG CMU-PCIP KERMIT PROCOMM ZMODEM BBS COMPUTE-PC MODEM QMODEM BIBLE DDJMAG NCSATELNET RBBS-PC CIS FIDO OPUS TAXES 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.arpa BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest ************************ -------