Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (02/25/90)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sat, 24 Feb 90 Volume 90 : Issue 32
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
Black boxes with Pagemaker
X Windows for DOS
Today's Queries:
Trajectory Simulation and Impacts
How do you get kermit working with an internal modem ??
PC music systems query
Printer Status under MS-NET
New Uploads:
Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 (>100)
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Date: Thu Feb 22 23:20:35 1990
From: aprm!gd@shafter-emh2.army.mil
Subject: Black boxes with Pagemaker
Bruce H. McIntosh <UFWORLEY@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu> complained about
having graphics appear as black boxes in Pagermaker printing to an
HP LaserJet. We have experienced this also, and never have found the
cause. Lile Bruce, when it happens we just shut the PC down and bring it
up again. We use it on a Zenith Z-248, w/512K SMARTDRV, Windows 2.1, and
2.5MB LaserJet II with HP Helv and Bitstream ITC Garamond softfonts
downloaded at print time.
It may be that the HP is running out of memory. We thought there was a
correlation between with the amount of stuff on a page, but in the last
newsletter I put out I got pretty fancy and the problem rarely turned up.
I don't know how to determine how much memory a page is taking.
Another thought is that the layout is too messy, with too many overlapping
objects. I did spend a lot of time cleaning up our title page prior to my
last issue. The previous layout had a real mismash of fonts and graphics
all piled on top of each other to make the title page, and this is
probably indicitive of how my predesessor worked. Still an untested
theory...
Oh yes, be sure to disable the spooler. It can choke on files as big as
PM's. And we found that when we printed to a LaserJet attached the our
network, PageMaker files always get garbled. Everthing else works fine,
including graphics from programs like PC Paintbrush.
I know this doesn't solve the problem, but at least Bruce can take comfort
in knowing he's not alone. And Bruce, should you ever pin down the cause,
please let us all know.
Gary Dunn, WESTCOM DCSRM IMO |
Ft. Shafter LAN: aprm!gd _ _ |
DDN: aprm%gd@shafter-emh2.army.mil /.\ /.\|
Work phone: (808) 438-2716 \_/|\_/
|
/
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell
Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899
"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."
Robert Milikan
Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1923
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Date: 20 Feb 90 21:28:09 GMT
From: fks@ftp.com (Frances Selkirk)
Subject: X Windows for DOS
A number of companies have implemented X servers which use PC/TCP (FTP
Software's TCP/IP for DOS) to operate across various networks. Some of
these packages are also available for other TCP/IP packages, and there are
probably many stand-alone implementations that I have never heard of. Here
are the ones I am familiar with:
Hewlett-Packard makes an X server called "AXDS\PC". For information,
contact your Hewlett-Packard sales representitive or:
Hewlett-Packard Panacom Automation Division
20 Lexington Road
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 3Z3
519-886-5320.
Hummingbird makes an X server called "HCL-eXceed". For information
contact:
Hummingbird
2900 John Street, Unit 4
Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 5G3
416-470-1203
Graphic Software Systems makes an X server called "PC-Xview". For
information contact:
Graphic Software Systems
9590 SW Gemini Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-641-2200
Pitsburgh Powercomputing, has an X Server (name unknown)
Contact:
Sales
(800) 326-4025
(412) 231-3000
FAX (412) 231-0305
VisionWare makes an X server called "XVision". For information, contact:
VisionWare
PO Box 3991
Minneapolis, MN 55405,
612-377-3627
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 20:34 CDT
From: <M564005%AUDUCVAX.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
Subject: Trajectory Simulation and Impacts
I am trying to simulate the process of a trajectory of a projectile
hitting a wall. My work right now is concerned with the simulation of a
few drop impact tests and I have so far managed to get the graphs of the
force vs. time curves to match with the actual dynamic drop test graphs, I
would like to extend my work into something concrete, so I'd like to get
some information that would help me make solid conclusions regarding these
impact tests taking into account the stresses,etc.
I would be high obliged if you send me information which deals with the
impact of thin plates by blunt impactors (Flat nosed projectile), the
plate geometry can be considered as rectangular or circular.
Basically some material on a thin plate being penetrated or references
where I'll be able to find such material is what I am looking for
Thanking you,
Scincerely,
Anup.
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 11:22:35 PST
From: rp@osc.osc.COM (Rich Patterson)
Subject: How do you get kermit working with an internal modem ??
Hi,
I have had problems with getting Kermit to work with an internal modem.
At home I use kermit with an external modem with no problem. When I use
my father's machine, which has an Everex 2400 baud internal modem, I
can't get kermit to work. The modem does work with the bitcom software
that comes with it (Which I can't stand!!!).
I looked in the User's Guide for Kermit and it doesn't give me any
help. Can someone help ?? I assume it has to do with which signals
kermit is expected. I'd like to not have to change the switches becuase
my Dad uses the bitcom software. Thanks!!
Rich P.
rp@osc.com
{pacbell,amdcad}!osc!rp
[If you're using a stand alone Kermit, you may need to tell it where to
find the modem. Use a SET PORT command. You may also have to initialize
the COMx: port with the DOS command MODE before you start Kermit. For
instance, if you're using 1200 baud on COM1:, you need to enter (at
the DOS prompt) MODE COM1:1200,E,7,1 (for COM1, 1200 Baud, Even Parity,
7 Data bits, and 1 Stop bit. gph]
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 18:26:59 CST
From: KJE2282 @ VENUS.TAMU.EDU
Subject: PC music systems query
Could anyone give me a pointer to music developement systems for PC's.
Software, hardware, midi interfacing capabilities, all types of pointers
appreciated. I have a brother who is REALLY into music and he is looking
into buying a computer to use in generating and testing scores but has no
idea whats available though he was impressed with an Amiga 2000 system he
saw.
Thanks,
Kevin J. English
STARR LAB, Range Science - TAMU, College Station Tx 77843-2126, (409)845-1553
kje2282@venus.tamu.edu kje2282@tamvenus.bitnet utspan::utadnx::venus::kje2282
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Date: Thu Feb 22 23:21:54 1990
From: aprm!gd@shafter-emh2.army.mil
Subject: Printer Status under MS-NET
A buddy of mine has developed a solid application that works fine in stand
alone mode, but has problems printing to a network printer. I would
appreciate hearing from anyone out there who has tamed this beast. The
specifics are:
1. Printing is done by opening the user defined DOS print device, e.g.
LPT1, changing its file type to a character device, writing data to it,
then closing the handle.
2. After every line a call is made to INT 17 to check on the printer
status. Without this the application would overrun an HP LaserJet despite
a hardwire handshake (which seems odd).
3. The above works fine on directly connected printers, allowing the
application to determine and report printer problems without getting
stuck.
4. When trying to print to a network spooler under MS-NET (3Com and
OpenNET to name a couple) the program reports a file not found type of
error and refuses to print.
Does anyone know what the return codes are for printer status in MS-NET?
Does something strange happen there?
I've never used this method of printing, but it seems odd to me that it is
necessary to do an ioctrl() call. Could this be in error, perhaps
undetected under plain DOS only to surface when MS-NET is added?
As always, thanks in advance.
Gary Dunn, WESTCOM DCSRM IMO |
Ft. Shafter LAN: aprm!gd _ _ |
DDN: aprm%gd@shafter-emh2.army.mil /.\ /.\|
Work phone: (808) 438-2716 \_/|\_/
|
/
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell
Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899
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Subject: New Uploads:
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 00:41 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 (>100)
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>
AVIEW38.ARC B 81748 900218 BBS util: view/extract files from archives
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.AT>
HTMU.ARC B 15158 900222 Read/modify AT ROM drv types to burn new EPROM
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.C>
REBOOT.C A 995 900218 How to do a warm or cold boot in 'C' language
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DDJMAG>
DDJ9003.ARC B 48640 900221 Dr. Dobbs Journal mag listings, Mar. 1990
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DESKACCESS>
JCAL73.ARC B 77385 900218 Jewish/Gregorian calendar utilities
NEUBASE2.ARC B 135710 900220 Neubase v2.0, daily appointments/diary/journal
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
L-RMND17.ARC B 65916 900220 Reminds you when it's time to backup files
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR>
PCWLITE1.ARC B 255123 900221 LITE version of PC Write word processor, 1of2
PCWLITE2.ARC B 180934 900221 LITE version of PC Write word processor, 2of2
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>
AAAREAD.ME A 4325 900222 Information about the files in this directory
DOWNLOAD.INF A 841 900220 How to get SIMTEL20 files via telephone modem
SIMIBM.ARC B 229359 900223 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
SIMIBM.IDX A 419360 900223 SIMTEL20 MSDOS files listing with descriptions
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILUTL>
QUX2_90.ARC B 10199 900222 Quick UUencode/UUdecode and XXencode/XXdecode
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FORTH>
ZEN1_10.ZIP B 68608 900220 Zen1.0 Forth w/src to match ANS X3J14 BASIS 10
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GIF>
CSHOW81.ARC B 102138 900218 GIF/MAC/RLE view/print, Herc/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA
VPIC25.ARC B 78940 900220 GIF/MAC/PCX/ColorRix pics view/convert, v2.5
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPHICS>
GRAFWK11.ARC B 215602 900220 View/cvt/print MAC/IMG/GIF/TIFF/EPS graphics
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.HAMRADIO>
DXCC104.ARC B 120117 900222 Hams: DXCC Award logger & lister w/statistics
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MENU>
AMAXX310.ARC B 121993 900218 DOS shell, file manager & nested menus, v3.10
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.MSWINDOWS>
SATRA10.ARC B 196389 900222 Satellite tracker for MS-Windows
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PGMUTL>
CPE41.ARC B 78504 900218 Integrated editor/compiler/linker environment
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PLOT>
PLOT61.ARC B 96367 900222 CGA/VGA 2d function plotter
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER>
LM40.ARC B 232256 900218 LabelMaster v4.0, printer label maker w/dialer
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.QBASIC>
QBTREE42.ARC B 190090 900218 B-Tree indexed file access for QuickBASIC
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SPREADSHEET>
AEA400J.ARC B 221590 900221 AsEasyAs v4.00J, Lotus 123 spreadsheet clone
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>
AAREAD.ME A 1734 900222 Information about the files in this directory
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>
EMS40V11.ARC B 34615 900222 Driver: use extended memory as EMS 4.0 memory
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO>
SCANRS58.ARC B 34209 900222 Resident virus infection prevention program
SCANV58.ARC B 47091 900222 VirusScan, scans disk files for 72 viruses
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL>
SORTF235.ARC B 11919 900220 Vernon Buerg's fast text sort utility
WPMD2.ARC B 28290 900222 Fixes damaged WordPerfect 5.x files
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ZIP>
ZIPTV20.ARC B 43578 900218 ZIP viewer/reader driver program for BBS doors
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.HANDICAP>
SIGN33.ARC B 162442 900221 Sign Friends: Learn sign language
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.KERMIT>
TSKERM24.ARC B 68166 900220 Keypads, bats, & logging scripts for MS-Kermit
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.MODEM>
BBPOWERH.ARC B 159497 900218 Power file transfer shell (Bytebrothers)
REMCTL51.ARC B 32918 900220 TSR, remote control computer's answer mode
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.PCMAG>
VOL3N25.ARC B 9235 900219 PC Magazine: NPAD
VOL4N02.ARC B 3641 900219 PC Magazine: PARINT
VOL4N03.ARC B 5028 900219 PC Magazine: DOORS
VOL4N04.ARC B 10179 900219 PC Magazine: RED
VOL4N05.ARC B 2151 900219 PC Magazine: LPTPORT
VOL4N06.ARC B 6171 900219 PC Magazine: MOVE
VOL4N07.ARC B 8550 900219 PC Magazine: UNDEL
VOL4N08.ARC B 12750 900219 PC Magazine: PR
VOL4N09.ARC B 8084 900219 PC Magazine: ONEKEY
VOL4N10.ARC B 8370 900219 PC Magazine: LOCATE
VOL4N11.ARC B 5978 900219 PC Magazine: FRACELDO, FRACTALS
VOL4N12.ARC B 1259 900219 PC Magazine: DSKWATCH
VOL4N13.ARC B 13331 900219 PC Magazine: BAR
VOL4N14.ARC B 10100 900219 PC Magazine: SNAPSHOT
VOL4N15.ARC B 13577 900219 PC Magazine: KEEPER
VOL4N16.ARC B 8736 900219 PC Magazine: CACHE
VOL4N17.ARC B 12243 900219 PC Magazine: BAC, BACOPY
VOL4N18.ARC B 5931 900219 PC Magazine: LOCK, UNLOCK
VOL4N19.ARC B 4846 900219 PC Magazine: PRSWAP
VOL4N20.ARC B 10594 900219 PC Magazine: DDIR
VOL4N21.ARC B 9780 900219 PC Magazine: DELZ
VOL4N22.ARC B 7585 900219 PC Magazine: VTREE
VOL4N23.ARC B 2114 900219 PC Magazine: PSET
VOL4N24.ARC B 20457 900219 PC Magazine: SWEEP, WAITASEC
VOL4N25.ARC B 7699 900219 PC Magazine: MONOGRAF
VOL4N26.ARC B 7304 900219 PC Magazine: KEY-FAKE
VOL5N01.ARC B 10574 900219 PC Magazine: FREE, SIZE
VOL5N02.ARC B 3842 900219 PC Magazine: BOOT, DATAMKR
VOL5N03.ARC B 9321 900219 PC Magazine: DOS-EDIT
VOL5N04.ARC B 8615 900219 PC Magazine: FDA, KBM
VOL5N05.ARC B 6087 900219 PC Magazine: QUICKEYS
VOL5N06.ARC B 13026 900219 PC Magazine: BROWSE
VOL5N07.ARC B 9687 900219 PC Magazine: RENDIR
VOL5N08.ARC B 10976 900219 PC Magazine: DISKSCAN
VOL5N09.ARC B 10219 900219 PC Magazine: NO
VOL5N10.ARC B 10345 900219 PC Magazine: POPDIR, PUSHDIR
VOL5N11.ARC B 8155 900219 PC Magazine: ATTR
VOL5N12.ARC B 18083 900219 PC Magazine: SETUP
VOL5N13.ARC B 12633 900219 PC Magazine: DCRUNCH, DSTRIP, STATLINE
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VOL5N15.ARC B 11177 900219 PCMgEGA12/25/35/43/50/512/8X14/PRTSC/ITAL/DEMO
VOL5N16.ARC B 9614 900219 PC Magazine: XDEL
VOL5N17.ARC B 13274 900219 PC Magazine: POP-CAL
VOL5N18.ARC B 9995 900219 PC Magazine: VISITYPE
VOL5N19.ARC B 8249 900219 PC Magazine: CHANGE
VOL5N20.ARC B 7067 900219 PC Magazine: SUGGEST
VOL5N21.ARC B 16478 900219 PC Magazine: DISKPREP
VOL5N22.ARC B 9665 900219 PC Magazine: FREEZE
VOL6N01.ARC B 18264 900219 PC Magazine: DIREX
VOL6N02.ARC B 31711 900219 PC Magazine: DIRCOMP, PARSE, SCANDIR
VOL6N03.ARC B 23256 900219 PC Magazine: CHECK, POSARRAY, TIMEKEY
VOL6N04.ARC B 15098 900219 PC Magazine: SEARCH
VOL6N05.ARC B 20818 900219 PCMag: ASC, FASTOFF, FFEED, NOREPEAT, THREECOM
VOL6N06.ARC B 15230 900219 PC Magazine: COPYSAFE
VOL6N07.ARC B 29521 900219 PC Magazine: ENVCOUNT, READENV, TESTENV, XDIR
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.RBBS-PC>
173-ASM.ARC B 85013 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 source code - Assembler + OBJs
173-BAS.ARC B 378549 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 source code - Basic code
173-DOC.ARC B 341022 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 documentation
173-EXE.ARC B 365657 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 executables
173-EXT.ARC B 86062 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 external protocols
173-LIT.ARC B 76324 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 merges to make smallest EXE
173-TXT.ARC B 112500 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 text files and menus
173-UTL.ARC B 307598 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 utilities
173ADWNF.ARC B 4081 900220 Possible fix for RBBS v17.3 AutoDownload prob
PU173.ARC B 107071 900218 Cvt RBBS USERS log to ASCII & comma delimited
TUTORIAL.ARC B 37527 900220 RBBS-PC v17.3 Online Tutorial
Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.ZMODEM>
DSZ0218.ARC B 99046 900220 X/Y/Zmodem protocol file transfer pgm 02/18/90
DSZ0218N.ARC B 7977 900220 Description of recent changes to DSZ comm pgm
DSZ0218X.ARC B 50971 900220 X/Y/Zmodem file transfer, EXE version 02/18/90
ZCOMMEXE.ARC B 204381 900220 Comm prog w/AUTO Kermit, X,Y,Zmodem, SEAlink
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
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