Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Info-IBMPC Digest") (02/18/90)
Info-IBMPC Digest Sun, 18 Feb 90 Volume 90 : Issue 22 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <GHICKS@WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil> Today's Topics: Anyone have a screen-saver that does neat things Appletalk for PS/2 Are there any MCA vendors out there? File Recovery MSC 5.1 Setup (was Leading Edge Problems) Software Carousel Today's Queries: Conographic video card dma hardware/programing Flushot ++ help needed in Windows 386 ProComm242 and Kermit transfers Looking for Codeview/SYMDEB debugger information Menu programs - query Microsoft Basic Compiler Needed (Version 5.35) Problem in formating HD80MB with MS-DOS 4.01 Problems with MS-Word 5.0 PS/2 BIOS address VGA -> Pal video, source of Citadel-86 BBS? 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If you are unable to access SIMTEL20 via Internet FTP or through one of the BITNET/EARN file servers, most MSDOS SIMTEL20 files, including the PC-Blue collection, are available for downloading on the Detroit Download Central network at 313-885-3956. DDC is a networked system with multiple lines that support 300, 1200, 2400, and 9600 bps (HST) at a cost of 17 cents per hour. It is also accessable on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 18:24:44 PST From: forags%nature.Berkeley.EDU@jade.berkeley.edu Subject: Appletalk for PS/2 Microchannel Appletalk boards can be purchased from: DayStar Digital, Inc. 5556 Atlanta Highway Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Phone (404) 967-2077 Al Stangenberger Dept. of Forestry & Resource Mgt. forags@violet.berkeley.edu 145 Mulford Hall - Univ. of Calif. uucp: ucbvax!ucbviolet!forags Berkeley, CA 94720 BITNET: FORAGS AT UCBVIOLE (415) 642-4424 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 9:06:48 EST From: Jose Passalacqua SMCAR-CCL-P <passalacqua@cc1.pica.army.mil> Subject: Are there any MCA vendors out there? > From: david@wubios.wustl.edu > Subject: Re: Are there any MCA vendors out there? > I have been having difficulty locating vendors of MCA equipment. Does > anyone have a list of MCA card manufacturers, or a favorite one they would > like to recommend? We are at this time looking for a multi-function card, > like an AST Advantage, but for an MCA. It should have 3 or more serial > ports, and extra goodies are welcome. -David- I have purchased a BOCARAM/AT PLUS memory card and 4-MEG 70ns memory for my AT from Unitex IC Division. They also sell MCA multifunction cards manufactured by Boca Research and Orchid, and should have something to fit your needs. From an advertisement in Byte (Jan 90), they list a RAMQUEST Extra which provides up to 8M and two serial ports for the PS/2 models 50, 60 and 80 for $319 (0k). They can be reached at Unitex IC Division Corporate Headquarters 2852 F Walnut Tustin, CA 92680 (800)843-8414 in California (800)533-0055 outside California The usual disclaimers apply... Just a happy customer. Jose Passalacqua <passalacqua@PICA.ARMY.MIL> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 7:33:59 CST From: Crede Edens <edens@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL> Subject: File Recovery In reference to question posed by Chuck Darney at Widener University, I found the following aran article in the Government Computer News about how to recover a lost file. I could include the article here but I may be violating a copyright (or something). If Chuck would send me his address I will mail him a copy of it. Crede Edens USAMC SIMA 210 No. Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63101 EMAIL Address EDENS@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 16:45:17 PST From: bmarsh@cod.nosc.mil (William C. Marsh) Subject: MSC 5.1 Setup (was Leading Edge Problems) >From: microsoft!davewe@beaver.cs.washington.edu >I suspect Derek's problem is that the SETUP program for C 5.1 does not run >on machines which are not VERY strict IBM compatibles because it was built >as a bound application (runs under either OS/2 or DOS) and the VIO* >routines in the API emulation library were written such that only VERY >strict compatibles will work. We did not know this beforehand and it >never came up during internal or Beta testing (I can understand the >former, but the latter is a little surprising....). This is only a >problem for DOS users (OS/2 won't run on these machines anyway - which is >probably why the emulation routines didn't bother to support them), but a >nasty one. What about an AST Premium? I had trouble installing MSC 5.1 on one of these because it had a monochrome monitor connected to an EGA adapter. This is a supported setup by IBM, as the OS/2 developers kit I have used worked great! When I switched the EGA card into Hercules emulation, *then* the setup program would work... Not many people support the EGA/MONO combination in graphics, but a text only program should work fine! > Dave Weil Bill Marsh, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA {arpa,mil}net: bmarsh@cod.nosc.mil uucp: {ihnp4,akgua,decvax,dcdwest,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!nosc!bmarsh "If everything seems to be coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 10:44:00 EST From: Don Kazem <DKAZEM%NAS.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: Software Carousel Pat Bauco asked about Software Carousel as means of getting around the 640K barrier. I have not had any experiences with this package but have successfully used the Hicard from Rybs Electronics. Depending on the type of video, one can get up to 896K of DOS memory. RYBS Electronics 303-444-60732590 Central Ave. Boulder CO 80301 Standard Disclaimers Apply. I am not affiliated with them...etc. DKAZEM@NAS.BITNET Don Kazem-Zadeh National Academy of Sciences ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 08:26:22 EST From: AR041PR <AR041PR%TCUAMUS.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu> Subject: Conographic video card Hello, I'm looking for any or all information on a Conographic (sp?) video card. The model number is L2100. Does anybody know if it is EGA, VGA? How much memory? How many bits? Thanks in advance. Please reply to ... Steve Nimr PER0747A@TCUAVM.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 18:43:56 GMT From: Ian D Hawkins <idh%nabla.electrical-engineering.umist.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK> Subject: dma hardware/programing I intend making a pc-at (16MHz '386) add-on card, incorporating a 12 bit a>d converter with transfer to memory by DMA. Could someone out there who has designed something like this please recommend a book or other reference that could shed light on the topic?. Thanks for any advice,(E-mailed to me or posted on the bbs) ... Ian Hawkins ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 11:53 U From: 7834510%TWNCTU01.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Flushot ++ Hello, there: Does anyone know a company named HJC who sells a program named FLUSHOT++? Our lab would like to buy it. If anyone of you know that, please drop me a message. Thanks a lot. BITNET ADDRESS: 7834510@TWNCTU01.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 09:25:00 EST From: <ANANDI%EMRCAN.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: help needed in Windows 386 Anybody out there running Novell 2.15 with MS Window 386? We used to be able to support a remote printer(connected to a workstation) under Novell 2.15 and Windows 286 by installing a TSR program on the workstation. Our problem is that Windows 386 does not let a TSR program co-exist. Hence we seem to be out of luck. Anybody has any advice? Please respond to me directly as I am not a subscriber to this list. Please also info the Digest in your replys. Thanks in advance. Atulesh Nandi ANANDI@EMRCAN.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 14:51:48 PST From: manley@csam.lbl.gov (Oscar Manley [ams doe]) Subject: ProComm242 and Kermit transfers I have procomm242 which I find quite satisfactory for almost all my limited communication needs. However I have not been able to use the built in kermit. Right now when I need to xfer files I use another kermit to connect to the host. Sometimes that is inconvenient. What I do not find in the procomm manual is how to return to my pc, after doing "send file" at the distant host. The usual escape command ^]c does not seem to work. Any ideas? Oscar M. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 15:33:49 PST From: C43CJK%ENG1.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com Subject: Looking for Codeview/SYMDEB debugger information I'm in search of information about how Microsoft C 5.1 puts Codeview Debugger and/or SYMDEB Information into .OBJ/.EXE files. I have a rather specific requirement to generate my objects with MSC 5.1, put the objects into Polytron's PolyLibrarian files, link with Phoenix/Polytron's PLINK V2.24 Linker, and lastly convert ("locate") to Intel's .OMF file. As we've written our own locater and MUST/WILL stay with it, we'd like to modify the locater to strip the CODEVIEW/SYMDEB info out of the .EXE file and place it into the .OMF file. What I'd really like is some sort of Microsoft document that describes the structure of their debugger info. Please respond directly and I'll summarize the responses back to the group. Thanks, Craig Keithley | Craig Keithley | C43CJK%ENG4.GM@HAC2ARPA.HAC.COM | | GM DSO-SBO | C43CJK%ENG4%HAC2GM@ENGVAX.SCG.HAC.COM | (805) 961-7328 STANDARD DISCLAIMER: These ideas SHOULD NOT IN ANY WAY be construed to represent the opinions or policies or plans of General Motors or Delco Electronics or other subsidiaries of General Motors. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 15:15 EDT From: <WHEELER%LEMOYNE.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: Menu programs - query I am looking for a PC-based menu system for our college to permit users to access specific software and DOS commands without requiring access to and knowledge of DOS commands. Due to limited security requirements and the low level of user knowledge we are not interested in a full DOS shell such as 1DIR. We have used and/or evaluated Direct Access and Automenu, both of which meet our basic needs. Our needs, in rough priority order: ease of use, ease of maintenance, price, security, programming features, usage statistics Target platforms: All varieties of PCs/PS2s/clones w/Hard drives in student labs, individual offices, departmental offices What are the experiences you have had with any such packages? What other packages should we be considering? What other features? Dan Wheeler, Academic Support Specialist in Computer Science Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 Office (315) 445-4582 Home (315) 655-8193 WHEELER@LEMOYNE.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: WED FEB 14, 1990 16.54.30 EST From: "Ronald J. Hartranft" <RJH2%LEHIGH.BITNET@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.Edu> Subject: Microsoft Basic Compiler Needed (Version 5.35) i am looking for MicroSoft Basic COMPILER v5.35. I need this particular compiler to be compatible with a data translation image processing package,i am currently using. microsoft no longer sells this version, and even suggested that i obtain a it from a user no longer using their copy. Any help out there?? rjh2@ns.cc.lehigh.edu Ronald J. Hartranft Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Lehigh University Packard Lab #19 Bethlehem, Penn. 18015 (215)758-4109 ------------------------------ Date: 14 FEB 90 13:23:41.08-GMT From: MULLER%FRESE51.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Problem in formating HD80MB with MS-DOS 4.01 I recently bought an HD Micropolis ST 506, (supposed to be 9 Heads/ 1023 cyl., for an unformated total size of 85 MB, or 76.5 once formated). My computer is an AT-clone, 12 MHz (BIOS phoenix jan.88), running with MS-DOS 4.01. First, I set the SETUP on the right type of HD: I guess it's type 35. Then I do a physical format., specifying the three bad sectors. After that, I defined the partition with FDisk (an only part. of 76 MB), as an active PRIMARY MS-DOS part. And then I run then High-level format: format c:/S As a result, during the format. operation, 3 bad sectors were displayed, and at the end, the format stopped with the message "Bad partition table". After that, the HD is considered as a non-DOS disk, and in fact, the partition definition as been deleted by the Format (Fdisk reply me that no part. is defined). The chkdsk.com pgm says it's probably a non-dos disk, and find about 3000 allocated sectors. All is as if the Fdisk pgm were writting on a bad place, in the middle of the supposed-to-be MS-DOS partition. what is going on ??? Thanks in advance, Bernard MULLER MULLER@FRESE51.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 22:41:19 MEZ From: p081202%DBORUB01.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Subject: Problems with MS-Word 5.0 I hope anyone can help me solving a problem with MS Word 5.0 and Novell Netware 2.15. I installed MS Word on out LAN server, following the manual and the INFO.TXT step by step. Then I created a subdirectory for texts with the following structure: F:\WORD F:\WORD\TXT both directories are public and assigned to group everyone with all rights. Every user is member of "everyone". Then I followed the instructions to setup the user-directories for MS Word. The only difference to the manual is that I did not install these directories locally (on the c: - drive), but used the Novell user directories on the F:-network-drive, e.g. F:\PH; this was necessary, because our workstations are used by several users, and we did want to give every user the opportunity to save private text in his own, protected directory. For the directory F:\PH for example only the user PH and the supervisor have all rights. Now the following problem occurs: the user PH logs on. He has all rights to the directories \WORD;\WORD\TXT;\PH. He runs MS Word and has no problems to read and write in the directories WORD and WORD\TXT. If he tries to read or write in the directory PH (using MS Word, not when in dos or any other application), word refuses to do this with error messages like "illegal drive or directory", "error reading directory" and so on. If I give supervisor-status to user PH, that problem disappears - but you will understand, that I do not intend to give supervisor-status (and rights) to every-user - we did choose novell netware just because of the extensive security levels... does anybody have any idea where the mistake is hidden? I did install MS Word 5.0 as a non-network-application, too, but the same happened. I tried it with word 4.0 and all worked fine, no problems. Is it a bug in 5.0, or is it my fault? Please help if you can; Thank you in advance.... PETER HAUPTMANNS DEP. FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES RUHR UNIVERSITY OF BOCHUM UNIVERSITAETSSTR. 150 D-4630 BOCHUM, F.R.G. (BITNET: P081202:BORUB01.BITNET) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 16:05:39 MEZ From: Erich Neuwirth <A4422DAB%AWIUNI11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: PS/2 BIOS address I do not have technical reference manuals for PS/2 and I need to adapt a program wherefor I need the following information At which address does the ROM-BIOS code on PS/2s start? Erich Neuwirth ------------------------------ Date: THU, 15 FEB 90 15:57:28 MEZ From: Raymond Koluvek <R02RDK%DHHDESY3.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: VGA -> Pal video, source of Citadel-86 BBS? 1) I am looking for a distributor in Europe(if one is made USA, also ok) for a VGA to PAL video genlock type of card for use with IBMPC comp. AT(i.e. ISA bus). I would like to use it with the program ANIMATOR. We would like to generate animations of our Particle Accelerators 2) Can anyone tell me where I can locate the source to the BBS Citadel-86 written in Turbo-C. I thinking of making it trying to work with a selectable language. Thanks Raymond D. Koluvek (Deutsches Eletronen - Synchrotron, DESY) Buggy Mail : DESY - Dept. R2, Notkestrasse 85 D-2000 Hamburg 52, West Germany Voice : +49-40-8998-2362 FAX : +49-40-8998-3282 Email : R02RDK@DHHDESY3.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 12:40:35 -0500 (EST) From: Steven Timm <st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Word for Windows Has anyone out there tried Microsoft Word For Windows on the IBM PC as yet? If so, I have these questions: The literature suggest 1-2 MB of EMS memory is recommended (but not required) what happens if you don't have it? Can the program run stand-alone without Windows (or is that question immaterial because the program comes with Windows) Is extended memory usable as EMS memory? Are there any significant differences between the academic version and the full version? ------------------------------ End of Info-IBMPC Digest ************************ -------