Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (12/14/89)
Info-IBMPC Digest Thu, 14 Dec 89 Volume 89 : Issue 116b
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <COMFLEACT@Taegu-EMH1.army.mil>
Today's Topics:
DOSTeX DVIEPS driver (Info-IBMPC v89 #111)
expanded and extended memory
Finding a good Intel 486 Motherboard
integration of ems and cache
Kermit key definitions?
LaTeX for the PC (Info-IBMPC v89 #111)
Printer drivers for Works (request)
Purchasing & Accounts Payable system
Where to find a PD version of LaTeX
New Programs:
EPISTATX.ARC - Menu eXtension package for EPISTAT 3.0
TPFORT12.ARC - Call MS Fortran from Turbo Pascal 5.5
TSPAS17.ARC Turbo Pascal 4.0 and 5.0 units update
VB_110.ARC - Virus Buster v1.10, virus detection/removal
WEBTP55.ARC - WEB system of structured doc for TP55, w/src
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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 89 02:31:25 EST
From: jonradel@bogey.Princeton.EDU
Subject: DOSTeX DVIEPS driver (Info-IBMPC v89 #111)
I've used the DVI driver in the version of DOSTeX found on Simtel20 on an
Epson FX-286 without a hitch. Sounds to me like you're having a printer
buffer overflow problem of some sort. Have you ever copied other large
bitmaps to your printer in the same fashion? It is, however, possibly an
incompatibility problem, as all of the various DVIEPS varients out there
seem very sensitive to exactly which Epson or clone thereof they are being
used with.
--Jon Radel
jonradel@bogey.princeton.edu (address to go away Jan/90, new one not known)
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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 89 21:26:09 EST
From: Claude Daoust <CDAOUST%UOTTAWA.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu>
Subject: expanded and extended memory
As a novice reading this list I am usually left a bit perplexed by the
answers to those questions pertaining to extending or expanding a pc's
memory. I am very interested in learning more about this and was
wondering if someone could reccommend a good book on the subject. Not
looking for anything too technical but maybe some practical end-user type
knowledge of this subject.
thank you,
Claude Daoust (CDAOUST@UOTTAWA.BITNET)
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 22:09:20 EST
From: lowey@DVINCI.USask.CA
Subject: Finding a good Intel 486 Motherboard
Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL:
>
> I would like to bring your focus on the problem of finding a good and
> agressively-priced Intel 486 motherboard.
This is sort of related. I was just at an IBM product announcement
describing the latest version of OS/2, and some products out for PS/2
computers.
Apparantly, for $2000 Canadian you can get a 486 bus master for PS/2
computers using the microchannel bus. Just slip the card in any PS/2 with
a microchannel and suddenly you have a 486 processor IN ADDITION TO your
286 or 386 processor. You can use this under MS-DOS or OS/2. OS/2 2.0
will use both the 486 and 286 or 386 chips when running jobs.
For about $1500 Canadian you can get a 386 bus master.
Contact your local IBM dealer for more information.
- Kevin Lowey @ 1:140/43 - LOWEY@SASK.USASK.CA - ...!alberta!dvinci!lowey
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 7:22:03 CDT
From: david@wubios.WUstl.EDU (David J. Camp)
Subject: integration of ems and cache
This is an idea for a way to get greater speed and capability from your
computer. I do not know enough of the details of EMS memory and disk
management to implement this myself, but I am sure there are some
industrious hackers out there that will be able to do this and sell it (or
give it) to me.
The idea is that you want all the capability of ems, and all the speed of
disk caching, but you do not know ahead of time for which purpose you will
want to use the memory. I have sketched out the algorithm in high-level
pseudo code. -David-
Bitnet: david@wubios.wustl ^ Mr. David J. Camp
Internet: david%wubios@wucs1.wustl.edu < * > Box 8067, Biostatistics
uucp: uunet!wucs1!wubios!david v 660 South Euclid
Washington University (314) 36-23635 Saint Louis, MO 63110
allocate_ems:
{
if any real ems memory free then
return a new block
else if any disk blocks in cache then
deallocate oldest cache block
return the memory used by oldest disk block
}
write_disk_block:
{
write block to disk
call insert_block_in_cache
update cache ordering record
}
read_disk_block:
{
if block in cache
copy from cache to buffer
else
read block from disk
call insert_block_in_cache
update cache ordering record
}
insert_block_in_cache
{
if any real ems memory free then
call allocate_ems
place data in new ems block
else if any data in cache
replace oldest cache block with this block
}
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Date: Thu, 07 Dec 89 13:53:14 GMT
From: Niall Downey <NDOWNE90%IRLEARN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Kermit key definitions?
Does anyone know how to define the ENTER key on an XT (basic) PC keyboard
from KERMIT. I am trying to define it like on a VT100 keyboard. If I
define it then it also changes the RETURN key, which is VERY NASTY. Any
help please ?
Niall Downey
University College Dublin,
Ireland.
Acknowledge-To: <NDOWNE90@IRLEARN>
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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 89 02:31:42 EST
From: jonradel@bogey.Princeton.EDU
Subject: LaTeX for the PC (Info-IBMPC v89 #111)
LaTeX is a macro package that runs under TeX, not a seperate program in
its own right. DOSTeX found on simtel20 works. SBTeX (which may still be
available for ftp from venus.ycc.yale.edu) is somewhat faster but doesn't
self-install. Public-TeX (which you can get by mail from
LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.BITNET) actually comes with source code for Turbo Pascal.
All are available from Aston, if other sources don't pan out. See
Info-IBMPC v89 #111 for more information on that and where to get Nelson
Beebe's drivers (science.utah.edu).
All the above is available from me on floppy, but that's silly if you can
ftp. :-)
--Jon Radel
jonradel@bogey.princeton.edu (address to go away Jan/90, new one not known)
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 10:34:00 EST
From: "Assistant Director (Academic)" <BELL@UWPG02.UWinnipeg.CA>
Subject: Purchasing & Accounts Payable system
I'm forwarding this message on behalf of Brian Bater our Director of
Purchasing. Please forward any responses to this account or contact Brian
directly via phone, his phone number is listed in his signature. Many
thanks.
-- msg follows ---
Dear Madam/Sir:
I am searching for a good prepackaged Purchasing and Accounts Payable
software system that is PC-based and IBM compatible.
I would appreciate your contacting me concerning any software you may be
using in your operation.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Bater
Director of Purchasing
University of Winnipeg
(204) 786-9701
Fax: (204) 783-4781
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 21:49:16 EST
From: zielke@phy.duke.edu (David Zielke)
Subject: Where to find a PD version of LaTeX
Don,
I am currently using the LaTeX version found in the Simtel20 Archives.
I can't at the moment remember which directory of the archives, I think
that it was <msdos.tex>. You will have to download all 6 disks of this
stuff and it will take up some of your hard disk.
I have got it to work, but on my machine, the autoinstall failed. I
don't know if this is a compatability problem or a corrupted file. I have
an IBM-AT with an INBOARD 386 and have really never had any compatability
problems. While the LaTeX and TeX versions work fine, although I had to
change the ram constant they set up in the batch file to create the
executable to be a larger value to deal with (real problems: Quantum
Mechanics class notes, homeworks, and exams) it works fine. On the other
hand, I have not managed to get their printer driver to work with my Epson
lx800 printer yet. I know it produces proper DVI file output because I
can upload the dvi files to the local sun system here and use the dvi to
postscript driver to get them out on the printer there and all works well.
Processing speed is not bad on my machine (si:18.2) and takes about 10
minutes to process 100 pages of nasty formulas and text. If you start to
work with this I would be interested in helping you get started to find
out where these software problems are comming from.
David M. Zielke
zielke@phy.duke.edu
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1989 22:20 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: EPISTATX.ARC - Menu eXtension package for EPISTAT 3.0
[--forwarded message--]
From: GROENEVELD%HDETNO51.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
I have uploaded the following file to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.statistics>
EPISTATX.ARC Menu eXtension package for EPISTAT 3.0
Regards,
Jim Groeneveld.
NIPG TNO - - - - - <work> - - - - -|- <home> - - - - -| GROENEVELD@HDETNO51
Postbus 124 | Wassenaarseweg 56 | Schoolweg 14 | GROENEVELD@TNO.NL
2300 AC Leiden | 2333 AL Leiden | 8071 BC Nunspeet | TNOSUR::GROENEVELD
Nederland (NL) 071-178810 | 03412-60413 | RULTNO::JIM
[--end forwarded message--]
Thanks, Jim!
--Keith
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1989 14:38 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: TPFORT12.ARC - Call MS Fortran from Turbo Pascal 5.5
This is a correction on my previous announcement of this file. The
subject line had the filename misspelled.
I have received some messages from LISTSERV users wanting to know how long
it takes for the server to know about new files. The answer is two days
maximum, according to the LISTSERV administrators I have asked. If your
LISTSERV or TRICKLE server takes longer than this, please complain to the
administrator of that server. SIMTEL20 does NOT run these servers.
--Keith
[--forwarded message--]
From: Duncan Murdoch <dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu>
I have uploaded the following file to SIMTEL20:
<msdos.turbopas>
TPFORT12.ARC Call MS Fortran from Turbo Pascal 5.5
TPFORT includes a unit to use in TP 5.5 programs to allow linking of
external Fortran subroutines and functions. Use it to link Fortran
libaries of functions into TP programs without translation. Calls can go
from TP to Fortran and from Fortran to TP. Freeware uploaded by the
author; source code not included. Version 1.2.
Duncan Murdoch
[--end forwarded message--]
Thanks, Duncan!
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC 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
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1989 14:22 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: TSPAS17.ARC Turbo Pascal 4.0 and 5.0 units update
[--forwarded message--]
From: Timo Salmi LASK <ts@uwasa.fi>
Wed 6-Dec-89: Updated the programmers' Turbo Pascal 5.0 (and 4.0) units
collection to be version /pc/ts/tspas17. The new procedures include
WHEREXFN and WHEREYFN which locate the cursor position without the Crt
unit. As you will recall Crt unit includes a WhereX and a WhereY
function. The reason I have prepared alternatives to Crt functions and
procedures in this, and the earlier releases, is because with some
incompatible PCs the Crt unit causes problems, and redirection requires
special measures with the Crt. - KEYPREFN is a replacement of KeyPressed
and READKEFN for ReadKey. - CLUSIZFN gives the cluster size on a device.
ALLSIZFN gives the true total size allocated to a file instead of the size
shown on ordinary directory listings. - INKEYFN is a Basic-like timed
input. Tspas17.arc is available by anonymous ftp as usual.
Let me repeat a wish for those of you who may have found my programs or
units useful. As I am not asking for any registration fees for the PD
versions, would you do me a reciprocal favor by uploading at least some of
my packages to, say eg one local bulletin board (BBS), and thus contribute
to disseminating the *latest* versions of these packages. And, if you
distribute these packages, would you PLEASE distribute an entire package,
not individual programs from within any package. This is a request that
all of us share who write PD programs.
Prof. Timo Salmi (Site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: vakk::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
Summary of the Functions and procedures in the TSPAS Package
Functions are indicated by the ending FN, the procedures by the lack of it.
TSUNTA:
PANMR Scroll screen right
PANML Scroll screen left
WIDTHFN Current width of text screen
ATTRIBFN Color attribute for direct write to video memory
VIDXY Direct write to the screen video memory
VDCHXY Direct read from the screen video memory
VDAEXYFN Direct read of a screen video memory color attribute
TSUNTB:
TIMERFN Time elapsed since midnight
POWERFN Conventional raising of a positive number to a power
POWERGFN Generalized raising of any real to a power
POWERLFN Raise longint to a non-negative integer power
TWOTOFN Two to a power, fast
R16TOFN Sixteen to a power, fast
BITONFN Status of a bit in a word
CONVBFN Convert from a number of any base to any other base
BINDECFN Convert binary to decimal, fast
DECBINFN Convert decimal to binary, fast (outdated by BINFN)
BINFN Convert decimal to binary, very fast
LBINFN Convert longint to binary, fast
HEXDECFN Convert hexadecimal to decimal, fast
DECHEXFN Convert decimal to hexadecimal, fast (outdated by HEXFN)
HEXFN Convert decimal to hexadecimal, very fast
LHEXFN Convert longint to hexadecimal, fast
TSUNTC:
PLAYNOTE Play a note
PRTONLFN Get the online status of a printer
DSKCNTFN Get the number of disk devices (MsDos 3+ only)
REVCOLOR Reverse text colors (a toggle)
TSUNTD:
TRIMRGFN Trim a string right
TRIMLFFN Trim a string left
LEADFN Lead a string with a multiple character (i.e. pad left)
TRAILFN Trail a string with a multiple character (i.e. pad right)
DOSDELAY Delay without using the Crt unit
PARSE Extract all substrings from a string
STRCNTFN Number of substrings in a string (resembles ParamCount)
SPARTFN Returns a specified substring (resembles ParamStr)
TSUNTE:
CURSOFF Turn off cursor (keeps other cursor attributes)
CURSON Turn cursor back on as it was
CURSOR Change cursor size
BORDER Change border color (CGA, VGA)
CLB Clear the keyboard buffer
MONOFN Is it a monochrome
CAPSONFN CapsLock status
NUMLONFN NumLock status
FEXISTFN File existence status, handles ReadOnly files correctly
FSIZEFN File size in bytes as in directory
CLUSIZFN Cluster size on a device (cluster is the allocation unit)
ALLSIZFN Allocated true size of a file in bytes
CMDLNFN Returns the entire command line
WKDAYFN Returns modern weekday
WEEKNRFN Returns the week number for a given date
TSUNTF:
EDRDLN Readln with line-editing potential
EDREADLN Readln with line-editing, recall, and insert toggle
TSUNTG:
DRIVESFN Number of diskette drives on the system
FDRIVEFN The name of the first diskette drive on the system
INDRIVFN Is a media present in the given drive
GOATXY As the ordinary GoToXY but no Crt unit required
WHEREXFN As the ordinary WhereX but no Crt unit required
WHEREYFN As the ordinary WhereY but no Crt unit required
KEYPREFN As the ordinary KeyPressed but no Crt unit required
READKEFN As the ordinary ReadKey but no Crt unit required
INKEYFN Basic-like timed character input
REVAREA Reverse the colors of an area
USEPRN Redirect write and writeln to the printer
USECON Restore write and writeln direction to the screen
[--end forwarded message--]
Thanks, Timo. TSPAS17.ARC is now in SIMTEL20 directory
pd1:<msdos.turbopas>.
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC 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
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1989 22:57 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: VB_110.ARC - Virus Buster v1.10, virus detection/removal
[--forwarded message--]
From: "Yuval Tal (972)-8-474592" <NYYUVAL%WEIZMANN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Re: Virus Buster 1.10
I've uploaded VB_110.ARC to SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO> directory.
It is an anti-viral software that I and another friend wrote.
I'll send you future versions of this program as I make them.
-Yuval
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| InterNet: NYYUVAL%WEIZMANN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU |
| Yuval Tal | Voice: +972-8-474592 |
| The Weizmann Institute Of Science | BBS: +972-8-421842 * 20:00-7:00 |
| Rehovot, Israel | FidoNet: 2:403/136 (CoSysop) |
[--end forwarded message--]
Thanks, Yuval!
--Keith
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1989 22:42 MST
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: WEBTP55.ARC - WEB system of structured doc for TP55, w/src
[--forwarded message--]
From: Peter Sawatzki <FE617%DHAFEU11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
I have uploaded the following file to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.tex>
WEBTP55.ARC WEB system of structured doc for TP55, w/src
Peter
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: Peter Sawatzki <FE617+DHAFEU11.BITNET> :
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[--end forwarded message--]
Thanks, Peter!
--Keith
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