Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (11/07/89)
Info-IBMPC Digest Tue, 7 Nov 89 Volume 89 : Issue 99
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <COMFLEACT@Taegu-EMH1.army.mil>
Today's Topics:
360K drive as third floppy
CorelDraw and the HP ColorPro---more
Environment length problems
Windows based M6809 Interpreter/sumulator
Find anti-virus programs
Graphics format conversions
help for interrupt
MSDOS 4.0 and Formatting Lg Disk Drives
PC LAN Accounts Payable info requested
NJE on a PC
Removing write-protect tabs
The long way to CompuServe ... from Holland
PD data/programs for Stock Market analysis
Request for Ethernet/PC-Network gateway info
Dr Halo and laser printers
Re: Milli-Second timer on XT/AT
New programs:
Analyst's Tool Kit uploaded to SIMTEL20
MUSH v5.7 MSDOS<->Unix uucp email uploaded to SIMTEL20
VUGIF190.ARC - CGA/EGA/MCGA/VGA/HERC/ATT/DEB GIFviewer v1.90
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 16:05:48 MEZ
From: Erich Neuwirth <A4422DAB%AWIUNI11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: 360K drive as third floppy
I have a problem. (My friendly local computer store dealer is the cause...)
I have 3 floppy drives, the first is a 1.2M the second a 1.44M and the
third is a 360 K. The third drive has some additional hardware, but the
drivers I received only support 720K floppies for these drives. Are there
any drivers for my situtation available? I know my dealer should solve
that problem, but perhaps somebody can help he and I.
Erich Neuwirth
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 16:30:58
From: CS1CWM%primea.sheffield.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK
Subject: CorelDraw and the HP ColorPro---more
Further to my last message about CorelDraw and the HP ColorPro, I rang
Corel again and was advised to reinstall the driver.
I did this, deleting the driver as well, and using the README file
provided for HPGL plotters which I had previously overlooked (hang head,
blush).
This time there was no problem with CorelDraw but it seems that the HPGL
code generated is too much for the plotter---I was drawing a simple
outline figure but the lines were more than a penwidth thick---and the
plot went haywire.
Chris Martin
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 21:46:51 EDT
From: The Time Traveler <HE891C%GWUVM.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
Subject: Environment length problems
I'm having problems with my environment. No matter how large I set the
environment with CONFIG.SYS's SHELL /E switch, I have practically no room
in my environment to add strings. This only happens under a second copy
of COMMAND.COM. Anyone know why?
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From: J Sturgeon <csc352@CENTRAL1.LANCASTER.AC.UK>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 89 02:47:00 -0100
Subject: Windows based M6809 Interpreter/sumulator
Hi...I'm a 3rd year computer science student at Lancaster University in
England, doing a project on a Windows-based M6809 interpreter/simulator.
I can't seem to find any books or other information on writing hardware
simulators in software for the above chip over here, so could I put an
entry on your BB to appeal for info?
Many Thanks...Jon Sturgeon
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 89 16:12 CST
From: <T8505011%TWNTUCC1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Find anti-virus programs
Dear networker:
Recently, I got several copies of different virus detection programs
found that three viruses exist on my harddisk and are probably messing
with my programs. Could anyone tell me how to get rid of these viruses
and how to find anti-virus programs. The viruses I found are as follows:
1. Stoned virus in partition table (detected by SCAN.EXE 0.39V29)
2. Jerusalem virus - version A
3. Jerusalem virus - version B
Although these three viruses haven't caused any demage to me, I do not like
them living on my system.
THANKS VERY MUCH!
Y.H. Chen
T8505011@TWNTUCC1.BITNET
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Date: 20 Oct 89 10:39:00 PDT
From: <mcconkeml%amsp7.decnet@p5.ams.wpafb.af.mil>
Subject: Graphics format conversions
Does anyone know of any software that will convert GIF/PCX/PIC/IMG files
to CGM files or SYM files for Harvard Graphics? I am interested in
commercial, shareware, public domain, or something developed by some govt
computer center. I was told of a piece of commercial software called
HiJaak from InSet Systems but the phone number is disconnected.
Thanks.
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 13:08:41 CET
From: AGIANOLI%ESTEC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: help with interrupts
Has anybody ever tried writing an interrupt handler connected to one of
the 'reserved' interrupts on the slave 8259a PIC of a 286 ?
No problem for the handler, actually, but I cannot manage to activate it.
The address in the interrupt vector table is ok, I also tried enabling all
the interrupts on the slave 8259a but when I send pulses nothing happens.
I tried already with a handler for int. 60h, which is a software
interrupt, and when I call this one with an 'int 60' instruction, it works
fine.
Any help is greately appreciated.
Alberto...
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* ALBERTO GIANOLIO ** AGIANOLI@ESTEC.BITNET ** *
* THE EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (ESTEC) *
* NOORDWIJK - THE NETHERLANDS *
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Date: Thu Oct 19 21:59:51 1989
From: gautier@lognet2.af.mil (SrA Richard A. Gautier)
Subject: MSDOS 4.0 and Formatting Lg Disk Drives
I have a freind who purchasd MSDOS 4.0, and is having a hard time
formatting a 40 Mbyte Hard Disk Drive. Does anyone have any ideas as to
what might be the problem... Mistakes you've made, bugs(?) in 4.0,
etc...?
Thanks,
Rich
Alternate address: <gautier@lognet2.arpa>
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 17:25:00 EDT
From: Jim Shanesy <JSHANESY%NAS.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: PC LAN accounts payable info requested
We are looking for a pc lan based accounts payable and purchase order
system for our company. We currently have the Computer Associates general
ledger running on an IBM 4381 mainframe but will be migrating down to PCs
(hopefully) within the next two to three years. In the meantime we'd like
to automate our accounts payable and purchasing operations using our
existing lan and IBM PCs. We're running Novell on IBM Token Ring with
about 1300 machines bridged together. There would probably be about 10-20
simultaneous users at any one time from the accounts payable, purchasing,
and user offices.
Our transaction volume is approximately 500 Purchase orders/month 3000
Invoice vouchers/month.
Is anyone aware of other companies with volume similar or greater than
this that have automated any of their accounting using pc-based lan
systems?
I have the feeling we're venturing into somewhat unchartered territory on
this and would greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me in
locating companies. Thanks in advance.
Rob Main
National Academy of Sciences
<RMAIN@NAS>
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 09:29:01 PDT
From: Tigger <GREG%POMONA.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: NJE on a PC
Does anyone out there know of a product that implements IBM's NJE protocol
on a PC or PComatible (to steal Jerry's term)? For those who are not
familiar, NJE is the protocol used by BITNET. Thanks in advance.
Greg Orman
Systems Manager GREG@POMONA.BITNET
Seaver Academic Computing Services
Pomona College
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 3:19:03 CDT
From: david@wubios.WUstl.EDU (David J. Camp)
Subject: Removing write-protect tabs
Does anyone know an easy way to remove the write-protect tabs on 3.5"
diskettes, leaving them permanently write-protected? This seems like a
reasonable first-thing-to-do with new distribution diskettes. I have done
it to one diskette, and I wound up damaging the plastic package. I see
that IBM has done it on the PS/2 Reference Diskette. Thank you for your
ideas.
-David-
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 89 17:59:00 MET
From: ACEVERJ%HUTRUU0.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: The long way to CompuServe ... from Holland
After acquiring a VGA-equipped Laser AT, my interest in picture viewing
increased astronomically. So, I browsed around in the Archives, finding
some GIF pictures and playing around with them and the viewing/conversion
programs for 'em.
Somewhere I found a line about "zillions of GIF files on CompuServe". Now
this may be an awfully stupid question, but how do I get to them? I'm in
Holland, on EARN/BITNET, and have absolutely NO idea how to go about this.
Is some kind of membership involved, is downloading possible, etc. etc.?
Any and all help would be *most* appreciated.
Note: the only way I can get to the Archives is by sending commands to a
Trickle server. Could I get to CompuServe that way? No "anonymous FTP"-
ing for me.
Regards,
Jaap Verhage <ACEVERJ@HUTRUU0.BITNET>
Jaap Verhage, Academic Computer Centre, State University at Utrecht, Holland.
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 15:33:57 WUT
From: Gerhard Gonter <ABELE%AWIWUW11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: MAC <--> IBM-PC via SCSI ?
Does anybody have experience with a Macintosh - IBM-PC connection using a
SCSI-Bus-System ?
Any ideas are appreciated
Gerhard Gonter
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 89 19:45:27 -0900
From: <FSAPM%ALASKA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: PD data/programs for Stock Market analysis
I am interested in any public domain data or programs associated with the
U.S. stock markets for a project I am currently working on. I figure that
something has to be available through the network, but thus far all my
attempts have come up empty handed. Any help you could give would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanx in advance!
FSAPM@ALAKSA
Aaron Morse
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 89 16:34:27 EST
From: DJEX@LL.LL.MIT.EDU
Subject: Request for Ethernet/PC-Network gateway info
I am looking for a gateway which will go between the IBM PC Network and
an Ethernet running either TCP/IP or NFS. The Gateway will hopefully
allow for Telnet sessions as well as the basic FTP file transfer sessions.
I have two networks (1 Sun and 1 IBM) and I would like to have them capable
of exchanging files, but for the IBM to be able to log on to the Suns.
Any help will be appreciated -- Thanks in advance.
Dan Enxing <djex@ll.ll.mit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 4 OCT 89 10:46:16 GMT
From: ZDEE676%elm.cc.kcl.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK
Subject: Dr Halo and laser printers
I'm using the program Dr Halo III, and I would like to be able to print
to a file so that I can print out pictures on a laser printer on
another computer. There appears to be no facility to do this from the
program. Can anybody tell me if the is a PD or Shareware program available
to intercept printer output and put it into a file?
Thank, John Burton
zdee676@elm.cc.kcl.ac.uk
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Date: Fri 3 Nov 89 02:11:19-EST
From: Paul W. Sparks <PSPARKS@A.ISI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Milli-Second timer on XT/AT
FELLOW NETLANDERS.......
HELP!! A few months back there was a lively discussion about
how to programmatically `build' a start/stop timer in an XT or AT
(Z248 ??). I diligently hard copied those discussions, and filed them
along with other most prized written stuff. One re-arranging/cleaning
session in those shelves in and around my computer. Now I can find
absolutely NOTHING that I so carefully filed away. I would be extremely
grateful if those of you who provided some of those programs would kindly
E-Mail a copy of them to me. I am immediately interested in programs
written in Basic/Turbo-Basic. I need to be able to start the clock
by the program `reading' some inputted ascii character, stop the clock
by a keyboard press, note the elapsed time to 1 milli-second accuracy.
Store the elapsed time, reset the timer, and start the sequence again.
I will be very appreciative of your replies and responces.
Thanks in advance.......Paul
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 21:54 MDT
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Analyst's Tool Kit uploaded to SIMTEL20
[--forwarded message--]
From: mschwartz@mmc.com (Michael Schwartz)
I have uploaded Analyst's Tool Kit, which is a basic set of data flow
diagram manipulation tools, to SIMTEL20 directory PD1:<MSDOS.FLOWCHART>.
It consists of several separate archives.
ATKBASE.ARC: The base archive. Binaries for all machine types.
ATKDOC.ARC: Documentation for all machine types.
ATKSAMPL1.ARC: Samples which go with the tutorial
ATKSAMPL2.ARC: Another sample project
ATKIBM.ARC: Graphics Editor and other binaries
particular to the IBMPC and compatibles.
ATKZ100.ARC: The Graphics Editor for the Zenith Z100
The main README file is provided in ATKDOC. A tutorial-style DOCUMENT
is also provided in ATKDOC.
Archive listings and details are provided below:
================================================================
Archive: ATKBASE.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
-------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- ---
ANAL.EXE 60573 Crunched 43139 29% 01-23-89 22:49:46 3F91
ATTACH.EXE 14437 Crunched 11721 19% 12-19-88 23:01:36 930D
CONFIG.GED 699 Crunched 399 43% 03-22-89 22:19:36 5A15
CONFIG.RG 158 Crunched 117 26% 10-17-88 20:40:38 EAB5
DDBUILD.EXE 33961 Crunched 25460 26% 01-23-89 22:28:54 614E
DDEVAL.EXE 34641 Crunched 25160 28% 01-23-89 22:29:26 8963
GEDPS.EXE 33013 Crunched 25451 23% 01-25-89 23:32:22 038F
GEDPS.PS 5318 Crunched 2754 49% 09-11-89 21:21:18 B74E
RG.EXE 21097 Crunched 17301 18% 01-31-89 21:19:48 1B6F
---- ------ ------ -----
0009 203897 151502 26%
Archive: ATKDOC.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
-------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- ---
DOCUMENT 54457 Squashed 21013 62% 01-23-89 23:11:38 EB26
GEDPS.BWR 1000 Crunched 702 30% 01-22-89 20:39:52 0099
README 4733 Crunched 2828 41% 09-11-89 22:02:52 B03A
---- ------ ------ -----
0003 60190 24543 60%
Archive: ATKSAMP1.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
-------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- ---
-.DFD 997 Crunched 679 32% 12-11-86 20:14:30 DC14
0.DFD 1237 Crunched 783 37% 12-11-86 20:13:02 9CD0
0.PS 7180 Crunched 3905 46% 01-23-89 23:47:14 6063
02.DFD 1065 Crunched 706 34% 02-05-87 21:22:32 07A9
02.PS 6814 Crunched 3675 47% 01-23-89 23:47:26 8E88
CONTEXT.PS 6946 Crunched 3723 47% 01-23-89 23:46:52 B539
---- ------ ------ -----
0006 24239 13471 45%
Archive: ATKSAMP2.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
-------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- ---
-.DFD 1121 Crunched 724 36% 01-25-89 20:57:30 9592
0.DFD 1986 Crunched 1130 44% 01-31-89 21:22:50 9A45
01.DFD 1179 Crunched 724 39% 01-25-89 21:33:14 8C39
02.DFD 1167 Crunched 731 38% 01-25-89 21:19:36 B0A8
04.DFD 1323 Crunched 819 39% 01-25-89 21:24:06 4995
042.DFD 1280 Crunched 788 39% 02-01-89 23:04:44 2B9E
05.DFD 1506 Crunched 923 39% 01-31-89 21:23:34 AE06
DATA.DCT 1925 Crunched 1020 48% 10-07-89 23:12:14 22DC
---- ------ ------ -----
0008 11487 6859 41%
Archive: ATKIBM.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
-------- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ---- ---
ALT.GED 807 Crunched 493 39% 01-29-89 22:00:24 F434
GED.EXE 83171 Squashed 64207 23% 01-29-89 22:00:52 1F45
KEYCHK.EXE 7221 Crunched 5969 18% 10-14-88 00:05:02 F70F
MSHERC.COM 6749 Crunched 4862 28% 03-07-88 05:10:00 7E74
PS.EXE 10837 Crunched 9052 17% 09-11-89 21:52:32 D90B
---- ------ ------ -----
0005 108785 84583 23%
Archive: ATKZ100.ARC
Filename Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC
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GEDZ.EXE 69781 Squashed 46537 34% 03-05-87 21:01:36 E25A
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0001 69781 46537 34%
I am currently running Chinook, so this version should be preferred
over any others that have been uploaded.
I expect a major update in 6-9 months.
Thanks,
Michael
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Thanks, Mike!
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@smoke.brl.mil, w8sdz@sadis01.af.mil
w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil, w8sdz@eddie.mit.edu, w8sdz@unix.secs.oakland.edu
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1989 15:17 MDT
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: MUSH v5.7 MSDOS<->Unix uucp email uploaded to SIMTEL20
I have uploaded the following files to SIMTEL20 directory
PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>
MUSH57DC.ARC MSDOS<->Unix uucp email, documentation, 1 of 3
MUSH57EX.ARC MSDOS<->Unix uucp email, executables, 2 of 3
MUSH57SR.ARC MSDOS<->Unix uucp email, C source code, 3 of 3
This is the popular "MUSH" mailer, ported to MSDOS. The user must
also have UUPC (uucp for MSDOS) running. UUPC is available from the
same directory as INTERIM.ARC.
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@smoke.brl.mil, w8sdz@sadis01.af.mil
w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil, w8sdz@eddie.mit.edu, w8sdz@unix.secs.oakland.edu
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1989 12:02 MDT
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: VUGIF190.ARC - CGA/EGA/MCGA/VGA/HERC/ATT/DEB GIFviewer v1.90
[--forwarded message--]
From: ihuxy!vgopal@arpa.att.com
I have uploaded VUGIF version 1.90 to SIMTEL20.
<msdos.gif>
VUGIF190.ARC CGA/EGA/MCGA/VGA/HERC/ATT/DEB GIFviewer v1.90
Version 1.90 comes with supervga drivers and fast auto-scaling
capabilities.
Venu
Thanks, Venu!
--Keith
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