[comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest] Info-IBMPC Digest V89 #50

Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (05/06/89)

Info-IBMPC Digest           Sat,  6 May 89       Volume 89 : Issue  50

Today's Editor:
         Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <COMFLEACT@Taegu-EMH1.army.mil>

Today's Topics:
                             Day of week
                    256 Color .GIF files, anyone
                          Good Math Packages
               Hercules Mouse Driver, INT 10, and Graphics
                           PK's ZIP program
         Quick reference list to Simtel20's MSDOS directories
                        Simtel20 ftp (3 msgs)

Today's Queries:
                                 Fax
                       Program Standardization
                    Passing Parameters to BAT files
                Help with overhead projection systems
               TSR for Periodic execution of a Function
              info needed on Zeos & Northgate 386 Clones
              Linking TurboC programs with MSC libraries
                  LOGITECH Mouse Programmers manual
                Print screen with Postscript printers
                          TurboC and malloc
              Ventura Publisher 1.1 and 8087 coprocessor
                                Wendin
                 Xebec 1420 Controller Documentation

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Date: Tue, 2 May 89 11:43:43 CDT
From:    Thomas Joseph Dwyer III <DWYERIII%MTUS5.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Day of week

Here's a nifty trick I found for getting the day of the week for a given
date.  The trick is to let DOS do the work.  Just save today's date,
replace it with the date in question, and then ask DOS what day it is.
The DOS service 2Ah returns the day of the week in the DL register.  Don't
forget to put today's date back though.  :-)  One limitation for this is
the fact that the PC cannot have a date before 01-01-80 in the real time
clock.

Thomas Dwyer III                            DWYERIII @ MTUS5.BITNET
Consultant                                  TOMIII   @ MTUS5.BITNET
Academic Computing Services
Michigan Technological University
434 E. Wadsworth Hall
Houghton, MI  49931-1193
(906) 487-1053

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Date: Tue, 02 May 89 17:15:41 EDT
From: Weng Loh <LKOKWENG%SBCCVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Re: 256-Color .GIF files, anyone?

On Sun, 30 Apr 89 20:06:17 BST <Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> said:
>Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 21:37:23 EDT
>From: The Time Traveler <HE891C%GWUVM.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
>
>I'm trying to start a collection of MCGA 256-color .GIF files.  I know
>that CompuServe has the main collection, but I don't have access to
>CompuServe.  Those that have any, could you please send them to me?  I
>already have CLOWN and PARROT from Simtel-20.  I'd also be happy to send
>any I have to anyone.  Thanx in advance.
>

A large collection (several megabytes worth) of GIF files are available by
anonymous ftp from the following places:

  hubcap.clemson.edu (192.5.219.1)
  surya.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.72) and
  uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.54)

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Date: 3 May 89 09:02:24 PDT (Wed)
From: brian@motodog.sjc.csd.mot.COM (Brian Smithson)
Subject: Re: good math packages

A recent issue of PC Magazine reviewed a number of math packages.
Top-rated for interactive "blackboard"-type of work was MathCAD.
Top-rated for programmable work was Gauss.  Check out the reviews.  Both
packages are quite impressive, but you should carefully select the one
that best suits your needs.

-Brian Smithson, Motorola Inc., Computer Systems Division
 10700 N. De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014 USA, (408)864-2225
 brian@csd.mot.com, {apple, pyramid, hplabs!hpda}!motcsd!brian

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Date: Wed May 03 09:20:36 1989
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil>
Subject: Re: Hercules Mouse Driver, INT 10, and Graphics...

<ROME%ATF.MFENET@CCC.MFECC.LLNL.GOV> provided some discussion regarding
this in Digest V89 #48.  James R. Van Zandt <jrv@mbunix.mitre.org> provided
additional information provided by other sources around the net (See V89 #49).

  I contacted MS and was put in touch with the Hardware Support Department
and was provided the following information regarding the problem of mouse
drivers, INT 10 and programming the mouse for Hercules graphics mode.  He
also provided a small fragment of code that should show the mouse cursor
as well as printing the coordinates.  Unfortunately, I can't test this
because, to date, I don't have a mouse.  (My wife doesn't want me to buy
one yet...  Someday...)

An update to the Microsoft Mouse Programmer's Reference Guide is currently
available (from MS Press) which includes additional mouse driver functions
calls (35 in all) and examples for current Microsoft compilers (C 5.1,
QuickBasic 4.5, MASM 5.1).

With respect to Hercules graphics programming, the mouse driver supports
this mode. The steps include:

1. putting the Herc in graphics mode,

2. poking 6 in 40:49h, 

3. calling mouse function 0.

[The above was also discussed in Info-IBMPC Digest V89 #49 by Jim Van Zandt]

The following is an example using MS C 5.1, which will display the default
graphics cursor and display coordinates 720x348 (upon a left button
presses):

/*
hercmou: Show the mouse cursor in Herc graphics mode
         and print cursor coordinates.

Compile/Link Steps:
1. cl /c hercmou.c;
2. link hercmou,,,mouse.lib slibcer.lib;

Load Steps:
1. Run MSHERC.COM
2. Run hercmou.exe
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <graph.h>

#define LeftButton 1
#define RightButton 2

main()
{
  int m1, m2, m3, m4;              /* mouse parameters */

  *((int far *)0x00400049L) = 6;   /* poke 6 in 40:49h */

  m1 = 0;                          /* reset mouse */
  cmouses(&m1, &m2, &m3, &m4);
  _setvideomode(_HERCMONO);        /* Set video mode */
  m1 = 1;                          /* show mouse */
  cmouses(&m1, &m2, &m3, &m4);
  do {
     m1 = 3;                       /* get mouse status */    
     cmouses(&m1, &m2, &m3, &m4);
     if (m2 == LeftButton)
       {
        _settextposition(1,1);     /* print coordinates */
        printf("xcoord = %d   ycoord = %d   ",m3,m4);
       }
    }
  while(m2 != RightButton);       /* quit if right button*/
  _setvideomode(_DEFAULTMODE);    /* restore screen */
}                                 /* end hercmou */

With respect to using the mouse driver in extended int10h modes because
the driver does not support these modes, developers wishing to use them
should devise their own cursor drawing routine (via setting the mouse
drivers hardware subroutine (mouse function 20)) else as noted, non
supported modes may result in unpredictable results.

MS Hardware Support

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Date: Tue, 02 May 89 13:13:11 -0400
From: "J.Chester" <jchester@note.nsf.gov>
Subject: PK's ZIP program

The Time Traveler <HE891C%GWUVM.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
asked in Issue #48 whether PKZIP would "unarc .ARC files".  To my
surprise, the answer seems to be "No".   I tried recently to expand a file
compressed with PKARC using PKZIP and couldn't do it.  A quick search
through the documentation for mention of ARC yielded nothing.  I had to
download a copy of PK361.EXE to replace the PKUNPAK I'd deleted on the
blithe assumption that Katz' new program would be backwards compatible.

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Date: Tue, 2 May 1989  12:36 MDT
From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Quick reference list to Simtel20's MSDOS directories

Quick reference list to SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.x> directories
as of May 2, 1989 (where 'x' is one of the names below):

ADA           DESKACCESS    KA9Q-TCPIP    PCIP          STARTER
APL           DESKPUB       KERMIT        PCMAG         SURFMODL
ARC-LBR       DESQVIEW      KEYBOARD      PCMAIL        SYSUTL
ARCNET-PCIP   DIRUTL        LAN           PCPURSUIT     TELIX
ASMUTL        DISASM        LAPTOP        PCRESOURCE    TELNET
AT            DSKUTL        LISP          PCTECH        TEX
AUTOCAD       EDITOR        LOTUS123      PIBTERM       TROJAN-PRO
AWK           EDUCATION     MAC           PILOT         TURBO-C
BASIC         EEL           MAPPING       PLOT          TURBOBAS
BATUTL        EGA           MATH          PREPROCESS    TURBOPAS
BBS           EMULATORS     MAX           PRINTER       TXTUTL
BBSLISTS      FIDO          MEMACS        PROCOMM       UUCP
BIBLE         FILEDOCS      MENU          PRODIGY       VENTURA
BORLAND       FILUTL        MICROCORN     PROGJOURN     VGA
BYTEMAG       FLOWCHART     MODEM         PROLOG        VOICE
C             FORMGEN       MODULA2       QBASIC        WORLDMAP
CAD           FORTH         MOUSE         QMODEM        X-10
CALCULATOR    FORTRAN       MSJOURNAL     RBBS-PC       XLISP
CATALOG       FOSSIL        MSWINDOWS     SCREEN        XPC
CIS           FREEMACS      MUSIC         SMALL-C       ZIP
COMPATIBLES   GENIE         NCSATELNET    SMALLTALK     ZMODEM
COMPUTE-PC    GIF           NETWORK       SNOBOL4       ZOO
CROSSASM      GRAPH         OPUS          SPREADSHEET
CROSSREF      GRAPHICS      PACKET        SPRINT
DATABASE      HAMRADIO      PASCAL        SQ-USQ
DDJMAG        HYPERTEXT     PC-JR         STARLINK

See PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME for details on file directories
and descriptions.

--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of Simtel20's CP/M, MSDOS, and MISC archives
Internet: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.2.0.74]
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

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Date: 4 May 89 08:09:00 EST
From: "NJITX::HXN8477" <hxn8477%njitx.decnet@njitc.njit.edu>
Subject: Simtel20 ftp

I have been able to ftp ascii files from simtel20.  However, I have not
been able to ftp any .arc file.  The sequence I use is this:

1) After logging in, I type:  type tenex

2) I change directory to pd1:<msdos.x>

2) I ftp an .arc file to my machine (vax 8530 running ultrix)

3) I move the .arc file with kermit from the vax to my pc

4) I try to de'arc' the file with PKXARC but I always get:
        Warning! file xxx fails CRC check.

and if the .arc file contains text, the output file from PKXARC would
have only a few readable lines then garbage to the end.  If the file
is a program, e.g. .exe file, I try to run it but the system crashes and
I don't recover until I turn OFF and then ON again the pc.

Can somebody tell me what is wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

      "The only stupid question is the one that is never asked."
______________________________________________________________________________
|Hamed Nassar               |Internet  : hxn8477%njitx.decnet@njitc.njit.edu |
|EE Department              |UUCP      : bellcore!argus!mars!nancy           |
|NJ Institute of Technology |CompuServe: 74000,130                           |
|Newark, NJ 07102           |Fidonet   : 1:107/701                           |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 89 23:53:05 GMT
From: SI-7AF <SI-7AF@SEOUL-EMH1.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: VAX FTP Problems

Hello all,

Read with interest the comments about doing ftp's from a VAX machine to
Simtel20. I have access to a VAX machine at Hickam AFB and have done quite
a bit of transfer work with binary files. The folks at Hickam asked me for
a description of how I did it so they could "educate" the other users
there so I captured the sequence to a file and sent it to them. There does
seem to be one "odd" thing about it, the file greater than 32KBytes error
that was mentioned also nails me unless I "kick" the system with a
keyboard input that generates an error reply. For some reason the quote
"type l 8" doesn't work unless it is preceeded by nothing more than the
word binary whick generates the error (see my sequence below).

Haven't tried to experiment further but almost think that any change that
would generate an error would get the two systems to talk properly. There
is a note in the Simtel20 PD1:<MISC> directory about the VAX tenex not
working properly and I found this to be the case on the Hickam-EMH.

- - - - - - - - - Sample VAX FTP Connection Follows - - - - - - - - - - -

$ ftp wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
hickam-emh.arpa Wollongong FTP User Process (Version 3.2)
 Connection Opened
 Using 8-bit bytes.
<WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL FTP Server Process 5Z(61)-7 at Wed 29-Mar-89 20:27-MST
Name (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:osanddn): anonymous
<ANONYMOUS user ok, send real ident as password.
Password (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:anonymous):
<User ANONYMOUS logged in at Wed 29-Mar-89 20:27-MST, job 24.
*binary
<Type I - WARNING: for 8-bit binary files, use TYPE L 8 or TENEX - ok.
*quote "type l 8"
<Type L bytesize 8 ok.
*hash on
On
$ get pd1:<msdos>msdosidx.arc msdosidx.arc
<Port 17.85 at host 26.16.0.100 accepted.
<Retrieve of PD1:<MSDOS>MSDOSIDX.ARC.67 started.
###############################################
66216 bytes in 656 seconds--800 bps
<Transfer completed. 66216 (8) bytes transferred.
*quit
exit
$ @B O S
@B I S
kermit
VMS Kermit-32 version 3.2.077
Default terminal for transfers is: _NTY4:
Kermit-32>set file type binary
Kermit-32>send msdosidx.arc;1
Kermit-32>exit
$

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - End Sample Connection - - - - - - - - - -

Hope this does it for you...

Hugh Preston
si-7af@Seoul-EMH1.Army.Mil
OSANDDN@Hickam-EMH.arpa

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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1989  02:01 MDT
From: "Frank J. Wancho" <WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: VAX FTP Problems

>    There does seem to be one "odd" thing about it, the file greater than
>32KBytes error that was mentioned also nails me unless I "kick" the system
>with a keyboard input that generates an error reply. For some reason the
>quote "type l 8" doesn't work unless it is preceeded by nothing more than
>the word binary which generates the error (see my sequence below).

>Hugh,

The reason you *must* give the binary command is because it preconditions
your ftp program to create the receiving file as a binary, rather than
ASCII or some other format file.  The "error" message you get from the
SIMTEL20 end is nothing more than a warning message - a reminder, if you
will - that the command our FTP server just received is possibly
inappropriate for the transfer about to occur.  It won't prevent the
transfer in that mode.  But, because the binary command sent a TYPE I
command to our end, which, to this machine, means the same as TYPE L 36,
our server would not send you the bits you expected - you would get all 36
bits - nine 8-bit bytes out of each pair of 36-bit words:

       8       8       8       8       8       8       8       8       8
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000
       8       8       8       8           8       8       8       8

instead of just the first four 8-bit bytes out of each 36-bit word in the
file.  The BINTNXVMS program (source in <ANONYMOUS>BINTNXVMS.* here) may
be used to post-process files transferred that way into the correct
format.

However, to eliminate that extra post-processing step and to correct what
we would otherwise send you, you must send that quote "type l 8" command,
and we send you the expected first four 8-bit bytes out of our 36-bit
words.

Some user ftp implementations have an equivalent command, named tenex,
which is the same as the binary command in preconditioning the file
creation mode.  The important difference is that the tenex command
correctly sends us the TYPE L 8 command instead of the TYPE I command.
Unfortunately, there are some incorrect implementations of the tenex
command which send TYPE L 32, and that won't produce the desired results
either (and a similar warning message).  Just send the quote "type l 8"
command at that point and you should get the expected and correct results.

Hope that explains the "kick."

--Frank

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Date: Tue, 2 May 89 14:27:57 EDT
From: kaplan%fantasy@cs.umass.edu (Alan Kaplan)
Subject: Fax

Does anyone know about the availability of software and/or hardware that
allows one to send to a fax or recieve from a fax using your PC?

Thanks,

Alan Kaplan
Dept. Of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
Amherst, MA 01002

CSNET:   kaplan@cs.umass.edu
BITNET:  akaplan@umass

[Try looking in the April 11, '89 (V8 #11) issue of PC Magazine.  They
'review' "15 FAX boards that really work"  (Their words, not mine)...
gph]

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Date: Wed, 3 May 89 18:12:46 CDT
From: "Michael J. Steiner" <U23405%UICVM.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject:  Program Standardization

I was just thinking about how there is so much software out there
(including both shareware and commercial software). It seems to me that
there is a lot of duplication of effort, and maybe more standardization is
necessary.

(One of the main reasons why I prefer mainframes to PC's is that I don't
have to spend years trying to find out which product is "best". :-))

Does anyone have any comments about this?

Michael Steiner
U23405@UICVM.BITNET
or UICVM.UIC.EDU

Disclaimer:  I'm only an undergrad.

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Date: Tue, 2 May 89 20:30:53 EST
From:  Franz-Werner Gergen <GERGEN%DS0MPI11.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Passing Parameters to BAT files

I am working on a  PS2 Model 60 with IBM PC DOS 3.30.  I  want to pass a
string like <key>=<value> to a bat-file but there arise a problem doing
this: Typing <bat-file> <key>=<value>, the %1 parameter is <key> and the
%2 parameter is <value> during execution of <bat-file>.  But I need that
the %1 parameter is <key>=<value>.

Does anybody know how I can get this result?

Thanks,
       Franz-Werner Gergen.

/*   EXAMPLE  */

C>type dummy.bat
echo off
echo The first  parameter is: %1
echo The second parameter is: %2
C>dummy option=value
The first  parameter is: option
The second parameter is: value

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Date: Tue, 2 May 89 11:50 CDT
From: <JLS%TNTECH.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> (Joel L. Seber ... CH227)
Subject: Help with overhead projection systems

Our local users group is interested in buying an overhead projection
system capable of 16 color representation (true color if possible) and at
least EGA capability.  Please send any comments, reviews, etc. to the
address below.  I would really appreciate it.

Joel L. Seber
Microcomputer Specialist
D.W. Mattson Computer Center
Tennessee Technological University

jls@tntech.bitnet

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Date: Thu, 04 May 89 10:09:07 ITA
From: Alessandro Russo <ALEX17%IPVIAN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: TSR for Periodic execution of a Function

I have a problem with the machine code of ibm pc.

I want to build a terminate-and-stay-resident program which uses the int
1c calls generated by the system clock (generally the only instruction for
int 1c is iret) to do something periodically.

I test the system clock and then, say every minute, I want to execute some
code. The problem is this: while I'm executing my code, obviously the
clock ticks continue to go, so int 1c is again generated, and the computer
stops.  I have tried to fix this by redefining int 1c to iret before
running my code, and then reredefining it to my code before my code itself
ends. This works fine, but.......  only for a short time!

 All things work fine, my code runs regularly, other activities of the
computer do the same, but after a short period, which is not always equal,
the computer stops. I have tried with cli and sti, with no results. Is
there anyone who knows what to do?

I suspect that it's a stack problem (I use the stack in my code to save
all registers), but I couldn't fix it.  I can give you the code, if
requested.

best regards
Alessandro Russo

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Date: Mon, 1 May 89 09:43 EST
From: "S Triantafyllopoulos" <SPIROS%RCSMST%gmr.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: info needed on Zeos & Northgate 386 Clones

Hello NetPeople!

I am about to buy a 386 clone (16 or 20 mhz, NO SX :-)) from either
Northgate or Zeos. Both machines have got pretty good reviews from the
literature, and prices are similar (Zeos' cheaper actually).

Do you have any experience with either company's products? Positive or
negative, I'd appreciate any info you can send.

Thank you in advance,
Spiros 

(Spiros @ GMR.COM, spiros%gmr.com@relay.cs.net, strianta@killer.uucp,
striantafyll%kosds1.gm@hac2arpa.hac.com, "Yo Spiros" (voice)

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Date: Wed, 03 May 89 08:23:52 EDT
From: "Roberto A. Banos Alvarez" <PP205138%TECMTYVM@icsa.rice.edu>
Subject: Linking TurboC programs with MSC libraries

Does anybody know how to link some MSC libraries (.LIB files) with a
TurboC or TurboPascal program?

I'd appreciate any help.

Roberto A. Banos
PP205138@TECMTYVM.Bitnet

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Date: Tue,  2 May 89 18:31:10 CDT
From: "Brian Frost AKA SnowMan" <BEFHELP@star.tamu.edu>
Subject: LOGITECH Mouse Programmers manual

In one of the latest issues of PC digest, there was made note of a
programers guide for the LOGITECH Mouse.  Could someone send me
information on this manual.  I just recently got the new LOGITECH Mouse
for my system and would like to write some programs that will be able to
use the mouse.  I will probably be using it from Turbo Pascal V4.0.

Thanks in advance.
Brian Frost
AVS User Consultant

BEFHELP@VENUS.TAMU.EDU Internet
BEFHELP@TAMVENUS       BITNet

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Date: 3 May 89   16:59 CDT
From: Larry Eyberger <B27253%ANLNESC.BITNET@UICVM.uic.edu>
Subject: Print screen with Postscript printers

I have an APPLE Laserwriter IINT attached to an IBM PS/2 Model 70
computer.  I would like to be able to dump the contents of the screen to
the printer, but since the IINT accepts only postscript files, the
Shift-Print Screen does not work.  Does anyone know of a utility (or
another way) that would accomplish this?  Also, does anyone know how to do
a "print screen" to a disk file?  Thank you!

[One way to do a PRT-SC to a disk file is to use a program similar to
SNIPPV12, available as file pd1:<msdos.screen>SNIPPV12.ARC and TELEPORT,
also available from PD1:<MSDOS.SCREEN>TELEPORT.ARC Another way, although I
don't remember the issue number, is to use a program similar to the one
published in PC Magazine last year that allows you to capture a screen to
a file for documentation purposes.  gph]

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Date: Tue, 2 May 89 12:37:10 EST
From: Christopher M Sedore <RSCMS@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU>
Subject: TurboC and malloc

  I'd like to know if anyone has had a problem with TurboC 2.0 and malloc.
I am writing a memory manager as a project, and discovered that malloc was
actually giving me part of the used data seg as my heap.  This proved to
be a pain since my program, assuming the memory was free, overwrote the
part of the data seg with my prompts and such in it.  I did get away from
the problem by switching from the SMALL model to the MEDIUM model, though.
But I checked everything I could and it seemed to indicate that malloc
took space that it shouldn't have.

I'd be glad for any hints as to why it does this, or to know if this is a
bug, that others have seen/experienced.

Chris Sedore <RSCMS@SUVM>

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Date: Wed, 03 May 89 14:11:11 BST
From: THRA004%MVS.ULCC.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Ventura Publisher 1.1 and 8087 coprocessor

Has anyone out there tested the effect, on the performance of Ventura 1.1
running on an XT clone, of installing an 8087 co-processor?

I.e. does it speed up screen updating, make it worse, or make no
difference?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Christopher Currie

THRA004%uk.ac.ulcc.mvs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (internet)
THRA004%mvs.ulcc.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk (soon to go away);
THRA004%mvs.ulcc.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu (BITNET)

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Date: Tue, 02 May 89 18:40 CET
From: "N.Sommer" <VAL044%DD0RUD81.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Wendin

There is a cheap multiuser/multitasking OS called WENDIN DOS.  A test in a
german computermagazine was positive.  Any experiences with it on the net?

Norbert Sommer
Institut fzr Angewandte Physik
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet
D-4000 Duesseldorf 1 (GFR)
Bitnet: VAL044@DD0RUD81

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Date: TUE MAY 02, 1989 10.40.20 EST
From: "Ronald J. Hartranft" <RJH2%LEHIGH.BITNET@IBM1.CC.Lehigh.Edu>
Subject: Xebec 1420 Controller Documentation

   My son-in-law bought a Xebec Model 1420 SASI (SCSI?) Controller (floppy
and hard disk) at a computer fair, but didn't get any documentation.  If
you have any information, or can make a copy of the documentation
available, please let me know.  I would, of course, pay the cost of
copying and mailing.

From : Ronald J. Hartranft
       Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
       Lehigh University
       Packard Lab #19
       Bethlehem, Penn. 18015

       (215)758-4109

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