Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (12/01/88)
Info-IBMPC Digest Thu, 1 Dec 88 Volume: Issue 65
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea <COMFLEACT@Taegu-EMH1.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
Description of Files available from SIMTEL20
Turbo C Math Toolbox
C Math Toolbox
Downloading Fonts to a Hercules Card
Directory caching problem proposed solution
XXU.C
FTP at WSMR-Simtel20.army.mil (4 msgs)
MASM 5.0, SYMDEB bug? No!
Public Domain C++ Compilers
Satisfied customer of TRICKLE in Europe
Setup Program for AT-Compatible
SWEEP-like utility
Unhooking TSR's by poking into the Storage chain
Today's Queries:
Computer Game on Sailing ?
DOS output in Windows 2.03
QuickBasic 4.5
Software for designing "On-Call" schedules
New Programs Available:
A long list of New MSDOS uploads to SIMTEL20
pd1:<msdos.filedocs>simibm.arc
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1988 22:35 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Description of Files available from SIMTEL20
Now available via standard anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20...
Filename Type Bytes CRC
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE>
PCFILED.ARC.1 BINARY 214796 BA9FH <--documentation
PCFILEP.ARC.1 BINARY 254348 576CH <--programs
PCFILEU.ARC.1 BINARY 234412 4A26H <--utilities
These three ARCs contain Jim Button's PC-File+ version 2.0.
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>
NODESCR.IDX.3 ASCII 60598 FB9BH <-- Files not described
SIMIBM.ARC.6 BINARY 61148 FC76H
SIMIBM.IDX.8 ASCII 129710 0AF4H
FILDIF.ARC.1 BINARY 24240 2B53H
PD1:<MSDOS>FILES.IDX (updated daily, sometimes several times per day on
weekends) for a comma-delimited directory listing suitable for importing
into PC-File+. Also get MSDOS.HDR from the same directory.
FILDIF is a program for comparing a previous copy of PD1:<MSDOS>FILES.IDX
with a new copy. It displays the files added and deleted since you got the
older index. This is useful if you are trying to maintain an archive in
sync with SIMTEL20. It can generate output scripts for batch FTP process-
ing. This is a C-based [MicroSoft-C or Turbo-C] program to compare the
differences between two FILES.IDX files and generate a DELFILES.CMD and
GETFILES.CMD. Both DELFILES and GETFILES contain the original FILES.IDX
data-structure, but can be easily edited for further purposes.
FILDIF is a 'slightly' changed SRCDIF - and [since its pretty 'basic' and
relatively well structured] should be relatively easy portable.
SIMIBM.ARC contains the latest SIMIBM.HDR and SIMIBM.IDX.
SIMIBM.IDX is a comma-delimited listing of *many* of the SIMTEL20 MSDOS
files, complete with a one-line description for each file. This file is
suitable for importing into any database program that will accept comma-
delimited imports (sometimes called MailMerge format).
SIMIBM.HDR is a PC-File+ database definition header file.
NODESCR.IDX contains the remainder of the SIMTEL20 MSDOS file listings for
which there is currently no description. It too is in comma-delimited for-
mat.
--Keith Petersen
Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Uucp: {decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 88 14:13:11 IST
From: yaki avimor <MAR6000%TECHNION.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Turbo C Math Toolbox
Can someone up there recommend me about good C math toolbox for the turbo
C compiler? it should include routins for MATRIX hendling and linear EQ.
if someone has sources to share i'll be gratefull; thanks.
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 88 22:27:34 GMT
From: Gregory Hicks - COMFLEACT Chinhae <COMFLEACT@TAEGU-EMH1.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: C Math Toolbox
Borland also has a Turbo Numerical Toolbox that does what you want.
Disclaimer: Never used it myself, but one Operations Research colleague
uses it frequently. Also uses it doing Economic Models...
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 10:44 EST
From: <YAN%QCVAX.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Downloading Fonts to a Hercules Card
In volume 7, issue #55, Roy Tobin writes:
> My hercules display card (a cloney-clone MG-150) has no such utility to
> download fonts into my card. Does such a program exist?
No. The main reason why Roy's card didn't come with this kind of utility
is that his card can't use downloadable fonts. The MG-150 and most (all?)
other Hercules clones are clones of the original Hercules Graphics Card.
The so-called RAM FONT feature which is what lets you download a new font
to the video card is a feature of the Hercules Graphics Card Plus.
Thanks,
Yan Juras
Systems Programmer YAN@QCVAXA.BITNET
Queens College, CUNY, Academic Computer Center
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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 88 18:45:59 CST
From: B a l a <MKBALAJI%UMSVM.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: Directory caching problem proposed solution
The problem is not due to the DOS but the improper configuering of a
jumper in the floppy disk drive. I have had this kind of trouble with
5-1/4 on a AT. I think it will be the same with 3-1/2 too because the same
floppy disk controllers are capable of controlling the new 3-1/2 drives.
There is a jumper named DCG (Disk Change Jumper) which when improperly
configuered will mainfest as mentioned in Jacques's mail. If the jumper is
toggled the problem will vanish. There will normally be 3 pins of which 2
will be shorted by hardwired jumper or plastic (user configureble) jumper.
If I remember it right pins 2 and 3 will be shorted in your case. Remove
the jumper and put it in 1 and 2.
I hope that this is of some use.
/Bala/ Bitnet: MKBALAJI @ UMSVM
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Date: 28 November 88, 09:55:40 EST
From: <MTSJMC%GSUVM1.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: XXU.C
I've been reading in this list about XXU.C. I'd love a copy of the source
to compile on my system. I'm really a micro-oriented person, so a
reasonable facsimile of MS or Turbo C would really make my day.
Jeff Clough
Programmer
Georgia State University Computer Center
MTSJMC at GSUVM1
[It's at WMSR-Simtel20.army.mil in file PD2:<UNIX-C.UTILS>XXU.SHAR... ]
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Date: 26 Nov 88 15:54:46 gmt
From: D.Murphy%edinburgh.ac.uk@NSS.Cs.Ucl.AC.UK
Subject: File transfer from Simtel20
Amongst the information you sent me when adding my id to the distribution
list were instructions on how to access the PD archives held on simtel20,
with a note about preferential use of the European sites to cut down on
inter-continental mail. These instructions included examples from VMS,
UNIX and one or two others, however, not including the local system here.
I have contacted the local user support team who are not sure how to send
the listserv commands. Therefore:
1. Are the commands just sent embedded in MAIL messages? and
2. if not, can I access the archives via FTP initiated from this end?
Thanx,
MURFF....
<D.Murphy@uk.ac.edinburgh>
[1) Commands are sent TO Listserv@RPICICGE or to one of the European file
servers in a normal mail message. If you send the mail to RPICICGE, you
may get told to use a server located in Europe. Commands should be the
only text in the message. Listserv does not understand any other text, and
will flush any subsequent commands following the unrecognized text.
and 2) you CAN access the files at WSMR-Simtel20 by FTP from Europe, but
you may not want to due to the long distance charges...
gph]
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 14:18:05 EST
From: Stan McQueen <sem@mbunix.mitre.org>
Subject: FTP Problems at WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil
Like many others, I too am having trouble with file transfers. When I ftp
an ARC file, it seems to arrive garbled and I am unable to unARC it with
any program I have. I am using the binary option, but that doesn't seem to
help. Could anyone provide some hints? Also, at one time there was posted
a telephone number that could be called with a modem to download software.
Is that still available? I have used that approach successfully in the
past, but have lost the number.
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Stan McQueen | ARPANET: sem@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA |
| The MITRE Corporation | LOCAL: sem@mbunix |
| MS ON85 | |
| Burlington Rd. | |
| Bedford, MA 01730 | |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------+
[Did you set TYPE TENEX or TYPE LOCAL 8 or TYPE LOCAL?
TYPE TENEX or TYPE LOCAL 8 mean the same thing to you. TYPE LOCAL tells
your FTP to sort out the protocol with the transfer so that you get an ex-
act duplicate of the remote file...
The DLX BBS telephone number went the way of all unfunded resources. That
is, it no longer exists. that information is no longer in the Welcome mes-
sage. --gph]
[Just prior to mailing this digest, he sent a message to say that he used
TYPE TENEX and solved the problem.]
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1988 20:04 CST
From: John Ladwig <JLADWIG%UMINN1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: FTP problems at WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil
I'm having a dickens of a time accessing your file system.
I can log on to WSMR-SIMTEL20 just fine, and list or receive the directory
listings, but cannot seem to change directories, using either CD or CWD.
Two things happen when I try:
1). CD MSDOS.C - 501 No such directory - CWD
[You have to specify the complete path name as you did in the second
example -- PD1:<msdos.c>]
2). CD pd1:<MSDOS.C> - I am prompted for a password,
and my login ident does not do the trick.
[Keep supplying your login ident as you have been doing. Even though the
system says "password incorrect", the default directory HAS been changed
but you have READ-ONLY access.]
What am I doing wrong?
[Nothing... Just didn't try and check what directory you were connected
to...]
-.JML.-
JLADWIG@UMINN1.BITNET
@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 23:15 EST
From: <VY1922%BINGVAXA.BITNET@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu>
Subject: FTP Problems at WSMR-Simtel20.Army.Mil
I am having difficulty locating and accessing any the files at WSMR-
Simtel20. If you could, for the benefit of recent subscribers, please
describe how the files are reached from a VAX/VMS system.
Thanks in advance,
Rick Dickens
[You need to use your FTP process, LOGin as ANONYMOUS, PASSword
<your-name@your-host> (Any non-null string of about 6-8 characters
minimum will do though.) Unless you're on the internet though, FTP from
your site probably will not work. In this case, you can also use the file
server at RPICICGE. You should have received the Listserv instructions
when you signed up to the list, but if not, send me a note and I'll
forward the file. gph]
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 11:30 EST
From: <YAN%QCVAX.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: MASM 5.0, SYMDEB bug? No!
In Digest #47, David Kirschbaum asks:
> Can anyone tell me why the following code won't assemble/link correctly?
> I'm using MASM 5.0. The compiled code goes bad when testing BX, CX, DX
> for 0FFFFH (ends up with "-1").
and then:
> Gad, can't BELIEVE this! What's magic about 0FFFFH?
I wouldn't call it magic--it's just that 0FFFFh is the two's complement
representation for -1 (given a word size of 16 bits). Your code should
execute correctly, regardless of whether SYMDEB prints FFFF or -01 when
it shows a disassembly. (I'm not sure offhand whether the value -01 is
stored as a single byte or as a 16 bit word, but either way, the processor
should treat it as 0FFFFh, since the 0FFh would get sign-extended to
FFFFh.)
Yan Juras
YAN@QCVAXA.BITNET
Queens College, CUNY
Academic Computer Center
Systems Programmer
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 14:00:31 PDT
From: Robert Hodges <MAINT%UWAGEM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Public Domain C++ Compilers
I put in a request for public domain C++ compilers some time back
(August?), following which I left the country. There were a number of kind
replies, but most of them were from people who wanted to hear about the
said compiler, if discovered. As of this date, I *have not* heard of any
such compiler. The best (i.e., cheapest) seems to be the Zortech C++,
which is alleged to cost $99.
Robert Hodges (MAINT@UWAGEM.BITNET)
Gemini System Manager
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 12:58:32 MEZ
From: "Dr. Gregor Reich" <A8411DAA%AWIUNI11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Satisfied customer of TRICKLE in Europe
Hi,
to recent discussions on sucessfully contacting the TRICKLE-servers in
Europe I can add my own experience, and they are generally very good.
There are of course sometimes problems, partly from failing connections,
partly from load problems on the servers and sometimes also some bugs in
the TRICKLE-software. But overall I am very satisfied. A great number of
problems I have seen posted, result from the fact that the network backbone
are IBM machines with the famous EBCDIC characterset and PC software is AS-
CII.
Never the less, I was surprised to see files can be transferred as is and
be still readable as ASCII on my PC (I am connected with my PC to a IBM-
3081 with the VM operating system) when downloaded as "filemode binary" via
KERMIT.
Mostly I try the uuencoding which, after changing all exclamation marks to
vertical bars on the host, I can get them easy to my PC and they are all
working fine. I think it is a great service to us in Europe.
Thanks anyway.
Gregor Reich (A8411DAA @ AWIUNI11)
Institute for Analytical Chemistry University of
Vienna
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Date: 25 Nov 1988 09:20:27 CST
From: ATISD-DOOI@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA
Subject: Setup Program for AT-Compatible
> One of the people I support here at TTU has personally bought a
>system called an INFO-286 TURBO. It is IBM-AT compatible. He has
>also bought a hard drive to put into it, but needs a setup disk to
>configure his machine to understand that a hard drive has been
>installed.
> Can anyone help us?
I ran across a setup program (a program which modifies CMOS RAM)
called SETUP21.ARC. (Available on SIMTEL20 as
PD1:<MSDOS.AT>SETUP21.ARC). I use it often since the Z-248's
ROM-based setup program requires me to reboot. Hope this helps!
Mike Molloy
ATISD-DOOI@Gunter-Adam.arpa
512-652-6471 (AV487-6471)
HQ ATCD/XPXX
Randolph AFB, TX 78150-6343
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 13:16:21 MEZ
From: "Dr. Gregor Reich" <A8411DAA%AWIUNI11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: SWEEP-like utility
rpk @ goldhill.com (Robert Krajewski) has been asking for a utility like
SWEEP. I don't know it, but from his description I can recommend the
TURBO-POWER programmers utilities. One of them is REP (the command
repeater) and it can do really amazing things. The package costs as I
remember below $ 100. The address is
TurboPower Software
P.O. Box 66747
Scotts valley, CA 95066-0747
phone 408-438-8608
They advertise in Byte and other magazines. The software works great.
Gregor Reich (A8411DAA @ AWIUNI11)
Institute for Analytical Chemistry University of Vienna
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 17:25 EST
From: <YAN%QCVAX.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Unhooking TSR's by poking into the Storage chain
In Digest #49, Ya`akov Miles asks about a version independent method of
finding the location of the first DOS STORAGE BLOCK. I don't know of a
way to do this, but I will check around and see if I can find anything.
However, Ya`akov also makes the statement:
> Note that you can "unhook" terminate and stay resident programs by
> poking the word 0 into the storage block offset ds:1
This is not true! In fact, this is probably a good way to make your
machine crash in strange and wonderous ways. Let me explain:
In Ya`akov's example, DS is pointing to a DOS Memory Control Block (MCB),
which is a 16 byte header that immediately preceeds every memory block
that is allocated by DOS. DOS uses these MCB's, which effectively form a
chain, to keep track of what memory is being used by what program. The
structure of an MCB is as follows:
* The first byte contains either an 'M' or a 'Z'. An 'M' marks the MCB
as an ordinary MCB. A 'Z' marks the MCB as the last MCB of the chain.
* The next word (the one at DS:1 in Ya`akov's statement above) is used to
indicate what program owns the memory controlled by the MCB. It is set to
the PSP value of the program that owns the memory block. It is set to
zero to indicate that the block is free (ie: not in use by any program).
* The next word is the size, in paragraphs (1 paragraph=16 bytes), of the
controlled memory block. Note that the size of the MCB itself (1
paragraph) is not counted toward the size of the memory block.
* The remaining 11 bytes of the MCB are currently unused by DOS.
Most TSR's "hook" themselves in by changing one or more of the processor's
interrupt vectors to point to their code instead of wherever the vectors
used to point. Therefore, "unhooking" a TSR involves more that merely
freeing up the memory that it uses. The interrupt vector(s) must be
restored also.
If the memory occupied by a TSR is marked as free (by poking a 0 into the
owner word of the MCB), that memory block might be used later for
something else (probably to make a copy of the environment block for some
program). When it is reused, the interrupt handler (which is what most
TSR's really are) part of the TSR code is very likely to be overwritten.
The next time that interrupt occurs, it is almost certain that the machine
will lock up and die.
Yan Juras
YAN@QCVAXA.BITNET
Queens College, CUNY
Academic Computer Center
Systems Programmer
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 88 14:58:31 GMT
From: Mike Norris <MNORRIS%IRLEARN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Computer Game on Sailing ?
I'm looking for a game, on PC or Mac, that can be configured as follows:
The purpose of the game is to achieve the fastest elapsed time around the
world, following the course of the Whitbread Round the World Race, to be
used by the Sail Ireland venture. It should be commercial.
In every respect, the weather, the yacht performance, the ocean currents
and incidence of icebergs etc, should be as realistic as possible.
At the beginning of each play, you start with a position and orientation
of the yacht. This is displayed on a map on the screen, the Latitude and
Longitude of the position are also displayed. The program selects
weather, which is displayed as a true direction and true strength.
The player can now re-orientate the yacht, and the program then works out
the new speed. For every heading, an amount is added to the elapsed time.
When the player is happy with his course, he pressed an 'Accept' button,
and the yacht is set for a 12 hour run at that speed and course.
A new position is calculated, the track is checked to see if any waypoint
lines have been crossed, 12 hours is added to the elapsed, and the loop is
repeated.
The controls are left and right rudder, the 'Accept' button, and a switch
to toggle between zoomed-in and zoomed-out display.
Please let me know if you want any more details.
Thanks.
Mike NORRIS
Acknowledge-To: <MNORRIS@IRLEARN>
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Date: 29 Nov 88 01:30 GMT
From: aprm @ Hawaii-EMH.arpa
Subject: DOS output in Windows 2.03
I am looking for help with Windows 2.03 running on a Zenith Z-248 with a
ZVM-1380 EGA monitor. When I access DOS from a PIF file I cannot see the
output. As a test I am launching the tree.com program. When executed
outside of windows I can re-direct its output to a file, which tells me it
is writing to stdout.
My PIF file has the following settings:
Program Name: TREE.COM
Program Title: Tree
Memory Required = 52K Desired = 0 (take all you can get)
Directly Modifies Nothing
Program Switch = Text
Screen Exchange = Text
Close Window on Exit = No
When I launch TREE.PIF I get a window with a white background, and a black
underline cursor zips around the screen just as if text were being dis-
played, but there is no visible output. When it is finished I can select a
block in the window (it all turns black), copy it to the clipboard, and
look at the output with CLIPBRD.EXE or paste it into a NOTEPAD file. In
other words, the output is there, I just can't see it. Is it white-on-
white? I have it with and without ANSI.SYS and EGA.SYS. I took out my
fancy PROMPT entry in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
My normal window colors are black text on a cyan background, yet the window
uses a white background. I have changed a bunch of the screen colors, with
no luck.
My goal is not to run TREE.COM in a window; I want to run several different
DOS utilities this way. I am using TREE.COM because it happens to be a
typical DOS tool. My COMMAND.PIF fails the same way, so it really can't be
TREE.COM.
Please email ideas, I'll summarize to the group.
Gary Dunn
Ft. Shafter, Hawaii
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Date: 27 Nov 1988 10:39-CST
From: SAC.90SMWACC@E.ISI.EDU
Subject: QuickBasic 4.5
I am having a problem with V4.5 of QuickBasic. While in the editor I get a
lot of *keyboard bounce*. That is when ever I strike a key two to four
characters appear. All previous versions (2, 3, and 4) worked fine. My
question, is there a TSR or patch to QB4.5 to prevent this?
I am using a Zenith Z-100 with a UCI PC emulator board set and version 3.2
of Zenith's MS-DOS. All other software works fine (ie. Wordstar 2000+ Rel
3, Logitech C7 mouse software/hardware, PFS First Publisher and PC Tools
Deluxe to name a few).
Thanks for any assistance.
Marc
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 88 23:40 EST
From: JAMESRC%QUCDN.BITNET@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu
Subject: Software for designing "On-Call" schedules
Does anyone know of software available for designing "on-call" schedules
that runs under the MS-DOS environment? Programme should allocate
workers (for example M.Ds) to work schedules, take account of weekends,
and external constraints like maximum number of shifts per week, etc.
Thanks,
Rob James
Dept of Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1988 00:33 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: A long list of New MSDOS uploads to SIMTEL20
>From: "Leslie C. Brown" <lbrown@BRL.MIL>
I've uploaded the following files tonight:
<msdos.at>ATIM.ARC Precision program timing for AT
<msdos.modem>BACKMAIL.ARC A Carbon Copy Clone (background mail/file
xfer)
<msdos.bytemag>BYTE1188.ARC Source code from Byte magazine 11-88
<msdos.sysutl>CHIPS.ARC Determine CPU and Math Chip Type
<msdos.pctech>HLBENCH.ARC High level benchmarks 'C' source from PC Tech
Journal
Sources from Micro Cornucopia Magazine:
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-30.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-31.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-32.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-33.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-34.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-35.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-36.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-37.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-38.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-39.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-41.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-42.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-43.ARC
<msdos.microcorn>ISSUE-44.ARC
<msdos.borland>JNFB88.ARC Borland's Magazine Jan Feb 88 Sources
<msdos.dirutl>NEW12.ARC List new files since/before date, version 1.2
Turbo Pascal Source Applications Generator & Doc's:
<msdos.turbopas>OASDOC.ARC
<msdos.turbopas>OASPRO.ARC
PC Connect BBS Executables, Docs, Editor and Arc viewer:
<msdos.bbs>PCC202.ARC
<msdos.bbs>PCCARK1.ARC
<msdos.bbs>PCCEDIT.ARC
Sources from Programmers Journal:
<msdos.progjourn>PJ55.ARC
<msdos.progjourn>PJ56.ARC
<msdos.progjourn>PJ62.ARC
<msdos.progjourn>PJ63.ARC
<msdos.progjourn>PJ64.ARC
<msdos.progjourn>PJ65.ARC
<msdos.sysutl>STEPDOS.ARC Step through an executing program tracking INT
21H
<msdos.turbopas>TASKER4.ARC Turbo Pascal non-premptive multitasking module
<msdos.turbopas>TPUOBJ.ARC Borland's Turbo Pascal TPU to OBJ conversion
prog.
<msdos.filutl>TREEVIEW.ARC Treeview (an Overview clone) from Magee like
XTREE
<msdos.keyboard>COLON12.ARC TSR to switch colon and semi-colon
A86 symbolic debugger replaces version 3.17 already in the archives:
<msdos.asmutl>D86V319A.ARC (Part 1 of 2)
<msdos.asmutl>D86V319B.ARC (Part 2 of 2)
Forth replaces F8388 package already in the archives:
<msdos.forth>F-PCBIN.ARC
<msdos.forth>F-PCDOC.ARC
<msdos.forth>F-PCHELP.ARC
<msdos.forth>F-PCRDME.ARC
<msdos.c>KERNEL.ARC 'C' Multitasking kernal
<msdos.music>INT_MUS.ARC Interrupt driven music demo w Turbo C 1.5 source
<msdos.xlisp>XMATH.ARC X-lisp math functions to accompany x-lisp
<msdos.database>SILICON2.ARC Database of info on FET and IC's
Tesseract 1.0 TSR Programming Environment for C, ASM, TPascal, w/Demo:
<msdos.sysutl>TESS_10.ARC
With the exception of Treeview.ARC all these files were gleaned
from Programmer's Corner. The sysops produced the PC Connect BBS
software included in this package.
Les Brown
>From: Terry Phillips
pd1:<msdos.printer>GRABPLUS.ARC -- a program that grabs an address
from a letter in any number of
wordprocessors, and instructs a
LaserJet to print an envelope for the letter.
This was recently reviewed in PC Magazine.
pd1:<msdos.printer>4PRNT220.ARC -- a great program that takes an ascii
print file and will print it 2 pages side by
side in landscape mode on a LaserJet. It
will sequence the pages to allow printing on
both sides if desired.
I have tested 4PRINT w/o any problems. I executed GRABPLUS with
no evident problems, but I have used it on envelopes yet.
Terry Phillips
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1988 17:43 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: pd1:<msdos.filedocs>simibm.arc
PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMIBM.ARC is a comma-delimited database file listing
many of the files in the MSDOS archives with a one line description,
suitable for importing into PC-File+ or dBASEIII. I have included a Basic
program below which gives a nice listing without a need for any database
programs.
--Keith
---cut-here---
5 ' SIMCVT.BAS: TRANSFORM THE SIMIBM.IDX FILE FROM SIMTEL20 INTO A
6 ' READABLE FORM, AND CALL IT SIMIBM.LST.
10 OPEN "SIMIBM.IDX" FOR INPUT AS #1
20 OPEN "SIMIBM.LST" FOR OUTPUT AS #2
22 PRINT #2, "WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL PUBLIC DOMAIN LISTING AS OF "; DATE$
23 PRINT #2,
25 PRINT #2, "NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII"
80 WHILE NOT EOF(1)
100 INPUT #1, FS$, DIR$, FLNM$, REV, LNGTH, BITS, DT, DESCR$
105 IF FS$<>LFS$ OR DIR$<>LDIR$ THEN GOSUB 500
110 PRINT #2, FLNM$; TAB(15);
115 IF BITS=8 THEN PRINT #2, "B"; ELSE PRINT #2, "A";
120 PRINT #2, USING " ####### ####### &"; LNGTH, DT, " "+DESCR$
127 LFS$ = FS$: LDIR$ = DIR$
130 WEND
150 CLOSE #1
160 CLOSE #2
165 SYSTEM
170 END
500 REM New Directory
510 PRINT #2,: PRINT #2, "Directory ";FS$;DIR$
530 PRINT #2, " Filename Type Length Date Description"
540 PRINT #2, "=============================================="
560 RETURN
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Info-IBMPC Digest Wed, 28 Dec 88 Volume: 7 Issue 65
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Ventura, Calif <COMFLEACT@Taegu-EMH1.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
80 meg in Novell 2.0, real AT, 1985 bios?
BBS
CDVI and TeX
Editors written in Pascal
Accounting Packages...which one?
HP Laserjet TSR Emulation Package wanted
Bell type 202 modems in PCs
Hard disk backup to VCR
Re: VCR Hard Disk Backup
ILEAVE16 updated to IAU19A.ARC
ILEAVE16
IND$FILE file transfer protocol
Communication Software for OS/2
Info on PC Blue and other PD archives at Simtel20
Description for 8250 chip Wanted
New MSDOS upload
PCFile+ 2.0 Info Wanted
Plotter redirection
Problems with donloaded TurboPascal units
Question for PC Digest--EGA, VGA boards
Stand-Alone XMODEM Found
Voice synthesis
Wordperfect Scientific Wordprocessing
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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 16:47:22 EST
From: hsi!stepstone.com!aad@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: 80 meg in Novell 2.0, real AT, 1985 bios?
I've got a real IBM AT here, bios date 11-15-85. It's got a 40 meg type
15 drive in it now, running as a Novell 2.0a server. I need to stick a
bigger drive in there, like a Seagate 4096 (80 meg), but I'm told that the
BIOS is too old to have those drive types in there, and thus the Novell
stuff won't format it. Someone told me that a DUB14 board by Golden Bell
could be stuffed in there to fake out the bios, and someone else told me
that I could stick a Phoenix or Award bios in there in place of the IBM
one. Any suggestions? If I can just stick another 40 meg in there and
have Novell treat it as one drive, it'd be just as well. The current plan
is to take the existing 40 meg drive and stick it in a hitherto
floppy-only XT, so I need a recommendation for a controller for that as
well. Any info greatly appreciated.
anthony a datri
aad@stepstone.com
stpstn!aad
cthulhu@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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Date: 14 Dec 88 16:08:20 GMT
From: mcvax!tnoibbc!hin@uunet.UU.NET (Hin Oey)
Subject: BBS
Early next year we want to start some experiments with telecommunication.
Last week I have purchased a Compaq386 with 110MB harddisk. In the first
stage we want to use a BBS under XENIX.
More important, however, is that we want to link to databases and
applications. If there is some experience I would appreciate an email.
Regards,
Hin Oey (hin@tnoibbc)
Institute TNO for Building Materials and Structures (TNO-IBBC)
UUCP: ..!mcvax!tnoibbc!hin PO BOX 49
Hin Oey USENET: hin@tnoibbc 2600 AA Delft
Expert Systems Group VOICE : +31 15 606435 The Netherlands
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 88 11:16:21 GMT
From: "Wayne G. Sullivan" <WSULIVAN%IRLEARN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: CDVI and TeX
The CDVI archive of screen previewing programs for TeX has been upgraded
to CDVI12.ARC. This includes versions for CGA, EGA, VGA/MCGA, Hercules and
ATT/Olivetti graphics. The directory is PD1:<MSDOS.TEX> which also
contains SBTEX.ARC. TeX is a text formatting program written by D.E.
Knuth: only typesetting by hand can produce higher quality output. The two
mentioned archives allow one to get started with TeX at minimal cost. If
you want phototypeset output, it will cost a bit more.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 88 16:21:14 EST
From: "Larry Bradley" <LARRY%VM.NRC.CA@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Editors written in Pascal
Thanks to all those that responded to my request for Turbo Pascal Async
packages ... I found several. This encourages me to ask if anyone knows of
a (simple) text editor in Turbo Pascal. It does not have to be fancy ... I
don't need many features. I just don't want to write one from scratch if
there is one I can get and modify. Looking through the index for the
library hasn't turned one up yet.
Thanks.
*------------------------------------+--------------------*
|Larry Bradley | LARRY@VM.NRC.CA |
|Communications Manager | or |
|National Research Council of Canada | LARRY@NRCVM01 |
|Networks Branch | |
|M60, Montreal Road | (613)993-0240 |
|Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 | FAX:(613) 954-2561 |
*------------------------------------+--------------------*
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 88 15:34:07 EST
From: <James%FSU@rai.cc.fsu.edu> (James Messer)
Subject: Accounting Packages...which one?
I am in the process of changing accouting packages for a small business,
and have found a program that might be useful. It's name is Database
Accouting Library, and it is made by SBT Corporation. The program works
on a 640K IBM PC or compatable, and is primarily used for small networks.
Has anyone used this system? What was your opinion of the package?
If there is anyone who has used ANY accounting package which was helpful
or easy to use (yet powerful), I would appreciate hearing from them. Any
comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Please send responses to
JAMES@FSU.BITNET.
James Messer
Florida State University
JAMES@FSU.BITNET
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From: "John A. Potelle" <POTELLE%MAINE.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 88 10:38:46 EST
Subject: HP Laserjet TSR Emulation Package wanted
I'm looking for a TSR program that will make an H.P. Lazer Jet emulate an
Epson FX80/100, 286 compatible graphics printer. Or even an IBM
Proprinter.
Anyone ?
John A. Potelle POTELLE@MAINE.BITNET
------------------------------
Date: TUE 13 DEC 1988 17:24:00 EST
From: "Richard J Reiner (bd)" <BDON@MCGILLB.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: Bell type 202 modems in PCs
We have a largish inventory of old simplex modems of the Bell 202 spec.
and are wondering if the software to operate these exists for PCs. These
are 1200 baud modems, and most of ours are in fine shape, so we would
really like to be able to get some use out of them. They are FS keyed,
and so will never be able to talk to Bell 212A type modems (i.e. what
everybody uses on PCs), since 212s are QPS keyed.
What is required to make them work? is a comm prog which can control the
direction of data flow by manipulating the RTS line in the RS-232C
interface: the modems send when RTS is marking, listen when it is spacing.
(Half duplex, remember?) The ability to use the modems reverse channel
(which operates at all of 5, yes five, baud) would be nice too -- this
would involve program sampling of Secondary CTS in the RS-232 when
sending, and manipulating of Secondary RTS when receiving.
If anyone has used or knows of such software, please mail directly to me:
I don't imagine many other PC users have this problem.
Thanks,
Rich.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 88 14:14:46 PST
From: lee#robert%e.mfenet@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: Hard disk backup to VCR
In the issue dated June 23, 1987 of PC Magazine (Volume 6, Number 12),
page 105, there is a small blurb on the VCR-based backup system made by
Alpha Microsystems.
Robert Lee
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 10:58:09 PST
From: ccicpg!billm@uunet.UU.NET (Morita Bill)
Subject: Re: VCR Hard Disk Backup
In article <940@arnav.UUCP> jru@arnav.UUCP (John Underwood) writes: Does
>anyone out there know of an interface and software available to enable
>hard disk backup from an IBM PC compatible to a video cassette recorder?
>
>A friend told me he knew of such a system for backing up hard disks
>connected to a mainframe computer.
>
>Please reply by posting to this newsgroup, but be sure to include
>the word "tape" somewhere in your reply.
>
>John Underwood at&t : 1-503-684-1600
>Arnav Systems, Inc uucp : ..!tektronix!nscpdc!arnav!jru
>16100 SW 72nd Ave, P.O. Box 23939; Portland, OR 97223
The there are several available. The only one that I am personally
familiar with is the AlphaMicro VideoTrax (tm) system. This system will
backup approximately 30 Mb of file structured data on to a standard 120
VCR tape at standard play speed. The device comes in two forms, a
interface board by itself that you plug into a VCR (using a cheapo VCR is
_not_ recommended) for in the neighborhood of $300-$500 or a version that
includes a VCR that has been adapted for computer remote control and
status checking (the board only configuration lets YOU play VCR controller
with the computer giving instructions to rewind, play, record.) The
product is a sound one. I used to work for AlphaMicro. Their technology
is good. Their marketing used to stink. These units are available
throught many Radio Shack outlets. You can find an ad for them in BYTE or
you can contact AlphaMicro directly at (714) 957-8500.
It is sad to note that Alpha missed the window on marketing this device.
Alpha had used video technology for years on their own systems. They had
a working version of this device for the PC's when PC's first started
showing up with 10 Mb and 20 MB hard disks and no sensible way to back
them up. The marketing department were not satisfied with the then
version of the software, which used a command line interface. They
demanded and got (at a 2 year delay) a fancy screen/menu version. They
could have established themselves in a booming backup device market but
blew it. And ah yes.. History repeats itself. The recently bungled and
entry into the MAC market that was going through the same sort of
transformation (to hard disks). They were originally one of 4 or 5 backup
devices a one Apple trade show and were voted most interesting new
(hardware) product with interest expressed directly from inside Apple.
But bungle it again they did. Then next Apple trade show had 50+ such
devices on display an Alpha still does not have a finished product.
This product does show some promise in one area. Data broadcast. The
data can be broadcast over standard video channels. Such channels exist
even in the most backward of countries and there are time windows on
satellite transponders that are dirt cheap. You can set your recorder on
timed record and retrieved the data later.
Hope this helps. Sorry for venting my spleen here about the blunders of
my previous manangement, but I think it makes an interesting historical
note.
Bill Morita
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1988 23:08 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: ILEAVE16 updated to IAU19A.ARC
The disk interleave test and reformat program ILEAVE16 had problems with
certain kinds of disk controllers and there was a problem properly
recognizing the 8087 math chip, according to the author.
The program has been updated to:
Filename Type Bytes CRC
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
IAU19A.ARC BINARY 163657 4968H
ILEAVE16.ARC has been deleted.
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M & MSDOS archives wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.0.0.74]
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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 12:11:37 PST
From: <1052P%NAVPGS.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: ILEAVE16
There is a new version out and it's available from Simtel20. It's
called IAU19A.ARC instead of ILEAVE, but it comes from the same author.
I ran into a few problems with ILEAVE16 and switched to IAU19A which
seemed to work better, though it didn't really solve my problem. I was
trying to speed up the 10M removable drives that come with secure Z-248's.
These drives are abominable, testing out at 0.4 with Norton's SI. I ran
SPINTEST on it and it was taking an average of 14 revolutions to read a
track. The recommendation I got for an interleave from IAU was 6. I
changed it to 6 and the SI went up to 0.8. However, I started getting Bad
Partition Table and all of those other nasty messages about disk read
errors. Given that reliability was more critical than speed in this case,
I did a low level format and brought them back to Zenith's interleave. If
any one else out there has any clue as to how to make these things behave
any better, I'd sure appreciate hearing about it.
Alan D. Ariel BITNET: 1052P@NAVPGS
LT USN DDN: 1052P@CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
SMC 1624 (or) LEEKW@A.ISI.EDU
Naval Postgraduate School Tel: (408) 646-2786
Monterey, CA 93943 AV: 878-2786
Acknowledge-To: <1052P@NAVPGS>
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1988 18:20 CST
From: John Ladwig <JLADWIG%UMINN1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: IND$FILE file transfer protocol
Does anyone know of a standalone PD version of IND$FILE (the IBM file
transfer protocol) for DOS, or if it is proprietary (as I fear)?
My local 4381 host has a horribly inefficient version of KERMIT which is
slow and costs an arm and a leg to use. If I can find a standalone
package, perhaps I can intergrate it with my comm program, TELIX.
Thanks in Advance,
John Ladwig
JLADWIG@UMINN1.BITNET
JLADWIG@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 00:09:55 EST
From: Jimmy Law <PHYJLAW%VM.UOGUELPH.CA@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Communication Software for OS/2
Communication Software for OS/2: Are there any out yet? I hear there is
a version of Kermit, but is very buggy. Are there any other shareware,
or public domain ones available?
Jimmy Law, Physics Dept, University of Guelph.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1988 12:37 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Info on PC Blue and other PD archives at Simtel20
The following is a copy of a reply to a user's questions about PC Blue and
other PD archive info. I am forwarding it for those on this list who may
not have seen this information before.
>From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ>
Can you direct me to annotated files that describe the contents of the
PD1:<PC-BLUE> subdirectories? I have been able to get such
descriptions of that for PD1:<MSDOS>, but not for the other.
Comma-delimited lists:
Filename Type Bytes CRC
Directory PD1:<PC-BLUE>
FILES.IDX ASCII 530228 8E6AH <--all files, no descr.
PCB000.IDX ASCII 106474 D4D2H <--disks 0-49
PCB050.IDX ASCII 118657 B34EH <--disks 49-99
PCB100.IDX ASCII 88194 6DD7H <--disks 100-149
PCB150.IDX ASCII 107560 9FDEH <--disks 150-199
PCB200.IDX ASCII 155851 3A04H <--disks 200-299
PCB300.IDX ASCII 85646 6DF4H <--disks 300-399
PCB400.IDX ASCII 65678 DAD9H <--disks 400-499
In directory PD1:<PC-BLUE.VOL000> you'll find (all text files):
PC/Blue Volume 000 Information Catalog (1-485)
name size description
CATALOG .SUM 29K Summary of all released PC-Blue Volumes
PCBLUE .CAT 330K Listing of PC-Blue releases 001 thru 485
RELEASES.NEW 6K Listing of latest PC-Blue releases
This directory is updated each time a new release of several disks is
received.
I have found
your system to be quite helpful in getting at the latest PC Magazine
utilities. It would be much more efficient if I could get the type of
annotated directory listing for the Unix, PC-BLUE, and other public
domain/shareware directors. Are there PD2, etc. directories available?
Please download:
Filename Type
Directory PS:<ANONYMOUS>
BOOTSTRAP.HELP ASCII
SIMTEL-ARCHIVES.INFO ASCII
SIMTEL20-ADA.INFO ASCII
SIMTEL20-CPM.DIRLIST ASCII
SIMTEL20-MACINTOSH.INFO ASCII
SIMTEL20-MISC.DIRLIST ASCII
SIMTEL20-MSDOS.DIRLIST ASCII
SIMTEL20-UNIX-C.INFO ASCII
SIMTEL20-VHDL.INFO ASCII
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M & MSDOS archives wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.0.0.74]
w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 13:58:28 SET
From: Karl Keyte <ESC1332%ESOC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Description for 8250 chip Wanted
Has anyone a discription (or a pointer to a good reference) for the PCs
8250 chip(s). I want to program the chip directly for Modem comms. I need
to know things like how to drop and raise the DTR, how to set non-standard
baud rates, etc..
Please send any info. to me directly at ESC1332@ESOC.BITNET.
Thanks in advance for any offerings.
Karl
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1988 11:20 MST
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: New MSDOS upload
Now available via standard anoymous FTP from Simtel20:
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TURBOPAS>
TOAD_IAC.PAS - Demo on using the InterApplication Comm area [Turbo Pas]
Got lots of queries in Info-Pascal about the IAC, where is
it defined, how to use it, etc. Here's one demonstration
(with required magic numbers) on how to use the IAC to
communicate between programs (via bytes, reals, strings).
David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall
kirsch@braggvax.ARPA
---
Thanks, David!
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M & MSDOS archives wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.0.0.74]
DDN: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-
simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 07:43 CET
From: Ulf Emanuelson <VETUF%SEUDAC21.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: PCFile+ 2.0 Wanted
I need information on the PCFile+ 2.0 program that's in the SIMTEL20
server. I have tried to download it (via TRICKLE at DKTC11.BITNET) but
with varying success. I have been able to get the three parts
(PCFILED.ARC, PCFILEU.ARC and PCFILEP.ARC), but the last one comes a lot
smaller than indicated in the directory of PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> and
UNPAKing (after UUDECODING) failes CRC-check. I have actually tried twice
to get PCFILEP but with the same result. Has anyone else experienced the
same thing? Has anyone an explanation, or, even better, a solution to this
problem?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Ulf
PS. Just want to say that TRICKLE has always served my requests very
prompt and efficient| DS.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 13:20:18 SET
From: BAKT55%AWIIMC11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Plotter redirection
PC/AT, NEC2200, Graphic- packages I prefer to have Plotter-output to have
on file (and printing it with a NEC routine to 24Pin printer). I tried
that with "STATGRAPHICS", it worked 2 times well. But after changing all
driver- settings (direct print- ing to printer via EPSONLQ.SYS didn't work
always) i never found again the settings.
Has anybody tried it too? How do you do with other packages (Chart,
Havard...)? Thanks in advance
Emil KOCI
Univ. Klinik f. Chemotherapie
Wien, Austria
KOCI AT AWIIMC11
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 88 16:35:32 EST
From: "Larry Bradley" <LARRY%VM.NRC.CA@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Problems with donloaded TurboPascal units
HELP! I have recently downloaded via the LISTSERV for SIMTEL some
TurboPascal Version 4 programs that have units (TPU). I am using Version 5
of TurboPascal, and if I try to compile a program that USES one of these
units, I get an error complaining that the unit file format is invalid.
In once case, I had the source, so I recompiled the units and all was
well. In the other case (the LCOMMTP package) there IS no source.
How do I solve this one? Nothing in the Turbo Pascal manual talks about
differences in the format of units. And I don't think it is a problem with
the download, since the .PAS and .EXE files are OK ... I can run a demo, I
just can't compile the source for it.
I finally found a good comm. package for Turbo, and now I can't use it!
HELP!
*------------------------------------+--------------------*
|Larry Bradley | LARRY@VM.NRC.CA |
|Communications Manager | or |
|National Research Council of Canada | LARRY@NRCVM01 |
|Networks Branch | |
|M60, Montreal Road | (613)993-0240 |
|Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 | FAX:(613) 954-2561 |
*------------------------------------+--------------------*
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 88 22:05:28 PST
From: Gerald Hawkins <jerry@starfish.convergent.com>
Subject: Question for PC Digest--EGA, VGA boards
I am beginning to investigate adding EGA or VGA hardware to my clone. As
I start to gather information on the various boards and monitors,
comparison shopping and watching for comment in print and on networks,
I've started to wonder: Has anyone recently compiled a list of the
various EGA & VGA boards, with their features? It doesn't seem to me such
a list would be awfully long. There are only about 25 popular boards ...
though there are no doubt 25,367,209 little known ones that I've never
heard of.
If anyone has already done this research, I'm sure I and others would make
good use of the information.
jerry@starfish.convergent.com
-----
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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 14:22:04 EST
From: kobus@NADC.ARPA (D. Kobus)
Subject: Stand-Alone XMODEM Found
In #61 Rick Rohan comments on how anyone could get XMODEM to even run
under KERMIT. Well one suggestion offered to me by Keith Petersen was to
shell out to DSZ to the x/y/zmodem protocols when using KERMIT. The main
reason I originally requested a stand alone protocol (#58), is that
although I frequently utilize Columbia University's KERMIT because of its
features like producing Tektronix plots on my IBM-clone and enabling me to
intercept the serial communications interrupt normally processed by the
ROM BIOS, some bbs systems only use x/y/or zmodem. I thought that instead
of utilizing a completely different communication package which might not
be public domain and would be difficult to keep the embedded XMODEM,
KERMIT, etc. upgraded to the state of the art, an approach similar to the
one offered by Mr. Petersen might be viable. In conclusion, many thanks
to the myriad of informative responses that I received concerning this
inquiry.
David B. Kobus
Naval Air Development Center
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 88 18:51 PST
From: Michael Bass <MBASS@uoneuro.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Voice synthesis
>From: "Donald_T.C._Sun.WBST129"@Xerox.COM
>
>I am interested in obtaining any information I can on an inexpensive voice
>synthesis system for a friend who has lost his ability to speak. Any in-
>formation on hardware/software for a complete system would be appreciated.
You might check out the "Speech Thing" from Covox Inc, 675 Conger St.,
Eugene, OR 97402. Tel (503)342-1271. The blurb I got from them says it
delivers "clear, clean digitized speech and music" all for $79.95.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 88 11:16:08 est
From: marwood@ncs.dnd.ca (Gordon Marwood)
Subject: Wordperfect Scientific Wordprocessing
I have heard it rumoured that some company (not Wordperfect Corporation),
produces an add-on to Wordperfect which greatly improves its capability
for scientific wordprocessing. If anyone has any information on this and
any opinions on its performance, I would be very interested to hear more.
Gordon Marwood
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