ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (10/28/90)
Sat 27-Oct-90: I have released a new version of my frequently asked questions with answers. It contains both new questions, and updates of the old ones, on general matters of interest to PC users, UseNet users, and Turbo Pascal programmers. It is available as /pc/ts/tsfaq11.arc from uwasa.fi by anonymous ftp or mail server. Filename Comment Date Time -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- FAQ.INF Document (a readme) 10-27-90 22:19:56 FAQ.NWS News announcement about tsfaq 10-27-90 22:17:22 FAQ.TXT Questions & answers from UseNet 10-27-90 18:35:12 FAQPAS.TXT Turbo Pascal questions & answers 10-27-90 22:10:14 PD2ANS.TXT Q&As on uwasa.fi archives & more 10-27-90 21:17:32 ---- ------ ------ ----- 0005 67926 34726 49% -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) How do I capture text from the screen to a file? 2) How do I redirect the output from the screen to the printer? 3) How can I direct all output to a file instead of the printer? 4) Where can I get VT102 emulation codes? 5) Problems with Procomm or Telix VT102 emulation. 6) Is there a program to convert Pascal to C? 7) I need a bigger cursor for my laptop. 8) Where to find a source code for detecting which CPU my PC has? 9) Can anyone recommend me a good linear programming package? 10) Where can I find sources for Unix z-modem? 11) Where can I find sources for Unix arc, lharc, zip, and zoo? 12) How to delete non-empty directories fast? 13) I can't run this file I got with a .zip (.arc etc) extension. 14) Reply by email, I don't usually read this group. 15) What is an appropriate maximum length of a signature? 16) What is the best archiver? 17) Can someone point me to a list of ftp sites? 18) How do I extract from comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings? 19) What is the best text editor? 20) Should I offer to email this utility I have at my disposal? 21) Am I safe against viruses if download files from FTP sites? -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) How do I disable or capture the break key in Turbo Pascal? 2) How do I get a printed documentation of my students' TP runs? 3) What is the code for the weekday of a given date? 4) Need a program to format Turbo Pascal source code consistently 5) Can someone give me advice for writing a tsr program? 6) Why can't I read / write the com ports? 7) What are interrupts and how to use them in Turbo Pascal? 8) Should I upgrade my Turbo Pascal version? 9) How do I execute an MsDos command from within a TP program? 10) How is millisecond timing done? 11) How can I customize the text characters to my own liking? 12) How to find the files in a directory and subdirectories? 13) I need a power function but there is none in Turbo Pascal. 14) How can I create arrays that are larger than 64 kilobytes? 15) How can I test that the printer is ready? 16) How can I clear the keyboard type-ahead buffer. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun