tjr@cbnewsc.att.com (thomas.j.roberts) (05/21/91)
I have been having trouble using DOS-in-a-window in Windows 3.0. I execute the CTRM program from a .pif, which says start it up in a window (386 enhanced mode). CTRM is an HP terminal emulator program - it works fine, except that every linefeed fills the remainder of the line with simley-faces (instead of spaces). Occasionally some other character is used, but it always seems to fill lines with a non-blank character. When I hit ALT-Enter, it switches to full-screen, and all is OK (previous lines still have their smiley-faces, but new lines are blank filled). I am having NO problems with the terminal emulation part of the program - kermit downloads still work at 9600 baud. I have CLOCK and CALENDAR running in the background. If I instruct CTRM to use BIOS calls instead of direct screen-memory writes, the problem is still there, unchanged. When CTRM uses a different color, the smiley-faces are in that color. If I use no .pif, the problem remains, unchanged. When I use DEBUG to write to screen memory in a window, it works fine. This is most likely a problem inside the CTRM program, but I wondered if anyone else has seen anything similar, and whether they have found a solution. Tom Roberts att!ihlpl!tjrob TJROB@IHLPL.ATT.COM
DLB@psuvm.psu.edu (Dan Bernitt) (05/22/91)
I have a similar situation with APL*Plus/PC. The APL interpreter makes use of a number of symbols not ordinarilly seen on an ASCII display, and does so by means of a "soft" character set, i.e., one loaded into memory. The APL characters come through fine when the interpreter works in full-screen but not when it's reduced to a window. In this case I see the "normal" ASCII characters (and since many of the APL symbols are in code positions occupied by graphic ASCII characters, those are what I see). I haven't taken the trouble to see whether it's an APL bug or a Windows bug since it doesn't really bother me and I view it as a temporary problem. At any rate, your experience sounds like it's the same bug.
hopper@twisto.compaq.com (Joel Hopper) (05/23/91)
I am looking for a program by the name of MailMan. It is written by a group (company, persons) called Reach Software Corp (from the About...Help menu item). I have demo version 0.01 and I like it very much. It's a front end for Banyan Vines mail. It's real slick, even lets you "execute an attachment". If anyone can tell me where I can reach Reach ;-) please email me so I can get in contact with them. BTW I looked in every message, nook, and cranny and could NOT find a phone number or address for the company anywhere in the demo version. Kinda bad for business huh.