tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (05/18/91)
8c8 < Summary: version 1.10 [last change: th/91-04-05 --- wallpaper, DOS icons] --- > Summary: version 1.11 [last change: th/91-04-16 --- slow Win3 startup] 12d11 < (* changed items) 40c39 < 24. FaceLift, ATM and TrueType * --- > 24. FaceLift, ATM and TrueType 51,55c50,55 < 34. Starting up Windows applications in a different directory * < 35. Free system resources * < 36. Automatically opening applications on Windows startup * < 37. Windows opening logo * < 38. Using a mouse with DOS applications * --- > 34. Starting up Windows applications in a different directory > 35. Free system resources > 36. Automatically opening applications on Windows startup > 37. Windows opening logo > 38. Using a mouse with DOS applications > 39. Why does Windows start up VERY slowly? 57c57 < 39. Major Windows applications available --- > 40. Major Windows applications available 627a628,639 > 39. What could cause Windows to start up VERY slowly (over a minute)? > > >> One possible reason is the use of a serial mouse on COM2 instead of > COM1. If you have a serial mouse, Windows will first attempt to find > it (with great persistence) on COM1, before it looks on COM2. If your > mouse is on COM2, move it to COM1. > > Using a temporary swapfile instead of a permanent one for 386 enhanced > mode also slows down the startup process, but not to even nearly the > same extent as the serial mouse problem. > > 631c643 < 39. What major applications are available for Windows? --- > 40. What major applications are available for Windows? 634,635c646,649 < Lotus Ami < Lotus Ami Professional --- > Ami > Ami Professional > JustWrite > Professional Write for Windows 637d650 < NBI Legacy 638a652 > WordStar Legacy 650a665,666 > Harvard Graphics for Windows [announced, not shipping] > IBM Hollywood 653a670 > OnTarget [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (06/05/91)
55a56 > 40. Formatting floppies from the File Manager 57c58 < 40. Major Windows applications available --- > 41. Major Windows applications available 138a140,145 > Apparently the bitftp server is no longer available to non-bitnet sites, > though. One final choice is to use the garbo server, which lets you > access the garbo archive (which contains most of the cica files). Send > a mail message with "Subject: garbo-request" and a single line of text > "send help" to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi. > 442c449 < a .gif file to a .bmp using the gif2bmp utility from cica. wingif 0.90 --- > a .gif file to a .bmp using the gif2bmp utility from cica. wingif 639a647,654 > 40. How can get File Manager to format floppies? > > >> If you are having trouble formatting floppies from the file manager, > try adding one or more > DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS /D:# /F:# > lines to your CONFIG.SYS. > > 643c658 < 40. What major applications are available for Windows? --- > 41. What major applications are available for Windows? [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (06/17/91)
8d7 < Summary: version 1.11 [last change: th/91-04-16 --- slow Win3 startup] 56a56 > 41. Using MS-SH with Windows 58c58 < 41. Major Windows applications available --- > 42. Major Windows applications available 305a306 > DEC PathWorks 4.0 312c313 < 15. How can I use COM3 or COM4 from a Windows communication package? --- > 15. How can I use COM3 or COM4 from Windows? 323a325,329 > If the port still does not work after specifying the correct IRQ and > memory address for the port, there is another possibile solution: > Assuming the ports work OK from plain DOS, try setting up COM3.OS2 > (or COM4.OS2) instead of the usual COM3 or COM4. The manual says > this is just for OS/2 machines, but it seems to work for many clones. 324a331 > 619c626 < 37. How do I get rid of the Windows opening logo? --- > 37. How do I get rid of the Windows opening logo? Or change it? 623a631,638 > To change the logo to something else, you need to first create a .RLE > file (using a graphics utility package), with no more than 16 colours, > and not exceeding the VGA 640x480 screen resolution, and no more than > 64K in size. Once you have this file, say mylogo.rle, enter the > following command in your system subdirectory: > copy win.cnf /B + vgalogo.lgo /B + mylogo.rle /B win.com > If you use CGA or EGA, limit the .RLE file to the appropriate resolution, > and replace the "vgalogo" above with "cgalogo" or "egalogo". 624a640 > 654a671,682 > 41. What do I need to do to get MS-SH to work with Windows? > > >> The basic problem is the MS-SH 'swap' setting. In real mode, you > will need to use 'swap disk'. In Standard mode, you can also use > 'swap extend', but you will have to specify at least 200K of XMS memory > in the MS-SH .PIF file. Alternatively, if you are using Standard or > 386 Enhanced mode, you can use 'swap ems', but again you need to > specify at least 200K of EMS memory in your .PIF file. Also, a bug > in the current version of MS-SH prevents 'swap extend' from working > in 386 enhanced mode; MS-SH will always crash with a panic error. > > 658c686 < 41. What major applications are available for Windows? --- > 42. What major applications are available for Windows? 686a715,717 > > See the companion posting in comp.windows.ms.programmer for a > description of available development tools. [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]