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GEnie Lamp IBM ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.1, Issue 04
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Publisher............................................Kent Fillmore
Senior Editor........................................John Peters
Editor (IBM)......................................Peter Bogert
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE IBM ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ July 1, 1992 ~
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By John Peters
[GENIELAMP]
TOP OF THE PAGE Expanding the GEnieLamp concept to four different
""""""""""""""" computer platforms has been a real eye-opener for me.
Reading hundreds (thousands?) of messages from the various computing
bulletin boards every week here on GEnie has made me think twice about the
computer choices that we have. Literally, everyday I see the good, the
bad, and the ugly when it comes to the IBM, Atari ST, Apple II and
Macintosh computers. This computer will do this, the other will do that,
but this one does it better etc. etc. etc. Although I consider myself to
be a faithful, sometimes fanatical STer, I must admit that being exposed to
the other systems has altered my thinking a bit. Sometimes my mind begins
to wander and I wonder if I really am getting the maximum power out of my
system or if I would better better off with another computer. So, what is
all this rambling leading up to? Announcing....
>>> THE ANNUAL GEnieLamp COMPUTER WAR CONTEST! <<<
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Take Your Best Shot! Here's your chance to boast about your favorite
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Cray Supercomputer or something inbetween. Plus, you can win GEnie online
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STer, why you think I should stay with the Atari ST.
What's In It For YOU? Wow! Over $200.00 worth of GEnie online credit,
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Honorary Mention.....$12.00(*)
(*) Entries selected for publishing in upcoming issues of
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publication.
The Details
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o The contest is open to all GEnie members. (If you are not a
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o Contest entries are to be 500 words or less and in ASCII
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1992.
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o Entries will be judged by the GEnieLamp Editors, Co-editors
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DEEP THOUGHTS... The following post was written by a ST RoundTable
"""""""""""""""" SysOp, Jeff Williams.
Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 13, Topic 7
Message 96 Tue Jun 09, 1992
JEFF.W [ST Sysop] at 00:14 EDT
While I hope to use grammar correctly and exercise correct spelling in
all my writing, I make plenty of mistakes (and typos) in my online
messages. I'll transpose letters, drop letters (how many times have I
typed 'you' instead of 'your'? I wince at that every time I see myself
doing that.), absent-mindedly use 'their' instead of 'they're', etc.
Proper grammar and spelling facilitates written communication, but it
doesn't insure that one expresses his thoughts clearly. It helps, but it's
not a guarantee. On the other hand, I've seen lots of posts that were
clear and understandable in spite of several grammatical and spelling
errors.
My point is this...if a message is to be criticized or debated, I
hope it will be based on its content and meaning, not on writing skill of
the author.
In business writing, education, and literature, different rules
apply. For these, I definitely need tools like GramSlam!
[*][*][*]
Coudnt havve saed it bedder, misalf! :-)
Take care!
John Peters
[GENIELAMP]
>>> TOP OF THE PAGE II <<<
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There are between 3 and 4 thousand messages that appear on the RT
during a given month. If you don't read them all, you're likely to miss
something. But the downside of reading them all is that you have to read
them all!!
This month there are several new products, interesting rumors, helpful
tips and techniques to make your PC's run more effectively, and the
continuing GUI debate. Hope your explorations will be fun and profitable
for you!
Until next time...
Peter Bogert
[P.BOGERT1]
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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By Peter Bogert
[P.BOGERT1]
o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
o IBM ODDS & ENDS
o CHECK IT OUT
o WHAT'S NEW
o TIPS AND HINTS
o HOT TOPICS
o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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~ Where The Action Is! ~
[*] CAT1, TOP8 . . . . . . . . .Converting Graphics - What Works?
[*] CAT7, TOP15. . . . . . . Castle Wolfenstein & Motion sickness
[*] CAT11, TOP5. . . . . . . . . . . . . The OS/2 Debate Rages On
[*] CAT12, TOP12 . . . . . . . . . . .Windows and Your Comm Ports
[*] CAT13, TOP15 . . . . . . . . . . Should You Turn Your PC Off?
[*] CAT15, TOP3. . . . . . . . . . Refill Your DeskJet Cartridges
[*] CAT20, TOP20 . . . . . . . . . Importing Mac Files to Your PC
[*] CAT21, TOP8. . . . . . . . . . . . Windows NT Due This Summer
[*] CAT21, TOP37 . . . . .Tape Backups for OS/2 - Where Are They?
[*] CAT21, TOP43 . . . . . . . .Running Aladdin in an OS/2 Window
[*] CAT21, TOP45 . . . . . . . . .Atari ST Users Find Refuge Here
CHECK IT OUT! What are those funny-looking characters doing on your
""""""""""""" printouts? Check out CAT1, TOP3, MSG:77 (K.CORBIN)
[*] How do people feel about high speed modems? Check it out in CAT23,
TOP2, MSG: 367 (S.ELLIOT9) & 368 (C.AUSTIN8).
>>> IBM ODDS & ENDS <<<
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WATCH OUT FOR ANSI VIRUSES The ANSI.SYS driver accepts commands that
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" support what is called keyboard redirection.
The commands in the macro appear to the computer to have been typed on the
keyboard. The positive of this is the ability to create keyboard macros
without a separate program. The negative is called an "ANSI Bomb", where
the macro, in Will's example encoded in a Zip header, gets to a DOS prompt
and then formats the drive, creates a virus program, or other such damage.
There was a rash of ANSI bombs in the form of messages uploaded to BBS
systems a year or two ago. Word quickly spread among sysops on how to
prevent the damage they could cause. First was not to use the ANSI.SYS that
comes with MS-DOS on the BBS computer. There is no way to shut off it's
keyboard redirection. Many sysops went to PC Mag's ANSI.COM which does not
use keyboard redirection by default (but you can turn it on with a switch
if you want).
Before any paranoia breaks out, those bombs were directed at attacking
the BBS computer, and would have no effect on any computer calling the BBS.
(T.MALLERY1, CAT3, TOP50, MSG:504/M615)
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
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ATARI ST EMULATOR IN THE WORKS There will soon be an ST emulator for the
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" pc. It will be a board. It's being done
by Darek Mihochka who wrote Quick ST. There's info on it over in the Atari
Area. (M.GUIDRY, CAT3, TOP38, MSG:17/M615)
HP DESKJET BW & COLOR? I heard a rumor that I interpreted as meaning
"""""""""""""""""""""" that HP is coming out with a version of the 500c
that will hold both the b&w and color cartridges at the same time, solving
the problem of poor blacks in color mode. Has anyone heard anything about
this? (TOULME, CAT15, TOP3, MSG:293/M615)
NEW RELEASE OF TURBO PASCAL FOR WINDOWS The release [of TP] for Windows
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 3.1 compatibility hits the shelf
the end of June, 1992.
(D.WHITESIDE2, CAT18, TOP43/M615)
BRIEF SUPPORT ON GENIE Borland has acquired BRIEF (along with
"""""""""""""""""""""" Sourceror's Apprentice) from the creators of both
programs. As a result, the Borland Round Table here on GEnie will now be
officially supporting both products. If you have any questions, macros, or
information about BRIEF, C'mon over and share it with the rest of us.
(K.KLOP, CAT 19, TOP7, MSG:14/615)
BETA OF WINDOWS NT Latest scoop on the Windows NT Developers Beta
"""""""""""""""""" release.... CD-ROM only release (Postscript document
files on the CD) will be sold for $69. This price will include all updates
to the dev kit including a final release.
CD-ROM and printed doc will be sold for $399. This price includes
initial set of docs (8000 pages), CD-ROM updates, final docs and software.
Target for release is early July. When I get ordering info I will
post it here.
Folks attending the Win32 conference in San Francisco July 6-8 get the
$399 package as part of the conference. CD-ROM at the conference with the
docs shipped to attendees address.
(RDILL, CAT21, TOP8, MSG:160/M615)
>>>>> ANNOUNCING RELEASE OF 32-BIT VERSION OF COHERENT O/S
""""" (CLONE OF UNIX)
NORTHBROOK, Illinois, -- Mark Williams Company announces COHERENT 4.0, a
32-bit version of their best-selling $99.95 UNIX-compatible operating
system.
COHERENT 4.0 is the successor to COHERENT 3.2, which has sold over
40,000 units since its release in May of 1990. Designed to attract
individual as well as small business users, COHERENT 4.0 improves upon the
foundation laid by earlier versions. Foremost among COHERENT 4.0's new
features is a development system which produces System V Intel BCS
compliant COFF binaries that run on many other compliant PC UNIX systems,
such as The Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) SCO UNIX System V/386 Version
3.2.2, a licensee of AT&T's System V UNIX.
(P.LAMAR, CAT 21, TOP33, MSG:29/M615)
REACTION TO NEW PROCOMM FOR WINDOWS After a 1 week wait, and much
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" anticipation, I rec'd Procom For
Windows in the mail today. The install program went easily and my dialing
directories were converted without a hitch.
This has been the most intuitive program I've seen for Windows. It is
easily configurable and extremely stable, thus far. After trying many
Windows Comm Programs, both shareware and commercial, I hafta say, that
I've found the BEST!!
The WASP <win aspect language> is awesome. It is easy to learn. The
manuals are easy to read.. and the help file is comprehensive. Actually,
the program is so easy, you don't even need to read the manuals, but they
are so well written and easy to understand, you'll want to!
This program cost me 69.99 right from DataStorm. I don't know how long
this offer will be, but it's a great price for a great program!
(KUBY, CAT23, TOP16, MSG: 369/M615)
TE/2 TERMINAL EMULATOR Brady Flowers and Oberon Software announce the
"""""""""""""""""""""" shareware release of: TE/2, Oberon Terminal
Emulator/2, Version 1.20 and Commpak/2 Dynamic Link Library Version 1.00
The shareware distribution file is named TE2_120.ZIP it will be
available in the GEnie IBMPC RoundTable library (Library 13) within the
next couple of days.
Registered users: Please be patient, the registered version will be
available for download or mailing within the next several days. You will
be notified by mail as to availability.
(B.FLOWERS, CAT 30, TOP25, MSG:86)
>>> TIPS AND HINTS <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""
HOW TO USE A HAND SCANNER Handscanners tend to skew to one side (not the
""""""""""""""""""""""""" fault of the scanner, but the human hand/arm
(whatever). I've found that just the scanner cable if it touches the table
can cause enough drag to screw me up.
I've also used scan "track" guides which help immensely. I have one
with a piece of acetate that goes over the paper and you scan through that.
But there's still the problem of the speed of the scan. For best
results, you have to have a very steady hand (which I do), but you also
have to scan very slowly otherwise your buffer will fill up (overflow and
beep on you). Unless you have a very fast computer (I don't know), you
have to hold the scanner steady while pressing the button, scanning
straight, and scanning very slowly
The lower the dpi, the faster you can scan, but the less resolution.
The higher the resolution, the better-formed the characters are on the
screen. (EG.MANNY, CAT3, TOP41, MSG:29/M615)
USING A SWAP FILE WITH STACKER You can have a temporary swapfile on your
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" stacked drive, just not a permanent one.
Windows writes a non-DOS format to a permanent swapfile, but a regular DOS
format to a Temp swapfile. Also, make sure that you load SMARTDRV after
your SSWAP in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. So, try changing the type to TEMPORARY and
THEN selecting the drive letter. If it still doesn't let you do it, set the
value to TEMPORARY and save your settings and exit Windows. Then add the
following line to the [386Enh] section of
SYSTEM.INI: PagingDrive=C
Also, make sure that the TEMP variable is SET to include the
Drive, (in your AUTEXEC.BAT) for example:
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
These will force windows to use the compressed C drive for a
temporary swap file.
(D.BORUCK, CAT4, TOP4, MSG:234/M615)
WHEN YOUR CMOS LOSES IT'S SETTINGS Losing [a] CMOS configuration is
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" either a battery problem or a bad
CMOS chip. Try a new battery, first; they are about $13. If this doesn't
solve the problem, then it is probably a bad CMOS chip. In that case, you
will probably need a to get it fixed (if you can find someone to fix it,
and it doesn't cost more to fix it than to buy a new motherboard).
(D.BORUCK, CAT12, TOP11, MSG:87/M615)
HOW TO NOT USE VIRTUAL MEMORY IN WINDOWS To tell Windows not to use
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Virtual Memory (hard disk space
as an extension to RAM) go into the Control Panel, select 386 Enhanced
options, then select the button marked "Virtual Memory". On the next dialog
box, select the button marked change, and tell it not to use a swap file
(select none instead of temporary or permanent). Windows will now limit
itself to actual RAM only.
(T.MALLERY1, CAT12, TOP17, MSG:95/M615)
HOW MUCH MEMORY FOR OS/2? Bumping your memory up to even 6 MB will make a
""""""""""""""""""""""""" tremendous difference. While the 'official'
minimum is 4 MB the practical minimum (IMHO) is 6 MB. If you are using the
HPFS file system then I'd say the 'official' becomes 6 MB and the practical
8 MB. (J.SHERIDAN4, CAT21, TOP 43, MSG:669/M615)
WILL YOUR GAMES WORK WITH OS/2? I found an easier way to test games under
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" OS2. Run my regular DOS menu program in
a full screen DOS session (Direct Access), set the settings for the whole
window and viola' Those settings should apply to every program I load
(right?)... I made the suggested changes ( VIDEO ROM EMU and RETRACE off,
HW TIMER and HW ROM TO RAM ON ) and started testing.. I haven't changed the
Soundblaster Interrupt yet, but I have the following conclusions: Red Baron,
Yeager's Air Combat, A10 Tank Killer, Rules of Engagement, 4D Boxing,
Stunts and several others work acceptably ( the 5% slowdown seems about
right ). SimAnt, Links, Air Warrior SVGA and Jetfighter hang up the system
completely. (K.MILLER8, CAT 21, TOP43, MSG:785/M615)
GRAPHICS CONVERSION FILES RECOMMENDED For converting GIF files or any
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" other graphics file format;
Graphics Workshop from Alchemy Mindworks and PC-Paintshop Plus are the best
I've found to date. Both are shareware and (I think) available in the
DL's. (S.JERKINS, CAT22, TOP8, MSG:8/M615)
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
""""""""""""""""""
HOW COME? Clearly, forgetting for the moment the 640K memory barrier,
""""""""" there is no larger hardware screw-up in the IBM PC world than
the case of the missing serial ports. They are obviously missing, because
there aren't enough of them. Even though there are definitions for COM1,
COM2, COM3, and COM4, don't be fooled, you can only use two of them at the
same time, and it can't be ANY two.
(HOMCHICK, CAT12, TOP12, MSG:98/M615)
WHY NO SPEAKER DRIVER IN WINDOWS 3.1? This is why (according to a story
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" in Infoworld) Microsoft did not
include the PC speaker driver with Windows 3.1. It didn't work with
something like 15% of the computers tested. They decided not to include it
as a standard part of Windows (or to delay the whole Windows package on the
basis of a cute but unnecessary accessory) but make it available on a try
it and see if it works basis.
I was wondering what machines it didn't work on (it's worked on every
machine I've tried it on - some better than others) - now I know. Why am I
not surprised it's a genuine IBM that has a problem?
(T.MALLERY1, CAT 22, TOP2, MSG:339/615)
BAD PRINTER EXPERIENCE Just had a bad experience with the new Epson
"""""""""""""""""""""" LQ-570. I purchased it with a single bin sheet
feeder. Overall, I liked the design and the output (although some of the
components felt a little "cheesy"). However, when I tried to make a banner
on it, it just stopped after a page and a half. Thinking it might be a
software problem, I tried another program...same problem. I called the
company I bought it from and he felt it was a defect and said I should send
it back. However, I wasn't sure if I wanted another Epson, or try my luck
with another brand. I decided to stick with the Epson, and called back for
a RMA number. The guy I talked to said that he had an LQ-570 and that he
had the same problem. He said that this printer is designed for light duty
and that the print head overheats. I stated that I didn't want a 24-pin
printer that could only print a page and a half of graphics and I was told
I could return it.
I am now looking at the Panasonic 2123.
A few more nails in this coffin...the LQ-570 is VERY noisy. In
addition, the scaleable fonts can become distorted. I am very
disappointed with the LQ-570, and can't understand why Epson would produce
such a limited product!
(JON-LARSON-2, CAT 15, TOP13, MSG:81/M615)
HOW GOOD ARE BENCHMARK TESTS? The problem with PC Mag tests are they use
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" benchmarks that have little relationship
to real use. What I like about Infoworld's tests is they used popular
applications to benchmark Windows and OS/2. W ho cares how their Winbench
benchmark runs if real applications show very different results. With the
exception of Quatro Pro, where the results were very close (Windows was
still faster), most of the application ran much faster under Windows than
OS/2. The Microsoft Word macro took 18 seconds under Windows with 4 megs,
32 seconds under OS/2 with 8 megs. The Lotus macro took 2 min. 16 seconds
under Windows with 4 megs, 4 minutes 48 seconds under OS/2 with 8 megs.
Twice as fast with 1/2 the memory. The times do not include loading the
application. The extreme results (like the Pagemaker example I gave) comes
from comparing Windows with 4 megs to OS/2 with 4 megs. Clearly 4 megs is
not acceptable for OS/2. Infoworld didn't even publish times for the
multitasking test for OS/2 with 4 megs. Their statement:
"Performance was painfully slow when running this level of
multitasking on a 4 megabyte OS/2 machine. Just as a user would have, we
gave up when the first foreground task, loading an Excel file, had not been
completed even after an hour and half."
Funny thing... Windows with the same 4 megs took 2 minutes 18 seconds
to open that file.
(T.MALLERY1, CAT22, TOP32, MSG:12/M615)
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
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Category 12, Topic 13
Message 2 Tue Jun 02, 1992
P.GRANZEAU [Pete] at 19:54 EDT
It has *never* made sense to buy now--whatever it is you plan to buy,
*something* will make it obsolete within six months.
But sooner or later, if you have a requirement, you buy the best you
can for the specific time at which you are buying, knowing full well that
in six months the same thing will be a kilobuck cheaper, and a new model
will have become the latest and greatest and yours isn't.
[*][*][*]
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
If you are serious about your PC, the GEnie Lamp staff strongly
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
world.
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/ Silk Supreme pie from Village Inn/Baker's Square!!! (with /
/ extra whipped cream!). Sorry to overdose everyone on the /
/ '!s'. I'm off to do a happy dance now!" /
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Follow The Bouncing Cursor
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By Miles Deforest and Al Pena
(From The TeleJoke RoundTable)
Fifty Ways to Hose Your Code
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(Kind of by Paul Simon)
The problem's all inside your code she said to me,
Recursion is easy if you take it logically.
I'm here to help you if you're struggling to learn C,
There must be fifty ways to hose your code.
She said it's really not my habit to #include,
And I hope my files won't be lost of misconstrued,
But I'll recompile at the risk of getting screwed,
There must be fifty ways to hose your code.
Just blow up the stack Jack,
Make a bad call Paul,
Just hit the wrong key, Lee,
And set your pointers free.
Just mess up the bus, Gus,
You don't need to recurse much,
You just listen to me.
She said it grieves me to see you compile again.
I wish there were some hardware that wasn't such a pain.
I said I appreciate that and could you please explain,
About the fifty ways?
She said why don't we both just work on it tonight,
And I'm sure in the morning it'll be working just right.
Then she hosed me and I realized she probably was right,
There must be fifty ways to hose your code.
Just lose the address, Les,
Clear the wrong int, Clint,
Traverse the wrong tree, Lee,
And set your list free.
Just mess up the bus, Gus,
You don't need to recurse much,
You just program in C.
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/ newsletter writer. I ran several bands (pep, jazz, brass /
/ quintets, etc.) in college, but I never conducted them. /
/ The last time I was a conductor was when I allowed my /
/ wrench to touch both terminals of a marine battery...." /
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Passing Trends or Here to Stay?
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By Mark L. Dodge
[M.DODGE2]
REMEMBER THE INTEL 8086? It never really made it's way into the personal
"""""""""""""""""""""""" computer scene with much staying power.
Somehow the 8086 found itself mounted in a package that talked to the
outside world through an eight bit data bus. It was then that it inherited
the 8088 designation and became the main processor for the majority of DOS
based personal computer systems.
Companies such as Harris and AMD accelerated the 8088 to speeds of 8MHz
and beyond when the XT standard was adopted. Now just about anyone can
purchase 10MHz 8088 CPU's for well under $100.00.
Around 1986 the AT design came crashing onto the scene with what was to
be the fastest PC's to date. At 8MHz with a newly designed CPU (80286) the
system proved to be a real performer, and a new standard was established
for the expansion bus. A 16 bit data path found itself labeled with
Industry Standard Architecture.
It wasn't too much longer when AMD and Harris began to manufacture
accelerated versions of the 80286 pushing them up into the 12, 16 and even
20MHz system speeds. These designs did very well in the PC market place.
And are still offered by most major personal computer manufacturers today.
Well, needless to say, the 80386 and 80486 have both become the
industry standard to which most computer systems are designed around today.
When the 80386SX hit the scene shortly after the 80386, most critics seemed
skeptical as to its success. Well, here we have a case very much like the
8086/8088 relationship. Two sixteen bit processors with one having only an
eight bit interface. And in the case of the 80386, the SX flavor is a 32
bit processor packaged in a case with a sixteen bit interface. History
repeating itself. And the SX was destined to become a success with end
users.
The 80486 CPU is the first real "all powerful" processor because of
its ability to perform operations within one clock cycle verses two as with
the earlier predecessors. Incorporating an onboard "FPU", which most refer
to as a math co-processor, enhances the performance with even greater
results.
So where are we today and where is all of this going? Studying the
developments in the PC industry over the past two years, it isn't difficult
to determine. Voice recognition, real-time video and pen input operating
systems are here to stay. The processing speeds and memory capabilities of
most system designs are ever increasing. The technology for design and
manufacture of the ever shrinking integrated circuit is accelerating more
quickly than the production of these circuits themselves. It's just a
matter of a few years before we all will be "talking" to our personal
computer systems.
How much will all of this cost? Well, take a look at what is going on
right now. CYRIX semiconductor designed an 80486 clone that plugs into an
80386SX socket. Texas Instruments is manufacturing the CPU for CYRIX.
Take a look at Chips and Technologies, Inc. They have designed an 80386
clone that has the capability to perform operations within one clock cycle.
Texas Instruments is manufacturing this CPU as well.
Then there is AMD. Of course there 80386 clone has rapidly become the
standard for almost all 80386/40MHz personal computers. Their power saving
flavors of the 80386 and 80386SX processors are finding themselves in more
and more notebook computers because of the superb energy efficiency.
With all of these companies manufacturing clone processors, the prices
just keep going down, down, down. It's not uncommon to find 80386 33MHz
and 40MHz motherboards for under $250.00 each. 80486 33MHz motherboards
should be selling for under $500.00 by the end of 1992. Especially since
Intel is dropping the price of the 80486 by as much as 56% (in some cases)
effective this month.
Another development to be watching is in the area of memory. Korea is
literally "cranking" out four megabit DRAM devices. And much to Japan's
dismay. The market should experience a steady decline in consumer pricing
on these type devices. After all, the equipment and process for
manufacturing the four megabit DRAM's has been around for at least two
years now. And most manufacturers are gearing up with equipment that can
easily produce 16 and even 64 megabit devices.
One other area that has experienced rapid success is the relatively new
designed Local Bus. It's offered primarily as an alternative to the EISA
bus. What most manufacturers are offering are 2-32 bit bus slots that have
proprietary assignments over the other ISA slots on the motherboard. The
local slots find themselves filled with graphic adapters designed for
intense speeds as well as hard disk controllers boasting extremely high
data transfer rates. Browsing through most recent computer magazines, you
won't have to look very long before you begin to notice the increase of
companies offering the local bus design. It's a real bargain compared to
most EISA systems.
To sum things up a bit, high speed processors are becoming more and
more affordable. Freshly designed motherboards providing high speed
throughput and output to other system peripherals are quickly taking a
strong foothold in the market. Memory prices should begin to fall towards
the end of this year. Personal computer users will soon find themselves
sitting in front of systems that can perform nearly as fast as some of
today's mini-mainframes.
Why is all of this necessary? Well, in my opinion, it's necessary so
that more user friendly interfaces can be designed and delivered to end
users. This provides for more people using personal computers in their
every day lives to perform any number of tasks with ease. Designing the
operating systems to perform sophisticated functions will never become
reality without the support of sophisticated hardware.
[*][*][*]
Mark L. Dodge is home based out of San Antonio, Texas.
He loves hot and spicy food as well as fast and
intuitive computer systems. Over the past 14 years,
he's worked with everything from massive-mainframes to
micro-minis. By day, he is a Submicron Photolithography
Equipment Engineer. By night, he is an electronic
musician enthusiast and a PC fanatic. You can reach him
here on GEnie as "M.DODGE2".
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/ utility and it is now honestly a monster of code." /
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Search-ME!
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By John Peters
[GENIELAMP]
SEARCH-ME! Welcome to Search-ME, our new monthly puzzle program. Each
"""""""""" month we will have a different theme. Our first Search-ME!
puzzle is about GEnie. If you have some ideas of a theme for Search-ME!,
send your list of keywords to GENIELAMP. Lists selected that are used in
this column will get you one hour of GEnie credit. Cool!
This month's keywords:
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* ALADDIN BOARDS BULLETIN *
* CHAT DOWNLOAD GAMES *
* GEMAIL GENIE GENIE*BASIC *
* GENIELAMP GENIEVALUE HOTSUMMERNIGHTS *
* LIBRARY LIVEWIRE MESSAGES *
* MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLEPLAYING *
* ROUNDTABLE RTC UPLOAD *
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S Y A P I Z N A B U L L E T I N M C P L T H W
N E I A I V P P F J Y F W Z S C Y R A R B I L
C P R S V K Y O P K Z D O W N L O A D F M Q I
I Z L I A J S Z W V N C Q H F A Q J H Z G B N
S X W T W B U P L O A D T L H H V L S E I H X
A P M A L E I N E G B Y Q D M F X T L B D Z S
B D F H E D V W M Z O A W T K O O B X D F I X
* M T C Q A O I M J A Z C T Y V A R L Z C L I
E Y U L X L N U L L R R D G V T B W P Z Q Q C
I C S L S I O V W U D M E C D V E L B H O A W
N V Y F T S L J X X S N G N I Y A L P E L O R
E G E M A I L Q Z O I U U M B L Q C T I W J B
G A M E S H P P N E S O W X N V L J F R B O K
V I V S L D H L V T R O U D I C R F J S M J B
Y F F S K L I A A Z O L M F D R T K N C Y U E
Z I U A S N L S O Y Q X Z O D W G R E I N E G
C V L G E U A G F W E K W P A P Q Y L F R O C
N I V E E R V G A Z J R Y S L V G Z P Y E X V
V U F S M V Z E C Q C R W S A T W Z E Q Y H M
H O T S U M M E R N I G H T S L W G T O F A H
GIVE UP? You will find the answers in the LOG OFF column at the end of
"""""""" the magazine. This column was created with a program called
SEARCH ME, by David Becker.
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/ hit him in the noggin, began contemplating why that APPLE /
/ had dropped. His conclusion was the beginning of the /
/ concept and theory of Gravity." /
/ /
/ "Later that evening, he began to wonder why the darn thing /
/ didn't have a SCSI port built in...." /
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Hot Downloads For The Asking
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By Mark Quinn
[M.QUINN3]
>>> HOT FILES YOU CAN DOWNLOAD! <<<
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~ For the best downloads in the IBM Library! ~
(Eclectic thoughts on some of the best downloads of the month in
the IBM library . . .)
(Special report: "BIG BLUES".)
One month ago, I upgraded my motherboard/memory, and now I am the
proud possessor of a '386DX/40 with 8 megabytes of RAM. Why 8 megabytes?
Read on.
On the day that I had the upgrade performed, I backed up my
'essentials' (as in fiction, poetry, and hate mail that was too hateful to
ever be sent), then said goodbye to "the box". The following day (our
technician has a heart, and undoubtedly, an ulcer) I set everything back
up. I am not surprised to say that there was _quite_ a difference between
a '286/12 and the new motherboard. Everything flew, to the extent that
sound files associated with Windows events (as in booting or shutting down)
chirped like Munchkins.
But there was a reason that I had to have the upgrade performed with
such expediency, and a reason why I had chosen to expand to 8 megabytes:
it happened to be sitting in a white cardboard box on a table to the left
of my workstation. I was eager to try out what was billed as the future
operating system of the IBM/clone family of computers: OS/2 2.0. In fact,
maybe I was too eager.
I opened the box. "Hmm. I guess I want to install this thing over
DOS, without IBM's High Performance File System (HPFS)." The Installation
guide said something about editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files in
the root directory. I added the appropriate lines. I also saw a section
on putting COMMAND.COM in the DOS directory and deleting it from the root.
"Hmm. That doesn't sound kosher, but why not? Geez, I hope I'm following
the instructions to the letter . . ."
Several disks installed without a hitch. Suddenly, the installation
process slowed to a crawl. My hard drive was grinding, literally -- it
sounded like one of those coffee grinders you hear at a supermarket. I
knew my computer was good for something.
The installation process plodded along, and six more hours of grinding
ensued (okay, call me a masochistic sot). A timer icon appeared, and sat
there, and the drive ground on for several minutes. A window began to load
(I'm serious) _one character every minute or so_. "Enough is enough," I
said. I jabbed the reset button.
"I'll just get out of this thing and load DOS." The system rebooted,
and the hard drive started grinding away again. I looked everywhere for an
"abort to DOS" command, couldn't find one. Then I got semi-smart and
looked for a bootable DOS disk. I spent about twenty minutes going through
a pile of old disks, none of which worked, while the person sitting to my
right was happily computing away on her '486/33 with . . . with DOS 5.0.
I slapped both my real and virtual foreheads.
"Pleeeeeze gimme a DOS 5 system disk. Okay?" I whined.
"Sure. Oh, there's one right here in the drive," she said.
I booted the disk, and logged onto the drive. Then I went about
systematically deleting everything that had to do with OS/2, thinking that
I would reinstall it when I found what was causing my hard drive to try to
read itself to death.
"There." I rebooted, and OS/2 began to load. It wanted to know where
a file called "CLOCK.SYS" was. It was about three o'clock on a Saturday
morning, and I felt like there was a pile of old cigarette ashes in my gut.
I needed some high-powered help. Where else to go but the IBM RoundTable
here on GEnie?
James Sheridan, an IBM rep from Canada, had a temporary fix for me
within a few hours (!), and another IBM rep steered me towards a more
permanent one a few hours later. "Known problem . . ." he began. As
those words jumped in increments down the screen, I began to brighten up.
A file on one of the installation disks wasn't compatible with my hard
drive controller.
I reinstalled OS/2 over DOS. The process sped along. Soon the
program was up and running very well, and I was running three or four
programs at once. _Everything_ on my hard drive worked, with one exception
that was soon cleared up.
Now that I had OS/2 and DOS on my system, there had to be a way to get
back to DOS. There was, a command called (oddly enough) "BOOT /DOS". I
tried it, and was informed that I lacked a certain file. No problem, I'd
just get on the IBM RoundTable again and bother the bejeezus out of those
guys . . .
I did, for about a week and a half. According to IBM Marketing Rep Neeraj
Srivastava, the first file it wanted was merely a stripped-down version of
my AUTOEXEC.BAT, so I provided it one and put it in the proper directory.
I expectantly retyped "BOOT /DOS" and got another error. It wanted yet
another file.
Three files later, I knew that I was in a quandry. I loved OS/2, but
I needed access to DOS. I had been reading the now-burgeoning OS/2 topic
in the IBM library, and there were scads of users experiencing problems
similar to mine. A few of them furiously stalked off the RoundTable; most
stayed until they were up and happily chugging away.
I decided on installing OS/2 -- with HPFS this time -- on its own
partition. One user said that a 30-megabyte partition would do; another
insisted that 30 wasn't enough, and 40 was. I was going to go with the
second estimate. My old 72 megger seemed pretty diminutive.
I deleted the FAT partition with OS/2's FDISK, then re-formatted
(following the instructions that Charles Strom, the sysop of the IBM
RoundTable, gave me) and installed DOS 5.
A funny thing happened on the way to installing that second OS/2
partition -- I didn't. I reinstalled Windows 3.1 and as many as my other
files as I had saved, and I had lots of room left over, and no OS/2. IBM's
new operating system would wait until I got more hard storage.
A few years ago, I read a science-fiction story about pesky aliens who
come to earth and generally muck things up. They insist that having this
facial feature or that is quite the fashion, and all the pretty people
comply and have plastic surgery. Ears and noses are enlarged to comic
proportions. Months later, the aliens tell the pretty people what fools
they've been for submitting to their whims, laugh, and leave. I felt a
little like that, with my 8 megs and my newly-formatted drive. Just a
little.
[*][*][*]
And now, on to the reviews.
FName: BBAR19S.ZIP
File#: 28,789
Bytes: 126,208
I kinda/sorta/usually detest reviewing Windows (which, from this point
on, I will refer to as "Winders". I don't know why) files, as important as
they are, as they are not exactly "download, extract, and run"-type files.
I find myself grudgingly loading Winders, Browsing through my directories
for the correct file, and sometimes find myself discovering too late that I
need lots of other files to get the whole system working -- at which point
I dump the program and go on to the next victim.
"Button Bar Plus", as it was meant to simplify the task of launching
files from within Winders, was a file that I didn't detest reviewing. (If
I did, I'd hardly be as enamored of it as I am.) When it's loaded, it
looks like an -- err -- button (two very long rows of buttons with icons on
them) bar. BBP has 66 configurable buttons, and was meant as a
replacement for the Program Manager. Supposedly, the design is similar to
Lotus's SmartIcons (I will take the uploader's word for that, as I am not
familiar with LSI).
Now your Winders and DOS files can be in one central place. After
looking at the sparse help file, which is really all you need to get things
going, you're on your way to configuring your own buttons. Don't worry
about fussing over configuring them, the process is straightforward (even
pleasing), and there is a Browse feature to help you find the correct
directory/file. The name you've given your buttons appears at the top of
the bar, and various system statistics are at the bottom.
This baby looks like a professional program. Well worth the download
time/fee, and, I kinda/sorta dug it.
FName: ABC-TALK.ZIP
File#: 28,848
Bytes: 212,480
The "acid test" for a program is given (obviously) not by the
reviewer, but by the end user(s). Since the average child is about as
critical an audience as a program can get, I've found that reviewers often
go hog wild over programs that kids couldn't give a -- if you'll excuse the
Lettermanism -- rat's *ss about.
ABC-TALK is a cut above average in the IBM "KinderWare" department,
though it has one flaw: the program depends heavily on the child
recognizing digitized sound samples from the internal speaker, and (at
least on my system) a few of these samples weren't clear enough. In fact,
the sounds in "TALKING ABC's" (reviewed in a past issue) were much more
distinct.
If you're not put off by this (some would say minor) flaw, the program
is _quite_ worth the download -- you may even get a hug for your efforts.
A toddler can "pound" the keyboard to his/her delight, and learn to form
associations between words. An older child can learn his ABCs by listening
to another child recite them, and learn to spell such words as "giraffe"
and "zebra", a woman's voice naming the letters as he types them in.
Recommended, with the above caveat.
FName: WIZARD23.ZIP
File#: 28,795
Bytes: 233,984
FName: WIZTPL14.ZIP
File#: 28,936
Bytes: 151,552
The Wizard Data Base and The Wizard Data Base Template Editor looked
promising enough when I first booted them. Imagine cataloging all of your
sound and graphics files (and creating your own custom database templates
with the Template Editor) _and_ listening to/viewing them from within the
database! That's where Wizard's "Multi-Media" twist comes in.
Wizard comes with four templates:
BOOKS, MUSIC, IMAGES, SOUNDS
Typing WIZARD BOOKS will load the BOOKS template into the database,
for example; typing WIZARD alone (as I did -- RTFM was never my credo for
getting a first impression of a program) will net you an error message.
The ready-made data- base templates may be helpful to those who don't like
having to design a template from scratch.
If you decide to use the program to do any serious work, you're going to
have to register to get the full documentation. I found myself in dire
need of docs when I tried to view a GIF file from within the program.
The program supports the following picture file formats:
GIF, TIF, PCX, TGA, IFF, LBM, IMG
It also supports the following sound cards (and the programmer
promises to support more pic and sound formats in future releases):
Sound Blaster, Sound Master II
If you find you really don't want to know the sampling rates of all
your sound files, that's where the template editor comes in (you could
leave the field blank, but where's the adventure in that?): edit out the
field, then rearrange the remaining fields to suit you.
On the whole, Wizard was functional enough. It never bombed when I
did "strange stuff", though you may think of some pretty strange stuff of
your own to do with it. All the commands I tried without the benefit of
the docs worked; the handholding didn't seem too severe. One nice thing
about the comments field is that it can be a full 64K, which would appeal
to those of us inputting synopses into the BOOKS database (though I've heard
many GIF pictures are worth more than 64K. Ha-ha. Ha?).
If you want a database with the above elements, and you have the
requisite $49 to spend on the registered version, then the Wiz is for you.
>>> QUINN'S QUICKIES <<<
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KAEON1.ZIP - An outer space shoot-'em-up with "four plane
parallax scrolling" and a "Genesis-quality
Sound Blaster sound track". (Taken from the
file description.) I don't have a Sound
Blaster, but I can attest to the fact that
this game is darned impressive.
Unless you're earth's answer to Luke
Skywalker, you _will_ need to 'cheat'
(configuring the program so that you can go
right through objects without trashing the
ship) a little, or a lot. The aliens you'll
find in this game are devilishly hard to kill,
even with the bonus weapons you'll pick up.
As in other games, once you've conquered your
favorite screen and discovered its password,
you can relive the thrill of victory at your
whim by typing it in.
I would have included this in the section
above, but I didn't "warm" to the game. It
could be that I'm still recovering from
WOLFENSTEIN 3-D (reviewed in last month's
column) syndrome, and everything else pales in
comparison, but I suspect that I've seen too
many games with this sort of theme. Not that
it isn't a good game when taken on its own
merits . . .
HANGJR1.ZIP - As the file name suggests, this is a hangman
game for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja" set!
The graphics are fairly good/cute enough to
sustain a kid's interest, kids can use the
keyboard/mouse to spell a word, and there are
"no losers". But you may get tired of your
little one saying, "Daddy, would you please
boot Windows so-". Highly recommended.
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/ sharpest paper I have, many people can't 'see' a difference. /
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Online Food For Thought
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By Phil Shapiro
[P.SHAPIRO2]
>>> COLLABORATION IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE <<<
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Each one of us is born into this world with unique talents.
However, no two persons have exactly the same strengths.
Working alone, each one of us can make a contribution to society.
But working together, in collaboration with others, our individual
talents are magnified.
Defying logic, when two or more persons collaborate on a
project, the sum of the parts is often greater than the whole.
In this electronic age, electronic mail is the lifeblood of
collaboration.
Within the business world, e-mail is the cement that binds companies
together.
Outside the business world,
e-mail facilitates social and intellectual
discussions.
Whatever the nature of the collaborative project, be it software
development, scientific research, or the writing of a book, electronic
mail can facilitate just about every stage of the project.
Before a project even gets launched, the participants can brainstorm
ideas via e-mail.
Once the project begins to take shape, the direction and timetable of
the project can be worked out via e-mail.
During the middle stages of the project, progress reports can be
distributed via e-mail.
And in the final stages of the project, feedback from independent
observers can be sent via e-mail.
It used to be that persons who were collaborating on a project needed
to live in the same city, or at least the same state.
In the electronic age, physical proximity is becoming increasingly
irrelevant.
Emotional and intellectual proximity are far more relevant.
Most interesting, people can collaborate on long term projects without
ever having met each other.
Their shared ideas alone can be the sole force connecting them over
months of work.
Ideas themselves can be both the communication medium and the end
product of collaboration in the Information Age.
In the previous Industrial Age, shared ideas could only be used as a
means to an end.
The structures and inventions of the Industrial Age were all physical
tangible structures.
In contrast, the structures and inventions of the Information Age are
intangible, knowledge structures.
The ideas themselves are the invention.
As the world becomes more complex, no one individual has enough
know-how to tackle ambitious, original projects.
Shared knowledge and shared insight are going to be the hallmark of
future successful ventures.
Persons open to working in collaboration with others are going to have
a distinct advantage over the "lone wolf" worker.
In the coming years rugged individualism is going to have to take a
back seat to rugged cooperation.
Orville and Wilbur Wright's father once remarked that neither of his
two sons, working on his own, would ever have achieved much with his
life.
Working together, bouncing ideas and energy back and forth, the two
were able to soar to unimagined heights.
-Phil Shapiro
Recommended Readings
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Sproull, Lee, and Kiesler, Sara; Connections: New Ways of Working in
the Networked Organization, The MIT Press, 1991, 212 pages. Price:
$19.95.
Strassman, P.A.,Information Payoff: the Tranformation of Work in the
Electronic Age, Free Press, New York, 1985.
Kraut, R.E., (ed.), Technology and the Tranformation of White Collar
Work, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1987.
[*][*][*]
[The author develops educational software for the Apple II
line of computers. He can be reached at Balloons Software,
5201 Chevy Chase Parkway, NW, Washington, DC, 20015. Or on
GEnie at: P.Shapiro1]
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/ "Hey, you're preaching to the choir, ya know? <g> But just /
/ as I tend a jaundiced eye towards "the grass is greener", I /
/ refuse to get too emotional over a dumb machine. A yare /
/ boat, now, is another matter. <g>" /
////////////////////////////////////////////// M.JONES52 ////
[MOO]
[COW]//////////////////////////////
CowTOONS! /
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Moooooo Fun!
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| JAIL | | |oo| | |
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(__) CowTOONS?
~~ (oo) The Cowtoons picture here were drawn
~~~~ /-------\/ by various artists and were compiled
~~~~~ / | || and circulated on USEnet by Eric W.
~~~~~ * ||----|| Tilenius.
~~~~~~~~ ====~~====~~====
~~~~~~~~~~~~/ If you have an idea for a great cow-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ toon, we would like to see it. Upload
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ your CowTOON to GEnieLamp. If we use
"Cow Hanging Ten at Malibu" it here in GEnieLamp, we will credit
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///////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "I'm strictly a section trombone or euphonium player....and /
/ newsletter writer. I ran several bands (pep, jazz, brass /
/ quintets, etc.) in college, but I never conducted them. /
/ The last time I was a conductor was when I allowed my /
/ wrench to touch both terminals of a marine battery...." /
////////////////////////////////////////////// L.DEVRIES ////
[EOA]
[SOF]//////////////////////////////
SOFTVIEW /
/////////////////////////////////
CD-ROM Qwik_Views
"""""""""""""""""
By David Holmes
[D.HOLMES14]
>>> MULTIMEDIA GAMING <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
~ Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective ~
A TRUE MULTIMEDIA GAMES One of the first true multimedia games, Sherlock
""""""""""""""""""""""" Holmes: Consulting Detective is a technically
impressive game, but it is lacking in the area of gameplay.
There are three different mysteries in this game. Each one begins
with a video clip. These are all full motion video, around 15 fps, along
with 11 Khz sound. The video runs in a fairly small box in the center of
the screen, but it is large enough for most details to be shown. There
usually isn't a whole lot of movement, but it is really something to be
able to watch real actors with perfect lip-syncing. Playback is fairly
smooth, although there were some slight pauses on my Sony CD-ROM drive.
The acting was fairly good -- nothing award winning, but definitely not
bad.
During video clips, you can pause the action, stop it, or rewind to
the beginning.
To solve each mystery, you simply select characters from your
notebook or from a directory of people/places in London, then click on an
icon to go there, and a video clip will be shown. There is no interaction;
you only get to watch Holmes or Watson interview the person.
There are many flashbacks during some interviews, which consist of
still sketches and sound effects. If anything, I was impressed with the
accuracy and detail of the sound effects in these scenes.
You can also view the London Times. Copies of all the issues are
packaged with the game (on incredibly thin paper), or you can access them
from the CD. I found it awkward reading it from the program, but I don't
really like keeping non-essential papers by my computer.
You can save your game at any time, although it has about the least
intelligent save system I've ever seen. It defaults to the CD-ROM
directory. To change drives, you must click on "Drive." It then goes to
"A" then "B" then "C". Since I always want to save to my hard drive, this
is annoying.
I had one major problem with the game, and that was that many times
when it booted up, it would simply lock up. It seemed as though the best
way to prevent that from happening is to play some CD-AUDIO from another
CD, then running Sherlock Holmes. (Strange, but that's what seemed to
work.)
Some have said that the mysteries are easy to solve, but I had a lot
of trouble with them. I guess I'm just not the detective type (no matter
what my name might be). As I write this, I've only solved the first
mystery; I am stuck in the other two.
Even though this is an impressive game that every CD-ROM drive owner
should want to get to show off, it does suffer from poor gameplay. There
is little to do besides visit people and passively watch video clips. And
once you have solved a mystery, there is no point to replay it. While you
must do some deducing, there is not much of a game here, or at least not
one which I found very fun.
Price: $69.95
Requires: CD-ROM drive with 150K/sec. data transfer rate and
continuous read, 640K, VGA, 286-12 or better, mouse, SoundBlaster
or compatible or Pro Audio Spectrum
ICOM Simulations, Inc.
648 South Wheeling Road
Wheeling, IL 60090
//////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "No insult taken Rod. I just hoped you weren't implying that /
/ I was secretly working for Nintendo. That would have insulted /
/ me greatly and made me challenge you to some silly sport where /
/ we could act like cavemen.:]" /
////////////////////////////////////////////////// J.AUCOIN ////
[EOA]
[PDQ]//////////////////////////////
PD_QUICKVIEW /
/////////////////////////////////
Con>Format: Yours For The Asking
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
By Bradley E. Biondo
[B.BIONDO]
Program Name : Con>Format
Filename : CNFMT107.LZH
Library Area : 5
Program Number : 28856
File Size : 41984
Program Type : A Pop-Up Concurrent Diskette Formatter
Author : Sydex
Version Reviewed: 1.07
File Type : Shareware / $15.00
[*][*][*]
FROM THE AUTHOR Con>Format stands for Con(current) For(matter) and
""""""""""""""" offers you the capability of formatting diskettes "in
the back-ground" while other work is being done on your computer.
Con>Format is a "pop-up" utility. That is, it stays dormant until a
particular combination of keys (which you specify yourself) is depressed.
Con>Format then opens a "window" on the display and requests which drive to
format and what kind of format to write. Once this is done, the "window"
disappears and does not reappear until formatting is complete. In the
meantime, you have full use of your computer, excluding the diskette drives
(you may use the hard disk). Hence the term "background" formatter.
Con>Format works with 5.25" and 3.5" diskette drive types, and
provides formatting for 180K, 360K, 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M diskettes.
The format written is compatible with DOS versions 2.0 through 4.01 (the
latest as of this writing).
Con>Format will "hold up" a diskette access from a running program if
a diskette is in the process of being formatted. A window "pops up"
to notify you of this occurrence. When formatting is complete, the
diskette access is performed and program execution continues. If the ES-
Cape key is pressed during the time that diskette access is suspended, a
"Drive not ready" status will be returned and control returned to the
suspended program.
[*][*][*]
PD_Q RATING * * * *
"""""""""""
DOCUMENTATION EXCELLENT
"""""""""""""
PD_Q COMMENTS Ever get stuck in the middle of an application without a
""""""""""""" formatted floppy? Need to format floppies while you're
working on something else on your PC? Tired of trying to remember the
right switches to format your floppies (particularly you pre-DOS 5.0
users)?
Well, Con>Format from Sydex comes to the rescue. A "Pop-Up Concurrent
Diskette Formatter", Con>Format loads itself into RAM and stays dormant
until you call it up. You get to choose what key combination activates it.
It works with 5.25" and 3.5" drives, provides formatting for 180K, 360K,
720K, 1.2M and 1.44M, and is compatible with DOS 2.0 through DOS 5.0.
When pressing the specified key combination, a window presents a menu
of choices for which size drive and what density format. Once the
selection is chosen, the window disappears until the formatting is done,
and you can go on with your work (as long as you don't use any floppy
drive). If you forget, Con>Format pops up a window informing you floppy
drive access has been suspended until the format is done.
Configuration options include automatic drive sensing or manual drive
definition, hot key combination, and tone, window or both notification of
completed formatting. If you pop up the window, you can continue with more
diskettes of the same format without starting over.
One constraint - the pop-up window only works on text screens. So if
you're in the middle of one of your favorite Shareware games, Con>Format
will not start. Or if you're in the middle of formatting, it will wait
until your screen returns to text mode before popping up the finish
notification.
Registration is $15 for non-commercial single-users, $50 for
commercial and multisystem sites. Con>Format version 1.07 is available
from Sydex, P.O. Box 5700, Eugene, OR 97405.
[EOA]
[GET]//////////////////////////////
GET THE LAMP! /
/////////////////////////////////
Clip & Use Aladdin Script File
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
By Bud Williams
>>> PC ALADDIN 'GET THE LAMP' SCRIPT FILE <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
HOW TO GET THE LAMP This script was written to assist in rubbing your
""""""""""""""""""" favorite GEnieLamp to obtain the magical information
within. This script file will allow you to download all the issues, or
just the issues you want. You can then choose to do an Autopass 1 or 2,
log off, or move to a GEnie*Basic area. As an added plus, you can even
have PC Aladdin grab the latest copy (or copies) of GEnieLamp while you
sleep. It's easy to install and even easier to use.
Installing The Script First of all, you will need to separate this
""""""""""""""""""""" script from the magazine. To do this, just load
this magazine into any word processor or text editor, and cut or block this
script file out to it's own separate file and save it as SCRIPT.TXT. Place
SCRIPT.TXT in your PC Aladdin folder. Your "Get The Lamp" script file will
now automatically load in when you boot up PC Aladdin.
If you are already running one or more script files, you will need to
append this file to the end of your present SCRIPT.TXT. Now edit the first
line to a script number which is currently not in use. For example, if you
have a Download script which is script number 3, edit the first line,
"script 3 GET THE LAMP!" to "script 4 GET THE LAMP!".
If you encounter any problems in getting your script to run, see your
PC Aladdin documentation for instructions or leave GEmail to GENIELAMP for
assistance.
Running The Script To execute the Get The Lamp script, merely click on
"""""""""""""""""" "Do User Script" option which is available under the
"Terminal" pull-down window available on the menu bar in PC Aladdin. At
the "Enter path\file name: (ie E:\FILES\)" prompt enter the path you would
like the issues of GEnie Lamp to be downloaded to as shown in the example.
If the directory is entered incorrectly or does not exist you will be
notified of this error and given another opportunity to correct it.
The next option will allow you to either perform the selections now or
let you set a later time to perform the selections automatically. At the
"Call Now or Later? 1=NOW 2=Later" prompt, enter 1 to perform the
selections immediately or a 2 to automatically run the program at a preset
time.
If you enter 2 the prompt "Time to call? (00:00 to 24:00)" will appear
with a warning to insure system clock is set to the correct time. At the
prompt enter the time you want PC Aladdin to log on to GEnie to "Get The
Lamp". Use the following chart to determine 24 hour time.
Time 24 hour format Time 24 hour format
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
1 AM 01:00 1 PM 13:00
2 AM 02:00 2 PM 14:00
3 AM 03:00 3 PM 15:00
4 AM 04:00 4 PM 16:00
5 AM 05:00 5 PM 17:00
6 AM 06:00 6 PM 18:00
7 AM 07:00 7 PM 19:00
8 AM 08:00 8 PM 20:00
9 AM 09:00 9 PM 21:00
10 AM 10:00 10 PM 22:00
11 AM 11:00 11 PM 23:00
12 Noon 12:00 12 Midnight 00:00
IMPORTANT! When entering the time, be sure to put the colon between the
"""""""""" hours and minutes as shown above.
Now The Selection Process! The following menu will be presented for you
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" to choose which version(s) of GEnieLamp you
want to capture:
GET THE LAMP!
'''''''''''''
1. GEnieLamp Mac
2. GEnieLamp IBM
3. GEnieLamp Atari ST
4. GEnieLamp Apple II
5. GEnieLamp (Elsewhere)
6. Capture ALL GEnieLamps
At the "Choice:" prompt enter the number for each issue you would like
capture all on one line. Some of the legal entries you may use are 135 or
2-3-5 or 1/2/3/4/5 (same as 6) etc. This prompt is very forgiving and will
accept many different formats of entry.
The next prompt wants to know what you want to do after the script
captures the Lamp(s). You have the following options:
1. Do AutoPass 1
2. Do AutoPass 2
3. Log Off
4. Go to GEnie*Basic
5. Remain in GEnieLamp RT
With these options you can set up PC Aladdin to do an Autopass, and
log off while you're sleeping, watching TV or doing some other non-computer
task after it has captured your favorite issue(s) of GEnieLamp.
Like the previous prompt, you can use these options in a sequence or a
chain of events if you prefer.
Example: 13 ;will do autopass 1, and then PC Aladdin will then log
itself off.
14 ;will do autopass 1 and then will move you to a
GEnie*Basic page 100 where you will remain online.(*)
A bell will sound to let you know that PC Aladdin is
finished and waiting.
(*) Note that although capturing GEnieLamp via the menu is part of
your GEnie*Basic package, the GEnieLamp RoundTable itself is not.
If you use choose to remain in the GEnieLamp RoundTable, the
GEnie*Value clock will start upon reaching the end of the script.
Finally, you will be given an opportunity to check your selection. If
everything is correct, just enter a "Y" and PC Aladdin will begin executing
your instructions. If it is not correct, or you would like to change an
option, type "N" and you will be given an opportunity to start over.
Have a Happy,
Bud Williams
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This script file is also available as a downloadable
file in the GEnieLamp RT [m515], Aladdin ST RT
[m1000] and the PCAladdin RT [m110].
[*][*][*]
script 3 GET THE LAMP!
ECHO OFF
:main
CLEAR
NOTE " Get The Lamp!"
NOTE " ''''''''''''' "
NOTE "This script will capture the current ASCII issue of"
NOTE "GEnieLamp. Capturing GEnieLamp from the menu is "
NOTE "included in your GEnie*Basic package."
NOTE
NOTE " Press ESC to exit (abort the script)."
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE " Enter path & file name to save the issue under."
NOTE " Press RETURN for Current Path."
NOTE
NOTE "Enter path\file name: (ie E:\FILES\)"
GETSTRING 9
IF SUCCESS
SETSTRING 2 "TTTTXEA.TXT"
CAPTURE "%9%2"
ENDCAPTURE
IF EXIST "%9%2"
ERASEFILE "%9%2"
ELSE
NOTE "ERROR in Path Try Again!"
PAUSE 2
GOTO main
ENDIF
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE "Call Now or Later? 1=NOW 2=Later"
GETKEY 1
IF STRING 1 IS "2"
NOTE
NOTE "Make sure system clock is set correctly!"
NOTE "Time to call? (00:00 to 24:00)"
GETSTRING 5
ELSE
SETSTRING 5 "Now"
ENDIF
CLEAR
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE " GET THE LAMP!"
NOTE " ''''''''''''' "
NOTE
NOTE " 1. GEnieLamp Mac"
NOTE " 2. GEnieLamp IBM"
NOTE " 3. GEnieLamp Atari ST"
NOTE " 4. GEnieLamp Apple II"
NOTE " 5. GEnieLamp (Elsewhere)"
NOTE " 6. Capture ALL GEnieLamps"
NOTE
NOTE "To receive multiple issues type each number on one line."
NOTE " --> Example: 135"
NOTE "Choice:
GETSTRING 4
NOTE "What to do after capturing the issue(s)?"
NOTE
NOTE " 1. Do AutoPass 1"
NOTE " 2. Do AutoPass 2"
NOTE " 3. Log Off"
NOTE " 4. Go to GEnie*Basic"
NOTE " 5. Remain in GEnieLamp RT."
NOTE
NOTE "Choice:"
GETSTRING 3
IF SUCCESS
CLEAR
NOTE "The following magazines are selected for capture:"
NOTE
IF STRING 5 IS "Now"
NOTE "Time to call is Now"
Else
NOTE "Time to call.......%5 hr"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "6"
SETSTRING 4 "12345"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "1" Mac Version
NOTE
NOTE "1. GEnieLamp Mac %9MACLMP.TXT"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "2" IBM Version
NOTE "2. GEnieLamp IBM %9IBMLMP.TXT"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "3" ATARI Version
NOTE "3. GEnieLamp ATARI %9ATARILMP.TXT"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "4" APPLE 2 Version
NOTE "4. GEnieLamp Apple II %9APPLELMP.TXT"
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "5" Elsewhere
NOTE "5. GEnieLamp Elsewhere %9ELSELMP.TXT"
ENDIF
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE "After capturing issue you have chosen to:"
NOTE
IF STRING 3 HAS "1"
NOTE " Do an AutoPass 1."
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "2"
NOTE " Do an Autopass 2."
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "4"
NOTE " Go to GEnie*Basic."
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "3"
NOTE " Log off."
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 IS "5"
NOTE " Remain in GEnieLamp"
ENDIF
NOTE
NOTE
BEEP
NOTE "Is this Correct? (Y/N)"
GETKEY 6
IF STRING 6 HAS "N"
GOTO main
ENDIF
IF STRING 6 HAS "n"
GOTO main
ENDIF
ENDIF
:Logon
IF STRING 1 IS "1"
NOTE "Starting Script..."
ELSE
WAITUNTIL %5
ENDIF
PAUSE 4
LOG ONTO "515"
IF STRING 4 HAS "1"
SETSTRING 2 "MACLMP.TXT" Default name MAC
SENDLINE "6"
CALL cap
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "2"
SETSTRING 2 "IBMLMP.TXT" Default name IBM
SENDLINE "7"
CALL cap
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "3"
SETSTRING 2 "ATARILMP.TXT" Default name ATARI
SENDLINE "8"
CALL cap
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "4"
SETSTRING 2 "APPLELMP.TXT" Default name APPLE II
SENDLINE "9"
CALL cap
ENDIF
IF STRING 4 HAS "5"
SETSTRING 2 "ELSELMP.TXT" Default name Elsewhere
SENDLINE "10"
CALL cap
ENDIF
GOTO pass
:cap
CAPTURE "%9%2"
WAITFORPROMPT
ENDCAPTURE
RETURN
:pass
IF STRING 3 HAS "1"
PERFORM 1 Perform AutoPass 1
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "2"
PERFORM 2 Perform AutoPass 2
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "4"
SENDLINE "M100"
BEEP
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "5"
ALARM
ENDIF
IF STRING 3 HAS "3"
SENDLINE "BYE"
LOG OFF
BEEP
ENDIF
ELSE
CLEAR
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE "--> Script Aborted! <--"
ENDIF
ENDSCRIPT
//////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Lots of messages! That's what I like to see! Messages /
/ galore! More messages than you can stick a shake at! /
/ I haven't been this happy since I decided I wanted /
/ to be a LUMBERJACK!..." /
//////////////////////////////////////// R.MARTIN22 ////
[EOA]
[LOG]//////////////////////////////
LOG OFF /
/////////////////////////////////
GEnieLamp Information
""""""""""""""""""""""
o COMMENTS: Contacting GEnieLamp
o GEnieLamp STAFF: Who Are We?
o SEARCH-ME! Answers
GEnieLamp GEnieLamp is monthly online magazine published in the
"""""""""" GEnieLamp RoundTable on page 515. You can also find
GEnieLamp in the ST (475), the Macintosh (605), the IBM (615) Apple II
(645), A2Pro (530), Unix (160), Mac Pro (480), A2 Pro (530) and the
Geoworks (1050) RoundTables. GEnieLamp can also be found on CrossNet,
Internet and many public and commercial BBS systems worldwide.
We welcome and respond to all GEmail.To leave messages, suggestions
or just to say hi, you can contact us at the following addresses:
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o Kent Fillmore [DRACO] Publisher/GEnie Product Manager
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"""""""""
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"""""""""""""""
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"""""""" o David Holmes [D.HOLMES14] ST TX2 Editor
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""" o Mark Quinn [M.QUINN3] IBM Co-Editor
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""""""""" o Richard Vega [R.VEGA] MAC Co-Editor
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APPLE II o Tom Schmitz [TOM.SCHMITZ] AII Editor
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