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~ EN GUARDE! GEnie Chess Online ~
~ Newsbytes Highlights ~
~ Memory Expansion, Pt. II ~
~ US Robobtics Modem Upgrade ~
~ Hot Files ~ Hot Messages ~ Hot RoundTable News ~
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GEnieLamp IBM ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.1, Issue 7
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Publisher............................................Kent Fillmore
Senior Editor........................................John Peters
Editor............................................Peter Bogert
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~ GEnieLamp ST ~ ~ GEnieLamp Elsewhere ~ ~ GEnieLamp A2/A2Pro ~
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE IBM ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ October 1, 1992 ~
FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
Notes From The Editor. Is Th A Letter for Me?
HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] FOCUS ON... ............. [FOC]
Is That A Letter For Me? Thinking Out-Loud.
INFO_BITS ............... [INF] CLASSICS ................ [CLA]
Exclusively From Newsbytes. Keep That Printer Busy!
ONLINE FUN! ............. [FUN] THE MIGHTY QUINN ........ [QUI]
Search-ME! Milliseconds Wth Mark.
TELETALK ONLINE ......... [TEL] GEnie ONLINE ............ [GEN]
Telix: Get The Lamp Script. En guarde!
COWTOONS ................ [COW] PD_QUICKVIEW ............ [COW]
Mooooooo Fun! BOXER: Why Fight With Text.
TECH_TALK ............... [TEC] HACK'N ONLINE ........... [HAC]
Memory Expansion, Pt. II. USR Modem Upgrade.
THE ONLINE LIBRARY ...... [LIB] MICE, BYTES AND IBM ..... [MIC]
Only The Best! Paper Chase.
ADD ALADDIN ............. [ALA] ELSEWHERE ............... [ELS]
Cut And Paste Scripts. Connecting The World.
LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
GEnieLamp Information.
[IDX]"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
READING GEnieLamp GEnieLamp has incorporated a unique indexing
""""""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier.
To utilize this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor
or text editor. In the index you will find the following example:
HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
[*]GEnie Fun & Games.
To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index.
MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages re-printed
"""""""""""" here in GEnieLamp, you will find all the information you
need immediately following the message. For example:
(SMITH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475)
_____________| _____|__ _|___ |____ |_____________
|Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number|
In this example, to respond to Smith's message, log on to page
475 enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1.
A message number that is surrounded by brackets indicates that this
message is a "target" message and is referring to a "chain" of two
or more messages that are following the same topic. For example: {58}.
ABOUT GEnie GEnie costs only $4.95 a month for unlimited evening and
""""""""""" weekend access to more than 100 services including
electronic mail, online encyclopedia, shopping, news, entertainment,
single-player games, multi-player chess and bulletin boards on leisure
and professional subjects. With many other services, including the
largest collection of files to download and the best online games, for
only $6 per hour (non-prime-time/2400 baud). To sign up for GEnie
service, call (with modem) 1-800-638-8369. Upon connection type HHH.
Wait for the U#= prompt. Type: XTX99368,GENIE and hit RETURN. The system
will then prompt you for your information.
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/ "In my experience GEnie management has always been very /
/ attentive to my problems, and very helpful, and even /
/ nice :) They give me the benefit of any doubts every time." /
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[EOA]
[FRM]//////////////////////////////
FROM MY DESKTOP /
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Notes From The Editor
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By John Peters
[GENIELAMP]
TOP OF THE PAGE GEnieLamp writers and contributors are paid for their
""""""""""""""" efforts with online time here on GEnie. In order for me
to credit their accounts, I ask them to send me their GEnie ID number.
Recently, a new contributor sent me his password. GASP! I blinked a few
times, took a deep breath and wrote a reply to his message explaining to
him how to go about changing his password.
Afterwards, I got to thinking that maybe it was because of my position
here on GEnie that he assumed it would be okay to give me his password. Or
maybe it was just an oversight. Regardless of the reason, it brings up the
point that it can happen. Don't let it happen to you. Never, I repeat,
_NEVER_ let your password out into the hands of someone else! There is
absolutely _no_ reason what-so-ever for anyone but yourself to know your
password. Period.
Sooooo.... how long has it been since you've last changed your
password? Last week? A month ago? Never? If it has been awhile, perhaps
today would be a good day to change it. Odds are your account will never
be the victim of some unscrupulous member, but why take chances? Changing
your password takes only a few seconds to do, plus, it is part of your
GEnie*Basic package.
To change your password, type SET or M900;2 at any GEnie main prompt.
You can use any character from A through Z, all digits from 1 through 9,
asterisks, periods and dollar signs. GEnie will ask you to enter your old
password, then to enter the new password. It will then ask you to re-enter
your new password for verification. Pick a password is easy for you to
remember, but next to impossible for someone else to figure out. Commit it
to memory or write it down and put it in a _secure_ place.
If you are using Aladdin while on GEnie, changing your password is
even easier. Just choose "Change Password," follow the prompts and let
Aladdin do the dirty work.
Take the time and effort to do this. Your pocketbook may thank you
someday!
>>> GEnieLamp Odds & Ends <<<
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Standing Ovation Tom Schmitz, the chief editor of the Apple II/A2PRO
"""""""""""""""" GEnieLamp, has informed us that he's accepted a large
promotion at his daytime job and will consequently have to relinquish his
role as chief editor of the Apple II/A2PRO GEnieLamp. Since April, 1992,
Tom coordinated the production of the first seven Apple II/A2PRO
GEnieLamp's, setting high standards in every facet of his work. We will
deeply miss Tom's pioneering leadership.
Taking over as chief Apple II editor is frequent GEnieLamp contributor
Darrel Raines [D.RAINES]. Darrel has broad interests in the Apple II, and
hopes to give the Apple II GEnieLamp his own signature leadership in the
months ahead. Persons interested in contributing articles to the Apple
II/A2PRO GEnieLamp are requested to contact co-editor Phil Shapiro
[P.SHAPIRO1] until Darrel familiarizes himself with the GEnieLamp ropes."
-Phil Shapiro
THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW... I downloaded the new (ALADDIN) 1.62 version
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" from a local BBS. After that I had all kinds
of problems, like it would download a long time and when I went to read the
messages, there was only one available to read. Another time it downloaded
a few messages and gave the 'end' beep and said I've been idle too long.
Another time I didn't get me mail at all even though I had 4 letters
waiting.
So, last night I downloaded 1.62 again, this time from the Aladdin
library and everything seems to be working the way it is suppose to now. So
I want to warn people, sometimes you may get a bad download especially if
it is from a local BBS, it may have had a bad upload if you know what I
mean... -Leska [V.WRIGHT]
[*][*][*]
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a SysOp?
To the tune of "White Rabbit" By Jefferson Airplane...
Some folks like the BB's,
And some folks like the Mall.
And the ones who start up flamewars,
Don't like anything at all.
Go ask Sysop, when he climbs the wall.
And if you go, chasing lurkers,
And you know you're going to fall.
Tell 'em hookah... smoking modem,
Has given you the call.
Poor Sysop, he deals with it all.
When the posts in the deadmail,
Get up and tell you where you go.
And you've just had some kind of linenoise,
And your node is moving on...
Go ask Sysop, I think he'll know.
When the pointers, and topic markings,
Are lying sloppy dead.
And the cursor is typing backwards,
And you can't read what you've just said.
Remember, what the Doormouse said,
Park your head... park your head.
(Reposted with the author's permission)
(UHH.CLEM, CAT30, TOP27, MSG:36/M470)
Until next month...
John Peters
GEnieLamp E-Magazine
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TOP OF THE PAGE II It was refreshing reading over the many messages
"""""""""""""""""" (2000+) in the IBM RT this month. I found a lot of
helpful hints that hopefully will make your computing life easier.
What's that? A MSDOS 6.0? Quarterdeck for sale? GEnieLamp to be
published by the National Inquirer? Those people in your role-playing game
are really inside your computer?
Well, you better read on . . . (at least for some of these rumors :)
Peter Bogert
[P.BOGERT1]
GEnieLamp IBM Editor
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/ "Actually if you mail an envelope with nothing but a disk in it, /
/ it can pass for 29 cents. But as soon as you put a note (so we /
/ know what you want) and a check in it, it exceeds one ounce and /
/ costs 52 cents." /
///////////////////////////////////////////////// J.EIDSVOOG1 ////
[EOA]
[HEY]//////////////////////////////
HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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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 WHAT'S NEW?
o TIPS AND HINTS
o HOT TOPICS
o HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT... I'm going to take the liberty to not
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" include any Bulletin Board Hot Spots
this time. I've included a few extra messages that show pros and cons of
different issues.
What I would like to identify is a genuine major HOT SPOT, and that
is the new Windows RT. Located on page 1335 on GEnie, this will be a
section where issues and problems specifically related to the Windows
enrivonment can be addressed. The sysops of the IBM RT have also asked
that file uploads that are Windows-related be uploaded there.
Beginning with the next issue, we'll be including some of the
significant portions of the Windows RT in the GEnie IBM Lamp. In the
meantime, pay them a visit - and watch for this section to expand next
month! -Ed.
>>> ODDS AND ENDS <<<
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ANNIMATORS TAKE NOTE! If you are interested in having your masterpiece
""""""""""""""""""""" of animation rendered to tape in a timely and cost
effective fashion, Future Image can help. We are offering rendering
services on our Silicon Graphics system. If you are interested, drop me
some E-mail and I will be happy to send you some particulars. Kevin W.
Lowther, Future Image
(K.LOWTHER1, CAT2, TOP 21, MSG:10/m645)
HOW RT LIBRARY FILES ARE RELEASED The only reason why a file or files
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" would be released out of order is, as
an example:
Let's say that on a Wednesday files 30,000 - 30,025 are uploaded.
All files are checked for a variety of items, including though not limited
to viruses, copyright infringement, inclusion of third party software,
Etc...
And let's say that within that list of file numbers 30,000 - 30025,
file number 30,002 is possibly a copyrighted image in .GIF format, or
perhaps additional clarification is necessary as to whether or not the
program can be released into the Public Domain. We don't have a crystal
ball, and at times need feedback from the Uploader before we can release
the file.
Or maybe the Long Description was garbled in transmission, and we are
waiting for the Uploader to u/l a corrected Description so that we can
import it into the Long Description, so it is ledgible to other GEnie
Users.
Not everyone logs onto GEnie every evening. It may take two days,
maybe a week before we receive a response; sometimes longer. Or sometimes
we don't receive a reply at all to our query.
We really couldn't (nor shouldn't) withhold the release of the
remaining twenty-five files pending clarification of one file; the backlog
would be incredible. Hence, we will release files 30,000 - 30,001; and
30,003 - 30,025. The questionable file #30,002 will be held in the queue.
Hope that helps to explain why sometimes files are released out of
synch! -Lyman DeLiguori, Sysop, IBM Software Library
(LYMAN, CAT3, TOP2, MSG:59/M615)
HOW MANY IBM EMPLOYEES DOES IT TAKE TO... Three IBM employees are
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" driving to a meeting, when
they see a young woman standing by her car on the side of the road. They
stop to see if they can help, and she points to an obviously flat tire.
The first IBM employee, a software programmer, suggests she continue
driving to see if the problem goes away.
The second, a hardware repairman, suggests swapping the tires until
they can figure out which one is bad.
The third, a computer saleman, tells her that this car obviously no
longer meets her needs and suggests she buy a new one.
(T.MALLERY1, CAT12, TOP5, MSG:89/M615)
CAN I JUST PLUG IN A 486 CHIP? One other thing, so far none of the Intel
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" chips are pin compatible with each other.
You can't pull a 286 and replace it with a 8086, or 386 or 486; the same is
true for all the other chips. You can replace a 486DX with the DX/2
version that is twice as fast, but they are at least the same "family" not
jumping from one to another.
(B.WITHNELL, CAT12, TOP62, MSG:38/M615)
JUST THE FAX, MODEM My recommendation is that you take a look at the
""""""""""""""""""" SupraFaxModem V.32bis. I does 14,400 and faxes. The
price is right and there are a lot of features for the bucks involved. One
caveat, as near as I can tell there are some problems with all of the new
high-speed modems. The reason for this is that the CCITT (the committee
that sets modem standards) left some things out of the standard that are
necessary for reliable high speed operations. The few minor problems I have
had with my Supra are being addressed in a new FREE rom they are sending to
all registered users.
Sending faxes is another issue. The capability is great. Basically,
your fax software converts your printer output into a fax image. Because
there is on conversion from analog to digital and back again, the quality
is far superior to a fax machine. Depending on the fax software you get
with your modem, you can also schedule faxes to be sent out in the middle
of the night when rates are low. Some fax software packages also include
OCR software that are supposed to convert received faxes to ASCII if that
is what you wish. (W.HUTCHESON1,CAT23, TOP23, MSG:167/m645)
HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A BBS?
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Exec-PC - The Business Knowledge Exchange
ASP Approved BBS
-- 250 PHONE LINES- LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR BBS IN THE WORLD --
The largest LAN-and-microcomputer-based online service in the World!
5.3 million callers since 1982
100+ uploads per day! 650,000 files in compressed files
160,000+ active messages online
4,500+ callers per day
Home of Hyperscan(tm), searches through 20,000 files in 2 seconds!
Via: Exec-Link,PC-Pursuit,V.32bis,HST,V.42bis,MNP,CompuCom,
Hayes 9600 V-series
Main system number: 414-789-4210>
Standard 2400 bps modems on all lines (except as noted below)
<V.32bis, V.32 (14400, 9600) ...... nodes 226-245, 414-789-4360>
<US Robotics HST 9600 and MNP5..... nodes 201-215, 414-789-4337>
<US Robotics HST 14400 ............ nodes 216-225, 414-789-4352>
<CompuCom Speedmodem 9600.......... nodes 251-255, 414-789-4450>
<Hayes 9600B V-series, 9600bps only(non-V.32)
nodes 124-125, 414-789-4315>
(T.MALLERY1,CAT23, TOP33, MSG:23/m645)
IS DESQVIEW/X A WINNER? A small computer company that I work part-time
""""""""""""""""""""""" for got a copy of DV/X, and the owner is having
me evalute it. We've had great results with QEMM386 in the past, and have
tried DV/386 as well.
The version that we recieved is 1.02 (w/QEMM v6.03), and seems to be
much more stable than the earlier releases and beta versions described
up-topic. I haven't had any trouble with out-of-memory situations, unless
more than 9 or 10 windows were opened at once (8 meg machine). The memory
overhead is higher than Windows 3.1, and graphic performance slightly
slower, but blame this on the X-windows interface, not DV itself. Trying
to implement an X server AND X client on the same machine at the same time
does involve a lot of overhead. However, custom display drivers for
specific video cards (Tseng, Diamond, ATI, etc.) would probably provide a
significant boost. I would also expect (or hope) that Quarterdeck will
further refine and optimize the code in future releases.
The core of DV/X (as far as I can tell, and according to Manifest) is
DV/386 version 2.52. The DV.EXE file itself is only about 150k in size
(pretty close to v2.41) , so the majority of the memory hogging results
from adding the X system, window manger, and whatever space is needed for
Adobe Type Manager to do its job.
So far, I have been real pleased with the package. Very solid DOS
multitasking(as always!), a more flexible interface, and the potential for
many Unix/X-Windows programs being ported are pluses. I hope that when
Unix developers see that the largest market in the microcomputer world(the
MS- DOS/Intel market)has suddenly been opened to them, that we will start
to see some stuff being ported.
(B.MILNER, CATA28, TOP10, MSG:53/m645)
OR, IS DESQVIEW/X NOT QUITE A WINNER? For what it's worth, I ran DV/x
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" here for about a month. My
impression is that it needs a 800x600 or 1024x768 interface very badly. The
Graphic interface looks nice, but you cannot change colors on most of it so
you are stuck with what you get. The scalable fonts in the dos box work
fine. I did find some small bugs, but all in all a pretty good effort for
version 1.0. The main problem is that it is still DOS, underneath the
fancy face. I don't know how you are supposed to run X programs which
require the 1024x768 or 1280x1024 when all you get is plain VGA. I put it
on the shelf for now and will check back at about version 2.0. Also on
another system I found out that it is not stable on a EGA system, sometimes
you see all the parts sometimes not. I did have problems of it running out
of memory with only 1 or 2 apps running and I have 8 megs of RAM.
(C.SODERBACK, CAT28, TOP10, MSG:54/m645)
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
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A NEW ALADDIN!! Version 1.62 of GEnie PC Aladdin is now available from
""""""""""""""" the PC Aladdin RT. In the library it's file 1.62. On
page 110, item 4 will also get you the file.
Changes from 1.61 to 1.62:
1) Problem causing "Unknown category" display when
reading messages has been corrected.
2) Change item 1 also corrects problem with Aladdin
issuing "SET 0" command when posting some replies.
3) Change item 1 also corrects problems with duplicate,
phantom and empty topic entries in the topic list.
4) Support added for correct receipt of INTERNET mail.
Users receiving mail from GEIS email addresses will
also receive mail correctly because of this fix.
5) Global topic update (F4/O) bug in which the terminal
mode screen would go bananas after finishing the global
update has been taken care of.
6) Modified the terminal mode screen write code to
improve throughput. It's quite a bit faster now.
7) Added new script command: EXITALADDIN ...which causes
Aladdin to immediately terminate the script and exit to
DOS.
8) Added new script command: ASCII UPLOAD file_name
...which is used to instruct Aladdin to send an ASCII
file to GEnie.
9) Fixed bug in email editor that was not validating
attached filenames if the email was written, then
saved, then edited and an invalid filename was entered.
10) Fixed problem with terminal mode going to download
mail as soon as "T" is pressed and terminal mode
starts.
11) Download and upload status window now shows efficiency
in CPS rather then bytes/sec to avoid the write off the
status window when recovering from an aborted Zmodem
download.
12) Added new /MEMDISP command line argument to monitor
memory available while Aladdin is running on the upper
left hand side of the screen. This only works when the
/CLOCK command line argument is specified.
13) Added MARK command to topic list commands -- this
command is used to mark topics.
14) Added common Q&A section to help screens, under tech
support item in main menu help screen.
15) Added date and time stamps to the output archives.
16) Added code to recognize when an email cannot be sent
after an "*S" command. Aladdin issues an *X to cancel
the email request, leaves the item in the queue and
continues with whatever else needs to be done.
17) Added code to automatically send replies via the ENTER
command when Aladdin knows that a REPLY command will
not work because of the source of the original message
or the location within the GEIS email community of the
person who sent the message being replied to. Also,
since Aladdin knows which email it can reply to and
which ones it can't, Aladdin will not allow a reply to
an email from an email address that does not allow
replies.
18) GetMem calls are now error checked, runtime errors
generated for critical out of memory conditions.
19) Topic list update and display now cuts off at 1456
topics, which is the absolute maximum number of topics
Aladdin can handle in an RT. Anything above that is
thrown out.
20) Product index now uses a right-chevron character to
show new items on the GEnie product index.
21) Queue of email no longer displayed due to change in
indexing code for incoming text (this was an unintended
feature which we could not keep).
22) Fixed problem with last category's mark not being
reset to KEEP if the category is CANCEL'd. (J.JIMENEZ,
(CAT1, TOP7, MSG:23/m645)
NEW PRINT SHOP! Unfortunately, I had just bought the new PrintShop Deluxe
""""""""""""""" two days before receiving the mailing!. VERY IMPRESSIVE
GRAPHICS! Also, VERY slow printing...but worth the wait. The possibilities
are endless with this new version. Just started playing with it, but have
already dumped the old version. And yes, you can use the graphics from The
New Printshop! (M.BORLAND, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:30/m645)
NEW MICROSOFT PRESS RELEASES
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MICROSOFT to Release Windows NT Device Driver Kit In Conjunction
With Three-day Developer Conference Oct. 26-28
REDMOND, Wash.-- August 18, 1992 --MICROSOFT Corp. Tuesday announced the
Windows NT Device Driver Kit (DDK) will be available in pre-release form
Oct. 26 in conjunction with the MICROSOFT Windows NT Device Driver
Developers Conference in Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 26-28.
The conference will feature highly technical information needed to
write hardware drivers for Windows NT, including NDIS, SCSI, display,
printer, input and communication drivers.
MICROSOFT Outlines Future Directions 08/25/92 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
U.S.A., August 25, 1992 -- MICROSOFT believes in making long-term
investments, and its present and future investments include workgroup
computing, multimedia, and transparent multivendor networking services,
said Dwayne Walker, director of MICROSOFT's Windows NT and Networking
Products, speaking at the Windows & OS/2 Conference in Boston last week.
MICROSOFT's workgroup strategy revolves around Windows for
Workgroups, a product not yet announced, but now being beta tested in the
U.S, and Europe, stated Walker. This new operating system will join Windows
3.0, Windows 3.0, and Windows NT, a system slated for release in late 1992
or 1993, to form a new "family" of MICROSOFT products, he added.
Windows for Workgroups will be aimed at the majority of network
users, whereas Windows NT will be geared to the minority of customers who
require access to mission critical applications, often downsized from
mainframes and minicomputers, Walker explained.
The Windows for Workgroup system will come with built-in basic
networking capabilities, including file sharing, electronic mail,
scheduling, calendaring, and transparent connectivity to NetWare, LAN
manager, NOVELL Server, Pathworks, and IBM LANServer, he elaborated. More
specialized capabilities -- such as advanced form routing, workflow, and
group memory -- will be sold as separate applications from MICROSOFT and
third party vendors.
Windows NT is already being beta tested by some 18,000 developers,
indicating that lots of applications will be available, he noted. Beta
testing among some 21,000 end users will start in September, and MICROSOFT
will not give a ship date until that test is under way and the company has
gotten user feedback. "By the end of October, I'll have a better idea," he
commented.
Microsoft Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference
Monday, October 26 to Wednesday, October 28, 1992 Anaheim, California
Location: Disneyland Hotel Anaheim, California Telephone: (714) 956-6425
Sponsor: Microsoft Corporation
The purpose of this conference is to provide information and
understanding on the model to support various devices, such as displays,
printers, network adapters, SCSI peripherals, audio products, and more,
under Windows NT. The presentations will discuss the entire structure and
design of Windows NT as it relates to developing drivers to support various
devices. The pre-liminary Windows NT Device Driver Kit is included with
registration of this event and includes sample source code for many
drivers, testing and debugging tools (the Win32 Software Development Kit is
required for actual device driver development and is not included with
registration)
At the Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference, the developers
and designers of Windows NT will present details on various components of
the operating system like the Windows NT Kernel and the I/O Subsystem and
how they impact device drivers. Further, you'll have numerous opportunities
to discover technical "how-tos" and the latest development tips for a broad
range of devices including:
o Printers o Communication devices
o Keyboards o Mouse/Pointing devices
o Display adapters o Audio
o Network adapters o SCSI devices
o 3270 adapters o Fax
o Scanners o and other devices
This is a great opportunity to hear directly from key developers, including
David Cutler, Architect and Director of Windows NT Development.
And, so that you can be among the first to have your hardware take advantage
of this powerful operating system, we'll give you a free copy of the
preliminary Windows NT Device Driver Kit (DDK) and successive updates include
the final version, a $500 value.
(RDILL, CAT21, TOP8, MSG:353,357,401/m645)
NEW VERSION OF QUICKVERSE BIBLE PROGRAM We're happy to announce that
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" QuickVerse for Windows is now
shipping. We are starting with the update disk sets, which will be going
out the door to customers who have upgraded starting tomorrow.
The new version uses the same Bible file formats, but offers more
speed and many new features.
New features include DDE data exchange, unlimited number of windows
and translations open at a time, saving of the configuration (no more
loading all your translations manually), and much more.
QuickVerse for Windows retails at $79 ($89 for NIV), and upgrades to
the Windows version from 2.0 are $49. There is a special mailing going out
to current owners that offers a special price. I can take those orders
online for those of you who prefer GEnie. Just email me your credit card
information, customer number or address, and I'll send it out.
These are being shipped as fast as possible, but our high density
diskette duplication capacity is limited so it will take until the end of
the week for us to finish the orders we have.
(K.HANSEN17, CAT31, TOP8, MSG:71,73/m645)
>>> TIPS AND HINTS <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""
WHAT COMM PROGRAMS CAN YOU USE WITH OS/2? Rick, you can use any DOS COM
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" program w/OS/2, but you have
to go to the DOS SETTINGS in the program folder (SESSIONS tab), and change
the first two settings (COM_HOLD and EXECUTE_IN_BACKGROUND) to ON.
(M.AGRI, CAT1, TOP6, MSG:53/m645)
GENIE FILE TRANSFERS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE Do you know that XMODEM on
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" GEnie is terriblely slow and
that you should _NOT_ use MNP with it (MNP makes XMODEM even slower).
(B.WITHNELL, CAT1, TOP6, MSG:54/m645)
THE BEST FOR TEXT VIEWING The best ASCII file viewer (IMHO) is LIST.COM,
""""""""""""""""""""""""" by Vern Buerg. It's almost a DOS Shell
program in itself including the ability to open ZIP, ARC and LZH files and
view selected contents, as well. You can use it to call an editor if you
want. What it doesn't do, is print. For that, you can use one of any
number of editors, or just use the regular DOS PRINT command.
(P.GRANZEAU, CAT3, TOP32, MSG:310/m645)
SUCCESSFUL SCANNING OF NEWSPAPER TEXT To scan newspapers, or any paper
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" where the text behind will show
through, place a black paper behind the paper you are scanning. Without any
contrast between the behind ink and the scanner cover (or copier cover) you
will not get any printthrough. I find that black construction paper cut to
comnplete scanner size is cheap and effective.
If the ink is blue or faint, you can sometimes improve readability by
placing the paper in a yellow transparent cover (I use a plastic report
cover). (NUMBER6, CAT3, TOP41, MSG:57/m645)
MICHELANGELO - GET OUT! The easiest way of getting rid of Michelangelo
""""""""""""""""""""""" would be to simply:
a) cold boot on a clean, write protected DOS floppy
b) if running DOS 5.x, type "FDISK /MBR"
The virus is now past tense. Make sure to scan, using your favorite
scanner, all of your floppies to make sure that you don't have infections
simply waiting for a boot to activate them.
If you're running some DOS < 5.x, then you can use a public domain
clean up package or simply use Norton's Disk Doctor. To use NDD, you'll
need Norton Utilities or something like it. Zero out the first half of the
MBR (*make sure to leave the end alone: that's where your paritition table
lives!*), then run NDD. It'll tell ya that you have an invalid MBR and
offer to write a new one for ya. When it does, you are no longer infected.
(GREENBER, CAT3, TOP50, MSG:514/m645)
SOME GOOD AVICE ABOUT ADDING STACKER The hardware version has an onboard
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" processor that will speed up the
compression routines making apparent disk access faster than software only
routines would be - this may be particularly relevant with your hardware
setup. On a 486/33 however, the difference in speed is only noticable with
VERY large databases.
The hardware version also reduces the TSR space that is needed - and
there is a significant reduction in the use of conventional or high memory.
I don't recall the actual values, but if you're already scratching for
memory, I would STRONGLY recommend the 8 bit (PC) stacker processor.
By all means do the compression before installing any additional
major software. You will gain the benefits of having additional 'working
space'. In reality - the actual order doesn't make an iota of difference,
other than giving you more space flexibility if you "stac" first.
A word of caution - I've installed Stacker on many machines without
any difficulties. But DO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! And, it perhaps should go
without saying, but DO A COMPLETE BACKUP before installing stacker (or, for
that matter, any disk compression software). Stacker is a very stable
product, but something as unexpected as a simple power glitch in the middle
of the install will put your data into oblivion, never to be recovered.
While Stacker cannot damage your disk physically, recovery from an
interrupted install can only be done through a full restore (there may be
exceptions, but none that I'm aware of).
(L.MCRAE2, CAT4, TOP4, MSG:302/m645)
ZIPPING AND UNZIPPING IN NORTON DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS I couldn't find a
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" way to make NDW
unzip files, but I found a solution. Associate *.zip files in Windows with
the pkunzip utility. When you double click on a zip file, Windows opens a
DOS window, unzips the file and returns you to Windows. This has worked
well for me. The only thing is you must have your zip file in the
directory that you want it unzipped into.
(D.BAILLARGEO, CAT4, TOP48, MSG:33/m645)
MAXIMIZING HYPERDISK - THE SHAREWARE DISK CACHE I have Hyperdisk using
"""""""""""""""""""" extended memory. <faster than using expanded> QEMM
6.0x will give expanded memory to programs that want it and extended to
programs that want it on the fly - no special configuration is needed.
My Hyperdisk line is short and simple -
device=hyper386.exe c:2048 cw:2048 or s a
Not loading a disk cache high will give you a speed increase also.
(C.AUSTIN8, CAT12, TOP5, MSG:83/m645)
BUT WHICH BRAND OF COMPUTER SHOULD I BUY? When considering a new
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" computer just ask yourself,
"Does this computer have alot of support?" If it does not, the chance of
your having good solid information in case a problem results, is slim,
without having to pay $$$ in order to find it. An example of this, does
the company offer an 800 support line, or will you have to pay? Just a word
of caution, be careful.
I have a compatible computer with IBM, but I do miss the support I
got from IBM. I don't have 800 support with this Magnavox, nor does the
company try to offer help when you call them: they just try to give you an
answer that will suffice to the average person that does not know the
difference. Little did they know, that I know, what I know. Well that
leads to difficult times via writing letters to the right places, and
writing down names, etc. You know the procedure. Anyway, I'm not upset
with the company, just surpised at the low-service treatment, unlike IBM's
high-service quality. I suppose that old saying: "you get what you pay
for," still stands. Hmmm.
(C.PEARSON6, CAT16, TOP33, MSG:16/m645)
ATTN: OKIDATA 9600-BPS MODEM OWNERS If you own a PC96A or PC96B (Damark
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" sold thousands of these last fall at
incredible prices..) and have experienced problems connecting with remote
systems in 9600/Reliable mode there is a replacement EPROM available from
Oki that solves the problem. In my case, I was able to connect with the
Norloff OS/2 Shareware BBS only about 1 in 8 times. The sysop was
cooperative in playing with parameters at his end, but this didn't solve
the problem. After calling Oki tech support, they sent me a new EPROM that
was created to solve a LOCAL echo-cancellation problem. Lo and behold it
swatted this LONG-DISTANCE problem!
Just wanted to pass this along, as I am aware of a number of GEnie
users that also purchased this modem. BTW, it adds NO other functionality
to the device - you will see no difference in performance or configuration
options. They didn't charge me for the upgrade, either.
(STEVE.HIRSCH, CAT23, TOP23, MSG:161/m645)
MULTITASKING AND OR TASK-SWITCHING How much memory Desqview uses will
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" depend on how much upper memory Qram
creates and what type of video you are using. DV will use more high memory
than will DOS 5, so it is usually best to not load DOS high and in stead
let DV use the 64K of high memory. DV will also use any upper memory that
QRAM will create that is not used to load TSRs high. You should be able to
set your system up with DOS in conventional memory and then run manifest to
see how much upper memory is free and from that figure out what DV will
leave for a window.
I am a very pleased DV386 user, but I would suggest taht you consider
Back & Forth if what you want is a very powerful taskswitcher. B&F (should
be version 2.x) has great macro abilities, the ability to run timed events,
load itself high, swap to disk or expanded memory or extended memory or
some combination of these, cut and paste between windows, and has an
excellent print buffer. And it is shareware!
(E.REILLY1, CAT28, TOP3, MSG:13/m645)
CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY? You may want to try re-ordering your
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" config.sys and autoexec.bat drivers and
tsr's. QEMM trys to provide maximum memory (using stealth) constrained to
the physical order you've placed these items. I've managed to retain 615k
conventional memory using QEMM even with a scanner, cd-rom, Stacker
hardware, two hardcards, mouse, norton desktop NAV, and so on... This was
done by using the stealth feature and physically moving the largest
drivers/tsr's to the front as long as they weren't dependent on a previous
driver.
QEMM provides a 'test' facility during the stealth optimize session
that lets you modify the order and see the results. One caution - make
certain you've excluded any adaptor memory or other exclusions. QEMM will
make every effort to 'squeeze' using available space. If it ain't truly
available, the optimize will appear to work, but will fail on the next
boot (yup, I missed some adaptor ram and it took quite a while to figure
this one out!). QEMM is a tremendous product, but it does take some effort
if you've trying to maximize conventional ram and are pushing your himem to
the limits... So far, I've managed to run ALL my memory intensive software
without a separate boot disk or alternate config.sys. This includes
Links386, Falcon3.0, and FS4 with Sound/Graphics from Mallord.
(L.MCRAE2, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:95/m645)
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
""""""""""""""""""
WHAT COPY PROTECTION REALLY IS Copy protection prevents legitimate users
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" from backing up their software and
protecting their investment. In some cases, it also limits the usability
of the product, as with key disk protection.
However, copy protection has little effect on pirates. Most often,
they are either able to break the protection and then trade unprotected
copies.
In the early days, pirates used DEBUG to break copy protection. Now
the amateurs can use NOGUARD or UNGUARD, and the more technically
proficient crackers use Soft-Ice or Sourcer. I'm quite sure they haven't
paid for these programs either though!
The industry is left in a situation where the intended solution "copy
protection" has failed, and at the same time it has had another negative
effect.
The pirate world has organized several groups that exist for the sole
purpose of cracking software and distributing it. The groups, under names
like "INC" and "The Humble Guys", are very technically knowledgable PC
users who crack the protection on almost every new computer game and then
distribute the software worldwide.
The pirate world has, in effect, created it's own version of
"organized" crime. What this portends, I have no idea.
(WILL, CAT4, TOP47, MSG:22/m645)
HARDWARE VS. SOFTWARE CACHE Jerry, sorry - but you're wrong. I'll take
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" my hardware cache anyday over SmartDrive or
PC-Kwik. I've got an UltraStor Caching IDE controller, and it is definately
ahead of any software controller. Although a software controller can
theoretically improve by saving often used information, a caching
controller will do a read-ahead on your drive, grabbing information while
the CPU is processing what it just got. If you (1) Keep your drive
contiguous by using either PC Tools's Compress or Norton's SpeedDisk, you
can be sure all your files wil l be in a row and (2) Use Windows or other
graphics- intensive products, you can be sure there will be 'dead' spots
where the CPU is working with the info where the controller can utilize
that read ahead capiblility to it's best effect.
Norton, which is not aware of the read-ahead/cache on the controller,
thinks I have a .2ms access time on my drive when testing. I've only got 1
meg on there now, but it's capable of .5m, 1m, 2m, 4m or 8m, depending on
configuration.
I've also recently seen a non-Ultrastor card that appears to be
identical to mine in the back pages of Infoworld. Their ad asked about
$130. I don't know how much better it would be with an IDE tape drive,
however. On the one hand, time spent in data compression/decompression
would be excellent for the cache or read- ahead, but I don't know how much
this would be. Ironically, the better your CPU, the less signifigant the
contribution is. (D.WHITESIDE2, CAT13, TOP72, MSG:251/m645)
>>> HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
HOW ABOUT THESE RUMORS - MICROSOFT DOS 6.0!! We may be seeing alot of
"""""""""""""""""""""" DoubleDisk in the future. From what I hear, they
are the guys who willing be supplying the technology for Microsoft Dos 6.0s
disk compression feature...
(MASTERWERKS, CAT4, TOP4, MSG:309/m645)
>>>>> DOS 6.0 is in beta test. Microsoft does not make a policy of giving
""""" release dates for unannounced products, but my impression is that
6.0 is pretty far along the development cycle.
(STROM, CAT4, TOP4, MSG:312/m645)
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT QUARTERDECK UP FOR SALE? I saw part of a story on CNN
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" that Quarterdeck may be for
sale. Possible buyers mentioned were Novell and Borland. Anyone else here
anything? (DD.LANGDON, CAT28, TOP15, MSG:1/m645)
>>>>> I don't work there any more but everyone says that the rumors are
""""" false. I personally think that they will be bought out soon
though because of the stock problems that they have and other internal
problems. I also think that Novell would pick them up so that they have a
good memory manager with DR DOS and a good text based multitasker. Borland
might be interested, but I haven't heard of anything on that. There were
also rumors that Symantec was interested but I have it from a good source
that they won't buy them because of the cost for technical support for a
product like QEMM. You get an about 1.5 calls for every 4 packages of QEMM
sold.
Whoever does buy them out hopefully will improve on the technical
support and marketing aspects of the products, it can't get much worse.
(J.WHITTED1, CAT28, TOP15, MSG:3/m645)
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
NOTE The following message was written by a non-IBM'er.
"""" However, I thought that he had some very interesting
points and a viewpoint that most of us might not
consider. It intrigued me - thought it might do the
same for you. -Ed.
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Category 21, Topic 45
Message 235 Sun Sep 06, 1992
K.SPRINGER1 at 13:58 EDT
HELLO, EX-ATARIANS. I am a long time Atari user, but new to the GEnie
world. This is my first experience with telecommunications, and so far has
been somewhat frustrating getting accomplished what I want. I hate to have
the computer beat me, so I will keep at it until I have it figured out.
I have stumbled across this topic area while trying to learn ST
Aladdin, and the title intrigued me. So I downloaded all of the messages
(what the h***, it's only money!) and feel like making some comments. It
is not my intent to irritate anyone, so please don't send any nasty notes.
I probably will not be back to this topic, as I currently have no desire to
go to the DOS world. I'd go to Mac or NeXT before I did that!
One thing I noticed, virtually no one left the ST because they
disliked the computer. They disliked the company or needed work
compatibility. In fact, many have noted they still use their ST's for
different reasons because the ST is superior for them in one or more areas.
Changing computers just because you are unhappy with the company
seems kind of silly to me. Kind of like getting rid of your favorite car
just because the company isn't producing the products for it you think it
should. If the accessories you desire are not there, it is because your
desires and needs have changed, not necessarily that the company is the
problem. There are always things happening to a business, any business,
that the end user will never know about. So changing computers simply
because of the way the company performs just doesn't make much sense to me.
And before you get too excited, I definitely agree that Atari has
made many mistakes over the years. But the problems with the Atari world
cannot be laid solely at the feet of Atari. When I go "outside"
(Continental US) on vacation, I like to visit Atari dealers when they
exist. Most of them have been a disappointment. The problems have ranged
from scuzzy locations to lack of enthusiasm about selling the ST to not
having anything to sell. I also doubt that most dealers have much
knowledge as to marketing, advertising, business location, etc. Gaining
the knowledge in this area is the dealer's responsibility, not the
manufacturer's. Knowledgeable support starts, IMHO, with the dealer and
goes up from there. I have no doubt that many of the first ST dealers were
very enthusiastic about the machine, but didn't know how to translate that
enthusiasm into sales.
And of course there was the piracy problem, but as Atari users we are
all aware of that problem. (It seems that honesty has no place in American
society any more.) Do all of you new DOS users own all of the software on
your computers? How many of you have copied the software at work? I find
it hard to find a DOS user who hasn't copied the programs at work.
There's compatibility, and there's compatibility. Unless you have
the same machine and software at home as you have at work you may run into
compatibility problems. And I mean right down to the version numbers and
release dates. Floppies formatted on one machine may not be readable on
another even though nothing is wrong with either machine. (I have
experienced it at work, and read about it in help columns in the
magazines.) File formats change with revisions and release dates, meaning
you have to update your software when the company updates to maintain
maximum compatibility.
This is a dumb way to do things. What is needed is a standard file
format for transporting files from one piece of software to another, not
everyone using the same machines. By this I mean every spreadsheet being
able to read and write Lotus .WKS files, CAD programs would be .DXF files,
or some other standardized file format. Then everyone could use the
program and computer that they found the most comfortable and productive
for them. Everyone using the same computer and operating system is like
everyone using the same car.
I agree with the comments about the stupid 640K memory problem.
Seems to me that memory managers simply put a "band-aid" over the problem,
not solve the problem. Regardless of how little memory the manager uses,
that is still memory not available to the user who paid for it!
I also found the comments from a number of users that they were
trying to find software to make the DOS machines easier to use amusing.
Most of the features desired were already available on the ST. Keyboard
shortcuts for Windows was mentioned, which are available in Neodesk 3. And
Codekeys lets you create your own keyboard shortcuts for the software that
doesn't support shortcuts.
I just realised that this is sounding more like an editorial, and
that perhaps the SYSOPS will not appreciate it. Not having any feeling for
when I may be crossing the line as to the content of this topic, I think I
should close this off with a couple more comments. I had more to say, but
will save that for those who pick on me. I suggest to those who wish to,
to contact via Email as I doubt that I will check back here. I only
checked it out because of the topic title.
One last comment. If everyone goes to the DOS operating system, we
will have created a monopoly for Bill Gates and company. I have yet to hear
of a monopoly that was good for the consumer. If monopolies were good,
would we have ever passed the Taft-Hartley bill and broken up the AT&T?
(K.SPRINGER1, CAT21, TOP45, MSG:235/m645)
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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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/ you a stamp." /
///////////////////////////////////////////// M.FARMER2 ////
[EOA]
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Operator From Hell
""""""""""""""""""
by Simon Travaglia
>>> B*ST*RD OPERATOR FROM HELL <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
~ PART 1 ~
It's backup day today so I'm P.O.'d. Being the BOFH, however, does
have it's advantages. I assign the tape device to null - it's so much more
economical on my time as I don't have to keep getting up to change tapes
every 5 minutes. And it speeds up backups too, so it can't be all bad.
A user rings
"Do you know why the system is slow?" they ask
"It's probably something to do with..." I look up today's excuse "..
clock speed"
"Oh" (Not knowing what I'm talking about, they're satisfied) "Do
you know when it will be fixed?"
"Fixed? There's 275 users on your machine, and one of them is you.
Don't be so selfish - logout now and give someone else a chance!"
"But my research results are due in tommorrow and all I need is one
page of Laser Print.."
"SURE YOU DO. Well; You just keep telling yourself that buddy!" I
hang up.
Sheesh, you'd really think people would learn not to call!
The phone rings. It'll be him again, I know. That annoys me. I put
on a gruff voice
"HELLO, SALARIES!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I've got the wrong number"
"YEAH? Well what's your name buddy? Do you know WASTED phone calls
cost money? DO YOU? I've got a good mind to subtract your wasted
time, my wasted time, and the cost of this call from your weekly
wages! IN FACT I WILL! By the time I've finished with you, YOU'LL
OWE US money! WHAT'S YOUR NAME - AND DON'T LIE, WE'VE GOT CALLER
ID!"
I hear the phone drop and the sound of running feet - he's obviously
going to try and get an alibi by being at the Dean's office. I look up his
username and find his department. I ring the Dean's secretary.
"Hello?" she answers
"Hi, SIMON, B.O.F.H HERE, LISTEN, WHEN THAT GUY COMES RUNNING INTO
YOUR OFFICE IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS, CAN YOU GIVE HIM A MESSAGE?"
"I think so..." she says
"TELL HIM `HE CAN RUN, BUT HE CAN'T HIDE'"
"Um. Ok"
"AND DON'T FORGET NOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT
THAT FILE IN YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR ANSWERS TO THE PUURITY TEST IN
IT..."
I hear her scrabbling at the terminal...
"DON'T BOTHER - I HAVE A COPY. BE A GOOD GIRL AND PASS THE MESSAGE
ON"
She sobs her assent and I hang up. And the worst thing is, I was just
guessing about the purity test thing. I grab a quick copy anyway, it
might make for some good late-night reading.
Meantime backups have finished in record time, 2.03 seconds. Modern
technology is wonderful, isn't it?
Another user rings.
"I need more space" he says
"Well, why don't you move to Texas?" I ask
"No, on my account, stupid."
Stupid?!?.... Uh-Oh..
"I'm terribly sorry" I say, in a polite manner equal to that of Jimmy
Stewart in a Family Matinee "I didn't quite catch that. What was it that
you said?"
I smell the fear coming down the line at me, but it's too late, he's
a goner and he knows it.
"Um, I said what I wanted was more space on my account, *please*"
"Sure, hang on"
I hear him gasp his relief even though he covered the mouthpeice.
"There, you've got plenty of space now"
"How much have I got"
Now this REALLY *PISSES* *ME* *OFF*! Not only do they want me to
give them extra disk, they want to check it, to correct me if I don't give
them enough. They should be happy with what I give them *and that's it*!!!
Back into Jimmy Stewart mode.
"Well, let's see, you have 4 Meg available"
"Wow! Eight Meg in total, thanks!" he says pleased with his
bargaining power
"No" I interrupt, savouring this like a fine red, at room temperature
"4 Meg in total..."
"Huh?... I'd used 4 Meg already, How could I have 4 Meg Available?"
I say nothing. It'll come to him.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhH!"
I kill me; I really do!
+-----------+ Terminal Sticker: "My other terminal is a chunk of sh*t too"
|+----+ | +----------------------------------------------------------+
|| | | | Simon Travaglia, Computer Services, University of Waikato|
|+----+VT100| | Priv. Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand. spt@grace.waikato.ac.nz|
+-----------+ +----------------------------------------------------------+
The telephone pole was approaching fast, I was attempting to swerve out of
it's path when it struck my front end.
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CS-ID: #1253.humor/tasteless@pro-friends, 4587 chars
Date: 10 Jun 92 09:14:40 +1200
From: spt@waikato.ac.nz (Simon Travaglia)
Subject: b*st*rd OPERATOR FROM HELL #1
Newsgroups: alt.tasteless
Message-ID: <1992Jun10.091440.8536@waikato.ac.nz>
Organization: University of Waikato Computer Centre
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Thinking Out-Loud
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by Phil Shapiro
[P.SHAPIRO1]
>>> THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S AFFECTION FOR THEIR HOME COMPUTER <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The other day I got to thinking about people's affection for their
home computers. These thoughts were raised when I took my computer in for
a motherboard upgrade. As the dealer took my computer out of my clutches,
I hesitantly asked: "So how many days is this going to take?"
If the upgrade were going to take five days, that would be an
eternity. Three days would be barely manageable. Two days would be
difficult, but I'd get over it.
It turns out that putting in the new motherboard would take three
days. Barely manageable.
But as I walked out of the store it struck me how very similar my
feelings for my computer were to the feelings for my classical guitar when
I took it to the store to have an electronic pickup installed. When I
handed over my cherished guitar, I hesitantly asked: "So how many days is
this going to take?"
If the upgrade were going to take five days, that would be an
eternity. Three days would be barely manageable. Two days would be
difficult, but I'd get over it. The answer: "Three days." Arrgggh.
Barely manageable.
The reason people's affection towards their home computers is so
similar to their affection towards their cherished musical instrument is
because both computer and instrument are extensions of the human
personality. Both computer and instrument provide unlimited opportunities
for creative expression. Both, too, provide unlimited opportunities for
creative exploration.
Computers are sandboxes for the mind. Musical instruments are
sandboxes for the soul.
But the comparison doesn't stop there. The parallels grow stronger on
closer investigation.
About six years ago my older brother Ian showed me a new tuning for
guitars, the lovely-sounding "dropped-D" tuning. The moment I heard that
tuning I knew it would open up vast new areas of musical exploration. In a
sense the new tuning was a new "operating system" for the guitar. It
allowed me to produce the same music I produced before, but in a whole new
and interesting way.
The parallels between computers and instruments continues when you
consider that both computers and musical instruments provide opportunities
for a lifetime's worth of study and mastery. After mastering the basics
you can go on to study endless intricacies. You can stand in awe at what
virtuosos have accomplished in the past. You can develop a fine
appreciation of the art and the craft. You may even develop enough skill
to extend the boundaries of the craft yourself.
Perhaps these parallels are all centered around the "appeal to the
creative temperament." Could anybody doubt that if Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
were alive today he'd be spending much of his free time sitting at a
computer keyboard --- playing, learning, composing, exploring? Knowing
Mozart, he'd find a way to get Salierni's computer to print musical notes
backwards, from right to left, on Salierni's computer screen.
Likewise, could anyone doubt that Da Vinci, were he alive today, would
be online three or four times a day with other artists/inventors in other
Renaissance villages? Chances are Da Vinci would be at his computer so
much he'd never have a chance to take a good look at his screen saver.
(You know --- the one with sketches of parachutes, gliders, and other
mechanical contrivances.)
Moving ahead five hundred years, it's intriguing to consider that Alan
Kay, an awesomely creative research fellow at Apple Computer, is himself a
world class pianist. And it's hardly surprising to hear that his special
talent is extemporaneous composition.
Other microcomputer visionaries have had similar musical passions.
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, likes to do nothing more than to jam
with his rock-and-roll band. Microcomputer legend Steve Wozniak organized
and sponsored two large rock concerts in the early 1980's.
People who don't use a computer regularly can sometimes have a
difficult time understanding how other people could get emotionally
attached to such an "inanimate object." If you need a quick explanation of
your emotional attachment to your computer, drawing the comparison to
musical instruments can serve as a useful analogy. If such non-computer
using persons had every experienced the joy and wonder of playing a musical
instrument, they'll nod their heads in understanding. Some things in life
you just can't put into words.
-Phil Shapiro
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[The author develops educational software professionally
for the Apple II line of computers. He can be reached on
GEnie at: [P.SHAPIRO]; on America Online at: PSHAPIRO]
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/ "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss 3 bucks goodbye!" /
/////////////////////////////////////////// D.MCNAMEE ////
[EOA]
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INFO_BITS /
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Exclusively from Newsbytes!
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
o Microsoft Adds To Publisher Line
o PEN COMPUTERS: Dead?
o Review of: Headline Harry And The Great Paper Race
>>> NEWSBYTES NEWS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
(c) 1992 by Newsbytes News Network
>>>>> Microsoft Adds To Publisher Line 09/25/92
""""" REDMOND, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1992 SEP 25 (NB) -- Microsoft
Corporation has announced it has added two new products to its Publisher
family at Seybold, a desktop publishing conference and trade show being
held in San Francisco.
The new programs are the Publisher Design Pack and Publisher, CD-ROM
Edition 1.0. Design Pack is an add-on package that contains five additional
TrueType headline fonts from Monotype; over 100 clip art images from
various companies; templates; and Microsoft Draw, the company's entry level
drawing program. The company says the fonts and clip art will also work
with most other Windows-based desktop publishing and word processing
programs.
The CD-ROM edition of Publisher includes Publisher 1.0, the
additional fonts, clip art, templates, Draw, and full on-line
documentation.
"The power and storage capabilities of CD-ROM are paving the way for
more complete customer solutions in one package," said Publisher product
group manager, Melinda French.
Microsoft also announced that it will co-sponsor the National
Association of Desktop Publisher's (NADTP) template design contest, in
which participants design a template for use with Microsoft Publisher in
one or more categories. Microsoft spokesperson Karen Frey told Newsbytes
that the deadline for the competition is October 5. Templates must be
designed using Microsoft Publisher, said Frey. There's no cost to enter the
contest.
The best template designs are scheduled to be incorporated into the
next version of Publisher. Prizes will be awarded to the 50 best designs.
The grand prize is a complete desktop publishing system, including hardware
and software and an all-expense paid trip to Comdex in Las Vegas, where the
grand prize trophy will be presented.
(Jim Mallory/19920924/Press contact: Karen Frey, Waggener Edstrom for
Microsoft Corporation, 503-245-0905; For design contest information:
800-874-4113)
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>>>>> WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 1992 SEP 25 (NB) -- By John McCormick. As
""""" someone who has been following field computing for many years, I
have recently been watching the growing number of hardware and software
offerings for the pen computer market and was surprised to see a front page
story in September's High-Tech Marketing News which questions whether pen
computing is really catching on.
According to the High-Tech report, more than $450 million has been
spent by the major players to develop hardware and the pen interface but
there has been little in the way of sales in return for that large
investment.
The September 21 Computer Reseller News says that sales figures for
pen computers are misleading those analysts who compare pen computer sales
to the massive but already mature PC market, and I agree with that view (in
fact, most of this editorial was written before I saw the CRN piece).
Pen computers are not dead; in fact, they are barely out of the
nursery. Certainly we do not yet see them in every briefcase or displayed
in every computer store's window, but that doesn't necessarily indicate any
failure in the technology itself or in marketplace acceptance.
Pen computing is still a new technology, despite the fact that I have
been covering related handwriting recognition systems for years. Those
early systems were mostly special-purpose "forms" or data recording
computers.
General-purpose pen-controlled computers are just now coming on the
market, and every evidence indicates that they, as well as special-purpose
units, are finding their way into vertical markets in growing numbers.
As more and more applications programs are developed or ported to
good pen interfaces, pen computers will continue to expand their presence
in the workplace and even make their way into homes.
This is exactly the sort of market penetration we should expect to
see with a new computer technology - after all, PCs first penetrated the
office market because of the invention of the spreadsheet and then only in
accounting departments - back 10 years ago word processing was still being
done mostly on dedicated Wang systems, and it was many years before
computers became today's standard office machines, found on nearly every
desk.
Actually there are quite a few pen computers already in use, perhaps
as many as 100,000, mostly in vertical markets. That means a
$200-million-plus market already - lots of businesses would be happy to
claim that size market in the first year or two of real marketing efforts.
The fact that the first real success for pen computers has been in
vertical markets is understandable but leads to a misunderstanding of just
how popular they are becoming.
The general public and even most business computer users just don't
see them because most pen computers are out in the field, in warehouses, or
in other specialized niche markets.
Pen computers are perfect for field computing applications but they
haven't been adopted in the general office market yet, so they remain
almost invisible to most users.
I am not recommending that everyone rush out and purchase stock in
pen computer companies; there is no assurance that any particular one will
become dominant or even continue to exist, but the general field is alive
and well and will certainly become more important as time passes.
Pen computers should quickly find a solid market among those who are
not using portable computers primarily for word processing.
Handprinting recognition can't replace the keyboard for rapid and
accurate text entry, but even expert typists will find them perfectly
suited for most numeric and occasional data entry work - just the sort of
tasks most non-writers use computers for on the road.
Because pen computers combine the display screen with the data input
area, they can be much more compact than the current crop of notebook
computers which must include room for a complex mechanical keyboard.
Powerful pen computers could also compete with notebook computers on
a price basis because they don't include all the intricate mechanical parts
of a keyboard. Electronically a pen computer is very complex, but the major
cost of building any computer these days is mechanical, not electronic.
As volume picks up, pen computers could become less expensive than
notebooks but will probably just approach the same price, despite the fact
that they also lack expensive miniaturized hard drives.
The ideal portable computer should make its first real appearance by
about 1995. It will be a pen-based computer but will also be able to handle
text input because of an advanced voice recognition system.
(John McCormick/19920925)
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>>>>> Review of: Headline Harry And The Great Paper Race, 09/25/92
"""""
Runs on: IBM compatibles, 80286 and 8 MHz or higher with 640K RAM
From: Davidson & Associates,
P.O. Box 2961,
Torrance, CA 90509, 800-556-6141
Price: $59.95
PUMA Rating: 3.75 (on a scale of 1=lowest to 4=highest)
Reviewed for Newsbytes by: Naor Wallach 09/25/92
Summary: A game that teaches recent US history and US Geography in an
entertaining and challenging manner.
REVIEW Headline Harry And The Great Paper Race is one of the latest in
"""""" an expanding genre of educational games that attempt to teach
history and geography in one fell swoop, and attempt to do this in a way
that is fun and exciting to boot! My feelings are that it is very
successful in reaching its goals.
The game box contains both 3.5" and 5.25" diskettes. There is also a
24-page manual, a catalog of other Davidson offerings, a registration card,
and an offer to subscribe to a couple of magazines at a reduced rate. The
manual is written in the form of a magazine issue and within its various
columns contains all the information that is needed to play the game and
more. I especially liked the Dear Gabby feature that is an answer and
question forum.
Like others in this genre popularized by the Carmen Sandiego series,
Headline Harry wraps an exciting detective chase story line around the
program's real mission. In Headline Harry you are hired as a Cub Reporter
into the Daily Star newspaper. Your editor is Headline Harry. As the
program begins, your paper is in a dead heat with the competition - The
Diabolical Daily run by Marvin Muckracker. Your task is to get the stories
before Marvin's minions do. Should you succeed, The Diabolical Daily's
circulation drops and you get promoted. Fail, and you get to try that
story again.
Unlike some of the more blood thirsty games out there, there is no
chance for you to either kill or be killed. This is a distinct advantage to
those parents who are looking to purchase fun games that do not involve
blood and guts for their children. This game is meant for 10 to 14-year-old
kids and is very appropriate for that age in the opinion of several
teachers to whom I showed the program.
There are a total of 12 stories that you need to track down. Each of
them is centered in a particular region of the US. However, while
researching the information on the story, you may end up flying all over.
Once a story is assigned to you, you know very little about your task
except for who your opponent will be, where to start looking, and a vague
hint about the nature of the story. For instance, one of the stories
revolves around the Los Angeles Olympics and it is introduced to you as a
story that has to do with great achievements.
You are allocated a certain amount of time to solve the problem
before the Diabolical Daily prints a very distorted version of the story
that you are after. To make things more exciting, you will discover that
there are at least three stories interwoven in the district that you are
seeking and they all sound plausible. You must collect all the information
on your story as well as decide which is really the real story.
Once you travel to the starting spot, you are placed in a cab and
asked to choose among three or four possible destinations. One of the
destinations is always the airport so that you can fly to another city in
case of need. At each of the other destinations you will be able to meet
with people and talk to them, listen to the radio, read a story, or gather
some other clues. You also have a notebook that you can record these clues
in and a telephone for calling your mother.
Since the Diabolical Daily's reporters are also running around the
same areas as you, you need to keep a sharp lookout for them. They will
frequently drop various objects at different sites. If you spot those and
pick up the items, you are rewarded with a five hour addition to your
timeline while the Diabolical Daily reporter searches around for the same
item. On the other hand, you will frequently encounter challenges that may
subtract time from your quest. These challenges take the form of trivia
questions that also serve to teach you. For instance, one question is,
"Which state was the country's leading producer of gold prior to the
California Gold Rush?"
This game is completely graphical and mouse driven. Each scene that
you go to has different people in a different setting. A hotel scene shows
the lobby with a flower vase and a bee circling around it while a porter
picks up someone's luggage. The picnic scene comes complete with a trail of
ants going from the food to the anthill, etc. The cab ride is also animated
with various scenes depicted out of the front window.
There are various sources of help available to you should you desire
it. One of the more interesting sources of information is your telephone
conversations with your mother. Do not forget to make them! Other sources
include Harry himself, his assistant Lazar, and a Dr. Know it all that
looks somewhat like Henry Kissinger. Then, there are the various status
displays and help displays that are available from the menus.
To file a story you will need to identify and note in your notebook
the year, date, place, event, key people, and key words that are related to
that event. The program appears to be somewhat rigid in the way in which
it requires all of these factors, however, it is possible to have some
leeway if you know what to expect. For instance, it is not an absolute
requirement to have each keyword and person spelled out completely. The
program will accept input from your saved notes. It will also interpret
some of your typed words in a very liberal fashion. In a story about the
civil rights movement, the program interpreted my entry "discrimination" as
"racial discrimination."
If you run out of time before you have all the details in your
notebook, you materialize in Harry's office who then proceeds to give you
the treatment! You are then forced to read the discombobulated story that
the Diabolical Daily printed and get to try that story again.
If you are successful in gathering all the information prior to your
time expiring, you can file the story. A beaming Harry congratulates you on
your success, lets you name and read your very own bylined story, and after
several successes promotes you. When certain scenarios are completed, you
may even get to be the Reporter of the Year and get honored in front of the
press club. Not only that but the Diabolical Daily's circulation is
reduced. Each of the stories can be printed for you to save for later.
Although I very quickly got into the routine of the game, I still
enjoyed playing it. On several occasions, several of us gathered and tried
working on the game together. It was definitely possible to do this kind of
group activity and it only lent to the learning aspect of the game. It
almost always became a race against time to see if I could get all the
information on the story in time. Even when I realized the true story right
away, and worked on it diligently, I could not just breeze through the
game. All in all I find this game very appealing and a good investment.
PUMA RATING
"""""""""""
PERFORMANCE 4 The program ran quickly enough so that I was not getting
""""""""""" annoyed waiting for it. This is a neat trick with all the
graphics and
animations that compose it. It will also support a Sound Blaster card for
better quality audio although the regular speaker was very legible and
understandable.
USEFULNESS 3 The game has some minor limitations. For instance, you are
"""""""""" only allowed twelve scenarios. The manual hints at several
hundred but it is not clear how to get them.
MANUAL 4 Very well written with no typos or errors. Contains all the
"""""" information that is needed to play the game.
AVAILABILITY 4 I found it in several software stores and saw it advertised in
"""""""""""" some mail order firms' catalogs. There is also an 800
number of orders and a separate one for customer support. One of the signs
of the quality of this program is that I never needed to call Davidson
while running the program!
(Naor Wallach/19920916/Press Contact: Liz Rich-Reardon, Davidson & Associates)
[*][*][*]
The material contained in Newsbytes News Network copyright
(c) 1992 by Newsbytes News Network. Republication of any
portion is strictly prohibited without prior authorization
from Newsbytes and GEnie.
[*][*][*]
GEnieLamp is proud to bring to you highlights from the
Newsbytes News Network Magazine. Current issues as well
as back issues of Newsbytes are available in the Newsbytes
RoundTable located on page 316/Keyword: NEWSBYTES
/////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Biggest problem I have with this game? I've gone through /
/ three screens and never had more than 810 points. If the /
/ credits screen showing a top score of 10000 points isn't /
/ just for show, boy, do I have a lot of work to do. :-)" /
/////////////////////////////////////////// C.TOWNSLEY ////
[EOA]
[CLA]//////////////////////////////
CLASSICS /
/////////////////////////////////
Keep That Printer Busy!
"""""""""""""""""""""""
By Brad Biondo
[B.BIONDO]
Program Name : DMP
Filename : DMP.ARC
Library Area : 5
Program Number : 13386
File Size : 56,700
Program Type : Utility (Print)
Author : DMP Software [Terry McGuire]
Version Reviewed: 1.52
File Type : Shareware / $29
[*][*][*]
FROM THE AUTHOR DMP is a general purpose printer controller including
""""""""""""""" very versatile spooling capability. It works on IBM
PC/XT/AT and PS/2 computers and most compatibles.
Some of DMP's major features are:
o Print to disk file option
o Support for serial port printers
o Spooling to any Dos-recognized disk
o Spooling to all common types of memory
o Selectable internal buffer size / system memory usage
o The ability to drive a wide range of printers at full speed.
DMP is a true spooler in that it saves the printer output to non-
system memory or to disk as needed, instead of removing a large buffer
from system memory.
DMP is a memory resident program which uses approximately 13K bytes
of system memory. The program is not compatible with the DOS 'PRINT'
utility, or with any other print spoolers or buffers which drive
printer no. 1. If you use DMP for a serial port printer, you must not
use the DOS "MODE" command to redirect output - DMP does it instead.
[*][*][*]
PD_Q RATING * * * *
"""""""""""
DOCUMENTATION VERY GOOD
"""""""""""""
PD_Q COMMENTS Last month, this column covered a program to save
""""""""""""" paper while printing. This month, the shift is to saving
time with a print spooler. And you don't have to have a mega-system to do
it.
Minor caveat right off the bat...this is an older version of the
program. It was uploaded way back in February, 1989. I found out that
there is a newer version on another to-go-unnamed on-line service <g>. But
the author is a member of the ASP, so I'm sure he'll take care of you.
Please note the new contact information at the end of the article.
Now then, where was I? Gee, how can I type this article with all that
printer noise? You mean there's a down side to print spooling? _Only
kidding!_
The program was very simple to set up. I chose to try out spooling to
my RAM disk, and it worked like a champ. After going through a few pages,
I issued the command the delete the spool buffer, and that was the end of
that. The documentation had several examples listing commonly-used
commands, so it was easy to get started quickly.
DMP also comes with a print utility, PF, which can be used in
conjunction with the spooler to print disk print files. DMP handles both
text and graphics printing (assuming your printer does, _of course_ - Will
I be able to play the piano when my broken finger heals? Was that Mark
Quinn?). It can also be configured to adjust the printing on the fly, like
converting special characters to a printable one, expanding tabs, and so
on. If you're looking for an inexpensive, easy-to-use, flexible print
spooler, you've found it.
NOTE: The following information is up-to-date and differs from the
DMP.ARC file. Please use this information. Registration is now $29 for
version 2.05. Terry McGuire can be reached at DMP Software, 204 E. 2nd
Ave., Suite 610, San Mateo, CA 94401. Inquiries: 415-341-2702.
///////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "You will get the mag on Thursday because you sent them a /
/ message asking if it was sent on Wednesday. I know because /
/ I sent a message on Tuesday and just got my mag today. I /
/ wish I'd sent the message a week or two earlier so I would /
/ have had the magazine. :-)" /
///////////////////////////////////////////////// WAYNED ////
[EOA]#61
[FUN]//////////////////////////////
ONLINE FUN /
/////////////////////////////////
Search-ME!
""""""""""
Scott Garrigus
[S.GARRIGUS]
SEARCH-ME! Welcome to Search-ME, our monthly puzzle program. Each
"""""""""" month we will have a different theme. This month the
Search-ME! puzzle contains 21 keywords that are associated with
programming.
>>> PROGRAMMING! <<<
""""""""""""""""""""
Q A O R R A G H S S F S P G S A K D F I B Q C
S T Q R M X J I D D M K U E A R E L M X G T G
W Z R M J X N P O V B O O W F K E X P S Q N D
Y Z I Z O W W G T F H C H K G S Y X N U S W J
D C R Y E W O T N I R P G B X T Q A H D G A B
Z T A P A T K D G M F H X L G P X V T Y L C U
X R B S O A D I U P Y A U I Z M F G X X H Q H
J S H P Z F A G G D Z T Y F U B C T E P D C G
G N F S K T C J Z S F P N R N W E P N N F O E
O T H Y Q G K B L O U J N A S Y C E S L W M Y
A S S E M B L Y R I F C M N T I Q G R O G P S
W D E V U O C W Z B N E W L S S K Z E O W I Z
R L Q Y F F P O E D M D H A G H N Y A P B L E
I G K V B O E A J O X O B O F L H O D U W E V
T P N V I Z U H R G Z W S Q J Q Y B C C J L O
E B J M O T C Y K U E U Q G Y Y A F A J A C M
S E U L Z R K H M M B S O D E U R E Z C A H Y
T E G C Q V B L N O V V A L G M R B S P S N E
V A R I A B L E P A B L E V P I A A B U D H F
I L M W K E V E J Z A Q P O M L P V Z Z X V W
ARRAY ASSEMBLY BASIC
BIOS COMPILE CONSTANT
DOS FOR GEM
GFA GOSUB GOTO
LOOP MEMORY MOVE
NEXT PASCAL PRINT
READ VARIABLE WRITE
[*][*][*]
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,
an Atari ST program by David Becker.
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/ "Nathan, I imagine Lee caught onto the meaning of "enthisiasm" /
/ right away. He's very enthisiastic himself!" /
////////////////////////////////////////////// D.A.BRUMLEVE ////
[EOA]!!@
[QUI]//////////////////////////////
THE MIGHTY QUINN /
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Milliseconds With Mark
""""""""""""""""""""""
by Mark Quinn, DOA
[M.QUINN3]
>>> A WHOLE BUNCHA MILLISECONDS WITH MARK <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
They are out there. Those logjams in the bit stream; those dropped
characters (there are a few characters I'd like to drop, but they seem to
be more prevalent than ever); those I/Os (I/O, I/O, so CompuServe I owe),
and those lows. But what _really_ bugs a modem geek (or, as someone I know
chooses to refer to them, a "modemhead")? (I rustle the card, and try to
screw my expression up, to the delight of the audience.)
TOP TEN THINGS THAT GIVE A MODEMHEAD A HEADACHE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
10. Soap.
9. Hardware incompatibilities between modems.
8. The Danger Man from Domino's.
7. Those nasty things hooked to modems called
"computers".
6. Actually paying to download a MIDI or GIF file
after seeing its description, which begins,
"This is my first attempt at this sort of
thing . . .".
5. Rugrats belching into the family phone in the
middle of a download.
4. When the 9600 bps modem gives out in the middle
of the night, and the spare 2400 bps internal model
is found at the bottom of a stack of dirty dishes.
3. Thinking that you bought a Hewlett Packard product,
and discovering the next morning that it was
manufactured by that _other_ company.
2. After you've moved, your spouse insists on unpacking
inconsequential items like children's toys _before_
the computer equipment.
and (give us a digital drum roll, will you, Hal?) . . .
1. Getting "pulled into chat" by the sysop of a local
BBS, and discovering that he/she is normal.
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/ "Hey, you're WAY off topic here, fella!! Jeff W. (SYsop), /
/ here's your chance to nail the 'sucker'... <Grin>.." /
///////////////////////////////////////////// T.EVANS21 ////
[EOA]
[TEL]//////////////////////////////
TELETALK ONLINE /
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Telix: Get The Lamp Script
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
by Paul Sadowski
[LOONEY.TUNES]
>>> GET THE LAMP SCRIPT FOR TELIX USERS <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
CUT & PASTE SCRIPT TELIX users may now automate their collection of the
"""""""""""""""""" monthly GEnieLamp issues with GENIELMP.SLT, a TELIX
SALT language script.
Start this script at any GEnie prompt that accepts page numbers; it
will take you to the IBM-PC RT and begin the capture of GEnieLamp. A
capture file will be created in your download directory, or if you have not
defined a download directory in your TELIX setup the capture file will be
placed in the directory in which your copy of TELIX resides. The filename
will be "GENIELMP.TXT."
Upon completion of the capture, you will hear a beep. Depending upon
how you setup the script it will either log off of GEnie or take you to
page 8001.
To have the script log off upon completion you need do nothing to the
script as it is. To remain on-line, returning to page 8001, change the 'Y'
in the first line of the script (str logoff[] = "Y";) to 'N' -- case is not
significant, but change only the letter 'Y', nothing else.
Before using this script you must compile it with CS.EXE which came
with your copy of TELIX. At the command line type CS GENIELMP. To call the
script from TELIX press <ALT>-G and type GENIELMP or include a full
pathname such as \TELIX\SCRIPTS\GENIELMP.
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//GENIELMP.SLT
str logoff[] = "Y"; //Change the 'Y' to 'N' to remain on-line
int tr;
str fname[64];
main() {
strupper(logoff);
if(strlen(_down_dir) == 0) {
strcat(fname, _telix_dir);
strcat(fname, "genielmp.txt"); }
else {
strcat(fname, _down_dir);
strcat(fname, "genielmp.txt"); }
cputs("m615;11^M");
waitfor("Last visit at:", 120);
waitfor("^M^J", 10);
capture(fname);
if(waitfor("<S>croll?", 60)) cputs("S^M");
tr = track("^M^J[EOF]", 0);
while(!track_hit(tr)) {
if(!carrier()) break;
terminal(); }
track_free(tr);
capture("*CLOSE*");
waitfor("Enter #, <P>revious, or <H>elp?", 60);
tone(659, 14);
if(logoff == "Y")
cputs("BYE^M");
else
cputs("m8001^M");
}
//SCRIPT ENDS
//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Isn't it amazing how a $6 part can fix 100's of $$$ worth /
/ of equipment?" /
/////////////////////////////////////////// D.GILLOGLY1 ////
[EOA]
[GEN]//////////////////////////////
GEnie ONLINE /
/////////////////////////////////
En guarde!
""""""""""
by Pat Hart
[P.HART4]
>>> ONLINE CHESS <<<
""""""""""""""""""""
Doing It Online Some of you have probably heard that you can now play
""""""""""""""" USCF-rated postal chess on Compuserve. This makes some
sense since it is the largest system, but it is also (probably) the most
expensive pay BBS around. But there is an alternative here on GEnie and it
is part of Basic*Service to boot. Imagine playing against players
throughout the country for twelve hours a day at no extra charge! (NOTE:
See end of article for information on new pricing structure for the RSCARDS
Multi-player games effective October 1, 1992. -ed.) To get started, simply
go to page 875 to familiarize yourself with the RSCards games and how to
get your graphic front-end program for your particular computer model. Then
go to page 882.
So how is the competition you ask? There are over four hundred thirty
GEnie-rated players as I write this and the list is growing. I have found
eight USCF Masters (including International Master Doug Root), eleven
Experts, sixteen A-players, eleven B-players, six C-players, a sprinkling
of lower-rateds and some who may not have ever played tournament chess, but
are none-the-less strong players. There are online tournaments played over
two weeks to minimize connect time since they cost $6/hour, with 100% of
the entries returned in prizes -- 80% in cash and 20% in free connect time.
When you first enter the chess Room, the current Tables are displayed
along with the player's handles. (I use Golden Knight.) You can either
challenge another player in the Room or move to a Table to sit in the
Gallery and watch and kibitz. Once you sit down to play, you choose the
time limit first (5-minutes up to no clocks). When both agree, the game
begins automatically. If you get disconnected or have to leave, the game
can be saved and finished at another time. Colors are assigned randomly
when both are due the same color, otherwise you alternate.
The chess program, written by John Weaver, Jr., is surprisingly
capable with many built-in automatic features: (a) makes your move if it is
forced; (b) moves a piece when selected if there is only one legal move;
(c) declares a game drawn when there is insufficient material to mate when
the clock expires, after 50 moves, or threefold repetition (but only if in
succession); (d) prevents resignation before the tenth move; and, (e) the
option to squelch messages from kibitzers or other games in progress.
It has been an interesting experience playing unseen human opponents
on a computer. It is exactly like playing a computer chess program if you
use the graphic front-end program available. But, do not forget, it is not
a chess program! It is live. It is fun. Trust me. So, come on by and play
me a game. I am gentle. Ask anyone! <grin>
[*][*][*]
ATTENTION! GEnieLamp has just received the following notice in regards
"""""""""" to the RSCARDS RoundTable. RSCARDS will be changing their
pricing structure effective October 1, 1992. GEnie subscribers will be
able to access RSCARDS games (Blackjack, Backgammon, Checkers, Poker,
Reversi, and Chess) via two options:
1) The standard $6.00 per connect hour non-prime time rate,
or
2) As a member of the RSCARDS Club. RSCARDS Club membership
will cost $30.00 per month, and entitles the member to a
discounted rate of $3.00 per hour for unlimited non-prime
time play of any RSCARDS games at speeds up to 2400 baud.
The institution of the RSCARDS Club also marks the end of our seventh
RSCARDS game, Basic*Chess, which will be discontinued on 10/1/92. Full
details of the RSCARDS Club, and signup information will be available on
10/1/92. Type RSCARDS at any menu page prompt or move to GEnie page 875.
As a bonus, anyone who played any of the RSCARDS games (including
Basic*Chess) between June 15, 1992 and September 14, 1992 will be entitled
to join the RSCARDS Club and have their first month's membership fee WAIVED
if they sign up for the RSCARDS Club between 10/1/92 and 10/15/92. Hourly
charges will still apply, and subsequent months' membership fees will be
charged at the standard $30.00 per month.
The RSCARDS system allows you to play real-time multi-player games
with GEnie users from all over the world, in text or with an optional
graphics driver program (available online for the Atari ST, the Commodore
Amiga and 128 computers, the Apple Macintosh and //gs, and IBM
compatibles).
Full details of the RSCARDS Club, and signup information will be
available on 10/1/92. Type RSCARDS at any menu page prompt or move to GEnie
page 875.
NOTE: Rates quoted are for 300/1200/2400 baud access from the United
States. A Club Plan will also be implemented for Canada, and
details will be announced shortly. Non-Prime time is from 6:00 PM
to 8:00 AM local time Monday through Friday, and all day on
Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Communications surcharges, if
applicable, still apply.
Discussion of the RSCARDS Club is taking place in the Multi-Player
Games Bulletin Board, Category 29, Topic 10. (Type *MPGRT to get there, or
move to GEnie page 1045;1).
Howard Rosenman
Product Manager
GEnie Games and Entertainment
////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "cmp.l LET_A,d0 That would compare the contents of address /
/ 65 with d0. It would also generate an address error since /
/ 65 is odd and you're looking for a long. Also, bus error /
/ since you may not be in supervisor mode. /
/ /
/ Keep at it, it'll come to you in a blaze of light one night /
/ when you are just about to fall asleep....." /
////////////////////////////////////////////// C.WALTERS1 ////
[EOA]
[COW]//////////////////////////////
CowTOONS! /
/////////////////////////////////
Moooooo Fun!
""""""""""""
*
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*
(________) *
()() *
/-------\/ *
/ | || *
||----|| *
~~ ~~
" Extraterrestrial Longhorn "
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in the
Space/Time Cowtinuum
by Mike White
[M.WHITE25]
(__)
__( oo )__ CowTOONS? Mike and Robert took us up
\ \ / / on our offer and sent us this month's
=|========| '' |========|= CowTOONS selection. Thanks, guys!
\ |\|><|/| /
\ | \ / | / If you have an idea for a CowTOON, we
\ | \/ | / would like to see it. If we publish it
\ | /\ | / in GEnieLamp we will credit your account
\___| |__| |___/ with 2 hours of GEnie non-prime time!
(@) (@)
COWnt Dracula
by Robert E. Santosuosso
[R.SANTOSUOSS]
////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Wow, three new messages waiting for me when I posted my /
/ last message!" /
//////////////////////////////////////////// OUTRIDER ////
[EOA]
[PDQ]//////////////////////////////
PD_QUICKVIEW /
/////////////////////////////////
BOXER: Why Fight With Text?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
By Brad Biondo
[B.BIONDO]
Program Name : BOXER
Filename : BOX400.ZIP
Library Area : 15
Program Number : 29122
File Size : 260608
Program Type : Text Editor
Author : David R. Hamel
Version Reviewed: 4.0
File Type : Shareware / $35.00-$50.00
[*][*][*]
FROM THE AUTHOR BOXER(tm) is a full screen text editor designed to run
""""""""""""""" on IBM PC compatible computers. BOXER provides the
ability to create, modify, and store ASCII text files. It has been written
with programmers in mind, but its powerful features will be appreciated by
all types of users. BOXER has many word processing features, and is
suitable for all but the most complex word processing tasks.
BOXER supports the editing of multiple files through one or more
windows. Windows can be any size and may occupy any location on screen.
Text can be scrolled horizontally and vertically using a wide range of
cursor movement commands. All commands which modify text can be undone
with the Undo command. By default, the previous 200 changes can be undone
- or up to 4,096 if you choose. Commands are accessible from either the
keyboard or from a pull-down menu interface. A mouse can be used to access
commands by menu, move and resize windows, and mark text blocks. An
online, context sensitive help system provides full information about all
of the editor's features.
BOXER also features a global search and selective replace command with
support for wildcard expressions. Keystroke macros enable you to create up
to 26 macros to play back common keystroke sequences. A macro definition
file is read upon startup to initialize all 26 macro keys. A wide variety
of commands are provided for manipulating marked blocks of text: cut, copy,
append, paste, delete, print, write, indent, invert, sort, detab, entab,
total, average, fill and case operations. BOXER has 26 clipboard areas in
which to store text. A collection of word processing commands are provided
to allow formatted documents to be created without the use of a separate
word processing package. A status line displays the current time and date,
cursor column and row, line number, edit mode and keyboard shift state at
all times. A variety of configuration options allow for customization to
your needs.
[*][*][*]
PD_Q RATING * * * *
"""""""""""
DOCUMENTATION EXCELLENT
"""""""""""""
PD_Q COMMENTS Have you ever gotten excited when starting up a program
""""""""""""" for the first time? Well, try out BOXER and you may.
There are so many features to this text editor that I'm surprised the
author was able to touch on so many of them above. Just about anything
you'd want from a text editor (or a word processor, for that matter) is in
here. The mouse support with pull-down menus and on-line help is
especially nice for those who don't like to learn various key combinations
(but you still can if you like).
But it gets better! Say you have your heart set on using <Ctrl T><M>
to save your ASCII file (don't ask my why, it's _your_ heart). BOXER comes
with a stand-alone utility that let's you reconfigure the keys as you like
them. That's not all! The new keys are _automatically_ reflected in the
pulldown menus and on-line help! Very nice touch!
If you're still not convinced to try this one out, read on (actually,
keep reading anyway). The support from the author on this product is
_superb_. I asked several questions and received prompt, complete, and
friendly answers, no matter how stupid the question. He even suggested
ways of accomplishing some tasks I had set out to do.
Still want more? How about a $5 discount if you've registered any
other Shareware text editor or word processor? Now hurry up and finish
reading this issue so you can go download BOXER!
Registration at $35 gets you the latest version of BOXER, an
additional program - LEFTHAND MAN, a very nice Quick Reference Card,
newsletter, upgrade notices, telephone support, CIS/Shareware Magazine
offers, and a Shareware copy of ShareSpell, a spell checker. $50 also gets
you a Printed Reference Manual and a coupon for 1 free upgrade. BOXER is
available from David R. Hamel at BOXER Software, PO Box 3230, Peterborough,
NH 03458-3230, or 1-800-98-BOXER. He is a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP).
//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "I'm looking for a sophisticated program for the Mega STE. /
/ Please reply or leave E-mail. Many thanks!" /
/ /
/ "A sophisticated program...Golly, I hardly know where to /
/ begin. ;-)" /
/ /
/ "I'm looking for a naive little program from the sticks. /
/ Oh - and a pony too." /
////////////// R.MOLINELLI / D.A.BRUMLEVE / MYECK.WATERS ////
[EOA]
[TEC]//////////////////////////////
TECH_TALK /
/////////////////////////////////
Memory Expansion, Pt. II
""""""""""""""""""""""""
By John Wilson
Hyperdyne, Inc.
Annandale, VA
>>> MEMORY EXPANSION IN 80x86-BASED COMPUTERS UNDER MS-DOS <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
~ PART II ~
MEMORY EXPANSION CONTINUED... For the sake of simplicity in the
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" following discussion, the multi-page
nature of the page frame will not be mentioned further. The explanations
apply to each page within the page frame individually. It should also be
noted that, strictly speaking, the 4-page, 64 KB page frame applies only to
EMS versions 3.2 and earlier. In EMS 4.0+, the page frame is not limited
to just 4 pages and can, in fact, be all or partially located within the
640 KB address range normally occupied by conventional RAM. This feature
is used by various multitasking overlays to DOS, such as Desqview, which
actually allow program code to be paged in and out.
EMS MEMORY MANAGERS OR DRIVERS Each manufacturer of an EMS board is free
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" to actually design the actual circuitry
of his EMS board to suit his whim, his engineers, and his marketing plan.
Most boards are different in a real, physical way from one another. The
magic incantations necessary to shuffle EMS pages between here and Hoboken
is different for each one. Does each application program need to know
which particular brand/model of board is plugged in and what its religion
is? Fortunately not. Enter the Enhanced Memory Specification. EMS is a
specification of a standardized way that applications interact with EMS
hardware. This interaction is via the software interrupt feature of the
8088/MS-DOS. All applications that wish to use EMS memory call interrupt
67H the same way with the same arguments, no matter who made the board.
When the interrupt is issued, control passes to the memory resident EMS
management software, usually called either an EMS memory manager or EMS
driver (same thing). This piece of software is unique to each brand of
board and is normally supplied by the boards vendor. It is the express
purpose of this piece of software to turn the standard EMS invocation
arguments into the particular set of hardware incantations understood by
the board. Beware mixing boards and drivers from different sources! This
may work in rare circumstances but will eventually lead to consumption of
excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages.
EXTENDED MEMORY OK. Now we know how EMS works: it expands a selected
""""""""""""""" 64KB- sized range of addresses in the CPUs address space
to several megabytes by paging-in one chunk at a time. But what about
"Extended Memory"?. Actually extended memory is a much simpler concept.
Remember those unused address lines in the 80286 and 80386? (MS-DOS and
other real-mode applications only use the first 20 of the 80286's 24 and
the 80386's 32). They were not put there for decoration. The CPU can be
put in Protected Mode and can then use those extra address lines to address
megabytes and megabytes of memory without needing the help of the special
EMS hardware like page registers and private (EMS-card) address busses. In
protected mode, the CPU can address all physical memory in the same,
natural way. In fact, the one megabyte boundary loses all significance,
except for the painful memory of what it used to be like back in that awful
20-bit real mode. Extended memory is thus just like conventional memory,
just extended up to higher addresses. The down side is, of course, that
MS-DOS does not know how to switch into protected mode, and wouldn't know
what to do there if it did. Rectifying this shortcoming, and all its
implications, is the sole reason for OS/2.
SOFTWARE APPROACHES TO EMS IMPLEMENTATION The discussion of EMS so far
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" has talked exclusively about
hardware approaches to EMS. In the 8088, hardware must be employed to
supplement the deficiencies of that chip. In the 80286 and 80386, however,
there are software-only methods to give the same functionality as EMS
hardware. Both approaches use extended memory for the storage of EMS page
data.
In the 80286, EMS memory contents are brought into the 1 MB,
conventionally-addressable range by physically copying 16 KB blocks of
memory to and from extended memory. The EMS "page" that the application
program sees is actually a block of conventional memory that has been
filled with the contents of a block of extended memory. The copying is
done by a piece of software known as an EMS Emulator (driver) which is
usually loaded like other DOS device drivers in CONFIG.SYS. Note that to
access the extended memory, the EMS Driver must switch into protected mode,
copy the data, then hightail it back into real-mode to keep DOS happy. The
extended memory blocks, in this scheme, are emulating a block of memory
that would normally be physically resident on the EMS card. Note that
these are not really "paged"-in in the same sense as true EMS pages, nor is
there any "mapping" going on. All physical memory contents retain their
actual addresses as far as the CPU is concerned, only there contents are
copied back and forth.
The advantage of this scheme is that EMS functionality can be achieved
in machines without actual EMS hardware. A disadvantage of this scheme is
its performance. Whole 16K blocks must be moved to access a new page
(which takes milliseconds), in contrast to "true" EMS where just a page
register must be loaded (which takes microseconds). Another disadvantage
is the fact that some precious conventional memory is consumed by the
emulated page frame.
In the 80386, the solution is much more elegant. In true EMS, the
contents of the page registers can be thought of as a memory- mapping
table. That is, the contents of the page register, in essence, point to a
particular block of EMS-card-resident memory - change the page register
contents and a new physical page shows up in the page frame. The 386 was
designed for operating systems much more sophisticated than MS-DOS; these
operating systems take for granted the presence of memory mapping
capability. The 80386 has, in fact, an internal memory mapping facility
much more sophisticated than the crude, bank-oriented page registers of an
EMS card. The 386's memory management unit allows any arbitrary- sized
chunk of physical memory to be mapped to anywhere in the address space,
including the lower 1 MB. And, most importantly, to the address were an
EMS-aware application expects to find the page frame and the EMS pages
contained therein. With the 80386, hardware within the CPU performs the
mapping previously done by EMS hardware. Programming of the CPUs mapping
registers is performed by a device driver usually known as an Expanded
Memory Manager. Memory managers are written to run on the (standard) 80386
and not some particular vendor's EMS hardware. This allows third-party
vendors to produce EMS emulators for any 80386. Examples are "QEMM-386" by
Quarterdeck Systems and "386-to-the-Max" by Qualitas.
Finally, there is one more software approach to EMS that can be used
with any machine. That approach is called Virtual EMS and employs a
system's hard disk as storage for EMS pages. A device driver intercepts
EMS calls in much the same way as the approach described above for the
80286, except that copying is done between a page frame in conventional
memory, and sectors of your hard disk. This is a clever approach, and
allows EMS memory to be much greater than the amount of memory in your
machine, but, because disk is thousands of times slower than semiconductor
memory, this approach should only be used by the terminally desperate.
APPENDIX - SUMMARY FOR USERS EMS is the specification of a software
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" technique for making more than 640 KB (the
normal DOS limit) available to your programs. Put simply, EMS reserves a
block of memory space in your PC and allows a block of RAM (usually
resident on an EMS card) to be switched into that address range. There are
generally many identical blocks of RAM present on the EMS card, each and
any one of which can be "plugged" in -- only one at a time. Your CPU can
use one of these blocks to store data in, and then switch in another block,
store data in that, switch in yet another block, and so on, and so on.
Later, the CPU can recall these blocks in the same or different order and
read back the original data. In many ways, this performs the same function
as your system's disk -- except that it's all done in solid-state memory
and is thousands of times faster.
There are four approaches to actually implementing EMS, depending to
some extent, on what type of machine you have. These approaches are:
o an EMS memory card (like the AST "Rampage") [any DOS
computer, but usually 8088s or 80286s]
o an EMS emulator [80286 or 80386, but usually only
on 80286's]
o an Extended Memory Manager [386 only] (for example
Quarterdeck System's "QEMM-386 or Qualitas's "386-
to-the-Max" )
o a Virtual Memory Manager [any DOS machine]
An EMS memory card is more than just a memory expansion card: it
contains special circuitry to perform the bank-switching operation
discussed above. To use an EMS card, you will have to perform
two steps:
(1) Configure the EMS card hardware to match your computer's
configuration
(2) install a special EMS card driver for the board in your
CONFIG.SYS file.
Details and procedures differ for different makes and models of EMS
cards. Consult your EMS card's users manual for instructions. Note that
drivers are usually card- specific; you cannot, in general, use Vendor A's
driver with Vendor B's card.
Not all "memory" expansion cards are EMS cards. There is another type
of memory called extended memory which is used by other operating systems
such as OS/2 and Unix. It is also used by a few DOS utilities, most
notably IBM's VDISK RAM disk emulator. If your computer is advertised as
having more than 640 KB of memory installed, it's a good bet that it's
extended memory and not EMS memory. Few applications can use extended
memory, although by using a software technique which will be discussed in a
moment, extended memory can be made to serve as EMS memory. Before
deciding on an EMS strategy, determine the type of memory your computer
already has installed. Be forewarned: IBM, as usual, has a different name
for extended memory (like everything else). They call it (you guessed it)
expanded memory. So, if you bought it from IBM, and it's called expanded
memory, it's extended memory. Everyone else pretty much sticks to standard
nomenclature but to be sure, look for the phrase "EMS x.x compliant" in the
documentation, where x.x is usually a number like 3.2 or 4.0.
The 'S' in EMS stands for "Specification". EMS is not a particular
way to build EMS memory, rather, it is the specification of a software
interface to it. Different vendors can, and do, implement EMS differently.
What is the same, however, is the way that applications programs interface
to this memory.
Many EMS cards allow the memory contained on them to be configured as
all EMS memory, all extended memory, or a mixture. If you use VDISK or any
other special programs that use extended memory, you may wish to reserve
part of the board's memory for use as extended memory. Otherwise, there's
really no good reason for not configuring all of your memory as EMS. (Note
that EMS boards are generally more expensive than "plain" extended memory
boards because of the additional circuitry required). Consult your board's
users manual for the proper switch settings or software settings to give
the mix you desire. EMS cards can be used in any machine, but are usually
found in 8088s and 80286s because there is a better and cheaper way to go
in 80386s as will be discussed below.
EMS EMULATORS A less common approach to implementing EMS in your
""""""""""""" computer is a EMS Emulator. This is a software-only
approach that requires no special hardware to use. It essentially turns
extended memory into expanded memory. Unfortunately, there is a price for
this magic - performance. Because extended memory lacks the special
hardware to switch its address like the blocks of memory on an EMS card,
this software must copy whole blocks of data (16 KB's worth) back and forth
between your program and extended memory every time a new block is required
-- even if it's just to read a single byte. Depending on the nature of the
program, this can be a few times slower or hundreds of times slower than
"true" EMS. This is not a recommended solution for that reason, however,
if necessary, it can be used. This approach can only be used on 80286 and
80386 machines which have extended memory. Machines based on the 8088
(like the original PC and XT) cannot accommodate extended memory. On the
80386, a much better solution is described below.
EXTENDED MEMORY MANAGERS Built into every 80386 is a special capability
"""""""""""""""""""""""" that can be used to do an excellent job of
providing EMS memory without the use of EMS hardware. This facility is
called the paging unit or Memory Management Unit (MMU). The MMU consists
of circuitry very much like the switching circuitry onboard EMS cards,
except much more sophisticated. It was actually included for use by
advanced operating systems but can be used quite nicely to emulate EMS in
80386-based DOS machines. The MMU, like the EMS emulators, can turn
extended memory into expanded memory through software-only means. Unlike
those emulators, the MMU, in conjunction with a piece of software known as
an Extended Memory Manager (EMM), does not suffer any performance penalty.
In fact, it is usually faster than true EMS cards because: the circuitry is
onboard the CPU chip; the 80386 is faster than lower-class machines that
usually use EMS cards; and the extended memory used is often fast, 32-bit
system memory rather than card-based memory which is slowed down by the
relatively slow I/O bus. On 80386 systems, this is definitely the way to
go. Excellent EMMs include "386-to-the-Max" by Qualitas, Inc., and
"QEMM-386" by Quarterdeck systems, Inc.. To use these EMMs, you need to
install them in your CONFIG.SYS file. Like the EMS cards, you will have to
configure them to partition your available system memory between extended
and expanded memory. Consult the users manual for the package you are
using.
VIRTUAL MEMORY MANAGERS Virtual Memory Managers are another
""""""""""""""""""""""" software-only approach to EMS. These function
almost identically to the EMS emulators discussed above, except that they
use the system disk rather than extended memory as the storage medium for
blocks of memory copied out of your program. As you can imagine, this is
excruciatingly s-l-o-w. Use this approach only as a last resort.
/////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "I'm still sold on LiveMouse. It's a one-size-fits-all kinda /
/ deal. If it's too small when you buy it, you just feed it /
/ until it's the right size. Then you pull the Freeze Tab /
/ and voila...instant mouse." /
////////////////////////////////////////////// J.EIDSVOOG1 ////
[EOA]
[HAC]//////////////////////////////
HACK'N ONLINE /
/////////////////////////////////
US Robobtics Upgrade
""""""""""""""""""""
by Bill Yung
[W.YUNG1]
>>> UPGRADING AN HST ONLY MODEM TO DUAL STANDARD <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
PLEASE REMEMBER! You are responsible for any damage or liability when
"""""""""""""""" you make any modifications or upgrades to your
equipment. Also keep in mind that opening your computer may void your
guarantee. If you are unsure of your ability to take on a hardware
project, find someone who isn't.
[*][*][*]
A v32.bis SOLUTION! Times change quickly in the world of high-tech
""""""""""""""""""" electronics and the world of telecommuncations is
certainly no exception. It wasn't long ago v.32bis was conceived. Now,
with the advent of modems supporting this type of modulation at very
affordable prices, new high speed users are coming on-line faster than ever
before. In the past, US Robobtics dominated the high speed market with
their HST modulation. Gradually, the tide seems to be turning and HST
users are finding themselves unable to connect at high speed with the
increasingly popular v32.bis modems. If you've found yourself in this
predicament, read on and you may find an inexpensive solution to your
plight.
The Upgrade The upgrade about to be described is not possible with all
""""""""""" HST only modems. The particular upgrade pertains only to the
newer model Courier HST 14.4 modems. The newest 16.8k modems are quite
different from the previous 14.4 models and I have not had the opportunity
to investigate the possiblility of performing a similar upgrade on those
nor on any older models. Refer to the graphic illustration to determine if
you own an HST model suitable for this upgrade. I have personally performed
this upgrade and have verified it's reliability on my own Courier HST. The
largest benefit of doing this upgrade is the substantial savings involved.
The value of this upgrade is somewhere around $300-$400 (based on the cost
of a new v.32bis unit); however, the cost of required materials is
approximately $60. If you are handy with a soldering iron, the entire
process should take about 8 hours.
The most difficult part of the operation was finding parts sources. I
was able to obtain everything required in about 1 week. I was informed the
main DSP (Digital Signal Processor) chip could take up to 12 weeks to be
delivered since it is a "highly allocated" part. This did not prove to be
the case as it showed up a mere 5 days after I placed the order.
Hopefully, everyone else will receive the same suprisingly fast delivery.
I'll include the sources for all necessary components below for your
convenience. Just to clarify USR's position on the matter of parts
procurement: They will not assist you in any way. They do not sell parts.
In fact, there is no upgrade kit available for the type of modem to which
this procedure is applicable. USR will upgrade the unit for a fee of $350
according to Mark Eric of HST. This was the only information he was willing
to offer.
How Dey Do Dat? The HST modulation is asymetrical. Data travels at 14.4k
""""""""""""""" bps in one direction while the back channel proceeds at
450 bps. In order to serve as a v.32bis modem, we must install the
necessary components to provide for 14.4k bps operation in both directions.
There are illustrations to accompany this text and they do aid in
determining if you have an appropriate model and in finding the correct
position to install the new chips. In the event you are unable to obtain
the graphic portions of this article, I will attempt to give a complete and
accurate enough description to facilitate the successful completion of the
project wtithout them.
The first step is to open the case by removing the rubber feet at the
rear of the case and the two phillips screws beneath them. The case can now
be opened. You are now looking at the guts of one the best modems in the
world. What? You're not impressed? Try removing the metallic shield that
isolates the digital from the analog. There, that's better. The area you've
just revealed is the focal point of our work and is shown in detail in
Figure 4. Immediately noticable should be several spaces suitable for
mounting the necessary circuitry. If there are no unused spaces, you don't
have the proper model for upgrading. Welp, it was worth a shot, huh? Thank
you for your patience in bearing with me this far. I bid you farewell. If
you DO notice the aforementioned spaces, you're about to become the proud
owner of a USR Dual Standard modem. As you further inspect the unit, you
will notice the pc board is well marked. There will be very little doubt
concerning where the parts are to be mounted. If you notice empty spaces
that do not correspond to the details I'm about to present, you probably
have an older model. Drop me a line on GEnie and maybe we can come up with
a solution.
Some desoldering is required to clear the holes for mounting our new
parts. This can best be done with a desoldering iron. Radio Shack carries
one for under $10 that does a good job. I would also recommend the use of
desoldering braid for the more stubborn spots. This too is available at
any local electronics shop, Radio Shack included. The task of clearing the
solder out of all the necessary holes is the most tedious portion of this
upgrade as it involves clearing a couple hundred holes. As desoldering
goes, it's a straightforward operation because there are very few paths on
the bottom side of the pc board. In light of this fact, every effort should
be made to clear the holes from the bottom so as to avoid damaging traces.
All of the desoldering having been completed and the pc board ready for
the new parts, refer to the following parts list with associated pc board
silkscreen labels. If you don't have the graphic portion of this article,
refer to these pcb labels to determine the correct location for parts
placement.
A Word Of Caution Before installing an IC pay special attention to it's
""""""""""""""""" orientation as marked on the pc board. Unlike many
circuits which have all chips oriented in the same direction, this circuit
follows no such convention. Pay particular attention to the new DSP which
is rotated 90 degrees from the existing DSP.
PCB label Description Source Part # Price
""""""""" """"""""""" """""" """""" """""
68 pin PLCC socket Easy Tech PLC68 2.29
U206 T/I 33MHZ DSP Arrow TMS320C25FNL33 25.00
L8 6.8 uH RF Choke Easy Tech CH68 1.29
U207-U208 8k 25ns Static ram Easy Tech 6264BP25 8.25
U209-U210 Octal buss xcvr Digi-Key 74HCT245 .77
U211-U212 Octal buffer/drvr Digi-Key 74HCT541 .74
R201,2,4 10K resistors Digi-Key P10ke-nd 5.99
Cap Type 1 .01 uF SMD caps Mouser 140-CC501B103K .49
Cap Type 2 .1 uf SMD caps Mouser 140-CC502B104K .69
Cap Type 3 100pf SMD cap Mouser 140-CC501N101J .35
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Capacitors
""""""""""
Type 1
C201,203,211,213,215,217,223
Type 2
C204,212,214,216,218,221,222
Type 3
C224
Some Notes About Suppliers The most important chip is the DSP. It's by
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" far the most expensive and the hardest to
find. I found a local Texas Instruments dealer who would order them for me
at ten dollars each but I would have to buy 20 of them. I also found them
in stock at Hamilton Avnet but there is a $100 minimum order. Arrow
Electronics is a national distributor with a $25 minimum and this turned
out to be the best source for a single part. Even though they did not have
the part in stock and warned of a long delay, the chip arrived within a
week in a 3X1X1 box. No, not 3 inch by 1 inch by 1 inch. Three feet by 1
foot by 1 foot! These guys really know how to pack a chip. The packaging
included a large, military spec desiccant, a humidity indicator, static
shielding barrier film (with label indicating relative humidity when
opened), a three foot plastic chip carrier and lots of packing popcorn.
Wow! Needless to say, when installed, the chip worked fine.
Supplier Phone Numbers Terms
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Arrow Electronics 1-800-321-3837 $25 minimum
Easy Tech 1-800-582-4044 no minimum
Digi-Key 1-800-344-4539 <$25 = $5 fee
Mouser 1-800-346-6873 <$20 = $5 fee
Substitutions The pc board is designed to accept surface mount resistors
""""""""""""" and capacitors. These are sometimes hard to obtain in
small quantities. The $5.99 price for the 10k resistors represents the
price for 200 of them. Even so the plastic tube they came in is no bigger
than my little finger. Although they're really tiny, I had little trouble
handling them and mounting them with conventional equipment. It might not
be a bad idea to substitute conventional resistors and capacitors of the
appropriate values for the surface mount devices. Such substitutes can be
found at any local electronics shop. There is no real space restriction to
prevent you from using the more common (albeit much larger) parts. If by
chance you have trouble finding the 6.8 uH rf choke, you may place a jumper
from L7 to provide the necessary B+ to the IC's.
Finally, The Fun Part Reassemble the modem and type ATI7 from your
""""""""""""""""""""" favorite terminal program. The modem should
respond with:
ATI7
Configuration Profile...
Product type External
Options HST,V32
Clock Freq 16.0Mhz
Eprom 64k
Ram 32k
Supervisor date 03/05/91
IOP date 10/11/90
DSP date 03/04/91
Supervisor rev 3.0
IOP rev 1.3
DSP rev 10
OK
Did it work? Are you leaping with glee? Do I detect a tear of joy in
your eye? I thought so. Congratulations. You've done a fine job. You may
now be able to sell your modem for almost what you paid for it. Isn't that
an enchanting thought? Thanks for coming along for the ride and have fun
with your new dual standard.
Testing There's only one command set option needed to enable the V.32bis
""""""" handshaking. It's ATB0. Change this parameter and write it to
NVRAM. From now on, your modem will attempt to negotiate a v.32bis
connection with any modem it dials. If you call another dual standard, you
will connect as a v.32bis, NOT HST. Therefore, you may want to change back
to ATB1 when dialing duals. When dialing HST only modems, an HST connection
will be made after a brief attempt at v32.bis. If you have trouble making
a v32.bis connection, try dialing the GEnie 9600 line in your area. I've
experienced no trouble connecting with GEnie at high speed.
WHAT? It Doesn't Work? Here's some things to try if you didn't achieve
"""""""""""""""""""""" immediate success:
If the modem is completely dead:
Check the fuse. If it's blown, there's a reason why it blew. Don't
just replace it and try it again. Try and find the cause of the trouble by
looking for:
1) Shorts across leads of any capacitor.
2) IC's which may have been installed with incorrect orientation.
3) Globs of solder left from desoldering which may be shorting.
4) A broken trace in a part of the modem you shouldn't be
touching in the first place. Remember, we're adding a new
cicuit, not tampering with the old ones.
If the modem lights up and echos back characters but doesn't show
HST,V32 in the second line of the ATI7 response:
1) Type ATI2 from your terminal program. This checks the ram.
you now have two banks of ram and should subsequently receive
two OK's as a response. Like this:
ATI2
OK
OK
If you receive the correct response, the trouble is not in
your ram. If you do not recieve two OK's, make sure you have
35ns or faster static rams.
2) Did you remember to install L8? If you don't have a 6.8uh
rf choke, did you install the jumper properly? The jumper should
extend from the lead of L7 that is farthest from the edge of
the modem to the through hole for L8 that is likewise, farthest
from the edge.
3) Did you install the DSP correctly in it's socket? Remember, it
does not face the same way as the existing DSP.
4) Did you make a parts substitution other than using convential
instead of SMD resistors and capacitors? For example:
Did you use 74LS541's instead of 74HCT541's?
5) Nearly all connections are made on the top side of the pcb.
check the legs of the chips on the top side to verify the
establishment of a good solder joint.
6) Also check for the items mentioned above in the "Completely
Dead" section.
Hopefully, any problems will be resolved using these methods. If not,
have yourself a good long cry because you trashed a $600 modem and your
wife will never let you buy another in a million years. She may even
confiscate your tools to prevent you from destroying anything else around
the house. (And we couldn't blame her one bit) Go ahead, get it out of your
system. It's not good to keep that kind of emotional loss all bottled up.
Okay, alright, enough of that. Get a grip on yourself. Take a couple deep
breaths. Chant your mantra. Relax.....
Just kidding. In reality, if you've exhausted every other option, leave
me e-mail on GEnie and I'll try to bail you out but I can't be responsible
for your actions or the quality of your work. Take your time when you do
this upgrade. It's not a race. There is no prize for he who completes it
the fastest. If you absolutley can't live without a modem for even one day
(like me), do the desoldering one night and the soldering the next. It took
me about 6-8 hours to do this, most of which was spent desoldering.
Performance I'm a relative novice to v.32bis so I'm not sure how the
""""""""""" modem should perform but I have noticed some shortcomings in
the v.32bis type modulation. First of all, there is one bbs with which I
have trouble making a connection. The problem is intermittent. Usually when
I DO have the trouble the modem will hang up while negotiating error
correction. As soon as the ARQ light comes on, I get a NO CARRIER. This
doesn't happen all the time and only with that one bbs. (The Woodworks.
Thanks, Tim) Secondly, the modem realizes cps rates around 1300 even though
the result string indicates I'm connected at 14400/V32. With HST
modulation, 1650 cps is typical. Even so, 1300cps is noticably faster than
280cps. (To say the least!) Other than that, I'm just ecstatic over the
whole episode.
Acknowledgements I didn't figure this out without help from others.
"""""""""""""""" Those who contributed know who they are and I wish to
thank them sincerely. Thanks to Atari for making a computer for those of
us without patience, money or a doctorate. To those who offered nothing but
disinformation and discouragement, I still think you make the best modem in
the world. With that said, I have no further axe to grind and nothing nice
to say either, leaving me with no alternative but to terminate our little
chat....
-Bill Yung
////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Wait a second, all these thanks and no bug reports?? There /
/ must be SOMEONE who had the patch program screw up for them. /
/ I didn't even have anyone beta test it! And I wrote it in /
/ assembly!! Maybe I'm starting to get the hang of this /
/ programming stuff after all... ;)) /
//////////////////////////////////////////////// C.HARVEY ////
[EOA]
[LIB]//////////////////////////////
THE ONLINE LIBRARY /
/////////////////////////////////
Only The Best!
""""""""""""""
SYSOP'S PICKS The files in this list are, in the opinion of the seven
""""""""""""" IBMPC Sysops, the best files in the IBMPC Roundtable as of
September 12, 1992. Many of these programs are ones which we use every
day. In the case of some of these files, if we didn't have them, we could
hardly function!
Please note that these files are constantly being updated and the
actual name and number may change between the time this list is made and
when you go to look for a particular file. If you can't find a file, try
using the #3 "Search Directory" option, and specify a search string that
contains part of the filename. For example, if you tried to download
PKZ110.EXE, file #17862, and you got a "File is not in this library"
message, you should try to search for PKZ. You might find that there is a
PKZ200.EXE file with some other number that supercedes the old file.
No. File Name Type Address YYMMDD Bytes Access Lib
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
GEnie Utilities
"""""""""""""""
2???? LIBFILES.LZH X HOMCHICK 910622 417280 1 1
Desc: IBMPC Software Library directory listing in dbase format
(^^^^ Updated every week. The number changes, but the name is the same.)
23569 LIBM_204.LZH X HOMCHICK 910623 143744 5 1
Desc: Program to search, sort, and list LIBFILES data off-line
Archiving Programs
""""""""""""""""""
23568 ARCE40C.EXE X HOMCHICK 910623 10368 4 1
Desc: Small, Fast ARC extractor (ARC files)
17862 PKZ110.EXE X C.BIEDA1 900322 154980 9676 1
Desc: Most popular file archiver! (ZIP files)
24249 LHA213.EXE X K.OKUBO 910802 44416 495 5
Desc: Free Japanese Archiver LHA.exe (LZH files)
23872 ZOO210.EXE X HOMCHICK 910713 55808 288 1
Desc: zoo archiver (ZOO files) new version compresses better
Dos Utilities
"""""""""""""
50 ERAQ.COM X HOMCHICK 851029 1260 163 5
Desc: delete program with "y/n ?" question
3498 CED10DA.ARC X DON-WILL 870228 35280 906 5
Desc: Fantastic DOS command-line editor
19391 CMDPST7.LZH X STROM 900729 252000 445 5
Desc: Command Post WIN3 program manager enhancement
21089 EZMENU36.ZIP X R.HARDIN 901231 167580 438 5
Desc: The BEST menu, according to PCMag.
26013 LIST76B.ZIP X H.GANS 911204 96256 152 5
Desc: Ultimate file viewer, navagator, dialer+more
25662 4DOS4D.ZIP X NJUDELL 911106 247168 64 4
Desc: documentation for 4dos4.0
25661 4DOS4P.ZIP X NJUDELL 911106 274688 72 4
Desc: Great Command.com replacement. Features galore.
21138 WHERE44B.ZIP X ORION.MICRO 910104 47880 194 5
Desc: Find files on your hard disk!
30169 CLEAN95C.ZIP X HOMCHICK 920907 153600 53 5
Desc: McAfee:Cleans infected files on disk
29860 SCAN95.ZIP X JACK-VAUGHN 920815 144384 434 5
Desc: SCAN for viruses from McAfee Associates
29859 NETSCN95.ZIP X JACK-VAUGHN 920815 134656 57 5
Desc: McAfee virus scan program for netwrk
30168 VSHLD95C.ZIP X HOMCHICK 920907 120320 45 5
Desc: TSR watches for virus infections - McAfee
22885 VCOPY.ZIP X R.FELTON 910502 41216 219 5
Desc: Replacement for COPY; won't copy infected files
28629 CONED28.ZIP X IASHKENES 920516 70784 290 5
Desc: Select autoexec and config configuration at boot
27513 HYDK431.ZIP X J.HOLTZ2 920308 271744 137 5
Desc: HyperDisk cache. Like SmartDrv; faster and with features+
14481 SD62.ARC X MCAPPS 890606 118440 152 5
Desc: Super Directory Utility; will search arc/zip files, too
29948 SHEZ80.ZIP X J.DERR1 920821 238592 176 5
Desc: Menu program for all of the ARC/ZIP & etc programs
29038 SHEZ72.ZIP X J.DERR1 920618 192640 177 5
Desc: Menu program for all of the ARC/ZIP & etc programs
22234 PMK32.ZIP X STROM 910320 212940 122 5
Desc: Professional Masterkey, Norton-like tools
Programmers Tools
"""""""""""""""""
24925 QEDIT215.ZIP X A.BASTEN 910916 134784 167 5
Desc: QEdit 2.15 - Best Shareware Editor
5039 RES86.ARC X JAYMAYNARD 870614 52920 367 4
Desc: RESOURCE/86 interactive disassembler
25636 BOSS.INF X MONGELLUZZO 911104 5376 45 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Quick Overview
29310 BOSS2H.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920709 30208 8 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - MSC 7.00 Files
27794 BOSS2G.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920324 31616 5 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - TopSpeed Library
27793 BOSS2F.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920324 32896 5 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Zortech Library
27792 BOSS2E.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920324 87424 23 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Borland Libraries
27791 BOSS2D.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920324 33664 5 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Lattice Library
27873 BOSS2C.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920328 75904 5 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Mix Power C Libs
27789 BOSS2B.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920324 31744 2 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - WATCOM Library
27748 BOSS2A.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920323 102400 25 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - MICROSOFT Libs
27747 BOSS03.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920323 76160 39 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Reference Manual
27746 BOSS01.LZH X MONGELLUZZO 920323 165376 43 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Support Files
27745 BOSS.INF X MONGELLUZZO 920323 5376 125 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - QUICK Overview
27744 BOSS.HST X MONGELLUZZO 920323 37632 33 9
Desc: The Window BOSS - Revision History
16359 TOASM30A.ZIP X R.BARTLETT 891125 35280 368 4
Desc: New version of ToAsm disassembler
Communications Programs
"""""""""""""""""""""""
22523 TLX315-1.ZIP X M.SHAW14 910407 157500 484 6
Desc: Telix comm program v3.15 (1 Of 3)
22524 TLX315-2.ZIP X M.SHAW14 910407 128520 463 6
Desc: Telix version 3.15 (2 of 3)
22525 TLX315-3.ZIP X M.SHAW14 910407 66780 434 6
Desc: Telix version 3.15 (3 of 3)
18761 TELEMATE.211 X M.BELL8 900602 13860 367 6
Desc: Information on Telemate 2.11
18762 TM211-1.ZIP X M.BELL8 900602 171360 393 6
Desc: Telemate 2.11 Comm Program (1 of 3)
18763 TM211-2.ZIP X M.BELL8 900602 233100 374 6
Desc: Telemate 2.11 Comm Program (2 of 3)
18764 TM211-3.ZIP X M.BELL8 900602 110880 382 6
Desc: Telemate 2.11 Comm Program (3 of 3)
28457 DSZ.ZIP X CAF 920503 91776 364 6
Desc: X/Y/ZMODEM Transfer PRGM from Zmodem author
28364 GSZ.ZIP X CAF 920427 112512 170 6
Desc: Graphics X/Y/ZMODEM Transfer PRGM from Zmodem author
23239 BOY5NEW.ZIP X MORTIMER 910529 6528 122 6
Desc: Description of new BOYAN 5.0 release
23315 B5INSTAL.ZIP X MORTIMER 910602 6912 71 6
Desc: BOYAN 5.0: Installation disk
23314 BOYAN5A.ZIP X MORTIMER 910602 184320 84 6
Desc: BOYAN 5.0: Program disk
23313 BOYAN5B.ZIP X MORTIMER 910602 136320 78 6
Desc: BOYAN 5.0 - Documentation
Games
"""""
5064 3-DEMON.ARC X D.BURG 870616 35280 1970 7
Desc: 3-D PAC Man. VERY GOOD!!
20296 DANGER30.ZIP X R.CARR7 901021 44100 615 7
Desc: *GREAT* FAST SCROLLING ARCADE GAME!
19756 POPCORN.ZIP X R.VANCE 900903 63000 251 7
Desc: Good Graphic Arkanoid clone from France
23578 NEKO11.ZIP X R.WALKER38 910624 18688 740 7
Desc: Neko for Win3 - Cat chases mouse pointer. Excellent!
26178 WNEKO.ZIP X R.LOVASCIO 911215 15104 347 7
Desc: Full desktop variation of 'Neko'
Graphics
""""""""
30204 CSHOWA.TXT X R.BERRY7 920911 10880 24 14
Desc: CompuShow program description
30203 CSHOWA.ZIP X R.BERRY7 920911 136832 68 14
Desc: Fast IBM graphics display GIF, more
29084 GRFWK61P.ZIP X ERROR.170 920621 357120 262 14
Desc: Graphics Workshop convert between graphic formats
29170 FRAIN172.ZIP X M.DORMAN2 920628 444032 92 14
Desc: Fractal Programs; Fast, Fascinating
Miscellaneous
"""""""""""""
17684 EZFF-10B.LZH X MAEDAE 900309 143640 276 3
Desc: EZ-Forms First - Free, no catches!
23394 EZFX30TD.ZIP X MAEDAE 910608 370176 5 3
Desc: EZ-Forms Exec v3.0 - Ultimate mgr!!
20817 TIMSET60.ZIP X C.BIEDA1 901211 99540 416 6
Desc: Set computer clock to Naval Obsevatory.
21363 LJ22.ZIP X J.DERR1 910116 16380 184 3
Desc: LaserJet print Utility
23270 WAMPDOC.ZIP X T.MALLERY1 910531 113920 33 3
Desc: Documentation to WAMPUM42.ZIP
23268 WAMPUM42.ZIP X T.MALLERY1 910531 229760 38 3
Desc: dBase3 compatible shareware database
22361 PCW304-1.LZH X K.WHITE6 910329 178920 55 3
Desc: PC-WRITE Word Processor DISK 1 OF 3
22363 PCW304-2.LZH X K.WHITE6 910329 258300 53 3
Desc: PC-WRITE Word Processor DISK 2 OF 3
22364 PCW304-3.LZH X K.WHITE6 910329 225540 46 3
Desc: PC-WRITE Word Processor DISK 3 OF 3
24464 ASA40U.ZIP X F.OROURKE 910817 250368 100 3
Desc: AsEasy 123 Compatible Shareware SpreadSheet
///////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ "Oooops. That's Mississippi. Guess I just can't stand /
/ redundancy. ;-)" /
/////////////////////////////////////// D.A.BRUMLEVE ////
[EOA]!!@
[MIC]//////////////////////////////
MICE, BYTES AND IBM /
/////////////////////////////////
Paper Chase
"""""""""""
By Richard Brown
[R.BROWN30]
>>> THE MYTH OF THE PAPERLESS OFFICE <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
~ Printers, Papers, and IBM's ~
PAPERLESS OFFICE? In light of "the paperless office", a lofty claim
""""""""""""""""" often attributed to the personal computer, one can
only chuckle upon seeing the profusion of new printer-specific papers
constantly being offered to add to the mountains already printed.
Dot matrix, daisy wheel, inkjet, bubblejet, laser, dye sublimation -
printers exist in all shapes, speeds, sizes, and degrees of output quality,
but all share an enormous appetite for paper.
The quest remains to find the right or best paper for a particular
printer or printing need.
As a multiple printer user, I have encountered a large array of
papers for printing on the various printing systems I use, including laser
and ink jet systems.
PREFACE I should note that my work is invariably desktop published, and
""""""" therefore, my views stem from the critical nature of
graphics-based printing.
On a PostScript printer this is second nature: PostScript itself is a
page description language based in large measure on graphic line and arc
segments.
Only very rarely do I use the internal fonts of a DeskJet or
Bubblejet: they are far too few, far too inflexible, far too commonplace
and usually inadequate to the task at hand.
Moreover, if I were to need straight text output in a common face and
point size, this is usually for 100 plus page documents, and I'm forced to
use a laser printer for speed and the sake of sanity.
Neither the DeskJet or Bubblejet are up to the task of _heavy_ print
loads. Unless, of course, you have the time. Both machines require
frequent reloading due to small feeder tray capacities, and you're lucky to
get three pages per minute (ppm) output. Lasers start at 6 ppm.
More interesting to me is the desire for world-class performance from
printers like the DeskJet and Bubblejet. Such printing does not predicate
itself upon speed. Rather it is the subtle distinctions in quality that
count, so long, of course, that the printing itself is not akin to an ice
age. On either the DJ or BJ, they are not.
SO, ON TO THE PAPERS First, I've been using some excellent papers from
"""""""""""""""""""" Schoeller, which produces LaserEdge, a series of
papers specific to ink jet and laser printing.
Their many products include LaserEdge Lite, LaserEdge HR-10, 20, 60,
and 65.
HR-10 and HR-20 are specific to ink jet, while 60 and 65 are unique,
resin-coated papers specific to laser printers.
I can attest to the superior nature of these papers, having thought
my NEC LC890 was more a paperweight than a printer until trying HR-60 and
HR-65, wherein the print quality jumped a substantial degree.
On the DeskJet 500C printing to the HR-10 and 20 is equally
impressive. I did meet a rep and saw some papers in development, some for
the DJ that are nothing short of astounding. The quality, as the rep
explained through microphotographic side-views of printed DJ samples, comes
from specially developed emulsions (like the resin coating) that improve DJ
output by virtually eliminating capillary bleed and soak-in problems.
For _color_ printing on the DeskJet 500C, Hewlett Packard's own
paper, CX JetSeries CutSheet Paper model HP51630Y (formerly called Paintjet
Paper). Like the LaserEdge offerings, HP's paper appears to share the
concept of special coatings to ensure print quality, and as such, there is
a right and wrong way to load the paper.
It is impossible to confuse which "side is up" as HP has provided a
light gray arrow above three light gray stripes printed on the top right
corner of the _back_ side of the page. You should load the paper with this
arrow visible. Remember, the DeskJet turns the paper from the fee tray
around as it loads, thus putting the arrow on the _back_ side, out of view.
Though not as bright white as LaserEdge, HP51630Y provides a nearly
matchless print quality no matter how many colors are laid down in whatever
density from the color cartridge. When printing large areas of black, which
burns a lot of ink, some warpage will appear, especially as viewed from the
reverse side, but it is not severe and entails no bleeding or capillary
effect. Unfortunately, this paper is by far the most expensive for common
use papers at about seven cents a sheet.
Interestingly, HP51630Y behaves horribly with the DeskJet's BLACK
cartridge, producing some of the most notable ink bleeding problems
imaginable. This is a _color only_ paper.
Black ink printing with the DeskJet can be performed on many different
papers with varying degrees of success.
For instance, in addition to the superb LaserEdge papers previously
mentioned, Southworth Watermark Bond Electronic Paper, heavy weight, comes
in a variety of colors and claims to be ideal for many printers, including
the DeskJet.
My tests have found this to be true for the 500C as well as the
various laser devices. This is an elegant paper, designed for serious
correspondence or presentations. Many a resume has gone out on this fine
paper, which, although reminiscent of the luxury of a Classic Laid, offers
a smooth finish, not sharing the rough texture of a Laid. Matching
envelopes exist to make the Southworth product a standout among papers.
At first look, however, Southworth Watermark appears a likely
candidate to suffer from bleed and capillary action when printing with a
jet printer, like the DeskJet or Bubblejet, but it holds up very well,
evidencing only the slightest problems in these areas. The average viewer
would most likely miss it entirely.
In speaking of the two leading jet printers, Hewlett Packard and
Canon have taken distinctive approaches to the problem.
The Canon Bubblejet printer uses an entirely different ink
formulation from the DeskJet, and as a true 360 dpi device, it would be a
shame to throw away this leading technology on an inferior paper. Capillary
action and general bleed problems have to be avoided.
In the same way that LaserEdge HR-10 and HR-20 maximize the look of
DeskJet output, the ink formulation within the Bubblejet family has a "best
case" paper in Strathmore Legacy Pen Plotter Paper, Product Number 01-075.
This is the second most expensive paper I use for common printing needs, at
something over three cents a sheet. I wouldn't feed the BJ anything else
unless it was for effect (colored paper, cut up grocery bags - all kinds of
things can be printed upon without a hitch).
Strathmore Legacy Pen Plotter Paper may be hard to find, but
generally can be ordered wherever Strathmore products are carried. I waited
three days for my last order. Unlike most papers, pen plotter paper only
comes in a 250 sheet quantity.
In addition, this 24 pound bright white paper requires a little more
drying time in that the 360 dpi ink flow rests _on top_ of the sheet,
eventually feeling almost like the fused carbon of a laser printed page.
Drying time is a factor in that the BJ claims an "instant-drying" ink
formula, but with Pen Plotter paper, it is possible to cause a smear if
handled too soon, thus ruining the page.
This is the price of quality. The total absence of bleed and capillary
action associated with Legacy Pen Plotter Paper sets the Bubblejet output
apart in the jet printer category as the high definition winner. It is
simply not possible to compare the Bubblejet with the DeskJet: 360 dpi
represents 144% greater resolution than 300 dpi, and is easily seen in the
clarity of small type and fine lines, not to mention an improvement in
halftones.
While a cheaper paper may make the Bubblejet's output look not unlike
the DeskJet's, using this high end paper may truly fool many into thinking
the Bubblejet is actually a laser printer, a feat promised, but never
delivered in HP's offering.
I have spent some time arguing this point online and off, finding the
"DeskJet Camp" an interesting phenomenon much akin to the "IBM? <, =, or >
Atari? Debate".
My experience has spanned a solid half-dozen DeskJets, from the Plus
to the 500C, an equal number of Bubblejets, including the "slow" portables
to the ultra fast table models and, again, just as many laser printers from
300 to 3000 dpi.
Personally, I currently own an AST Turbo Laser (300 dpi with true
blacks), and NEC LC890 laser (300 dpi with no blacks), a DeskJet 500C (300
dpi in color or black ink), a Canon BJ-10e (360 dpi in black ink only), and
a Toshiba P321 (360 dpi 24 pin dot matrix that pales to either the DeskJet
or Bubblejet). I also regularly use a NewGen RISC-based PostScript
compatible device: an amazing printer- 400 dpi, rich, even blacks, good
halftones, crisp type and under $2,000. My high-end work is created on
Birmy and Linotronics imagesetters (to 3,000 dpi) with some proofing on the
Seiko Colorpointe. In short, experience guides my commentary, not opinion
or allegiance.
For travel, I bring the Canon (it's portable!), and find that in both
desert-like low humidity climates as well as high humidity areas (20-100%
range), the BJ prints identically, especially with Legacy Pen Plotter
Paper.
No wonder both IBM and Apple "borrow" Bubblejet technology for their
new printer lineups. One IBM model even looks like a BJ-10e, inclusive of
identical upright operation, tilt-back paper feeder, and top right control
buttons. Like all things IBM, the minimalism of the original BJ is lost,
and the "clone thing" has bulked up the appearance and weight. The question
remains: is it as good? After all, they perpetrated OS/2...
I've tried perhaps 20 or 30 different papers on the HP, but have
never been able to mix its output directly with laser printed pages, a
regular occurrence with Bubblejet output. At its best, the HP is very good,
and totally acceptable for most purposes, and of all the printers I
generally use, probably the easiest when it comes to printing envelopes.
As an exception to the "no mixing with laser rule", I have been able
to mix DJ output into a BJ and laser document, but only when using
LaserEdge, and only when all the DJ pages are in a row, with no BJ or laser
pages intermixed. By eliminating direct A-B comparisons, many people will
breeze right through a document, never knowing they are seeing laser,
Bubblejet, and DeskJet output in combination.
Obviously, in the case above, the document has been photocopied so
that all pages are on the same type of paper. Anyone would notice the vast
differences in paper weights and finishes, and base colors (why is HP color
paper not white?) if one were to submit LaserEdge, HP6130Y, Pen Plotter,
and Hammermill long grain laser paper all in the same document.
REALITY CHECK Of course, all jet printers look fine when viewed without
""""""""""""" comparison to other machines or other papers, but if
quality is what you're after, definitely choose the right paper for the
job. More than the Bubblejet, the DeskJet _needs_ optimal papers to attain
best quality.
** Hint: the DeskJet also does require a certain amount of
maintenance on the part of the user. With power off, open the lid of the
printer and slide the cartridge assembly away from the "home" or right side
of the carriage. Once removed, you will see a rubber "boot" underneath
where the cartridge had been.
DeskJet cartridges are known to deposit ink on this rubber boot
(although I could steer you to many, many people who say this never
happens). But, on that rare occassion, when you do see problems in your
printouts, especially things like white bands where no ink has been
deposited, sometimes ruining your text, CLEAN THE BOOT. Use a Q-Tip, warm,
soapy water, and your common sense. Make sure you leave no new deposits or
fuzz. This will often clear up a maddening problem: it is a puzzlement why
HP fails to include this tip in the manual.
If this does not improve your printouts, the cartridge may have dried
ink clogging the nozzles (this never happens, too, as I've been told time
and again). Make sure you store your cartridges in a humidified condition.
Dried ink in the nozzles is reportedly curable through soaking the
nozzles (not the whole cartridge) in soapy water (sometimes for days),
blotting occasionally, then FULLY drying before actual use. In the case of
the color cartridge, be sure, upon blotting, that all three colors flow
evenly.
I myself have not tried this, but have heard it works. I make no
warranties toward possible failure or success in using this procedure, only
that it may be a less painful alternative to throwing a cartridge away,
something I _have_ done in using the 500C.
A FINAL LOOK AT PAPERS For ordinary "throw away" or "office use"
"""""""""""""""""""""" purposes, all the printers will fare well on
basic cheap bond papers like Xerox 4200, which is usually a fraction of a
penny a sheet.
Laser printers like to be fed the good stuff when possible, like the
amazingly slippery (really) LaserEdge Lite, a paper designed to maximize
laser performance.
Recently, a client even opted to send a LaserEdge Lite / NewGen 400
dpi output as camera-ready copy for a magazine ad rather than sending out
for an expensive 1200 dpi imagesetter version.
Cheaper papers, like the aforementioned Hammermill long grain, is mid-
priced with a bright base white, yielding good contrast and quality for
laser printing.
Gilbert Neu-Tech is another medium priced choice the serves quite
well in laser printing.
Well, that about does it. This has been a brief overview of the many,
many papers available for your computing output needs.
Of course, this is really just the tip of the iceberg. There are
probably 40 different papers I'm currently using for regular and
specialized work. Maybe more on those later.
'Til the next...
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>>> LOG ONTO GEnie VIA SPRINTNET <<<
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TURBO-ALADDIN! The following script will allow Aladdin to log onto GEnie
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>>> HOW TO ADD THIS SCRIPT TO ALADDIN <<<
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Installing The Script First of all, you will need to separate this
""""""""""""""""""""" script from this article. To do this, just load
this article 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 into your Aladdin directory (folder). Your script file will now
automatically load in when you boot up Aladdin.
IMPORTANT! 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. To do this in...
PC ALADDIN
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o At Aladdin's main menu, call up an available script, or
overwrite an existing script:
[F7,A] -to use an available script entry
[F7,E,n] -to edit a script already used
(n is the number of the script)
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number you've previously noted, the line would like like this:
Script 4 SprintNet Logon
o ESC to save
AMI/ST ALADDIN
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you've previously noted. For example, if you have already
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Script 4 SprintNet Logon
o ESC to save
>>> HOW TO USE THIS SCRIPT <<<
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find the SprintNet numbers by typing *PHONE at any GEnie prompt. The script
will run up until receiving the U#= prompt from GEnie. Aladdin will then
then send the userid,password stored in the configuration and continue as
usual.
PC ALADDIN
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Example: ALADDIN /LS3 /MR or ALAD /CLOCK /LS9
AMI/ST ALADDIN
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Script Auto 4 SprintNet Logon
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Connecting The World
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by Chris Carpenter
[C.CARPENTER3]
>>> THE BBS ROUNDTABLE <<<
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~ Connecting the World ~
Page 610
What's the difference between a local bulletin board (BBS) and GEnie?
Only size and accessibility of GEnie which allows real time interaction
between many users at the same time. Now local BBS SysOps (as well as
anyone aspiring to possibly be a SysOp) have a place to talk, leave
messages or exchange files on GEnie. It's the BBS Roundtable, page 610 and
although it has been around for quite a while it's being given a facelift,
the cobwebs are being swept away and Real Time Conferences (RTC's) are
starting up again every Thursday night at 7:00 o'clock PT.
The newly appointed, helpful SysOps in this RT are:
Leonard Reed (BIBLIA), Chief SysOp
Dave Cole (MACLAMP), Macintosh SysOp
Tony Newman (UHH.CLEM), PC/Clone and CP/M SysOp
Chris Carpenter (C.CARPENTER3), Atari SysOp
So if you are an active SysOp or an aspiring SysOp wanting to know
more about what running a BBS entails...stop by and read some messages or
leave a message of your own, check out the BBS related files for your
particular computer (upload some if you think they'll help someone else)
and be sure to show up on Thursday nights for the RTC's which focus on a
different computer platform each week. You can talk with the SysOp's, all
of which have experience with local BBS's, or with other folks who might
stop in like you and have just the answer you've been looking for or might
need an answer that you can give...and after awhile every RTC turns into a
simple social affair where you can just talk with other people sharing the
same interests.
The BBS RT is once again growing and all of the SysOps extend an
invitation to everyone to come by and discover an online community with
similar interests, mainly 'Connecting the World' through BBS's. We hope to
make this the most active area on GEnie but it's up to you...by using this
resource that is available to you and contributing when you can. With
your help we hope to establish a service on GEnie that will represent the
best storehouse of BBS information and related files in the world, and one
of the few places in the world where you can talk to others with similar
interests without leaving the comfort of your home.
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