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14-Apr-93 08:51:29-MDT,14042;000000000000
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Message-ID: <930409001757.V93N50@wsmr-simtel20.Army.Mil>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 00:17:56 GMT+0
From: "Info-IBMPC Digest" <Info-IBMPC@wsmr-simtel20.Army.mil>
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Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V93 #50
To: "Info-IBMPC Distribution": ;
Info-IBMPC Digest Fri, 9 Apr 93 Volume 93 : Issue 50
Today's Editor:
Gregory Hicks - Rota Spain <GHICKS@wsmr-simtel20.Army.Mil>
Today's Topics:
comspec vs shell (V93 #039)
Floppy won't work with QEMM line (V93 #39)
HARD DRIVE BUGS
HP DeskJet 550C on a Novell network
IBM PC file formats
MHz and clock speed (Wait States)
Need Help Solving A Compatibilty Problem
Printer Driver
Problems with windows 3.1
SCSI Drive with IDE
UUCICO priority under OS/2
WordPerfect 5.2 - A4 paper bug 4 Canadians
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 13:44:48 MET
From: Jim Groeneveld CMI-TNO Leiden NL <groeneveld@cmi.tno.nl>
Subject: comspec vs shell (V93 #039)
"Paul D. Bradshaw" <ACDPAUL@vm.uoguelph.ca> asked:
> Should comspec and shell in your config.sys and autoexec.bat point to
> the same command.com? Do they have to? What will happen if they
> don't?
It is not necessary to have the SHELL parameter in CONFIG.SYS and the
COMSPEC environment variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT point to the same
command.com. In fact only one of those should be necessary, if both
are NOT given the default value of COMSPEC=\COMMAND.COM (without a
drive) I believe.
The SHELL parameter merely sets the COMSPEC parameter. If both are
specified the COMSPEC variable just gets REdefined (with the same or a
different value, i.e. some path\COMMAND.COM).
Regards - Jim.
--
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 14:02:13 +0200 (IST)
From: Avi Roy Shapira <avir@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>
Subject: Floppy won't work with QEMM line (V93 #39)
>From: peprbv@cfa0.harvard.edu (Bob Babcock)
> [Floppy drives don't work with QEMM line]
> > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM X=B000-B7FF
> Perhaps you need additional excludes. First try X=B000-FFFF and see if
> that makes the floppies work. If so, it's just a matter of a binary
> search to find the region which needs to be excluded. Likely areas to
> try are F000-FFFF and wherever your disk controller ROM is located.
Try putting DMA=64 or DMA=128 on the command line. That should solve
the problem. Exclusions have nothing to do with it.
Avi
Aviel Roy-Shapira, M.D. Ben-Gurion University Medical School
Dept. of Surgery A. POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel
avir@chen.bgu.ac.il AVIR@BGUVM.BITNET
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 93 14:51:47 -0700
From: RAY VAN HOOGEN <RCVH%NAUVAX.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR>
Subject: HARD DRIVE BUGS
I have been having trouble getting an old Seagate ST225 hard
drive to work with a new XT-clone motherboard. The old XT had been
sitting in a closet for a long time with a bad keyboard connector but
otherwise working fine.
When I installed the new motherboard, I decided to go ahead and low
level format the hard drive since I had no need for the old data.
Anyway, after low level formating (using the controler's bios), running
fdisk, and high level formating it via dos, it appears to read or write
bad data.
If I copy a file to the disk and and compare it (using dos) there are
always errors, and most of the directory listings contain at lease one
error. Text files still appear to be legible but com or exe files
usually hang when run. I ran a public domain hard disk diagnostics
program on it which said that everything was OK even when reading and
writing to every sector on the disk. My controler is an XT-GEN clone
made by Microtec.
If anyone has any ideas please let me know!
Ray Van Hoogen
RCVH@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU
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Date: 19 Mar 93 14:12:54 GMT+0200
From: Torstein Ravnskog <Ravnskog@pki.uib.no>
Subject: HP DeskJet 550C on a Novell network
Hi,
I am trying to hook up a HP DeskJet 550C on Novell NetWare 3.11, but
have some problems. The printer prints letters in color, but graphics
are printed in black. Everything is normal when printing from a local
PC. I am using a modified HP LaserJet II .PDF driver in Novell. If
somebody have a .PDF file for HP DeskJet 550C, I will be glad to hear
from them.
Torstein Ravnskog E-Mail: Ravnskog@pki.uib.no
De prekliniske institutter Ravnskog@cc.uib.no
Aarstadveien 19 MBITR@NOBERGEN.BITNET
N-5009 BERGEN Tel. : +47 5 20 63 23
NORWAY FAX. : +47 5 20 64 00
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 11:02:22 EST
From: "Dr. Joseph Lang" <lang@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu>
Subject: IBM PC file formats
I meed to find a listing of various file formats for the IBM PC
and compatibles. For example, the format of the .EXE file is fairly
well known, but I have been unable to find a description of the formats
of other file types. If you have information, please post it or email
to me.
I have found a reference to a new book which may perhaps have
some information. It is:
Taylor, Allan G., File Format Handbook, Leventhal, Lance A.,
editor. LC 92-587. (Lance A. Leventhal Microtrend Ser.). 500 p.
(Orig.). 11/1992. ISBN 0-915391-45-7, Microtrend. Slawson
Communications, Inc.
I have not, however, been able to obtain a copy of this book yet.
Many thanks for your help. Joe
Joseph E. Lang LANG@DAYTON.BITNET
Computer Science Department lang@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu
University of Dayton (513) 229-2195 direct
300 College Park, Dayton, OHIO 45469-2160 USA (513) 229-3831 sec'ty
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 17:56:00 IST
From: WARKECS%TIFRVAX.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR
Subject: MHz and clock speed (Wait States)
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as my knowledge goes, wait states
are clock cycles that the CPU inserts between successive read-write
operations when accessing RAM chips that are too slow to cope up with
the high CPU speed. Quite obviously, they are undesirable IF you have
chips that are capable of operating at high speeds - which is why a
chip with lower ns is more expensive than a chip with higher ns.
Of course, if your RAM chips can't support the higher speed, you'd
BETTER leave those wait states as they have been set by your computer
hardware supplier. It is EXTREMELY dangerous to fool with those
settings unless u know what you're upto.
Finally, as must be apparent, a slower CPU has no use for RAM chips
that were designed to operate without wait states with FAST cpu's.
You'd be better off buying RAM chips that have a speed optimum for your
processor. Unless of course you're planning an upgrade and your
motherboard utilises SIMM ---> then buy the fastest you can
get....DRAM, of course, SRAM is WAY too expensive!
Hope this helps.
-CSW
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 19:13:02 -0500
From: "V. M. Turner" <bl502@cleveland.freenet.edu>
Subject: Need Help Solving A Compatibilty Problem
The following is a copy of an e-mail message I was going to
upload to Seagate Technologies to see if they might have a suggestions
for me . Any ideas would be appreciated .
Please tell me where I might post a question about a problem
I'm hav- ing with a 286 computer and a Seagate ( ST-225 ) 20 MB hard
drive ? I will briefly state my troubles and I'll be more than happy to
expand or try any solution someone has to offer . Since it is difficult
for me to dial-in I would appreciate an answer sent to my e-mail
address that I have included at the end of this message .
I have a 286 system made by Unisys ( PW2-500-12MHz ) that
refuses to recognize the hard drive at all . During the POST ( power on
self test ) , if I have included a drive type for the ST-225 , the
system will completely freeze up . There is an on board MFM controller
which will not even time the system out if it freezes during the POST .
If I use a controller card ( an Everex - BIOS chip # EV-349-02 ) , it
will at least time the system out so and allow me to press the F1 key
to continue . This makes me think that the on board controller could be
bad but I don't have the diagnostic software to say that for sure .
Oh yes , the BIOS chip was made by Mitsubishi in 1989 , and the
system has a Phoenix BIOS Plus 286/386 -- 3.10 . I included this
information because the system is so old that it uses a setup disk in
order to change the CMOS . Maybe Seagate drives won't work with this
unit or maybe someone in your shop might remember if I need to take
special measuers in order to use this hard drive in this system .
One more thing , if the hard drive is selected in the CMOS ,
and I have to use the F1 key after the system times out , the
diagnostic program claims that it can't low-level format the drive
because of a calibration error . Both " Check It" and the system
diagnostic program claim that the drive is a non-DOS drive , and "
Check It " and another hard disk utility wil not low-level format the
drive . I get " BIOS error 170 " . Does it sound as if I have a
compatibility problem and if not any suggestion would be helpful .
In case you wondering , the drive works perfectly in another
system that has an AMI BIOS , I know the cables are okay , as well as
the controller cards .
Thanks Again . bl502@cleveland.freenet.edu
( V. M. Turner )
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 08:53:39 EST
From: Eduardo Suhett <ERU%BRIBGE.BITNET@vtvm2.cc.vt.edu>
Subject: Printer Driver
Hi,
we have a Tektronix 4693 DX Color Image Printer and need a driver to
use it under Windows 3.1 in Corel Draw|. Does anyone out there know
where i can donwload it ?
Thanks in advance,
Eduardo Suhett
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 00:37:55 EST
From: matthew newcomb <IQM139@uriacc.uri.edu>
Subject: Problems with windows 3.1
G'day,
I recently upgraded to windows 3.1. BUT, I am having alot of
problems getting some of by 3.0 software to work. The ones I am most
worried about are the Tutorial for Aldus Freehand and Pagemaker(I teach
computer education). When the tutorial starts it says error in module
TBOOK! Ack, what to do?
GOD, SAVE THE QUEEN!
iqm139@uriacc.uri.edu
Matthew NEwcomb
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 13:50:01 PST
From: "Steven Tan[NECSIN]" <steve@necsin.fc.nec.co.jp>
Subject: SCSI Drive with IDE
I have a 386SX with a 80 MB Seagate SCSI HD. I was wondering if I can
connect a IDE drive as a second HD. Would appreciate any help on this.
Thanks
Steven Tan
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 07:54:56 EST
From: kendra!kendra.kew.com!SoftWare@eddie.mit.edu
Subject: UUCICO priority under OS/2
Yes, Virginia, SIO.SYS and UUCICO appear to lock up the system when run
together because they take all the cycles.
UUPC/extended 1.11y will support tuning the priority values as desired
in the UUPC.RC file. Does anyone a) know what the default should be,
and b) whether this needs to be tuned on a per-device basis?
-ahd-
--
Drew Derbyshire UUPC/extended e-mail: software@kew.com
Telephone: 617-641-3452
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Date: 25 Mar 1993 14:58:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "John Danton" <JDANTON@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
Subject: WordPerfect 5.2 - A4 paper bug 4 Canadians
FYI:
Just got off the phone with a WordPerfect tech support employee,
and he informs me that the Canadian Version of WP 5.2 (in our case the
release date is 12/14/92) has been shipped with an initial paper size
code of "A4".
To get rid of this, merely go into "Preferences" and delete the A4
code. Just in case you're pulling out your hair (and too proud to
phone the WordPerfect tech support line).
Just thought you'd like to know...
::::::::::::: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food :::::::::::::
John Danton JDANTON@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (604) 852-5211 Voice
Information Technology Support Analyst (604) 852-5428 FAX
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