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TIPS-111.ASC 54089 02-07-93 *TIPS - (QEMM 6.0, STEALTH, ZENITH )
How do I configure QEMM to be able to use Stealth on a Zenith computer?
[Updated: February, 1993]
TIPS-110.ASC 27317 02-07-93 *TIPS - (RECONFIG 3.1, CONFIGURATIONS)
How do I manage multiple configurations. What is RECONFIG?
[Updated: February, 1993]
TIPS-109.ASC 2915 01-24-93 *TIPS - (DOS 5.0 EDITOR, SLOW SCROLLING)
Scrolling, when using the mouse to mark a section of text, is extremely
slow using the DOS 5.0 editor.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-108.ASC 3641 01-24-93 *TIPS - (QUIKMENU III, NETWORK, DOS APPS.)
DOS applications will not execute using QuikMenu III version 3.0c or 3.0d
on a network.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-107.ASC 2991 01-22-93 *TIPS - (DACEASY ORDER ENTRY, POINT OF SALE)
Unable to delete Method of Payment in DacEasy Order Entry 4.3 or DacEasy
Point of Sale 4.31.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-106.ASC 3329 01-22-93 *TIPS - (DACEASY ACCT. 4.3, INVOICES, DESC.)
DacEasy Accounting 4.3 does not print full product descriptions on
invoices. The last two characters of each product description are
truncated.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-105.ASC 3705 01-07-93 *TIPS - (ZIP'R, DR DOS, UNABLE TO RUN ...)
Executing ZIP'R on a DR DOS v6.0 system results in an "Unable to run
COMMAND /C ..." error message.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-104.ASC 3551 01-07-93 *TIPS - (DR DOS, COMMAND OR FILENAME NOT...)
DR DOS v6.0 issues the error message, "Command or filename not
recognized" when attempting to execute some programs.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-103.ASC 27597 01-03-93 *TIPS - (DR DOS, QEMM, NOVELL, OPTIMIZING)
What are some optimal configurations when using DR DOS with QEMM, Super
PC-Kwik, Novell, DESQview, and Windows. What are some of the issues that
must be addressed in order to optimize each configuration?
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-102.ASC 4086 01-03-93 *TIPS - (DR DOS, ENVIRONMENT FULL)
The error message, "Environment Full" appears when attempting to run a
program.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-101.ASC 55129 01-03-93 *TIPS - (QEMM 6.0, STEALTH, ZENITH 386/25)
Zenith 25MHZ 386 machine hangs when attempting to use the Stealth feature
of QEMM.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-094.ASC 2740 01-03-93 *TIPS - (QUIKMENU III, HANGS, COPYING FILES)
When copying files from a network drive to a local drive with QuikMenu
III, the machine hangs during the copy process. After rebooting, CHKDSK
shows lost clusters.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-082.ASC 5869 01-03-93 *TIPS - (QEMM, STEALTH, ZENITH)
Zenith 386/25MHZ machine is unable to print to LPT1:. The error message,
"Write fault error writing device LPT1. Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?" is
issued. This problem occurs after using the Stealth feature of QEMM.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-028.ASC 6721 01-03-93 *TIPS - (RECONFIG, AUTOMENU, WRITE-CACHING)
Write-caching does not work correctly with Reconfig or Automenu.
Reconfig does not save changes made to the configuration files, and
sometimes corruption can occur.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-100.ASC 3314 01-01-93 *TIPS - (BORLAND PASCAL, HELP INDEX)
Borland Pascal v7.0 issues the error message, "Help index too large.",
when attempting to access the help index after a program has been loaded.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-099.ASC 3402 01-01-93 *TIPS - (BORLAND PASCAL, DPMI ERROR, QEMM)
Borland Pascal v7.0 issues the error message, "DPMI error (4000A):
insufficient extended memory", when run on a system using QEMM.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-098.ASC 3193 01-01-93 *TIPS - (MOUSE, SERIAL, UART)
Microsoft mouse driver can't find the mouse, even though it is connected
to the proper serial port.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-097.ASC 3103 01-01-93 *TIPS - (VIDEO, COLOR, MONOCHROME)
Various programs do not display color, even though a VGA color card and
monitor are present on the system.
[Updated: January, 1993]
TIPS-096.ASC 2915 10-04-92 *TIPS - (NOVELL, SERVER, 100% UTILIZATION)
Booting a Novell 2.2 server results in the Console Monitor showing 100%
utilization. The server immediately shuts down.
[Updated: October, 1992]
TIPS-095.ASC 3714 10-04-92 *TIPS - (AMI PRO 3.0, WINDOWS, TRUETYPE)
Ami Pro 3.0 will not recognize Windows TrueType Fonts when using the
Postscript printer driver.
[Updated: October, 1992]
TIPS-093.ASC 3275 09-05-92 *TIPS - (DOORWAY, DWHOST, SLOW SCREENS)
Using version 2.0e of DWHost to invoke Doorway for a remote drop to DOS
causes screen updates on the remote end to be extremely slow.
[Updated: September, 1992]
TIPS-092.ASC 3264 09-05-92 *TIPS - (OS/2, MOUSE, HAYES ESP CARD)
Mouse refuses to work, or works erratically under OS/2 v2.0 when used in
combination with a Hayes ESP serial card.
[Updated: September, 1992]
TIPS-020.ASC 6920 09-05-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, CACHING, SUPER PC-KWIK)
How should caching be set up under DESQview? Is it different than under
DOS?
[Updated: September, 1992]
TIPS-058.ASC 4263 08-23-92 *TIPS - (NETWORK, DV, CONCURRENT ACCESS)
How can two network or DESQview users be prevented from accessing a
non-network application at the same time?
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-002.ASC 4102 08-23-92 *TIPS - (MNP-5, V.42BIS, MODEM, SLOW DL)
When using a 2400 baud MNP-5 modem, and downloading ZIP files from a
Bulletin Board System, transfer rates of 280 cps are possible from some
boards, while only 250 cps can be achieved on others.
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-091.ASC 4066 08-22-92 *TIPS - (SMART LABEL PRINTER PLUS, HANGS)
When using the resident mode of Smart Label Printer Plus in combination
with a Logitech mouse and a Novell network, the computer will frequently
hang when accessing SLP Plus.
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-087.ASC 6346 08-22-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, WINDOW SIZES, INCREASING)
Insufficient DESQview window sizes to run applications. What are some
techniques that can be used to increase DESQview window sizes?
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-090.ASC 4034 08-09-92 *TIPS - (DACEASY ACCOUNTING 4.2, CASH POST)
When attempting to execute the Cash Posting routine on DacEasy Accounting
4.2, DacEasy aborts the process without issuing a completion message or
an error message.
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-089.ASC 4819 08-09-92 *TIPS - (QUIKMENU III, NOVELL, SYSTEM HANGS)
When attempting to access QuikMenu III's File Manager on a Novell
network, a message flashes across the screen saying, "This menu has been
edited by another user." The message cannot be removed, and the system
must be rebooted.
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-088.ASC 3711 08-05-92 *TIPS - (DACEASY POINT OF SALE, PRINT QUEUE)
Print queues are noticed in Novell's Print Console after accessing
DacEasy Point of Sale 1.0 (4.2), even though Point of Sale never accessed
the printer port.
[Updated: August, 1992]
TIPS-086.ASC 2716 07-19-92 *TIPS - (AMI PRO, WINDOWS, PRINTING, HANGS)
Ami Pro 2.0 hangs when printing.
[Updated: July, 1992]
TIPS-085.ASC 2912 07-19-92 *TIPS - (NOVELL, NON-DEDICATED, PERFORMANCE)
Novell network performance is slow, and the non-dedicated server shows
50-60 percent utilization even with only one user logged in.
[Updated: July, 1992]
TIPS-084.ASC 3776 07-19-92 *TIPS - (COLORADO, JUMBO, TAPE, NORTHGATE)
Problems with Colorado Jumbo 250 external tape drive on a Northgate
386-33MHZ system. Colorado tape backup software is extremely slow in
backing up files, and the backup is corrupt.
[Updated: July, 1992]
TIPS-083.ASC 3067 07-19-92 *TIPS - (COLORADO, JUMBO, TAPE DRIVE, EPSON)
Problems with Colorado Jumbo 120 or Jumbo 250 internal tape drives on an
Epson 386SX-16MHZ system. Colorado tape backup software reporting,
"Error 12: Error correction failed."
[Updated: July, 1992]
TIPS-081.ASC 3544 07-05-92 *TIPS - (WINDOWS, QEMM, MONOUMB, WINHIRAM)
Windows 3.1 reporting, "Windows cannot set up an upper memory block at
segment B000. Exclude this address space by using the syntax of your
memory manager."
[Updated: July, 1992]
TIPS-QM1.ZIP 76712 07-04-92 *TIPS - (QuikMenu III Article, Part 1 of 4)
TIPS-QM2.ZIP 98522 07-04-92 *TIPS - (QuikMenu III Article, Part 2 of 4)
TIPS-QM3.ZIP 111382 07-04-92 *TIPS - (QuikMenu III Article, Part 3 of 4)
TIPS-QM4.ZIP 85235 07-04-92 *TIPS - (QuikMenu III Article, Part 4 of 4)
TIPS-080.ASC 3976 06-10-92 *TIPS - (WINDOWS, SCREEN BLANKER)
Windows 3.1 screen blanker does not work correctly in combination with
DOS applications.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-079.ASC 4945 06-10-92 *TIPS - (DOS, OUT OF ENVIRONMENT SPACE)
Error message "Out of environment space" appears when attempting to run
a program.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-078.ASC 6097 06-10-92 *TIPS - (DOS SHELL, INSUFFICIENT MEMORY)
When shelled to DOS from within an application, attempting to execute
another program fails due to insufficient memory.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-077.ASC 4983 06-10-92 *TIPS - (HARD DRIVE, PARTITION, DISK SPACE)
There is not as much disk space available as there should be when using
large hard drive partitions. How should a large hard drive be
partitioned to make optimal use of available space?
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-076.ASC 3509 06-10-92 *TIPS - (TRANSFER RATES, MEMORY MANAGERS)
Hard drive transfer rates are extremely slow when using a memory manager,
such as QEMM, 386MAX, or EMM386.SYS. This problem occurs frequently on
20MHZ 386 machines using ESDI hard drives.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-075.ASC 2558 06-09-92 *TIPS - (PANASONIC KX-P4455, BLACK-FILL)
Solid black areas are not uniformly dense when using a Panasonic KX-P4455
Laser Printer. The black areas are lighter in the center than at the
edges.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-074.ASC 2850 06-09-92 *TIPS - (IBM PROPRINTER, BROKEN PLATEN KNOB)
The platen knob on IBM Proprinter series dot-matrix printers breaks
during normal usage.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-060.ASC 3954 06-09-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, PERFORMANCE)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, there is a noticeable performance
impact as additional windows are opened.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-052.ASC 2652 06-01-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, HARD DISK TRANSFER RATES)
Hard-drive transfer rates are much slower within DESQview than when
running outside of DESQview.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-048.ASC 5060 06-01-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SUPER PC-KWIK, WINDOW SZ)
When using Super PC-Kwik 4.0 under DESQview, the maximum window size is
substantially reduced.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-018.ASC 5428 06-01-92 *TIPS - (U.S. ROBOTICS, CONNECTION PROBLEMS)
When using a U.S. Robotics Dual Standard or HST modem on RBBS-PC, some
Bulletin Board callers have trouble getting connected, while others are
disconnected in the middle of their session.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-005.ASC 3164 06-01-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SYSTEM HANGS)
System hangs occur repeatedly when using DESQview. These hangs will
happen intermittently and without warning.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-073.ASC 2849 05-27-92 *TIPS - (SMART LABEL PRINTER PLUS, QUIKMENU)
Smart Label Printer Plus software does not work correctly when used in
the TSR window of QuikMenu.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-072.ASC 4120 05-27-92 *TIPS - (INTERRUPTS, CD-ROM, SCSI)
Not enough interrupts are available to add additional hardware devices.
One of the existing devices is a CD-ROM drive using a Future Domain SCSI
card.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-071.ASC 3427 05-27-92 *TIPS - (LOTUS, 1-2-3, PRINTING, NOVELL)
Printing Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3.1 documents over a Novell network using HP
LaserJet II emulation produces missing characters on the printout or no
printout at all.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-070.ASC 3855 05-27-92 *TIPS - (WINDOWS, SWAPPING, SUPER PC-KWIK)
Windows 3.x runs very slowly, and displays the message "Swapping" when
switching between tasks.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-069.ASC 4311 05-27-92 *TIPS - (MEMORY, PARITY FAILURE)
Computer reports "+++ ERROR: Memory parity failure! +++". Replacing the
bank of memory containing the error address reported by the register dump
does not solve the problem.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-068.ASC 4275 05-25-92 *TIPS - (WINDOWS, NOVELL, ETHERNET, FAULT)
Windows 3.1 reports a General Protection Fault or other error message
when some applications are executed. File corruption may also occur.
These problems occur on a Novell Ethernet system.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-067.ASC 2972 05-25-92 *TIPS - (IRWIN, 445A, ACTIVITY LIGHT)
The activity light on an Irwin 445A tape backup unit comes on
intermittently when the unit is not being accessed.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-066.ASC 2437 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SECOND NODE)
The second node of RBBS will not come up when running under DESQview.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-065.ASC 2407 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PC TOOLS DELUXE, SCRIPTS)
DESQview scripts do not work correctly with PC Tools Deluxe.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-064.ASC 2548 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, THEDRAW, MARK/TRANSFER)
DESQview's Mark/Transfer feature garbles characters when they are
transfered into THEDRAW.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-063.ASC 2925 05-25-92 *TIPS - (SEAGATE, ST-251, NOISY, HARD DRIVE)
Seagate ST251-1 hard disk drive is extremely noisy and produces an
annoying squeal.
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-062.ASC 3342 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, DIR FILES, FMS, CORRUPT)
When using RBBS-PC, .DIR files become corrupted after they have been
edited.
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-061.ASC 5199 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, CACHE, SUPER PC-KWIK)
How should cache performance be optimized when running RBBS-PC?
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-059.ASC 2945 05-25-92 *TIPS - (LANTASTIC, SERVER PERFORMANCE)
Performance on a LANtastic network server seems slow when accessing
files.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-057.ASC 2893 05-25-92 *TIPS - (LANTASTIC, DSZ, BBS, SERIAL ERRORS)
When running a Bulletin Board System on a LANtastic network, DSZ may
abort uploads.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-056.ASC 2834 05-25-92 *TIPS - (LANTASTIC, AE-2, ETHERNET, HANGS)
Loading LANtastic network drivers can cause the system to hang.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-055.ASC 2434 05-25-92 *TIPS - (LANTASTIC, NETWORK PERFORMANCE)
How should LANtastic network performance be optimized?
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-054.ASC 2388 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, LANTASTIC, EXCEPTION 13)
Exception 13 errors occur when running DESQview under LANtastic.
[Updated: March, 1991]
TIPS-053.ASC 2789 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SLOW VIDEO)
Video performance of RBBS seems slow under DESQview.
[Updated: March, 1991]
TIPS-051.ASC 4462 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DOORWAY, X00, GARBAGE CHARACTERS)
When using Doorway, characters typed during a screen update will produce
garbage on the screen.
[Updated: March, 1991]
TIPS-050.ASC 2852 05-25-92 *TIPS - (ZIP FILES, TRANSFER RATES)
Why do some ZIP files transfer faster than others?
[Updated: February, 1991]
TIPS-049.ASC 2816 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SUPER PC-KWIK, BLEEDING)
When using Super PC-Kwik v4.0 under DESQview, bleed-through problems
occur.
[Updated: February, 1991]
TIPS-047.ASC 4611 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, FMS, CD-ROM, ERRORS)
When using RBBS-PC, a Bad Record # error message will occur with the Fast
File Search.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-046.ASC 4084 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, X00.SYS, PERFORMANCE)
How should X00.SYS be set up to work properly?
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-045.ASC 2846 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, DISK CACHE)
Caching programs do not seem to work properly with DESQview.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-044.ASC 2671 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PRINTSCREEN, HANGS)
When using DESQview 2.26, pressing the [PRINT SCREEN] key will cause a
computer hang.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-043.ASC 3169 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION)
When using high speed communications within DESQview, the system may
hang.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-042.ASC 2755 05-25-92 *TIPS - (WINDOWS, DISK MANAGER, HANGS)
Windows 3.0 will not run when using Disk Manager.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-041.ASC 7296 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QEMM, DESQVIEW, CD-ROM, HANGS)
When using DESQview and a CD-ROM Drive, the system will hang after
accessing the CD-ROM.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-040.ASC 5459 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QEMM, IDE, DRIVE X NOT READY)
When using QEMM, the error message "Drive x Not Ready" occurs during
intensive disk access in an application.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-039.ASC 4404 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PCTOOLS DELUXE 6, HANGS)
When using PCTools Deluxe Version 6 under DESQview, the system will hang
while deleting files.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-038.ASC 4440 05-25-92 *TIPS - (IBM, 5182, COLOR PRINTER, GARBLED)
Garbled characters result when using an IBM 5182 color printer.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-037.ASC 3263 05-25-92 *TIPS - (PARALLEL PORTS, LPT, MULTIPLE)
When attempting to run two parallel printers on one computer, both
printers respond to data from the LPT1 port.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-036.ASC 2766 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DOORWAY, PCSHELL, DISPLAY PROBLEMS)
When using PC Shell under Doorway, characters will not display properly.
The screen becomes jumbled, and is virtually unreadable.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-035.ASC 3436 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DOORWAY, REMOTE EXECUTION)
When using Doorway, some programs, such as SHEZ, THEDRAW, UPDN, and
FLASH, refuse to run remotely.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-034.ASC 2782 05-25-92 *TIPS - (IRWIN, 445A, TAPE BACKUP, DTC)
Problems may occur when interfacing the Irwin 445A tape backup unit with
some DTC/Zenith cards.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-033.ASC 7855 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, WINDOW SIZE)
When using DESQview on a Zenith computer, there is not enough free memory
to run several applications.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-032.ASC 3050 05-25-92 *TIPS - (ZENITH, QEMM, VIDEO, Z-549, Z-449)
Video seems slow after installing QEMM 5.0 on Zenith machines equipped
with a Z-549 or Z-449 video card.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-031.ASC 3541 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, ZMODEM, X00.SYS, ERRORS)
When using RBBS-PC, Zmodem may give error messages during
uploads/downloads. X00.SYS does not seem to handle Zmodem transfers as
well as it does Xmodem or Ymodem transfers.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-030.ASC 2691 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, QEMM, SYSTEM HANGS)
When using DESQview and QEMM 5.0, intermittent problems, such as system
hangs, will occur.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-029.ASC 2709 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QEMM, EGA/VGA, HIGH RAM)
When using QEMM and an EGA/VGA color monitor, there is insufficient high
RAM to load applications high.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-027.ASC 3074 05-25-92 *TIPS - (COMMUNICATIONS, LOST CHARACTERS)
When calling a Bulletin Board System, random characters may be lost.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-026.ASC 2877 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QMODEM, RANDOM ANSI CODES)
When using Qmodem 4.2, ANSI codes will appear randomly on the screen.
Sometimes, this can be caused by pressing keys in rapid succession while
receiving a screen update.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-025.ASC 2548 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QMODEM, DIALING PROBLEMS)
Qmodem 4.2 or 4.2A will not dial the phone automatically, although manual
dialing works fine. This was not a problem with 4.1b.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-024.ASC 3359 05-25-92 *TIPS - (V.42BIS, U.S. ROBOTICS, MODEM)
When using a U.S. Robotics V.42bis modem to connect to another V.42bis
modem, the two modems do not connect properly.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-023.ASC 3226 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RECONFIG, WRITE-CACHING)
When using Reconfig in combination with a cache, the new configuration
files are not updated properly.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-022.ASC 3472 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PCTOOLS, SUPER PC-KWIK)
When running DESQview and Super PC-Kwik, a system hang may occur after
writing data to the floppy drive.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-021.ASC 4064 05-25-92 *TIPS - (RBBS-PC, DESQVIEW, SHARE)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, the RBBS-PC software will halt with
an error message such as, "press any key to return to system".
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-019.ASC 2946 05-25-92 *TIPS - (MNP-5, MODEMS, GARBAGE CHARACTERS)
When calling a Bulletin Board System, garbage characters will appear on
the screen, even though an MNP-5 modem is being used.
[Updated: August, 1990]
TIPS-017.ASC 2763 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DSZ, ZMODEM, IRQS, PORTS)
DSZ/Zmodem refuses to recognize a serial port, causing the program to
abort execution.
[Updated: August, 1990]
TIPS-016.ASC 3141 05-25-92 *TIPS - (HARD/FLOPPY DRIVES, IBM, ZENITH)
After installing a new hard or floppy drive, the unit doesn't work.
Floppy drives may refuse to read disks, and hard drives may act they are
not hooked up. Drive select jumpers appear to be fine.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-015.ASC 2287 05-25-92 *TIPS - (ZENITH, TURBOSPORT, PERFORMANCE)
When using a Zenith Turbosport, access to the hard drive seems slow.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-014.ASC 4850 05-25-92 *TIPS - (ZENITH, KEYBOARD, ERROR MESSAGE)
The error message "Error, keyboard not responding or not connected"
occurs on a Zenith computer when doing a cold boot. This problem is
intermittent, and may occur with Zenith or clone keyboards.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-013.ASC 3073 05-25-92 *TIPS - (PCTOOLS, ZENITH, ADCACHE, DTC)
When running PC Shell 6.0 on a Zenith computer, the error message "Unable
To Read Sector" occurs. The disk verifies fine with Diskfix or other
utilities.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-012.ASC 2412 05-25-92 *TIPS - (QEMM, ZENITH, SYSTEM HANGS)
When using QEMM 5.0, a warm boot on a Zenith machine will cause a system
hang.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-011.ASC 5509 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, PERFORMANCE)
When running two or more nodes of RBBS-PC under DESQview, BBS performance
seems very slow, especially during file access and screen updates.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-010.ASC 3001 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, COMMUNICATIONS)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, opening another window causes
interference with callers that are performing an upload or download.
16550 UARTS are being used instead of 8250 or 16450 UARTS.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-009.ASC 2812 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SYSTEM HANGS, CORRUPTION)
When running DESQview, system hangs and file corruption occur
intermittently. Problems cannot usually be reproduced.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-008.ASC 2898 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, HIGH RAM)
When using DESQview and a Zenith computer with a Zenith/DTC Hard/Floppy
controller, larger windows and more high RAM are needed.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-007.ASC 3559 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, WINDOW SIZES)
When using DESQview and Zenith DOS, there is insufficient memory to open
the size windows that are needed to run specific applications.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-006.ASC 2534 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DESQVIEW, COMMUNICATIONS, SLOWDOWN)
Communications programs operating in the foreground cause other DESQview
windows to grind to a halt.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-004.ASC 2848 05-25-92 *TIPS - (DOORWAY, DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SCREEN)
When using Doorway to drop to DOS from RBBS-PC, applications such as PC
Shell display half of the screen as black. This problem only occurs when
running two or more nodes of RBBS-PC under DESQview.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-003.ASC 3358 05-25-92 *TIPS - (HST, MODEM, SLOW DOWNLOAD SPEEDS)
When downloading files from a Bulletin Board System that uses a U.S.
Robotics HST modem, transfer rates only run between 900 and 1100 cps. On
other boards, transfer rates as high as 1700 cps can be attained.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-001.ASC 3313 05-25-92 *TIPS - (MNP-5, MODEM, U.S. ROBOTICS)
Connection problems occur using an MNP-5 modem, when calling a Bulletin
Board System that uses a U.S. Robotics high-speed modem. Sometimes a 2400
baud connection can be achieved, but at other times, the connection speed
is only 1200 baud.
[Updated: May, 1992]