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- WSFX Software Express for Windows
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- Copyright 1992, 1994 by McAfee Associates
- All Rights Reserved
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- Tips and Troubleshooting
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- INSTALLATION:
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- 1. This version of McAfee SFX for Windows, includes an additional
- electronic catalog from Inmac Corporation. This program needs
- CTLD3.DLL to run; the latest version of this .DLL is included with
- the WSFX package. However, several other MS- products come
- with the same .DLL which may be loaded in the windows system
- directory. Different versions of the CTL3D.DLL may not be
- compatible with WSFX. Therefore, it is required that the User
- copy the supplied .DLL into the WSFX working directory.
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- COMPATIBILITY:
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- 2. A few modems report a generic speed of 2400 bps, regardless of
- their maximum speed. If you have a high-speed modem and SFX
- reports it to be only 2400 bps, manually set it to the
- correct speed. SFX will save the setting and use it in the
- future. The following are a few of the modems that fall
- into this category:
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- Viva, 14.4 FaxModem/internal, P/N: 044-502702-000
- Prometheus, ProModem 144E/external, P/N: PMD-31
- Complete PC, Turbo Modem Plus 14.4 FaxModem (older models)
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- 3. The following modems do not work correctly with SFX or WSFX:
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- Computer Peripherals Inc, Hook-up 2400SE/external
- The Complete PC, Complete Modem PLUS 9624 FAX/MODEM.
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- 4. Nearly all modems claim they are 100% compatible with the
- Hayes standard or they emulate the Hayes standard. This is not
- always true. SFX uses a generic initialization method. If
- your modem does not respond correctly it may require a custom
- initialization string.
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- CONFIGURATION:
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- 5. SFX supports modems using IRQ 3 and 4 only. If the
- modem is set for a different IRQ, for example 5, SFX
- does not work. WSFX can support IRQs other than 3 and 4.
- To achieve this the user must set up the configuration using
- the PORTS option in Control Panel.
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- 6. If the user has a mouse on COM1, any serial device on COM2
- (modem, scanner or printer), and a modem on COM4, the internal
- ROM BIOS will map COM4 to show as COM3 to fill the gap.
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- User wants BIOS will map
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- COM1 mouse mouse
- COM2 scanner scanner
- COM3 * empty * modem
- COM4 modem * empty *
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- Even though SFX will report the modem is on COM3 it will
- function normally.
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- 7. In the DOS shell under Windows, SFX sometimes cannot
- access the modem properly. If you want to use SFX
- under Windows, make an icon in the Program Manager and start
- SFX directly from it.
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- CAUTIONS:
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- 8. If you run WSFX in a Windows shell under OS/2, you cannot
- switch to another task while downloading. This will cause
- WSFX to immediately drop the line. SFX is much more
- stable in the OS/2 environment.
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- 9. Floppy/Hard Drive Controllers:
- All floppy/hard drive controllers, other than SCSI Bus
- Mastering controllers, require interrupting the CPU to make
- transactions between memory and the drives. This in turn
- interrupts any communications that might be occurring on a COM
- port. Therefore, in Windows, any intensive disk action such
- as searching for a file or formatting a diskette may cause the
- communications line to be dropped.
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- 10. Validation code
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- The validation results for WSFX should be:
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- File Name: WSFX.EXE
- Size: 194,528
- Date: 11-22-1993
- Check Method 1: 60B3
- Check Method 2: 059B
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- If your copy of WSFX differs, it may have been damaged. Always
- obtain your copy of WSFX from a known source. The latest version
- of WSFX and validation data for WSFX.EXE can be obtained from
- McAfee Associates' bulletin board system at (408) 988-4004, from
- the McAfee Virus Help Forum on CompuServe (GO MCAFEE), via the
- Internet from the pub/antivirus directory of the mcafee.com site,
- or from America Online's McAfee Associates' area (Keyword: McAfee).
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- McAfee Associates, Inc. TEL (408) 988-3832
- 2710 Walsh Avenue, Suite 200 FAX (408) 970-9727
- Santa Clara, California BBS (408) 988-4004
- 95051-0963 COMPUSERVE GO MCAFEE
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