Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!ucbvax!WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL!Info-IBMPC From: Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #60 Message-ID: <8812232056.AA29851@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 22 Dec 88 19:19:38 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 649 Approved: info-ibmpc@walker-emh.arpa Info-IBMPC Digest Thu, 22 Dec 88 Volume: Issue 60 Today's Editor: Gregory Hicks - Chinhae Korea Today's Topics: Automated news reading software for IBM-PC BITNET Archives for Info-IBMPC (Digest) Btrieve 4.03a Alternate Sort Sequence - Problem COMMAND.COM patch for DOS 3.3 (2 msgs) EDT for PC/XT Ethernet info wanted Fast Copying Math Toolbox in C Hand Scanners Hard disk backup to VCR? IBM Laptop Hard Drives Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #58 (about Mice) Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #59 Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #60 (2 msgs) Information on WD1003 disk controler Modem and Windows/286 Movebp Problem (MOV [BP-disp],AX) PC Write version 3.01 now available from SIMTEL20 question Starting OPUS 1.03 String similarity utility uploaded to SIMTEL20 Tecmar LabMaster (Scientific Solutions) Turbo C Math Toolbox Writing to EGA Memory Problem ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thursday, 8 December 1988 17:29-MST From: ubc-cs!van-bc!skl@beaver.cs.washington.edu Subject: Automated news reading software for IBM-PC In article <482@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) wrote: >It seems to me that what you would like is a program running on your PC >that will call into your news machine and download everything from >selected newsgroups. I believe that you can do this with UUPC. Yes, UUPC will move the news articles into your machine, however, you still need a news-reader on the PC to read them. Now, my question is, does anyone have a functional news-reader for the PC yet? If not, would some people like to get together and write or port one? Samuel Lam {alberta,watmath,uw-beaver,cs.ubc.ca}!ubc-cs!van-bc!skl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 88 00:23:08 EST From: "Roger Fajman" Subject: BITNET Archives for Info-IBMPC (Digest) > [On BITNET, the archives can be obtained from DATABASE@BITNIC.BITNET and > the program library can be obtained from CCUC@UMCVMB.BITNET. The Simtel20 > FTP server may also be reached via > . For more details, send a mes- > sage to the above addresses with the first line of 'HELP'.] DATABASE@BITNIC archives individual articles and makes them available for searching. That's nice, but it's not a good place to obtain an entire missing issue. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 88 13:36:22 PST From: tinius%rtois.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Stephen Tinius, IS Operations Manager, HQ, Munich) Subject: Btrieve 4.03a Alternate Sort Sequence - Problem I need help with Btrieve 4.03a (and a Turbo C program) and an alternate collating (sort) sequence. I have written a program for a German user, and need to sort a string key on an alphabet expanded to include the seven additional German characters (A,a,O,o,U,u with Umlaut and ss). I am using an IBM XT, and German keyboard and the KEYBGR program. The UPPER.ALT supplied as an example only replaces each lower case alphabetic with it's upper case equivalent; I need to insert the umlauted letters after their un-umlauted partners. Stephen Tinius Munich, Germany ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Dec 88 20:13:16 EST From: "Larry Bradley, National Research Council" Subject: COMMAND.COM patch for DOS 3.3 Just recently I read (here, I think) about the now infamous patch for DOS to expand the environment space. Then, I didn't care ... after all, I use the SHELL command in CONFIG.SYS to set up a large environment. Then yesterday I had to install a menu system for a user ... guess what ... it obviously uses the DOS EXEC call to dispatch programs, and this call only gives you the default environment! SO .... would some kind sole please repost the patch to MS-DOS 3.3 to expand the environment? Thanks *------------------------------------+--------------------* |Larry Bradley | LARRY@VM.NRC.CA | |Communications Manager | or | |National Research Council of Canada | LARRY@NRCVM01 | |Networks Branch | | |M60, Montreal Road | (613)993-0240 | |Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 | FAX:(613) 954-2561 | *------------------------------------+--------------------* ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Dec 88 10:44:21 MST From: Gregory Hicks Subject: COMMAND.COM patch for DOS 3.3 The easiest way to expand the environment is to use the SHELL command as follows: shell=c:\command.com /p /e:xxx (where xxx is the desired size of the environment in 'paragraphs') ... Put that line in your 'config.sys' file Regards, Gregory Hicks Editor, Info-IMBPC Digest ------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 88 02:33 EDT From: Subject: EDT for PC/XT I've heard of a PD version of the Vax/VMS EDT editor for the PC/XT/AT. It might have been called SEDT. I checked, it doesn't seem to be in the Simtel20 archives. Does anyone have info on where I can find the beastie? +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Paul R. Coen Student Operator, Drew University Academic Computer Center | | Bitnet: PCOEN@DRUNIVAC U.S. Snail: Drew University CM Box 392, | | PCOEN@DREW Madison, NJ 07940 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Dec 88 09:15 PST From: Michael L. Farkas Subject: Ethernet info wanted A friend of mine inherited a PC with a 3Com IE ethernet controller, but has no documentation or driver software to go with it. The only info I have is a sticker on the back of the card that says "Ethernet address 02608C-024738" Help??? Michael Farkas ------------------------------ Date: 5 Dec 1988 09:28-CST From: "SAC.SAC-LMR@E.ISI.EDU" <"SAC LMR Management"@E.ISI.EDU> Subject: Fast Copying Reference INFO-IBMPC Digest V7 #58. Please advise if the FASTCOPY program is located on SIMTEL20 or if you know where I can obtain it. Thanx, Jim Fregin [If is located at Simtel20... It's in file PD1:FASTCOPY.ARC --gph] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 88 08:58:14 PST From: madler@Hamlet.Bitnet (Mark Adler) Subject: Math Toolbox in C >Can someone up there recommend me about good C math toolbox for the turbo >C compiler? it should include routins for MATRIX hendling and linear EQ. >if someone has sources to share i'll be gratefull; thanks. I have been using "Numerical Recipes In C" which I HIGHLY recommend. You would need to buy both the book and the diskette. The book is essential since it is the documentation for the routines, but it is more than that. The book is an extremely readable and informative guide to the numerical techniques used---both their redeeming qualities and their pitfalls. It is published by Cambridge Press and any bookstore should be able to order it. University bookstores seem to keep the books and diskettes in stock. (There is another book for Fortran and Pascal and associated disks.) The book and diskette together should cost about $60. Quite a bargain in my opinion. Mark Adler ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Dec 88 11:29:42 PST From: JAJZ801%CALSTATE.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (JEFFREY SICHERMAN - CALSTATE LONG BEACH) Subject: Hand Scanners I would appreciate hearing from anybody who has had EXPERIENCE using some of the low-cost hand scanners on the market. I am aware of and have read the recent PC Magazine article but am interested in real-world use. The main application is a low-cost Fax setup with a FAX board, a Laser or Deskjet printer, and the hand-scanner for capturing digitized images of the documents (the more expensive, oCR-enabled scanners are not that important, just the pictures). In particular, how difficult is it to get a cohesive image of an 8.5 x 11 page with the narrow width scanning that these things appear to have, or are they practically limited to pictures and book pages ? Thanks for any assistance [and feel free to comment on any experience with the FAX boards - and I know about PC's reviews of them too]. Jeff Sicherman JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Dec 88 11:46:22 EST From: reedp@horus.cem.msu.edu (Paul Reed) Subject: Hard disk backup to VCR? I recently heard something about an interface card that allows backing up hard disks to an ordinary VCR (video cassette recorder). I don't know the name of the manufacturer or anything else about it. Does anyone else know anything about this? Thanks for the info, Paul Reed Internet: reedp@horus.cem.msu.edu Bitnet: reedp@msucem.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Dec 88 17:04:17 EST From: "Mr. Tracy K. Wood (USASIGCEN) KD0UP" Subject: IBM Laptop Hard Drives Laptop PC Users: I want to add an external hard drive to an IBM Convertible laptop computer (also known as the "Clamshell"). The machine is a "model 2" with 640K RAM, serial & parallel slice, supertwist LCD screen. I have found many vendors of both internal and external drives for more popular laptops (e.g. Toshiba, NEC, Zenith). However, I have only identified one external drive vendor for the Convertible. The company wanted about $900 for a 20 megabyte external drive (with 65ms access time). To cut costs, I would like to build my own external drive from inexpensive common components, e.g. Seagate drive, case, power supply, etc. Hopefully, I could address the drive through the serial or parallel ports. I want to avoid having ribbon cables coming out the CPU box. Here are some questions maybe you hardware specialists or Convertible users could answer for me: 1) Is the project feasible, especially addressing a hard disk through the existing serial/parallel port? 2) Could I keep the total price under $500? 3) Would new system ROMs be required? 4) Has IBM produced a Convertible ROM update lately supporting hard drives? 5) Does IBM sell an external hard drive kit for the Convertible? 6) Are there alternate ways of going about this effort? Please E-mail all responses directly to me at the address below. Thank you for your assistance. (Mr.) Tracy Wood Analyst, US Army Signal Center E-mail : sigcen@smoke.brl.mil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Dec 88 16:42:52 EST From: hundt@paul.rutgers.edu Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #58 (about Mice) Some more information about mice: Recently a new breed of mice has arrived, the so called "hi-res" mice. These send more "ticks" to the computer for a given distance of movement: technically, they have more mickeys/inch. The upshot of which is that you don't have to move your wrist as far to get the same amount of cursor movement on the screen; they are more sensitive. These mice are being marketed as the new state-of-the-art which no power user should be without. About mice interfaces: They all communicate at 9600 baud with their controllers, in some cases through a serial port and in others a parallel port. The parallel ports are recently being included on other boards, eg. I believe the VGA Wonder has one. The most important thing to watch for when mouse-shopping is that there is a reputable company supporting it. This is because every once in a while Microsoft makes teensy- weensy changes in their mouse driver, and everybody else has to jump to make theirs compatible. Reputable comp- anies (ie. Logitech and Mouse Systems) will ship you an updated mouse driver when you call them over the phone, for free. "Clone" mice will not have this level of support; in this case it's important to get one that is 100% hardware compatible so you may use someone else's software. (Of course this is not legal.) Furthermore, the mouse-makers are offering lifetime or long-time warranties on their products. Mice make fun holiday gifts. So do mouse pads :-) Logitech tends to be the cheapest brand, but this is not to say their product is inferior; it is not. Merely different. Mouse Systems has to include a pad with their (optical) unit. This year, Logitech has a clear-case version of their C7 mouse for sale. - Tom Hundt (hundt@occlusal.rutgers.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Dec 88 09:20:04 EST From: Bruce O'Neel Subject: Info-IBMPC Digest V7 #59 Re: Nroff packages. The C-Chest column in Dr. Dobbs Magazine in late 1987 and early 1988 (I think) ran a set of articles which have been re-published by M&T Books, 501 Galveston Dr., Redwood City, CA 94063, 800-553-4372. I've never used it so I have no knowledge as to how good it is. The book is titled NR: An implementation of the Unix NROFF Word Processor by Alan Holub. It is item # 33-x in the December 1988 DDJ magazine. This is not a plug, just the information I could find. bruce ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 88 08:21:52 GMT From: mcvax!idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl!hbeek@uunet.UU.NET (H. van de Beek) Subject: Information on WD1003 disk controler Hi there I'd like to have some more information on the Western Digital hard and floppy disk controler WD1003 WA2. (No RLL controler) The controler works on a clone AT with a DTK 286 BIOS. In specific information to reconfigure the controler for the use of an extra hard or floppy drive. Which means the settings of the jumpers E1 - E9. As a second question I wonder if it is possible to control more then 20M harddisks with 40ms access time. E.q. a 40M 40ms Harddisk. As a reply on the discussion about the Seagate harddisks I like to submit that my ST225 is working perfictly wel for over 18 months now. And with different angles (horizontal and vertical). With a estimated use off 10-15 hours a week. Thanks in advance. # Henny van de Beek, Philips PTDSN (+33 55 433258) # Domain : hbeek@idca.tds.philips.nl # Uucp : ...!mcvax!philapd!hbeek ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 88 1:39:38 GMT From: EAFE-ID@CASEY-EMH1.ARMY.MIL Subject: Modem and Windows/286 We are currently using Windows/286 and Hayes Smartmodem 2400 modems. When trying to use the terminal program included with Windows a message comes up that says "can not communicate with the modem". However if you try to dial a number using the card file included with windows the card file number is properly dialed thru the modem. Any ideas as to what is wrong or as to what default settings on the modem to change. Thanks, Tom eafe-id@Casey-emh1.army.mil ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Dec 88 23:30:37 EST From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Movebp Problem (MOV [BP-disp],AX) If you look closely at the code being traced, you will see that BP-2E is four bytes ABOVE the top of the stack, and thus gets clobbered on every interrupt--be that the timer tick, the keyboard interrupt, or the INT 3 instruction DEBUG uses to implement the P command. What happens is this: MOV [BP-2E],AX SP -> xxxx SP-2 -> xxxx BP-2E = SP-4 -> 1234 interrupt to DEBUG SP -> xxxx SP-2 -> flags register BP-2E = SP-4 -> CS new SP = SP-6 -> IP DEBUG runs, uses even more stack space ... MOV AX,[BP-2E] SP -> xxxxx SP-2 -> flags from call to DEBUG BP-2E = SP-4 -> CS from call to DEBUG -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |"Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | Tact means not noticing them." --Arthur Schnitzler BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA -=-=- DISCLAIMER? I claimed something? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1988 20:43 MST From: Keith Petersen Subject: PC Write version 3.01 now available from SIMTEL20 [--forwarded message--] > From: "Leslie C. Brown" I've uploaded PC Write version 3.01 to new.msdos tonight. There are three files in the package: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD1: PCW301-1.ARC.1 BINARY 244015 FD2FH PCW301-2.ARC.1 BINARY 240183 DFA7H PCW301-3.ARC.1 BINARY 288277 C012H Enjoy. ----- Thanks, Les! --Keith ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 88 14:08 +0200 From: Bartfeld Eyal Subject: question I am trying to set up a two-monitors system. One monitor is the hercules, which is also the system monitor, and the other one is a CGA, which sends output to another display. The purpose is to develop programs on the hercules, and to view the graphical output on the CG, so that the graphs will be displayed all the time of program run. To do that, I have to address the CGA directly, since DOS won't allow two monitors system (at a given monent). I found out that I have to have the corect numbers to be programmed into the CRT controller on the CGA adaptor. In short, whet I need is the information regarding the initialization of the CGA for graphics. I know also that DOS interrupt #10hex does similar services, but I do not have any information about this interrupt. If someone have any experience with similar task, or have information how to initialize CGA board for graphics, or information about DOS interrupt 10hex, It will be most appreciated. Eyal Bartfeld, EYAL@HUJIMD.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 88 12:14 N From: Subject: Starting OPUS 1.03 Hello! Planning to start a Bulletin Board, i requested OPUS103.ARC from trickle@trearn. I received the file without problems, but when I started it (by typing opus), the program aborted saying it couldn't find BBS.PRM... I requested several other ARCs from the archieves since then, but I can't find any .PRM files or instructions about how to make one. Could somebody please tell me what I should do to get the program running? Thanx in advance, greetings, Danny Lagrouw, MEELISSEN@HROEUR5.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1988 11:37 MST From: Keith Petersen Subject: String similarity utility uploaded to SIMTEL20 Now available via standard anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20: Directory pd1: GESTALT.ARC - New string similarity function [ASM,C,Turbo Pascal] From Dr. Dobbs, Jul 88. C, 8086 assembler, Turbo Pascal (with inline assembler) source for a different string comparison function that returns the percent of similarity (between 0 and 100%). C version from the original authors, assembler and Turbo Pascal (v3.0) versions from me. Fun hack! (Though the algorithm will warp your mind...) David Kirschbaum Toad Hall kirsch@braggvax.ARPA Thanks, David! --Keith ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 88 18:25 +0100 From: Alf Christophersen Subject: Tecmar LabMaster (Scientific Solutions) Is there anyone out there in Net-Land who uses this card for analog to digital converting and timing?? If so, please write me and tell me your address. I have such a card, and sometimes I get trouble with it. The local deliverers has big problems supporting me, and they have to phone US each time. That cost us lot of lost time. At moment I have the problem that some transient voltages has damaged the AD circuit. But NO One knows which firm produces the AD-module. It is labeled M0-000003 12 BIT DAS-PGL. Any one out there who makes that module?? (Any one out there who knows who makes ... it should be read :-) Alf Christophersen Dep. of Nutrition Research ZEB-building PO Box 1046 Blindern N-0316 Oslo 3 Norway (University of Oslo) L_CHRISTOPHE@USE.UIO.UNINETT (MHS and BITNET) L_CHRISTOPHE%USE.UIO.UNINETT@NORUNIX.BITNET (INternet) L_CHRISTOPHE%INGER.UIO.NO@ENEA.SE (UUCP) CHRISTOP@NORUNIT.BITNET (BITNET) ------------------------------ Date: Friday, 9 December 1988 14:49-MST From: att!poseidon!psrc@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (Paul S. R. Chisholm) Subject: Turbo C Math Toolbox < Gee, it's hard to follow-up to the digest from Usenet! > In article <8812061833.AA16427@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, Info-IBMPC@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL writes: > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 88 14:13:11 IST > From: yaki avimor > Subject: Turbo C Math Toolbox > > Can someone up there recommend me about good C math toolbox for the turbo > C compiler? it should include routins for MATRIX hendling and linear EQ. > if someone has sources to share i'll be gratefull; thanks. And comes an answer: > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 88 22:27:34 GMT > From: Gregory Hicks - COMFLEACT Chinhae > Subject: C Math Toolbox > > Borland also has a Turbo Numerical Toolbox that does what you want. > > Disclaimer: Never used it myself, but one Operations Research colleague > uses it frequently. Also uses it doing Economic Models... >Gregory Hicks Borland's "Turbo Numeric Toolbox" (really "Turbo Pascal Numerical Methods") is a Turbo *Pascal* add-on! You get source, so you'd presumably be able to port by hand to C. I don't know if it contains TP 4.0 or 5.0 .LIB files, which you could call from C. The Programmer's Connection catalog lists something called the C Math Toolbox from Silver State Software (list $89, PC $85), but there's not much info on what it does. Ditto for Lattice's SSP/PC Scientific Subroutine Package (list $350, PC $269). Call PC at 216-494-3781 (800-336-1166 from the U.S., or from Canada, 800-225-1166) for details. Paul S. R. Chisholm, psrc@poseidon.att.com (formerly psc@lznv.att.com) AT&T Bell Laboratories, att!poseidon!psrc, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Dec 88 10:18:37 EST From: Aaron Eisenfeld Subject: Writing to EGA Memory Problem I am working on an application that writes directly to video memory. The way that this is accomplished is shown below: #define SCREEN_MEMORY 0xB0000000L /* screen memory map address */ #define SCREEN_COLUMNS 80 /* 80 columns */ #define SCREEN_ADDRESS (line, column) (char *)(SCREEN_MEMORY + \ ((line - 1) * SCREEN_COLUMNS + \ column - 1) * 2) Recently it was decided to upgrade this program to run on an EGA equipped machine. This changed the code to: #define SCREEN_MONO_MEMORY 0xB0000000L /* screen memory map address for mono display */ #define SCREEN_COLOR_MEMORY 0xB8000000L /* screen memory map address for color display */ #define SCREEN_COLUMNS 80 /* 80 columns */ #define SCREEN_ADDRESS (line, column) (char *)(SCREEN_MEMORY + \ ((line - 1) * SCREEN_COLUMNS + \ column - 1) * 2) SCREEN_MEMORY was changed from a constant to a variable set to the appropriate memory address. Everything works great while I am in the program, but when I exit from it, (while on my EGA equipped machine) any routine that does anything significant to the screen (editor, screen color changer) causes the machine to lock-up and I must re-boot. (Warm boot works ok). On the mono eqipped machine the program works fine and when I exit everything is ok. There must be something I need to reset or save in the program but I don't know what it is. Can someone shed some light on this for me? Thanks for your assistance, Aaron Eisenfeld aeisenfe@bbn.com ------------------------------ ************************ End of Info-IBMPC Digest -------