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From: raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
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Subject: Call for suggestions:  Frequently Asked Questions
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Date: 7 Feb 90 01:52:42 GMT
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In article <2757@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, kaleb@mars (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>It's time for a monthly frequently asked questions posting!!!!  

I'm willing to handle the task, so I'd like some help from the rest of you:

Drop me a brief piece of email stating whether you think a monthly
frequently-asked-questions file is a good idea or not.  If you have
any suggestions as to what should go into it, pass those along too.

And if you suggest a question, please also include an answer.
I will not make up answers to questions myself, since I am far
from an expert on everything.  (Lots of things, maybe... :-) )

My list starts out like this:

	Where can I get curses? vi?
	What is the difference between extended/expanded memory, and
		how can I access it from my C/Pascal program?
	What are the differences between the following chips:
		8086 80286 80386 80386SX 8087 80287 80387 V20 V30 
	How can I remove a TSR from memory?
	How do I do a low-level reformat of my hard drive?
	How do I do direct video access from C/Pascal?
	How do I undelete a file?
	What is the SysReq key good for?
	How do I access SIMTEL20?  How do I de-archive the files?

Answers to these questions would be greatly appreciated.
Do not post your replies!  comp.sys.ibm.pc is busy enough as it is!
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 raymond@math.berkeley.edu         mathematician by training, hacker by choice