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I have a DFI Handy Scanner Model HS-3000Plus and a little bit of software running under dos to use it. I'd like to make more extensive use of this device (in particular, write a driver for it on unix). So, can anyone give me a description of how to talk to this device. It connects to the system via it's own interface ...
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O I also would like code or algorithms to do this. In fact, I am interested in sources for code and/or algorithms that convert 2D graphical objects into other 2D graphical objects that will render into the same image. i.e. Bezier curves to B splines, or splines to circular arc segments, or B splines to polgons, etc.....
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In your menu definition, put: "Quit TWM" f.function "Execute and Quit" Then define: Function "Execute and Quit" { !"some_program" f.quit } -- Barry Margolin System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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I've recently joined the Motif world, so I'd like a similar tool for Motif. I've bene used to the OpenWin one in the past and miss it. Cheers, [M][a][r][c]
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same here I received similar information/advice about what appears to be the same problem Benjamin has (and I still have). NIS has all the information about the Macs (I even put explicit entries in /etc/hosts to no avail). Monitoring with 'snoop' on my Classic, the initial REXEC packet is sent to the the SUN, which...
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Hi, I've tried to get rid off XDM's ugly Login window by giving it a 'cool' backgroundPixmap ressource. As Login is derived from Core, this should be possible. Anyway, setting xlogin*backgroundPixmap:/a/b/c.xpm did not produce any message of the form 'cannot convert String to Pixmap' and explicitely registering such c...
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Yes, Xhibition is for the X Window System. The X Window System Conference remains the largest and most complete conference devoted to X. Nineteen full and half day tutorials and thirty-six technical sessions over three days provide huge amounts of information for X application developers. Add vendor exhibits and a...
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If JD Power and Associates did the survey, I would like an anonymous ftp site to pick it up at. Only a sucker believes an MS released survey results about an MS product. Ok--assume that the results of the survey, whatever they are, are 100% honest. If the resu...
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Could someone please post Roger Grywalski's response? Or point me to where I could find it? Thanks a lot, S. Raj Chaudhury | Dept. of Physics | raj@phys.ksu.edu Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS 66506 |
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Try using Laser printer/copier paper, it works quite well and is cheaper than HPspecial paper.
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The May issue of PC/Computing page 246 has a Windows hint and tips for just this thing. You have to edit the WIN.INI file and add a couple of lines. I tried it and it works. I actually made my Title bar and iconized text, and icon text smaller. On my monitor it works well. You can select a larger font also. You...
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I opened the file with a text editor and it looks like: ^Vnetwork storyboardpictPICT8BIM^E^...... I have already tried BinHex which does not seem to work. Any other ideas? --
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I got the following today from Gary Risebrough and it worked fine: Excerpts from mail: 29-Apr-93 Re: ol{v}wm 3 virtual keybo.. ITO2@aodc.gov.au (554)
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This pretty much confirms my original impression after reading through the documentation on dos-6. The double space sounds nice, but NOT on your primary disk!! I'll probably wind up making a disk partition d: and doublespacing *it*, using it as an archive. Probably would be useful on floppy disks as well. But on...
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I'm using BC++'s ObjectWindows (3.1), trying to resond to the left button double click message WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK in a combo box. My codes look like: class MyComboBox : public TComboBox { public: MyComboBox(PTWindowsObject AParent, int ResourceId, WORD ATextLen) : TComboBox(AParent, ResourceId, ATextLen) {}; virtual...
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To all netters, In my last post that concerning about the CYRIX 486DLC CPU, I said the benchmark program COMPTEST stated there is a bug in CYRIX CPUs. This is NOT true and I must apologize to the author of COMPTEST. The actual program that gives this report is F-PROT 2.07, a virus detection and removal program. The ...
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[ to a .rle file ^^^^^^^] I thought I'd reply to this, though I ain't brad. AT any case, a lot of picture-file viewers that will convert, say, between .gif,etc, to .bmp *will* convert to .rle. I Know for a fact that PaintShop (shareware from cica; /desktop, I think, filena...
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I am using OWL and want to display the output from a stream in a popup window. Is there a way to perhaps redirect cout to a window? Or alternatively set up a separate stream that supports output and be able to display the stream output in an TEdit control? Anyone ever done something like this? --
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Hi. I'm wonderring if it is possible to replace a single module, as XKeybind.o in a shared library, as libX11.so in Suns OpenWindows. I tried to RTFM, but I didn't get any wiser that way. Also, can I do the same on an RS6000 machine running 3.2.2 (if it is possible at all). I know how to do it with real libraries (ar...
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Serial cables: There are only three output signals: TD, DTR, and RTS. There are five inputs signals: RD, DSR, DCD, CTS, and RI. There are many differnt null modem requiremts as dictated by the software. The IBM BIOS requires asserts DTR and RTS and then waits for both DSR and CTS before sending. When a BIOS recieve ...
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I have a very large (3x5 feet) file in Macintosh Canvas v2.something which I need to import into AutoCad 12 in the least disk-space intensive way possible. (i.e. EPS is a big problem, since it took 1.3 MEG to encode one page of the document) The file is entirely lines and words. I have access to networked Macs & PC'...
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Yes we have the same problem with xinit. The problems seems to come from the fact that the XOpenDisplay(":0") fails. If we try (on our machine named godzilla) setenv DISPLAY godzilla:0.0 Xibm& xterm It works fine, but the following will not work setenv DISPLAY unix:0.0 Xibm& xterm Did we set a configuration o...
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It was brought to my attention that there was an oversight in the SIGKids Research Showcase Call for Participation and Entry Form. Please note that the SIGKids Research Showcase is part of SIGGRAPH '93, August 1-6, 1993 Anaheim, California. Thank you, Diane Schwartz SIGKids Committee Member Institute for the Learni...
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You don't mention your platform but Digital has a custom widget, NetEd, which does exactly what you want to do. Cost is nominal 300 or so - call your local office. The widget is supported on a variety of platforms and I heard rumblings of porting to Sun, etc. so it may be worth the check.
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Iuj el ".ie" (kiu lando?) demandis pri "bitmap"-oj, kaj iu el ".fi" (Finnlando) respondis, dirante pri libro en "Software Development Kit". Eble, la demandinto *ne* havas la "elvolvilo por malmol-varoj". (That was Esperanto.) (Some from ".ie" asked about bitmaps, and some from ".fi" responded, saying about...
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I saw an ad for this and it basically is an advanced print manager... it lets you monitor your printing more closely and comes with a bunch of True type fonts... anyone have this? Good? Bad? Worth it?
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I have an application running in one window. In this application, I'd like to iconize this window, and later deiconize back to window. How could I do it? Your help would be appreciated.
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Using the usersub stuff in perl, you can incorporate things like curses for use in perl. I was wondering if anyone had done this with X (preferably Motif), and if so, where I could get the source for it?
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I was wondering if anyone knows of a graphics package for the PC that will do compositing of a series of pictures? What I mean by "compositing" is, say I have a live video clip (digitized) panning around a living room, and a computer-generated bird flying around the screen. I want to combine these two...
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hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman) writes... Les, I am right now working on an MPR-II certified (Swedish standards for low emissions) Hitachi Superscan 15 monitor. It's 1024x768, up to 72hz at that res, and it got a good write-up for image quality in a recent (Feb.?) issue of PC Magazine. As far as I kno...
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Hello World. In posts I've heard about all of the bugs in the DSS24X and the drivers. Now I hear that Diamond ships BIOS replacements to some people, that fixes a lot of problems as well as new drivers. Can anyone tell me how to get mine?
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)Many high-end graphics cards come with C source code for doing basic graphics )sorts of things (change colors, draw points/lines/polygons/fills, etc.). Does )such a library exist for generic VGA graphics cards/chips, hopefully in the )public domain? This would be for the purpose of compiling under a non-DOS )operati...
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Well that may be true. However, the man page for pageview for OW 2.0 does not mention about DSC compliance. In any event, the point here is that if you try to display some PS files using pageview you will find out that it's not a practical tool.
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:Read the xterm's manual pages for more informations about the avaliable :actions of xterm. Read the FAQ and get a good book on customizing your :X applications. Okay, I will byte. Could someone provide more info on a 'good book on customizing your X applicaitons'? I am in search of one which does NOT expect the rea...
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^^^^^^^^^^^ Exquise me!? Since when does mankind consider twice to be equal??
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It's the video card. It's 8514/A compatible, which means it uses the same i/o addresses as com4. --jh
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I own a PC FanCard II, which is a slightly different beast. It's a long card that plugs into an 8 or 16 bit slot and contains two muffin fans. It requires no extra cabling. I had a 286 that was experiencing some problems due to heat. The FanCard made the system run cool enough so that the problem no longer appears...
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Does anyone have any information or better, first-hand experience, of the new Epson bubblejet printer - Stylus 800?? I'm particularly interested in hearing how well it works under Windows; I presume that a special printer driver is required - is it supplied as standard? Is it able to print everything that a standard P...
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In <1t7529$agf@agate.berkeley.edu> miyamoto@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (Carleton You're right. You cannot read or write a Mac or Apple II 800K 3.5" disk or Apple II 5.25" disk without extra hardware. However, Mac 1.44MB disks can be read and written in a PC 3.5" HD drive with software only.
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--- Hello! We want to configure our X11R5 sytem (i486 33Mhz running BSD-like UNIX) comming up with a chooser menu with different machines on it (works) an then connect to them. But the only connection works is localhost! An 'X -indirect <machine>' works very well! The configuration: - starting the 'xdm' at boot tim...
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I just read an article in another group that mentions this. I have never heard of the VCPI memory standard. Can someone explain what this is??? Thanks
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Hello: Do you know about a mouse odometer for windows? I have seen one for the Mac. It is quite fun. It records the distance, in miles, that the travels during use. Thanks in advance: Steve
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What is PAS16? Any articles (or reviews) describing it? -- Penio Penev x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu
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The alt.* hierarchie is created for 2 purposes: 1. For groups which do not fit under the comp.* or other 'official' hierarchies 2. For the fast creation of hot new newsgroups like alt.gulf.war Because there is no voting process or any other control facilities, sites are free to decide not to carry (some of) the ...
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I writing a program that uses the parallel port. My problem is that I need to generate an interrupt when the ack line is pulsed. I can get this to occur once, but am unable to generate succesive interrupts. Can someone suggest how I may resolve this problem.
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... This is a common misconception, shared my many manufacturers, programmers, and users alike. COM3, for example, is simply the third equipped COMM port, not necessarily the one with I/O address 3E8. The BIOS just searches sequentially through a set of potential COMM port addresses. The first equipped port it find...
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controler prodrive you are want on money. cable. and the Is this true??? I was under the impression that people on the net had both SCSI and IDE working together.
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I need triangulized data of some nice looking model with some texture mapping. It would be better if the parametric values of each vertex( for the surface before triangulized ) are avaliable along with the Euclidean points so that we could use them for texture mapping.
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew of an interface to od ( octal dump ), I assume it would be called xod. Actually, any viewer for a core file will do. I looked at export ( @ mit ) in the index of /contrib, but didn't find anything relevant.
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Intro to ACCESS.bus (RE: the ACCESS.bus Software Creator's Contest Announcement) WHAT IS ACCESS.bus? ACCESS.bus is a new open industry standard for computer peripheral connectivity. ACCESS.bus is a serial protocol that uses simple, low-cost I2C technology to link multiple devices to a single PC port. Periphera...
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I don't seem to be able to get window positions reliably through the XView xv_get() function: x = (int) xv_get(my_frame, XV_X); y = (int) xv_get(my_frame, XV_Y); For example, if I set XV_X & XV_Y to 50,50 the frame comes up in the correct position, with the top left corner (the size handle) at 50,50. xv_get() r...
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I have a group of GIF images that each contain 6 small images in the same place on all the images. I need a program to crop out the small images to a new GIF file. All the programs I can find make me use the mouse or keyboard to define the cropping coordinates. Is there a program out there for a PC that can take the c...
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I know that there is a list of the best shareware and public domain programs for Windows at the cica ftp site, but unfortunately it is a year old. The list author made it sound like the list was going to be updated every month. Is it still being updated? Does anyone else compile a similar list? Also are there any ...
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Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part3 Last-modified: 1993/04/27 Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 3/3 ] =================================================== Last Change : 27 April 1993 11. Scene generators/geographical data/Maps/Data files ==============================================...
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Which would YOU choose, and why? Like lots of people, I'd really like to increase my data transfer rate from the hard drive. Right now I have a 15ms 210Mb IDE drive (Seagate 1239A), and a standard IDE controller card on my ISA 486-50. I'm currently thinking about adding another HD, in the 300Mb to 500Mb range. And I...
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$Id: open-look-programs.faq,v 1.17 93/03/21 17:17:55 lee Exp Locker: lee $ Contents: Subject: Applications: Application Builders Subject: Applications: Graphing Tools Subject: Applications: Utilities Subject: Applications: Other Subject: Tools: Terminal Emulators Subject: Other Commercial Applications Subject: ...
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Looking for a TIFF/EPS of a DNA Helix. E-mail any auggestions, please.
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zyda@cs.nps.navy.mil (Michael Zyda) notes: I had the same problem and called the people who handle the box; the problem happened some time ago and was caught almost instantly. All registrations going to that address are now fixed. See what trouble you get into when you don't procrastinate, Mike? And no, SIGGRAPH 9...
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The subject line says it all really, I'm looking for a PD application which will just handle the displaying of 3D data sets (images) in cross section, or any pointers to code which will aid in the development of such a system. Thanks in advance Keith Marlow
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amen.. I too have learned by example, specifically yours. :) .. but dorsai leads the way.. Unlike other services that are commercial in nature, dorsai is a community based service. While others charge monthly fees for access, dorsai accepts donations from those who can afford to contribute. While other systems ...
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[much BS deleted for brevity] It certainly smacks of that! Remember the "POLL" that you quoted saying that you had seen a 95% of users being satisfied with DOS 6.0? Care to recall how unbiased the sample set was? That post sure looked like FUD....and coming from a microsoftie .... well, it sure seemed like something...
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Hi All, This is the first time I've posted to the net, so I hope this is going to the right people. I'm looking for software packages that run on an IBM PC clone that allows me to display Openlook and motif windows on the PC. The idea is to use the PC as a cheap X windows terminal for use by process Enginee...
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The patches for xv.h need to use ``#ifdef SVR4'' rather than the overly complex ``#if defined(sun) && defined(SYSV)'' in order to generically compile XV on i386SVR4Architecture. Also, rand and srand don't work very well--use lrand48 and seed48 to get better results. Otherwise, xv-3.00 compiles just fine on my Esix S...
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Sorry, I don't have the demo, but I do have the program and have been using it for the past few weeks. Since I now have Dos 6 as well, I don't use many of the features of PCT4Win. But I do so use: - the PCT Desktop with drag and drop printing, folders in folders, and multiple desktops - the file manage...
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Or the library might be there but not pointed to by LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
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Does anyone know where I can find a code which would take concave polygons and break them up into a set of convex polygons? Thanks,
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Hi All. I am working on a project in visual basic ver. 2.0 and I need to show PostCript files I am getting from another aplication. So, because i can't show PostScript directly form Visual Basic (at least I don't know how), i need a utility to convert them to BMP, WMF. Any help will be appreshieated. kobi elim...
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Hi, I have the following problem: I have to use a computer for special purposes that doesn't have a monitor and keyboard connected. No monitor isn't a program - but no keyboard. I can't disable the keyboard from BIOS setup (in fact, there is no setup). I spoke to someone who said that he had fooled the BIOS with simp...
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I just got a bug report and a fix for this exact problem from fisher@iscp.bellcore.com (Greg Fisher): He isolated the problem a proposed a workaround which seems precisely correct. Here is the new implementation of XmpTableNewProposedLayout which will be released with the next update in 5 weeks: Xmp/Table.c: void ...
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How can I find these files and graphics that people are downloading from their Unix systems? Then, how do I download them? I am a complete beginner in this (obviously), so please baby-step me through the process. First of all, I don't see amongst these newsgroups where there is anything remotely like a GIF, TIF, or com...
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Could anyone please explain what Bit Planes are? We have an SGI here at work that says it has 64 Bit Planes - what does this mean? How does this relate to PC graphics? What do they usually have? Please reply via Email as most of this group is over my head. Thanks in advance!!! Bob Gruen
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I'm posting this request again since the last one had no title. I'm looking for X server software on DOS or Windows. I've already seen Desqview/X and XVision but would like to be aware of other solutions, namely public domain or shareware implementations. I'd also like to know, in the commercial case, abou...
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I have a Gateway 4dx2/66v. Does anyone know if I csn (or can't) Duse 32 bit access? D D
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I would like to prevent our Windows users from using ctl-alt-del from within windows. I know there must be a way to do it. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, Mike Glynn mike.glynn@business.gatech.edu
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A map of Italy showing the states/provinces(?) is in the FreeHand 3.1 for Windows clip art collection. Corel Draw 3.0 clip art has an outline map of Italy.
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University of Toronto Instructional and Research Computing is sponsoring a technical presentation on Visualization Software _A_d_v_a_n_c_e_d _V_i_s_u_a_l _S_y_s_t_e_m_s (_A_V_S) _S_o_f_t_w_a_r_e 2:10...
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It is the new command with Dos 6 that allows you to erase your directory and all the files in it, without first erasing the individual files. --
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: Just curious why floptical drives never seemed to catch on. Remember : those 21 Mb disks that look and feel like 3.5" floppies? These drives : are SCSI devices and can read and write both 720 Kb and 1.44/21 Mb : disks. Sounds to me to be one great product for the PC market. Are the : prices really that unaffordable c...
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I posted almost the same bad experience with Midwest Micro but our %^*^&*^&* news program only sent one paragraph out of the middle. In addition to the facts that: (a) the modems (I had ordered two) wouldn't work as documented and (b) the tech person had NO CLUE as to how it should work, it also turned out that: (c) o...
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Hi I am looking for an algorithm or pointers to any papers on how to convert Quadratic Splines to Cubic Splines or Beizeirs. If source is available in the public domain, please let me know. Thanks very much -ks
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A couple of points :- I have an Adaptec 1542B and am very happy with it. Not so! I have both IDE and an Adaptec1542B in the same box and can use both disks at the same time, eg. IDE to SCSI disk copy. Well, one statement and one correction! Guy
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Is there a hot-key for the Windows 3.1 screen saver utility? If not, is there an easy way to create one? The reason that I need one is that my dad's company is anal retentive about leaving a computer while the information can be accessed so the employees are not allowed to walk away from the computer until the screen...
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A program called Mac-ette allows you to read Mac 3.5" high-density disks on a DOS machine. You can get the program from simtel-20. I'm not sure of the directory location.
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Can someone who knows what they're talking about add a FAQ entry on gamma correction? Thanks.
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Hello , I need a microsoft mouse driver, but newer as 8.6 for going in dos window under ms windows, but it is must be freeware. I have version 7.00 . Tx Mike
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I am looking for a shareware graphics package called NeoPaint v1.1. I saw it in a shareware catalog and was hoping that I could FTP it from the net but have been unable to locate it. I have tried Archie and I have gone through the entire comp.graphics newsgroup looking for some reference to it and have found none...
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Hi there, Could someone please suggest one of the better _shareware_ replacements for Win3.1's Program Manager and File Manager? And which ftp site are they located at? Thanks in advance for e-mail response.
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DB-25 DB-9 Pin # Pin # Name EIA CCITT DTE-DCE Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 FG AA 101 ---- Frame ground 2 3 TD BA 103 ---> Transmitted data 3 2 RD BB 104 <--- Received data 4 7 RTS CA 105 ---> Request to send 5 8 CTS CB 106 <--- Clear...
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: Hi! : : Is it possible through either pin configuration or through software : programming to change the IP numbers on an ethernet card? : : Thanks in Advance! : : -- : =-Dave *Tigger!* : : djohnson@moose.uvm.edu 'Tiggers are wonderful things!' : Dave C Johnson I think you mean the ethernet numbers. ...
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I have not seen articles in comp.graphics.research for a long time. Does it/he work anymore? I have seen many conference related postings in comp.graphics, and it is hard to believe that people have not tried to post them to c.g.research. If somebody has not got his article to comp.graphics.research, then write to me...
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Hi all netters, If I upgrade my XT with a 286+ motherboard, will I be able to use the old bits and pieces like HD, FD, graphics card and I/O card etc. Thanks for you info. P.S. I am sorry if my question is on some kind of FAQ. regards,
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PaintShop Pro for Windows is a fantastic product. It can handle TIFF, GIF, BMP, PCX, and many other formats, displaying them and converting between them. There is a shareware version of the program; I assume it's available in the Windows areas of the standard anonymous FTP locations (I'd try ftp.cica.indiana.edu). L...
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What's sort of interesting about this whole thread is just how much it has in common with similar threads in groups dealing with other vendor's hardware. I currently deal basically with hardware from 3 vendors - Apple, DEC, and SGI - and thus tend to monitor the groups about those vendor's hardware. Currently, it s...
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Article #61058 (61121 is last): From: redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English) Subject: Diamond Stealth: HELP! Date: Wed Apr 21 16:54:39 1993 Hello, I have a Diamond Stealth VRAM card (the older version with the DIP switches on the back). I have two problems: 1 ) I've lost the manual!!! 2 ) I have it in a machine ...
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The problem was that TextField was improperly walking the string; it used the character count instead of the byte count... a significan "Oops". The problem has been fixed and the patch is included in the latest periodic patch from HP support services.
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Perhaphs what Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are now is the result of the natural evolution of a "successful" hacker. Either you make money, go to jail (Lee Feldenstein [sp?]), or just fade away as "Oh, that's uncle so-and-so who *really* likes computers...". What a "computer hacker" is and does will change as long as the...
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