arachne-digest Sunday, January 9 2000 Volume 01 : Number 931
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:27:58 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: load EPPPD high
Michael L. Dawley wrote:
>
> On 7 Jan 00, at 13:04, Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> > That info was mostly unreadable due to lack of formatting.
> Clarence,
> I find that Pegasus does not format the mem.txt files, but I believe
> I looked at one of my posts a few days ago with Arachne, and
> arachne had formatted the files! I got overzealous sending such
> volumes of files, etc. out, and I realize now that the post would have
> been a handful even if formatted correctly. Having said that, how
> does one send a file as an attachment using Arachne Insight?
Hi Michael;
I believe mem /c formats the ouput quite well by itself.
Possibly your Pegasus REMOVED the formatting spaces.
As to the sending of attachments with Arachne, others (Glenn) would
be much more qualified to give instruction on that, as I only use
Arachne for email when I am desperate. i.e. at home without Netscape.
I find reading email with Arachne to be quite acceptable - although not as
easy as Netscape - too many button pushes to get to the next letter.
Composing email with Arachne is not so acceptable to me - even tho I have
increased the size of the textarea thereby reducing at least the side borders,
the form still seems heavy and claustrophobia inducing.
Attachments have worked for me in the past but currently don't work - possibly
due to a decrease in the size of my ramdisk.
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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 12:58:21 -0600 (CST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Load EPPPD on COMPAQ 590
On 01-07 01:47pm CST, you wrote:
>> memory. Also, I have heard that some programs
>> expand a little when running:
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Some device drivers load in at one size but expand
>> to grab more memory when they begin to run"
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> This relates to the DEVICEHIGH SIZE command,
>> like this: devicehigh size=39E0 mouse.sys
>> according to my dos 5 book. I have not had to
>> use this myself and have no experience with it.
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
MSDOS's MemMaker figures the size of each program that it loads high and
includes this size on the applicale LH line for each program or driver in
the autoexec.bat file. IIRC, it loads them in memory biggest to smallest.
Also some program use LESS memory after loading and you will be able to see
this in the size switch that MemMaker assigns for each item.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Goin' Postal - HP 100/200LX (v4.01beta) EVALUATION
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 16:25:05 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne 4.1.60 = 1.60
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:02:03 +0100 (MET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see that the new version is going to try and come around the websites
> locking browsers out that have a version string of less than 4. Cool and a
> very good idea! Can't wait to try it out...
> Arachne-xChaos/4.1.60;alfa (DOS x86;WATTCP/1.05; 800x600,HiColor;
> www.arachne.cz)
> (Taken from http://browserwatch.internet.com/stats/ua-1.html)
> //Bernie
> http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/index.htm DOS programs, Star Wars ...
I see that it had just 1 hit...... Was that Michael himself????<g>
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Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
http://home.arachne.cz/ or http://arachne.browser.org/
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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:11:19
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: one more delay.....
On 8 Jan 00 at 3:53, Michael Polak wrote:
>>1.60 is actualy almost ready (the CORE.EXE), but I am afraid of making it
>>available without full distribution package.
>>
>>Really lot of things changed, which means that old .ah, .htm and .dgi in
>>package often look very ugly in new Arachne (these files are usually highly
>>optimized for Arachne, they use <BODY NORESIZE>, etc.)
>>
>>So I want to finalize package first; and I also want to finish
>>cut/copy/paste - it is more or less working now, but it won't be
>>very effective to release it half finished.
>>
>>So please wait few more days... I appreciate, that you stopped
>>mail-boming me with various private questions (mostly) - it really helped.
>>
>>As new HTML layout engine seems to be stable and pretty usable, I should
>>have more time for various fine tuning and features from wish-list, and once
>>1.60 package is compiled, it should be much easier to release 1.61, 1.62
>>etc. with small updates, like I did around cca 1.2x and 1.4x ...
>>
>>I will also probably first put Arachne 1.60 on current home.arachne.cz and
>>announce it only in this mailing list, while I will be preparing new
>>http://browser.arachne.cz/ download page for announce in arachne-announce
>>list....
Michael,
Cross the T's and dot the I's. We have waited quite a while for the
new release and a few more days/weeks will not make much difference.
In the meantime we can continue to use whichever prior release we
each separately find most useful and help each other with our
problems. Keep up the excellent work.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Anatomy (n): something everyone has, but which looks
better on a girl. -- Bruce Raeburn.
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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:15:10
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modem
On 7 Jan 00 at 20:13, Clarence Verge wrote:
>>Hi Dale;
>>
>>It really isn't that bad an idea if the processor has nothing much else to
>>do. I recently finished a little controller containing a real-time clock in
>>code wherein the time gets set via a com port on a PC.
Well, perhaps, but it is a terrible idea when it is uniquely tied to
a particular and proprietary operating system (i.e. Windows 9x).
>>The serial loop runs at 19.2kbaud and is implemented in code to keep the
>>cost down. Since, in this case the micro has nothing else to do except keep
>>time, and in the case of the Commodore it has nothing else to do except keep
>>up with your typing, these are not, IMHO, bad uses of processor power.
A good point.
>>Of course, these usages were written in assembly language. To drain away 80%
>>of the power of a 75Mhz pentium to simulate a modem with software written in
>>"C" while trying to run Windows and a webbrowser, also likely written in "C"
>>IS a bad idea. (IMHO)
Boy, you are preaching to the choir here, Clarence. ;)
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Cleavage (n): something you can approve of and
look down on at the same time. -- W. Garnett.
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 23:26:37 +0000
From: "Joerg Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne on TV and arcademachine (please read)
On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 19:08:48 -0800, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 19:21:34 -0400, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:58:05 +0000, Joerg Bartels wrote:
>>> Hi, all !
>>> I use Arachne on my TV-screen (but also on my arcademachine :) )
>>> just because it�s functional and funny. Like you know it is very easy to
>>> interface vga or svga videosignals (without electronics ! ) to a TV or
>>> aracdemachine with high RGB quality, it's mostly like plug in your
>>> pc-monitor, because of some smart DOS- ! software like VGATV or ArcadeOS.
>> <snip>
>> Very interesting, Jerry. Where do you get this software, and how much
>> does it cost?
> Sam.....you will, of course, exercise the usual caution about not
> trying to switch your video card into some "burnup" configuration
> (not too likely)....and will be sure to reset everything when you
> switch back to your monitor (because the video card may not burn
> up, but you in cripplingly injure your monitor) This stuff writes
> to the video card bare-metal registers to do its magic, and it is
> quite (no, VERY..) effective....I used to play games using it...
> long years ago.....
> gregy
Well, time goes by, nowadays -in my opinion- this free Dos-software
is very effective (and not so hazardous :) when you know what you do).
In combination with a SCART-plug it blows away every videocard with
TV-out when you use it together with M.A.M.E (Multi.Arcade.Machine.Emulator)
and it can compare with this videocards showing MPEG1, MOV, AVI and
(CD-I) files together with eg. Quickview (DOS), and with older DOS-games
and in Dos-textmodes VGATV is also better than a composit- or svideocard.
Particularly Retrogameing brings great progress in the field of useing TVs
or older monitors with modern computers, take a look at http://www.retrogames.com
MAMEworld, PCTOJAMMA page, but this scene is -I think- like good skateboarders
< doing not talking > a little bit reserved, may be because of postings like
"Why do you play pacman on an arcademonitor res. 320x240 when there is
Quake 3 res. 1280x960 ;)".
ps. sorry for my empty mail
Joerg
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:05:08 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I find? (Re: last link to acr
Roger Turk wrote:
>
> My favorite web search engine is Infind (www.infind.com), however, I think
> that it has recently been purchased by Yahoo! (They now have a "new" Infind
> --- Infind2 --- that looks a lot like Yahoo, takes a much longer time to
> load, and, IIRC, has *Java Script*.
>
> I have used Google a couple of times and like Infind better.
>
> MetaSearch has gone downhill in a handbasket --- another *new* version of an
> otherwise very good search engine.
Hi Roger;
That has been a frequently re-curring problem.
Webmasters not smart enough to leave well enough alone.
But, you didn't cc the sources of your complaints either. <g>
(Sigh).
If I thought I would live long enough to afford time spent now, I might
try to organize an email bombing campaign or three.
As it is, I must leave it to younger zealots. (If there are any)
- - Clarence Verge
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:16:19 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Acrodos
Edenyard wrote:
>
> I don't think that I'd bother any more at all with trying to
> use Acrodos. I went through all of this months ago and I found
> that most 'modern' .PDF chip data sheets, etc., simply wouldn't
> work with it.
>
> I ended up getting a version of Ghostscript. Now - its
> documentation is about as clear as mud, but after hours of
> fiddling, I can report that it will print out many more .PDF
> sheets than would Acrodos.
>
> A very handy by-product is that it will also print out
> postscript format to an ordinary laserjet, so we can AT LAST get
> decent print-outs from Arachne mail messages, web pages and so
> on. I use it by EXPORTING a .PS file using Alt-P in Arachne.
> Outside Arachne, I then call up Ghostscript to print the .PS
> file generated by Arachne. There is a suggestion that Arachne
> can invoke Ghostscript directly but this uses some sort of .DGI
> file, about which I know nothing - anyone else??
Hi Ron;
If I recall, that dgi is supposed to invoke a download of Ghostscript
- - but I could be mistaken. I might just load up Ghostscript and try it.
In a related vein, I got the idea that Win 3.1 printman.exe might be able
to run stand-alone because it sometimes hangs on as the last task when I
exit Windows. This thing is only 43kb - about the size of something that
I would expect to be able to print graphics to a laserjet.
Does ANYONE know how to get around the "This program requires Microsoft
Windows" message and use this thing outside of Windows ?
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:26:26 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: one more delay.....
Michael Polak wrote:
>
> 1.60 is actualy almost ready (the CORE.EXE), but I am afraid of making it
> available without full distribution package.
>
> Really lot of things changed, which means that old .ah, .htm and .dgi in
> package often look very ugly in new Arachne (these files are usually
> highly optimized for Arachne, they use <BODY NORESIZE>, etc.)
Hi Michael;
I, for one, don't mind waiting at all.
But the above quoted makes me very, very, afraid.
I hope I can still use the older (before 1.49?) ppp_init.htm and all the
older .ah pages. Some of us found that "newer" look unattractive.
I don't mind if I have to re-write some of the .HTMs and .AHs as long as
they are called from disk and not generated by core and therefore frozen.
Please ?
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:44:56 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no packet driver found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> First time I ran DOSLYNX from DLNX-E03.EXE was a culture shock. With pulldown
> menus, it didn't look like Lynx!
Hi Thomas;
This intrigued me so I downloaded DLNX-E03.EXE and tried it.
It certainly is an amazing change.
ATTN MICHAEL:
The install program, being text based and .bat driven was incredibly easy and
fast to use AND MODIFY !
And after I deleted the revolting setscrn calls in DLNXDIAL.bat the appearance
was very pleasing (to me).
On line, and locally, it is blindingly fast because it does not have to deal
with graphics. I don't mean just the communication delays due to the reception
of images, I mean the screen is in TEXT mode and very fast.
It isn't, however bug-free yet, and there is some apparant lack of utility.
Thomas, how does one use DOSLYNX for things like Arachne quick chat ?
Or, if I wanted to download a plot of a particular stock price v.s.time,
how do I specify what stock I'm interested in ?
On Arachne chat for instance, you can read all the posts but when stepping thru
the links there is a blank spot (with no link displayed) just before Robin Soft.
This is where I assume one would post - if one could figure out how to do it.
I tried just typing and got no response.
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 18:10:51 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Acrodos
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:16:19 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
<snip>
> Does ANYONE know how to get around the "This program requires Microsoft
> Windows" message and use this thing outside of Windows ?
I'm sorry to say.... that message is in there because it's true.
Any such program will not run under DOS. It will require that you run it
in winbloze.
On a related note, the "new" messages are something like.......
This program cannot be run in dos mode.
This program must be run under Win32.
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North Jackson, Ohio, USA
Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
http://home.arachne.cz/ or http://arachne.browser.org/
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 19:35:14 -0400
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/linux/frame.html
For those of you into Linux, an overwhelming site I found.
To those just curious as I, have at it.
I was going to attach the page, but decided the URL in the subject should be enough
for most of you.
l.d.
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Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 03:46:06 +0200
From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne 4.1.60 = 1.60
> I see that it had just 1 hit...... Was that Michael himself????<g>
Glenn, I remember that once Michael have said that he want to try
and see if adding 4.x to ID string will let him into sites where
Arachne is usually blocked. This could be from the time when
he tested.. which also means that you're right: it WAS michael
himself. :)
Or Botton
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Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 03:49:26 +0200
From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne on TV and arcademachine
Joerg Bartels wrote:
> At short-notice: Take a look at
> http://elvis.inf.tu-dresden.de/~koehler/tv_50hz_svga/index.html
> for how to setup a electronic free VGA>SCART cable for a PAL-TV.
> Try a Google-search: vgatv or vga2tv or vgatotv or vgascart or
> pctojamma.
Joerg, thank you. I am sure that this site holds very intresting
information.. which unfortunatly I am unable to use, since I cannot
read german. Do you know any location with this information in english?
Or Botton
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 05:33:24 +0200
From: Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Long filenames howto ?
Is any way exist to force Arachne to understand long
filenames at localhost under windows ? Or not ?
I need to do thumbnailed catalog to some scans on
CDROM. But instead of thimbnails i see only red boxes.
Instead of actual way
E:\CDROM\Celebs\Christy
Turlington\thumbnails\tn_TURL-07G.JPG
(file:///E|/CDROM/Celebs/Christy
Turlington/thumbnails/tn_TURL-07G.JPG in Netscape)
it show in Arachne
file:E:\cdrom\celebs\Christ~1\thumbnails/tn_TURL-07G.JPG"
with red box
and
file:E:\cdrom\celebs\Christ~1\thumbna~1\tn_tur~6.JPG"
with open this thumbnail with F3.
But i want to write Arachne to CD with long filenames as
autostarting application.
How to fix it ?
Maybe Arachne should understood long filenames when launched
under Windows 95, same as FAR do ?
Michael ? In future v. 1.70 ?
Thanx
Sergei
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 20:38:30 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #926
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:35:51 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 02:08:51 +0100, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
<snipped what I wrote about my PC's behavior under temperature extremes>
> I'd suspect a
> capacitor on the blink on the motherboard, probably in the reset
> circuit. It could also possibly be the "Power-Good" signal
> coming from the power supply, since that is used in the reset
> circuit on the motherboard. In either case, probably and
> electrolytic capacitor is succumbing to the 'extreme' cold and
> perhaps holding the CPU or the whole system in reset.
> May be worth a look on the motherboard or in the power supply
> before condemning the system, perhaps.
> Hope this helps!
> Ron.
OK, thanks a lot for the suggestion Ron. I'll certainly check this out
when I get around to it. I would suppose that the "power good" signal
is OK because my hard drive always spins up immediately, and it remains
spinning even after a crash condition occurs.
Sam
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 11:11:22 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HIMEM.SYS, are there different versions?
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:18:08 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Well, it looks like one more person may understand why I use DOS 3.3
> instead of the latest FAT #%*@.
> I DO wish I could find an upgrade to 3.31 tho.
> Clarence,
> How do you read any disk or partition > 32 MB with DOS 3.3? I believe
I should like to insert my comments too.
You cannot read any disk partition > 32 MB with DOS 3.30.
> Compaq DOS 3.31 had that capability, but not MS-DOS or PC-DOS prior to v4.
According to a manual I have for MS-DOS 3.31, this version likewise is
not capapble of reading a drive > 32 MB. I don't have a manual for
my COMPAQ DOS 3.31. I do know that COMPAQ DOS 3.31 is capapble of reading
a 100 MB Iomega Zip Drive. I know because I've done it. I don't know how
large a partition COMPAQ DOS 3.31 will recognize on a hard drive.
> When I got my original PC, I got MS-DOS 4.01, felt relieved of the limitations
> of DOS 3.3. Now DR-DOS 7.03 feels like a big step forward from MS-DOS 6.22.
MS-DOS 4.01 requires more DOS memory than MS-DOS 5.00!
> to Sam Heywood:
> Is your Iomega Zip drive parallel or SCSI?
<snip>
My external Iomega disk drive is for a parallel port. If you have a parallel
port Iomega Zip drive of recent manufacture, you may find that you will need
to use the drivers for one of the older Iomega Zip drives if you want to
access it with a 286 running COMPAQ DOS 3.31. This was the case with me.
Please note: I have conducted numerous experiments with many different DOS
versions, and without success in attempting to get an 8088 to recognize an
Iomega ZIP drive. In the case of the older Iomega ZIP drives, the
manufacturer does state that a 286 is a minimum system requirement. So I'm
not at all surprised that my 8088's would not recognize the ZIP drive;
however, I thought I'd try it anyway.
Sam Heywood
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 18:59:41 -0800
From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne on TV and arcademachine (please read)
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 23:26:37 +0000, Joerg Bartels wrote:
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> In combination with a SCART-plug it blows away every videocard with
> TV-out when you use it together with M.A.M.E (Multi.Arcade.Machine.Emulator)
Joerg .......what is a SCART-plug, and where do I get one/get plans
to fabricate one.....
gregy
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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 18:25:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Howard Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which HIMEM.SYS works best?
Now that we know there are versions of HIMEM.SYS that take up less
disk space and/or memory, does anyone have a clue whether the later
and larger versions of the software actually manage memory better?
In theory, the extra bytes are not there for nothing, although I
would not bet on this since we are dealing with Miscrosoft. I would
love to use an equivalent program that really does the same thing
but uses less memory.
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:06:40 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: URLs of Useful Utilities Sought
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 18:09:11 +0100 (MET), Bernie wrote:
<snip>
> If you can switch to another BIOS this can be done. Either you need to
> remove the BIOS chip (very easy - I've had more problem inserting ISA cards
> than switching BIOSes, just be carefull so you don't bend the "legs" on it)
> or if you're a little lucky the BIOS you have can be rewritten. I've no
> idea if either of these are things you can do with your computer (read:BIOS).
If your BIOS should become "infected", or if you should inadvertently write
bum data to it, The BIOS may be restored to its default settings simply by
removing all power to the BIOS for several hours. You may simply disconnect
the CMOS battery. With most motherboards you may disconnect CMOS battery
power simply by removing a jumper. After the BIOS has been restored to its
defaults, you will of course need to run the BIOS setup utility so as to
enter the settings that apply to your system.
<snip>
Sam Heywood
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:41:44 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HIMEM.SYS, are there different versions?
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:48:24 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Ok. Does anyone know of a 3.31 version BESIDES Compaq ?
> I have a fear of Compaq since a relatives' Compaq motherboard croaked and
> we transferred his harddrive to a box obtained in a surplus store.
There is an MS-DOS version 3.31. I have the manual, but do not have
the installation disks. In studying the manual I am now finding
contradictory information as to whether this version may recognize
partitions greater than 32 MB.
Sam Heywood
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:25:10 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne.....!.!.!.
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 12:09:07 -0800, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> ALL.....
> We are all waiting anxiously for the new release of 1.60...and
> there has been many comments/complaints about its delay...also,
> many comments/complaints about previous versions, even 1.50src...
<snip>
Methinks we should all be more patient with King Michael, lest he
be so sorely beseeched and prevailed upon by his anxious subjects
so as to release his new version prematurely.
Sam Heywood
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 22:07:52 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HIMEM.SYS, are there different versions?
Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>
> I should like to insert my comments too.
> You cannot read any disk partition > 32 MB with DOS 3.30.
>
> According to a manual I have for MS-DOS 3.31, this version likewise is
> not capapble of reading a drive > 32 MB. I don't have a manual for
> my COMPAQ DOS 3.31. I do know that COMPAQ DOS 3.31 is capapble of reading
> a 100 MB Iomega Zip Drive. I know because I've done it. I don't know how
> large a partition COMPAQ DOS 3.31 will recognize on a hard drive.
Hi Sam;
Hmmm. Peter Norton seems to think MS-DOS 3.31 WILL recognize big partitions.
Can you tell from the manual just what the difference between 3.30 and 3.31
might be ? Could it be possible that that portion of the manual was not
updated from 3.30 ?
- - Clarence Verge
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 22:00:36 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long filenames howto ?
Sergei wrote:
>
> Maybe Arachne should understood long filenames when launched
> under Windows 95, same as FAR do ?
> Michael ? In future v. 1.70 ?
Maybe longfilenames should go away ? <My wish>
- - Clarence Verge
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 20:45:46 -0800
From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long filenames howto ?
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 05:33:24 +0200, Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> But i want to write Arachne to CD with long filenames as
> autostarting application.
> How to fix it ?
> Maybe Arachne should understood long filenames when launched
> under Windows 95, same as FAR do ?
> Michael ? In future v. 1.70 ?
Sergei .........it looks like you are running Arachne under Win95...
if that is true, Sergei, you stick around - don't go anywhere...
you may be a valuable resource person for the GERALD MNonitor
problem.....since I think he was/wants running under Win95...
..If you are running under Win95, you might send me some details
- of this list, for now - at my email above....I can edit and
post back to this list later....
gregy
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:44:59 -0800
From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which HIMEM.SYS works best?
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 18:25:00 -0800 (PST), Howard Schwartz wrote:
> Now that we know there are versions of HIMEM.SYS that take up less
> disk space and/or memory, does anyone have a clue whether the later
> and larger versions of the software actually manage memory better?
> In theory, the extra bytes are not there for nothing, although I
> would not bet on this since we are dealing with Miscrosoft. I would
> love to use an equivalent program that really does the same thing
> but uses less memory.
Howard....get DeaRDOS, any DeaRDOS, except 5.0....it always
works better than MiZerableDOS....
gregy
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Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 06:55:05 +0200
From: Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long filenames howto ?
Clarence Verge wrote:
> Sergei wrote:
> >
> > Maybe Arachne should understood long filenames when launched
> > under Windows 95, same as FAR do ?
> > Michael ? In future v. 1.70 ?
>
> Maybe longfilenames should go away ? <My wish>
>
> - Clarence Verge
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Then any UNIX, Amiga, BeOS, other with long filenames should go away
with their long filenames ? And how about CDROM's filesystems ? Go away
too ?
Thats not a solution.
Sergei
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