arachne-digest Wednesday, February 16 2000 Volume 01 : Number 998
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:14:05 -000
From: Mike Millen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OT Re: what is .pdf
Hi Ricsi, Clarence,
RM>CV> Is everyone using DOS in a Window box ??
RM>No ... but very many people have cwsdpmi in their path !
I've discovered why the xpdf utilities run for me...
I found cwsdpmi in my \Arachne directory, which is in my path.
I can't find it in the 1.61 zip file so I can only guess that
it came along with the QV APM (the only APM I have installed).
Mike
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:06:09 +0100 (CET)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: Duplicates
Hi
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+ 10:52:54 Archives: 0 NetMail: 0 Duplicate: 6 Bad: 0
+ 10:52:54 Packets: 1 EchoMail: 18 Passthru: 0 CC: 0
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I got 2 EMails and 22 Arachne Mailinglist Mails.
6 were duplicates and were automatically deleted.
(First I thought that my software has gone nuts, but I looked through the
raw mailfile, and really there were the duplicates. eg dale metzner's post)
CU, Ricsi
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Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 7659421] {RSA-PGP Key avail.}
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:42:28 +0100 (CET)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: Ghostscript (what is .pdf)
Hi
"Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
E> It IS possible to put Ghostscript in the directory of YOUR choice
E> and still have it find its fonts. But it IS obscure!!
I copied all fonts into the main gs directory ... this is also a possibility,
but not as cool as yours :))
E> GS.BAT runs Ghostscript to display on the screen. Press RETURN after
E> each screenful to get the next. You won't get a text prompt
E> overwriting the display.
Great thanks ... but -q does not seem to work here.
I have to enter quit at the end to exit the program.
And the default display is very small. I can't really read the content.
Do you know a way, that bigger characters are used ??
(Maybe display only half a page at once)
THANKS very much !!!
CU, Ricsi
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Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 7659421] {RSA-PGP Key avail.}
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:15:24 -0400
From: "Dev Teelucksingh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative Lab Sounblaster utils and sound programs
Okay, from my Interesting DOS programs page at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave
here are some utilities for SB16 cards (many are useful to all
sound card owners)
MP3 players :
MPXPLAY v1.42 http://members.tripod.com/~padara
MP3 player with integrated file browser, spectrum analyser and other features
DOSAMP v0.8 http://www.nullsoft.com/software.html
DOSAMP is a freeware command-line MP3 player.
DAMP v0.95 WIP 7 http://www.damp-mp3.co.uk/
Free DOS MP3 Player. Displays synchronised graphics when playing MP3 files.
MIDI players :
Megamid v1.66 http://freeweb.digiweb.com/music/megamiddos/
Graphical MIDI Player for DOS. Also supports playing of Karaoke MIDI files
GSPLAY v1.1 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/music/gsplay1.zip
A freeware MIDI player. Can also play Karaoke MIDI files.
GSPLAY is the less resource intensive program and it is easier to create
a DGI in Arachne with it
Other useful sound utilities :
RealAudio Player for DOS http://www.members.tripod.com/~ladsoft/ra.htm
Source code and now several executables are now available
XTCPlay v0.97 http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/download/xtcp097c.zip
Graphical audio player of MP3, WAV, S3M, MOD and more.
WAVPLAY http://members.vol.at/klaming/
DOS command line WAV file player for Sound Blaster 16 compatible soundcards.
WAVREC http://members.vol.at/klaming/
record to WAV program for Sound Blaster 16 compatible soundcards.
SB16MIX http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sound/sb16mix.zip
Freeware Mixer control program for SB16
Dev Teelucksingh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Interesting DOS programs page at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:53:33
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Duplicates
On 15 Feb 00 at 11:06, Richard Menedetter wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>>=== Begin file ===
>>+ 10:52:54 Archives: 0 NetMail: 0 Duplicate: 6 Bad: 0
>>+ 10:52:54 Packets: 1 EchoMail: 18 Passthru: 0 CC: 0
>>+ 10:52:55 Messages: 24 Exported: 0 Transit: 0 Empty: 0
>>=== End file ===
>>
>>I got 2 EMails and 22 Arachne Mailinglist Mails.
>>
>>6 were duplicates and were automatically deleted.
>>(First I thought that my software has gone nuts, but I looked through the
>>raw mailfile, and really there were the duplicates. eg dale metzner's post)
Yes, I got my own message back twice, and dupes from L.D. and Bernie.
Go figure.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
This mail written by a user of Arachne, the DOS Internet Client
WWWWW World Wide Web Without Windows
http://home.arachne.cz Arachne DOS Browser Home Page
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:30:23
From: Van Voordturen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Arachne load error
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:01:52 -0500
>From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Arachne load error
>
>Steve,
>
>I have Arachne loaded on two computers, one is a 586/133 MHz with 8 MB ram
>(originally a 486/33 MHz) and the second is a P75 with 40 MB ram. The best
>that I can do on the 586/133 is Arachne 1.48. 1.49 (with dynamic images)
>won't load or crashes, I don't remember which. On the P75, I have 1.60b1
>loaded and it works great!
>
>Suggestions: Turn the animated X-I logo off. (In ARACHNE.CFG look for
>"Logo" and change it to read, "Logo 0".)
>
>In ARACHNE.CFG, do you have the home page set to "home.arachne.cz"? At some
>point Michael P. changed his URL to this, but I can't remember when.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Roger Turk
>Tucson, Arizona USA
>
>Steve Evans wrote:
>
>>>I've been trying for months, off and on, to get past "Arachne load error".
>I seem to have gotten further than many new Arachne users. For now, it is
>version 1.50 (had the same trouble with version 1.49). Let me know if you
>think 1.60 has any real chance of faring better.
>
>I've tried it on two machines --one a 386 with 2 megs of RAM and the other a
>486 with 8 megs RAM -- same symptoms on both. Using MS-DOS 6.22, no EMS,
>DOS loaded high. Before starting Arachne MEM shows 697k of conventional
>memory free and 6.9 MB XMS free. I have tried to configure it as simply as
>possible. Modem is a US Robotics internal set to port 1, irq 4. I tried
>setting slower speeds. I have tried substituting the actual port address in
>the Arachne.cfg, but it makes no difference --connection is usually
>successful anyway. I am using everything as the Arachne installation set up
>automatically.
>
Roger,
How come no-one before mentioned trouble loading on p75 or 586/133 before?
What OS are you using?
Steve,
Have you tried checking "use bootp" in the external dialer setup yet?
(I got a load error due to insufficient memory with 1.60, bootp was the
solution)
(if the package driver loads, modem and port settings must be good)
Bart
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:20:34
From: Van Voordturen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: re: Modem nodems!
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:16:40 -0000
>From: "Mel Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Modem nodems!
>
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
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>
>OK GaNGUE,
>
>Still trying to get the 233 working with Arachne, without success. The =
>modem is a "Pro-media" Data/Fax/Voice Modem and says on the box it's a =
>V90 PCI 56k unit.
>
>The machine (pentium) says it's on COM1 but doesn.t recognise it at all =
>there, and just ignores it. A DOS diagnostics program I have says it's =
>on COM3 and the machine recognises that it is there but refuses to =
>initialize it from there, using ATZ, AT&F, and AT&F0.
>
>Any more ideas cghaps and chapesses?
>
>Regards
>
>Mel
>
>
sugestions... well, some questions to start with:
0. what diagnostic program are you using?
1. how many com ports are there when you take the modem out, and what are
there addresses and uart versions? Are those ports on the main board or on
a controller card?
2. idem when you put the modem back in.
3. what after booting from a dos diskette?
(if you have ms-dos 5 or 6.x, just put himem.sys, emm386.exe and msd.exe on
the floppy and write some config.sys)
4. Do you have a manual with jumper settings, or is there a table with the
settings printed on the modem (use a looking glass if necessary)?
Bart
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:07:18
From: Van Voordturen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .PDF from m$-word apparantly sucks
Hello all,
Spectacular achievements on the .pdf plugin front...
Just arjive the stuff to .apm and done.
Yet this modem manual from dynalink.com gives some garbage characters in
the header (both from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as for the dos pdftotxt program).
This may be because it's some output of an m$-word converter.
The large size (half a meg) of the files is no problem.
Although the rest of the .txt output is readable, arachne won't show it
because the header (or the first part of the file, wich contains a graphic
logo that may not be separated from the rest of the file due to
non-standard m$ conversion) appears to contain something that arachne won't
swallow.
follows first 2 pages from the adobe conversion:
______________________________________________________________
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="attach7455_0.txt"
Content-Length: 451111
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-Type: text/plain; name="attach7455_0.txt"
*Pages 1--174 from Microsoft Word - 1131g.doc*
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!
1
AT Command Reference Manual
ii 1131
NOTICE
Information furnished by Rockwell International Corporation is believed to
be accurate and
reliable. However ,
no responsi b i l i ty i s assumed by Rockwe l l International for i ts
use, nor any i n fringement of
patents or other
r ights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is
granted by implication or
otherwise under any
patent r ights of Rockwell International other than for circuitry embodied
in Rockwell products.
Rockwell
International reserves the right to change circuitry at any time without
notice. This document is
subject to
change without notice.
K56flex is a trademark of Rockwell International and Lucent Technologies.
ConfigurACE is a trademark of Rockwell International.
MNP is a registered trademark of Microcom, Inc.
2
___________________________________________________________________________
Does anyone have an m$-word version with it's own pdf compiler? (check
"save as..." menu option for .pdf)
Bart
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:11:54 +0100
From: "Bjorn Simonsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Happy Birthday Pegasus Mail!
I figured you people on SURVPC and Arachne would find this one worth
reading. At least you'll know how and when the *.cnm extension
originated. Bjorn :)
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Priority: normal
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:38:08 +1300
Reply-to: Pegasus Mail Announcments <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: David Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Pegasus Mail, Dunedin, New Zealand
Subject: Happy Birthday...
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One weekend in November 1989, I wrote a mail program. It was a very
little mail program - it didn't do anything fancy, but it filled a
niche. Originally, the program was called "ComNet Mail" - for those of
you who are interested in trivial history, this is the origin of the
extension .CNM for a particular type of file.
On the basis that it might have been useful to other people as well, I
tidied it up a bit, and at some point in February 1990, made it
available on the Internet. I can't remember the exact date I released
it, but the first mail message I have about a program called Pegasus
Mail is dated February 15th 1990... So, February 15th it is.
Now, far beyond any expectation I ever had, Pegasus Mail is
celebrating its tenth birthday. Ten years... Gee; it seems like an
eternity in this industry. Not many software packages last that long -
usually something happens to kill them off long before then; but the
wings are still flapping on this one.
It's all quite emotional, really. As I write this message, I'm sipping
a glass of bubbly and thinking of you all: thank you all for your
support, your interest, your feedback and your friendship over the
last ten years; I hope you'll keep me company as we explore the next
ten.
Cheers!
- -- David --
- -------------- David Harris -+- Pegasus Mail-------------------
Box 5451, Dunedin, New Zealand | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: +64 3 453-6880 | Fax: +64 3 453-6612
Quote for the day:
"He has van Gogh's ear for music"
-- Orson Welles, on Donny Osmond
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:26:08 -0600
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster 16
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Hello Glenn, all,
Here's what I have in the "stock" Mine.cfg file:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
[MIME]
text/html HTM
text/plain TXT
image/gif GIF
image/jpeg JPG>BMP|$edjpeg.exe -bmp -colors 256 $1 $2
audio/x-wav WAV|$eplany.exe $1
audio/basic AU|$eplany.exe $1
;
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- --------
As it is now, I can play .wav files I encounter on the=20
internet, using Arachne's built in plany.exe.
Glenn has:
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- ----------
audio/midi MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
audio/x-midi MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
;not enabled by default:
file/.mpg |@call C:\\1batch\\arampeg.bat $1
file/.mpe |@call C:\\1batch\\arampeg.bat $1
file/.avi |@call C:\\1batch\\araavi.bat $1
file/.mov |@call C:\\1batch\\aramov.bat $1
file/.mp1 >HTM|APM.EXE -h =
http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv>$2
file/.mp2 >HTM|APM.EXE -h =
http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv>$2
;file/.mp3 >HTM|APM.EXE -h =
http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv>$2
file/.mp3 |@d:\\audio\\DOSAMP\\DOSAMP.EXE $1 -downsample
file/ghostscript.dgi >HTM|APM.EXE -h http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/gs>$2
file/.ps >HTM|APM.EXE -h http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/gs>$2
file/.mid |d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
file/.s3m |@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE $1
file/.mod |@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE $1
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- ----------------------------------------
If I just copy what Glenn has into my mime.cfg file what will happen?
I will need the file cndmidi.exe, and would need to place it in my =
c:\sounds
directory, then the first two lines of Glenn's mime.cfg above would be:
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- ---------------------------
audio/midi MID|c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
audio/x-midi MID|c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- ---------------------------
This assumes that I make a sub-directory c:\sounds\cndmidi which will
have cndmidi.exe there.=20
Also, Glenn has the line:
file/.mid |d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
Which I would change to:
file/.mid |c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1
If I am only interested in adding midi to Arachne, then are those three =
lines
is all I would need? (In addition to obtaining cndmidi.exe)
By adding midi to Arachne, I then would be able to visit a .wav and .mid =
site,
and play both kinds of files as easily as I now can play the .wav files =
using
the stock Arachne-plany.exe setup.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
Compudyne 486DX4-100 Win 98
Arachne 1.60
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charset="iso-8859-1"
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3013.2600" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Glenn, all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here's what I have in the "stock" =
Mine.cfg=20
file:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- --</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>[MIME]<BR>text/html &nb=
sp; =20
HTM<BR>text/plain &n=
bsp; =20
TXT<BR>image/gif &nb=
sp; =20
GIF<BR>image/jpeg &n=
bsp; =20
JPG>BMP|$edjpeg.exe -bmp -colors 256 $1=20
$2<BR>audio/x-wav &n=
bsp; =20
WAV|$eplany.exe=20
$1<BR>audio/basic &n=
bsp; =20
AU|$eplany.exe $1<BR>;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- -----------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As it is now, I can play .wav files I =
encounter on=20
the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>internet, using Arachne's built in=20
plany.exe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Glenn has:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- -------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>audio/midi =
=20
MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe=20
$1<BR>audio/x-midi &=
nbsp; =20
MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>;not enabled by=20
default:<BR>file/.mpg &nbs=
p; =20
|@call C:\\1batch\\arampeg.bat=20
$1<BR>file/.mpe &nbs=
p; =20
|@call C:\\1batch\\arampeg.bat=20
$1<BR>file/.avi &nbs=
p; =20
|@call C:\\1batch\\araavi.bat=20
$1<BR>file/.mov &nbs=
p; =20
|@call C:\\1batch\\aramov.bat=20
$1<BR>file/.mp1 &nbs=
p; =20
>HTM|APM.EXE -h <A=20
href=3D"http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv">http://www.multimediaware.co=
m/qv/qv</A>>$2<BR>file/.mp2 &=
nbsp; =20
>HTM|APM.EXE -h <A=20
href=3D"http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv">http://www.multimediaware.co=
m/qv/qv</A>>$2<BR>;file/.mp3 =
=20
>HTM|APM.EXE -h <A=20
href=3D"http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/qv">http://www.multimediaware.co=
m/qv/qv</A>>$2<BR>file/.mp3 &=
nbsp; =20
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:|@d:\\audio\\DOSAMP\\DOSAMP.EXE">|@d:\\audio\\DOSAMP\\DOSA=
MP.EXE</A>=20
$1 -downsample<BR>file/ghostscript.dgi >HTM|APM.EXE -h <A=20
href=3D"http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/gs">http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/g=
s</A>>$2<BR>file/.ps &n=
bsp; =20
>HTM|APM.EXE -h <A=20
href=3D"http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/gs">http://www.naf.cz/arachne/apm/g=
s</A>>$2<BR>file/.mid &=
nbsp; =20
|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe=20
$1<BR>file/.s3m &nbs=
p; =20
<A href=3D"mailto:|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE">|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE</A> =
$1<BR>file/.mod &nbs=
p; =20
<A href=3D"mailto:|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE">|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp.EXE</A> =
$1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- -------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If I just copy what Glenn has into my =
mime.cfg file=20
what will happen?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will need the file cndmidi.exe, and =
would need to=20
place it in my c:\sounds</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>directory, then the first two lines of =
Glenn's=20
mime.cfg above would be:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- ------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>audio/midi =
=20
MID|c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe=20
$1<BR>audio/x-midi &=
nbsp; =20
MID|c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------=
- ------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This assumes that I make a =
sub-directory=20
c:\sounds\cndmidi which will</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>have cndmidi.exe =
there.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, Glenn has the line:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>file/.mid &=
nbsp; =20
|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Which I would change to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>file/.mid &=
nbsp; =20
|c:\\sounds\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If I am only interested in adding midi =
to Arachne,=20
then are those three lines</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is all I would need? (In addition to =
obtaining=20
cndmidi.exe)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By adding midi to Arachne, I then would =
be able to=20
visit a .wav and .mid site,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and play both kinds of files as easily =
as I now can=20
play the .wav files using</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the stock Arachne-plany.exe =
setup.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael L. Dawley</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pearl, Mississippi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Compudyne 486DX4-100 Win 98<BR>Arachne=20
1.60</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:29:20
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: O.T. (sorry !) Karioki Player for Windows (was Sound Blaster 16)
Hi Folks,
Michael L. Dawley wrote:
> >However, when I tried to play some of the midi files, Arachne
> >could not do so.
>
> I don't know about sbbasic.exe but Creative have an *extremly* good DOS
> MIDI program called play.exe perhaps it came along?
> The reason why I think it's "*extremly* good" is because it is the ONLY
> MIDI program (for DOS) that works on any of my computers. Now if I had a
> non-standard card (some "noname", GUS, etc.) then I wouldn't complain. But
> I only have standard SB16 cards and still none of the other programs work
> (and I really really would like to get some of them to work since my sister
> keeps bothering me about the fact that she wants a Kareoke program that's
> freeware (none such exist for Windows)).
> //Bernie
> http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
>
I have a SB16. I am also seriously into MIDIs, as a sequencer (see my
web site).
I have play.exe and will happily zip and send on request. You will need
the other bits and pieces tho', from Creative, to set the card to fire under
DOS and Windows. I can invoke it from Arachne, just by editing mime.cfg as
suggested by others.
For those that have forgotten, there is also a MIDI player APM for
download (from John P Tomany). Unfortunately for me, it needs more memory than
I can spare, but it should be OK for those without as much overhead as me.
That is the "cndmidi" that was refered to in another post.
But unless you have a daughter MIDI card inserted into your SB16, the
MIDIs will sound pretty artificial. Regrettable, for most of us impoverished
musician types, at least Win 3.1 is needed to get any real pleasure from
MIDIs, the Windows MIDI mapper/patches are what makes the difference for me.
And, YES Bernie, there is a Karioki player for Win 3.1 and 95/98. A GOOD
one, actually, that doesn't need the _HUGE_ GUS patches. It is called:
SJGPlay for Windows. Comes as both 16 and 32 bit versions from Steve J Gray,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , and downloadable from his site at:
http://www.ryerson.ca/~sgray along with a lot of other stuff he has written.
The version of SJGPlay that I have - v0.46 - is beta and FREEWARE. I have not
checked out if there are any newer versions recently. It will play MIDI,
Karioki, and most other multimedia files for which you have windows drivers
installed, e.g. AVI, MOV, QT, MPEG, FLI etc.. and supports play lists.
And talk about configurable !!!! You may gather it is one of my all-time
favourite Windows programs.
Note: The SJGPlayer for DOS is just a CD player, also freeware. This can
be called from within Arachne using an .OOK. I have a whole .HTM page
(actually the default Home Page) from which I call most of my DOS applications
(via .OOK) and even Windows 3.1 - isn't Arachne a versatile thing !
Regards,
Ron Clarke
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:58:40 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Duplicates
Dale Mentzer wrote:
>
> Yes, I got my own message back twice, and dupes from L.D. and Bernie.
> Go figure.
>
> Regards,
> Dale Mentzer
>
> Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
Let's blame Linux. (On the Arachne server)
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:25:54 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT Re: what is .pdf
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> The attached file _should_ clear things-up (a little bit anyway)<g>
> (report created by WATCH.EXE)
> ---snip
> $4B Exec program C:\XPDFDOS\CWSDPMI.EXE
> $4B Exec program \CWSDPMI.EXE
> $4B Exec program C:\1BATCH\CWSDPMI.EXE
> $4B Exec program C:\1COMMON\CWSDPMI.EXE
You are right, it clears it up - but ONLY a little.
You had posted that it still worked after you changed your path
to EXCLUDE cwsdpmi.exe.
??
And anyway, the obscure point I've been trying to make is, some stuff works
for some people because they accidentally have the support crap that the
author forgot to mention was required. (Or in some cases, maybe the author
doesn't KNOW his program won't run on EVERBODYs hardrive.)
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:42:58 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT Re: what is .pdf
Mike Millen wrote:
>
> I've discovered why the xpdf utilities run for me...
>
> I found cwsdpmi in my \Arachne directory, which is in my path.
>
> I can't find it in the 1.61 zip file so I can only guess that
> it came along with the QV APM (the only APM I have installed).
Hi Mike;
I downloaded QV about a year ago. I've just checked ALL my drives
for cwsdpmi* and found nothing.
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:44:07 -0600
From: "BRIAN RENFROW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help?
Hey All,
I'm new at this, and I need your help. I have been reading this list for
awhile, hoping to learn. Well, anyway. I have a computer given to me, but
the drive has been formatted. I need to know how I can get into it to
install DOS or some other variation. I want to put Arachne on it and I need
to get it to a prompt. It has a Conner Drive, the model number is CSF425A.
Thanks in advance.
Brian D. Renfrow
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