--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F4G00007 Date: 04/11/98 From: ANDY MANNINGER Time: 02:50pm \/To: TONY FREW (Read 1 times) Subj: Accessing BBS in W95 Hello, Tony! -=> Tony Frew wrote to Andy Manninger on 04-11-98 10:25 <=- TF> Hi Andy, TF> Thursday, 9 April 1998 19:57:00, Andy Manninger wrote to All Subject: TF> Accessing BBS in W95 AM> I'm a brand new convert from good ole DOS to W95, so excuse me AM> if I ask a stupid question. Is there a way to access a BBS and AM> up/download messages from within W95 without the benefit of a AM> communication program such as Telix? TF> You *do* need a communication program but it doesn't have to be Telix. TF> In your accessories folder there will be HyperTerminal assuming you TF> installed it from the Win 95 disk. You can use that to access TF> BBS's. Thanks, I've found it. Kind regards, Andy e-mail: andy.manninger@elab.canbbs.net ... 640K ought to be enough for anybody. (Bill Gates, 1981) ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR] --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: VKUG/VPCC Windows Echo - Richmond, BC (1:153/151) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F4L00000 Date: 04/15/98 From: CAREY BLOODWORTH Time: 10:06pm \/To: BOBBY CRAIG (Read 2 times) Subj: DOS OR WINDOWS BC>I have just discovered that I have a copy of both HIMEN.SYS & EMM386.EXE n BC>C:\DOS and C:\WINDOWS and they are both different. BC>When running windows should I be using the DOS ones or the WINDOWS ones ? Essentially, it doesn't matter. Just use which ever one is newest. When Windows 3.0 first shipped, it had newer versions that what the DOS of the time did, so they were included with windows. When later versions of DOS came out, they had newer versions that what Windows 3.0 had, so it included the new versions. When Win 3.1 came out... When DOS 6.2 came out... When Win 3.11/wfwg 3.11 came out... When DOS 6.22 came out... Notice a pattern? Just use which ever is newest. That's also true with Smartdrv, which is also included with DOS and Windows. And there are newer versions of the mouse driver than what is included with Windows, too. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0162 * Origin: Jackalope Junction 501-785-5381 Ft Smith AR (1:3822/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00000 Date: 04/11/98 From: ALFRED W BRAZIE Time: 10:22am \/To: JOHN BREEN (Read 4 times) Subj: CD Eject Howdy JOHN: JB> PS> Is there a Windows 95 utility that will allow me to place a CD JB> PS> controller on the taskbar? JB>I assume you've tried FlexiCd which comes with the Powertoys add-ins. JB>Unfortunately this doesn't have a close, only an eject option, but it JB>does allow you to select tracks on the Cd you are playing Actually it does have both eject and close functions. Right click the flexiCD icon and they are there. Alfred 'Wayne' Brazie 04/11/98 Internet: waynebr@juno.com * CMPQwk 1.42 - 666 - The Devil Made Me Do It. ...If all else fails, lower your standards. --- @dolphin-bbs.com * Origin: Dolphin BBS, W. Melbourne, FL 407-728-5548 V34+/33.6 (1:374/63) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00001 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:18pm \/To: RICHARD CRIST (Read 4 times) Subj: Windows 95 [Apr 06, 98 - 20:48] Richard Crist of 1:2613/313 wrote to All: RC> I am using Window 95 on a 486dx66 with 20 megs of ram. The RC> problem I am have is running DOS games. They want to use 500K or more of RC> conventional memory. I set up the properties to give it 640K and still RC> won't run and states that I have too many TRS's . When I was using RC> Windows 3.11 and DOS 6.22 I could run mem maker or edit the config.sys RC> and autoexec.bat to load all the drivers high. With Windows 95 I am not RC> sure how to free up some the conventional memory. You do it the exact same way, except that the first thing to do is see how much of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT you can do without. What are you loading? Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00002 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:20pm \/To: RORY HANSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: General protection error [Apr 08, 98 - 06:36] Rory Hansen of 1:153/307 wrote to Alan Zisman: AZ>> Win95 will be slow on any 8 meg machine, and on any 386 or low-end AZ>> 486 (-25 or -33)... on the other hand, the speed may be acceptable to AZ>> you. RH> Well my friend had a 486SX 33 that is not capable of using Java. He says RH> its RH> because he is running windows 95 in 16 bit mode instead of 32. He does this RH> to increase speed he says. I'm not sure what that even means, unless he means he's running a Win3.x version of his web browser. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00003 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:20pm \/To: RORY HANSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: General protection error [Apr 08, 98 - 06:36] Rory Hansen of 1:153/307 wrote to Jerry Schwartz: JS>> My opinion is that Win95 was faster than Win3.x on such a machine, JS>> and I installed it on two of them in my family. It was more JS>> reliable, too. RH> How big is the bare bones install of win95? I'm afraid I don't really know. If you mean disk space, you can get an estimate from the box; in terms of memory, it takes all you can give it so there's no good answer. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00004 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:23pm \/To: JEFF DUNLOP (Read 4 times) Subj: Screen print driver? [Apr 09, 98 - 10:36] Jeff Dunlop of 1:203/16 wrote to All: JD> Is there such a thing as a print driver that will display to the screen? JD> would use it for programs that only have printer destinations allowed, and JD> the intended platforms are both Windows 3.1 and 95. I think you are describing Adobe Acrobat. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00005 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:24pm \/To: PETER SHARPE (Read 4 times) Subj: Millenium Bug [Apr 08, 98 - 19:56] Peter Sharpe of 2:254/108.9 wrote to All: PS> I know everyone is worrying about the millennium bug, and whether their PS> machines will roll over on the 1st Jan, but no-one seems to be addressing PS> the problem of February not being a leap year in 2000. My Windows alendar PS> shows it as a leap year, but the leap year rule states that if the year can PS> be divided by 400, then its not a leap year. This will mean that from March PS> onwards the computer will get the day of the week wrong. I have yet to find PS> a device that copes with this problem correctly. I believe you have the rule backwards: only those millenial years which ARE divisible by 400 are leap years. There will be a 29 February 2000. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00006 Date: 04/10/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 10:25pm \/To: ANDY MANNINGER (Read 4 times) Subj: Accessing BBS in W95 [Apr 09, 98 - 19:57] Andy Manninger of 1:153/151 wrote to All: AM> I'm a brand new convert from good ole DOS to W95, so excuse me if AM> I ask a stupid question. Is there a way to access a BBS and AM> up/download messages from within W95 without the benefit of a AM> communication program such as Telix? Without a program, no - but there are such programs readily available. Win95 comes with HyperTerminal, but you can skip that and go to the Hilgraeve web site and get a newer, more powerful version for free. There is also Procomm for Win95 and a host of others. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F5G00007 Date: 04/12/98 From: JEFF DUNLOP Time: 04:07am \/To: JERRY SCHWARTZ (Read 4 times) Subj: Screen print driver? JD>> Is there such a thing as a print driver that will display to the JD>> screen? I would use it for programs that only have printer JD>> destinations allowed, and the intended platforms are both Windows JD>> 3.1 and 95. JS> I think you are describing Adobe Acrobat. I hadn't thought of it that way. I have the full Acrobat line, so I suppose printing to PDF and then viewing is better than nothing. Jeff --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0615 * Origin: DB/Soft Online - Sacramento, CA (916)927-2349 (1:203/16)