--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC400005 Date: 08/04/97 From: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND Time: 12:58am \/To: DALE ROSS (Read 3 times) Subj: Long file name backup DR> CS> It is, and it requires Win95 or NT to run. You can, however, DR> CS> decompress the Zip-file with PKUnzip 2.04g if you like, but DR> CS> then you will lose the long filenames... DR> FYI there is a Windows 3.x version of WinZip. But like you said DR> with the DOS version, you lose the Long File Names. Exactly. Then they would be what Norton Unerase calls Lost File Names (LFNs). :) ------ christer --------------------------------------------------------------- "Hvor ble det av musa mi?" -Erik Meyn --- BBBS/L v3.33 How * Origin: Errors HQ: Prog/Emul/Linux/Demos, +47-56341083 (2:211/16) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC400006 Date: 08/04/97 From: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND Time: 12:58am \/To: CHRIS HOLTEN (Read 3 times) Subj: MSIE4 out? > Hey as a comparision, I downloaded the 18meg NT4 SP3 in 89 minutes > with a 33,600 baud connect to my ISP (about 3400cps as compared to > your appx 43,000 cps). Still some people say that life is fair. ------ christer --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! --- BBBS/L v3.33 How * Origin: Errors HQ: Prog/Emul/Linux/Demos, +47-56341083 (2:211/16) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC400007 Date: 08/03/97 From: RICK PALI Time: 06:38pm \/To: SCOTT JONES (Read 3 times) Subj: well 02 Aug 97 02:15, Scott Jones wrote to Rick Pali: KK>> The major concern lies in *Microsoft* not supporting Win 3.x. KK>> Corel and Lotus continue to develop for it. Aside from Internet KK>> products, MS has all but left Win 3.x behind. RP>> Corel? Are you sure about that? I know for certain that all new RP>> development for their Draw product in the last two years has been RP>> win32 only. They still sell the older versions for cheap but RP>> son't expect any fixes... Rick. SJ> PMFJI, but in a catalog sitting here in front of me, I see the Corel SJ> Wordperfect Suite 7 for Win 3.1x, as well as Office Professional 7. I'm not sure I'd consider that an example of an application that they're developING as v8 is out, and it requires Win95 or NT4. Rick. --- GoldED/W32 3.00.Alpha4 UNREG * Origin: Critical Mass (1:163/328) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC400008 Date: 08/03/97 From: JEFF GUERDAT Time: 10:35am \/To: JOHN ALDRICH (Read 3 times) Subj: tape drive help??? On 08-01-97, JOHN ALDRICH said to JEFF GUERDAT: JA>Yeah...we tried it out in my roomie's system WITHOUT the terminating JA>resistor packs...worked like a charm, so I know I've got a termination JA>problem on this drive. *sigh* I guess I'm gonna have to get another SCSI JA>device that can be terminated (my SCSI hard drive can't be terminated) and JA>put it in past the tape drive..or just buy the darn resistor packs direct JA>from Exabyte...Or I might even just see about an external case and run it JA>that way...that oughta be easy enough to terminate. :) That's usually the easiest way to go. JG> Might be worth trying different cables and terminators. If the tape JG> drive is not the only device on the bus, you might need active JG> terminators for any SCSI-2 devices attached to the bus... JA>*shrug* Yeah...any idea where I can find an in-line terminator??? That JA>way I can just stick it on at the end of the SCSI cable. BTW, I AM JA>running this internal... :) John You might want to check with some computer supply houses. I've had one of those terminators (I think I threw it out with the case when I did some house-cleaning a while ago). Not sure they're active termination, tho, so SCSI bus errors could still be a problem. --- *Durango b200 #NR* DurangoMail for Windows NT/95 * KMail 3.10o Knight Moves --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0406 * Origin: Knight Moves - Rochester,NY 716-865-2106 (1:2613/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC400009 Date: 08/04/97 From: HAJO VERHEYEN Time: 01:20am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: Word Doc with Extension *.FAX Hallo, it seems Word is very intolerant or I haven't found the right explanation at the manual. The problem: I create many Word documents which will be sent by fax, and these shold take the extension *.fax, not the standard *.doc. But always, Word add the extension *.doc, even I have defined *.fax. How can I force Word to accept the extension *.fax? Any ideas? Hajo * Origin: HB9MKJ (2:301/230) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC500000 Date: 08/04/97 From: JEFF BINKLEY Time: 09:38am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Iomega Ditto Tape Drive Does anyone have an external parallel port version of the Iomega Ditto tape drive running with NT 4.0 ? Iomega has drivers posted on their website but when I install them they can't see the tape drive on the parallel port. Jeff CMPQwk 1.42 9999 --- PCBoard (R) v15.4 (OS/2) 10 Beta * Origin: (1:226/600) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC500001 Date: 07/17/97 From: RUSS JOHNSON Time: 07:21pm \/To: DAVE BEDWIN (Read 2 times) Subj: defragmentation prog Russ Johnson wrote in a message to Mark Krieg: RJ> Well, not exactly "trash", but you will lose your long RJ> filenames, and this could cause programs that use those long RJ> filenames to not work.... RJ> None of the data in those files would be lost, however. DB> yes it dose as with long file names there are empty sections in the DB> fat/vfat every 13 blocks of the file and the dos defrag/ndd will clear them DB> away thereby losing part of the file data. I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Are the empty sections in the FAT or in the data? Russ --- BBBS/NT v3.33 How * Origin: The Grand Illusion of Net 152 (1:152/8) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: EC500002 Date: 08/04/97 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 08:23pm \/To: JEFF GUERDAT (Read 2 times) Subj: tape drive help??? [Aug 03, 97 - 10:35] Jeff Guerdat of 1:2613/313 wrote to John Aldrich: JA>>*shrug* Yeah...any idea where I can find an in-line terminator??? That JA>>way I can just stick it on at the end of the SCSI cable. BTW, I AM JA>>running this internal... :) John JG> You might want to check with some computer supply houses. I've had one f JG> those terminators (I think I threw it out with the case when I did some JG> house-cleaning a while ago). Not sure they're active termination, tho, o JG> SCSI bus errors could still be a problem. Most are passive. I have an external active terminator in passthrough format, and it has an LED on it. I don't know what that LED proves, but they do exist. I think it cost me $20 at a computer show. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928)