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    DA(M)NNEWS jsou (c) DANNET, Daniel Doekal, Praha, esk republika
    DA(M)NNEWS are (c) DANNET, Daniel Docekal, Prague, Czech Republik

     Bezplatn elektronick noviny a magazn Regionu 42 FidoNet st.
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       Vydvno nepravideln (velice), vydavatel 2:420/20.6@FidoNet.
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                                     Obsah

1.  FidoNet,Internet,Komunikace  ............................................  1
    Internet ve vchodn evrop  ............................................  1
    TechNet! Co je to, pro je to?  .........................................  7
2.  St  ...................................................................  9
    Kter patche a opravy jsou pro Novell Netware, may 1993  ................  9
3.  CLIPPER  ................................................................ 18
    CLIPPER 5.x  INIT PROCEDURE a EXIT PROCEDURE?  .......................... 18
4.  Hardware  ............................................................... 21
    Seagate ST 157N, Parametry  ............................................. 21
    FUJITSU Model M2612S/SA/SB, nastaven  .................................. 21
    Micropolis Model 1374A nastaven  ....................................... 22
5.  OS/2  ................................................................... 25
    OS/2 2.1 strun pehled  ............................................... 25
    OS/2 a HRY!!!!!!!!!!!! st 2  .......................................... 27
    !!!! OS/2 for Windows NT 3.1!!!!  ....................................... 34
    Central Point AntiVirus for OS/2 shipping!  ............................. 35
    Qedit for OS/2 3.0!  .................................................... 36
    OS/2 pouit na EGA systmech!  ......................................... 37
6.  DOS (Dumb Operating System)  ............................................ 38
    MS DOS 6.0, DoubleSpace, limit na 512MB  ................................ 38
7.  SHAREWARE  .............................................................. 39
    SHAREWARE soubory  ...................................................... 39
8.  Inzerce  ................................................................ 42
9.  Peteno kdesi...  ...................................................... 44
    Co nzor, to nzor. Peetli jsem si o MicroSoft a IBM  ................. 44
10. Legrace a legrcky  ..................................................... 45
   StarTrek chronologie  ................................................... 45

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  Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 10:43:25 EDT
  From: Richard Budd <BUDD@CSPGAS11.BITNET>
  Subject: Internet Connectivity in Eastern Europe
  Organization: CSAV UTIA

This is the article from Milan Sterba for the RIPE Connectivty Group
containing information about the state of international connectivity in the
nations of East and Central Europe.  I have edited the article to try to
make it easier for American audiences to read without taking away the
meaning Professor Sterba is trying to express.  Any comments or
corrections, please forward to me.  Professor Sterba would also appreciate
any updates or comments you may want to make.  His address, repeated
several times in the article, is <milan.sterba.vse.cs> on Internet.  The
article was not copyrighted, and can be reprinted.  Out of courtesy to the
author, please leave his name and address on the header.

Common abbreviations: ECE=East and Central Europe
                      IP=Internet Protocol
                      RIPE=Regional Internet Protocol Orgnization (I believe)
                      EARN=European version of BITNET

                                    Richard Budd
                                    U.S.A.  <klub@maristb.bitnet>
                                    C.S.F.R <budd@cspgas11.bitnet>


draft version 5
September 1992


  An overview of East and Central European networking activities

           Milan Sterba

    <Milan.Sterba@vse.cs>


     1. Introduction

     This paper  is based  on work  of the  RIPE Connectivity  Working
Group.  It summarises the main issues of international connectivity of East
and Central European countries (ECE).  It is based on reports and
information  gathered by  network  representatives of these countries, who
have been present at the meetings or contacted on other occasions.

     Thanks are  due  to  all  those  who  helped  us  to  gather  the
information.   Some  countries  however, are  not represented in  th is
report, due to lack of information.  Please contact the author if  you have
amendments or
 suggestions.

DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 2                   19 Dec 1993


     This report  contains lists  of people  who are  responsible  for
international networking in each of their  countries and a map of  the
current situation in IP  networking in the those  countries.  The  map
doesn't show all existing international  lines of those countries  but it
seeks to be  complete for IP lines  and other leased lines  without usage
restrictions for the academic and research communities.

     This    report    has    been    written    by    Milan    Sterba
<Milan.Sterba@vse.cs>   and  it does  not  necessarily  reflect  the
opinions of the authors of the national reports nor those of the  RIPE
community.


     2. Present situation

     This chapter gives  as detailed  as possible  description of  the
various network activities in the East and Central European countries.  The
sections for  particular  countries  will  be subject to  regular
amendments or changes.

     Considerable progress has been  made during the  last year in  IP
connectivity of ECE countries. Czechoslovakia and  Poland have today
several  hundreds of connected hosts each and are the  most advanced ECE
countries with respect to  IP connectivity.

     Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary also have IP connectivity today
and have several tens of connected  hosts each. By the end of 1992 IP
connectivity will probably also reach Latvia and Lithuania through
NORDUnet and maybe also Romania and one of the CIS republics.

     In all the connected countries the initial capacity of
international lines has rapidly become insufficent and an upgrade of
existing lines and set up of reasonable backup solutions is being
sought.  Internetworking  is  rapidly  spreading  and   good  IP
connectivity   is considered as  the first  priority by  the national
academic  network organisations.

     All the countries considered have at the present time some (often
more than one) connection to international networks. Certain coun
tries
have  only  a dial-up  e-mail  connectivity,  others  have  low or
medium speed
 leased lines.  The present state of international leased
lines to ECE countries is represented on the map in Appendix A.

     RIPE broadly  contributes to  this rapid  evolution by  technical
advice and by coordination efforts.


     2.1 Albania

     Curently  an  electronic  mail  connection  exists  between   the
University of Tirana and the Internet.  The gateway and relay function
resides at CNUCE, Pisa, Italy.

Contact Persons:
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 3                   19 Dec 1993


Maksim Raco <maksi@dinf.uniti.al>               - University of Tirana
Francesco Gennai <francesco.gennai@cnuce.cnr.it> - CNUCE, Pisa, Italy


     2.2 Estonia

     Estonia works in close co-operation  with NORDUnet in setting  up
external IP links.   Currently  a  64  kbits/s IP  satellite  link  is
operational between Tallin and Stockholm, and between  Tartu and
Stockholm. These lines connect  the Baltic  backbone network (BaltNet)
to the rest of the Internet. Another 19.2 kbit/s IP line is operational
between Tallin and Helsinki.

     Inside Estonia IP links are currently planned between the Institute
of Cybernetics and the University of Technology in Tallin and the Tartu
University.

  Contact persons:

  Ants Work <ants@ioc.ew.su>          - Institute of Cybernetics, Tallinn



     2.3 Latvia

     An international 14.4 kbit/s IP line connects the Institute of
Informatics and Computer Science of Latvian University in Riga to the
Institute of  Cybernetics in Tallin, Estonia. This line is part of the
Baltic backbone network (BaltNet). Other networks active in Latvia have
only dial-up connections (FidoNet to Tallin and Helsinki, RELCOM to
Moscow).

    Inside Latvia X25 services are available from the public X25 network
Latpak and Sprint, UUCP services are available from JET and Versia, who
are the Latvian partners of RELCOM-EUnet. FidoNet also is very active.

Contact persons:

Guntis Barzdins <gbarzdin@cs.lu.riga.lv>  - BaltNet
Ugis Berzins <ugis@fidogate.riga.lv>  - Bal
tNet
Sergei Rotanov <rotanov@lumii.lat.su>  - Institute of Electronics
Sergey Dmitrijev <dmit@lynx.riga
.lv>  - JET (RELCOM Riga)

(Note from RB: Egons Bush <egons@castle.riga.lv> and his father,
Harlis <harry@castle.riga.lv> have been very much involved in
bringing the Internet to Latvia.  The elder Mr. Bush is advisor to the
President of the Bank of Latvia and was instrumental in putting an
IP node in that institution.)


     2.4 Lithuania

     A dial-up EUnet  connection exists between  Vilnius and  Helsinki
(Finland).  A 9.6 kbit/s X.25 link, used for X.400 electronic mail and
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 4                   19 Dec 1993


sponsored  by  Norwegian  Telecom, exists  between  Vilnius  and  Oslo
(Norway).

Contact persons:

Laimutis Telksnys <telksnys@ma-mii.lt.su>
                                  - Institute for Mathematics, Vilnius
Algirdas Pakstas <Algirdas.Pakstas@idt.unit.no>
                                  - Institute for Mathematics, Vilnius

     The Baltic states are coordinated  within the BaltNet body  which
plans to build a backbone connecting  Baltic states with NORDUnet.   A
LISTSERV mailing list exists for this purpose at
(NORDBALT@searn.sunet.se).



     2.5 Bulgaria

     A switched international X.25 connection connects the Bulgarian
EARN  node in Sofia to Linz  (Austria).   A  dial-up connection over
public  X.25 connects  the  Bulgarian EUnet via the  backbone node in
Varna to  the Internet  via  the  EUnet node  in Heraklion (Greece).
This connection will be converted to IP/X25 and will be the first IP
connection in Bulagaria. Coordination between both projects, resulting
in  a shared fixed IP connection,  is under study.

     Several  tens  of EUnet  sites  are now connected  over dial-up
links to the national EUnet backbone.  A public X25 service is available
to  a  limited  extent.   EARN  services  have  been  opened recently at
Sofia University  but no gateway  exists between the  two services yet.

Contact persons:

Daniel Kalchev <daniel@danbo.bg>    - EUnet backbone manager  BG,

       contact for BG. top level domain
Anton Velichkov <vam@bgearn.bitnet> - EARN president for Bulgaria
Alexander Simeonov <sasho@bgearn.bitnet>
- Center for Informatics, Sofia

     2.6 Commonwealth of Independent States.

     Dial-up connections  between  Helsinki, Finland  and  Amsterdam,
Netherlands on the one  hand, and Moscow on  the other hand  connect
the RELCOM network in Russia and a few other former USSR republics  to
the Internet. Currently the  services consist of electronic mail  and
Network News. A medium speed IP line to Amsterdam is planned in the near
future. Recently another 14.4 kbit/s IP link has been put between
Moscow and AlterNet (USA). On this link only SMTP traffic is allowed. A
4.8  kbit/s leased line between  Moscow and DESY in Hamburg, Germany,
supporting  IP, delivers  HEPnet services  to two  research institutes
in  Moscow. Low  speed links  between  Moscow  and  ESOC (Germany) and
CNES (France) serve the space physics community.  All existing IP links
to CIS have full connectivity only to the European part of  Internet.
The 9.6  kbit/s leased  line from  Moscow to  Copenhagen, Denmark which
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 5                   19 Dec 1993


used to connect  the  EARN node in  Moscow  to  the EARN/BITNET
network has been replaced by a dial-up link to Stockholm due to funding
problems.

     A  considerable  effort undertaken by the RELCOM networking
organization  has brought  e-mail connectivity  to  several thousands
sites all over the  former  Soviet Union.   The growth  of  the  network
was 400%  a year.  RELCOM  has been operating some IP links in
the Moscow and St. Petersburg areas and some other places (Novosibirsk,
Barnaul in Altai). Other national IP connections are expected to connect
Ukraine, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Far East and other regions in order
to set up the kernel of a nationwide IP backbone. The whole network has
some 60  regional centres,  some of  which connect  more than  500
sites.  RELCOM's international traffic is split over two dial-up lines,
one to the Finish EUnet backbone and one the central EUnet
 node in
Amsterdam. Both operate as gateways on  application level. The rapidly
growing volume of international mail traffic makes the need for a med
ium
speed IP channel to Europe urgent.  Part of the international
traffic is carried by the filtered IP line to AlterNet.

     The first EARN node started its operation in Moscow late in 1991,
but proliferation of EARN  services is still expected. An e-mail gateway
now exists between RELCOM DEMOS and SUEARN. SUEARN also provides the
international mail relay services for FREENET, a national research IP
network which interconnects some 45 institutes of the Academy of Sciences
mostly in the Moskow area with international connections to Jaroslavl
and Baku.

     The current situation has been badly affected by the split of
RELCOM into two independent entities (RELCOM RelTeam Ldt. and RELCOM
DEMOS). Each of them holds a part of CIS network users and part of
international  connectivity. While RELCOM RelTeam Ldt. has inherited
RELCOM's membership in EUnet, RELCOM DEMOS seems to position itself as a
partner of AlterNet in CIS. Negotiations are still underway to find a
cooperative  approach to national and international connectivity.


Contact persons:

Valery Bardin <fox@ussr.eu.net>           - EUnet - RELCOM
Misha Popov <popov@hq.demos.su>           - EUnet - RELCOM Demos
Andrej Mendkovich <mend@suearn2.bitnet>   - CIS EARN director
Nickolay M.Saukh <nms@ussr.eu.net>        - EUnet - RELCOM
Igor Sviridov <sia%lot.cs.kiev.ua@relay.ussr.eu.net> - EUnet -
Ukraine contact.
Oleg Tabarovsky <olg@ussr.eu.net>         - EUnet - RELCOM
Dima Volodin <dvv@hq.demos.su>            - EUnet - RELCOM Demos



     2.7 Czechoslovakia

     A 64 kbit/s  IP link  between  Prague and  Linz  (Austria)  is
operational today.   The line is full IP carying general IP, EARN and
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 6                   19 Dec 1993


Czech EUnet traffic. A second link, 14.4 kbit/s between Bratislava and
Vienna is shared  between EUnet  traffic and  general IP  traffic and
IXI.

(Note from RB, The IP link out of Prague was transferred from Lin
z to the
University of Vienna in November, 1992.)

The upgrade of this link to 64 kbit/s is planned for the near future.
Both links connect into the upcoming
national academic backbone networks
CESNET (Czech Educational and Scientific Network) and SANET (Slovak
Academic Network). Both networks are interconnected with IP links with
the aggregate capacity of 28.8 kbit/s (19.2 kbit/s IP link between Prague
and Banska Bystrica and 9.6 kbit/s Prague-Bratislava).

     Both CESNET and SANET are now setting up national backbone
infrastructures  connecting major academic towns in the country. 64
kbit/s lines are used  wherever available and considered necessary, 19.2
kbit/s on all other links. The first protocol supported is IP.  Connected
to the backbones are appearing metropolitan networks in major cities.

    The major coordinating bodies are CESNET and SANET where universities
as well as Academy of Sciences, EARN and EUnet are represented. A good
cooperation exists between both separately funded projects as well as
between ACOnet, EARN, EUnet, WIN, INRIA France and others.


Contact persons:

Jaroslav Bobovsky <bobovsky@csearn.bitnet> - SANET
Gejza Buechler <gejza@mff.uniba.cs>  - EUnet backbone manager CS
Karol Fabian <Karol.Fabian@uakom.cs> - SANET
Jan  Gruntorad  <tkjg@csearn.bitnet> - EARN director for Czechoslovakia
                                       and CESNET coordinator
Vladimir Kassa <kassa@iaccs.cs>      - SANET
Jiri Orsag <ors@vscht.cs>            - CS NIC and EUnet Prague
Peter  Pronay  <peter@mff.uniba.cs>  - president of EUnet
Czechoslovakia
Pavel Rosendorf <prf@csearn.bitnet>  - contact for .CS top level domain
Ivo Smejkal <ivo@vse.cs>             - CESNET - user services
Milan Sterba <Milan.Sterba@vse.cs>   - author of this report, CESNET

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_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare NFS version 1.2 & FLeX/IP version 1.2
_______________________________________________________________________________


"FTAM.REL" located on NOVLIB LIB2, contains the press release announcing that
Novell is licensing the NetWare FTAM product to Firefox Communications, Inc.
Firefox will act as a strategic partner with Novell to provide customers with
further development, marketing and support of the NetWare FTAM (File Transfer
Access and Management) product.


The Application Note "NetWare NFS Bidirectional Printing", is in the
December 1992 edition of the Novell Application Notes.  (Novell Application
Notes can be acquired through the Product Literature Department by calling
800-377-4136, or 303-297-2725, or FAXing to 303-294-0930.  The retail price
for an annual subscription is $95.)


The Application Note "Mapping Between UNIX Permissions and NetWare Rights in
NetWare NFS", is in the February 1993 edition of the Novell Application Notes.
(Novell Application Notes can be acquired through the Product Literature
Department by calling 800-377-4136, or 303-297-2725, or FAXing to
303-294-0930.  The retail price for an annual subscription is $95.)


"FLX135.ZIP" located on NOVLIB LIB8, incorporates all the latest fixes as well
as product enhancements in the following areas:
     1. XCONSOLE vt100/vt220 support.
     2. XCONSOLE supports 24 line display.
     3. PLPD recognizes special banner page suppression requests.
     4. PLPD recognizes special banner and trailing formfeed suppression
        requests.
     5. PLPD supports "lprm" removal of the current print job.
     6. LPR_GWY fixes a servr crash problem when trying to print to a
        remote host.
     7. LPR_GWY handles "T" and "H" flags properly.
     8. Update LP print client software for SCO and ISC.
See instructions and details on how to apply this patch in the file
FLX135.TXT, that is in "FLX135.ZIP".


"NFSGWY.REL" located on NOVLIB LIB2, contains the press announcement for the
NetWare NFS GateWay product.   The NetWare NFS GateWay product is an
NFS client NLM solution that runs on the NetWare 3.11 fileserver.  This will
allow NetWare NFS to mount disk resources on remote NFS UNIX hosts.

This will allow IPX workstations to log into the 3.11 fileserver, and by
changing directory locations to a NetWare directory that is mapped to a
directory location on a UNIX host, you can transparently access resources
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 10                  19 Dec 1993


on UNIX hosts.  (For more information, refer to the press announcement listed
above.  To place orders, call 800-UPDATE1 (801-568-8737) or 800-NETWARE
(801-429-5588)).


"USLPRT.TXT" located in NOVLIB LIB8, is a document describing the step-by-step
procedure to configure bi-directional printing between the NetWare NFS
fileserver and USL System V Relaease 4.2 systems.


"TCPCNI.ZIP" located in NOVLIB LIB8, contains demonstration programs used in
NetWare TCP/IP (605) and NetWare NFS (610) CNI classes.  MAKERIP.EXE and
RIP.EXE have been updated to work on LWP 4.1.  The lockfile program has been
compiled on a S5R4 system.


"NFS12B.REL" located on NOVLIB LIB 2, contains the press release announcing
a five-user version of NFS as well as a no-cost upgrade for existing NetWare
NFS 1.2 customers to the latest version, NetWare NFS v1.2B.  (The NFS v1.2B
upgrade incorporates all NFS patches to date, such as NFS113.ZIP and
NFS114.ZIP).

The new version adds compatiblility with Novell's recently announced
MultiProtocol Router v2.0 and LAN WorkGroup products.  This no-cost upgrade
will be available February 1, 1993.  Customers will be responsible for
shipping and handling fees.  For additional information on this upgrade,
domestic customers should contact their Novell Gold, Platinum or UNIX Master
reseller or call 1-800-NETWARE.  Customers outside the U.S. should call
801-429-5533.


CLIB Rev D is the latest official CLIB.NLM that is bundled with the OS
security patch.  This patch is located on NetWire, GO NOVFILES, NetWare
Security Files and the file is called "SECSYS.EXE".  (Only customers who
have problems with CLIB Rev C and NetWare NFS 1.2A should get this CLIB
update.  Swapping the CLIB.NLM on the fileserver is not encouraged if no
problem is being noted).


"NFSPRT.TXT" is the NetWare bidirectional printing AppNote located on NOVLIB
LIB 8.  This AppNote discusses the bidirectional printing subsystem in
NetWare NFS and FLeX/IP.  This subsystem allows for printing from NetWare
clients to UNIX printers, and from UNIX clients to NetWare printers.  After
giving an architectureal overview of the major components, the AppNote
presents a tutorial on how to configure NetWare NFS and FLeX/IP, and the
various UNIX host software.


"NFS12J.REL" located on NOVLIB LIB2, contains the press release for the
Japanese version of Novell's NetWare NFS product.


"FLEX.REL" located in NOVLIB LIB2, contains the press release for the NetWare
FLeX/IP product.


DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 11                  19 Dec 1993


NetWare 3.11 OS Patches required for NFS:
----------------------------------------
GETSEFIX.ZIP - If security equivalence's exceed 31 levels, the server will
hang on any NFS operation.  (The fix is from  Novell Provo and has been
uploaded to NETWIRE NOVFILES in a file called 311pt*.zip)

DOSUNFIX.ZIP - Address a file renaming problem that crashes the server.
(The fix is from Novell Provo and has been uploaded to NetWire NOVFILES in a
file called 311pt*.zip)

VPR31X.ZIP - An enhanced version of VREPAIR.NLM has been made available in
NOVLIB LIB 6.

REMFILIX..ZIP - There is a file deletion problem from the NetWare OS that
may cause the fileserver to crash.  (The fix is from Novell Provo and has
been uploaded to NetWire NOVFILES, in the 311pt*.zip file).


_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare TCP/IP version 1.0
_______________________________________________________________________________

"IPCFG.ZIP" located in NOVLIB LIB8, addresses the issue of not being
able to do static routing if TCPIP.NLM (v1.0x) is updated to v2.02 using the
SNMP Agent Update (v2.0) disk.  IPCONFIG.NLM (v2.02) should be used with
TCPIP.NLM (v2.02).

The Application Note "Installing and Configuring NetWare TCP/IP on a
NetWare 3.11 Server",  is in the March 1993 edition of the Novell Application
Notes.  (Novell Application Notes can be acquired through the Product
Literature Department by calling 800-377-4136, or 303-297-2725, or FAXing to
303-294-0930.  The retail price for an annual subscription is $95.)


"TCPCNI.ZIP" located in NOVLIB LIB8, contains demonstration programs used in
NetWare TCP/IP (605) and NetWare NFS (610) CNI classes.  MAKERIP.EXE and
RIP.EXE have been updated to work on LWP 4.1.  The lockfile program has been
compiled on a S5R4 system.


"NWTCP.TXT" located on NOVLIB LIB8, discusses installation, configuration,
and trouble shooting NetWare TCP/IP.


"FTAM115.ZIP" in NOVLIB LIB8, updates NetWare FTAM v1.2 Rev A to NetWare
FTAM v1.2 Rev B.  It is updated to offer US GOSIP 1.0 compliance and
additional functionality.


"TCP101.ZIP" in NOVLIB LIB8, addresses the following issues:
      1) Fixes a problem in IP tunnel when IP packets were fragmented in the
         tunnel.
      2) Fixes a bug in TPI that caused the server to crash when TCP received
         an urgent update.
      3) Checks for proper specification of subnet mask during the "BIND IP"
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 12                  19 Dec 1993


         command line and prints out warning messages.
     4 ) The read.me file includes some Warnings and Documentation Notes that
         also apply to TCP/IP v1.01.
(Note: Patch "TCP101.ZIP" supersedes the previous patch "IPT112.ZIP")


_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare MultiProtocol Router version 2.0 & WAN Links 2.0
_______________________________________________________________________________


"MPR141.ZIP" located on NOVLIB LIB8, fixes the problem of the NetWare server
abending when installing MPR v2.0 or WAN Links v2.0 from the B drive.


"IPCFG.ZIP" located in NOVLIB LIB8, addresses the issue of not being able to
do static routing if TCPIP.NLM (v1.0x) is updated to v2.02 using the SNMP Agent
Update (v2.0) disk.  IPCONFIG.NLM (v2.02) should be used with TCPIP.NLM (v2.02).


The Application Note "Installing and Configuring NetWare TCP/IP on a
NetWare 3.11 Server", is in the March 1993 edition of the Novell Application
Notes.  (Novell Application Notes can be acquired through the Product
Literature Department by calling 800-377-4136, or 303-297-2725, or FAXing
to 303-294-0930.  The retail price for an annual subscription is $95.)


"TCPCNI.ZIP" located in NOVLIB LIB8, contains demonstration programs used in
NetWare TCP/IP (605) and NetWare NFS (610) CNI classes.  MAKERIP.EXE and
RIP.EXE have been updated to work on LWP 4.1.  The lockfile program has been
compiled on a S5R4 system.


"NWTCP.TXT", on NOVLIB LIB8, discusses installation, configuration, and
trouble shooting NetWare TCP/IP.


"PTF356.ZIP", WAN Links Maintenance.  This file is the maintenance PTF for
NetWare WAN Links that is located on NOVLIB LIB9 and is required:
    1. When using WAN Links with NetWare for SAA 1.3 or later.
    2. If testing with a null modem cable.
    3. When running diagnostic tests with "LCP Discard Requests".
    4. To solve a protocol rejection problem.


"MPR.REL" located on NOVLIB LIB2, contains the press release called for MPR
v2.0.


_______________________________________________________________________________

LAN Workplace Product Group
_______________________________________________________________________________

DOS
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 13                  19 Dec 1993


LD401A.ZIP is a super patch for users of LWP 4.01.  The patch includes
updates for TCPIP, TELAPI, TNVT220, WLIBSOCK and RCFNBIOS.  This is available
in NOVLIB Lib 8 on NetWire.

LWP41H.ZIP is a new file available to LWP 4.1 customers on NetWire.  This
file includes several changes in the TCPIP.EXE, TNVT220.EXE, RCFNBIOS.EXE,
INSTALL.EXE, PRESENTR.EXE, WLIBSOCK.DLL, and WFTPFS.DLL files.  This file
can be found on CSERVE in NOVLIB Lib 8.

LWP41.TXT is a document which summarizes the technical features of LWP 4.1
and the new LAN Workgroup.  This file is available to all customers on
NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 8.

LWPWGW.TXT details instructions for configuring LWP DOS to work with Windows
for WorkGroups.  This is available on NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 8. (Updated in
April)

LWPUDK.TXT is a text file for key mapping.  The user defined keys feature
allows customers to program keys in Host Presenter and TNVT220.  This file
helps customers who are having problems and guides them through the process
with examples.

LWPRNT.TXT provides printing information for LAN WorkPlace for Dos users.
This was recently updated April 93 to reflect the current LWP v4.1.


MAC

HSTACC.SIT fixes the 32-bit memory problem with LAN Workplace for MAC FTP.
This is found in Library 8 on NetWire.

NFS client

No current patches.

OS/2

OS2P1.ZIP is the patch for version 3.0 which includes updates for FTP.EXE,
FTPD.EXE and DIRECTORY.EXE.  This is located in NOVLIB Lib 8.

LWPOS2.TXT is an installation query file for LWP for OS/2 v3.0, modified to
work with OS/2 v2.1.

TN3270

TN3270.ZIP upgrades TN3270 for LWP v3.13a to v4.04.


_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare MHS version 1.5
_______________________________________________________________________________

M15BN4.ZIP repairs several problems in MHS 1.5N RevB including the requirement
problems for active COM ports if the modem is disabled along with INET
connection problems and the recent Runtime Math Error with 486 high powered
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 14                  19 Dec 1993


machines.

M15BP4.ZIP repairs several problems in MHS 1.5P RevB including the requirement
problems for active COM ports if the modem is disabled along with INET
connection problems and Runtime Math Error problem.

M15CN4.ZIP repairs several problems in MHS 1.5CN RevB including the
requirement problem for active COM port if the modem is disabled along with
INET connection problems and Runtime Math Error problem.

M15CP4.ZIP repairs several problems in MHS 1.5CP RevB including the
requirement problem for active COM port if the modem is disabled along with
INET connection problems and Runtime Math Error problem.

HULTRA.ZIP is the latest modem driver for the Hayes Ultra 9600bps modem for
use with MHS v1.5 RevB.  This file corrects the problem with transfer of large
non-ASCII attachments.

ED15PB.ZIP is the patch for MHS v1.5P RevB that corrects the "Bad Expiry
Date Header" when upgrading messages from SMF-64 to SMF-70.

ED15PC.ZIP is the patch for MHS v1.5PC RevB that corrects the "Bad Expiry
Date Header: when upgrading messages from SMF-64 to SMF-70 along with the
problem found outside of the U.S. using 7-bit data via CompuServe.

ED15NB.ZIP is the patch for MHS v1.5N RevB that corrects the "Bad Expiry
Date Header" when upgrading messages from SMF-64 to SMF-70.

ED15NC.ZIP is the patch for MHS v1.5NC RevB hat corrects the "Bad Expiry
Date Header: when upgrading messages from SMF-64 to SMF-70 along with the
problem found outside of the U.S. using 7-bit data via CompuServe.

MHSMDM.ZIP file includes the new modem drivers supported in MHS 1.5 Rev B.
This is available on NetWire in Library 8.

V15B-N.ZIP and V15B-P.ZIP are the MHS 1.5 Rev B upgrade files for both the
Network and Personal versions of MHS.  These files include bug fixes and
minor enhancements for MHS 1.5 Rev A.

MHSALL.REL announced the unification of nearly two dozen independent
software developers committed to ensure the highest degree of NetWare
MHS-based software interoperability among different vendors.  This is
available on NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 2.

MHSDEV.REL discusses the three new products available to facilitate the
development of messagings applications software.  The three products are
NetWare Standard Message Format (SMF) v71 Programmer's Reference, the
NetWare SMF v71 Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for MHS and NetWare Basic
MHS.  This can also be found on NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 2.


_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare Global MHS
_______________________________________________________________________________

DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 15                  19 Dec 1993


NGM137.ZIP is the upgrade of NGM 1.x customers to v2.0.  This file contains
support for passive servers, improved modem support, mail notification, and
security enhancements.  It is available via NetWire (Lib 8), Library@Novell,
and Novell's anonymous FTP site.

NGMMDM.TXT is a text file listing all currently supported modems in Global
MHS v2.0.   This list was compiled from the readme.doc file which is included
with version 2.0.  This file is available on NetWire and at Library@Novell.

MHS_40.TXT is the "White Paper" which discusses the relationship between
Global MHS and NetWare 4.0.  This technical document answers questions on
directory synchronization and well as many others for customers interested
in running GMHS and NW 4.0 together.  This is available on NetWire in
NOVLIB Lib 8 and at Library@Novell.

NGM121.ZIP upgrades NGM v1.0 to v1.00b.  It also resolves the problems with
async connection disconnects when the NGM server is sending and receiving on
multiple inbound and outbound async connections simultaneously, and the disk
space problem.  This file can be found on NetWire on NOVLIB Lib8.

NWNGM.REL is the official Novell press release regarding NetWare Global
Messaging.  The release includes detailed product information along with
optional protocol module capabilities and pricing issues.  All press releases
can be found in NOVLIB Lib2.

MHSALL.REL announced the unification of nearly two dozen independent software
developers committed to ensure the highest degree of NetWare MHS-based
software interoperability among different vendors.  This is available on
NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 2.

MHSDEV.REL discusses the three new products available to facilitate the
development of messagings applications software.  The three products are
NetWare Standard Message Format (SMF) v71 Programmer's Reference, the
NetWare SMF v71 Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for MHS and NetWare Basic
MHS.  This can also be found on NetWire in NOVLIB Lib 2.

MHS.REL announced the upgrade to NetWare Global MHS (previously NetWare
Global Messaging) server.  The new version is 2.0 and also includes
FirstMail for DOS and MAC platforms.  This release can be found on NetWire
in NOVLIB Lib 2.

NGM138.EXE is the upgrade of SNADS v1.0RevA to RevB.  This is for the users
with the unlimited version of the SNADS protocol module which works with
Global MHS.

NGM139.EXE is the upgrade of SNADS v1.0RevA to RevB, for 10-user package.
This is the protocol module which works with Global MHS.

GLBMHS.TXT is a text document provided for end users who are encountering
problems when installing GMHS v2.0.  This includes the correct dates and
version needed of modules used when installing.

____________________________________________________________________________

LANalyzer for Windows (LZFW) v2.0
_______________________________________________________________________________
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 16                  19 Dec 1993


"LZW143.ZIP" located on NOVLIB LIB8, contains the current certified
promiscuous mode ODI drivers that will run with LANalyzer for Windows (LZFW)
v2.0.


Novell Press has published a book entitled "Novell's Handbook of NetWare
Systems LAN Analysis Release Information" by Laura Chappell.  The book is
available in most major bookstores world wide, and the ISBN# is 0-7821-1143-2.
To order from SYBEX, call 800-227-2346 or 510-523-8233.


"LZFW.REL" on NOVLIB LIB2, discusses Novell announcing LANalyzer for Windows
(LZFW) v2.0, previously called LANalyzer for NetWare (LZFN).  This product
includes both automatic problem diagnostic capablities and extensive
interactive network troubleshooting training.  Version 2.0 also supports 4-
and 16-Mbps token ring topologies, decodes TCP/IP traffic, and monitors IPX
and AppleTalk routers.

The only network analyzer running under Windows, this release expands the
product's capabilities by including the NetWare Expert, an intelligent
troubleshooting system that automates analysis functions while training
users in the fundamentals of network diagnostics.


A Novell self-paced LZFN course/student kit which can be acquired through
Authorized Novell Resellers, at a retail price of $99 (part #883-002517-001).
The kit includes:
-  a course workbook
-  a troubleshooting video tape
-  a quick reference card
-  sample trace files


"SQUERY.EXE" located on NOVLIB LIB8, addresses the "Server not responding"
error messages for each server running LZFN on a PC with a system date set
to January 1993.

_______________________________________________________________________________

LSM/LANtern Network Monitor v1.3
_______________________________________________________________________________

Novell Press has published a book entitled "Novell's Handbook of NetWare
Systems LAN Analysis Release Information" by Laura Chappell.  The book is
available in most major bookstores world wide, and the ISBN# is 0-7821-1143-2.
To order from SYBEX, call 800-227-2346 or 510-523-8233.

"LSM119.ZIP" located on NOVLIB LIB 8, is an update to LSM that corrects the
unreadable font problem and Stations/Conversations limitation present with
LSM and Windows 3.1.  This update is compatible with all existing LSM
versions (i.e., 1.0 through 1.3) and will result in the current version of
LSM 1.3B being place on the system.


"LTN120.TXT" located on NOVLIB LIB 8, is the MIB text file for LANtern MIB
v1.3.  From this file, users can compile a LANtern schema file for
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 17                  19 Dec 1993


communication with LANterns from third-party management consoles.


_______________________________________________________________________________

NetWare Managment System (NMS) v1.1
_______________________________________________________________________________

"NMM148.EXE" is located on NOVLIB LIB8.  You can use NetWare Management Map
version 1.15A to upgrade the NMS platform, that is part of the following Novell
products:
     1. Novell NetWare Services Manager v1.1, or
     2. Novell Hub Services Manager v1.0

Changes in NMM v1.15A
     1. From NMM v1.1 to NMM v1.15 - Third party application enabling
        changing to the platform.
     2. NMM v1.15 to NMM 1.15A - Improved Alarm Manager Performance.  Along
        with other bug fixes.



Novell Press has published a book entitled "Novell's Handbook of NetWare
Systems LAN Analysis Release Information" by Laura Chappell.  The book is
available in most major bookstores world wide, and the ISBN# is 0-7821-1143-2.
To order from SYBEX, call 800-227-2346 or 510-523-8233.

_______________________________________________________________________________

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 18                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                                    CLIPPER
================================================================================


                 CLIPPER 5.x    INIT PROCEDURE a EXIT PROCEDURE?


Q:  I'd like to get a few thoughts on the new INIT PROCEDURE and EXIT
    PROCEDURE statements in 5.2: when you should use them, and the
    advantages of using them.  I don't see are the advantages of using
    them over simply calling any initialization functions and exit
    functions that your program needs right from the main module of
    the program.  Aare there advantages to using INIT PROC and
    EXIT PROC rather than doing the following?

       /* Compile with /n option */

       function main
          // variable declarations here, if any
          initfunc1()   // Whatever initialization functions
          initfunc2()   // you need

          /*
          .
          .  main menu of whole program here
          .
          */

          exitfunc1()   // Whatever exit functions
          exitfunc2()   // you need
       return nil

A:  [Don Caton]

    I would always use explicit calls to initfunc1(), ...  and never
    use INIT/EXIT in general purpose application code.  First, this
    clearly documents the fact that these things are being called,
    rather than relying on the system to run them for you.  Second,
    you are insured that the system is fully initialized and stable
    when your code is being run (in the case of INITs).

    INIT and EXIT procedures are best used for 3rd party libraries or
    black-box subsystems that need to do their own setup and/or shutdown
    stuff, and where that stuff does not need to concern the user.

    For example, the RDD's all use INIT procedures to register themselves
    with RDDRegister().  For the most part there's no need for anyone but
    an RDD developer to be concerned with this, so it can be safely
    hidden away in an INIT procedure where it is guaranteed to be
    executed at startup without involving the user of the RDD.

    Also, there is no guarantee of the order in which any INIT procedures
    are going to get executed (with certain exceptions), so by explicitly
    calling your startup routines you are guaranteed that the system will
    be fully initialized at that point.  If something in your startup
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 19                  19 Dec 1993


    routines depended on database access for example, and your INIT got
    run before the RDD's INIT, then your startup code would fail with an
    internal error because you tried to access an unregistered RDD.
    Likewise if you tried to use a 3rd party library that required some
    sort of initialization before its INIT had been run.

    [Jim Schaffner]

    One advantage to the EXIT PROCEDURE is that your error handler need
    not call it explicitly, if your program blows up.  Also, it allows
    you to pull a no-brainer, and not have to explicitly call any
    setup or close-down routines.  I typically run through setup and
    close-down functions in my programs, and these will come in handy
    for me in that regard.  Since the only reason an EXIT PROCEDURE
    wouldn't be called is an unrecoverable error, I can count on my
    exit stuff getting run almost without fail.  Also, the INIT PROCEDURE
    automatically takes the command line parameters that the program
    was started with, so I have an advantage there.

    [Dwayne J. Baldwin]

    In general, explicitly calling your initialization and exit routines
    is the preferred method for one time or custom applications.  This
    way you are in control of the order of the calls, along with
    the error recovery during execution.  If the source is part of a
    library that will be shared by other applications or programmers,
    INIT and EXIT procedures are used so that you don't need to know
    (or to remember) the startup and exit functions.

    The ideal use for INIT and EXIT procedures is when you must
    call special routines, even after a runtime error.  For example,
    an interrupt routine that installs itself must be uninstalled
    before exiting the application.  Short of catastrophic memory
    errors, the application can recover without going into
    *never-never-land*.

    One other use of INIT is for performance of user defined classes.
    Calling the class directly will ensure creation at startup.  This
    can reduce the noticable lag of class instantiation at runtime.
    As well, an EXIT procedure can be used as a class destructor
    if need be.

Q:  I've heard that one disadvantage when using INIT and EXIT is
    that errors encountered within these functions will cause your
    application to simply return to DOS.  The remaining INIT or EXIT
    functions do not get called.  True?

A:  [Robert diFalco]

    Not true.  If you get an error during an INIT PROC it goes to
    your error handler or RECOVER (if you have one). If you exit,
    the app will exit to DOS just like it would if you were in a Clipper
    procedure. The only time an EXIT PROC will not be called is when the
    system has an error that will drop it to DOS anyway. INIT and EXIT
    PROCs are just regular Clipper PROCs that just happen to be called
    by the system instead of you. Everything else, the rules, are the
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 20                  19 Dec 1993


    same. The ERROR system is put into place before any INIT or EXIT
    stuff is called so you have full error recovery control.  As for
    the page 2-395 quote, this is normal. If you have a terminal error
    ever, you are always returned to DOS.

    [Samuel S ElyacharShuster (SAMES)]

    Well, here's why I want to use the exit procedure.  Our application
    Framework needs to create temporary files on the fly.  Instead of
    going through the whole mondo irritation of having to come up
    with my own Unique file nameing, I simply let DOS do it for me,
    or rather Nanforum Toolkit via FT_TempFil().  Once I get the name,
    I put it into a static array.  I do this since I may need to use
    it again, or come back to the file.  Anyway, being a GOOD BOY,
    I have a regular function called KillTempFiles().  It goes through
    the array, and deletes any file that is in there and still on disk.
    Now, at application shut down, our rule is that all of these files
    are no longer needed.  So we just call KillTempFiles().  Fine.
    But wait!  What if the application aborts via ErrorSys?  Instead
    of having to put a call to KillTempFiles into ErrorSys, I can make
    a simple

         exit procedure CleanUp()
            KillTempFiles()
            OtherCleanUp()
         return

    Now, I don't have to have any special processing in ErrorSys, or
    modify it at all, CleanUp is called no matter if I'm exiting the
    application or if I'm exiting via Errorsys.  Up Side?  I don't
    have to add any extra calls, one in the "Main()" another in
    ErrorSys... ANYWHERE!  Anytime I might QUIT, or the User may
    get a "Red Box With Blue Buttons", I didn't think of, and
    does a Break or quit I'm not "Ready" for, my cleanup will be called.

    That's my reason for wanting and loving exit procedures.  I don't
    have a need at this time for the init procedure, however, in
    a Libraried Application Framework what we're using / expanding,
    I can see it'd be cool to have most if not all of our Init stuff
    fire off automatically, instead of currently where we have to
    copy over the standard startup for every new application....

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 21                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                                    Hardware
================================================================================


                              ST - 157N

       UNFORMATTED CAPACITY (MB) ________________N/A
       FORMATTED CAPACITY (26 SECTORS) (MB) _____48.6
       ACTUATOR TYPE ____________________________STEPPER
       TRACKS ___________________________________3,678
       CYLINDERS ________________________________615
       HEADS ____________________________________6
       DISCS ____________________________________3
       MEDIA TYPE _______________________________THIN FILM
       RECORDING METHOD _________________________RLL
       TRANSFER RATE (mbits/sec) ________________7.5
       INTERFACE ________________________________SCSI
       TPI (TRACKS PER INCH) ____________________824
       BPI (BITS PER INCH) ______________________22,430
       AVERAGE ACCESS (ms) ______________________40/28*
       SINGLE TRACK SEEK (ms) ___________________8
       MTBF (power-on hours) ____________________70,000
       POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _2.0
                           +12V TYPICAL (amps) __0.35
                           +5V TYPICAL (amps) ___0.9
                           TYPICAL (watts) ______9
                           MAXIMUM (watts) ______29
       BUFFERED STEP PULSE RATE (micro sec) _____3-200
       WRITE PRECOMP (cyl) ______________________N/A (616)
       REDUCED WRITE CURRENT (cyl) ______________N/A (616)
       LANDING ZONE (cyl)________________________AUTO PARK
       IBM AT DRIVE TYPE ________________________N/A**

       *ST157R-0/ST157R-1
       **MAY REQUIRE PARTITIONING SOFTWARE

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                                    FUJITSU
                              MODEL M2612S/SA/SB
                                JUMPER SETTINGS

    Ŀ
                                                 CNH-1         Ŀ   
                                                 ڿ             S    
                        (Terminator    11 ͵             C    
                             power)        10 ͵             S    
                                            9 ͵             I    
                                            8 ͵            I/F   
                                          7 ͵             C    
                      (Synchronous      6 ͵             O    
                       transfer mode)       5 ͵             N    
                                          4 ͵             N    
                    (SCSI bus parity)   3 ͵             E    
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 22                  19 Dec 1993


                                            2 ͵             C    
                                          1 ͵             T    
                                                              O    
                                                                R    
                                          CNH-2                   
                 (Write protection)     (SCSI ID)                      
                                       ڿ                             
                       (motor control)  9 Ŀ                   
                      Ŀ Ŀ        8     ID-3              
       CNH-4                         7                    
      ڿ              1 2 3 4 5 6        6 Ŀ                   
       1 Ŀ                  5     ID-2         \
       2       п       4                O  
       3 Ĵ           3 Ŀ                  
                                      2     ID-1          O  
                                        1                   
    (Self-diagnostic switch)                                     O  
                                                         (Power       
                                                      connector)   O  
    /

Jumpers:                                  CNH-3 Motor Control
CNH-1 SCSI bus parity                           Started by
      Enabled     1 2   x                       power on      4 5  x
      Disabled    2 3                           Started by
                                                command       5 6
CNH-1 Synchronous transfer mode           CNH-2 SCSI ID
      Enabled     4 5   x                       Bit-0 Enable  1 2
      Disabled    5 6                                 Disable 2 3  x
                                                Bit-1 Enable  4 5
CNH-3 Write protection                                Disable 5 6  x
      Enable      2 3                           Bit-2 Enable  7 8
      Disable     1 2   x                             Disable 8 9  x
CNH-4 Self-Diagnostic Mode
      Self-Test mode    1 2   x
      Normal mode       2 3
Terminator Power should be supplied from the Bus unless otherwise specified.

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                                  MICROPOLIS
                                  Model 1374A
                                JUMPER SETTINGS

   Ŀ  Ŀ  Ŀ
  Ŀ                                                  
  J2                                                          
                                                              
                                                              
  == W9 BUS Parity Check Option                               
  == W3 Spindle Control    Ŀ        
  == ID2Ŀ                  SCSI ID  ID2 ID1 ID0         
  == ID1 SCSI ID         ͵        
  == ID0                   *  0    out out out         
  ͵                            1    out out  in         
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 23                  19 Dec 1993


  S                            2    out  in out         
  C    Ŀ                      3    out  in  in         
  S                           4     in out out         
  I                            5     in out  in         
                              6     in  in out         
  C     Interface          7     in  in  in         
  O        Terminators           
  N                       W3 Spindle Control                 
  N                         in = Wait for start command     
  E                     * out = Spin on power-on           
  C                                                          
  T                        W9 BUS Parity Check                
  O  Ŀ                     in = NO Parity                 
  R    Ŀ__ W2          * out = Parity Enabled            
       Ĵ__ W1 *                                          
            (Circuit Board component side)            
                    Ŀ                    Ŀ          
       

   Ŀ
                      (back view)                              
                                                               
          J3                                                   
       /\                                               
       o o o oĿ                                        
            Pin 1
    (power connector)                                        
                                                             
      Ŀ                                     
                 Ŀ 
                   SCSI CONNECTOR        J1        
         
            J2                                                 
   

* = FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS


                              23 25 27
                           Ŀ
                                                   
                     J2                            
                           
                              24 26 28

      Jumper J2 pins 23 - 28 are used to interface the drive to a user-
supplied operator panel.
    Ŀ
     Pin    FUNCTION                                       
    ͵
     23         Logic Ground                               
     24         Not Used                                   
     25         Write Protect input.  Logic ground         
                disables writing and lights the Write      
                protect LED.                               
     26         Ready Output.  Logic ground indicates the  
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 24                  19 Dec 1993


                drive is Ready and lights the READY LED.   
     27         +5V source for the LEDs                    
     28         Power Fail Detector input (from host       
                system).  Logic ground warns the drive of  
                a pending power loss.  The drive will      
                attempt to terminate operations before the 
                power loss occurs.                         
                                                           
    

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 25                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                                      OS/2
================================================================================


                         OS/2 2.1 strun pehled

 Cl OS/2 2.1 je monost pouit irok ady PC aplikac, spolehliv a na
 velkm rozsahu PC hardware. OS/2 2.1 je zaloen na OS/2 2.0, kter poskytoval
 vyspl 32bitov multilohov operan systm pro IBM a IBM kompatibiln
 potae a monost spoutt DOS, Windows 3.0 a OS/2 aplikace.

 OS/2 2.1 spoutjc DOS, Windows 3.1 a OS/2 aplikace

 OS/2 2.1 poskytuje zsadn zlepen v tchto tech oblastech:

  Zlepen podpora aplikac
  - Windows 3.1 aplikace (vetn multimdilnch)  s WIN-OS/2 3.1.
  - OS/2 multimediln aplikace, Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 (MMPM/2) 1.1
  Vylepen Operan systm
  - 32-bitov grafick prosted Presentation Manager
  - Zlepen vkonnosti, specieln v WIN-OS/2 prosted
  - Dkladn optimalizace kdu a odstrann ady chyb od vydn OS/2 2.0
  ir podpora hardware
  - Instalace OS/2 2.1 mon z CD-ROM
  - OS/2 2.1 je dodvn pedinstalovn na mnoha potach
  - Dodaten SCSI adie a CD-ROM disky
  - 32-bitov sdlen PM a WIN-OS/2 obrazov adie pro XGA, XGA-2,
    8514/A, VGA a mnoho SVGA adi
  - Dodaten definice tiskren pro PM a WIN-OS/2
  - APM a PCMCIA podpora pro laptop a notebook potae

 Nkter z tchto funkc byly pedstaveny ji v prbnch vydn OS/2 2.00.1
 a Service Pak XR06055 pro OS/2 2.0. Nicmn, vtina z dodatk zde uvedench
 je zcela nov v OS/2 2.1.

 OS/2 2.1 Balen

 OS/2 2.1 je UPGRADE k OS/2 2.0, a mlo by bt zaznamenno jako vylepen a
 nhrada pro OS/2 2.0.

 Sice je mon pokraovat s OS/2 2.0 (spolen s Service Pak XR06055
 for OS/2 2.0) a dodvat pozdj APAR opravy, OS/2 2.1 poskytuje rozenou
 a stabiln zkladnu pro budoucnost a je doporueno pro vechny OS/2 2.0,
 OS/2 2.00.1 a OS/2 2.0 (s Service Pak XR06055 for OS/2 2.0) uivatele si
 zajistit zmnu.

 OS/2 2.1 je vyrbno a prodvno ve tech rozdlnch balench. Vechny
 balen obsahuj toton funkce:

   Pln balen  - Mlo by bt pouito pro uivatele majc OS/2 nebo DOS
                  (s nebo bez Windows) instalovan na jejich systmech:
                  Je dodvno ve tech monch formtech:
                   3.5" diskety
                   5.25" diskety
                   CD-ROM
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 26                  19 Dec 1993


                CD-ROM balen t obsahuje dv 3.5" instalan diskety a
                dv 5.25" instalan diskety, kter jsou poteba pro
                zkladn start OS/2 2.1.

   Upgrade balen  - Toto balen by mlo bt pouito uivateli majcmi
                     OS/2 nebo DOS (s nebo bez Windows) instalovan. Pi
                     instalaci tto verze, OS/2 2.1 bude kontrolovat kter
                     opearn systm je prv instalovn. Pokud operan
                     sysstm nen instalovn, OS/2 se odmtne instalovat.
                     UPGRADE balen je dostupn t ve tech formch jako
                     pln balen.
   Pedinstalovan
   balen          - Toto balen bude instalovno na mnoha potach IBM
                     a ostatnch PC vrobc.
                     Pedinstalovan systm zarhnuje programy pro vytvoen
                     startovatelnch sluebnch disket, deinstlaci OS/2 a
                     konfigurace systmu. Sluebn diskety jsou pro podporu
                     systmu v ppad problmu kdy nen mon systm spustit
                     normln.
                     Ochrann kopie disket jsou obas dodvny s nktermi
                     systmy ale toto je znan zvisl na zemi pvodu.

 Pechod z OS/2 2.0 na OS/2 2.1 nen zdarma, licenn poplatek mus bt
 zaplacen za kadou kopii OS/2 2.1,

Pro pln a UPGRADE balen je nutn zakoupit licence. Pro pedinstalovan
systmy je licence zahrnuta v cen hardware.
Veejn beta verze OS/2 2.1 byly vydny v roce 1992 a 1993. Licenn dohoda
tchto verz vyprela v okamiku dostupnosti OS/2 2.1 a jakkoliv zbvajc
kopie beta-test verz mus bt zamnny za licenn kopie OS/2 2.1

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 27                  19 Dec 1993


                           OS/2 a HRY!!!!!!!!!!!

F15 STRIKE EAGLE 3:

--reported to run fine by several people (make sure that DOS_UMB is
   set to off, and try giving the game at least 64k XMS and several
   MB EMS).


F17:

--reported to run fine.


FALCON 3.0:

--several patches have been put out for this game.  I believe that there
 have been four, with patch 'd' being the latest and the one which
 lets the soundblaster work the best.  Check comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
 for details.  One person said that the mission disk (Operation
        Flying Tiger) also has a patch available that fixes minor problems.
--one user reported that he needed to have the HW_TIMER set to OFF or
 the game hung.  But when he set it to OFF the screen updates were
 excruciatingly slow.

--there have been several reports of an error when the program tries
  to read the file sound.bnk.  The solution seems to be to delete (or
  rename) sound.bnk, then go into the CONFIG screen and reenable the
  sound.  This will produce sound, but the voice you hear over the
  radio will not work correctly.  One person emailed me about this
  problem to say that he thinks it is HPFS related; when he installed
  the game on an FAT partition the problem wasn't
there, but when he
  moved the game to an HFPS partition the problem came back.  He said
  he was unable to get the voices to work.



FPS FOOTBALL:

--reported to run fine, though a bit jerky [user said he needed to
   fine tune the settings though].


GALACTIX:

--reported to run fine, though the person said his joystick (a Gravis
   Gamepad hooked to Soundblaster Pro port) tended to lose sync and
   would drift.


GLOBAL DILEMMA:

--one user made the following observation:

   Well, here's one for the "better DOS than DOS" department: I just
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 28                  19 Dec 1993


   noticed that "Global Dilemma" (or Guns & Butter), which ran just fine on
   my Compaq 386, won't run on my new 486; the AMI Bios doesn't seem to like
   the way the game addresses the keyboard.  That's under real DOS-5.
   In a DOS task under OS/2 it runs just fine.


GUNSHIP 2000:

--reported to run fine.
--one user reported that the game would not install onto an HPFS
 drive.  He was able to install it onto a FAT drive, though.
 He could run the game on an HPFS drive if he copied the
 installed files from his FAT drive to his HPFS drive.


HARPOON GOLD:

--reported to run fine.


HONG KONG MAHJONG:

--one person said it hangs at the opponent selection screen, but he
   found a way to get around this (but he didn't mention how).


HUMANS:

--reported to run fine (be sure to set IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100).


THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE (SIERRA):

--reported to run fine by a couple different people.


INDIANA JONES (FATE OF ATLANTIS):

--reported to run fine by several people.


INDY 500:

--reported to run fine.


JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE GOLF:

--one user reported that he could only run this game to the point that
 he sunk the ball in the first hole, at which point the entire
 machine (not just the game) would freeze forcing a reset (cold
 boot).
--another user responded that the game works fine for him with the
 sounds turned off.


DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 29                  19 Dec 1993


JET FIGHTER II:

--this game is extremely ill-behaved.  According to numerous reports it
   will not run under OS/2, but there is a later version
 that allows
   itself to be run under memory managers (such as QEMM).  I have
   had a number of people email me telling me they couldn't get it
   to run, but one person said the following in response to a
   statement that the game would not run under OS/2:

     Yes, it runs--for me a least. JFII is the absolutly most finicky
     game I've run across.
   1) JFII uses all the video memory (A000-B7FF). Exclude this if necessary.
   2) Disable Video retrace and Video emulation in DOS settings notebook.
   3) Disable DPMI, XMS, EMS memory allocation. This will speed things up.
   4) If you have a DX2-66, you must start game in non-turbo mode to load.


JILL OF THE JUNGLE:

--runs fine.


KING'S QUEST IV:

--reported to run fine.  One person said that for him the keyboard
   buffer would eventually fill up and he couldn't clear it while
   running this game, but I never experience that.


KING'S QUEST V:

--runs fine.


KNIGHTS OF LEGEND:

--runs fine.


LEISURE SUIT LARRY 5:

--one person asked the net how to get this game to run under OS/2;
   no one answered him.  Any more info?


LEMMINGS (see next entry for Lemmings 2):

It is important to have this game configured with HW_TIMER=ON,
VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION=OFF, and to have it configured to run in
a full screen session.

You may also have to install the game under plain DOS if you get a protection
violation under OS/2 during installation (even though it will run under OS/2
after installation).

DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 30                  19 Dec 1993


One user reported that Lemmings wouldn't run except in a "Specific DOS"
session, so if you have troubles try that.  Also, if performance suffers,
or if you have flickering problems, try NOT running the game in "High
Performance PC" mode.


LEMMINGS 2:

--There have been a number of reports that say this game uses some
   type of copy protection that looks either at the boot sector of
   the hard drive, or looks at the bios, and OS/2 kills its attempt
   to do this.
--One person responded to the paragraph above and said:
     I have a friend who installed it and is runn
ing it under OS/2.
     Kind of.  He installed geoworks in a DOS box and the patches
     from hobbes.  He then installed Lemmings from the geoworks
     session(stilling running OS/2) and it worked!  I know he was
     not dual booted because I hit alt-esc and it popped me out to
     the desktop.
--Another poster said:
     I installed and run Lemmings by creating a VM boot image out of the
     install disk.  You still have to leave the diskette in the machine,
     but only until the program starts up.  I can even run it in a window.



LINKS:

--one user posted this helpful notice:

   I have adjusted my Links settings and think that I have the best
   solution for running LINKS under OS/2 2.0.  First, Migrate it to
   the DOS File.  Next, instead of executing the file LINKS.BAT, use
   the SETTINGS to have it run GOLF.EXE with NO optional parameters
   (the /t in LINKS.BAT appears to be for the title screen).  As soon
   as the program starts, select SYSTEM and turn off ALL sounds.  This
   last step will alleviate the slow down immediately after the swing
   as Links tries to create the sound even if HW_SOUND is turned off.
   I also have HW_NO_SOUND set to ON and MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS turned ON.
   This seems to have the game working quite well for me in full screen
   mode.  I hope that it helps others.

--another user said that the game works fine for him in a full screen
 DOS session with full sounds without having to do any of the
 above.


LINKS 386 PRO:

--according to several users there are problems running this game
 under OS/2.  One user called Access Software (1-800-793-8324)
 and was told that a fix would be put out if there was enough
 interest.
--one user said he could play the game by booting DOS in a vdm, but
 the game soon gave an insufficient swap space message and
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 31                  19 Dec 1993


 eventually dumped him back to the DOS prompt.  Apparently the
 game uses its own swap file that doesn't run correctly under
 OS/2.
--another user said it runs for him under OS/2 ok, but with the
        following problems: i
t plays too fast (timing is important,
        so it's harder to play under OS/2), there are occasional
        lockups, and Soundblaster digitized sound will only play
        the first one or two seconds of a given sound.
--one person emailed me and said that the game uses DPMI memory,
        and that was the cause of insufficient memory that people
        were experiencing.  He said to set DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to
        16 MB and you should have no problems.


LOST ADMIRAL:

--one person noted that this game (and other QQP games) will lose the
   mouse pointer under OS/2.


MAGIC CANDLE I:

--runs fine.


MAGIC CANDLE II:

--runs fine in full screen, but you cannot switch away from the session
        and then back to it without getting screen distortion.  Be sure
        you have the updated version that has the mouse driver in it
        for best performance (a sound blaster/Roland board combination
        will not work otherwise).


MARTIAN DREAMS:

--reported to run fine.


MIGHT AND MAGIC II:

--runs fine.  If you have trouble with the keydisk being recognized,
 boot up real DOS in a vdm (see VMDISK in the Command Reference
 for directions on how to do this).


MIGHT AND MAGIC III:

--runs fine with the exception that the digitized intro speech by
 Sheltem at the beginning of the game and another speech toward
        the end of the game will not work with a Soundblaster under
        OS/2.
--this game runs faster under OS/2 than under plain DOS due to OS/2's
 super-FAT and HPFS.

DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 32                  19 Dec 1993


MIGHT AND MAGIC IV:

--runs fine in a full screen vdm.


MONKEY ISLAND II:

--one user posted the following observation:

   After intensive study and exhaustive analysis ( :) ) I have
   finally determined a solution to the problem I've been having.
   The problem was that The Secret of Monkey Island 2 would not play
   music correctly on the sound blaster under OS/2.  I asked several
   people for help in reconfiguring my Sound Blaster, and I thank
   you all for your help, but that wasn't the problem.  The new wave
   of Lu
casFilm games has implemented a new music system they call
   iMUSE.  It turned out in my case that the iMUSE driver I had for
   the sound blaster was out of date or something, I'm not sure.  But
   I copied the SOUNBLAS.IMS file from my copy of Indy 4 into my
   Monkey Island 2 directory.  Now, no problems.  It may be a hack
   solution, but it works now, and I'm waiting for LucasFilm to call
   me back.

 This person then followed up:

   I got a call back from LucasFilm Games about my Monkey Island II
   question about sound, and they'll be sending me a disk with new
   *.IMS files.  I'm going to ask permission to post them onto the
   net somewhere, but these should solve all sound problems with the
   game.


NOVA 9:

--reported to run fine.


OUT OF THIS WORLD:

--one user reported the following:

   Out of this World will run under OS/2 if HW_TIMER is set OFF,
   not ON as many other games have required.  Also, it requests
   that you do not use an expanded memory manager, so setting
   EMS_MEM_LIMIT 0.  I have found that this combination is extremely
   slow with any sound support, and so I have been playing it without
   sound.


PACIFIC WAR:

--reported to run fine.


PATRIOT:
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 33                  19 Dec 1993


--reported to run fine.


PERFECT GENERAL:

--one user reported that this game (and other QQP games) will lose
   its mouse pointer when run under OS/2.  Another user emailed me
   to say that he never had this problem when he played Perfect
   General under OS/2.


POOL OF RADIANCE:

--runs fine.


PRINCE OF PERSIA:

--reported to run fine.


QIX:

--one user posted a note saying that he had problems running this
 game under OS/2.  He gave no specifics.

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 34                  19 Dec 1993


IBM announced today the availability of their brand new product OS/2 for
Windows NT 3.1. This comes only a few weeks after the release of the very
successfull OS/2 for Windows 3.1

This version of OS/2 is meant as an upgrade and streamlining upgrade to
Windows NT. IBM has found a way to speed up Windows, DOS, and 32bit
applications under Windows/NT with this version of OS/2.

        The system requirements are as followed:
                385dx25, 8 meg ram, VGA.

As you can see this improves tremendously on what Windows/NT requires
without this upgrade.

The first thing that the OS/2 for Windows/NT does is boot from floppy disk
and scan for Windows/NT. If Windows/NT is found it is miticulously deleted
and OS/2 2.1GA is installed on the system. After rebooting their system,
previous Windows/NT users have been amazed at the new GUI interface called
the Workplace Shell that OS/2 for Windows/NT provides. They report that
this works great and that more DOS applications now run and that Windows
16 bit applications do not carsh the entire Windows subsystem anymore! The
response from beta testers had been very good and the first users of OS/2
for Windows/NT have been very positive about it too!

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 35                  19 Dec 1993


 ========================================================================
  A Side note about Central Point Anti Virus
 ========================================================================

 <blank> called Central Point Software last week to check on their CPAV for
 OS/2. It is shipping. As a registered user of a one of their products I was
 quoted a price of $29.  Which is a pretty good deal if it is good software.
 Just wondering if anybody out there has it. What do you think about it?
 I want to order it, but I don't want to be stuck with bad code.
 FYI the number to Central Point is 800-846-5903. The non-800 number
 is 503-690-8090.

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 36                  19 Dec 1993


 ========================================================================
  Qedit 3.0 Now Available
 ========================================================================

 Semware has released Qedit for OS/2 3.0! Qedit 3.0 supports HPFS long
 file  names. It is also very fast. If you are a previous OS/2 user you can
 upgrade for $19.95 + $5.00 S&H from Semware. A DOS version is also
 included with the OS/2 package. Looks like we have a winner now. Spell
 Checking, and other text formatting procedures are also included. One, if
 not the best "mini" text editors around for OS/2 and DOS!

 Voice (404) 641-9002
 FAX   (404) 640-6213
 BBS   (404) 641-8968
 CompuServe GO SEMWARE Select section 6 or 75300,2710

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 37                  19 Dec 1993


OS/2 will work flawlessy with a EGA Card and Monitor.  But....  Win-OS/2
won't work whatsoever from stock.

The following changes need to be made....

        1) Bring up the SYSTEM.INI and change the following:

                   FIXEDFON.FON = XGAFIX.FON   to
                   FIXEDFON.FON = EGAFIX.FON

        2) Bring up your WIN-OS/2 settings and change:

                   VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP = ON

These settings should get you going.  I am still experimenting with what
setting to change to allow switching between it, but for now..

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 38                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                          DOS (Dumb Operating System)
================================================================================


 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary:

The MS-DOS limit for a drive using an 8K cluster size is 512 MB
(65,536 clusters at 8192 bytes per cluster). Because DoubleSpace
supports only 8K clusters, a drive compressed with DoubleSpace is
limited to 512 MB. If your compression ration is 2:1, the physical
size of the compressed value file (CVF) will be 256 MB.

Accessing data by 8K clusters (as compared with 4K or 2K clusters)
increases the speed of the disk read times (in most cases). With an 8K
cluster size, the MS-DOS kernel reads in more sectors than it would
with a smaller cluster size.

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 39                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                                   SHAREWARE
================================================================================




                                 SHAREWARE
                        --------------------------

Tato sekce obsahuje strun popisy obsahujc jmno programy, slo diskety,
klov slova a popis mnoha SHAREWARE a FREEWARE program. Mohu tyto programy
poskytnou, jde o moji soukromou "sbrku", ppadn zjemci mohou pout
NetMail na 2:420/20.6 v rmci FidoNet. 

Upozornn, v rmci tohoto pehledu jsou i mnoh poloky oznaen PRIVATE
nebo poloky, kter jsou evidentn (c) software i prodvan produkty. 
Uveden jsou jenom z dvodu e program pro tvorbu popis zatm nem
filtr pro vyjmut uritho druhu informac a disketov archiv zahrnuje
upln vechno co na disketch schovvm (tj. vetn zakoupench produkt).
Nepoadujte v dnm ppad nco co nen mon poadovat!



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RULES.RMK       004     CLIPPER RMAKE MAKE SCRIPT PROGRAMMING

                        Sample make file for use with RMAKE, which utilitizes
                        only use of RTLINK. It's bit old, but still can be
                        inspiring. 1991, Nantucket made.

EVOLVE.ZIP      004     CLIPPER ME EVOLVE EDITOR HELP 5.0 NONSHAREWARE

                        Evolve for Clipper and MultiEdit, version 5.0,
                        installation ready. PRERELEASE received while testing
                        ME/EVOLVE for Am.Cybernetics

TVGA-1.ZIP      004     TVGA VGA DRIVER DISK

                        Driver disk for TVGA, version C4.02, drivers for
                        cards with 8900 Trident chipset.

UT1192.ZIP      004     DRDOS DOS DIGITAL RESEARCH 6.0 FIX PATCH

                        Update/fix of DR DOS 6.0, also UT792 possible.
                        BACKUP.COM allows correct appending, COMMAND.COM
                        numerous fixes, CURSOR.EXE fix of hanging,
                        DISKCOPY.EXE numerous fixes, FDISK.COM fix for
                        large disks, FORMAT.COM, KEYB.COM, RESTORE.COM

PMMIXER.ZIP     004     OS/2 SOUND BLASTER PM MIXER

                        Mixer tool for OS/2 2.1 and Sound Blaster Pro. Doesn't
                        us MMPM/2 - uses non-IBM driver. Version 1.2.
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 40                  19 Dec 1993


GUILIB20.ZIP    004     BORLAND TURBO C++ GUI LIBRARY GRAPHICS

                        Borland/Turbo C++ GUI library, version 2.0, buttons,
                        boxes, windows, mouse controls, icons, animated icons,
                        sounds and more.

TANDVGA1.ZIP    005     VGA TANDON DRIVER DISK

                        Driver disk for TANDON VGA card.

WINUP7.ZIP      005     WINDOWS NETWARE NOVELL UPDATE

                        Contains updated Windows client files.  This file
                        includes the NetWare Driver Set v2.02 for Windows
                        3.0 and 3.1 and related files.  Support for IPX/SPX
                        under Windows 3.0 and 3.1 is included as well as
                        VPICDA.386 for Windows 3.0 interrupt conflicts.

PCIPPK.ZIP      005     PACKET DRIVER TCP/IP CLARCKSON

                        ZIP version of PCIPPKT.ARC from
                        sun.soe.clarkson.edu TCP/IP software for the
                        Clarkson Packet Drivers. Some utilities for packet
                        drivers, but unfortunately some files have CRC error.

NSK.BRO         005     LAN NETWORK KIT UTILITY DOCUMENT

                        Description of Network Survival Kit product with
                        overview of utilities and commands included.

PROD.TXT        005     LAN NETWORK UTILITY DOCUMENT INFINITE

                        Description of utilities from Infinite Technologies.
                        Software as IQServer, ExpressIt...

2MYLEX.ZIP      005     MYLEX LAN NETWARE NOVELL DRIVER CONTROLLER DISK

                        Driver for Mylex caching controller for partitioned
                        and non-partitioned driver for Novell Netware 2.15
                        Mylex DCE376

NWBGUIDE.EXE    006     NOVELL NETWARE BUYERS GUIDE

                        Novell Netware Buyers Guide.

3INTHEI.ZIP     006     INTEL NOVELL NETWARE DRIVER

                        Intel EtherExpress(tm) TPE EISA Hub Netware 386 driver.

CIXMAI.TXT      006     CIX CIS MAIL EXCHANGE E-MAIL INTERNET

                        How to send E-Mail between CIS and CIX by using of
                        INTERNET adresses.

9939.TXT        007     INTEL ETHEREXPRESS 3COM ETHERLINK COMPARE LAN NETWORK

DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 41                  19 Dec 1993


                        Comparation of Intel Etherexpress 16 and 3Com
                        Etherlink III products. INTEL FaxBack document #9939

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 42                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                                    Inzerce
================================================================================


ͻ
 CODA-PC386 
ͼ

    80386DX/40 8KB INT CACHE, MiniTower 200W, IDE I/O 2HDD 2FDD 1par 2ser,
    VGA 1MB, FDD 3.5", 4MB RAM, CZ klvesnice, 14" color SVGA MPRII 0.28mm,
    my

                  A       B       C       D       E
    
    HDD 130MB   28226   27538   27079   26390   25702
    HDD 214MB   29193   28481   28006   27294   26582
    HDD 250MB   29602   28880   28399   27677   26955

ͻ
 CODA-PC486DLC 
ͼ

    Cyrix 486DLC40, MiniTower 200W, IDE I/O 2HHD 2FDD 1par 2ser, VGA 1MB,
    FDD 3.5", 4MB RAM, CZ klvesnice, 14" color SVGA MPRII 0.28mm, MS DOS
    6.2, MS Windows 3.1CS a MS WORKS 2.0 CS, my

                  A       B       C       D       E
    
    HDD 130MB   33706   33144   32582   32020   31459
    HDD 214MB   34649   34071   33494   32916   32339
    HDD 250MB   35048   34464   33880   33296   32712
    HDD 340MB   36328   35722   35117   34511   33906

ͻ
 CODA-PC486i 
ͼ

    Intel 486SX25, 256KB CACHE, MiniTower 200W, ISA, IDE I/O 2HDD 2FDD 1par
    2ser, VGA 1MB Cirrus 5422 Windows accelerator, FDD 3.5", 4MB RAM, CZ
    klvesnice, 14"SVGA MPRII 0.28mm, my

                  A       B       C       D       E
    
    HDD 130MB   32212   31427   30903   30117   29332
    HDD 214MB   33198   32388   31848   31038   30229
    HDD 250MB   33607   32788   32241   31421   30602
    HDD 340MB   36211   35328   34739   33856   32973

    Pplatky za CPU Intel:

    486SX33      1070    1044    1027    1000     974
    486DX33      6751    6587    6477    6312    6148
    486DX250     8290    8088    7953    7751    7549
    486DX50     11700   11414   11224   10939   10653
    486DX266    13422   13094   12876   12549   12221
DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 43                  19 Dec 1993


    Pplatek za VL BUS

                 525      512     504     491     478

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ͼ

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    B   odbr zbo nad   100.000 K msn
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Ŀ
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 vyhrazuje prvo na aktuln zmnu cen.                              


                  CODA, Pampelikov 15, 106 00, Praha 10
                   Tel. 02/755459, 02/751477, 02/753259
                              Fax. 02/756916

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DA(m)N NEWS 1-06                   Str. 44                  19 Dec 1993


================================================================================
                               Peteno kdesi...
================================================================================


 =======================================================================
  Read About Microsoft
 =======================================================================

 >         Now, I hate Microsoft and I am rooting for IBM.  I guess

        My partner and I found ourselves in the same situation after trying
 OS/2-- we felt like we had been cheated all along by Microsoft, since OS/2
 blew us away.  Since then, we have committed to rewriting all of our
 applications for OS/2, joining the Premier Developer's Assistance Program,
 and promoting OS/2 in every way we can.

 >         things go in cycles.  I sure hope IBM is doing the right thing by
 >         calling it OS/2 for Windows.  The ads are confusing to people
 >         who don't follow computing news.

        This is not going to be a cycle-- not for us.  We did research to
 find out exactly WHY IBM acted as it did when it first entered the personal
 computer scene. WHY it had so many legal contracts, WHY it seemed expensive
 and slow to move.

        The fact is-- you and I-- the American people allowed OUR government
 to DEVASTATE one of the world's STRONGEST corporations-- IBM.  Because of
 the legal investigation we FORCED on IBM, an entire class of IBM lawyers was
 created.  We SCARED the giant company with antitrust laws.

         And, quite ignorant of their actions, the government of the United
 States of American helped turn IBM'S 6 BILLION DOLLARS OF RESEARCH FUNDING
 INTO LAWYER'S FEES.

        Do you know IBM had a product AS POWERFUL as OS/2 in 1984-- codenamed
 Mermaid, which allowed full GUI multi-tasking.  Do you know it had a RISC
 chip  that would run 3 TIMES faster than today's 486 chips?  Guess why these
 things  never went to market... Bill Gates.  Guess why OS/2 v1.x never caught
 on...  Bill Gates.  Guess why OS/2 v2.x took so long to re-code....Bill Gates.

        Mr. Bill the wonder man "talked" the higher management at IBM in to
 tying OS/2 to the 286-- forever, he hoped-- by writing it in assembly.
 DESPITE the fact that every one of the developers wanted to develop it in
 highly portable C for the 386 processor.

        Wanna know what Bill used as his leverage?  The source for MS-DOS!!!
 WHAT I JOKE!! I could write that!!

        So if you and the others want to know the TRUTH about MicroSoft and
 how they leeched off IBM, read "Computer Wars".  It is an excellent book
 and will make you wonder why you ever liked MS.

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                      A Re-unified Spaceflight Chronology
                                      by
                         Arnold E. van Beverhoudt, Jr.
                            Revised September 1992

This is the third version of my "Unified Spaceflight Chronology" (earlier
versions 1/90 and 7/91).  A lot has happened since the last revision, not
the least of which is the publication of the "Star Trek: The Next
Generation Technical Manual," which clarifies key dates related to the
various starships Enterprise.  Also, other fans have added their comments
and revisions, including (71251,2716) name N/A, (100024,553) Ross Muir, and
(72520,554) Domenico Celi.  In this version, I've tried to incorporate
information from these sources and correct some errors in my earlier
chronologies.

                                     Oops!

In the 7/91 version, I applied the 64-year shift to events based on the
"Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology" and "Mr. Scott's Guide to the
Enterprise," but then shifted these dates back 10 years so that the events
of the novel "A Flag Full of Stars" would occur in the correct year 2269
(300 after Apollo 11).  However, since the various novels are generally not
considered canon, I shouldn't have even considered "A Flag Full of Stars."
In this version, I've corrected these events back to where they belong,
considering only the generally accepted 64-year time shift.  These events
basically lie within the time period 2060 to 2286.

                               It's Now Official

The "Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual" gives us (on pages 3
and 4) certain dates related to the starships Enterprise.  These dates
include:

     2245 - NCC-1701 commissioned under Captain Robert April
     2284 - NCC-1701 assigned as Starfleet training vessel
     2285 - NCC-1701 destroyed in the Mutara Sector
     2286 - USS Yorktown re-commissioned as NCC-1701A under Captain James Kirk
     2344 - NCC-1701C lost near the Narendra System
     2363 - NCC-1701D commissioned under Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Other dates related to the construction of the Galaxy-class starship
NCC-1701D are also given on pages 14 to 17.  Since these dates are now
accepted as official, I've also incorporated them in this version of the
chronology.

                                Re-unification

Finally, 71251,2716, Muir, and Celi have added their analyses of clues and
came up with their interpretations of key dates in the Star Trek timeline.
I agree with many (but not all) of these dates and have also inclued these
timelines in the "Unified Chronology."
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There are some minor differences (+/- 1 year) in these timelines on some
events in TOS and TNG.  Most of these differences happened when matching
each season to a calendar period.  Some timelines try to match the original
episode air dates exactly with the same months in "future time."  For
example, because TNG season 1 episodes ran from September 1987 to June
1988, some timelines assume that these episodes occurred during the
corresponding months of 2363 and 2464.  Other timelines simply relate each
TNG season to a calendar year, so that season 1 episodes are assumed to
have occurred entirely during 2364.  I've used this second approach, since
each season's episodes have consistent stardates (season 1 -- stardate
41xxx, season 2 -- stardate 42xxx, etc.), suggesting a single time period
for each season.  I applied this same approach for TOS episodes.

I don't want to be overly critical of a fellow Trekker (especially after
the compliment he gave my earlier chronology version), but I do have
serious problems with Domenico Celi's timeline.  The main flaw is that he
ignored the dates given in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical
Manual."  For example, he starts with the assumption that ST2:TWOK takes
place in 2296 (instead of 2285) and then continues this 11-year error in
arriving at other dates in his timeline.  Incidentally, based on my viewing
of ST2:TWOK, Kirk said the Romulan ale is dated 2283 (not 2286), and in
ST4:TVH, the antique store owner said that Kirk's glasses are from the 18th
(not 19th) century.

I think one mistake that's frequently made by fans is taking comments in
TOS and TNG, such as "xx happened 100 years ago," too literally.  If these
comments are made by Spock or Data, I would agree that we can then assume
that xx event happened exactly 100 years ago.  But I think almost everyone
else would use approximations.  In casual conversations, for example, we
would probably not say that "the attack on Pearl Harbor was 41 years ago"
or that "the Declaration of Independence was 216 years ago."  We would most
likely say "Pearl Harbor was 40 years ago" or "the Declaration of
Independence was 220 years ago."  Therefore, comments made in TOS and TNG
probably are giving us approximate dates, not exact dates.

A lot of fans put a lot of effort into trying to develop a consistent,
logical chronology for events in Star Trek.  To them (including those
listed below) should go the bulk of the credit.  All I've done is try to
reconcile all of those timelines into one consolidated chronology.  As I've
said before, my chronology is not the only possibility and I certainly
don't claim that it's perfect.  But, I do hope that this third version
provides a good starting point for further refinement.  Incidentally, if
you would like to see how my original chronology was developed, download
files TIMELN.TXT and TIMELN.LST for the 1/90 version (I can't find the 7/91
version in the latest LIB2 index).

                                                    Arnold van Beverhoudt, Jr.
                                                                    71777,2365

                            Other Timeline Sources

"Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology" by Stan & Fred Goldstein

"Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise" by Shane Johnson

"Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual" by Rick Sternbach & Mike
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            Okuda

Star Trek Chronology, "The Best of Trek" #6 & #10 by Jeffrey Mason

Star Trek Chronology, "The Best of Trek" #13 by Jeffrey Heine

Star Trek Future History by Jim Shaun Lyon (Can't find file in latest LIB2
           index)

A Brief History of the Vessel Enterprise by Joe Sewell (ENTHIS.TXT)

The History of the Vessel Enterprise by Ronn Roden (STHIS.TXT)

Star Trek Timeline by (71251,2716) (YRTIME.TXT)

Star Trek Timeline: The Final Word by Ross Muir (TIMELN.TXT)

Rectified Chronology by Domenico Celi (TIMELI.TXT)

                      A Re-unified Spaceflight Chronology
                         Arnold E. van Beverhoudt, Jr.
                             Update September 1992

Year                                               Description
----      ---------------------------------------------------------------------
1957  |-  Sputnik 1 becomes first man-made satellite of Earth
1958  |-  Explorer 1 discovers Van Allen Radiation Belt around Earth
 `->  |-  NASA created as first U.S. space agency
1959  |-  Lunik 1 becomes the first probe to the Moon
1960  |-  First weather and communications satellites launched
1961  |-  Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space
 `->  |-  Alan Shephard becomes first American in space
1962  |-  John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the Earth
1963  |-  Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space
1964  |-  Ranger 7 completes successful lunar impact mission
1965  |-  First space walk and rendezvous/docking activities performed
1966  |-  Surveyor 1 makes first successful soft landing on the Moon
1967  |-  Apollo 1 and Soyuz 1 claim first space fatalities
1968  |-  Apollo 8 performs first lunar orbit mission
1969  |-  Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 perform first manned Moon landing
1970  |-  Tragedy averted during aborted Apollo 13 lunar landing mission
 `->  |-  Venera 7 lands on Venus
1971  |-  Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 crew killed during reentry
1972  |-  Apollo 17 ends the first human exploration of the Moon
1973  |-  Skylab space station launched into orbit
1974  |-  Soviets orbit Salyut 3 and Salyut 4 space stations
 `->  |-  Mariner 10 encounters Venus and Mercury
1975  |-  Joint U.S./U.S.S.R. Apollo-Soyuz space mission
1976  |-  Viking 1 and 2 soft land on Mars
1977  |-  Voyager 1 and 2 launched on grand tour of outer Solar System
 `->  |-  Space Shuttle Enterprise conducts approach and landing tests
1978  |-  Pioneer Venus 1 and 2 launched on Venus orbital/probe missions
1979  |-  Voyager 1 and 2 encounter Jupiter & Pioneer 11 encounters Saturn
1980  |-  Voyager 1 encounters Saturn
 `->  |-  Six Soyuz missions launched to Salyut 6 space station
1981  |-  Shuttle Columbia makes first space shuttle flight
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 `->  |-  Voyager 2 encounters Saturn
1982  |-  Shuttle Columbia completes test flight program
1983  |-  Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
1984  |-  Shuttle crew perform in orbit repairs of Solar Max satellite
1985  |-  Atlantis, the 4th and last original shuttle, makes first flight
1986  |-  Shuttle Challenger explodes killing seven-person crew
 `->  |-  Voyager 2 encounters Uranus
 `->  |-  Carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65 reports a Russian spy on board
1987  |-  Five Earth probes encounter Halley's Comet
1988  |-  Shuttle Discovery returns the U.S. to space
 `->  |-  Soviet Mir crew completes one year in space
1989  |-  Magellan launched to radar map Venus
 `->  |-  Voyager 2 encounters Neptune
 `->  |-  Galileo launched on first orbital mission to Jupiter
1990  |-  Hubble Space Telescope orbited by space shuttle
1991  |-  Shuttle Endeavor, Challenger replacement, delivered for flight
1992  |-  Shuttle Endeavor makes its first flight
1993  |-  Cassini probe of Saturn's rings launched
1994  |-  First space station construction mission launched
1995  |-
1996  |-  SS Botany Bay leaves Earth under unusual circumstances
1997  |-
1998  |-
1999  |-  Space Station Freedom completed
2000  |-
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2002  |-
2003  |-  Aerospace plane Enterprise makes first flight
2004  |-
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2009  |-  United States returns to lunar exploration
2010  |-
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2019  |-  First American/Soviet manned expediton to Mars
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2062  |-  Goddard Moonbase completed
2063  |-  Asteroid Lander reveals asteroids as important raw material source
2064  |-
2065  |-  Mercury rover returns data on soil sample tests
2066  |-  Construction begins on first city in space
2067  |-  United Space Initiative Treaty signed
2068  |-  Farside Moonbase begins operations
2069  |-  First spacechild born at Farside Moonbase
2070  |-  First person dies on the Moon
2071  |-  Tsiolkovsky L-5 city established
2072  |-  UNSS Lewis and Clark commissioned in Earth orbit for Jupiter trip
2073  |-  Second L-5 space city established
2074  |-  First Earth/Space census shows 1,500 persons living off Earth
2075  |-
2076  |-  Marsbase One established
2077  |-  Unsuccessful DY-300 prototype begins test flights
2078  |-  Space Homestead Act enacted
2079  |-  U-Thant unmanned interstellar probe launched
2080  |-
2081  |-  U-Thant probe discovers anti-matter beyond Pluto
2082  |-  Settlers leave Earth for the Asteroid Belt
2083  |-  First DY-500 class sub-light ship commissioned
2084  |-  1st manned mission to Saturn finds evidence of alien visitations
 `->  |-  Nomad unmanned interstellar probe launched
2085  |-  Evidence of past insect-like life found on Mars
2086  |-  Solar flares cause loss of UNSS Courageous and 62 on board
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2087  |-  R&D funding increased for fusion propulsion studies
2088  |-  Plan for terraforming Venus given approval
2089  |-  Twelve probes sent into Jupiter's Red Spot
2090  |-  Asteropolis founded as Asteroid Belt capital
2091  |-  Terraforming of Venus begins
2092  |-  Ganymede Base begins in-depth research on Jupiter
2093  |-  Extraterrestrial radio signals received by Farside Moonbase
2094  |-
2095  |-  2nd Ganymede Base begins exploration of Jovian moons
2096  |-  2nd generation interstellar probe launched
2097  |-  Solar study team placed in orbit 40 million kilometers from Sun
2098  |-  Saturn Base begins operations on Titan
2099  |-  Advanced fusion prototype ship explodes, killing crew

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