AT2k Design BBS - Windows 95 Discussion

Assistance?

Fri, 21 Jun 1996 14:13:51 -0500

From: Alan Kendall @44689003 *97
To: Gratton Underwood @1704000 *1
Subject: Assistance?

Regarding: Assistance?
Request Reply: Yes

∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜[ Here are your words ...
It seems that PKZip will absolutely not function at all under the '95 setup.
This in turn, is causing me no ends of grief with networking, as I have no
way to tell VBBS to use anything other than PKZip for the type 1 nets that
I carry. I'm hoping that there is someway to circumvent this dilemna, as I
have no desire to lose VBBS or '95. If anyone has any ideas here, or if ther
∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜[ Alan Kendall responds with...

I think that you may be running PKZIP ver 2.04 which is very memory hungry. I
would suggest that you try to obtain the 1.01 version of pkzip which should
work fine. Other than that, try to review your memory setting and ensure that
stuff in config.sys and autoexec.bat that isn't realy needed doesn't get
loaded at system startup. I had similar problem and just switching to
PKZIP 1.01 solved the problem.
Alan

Assistance?

Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:06:20 -0500

From: Gratton Underwood @1704000 *1
To: All @ *1
Subject: Assistance?

Please forgive the off-topic here, but it does pertain to '95. I've recently
installed it on my system here, and have had a few peculiarities show up with
VBBS. I am running version 6.14a, as I have yet to obtain any sort of an
upgrade, but that's another story. Here's the problem that I have found.
It seems that PKZip will absolutely not function at all under the '95 setup.
This in turn, is causing me no ends of grief with networking, as I have no
way to tell VBBS to use anything other than PKZip for the type 1 nets that
I carry. I'm hoping that there is someway to circumvent this dilemna, as I
have no desire to lose VBBS or '95. If anyone has any ideas here, or if there
is some sort of utility that will aid in this problem, please be so kind as
to let this now hairless one know of it. One other little problem that has
cropped up is that for some reason, it will not allow a user with ascii to
logon, just sits there until it times out, or the user drops carrier...

Any assistance in this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

ShadowSpawn, 1@1704041 VirtualNET

...

Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:20:15 -0500

From: Terminator @1412014 *1
To: King-Marshall @1717003 *1
Subject: ...

Re: the type

> ∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ Quick question for everyone... I need a program to format 3.5 floppies
> ∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ the DMF format. Anyone have it for FREQ or is it small enough to send t
> ∩┐╜ what type is this?
> ∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜.∩┐╜∩┐╜ Out of the stillness, Terminator said this...
> The type Microsoft uses to prevent pirating thier disks :)
>
> Terminator
> No, not that one...... the one that uses the 2.2 meg format. The 1.7 meg
> format is readily available.
> King-Marshall and The Cat in the Hat [VSB]

Oh yeah...I would like the 2.2 meg format prog. though :)

Terminator

Windows 95??

Sun, 16 Jun 1996 00:46:42 -0500

From: Bambi @1208000 *97
To: All @ *1
Subject: Windows 95??

Okay, here's my dilemna. I recently had another hard drive added to my
system. The guy that came out and installed it, discovered that my original
box really wasn't made to hold two hard drives at all. But he managed to
mickey mouse the thing in there and now I have a new set of problems. My
hubby is not amused that he has to go through so many steps just to get to
his drive (the dummy "D" drive) and I've been told that I really shouldn't
even consider installing Windows 95, because of what it will do when it
realizes that I have two seperate drives running Win 3.1. I have learned that
even though it can be done... it would very likely be the single biggest
headache I've ever had. Do any of you have an opinion for me? I already have
the upgrade... I'm just afraid to install it. Imagine what would happen if my
hubby had to do even more to find his drive! He has most of his business
stuff in DOS, but does have a couple things on his hard drive as well. Help
please!!

Bambi....

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Re: start up crap...

Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:06:08 -0500

From: Vincent @1416007 *1
To: RICHEY ROCOCCO @16160 *1
Subject: Re: start up crap...

RR#@> Any ideas of where this might be coming from?

I don't know how this might have happened but I know how to get rid
of it. Go to Start Up, under Settings, go to TaskBar. Select the
Startup menu programs and click on Advance. On the right window,
you should see the "My Computer" icon. Delete it.
/\vatar

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

the type

Sun, 09 Jun 1996 10:55:01 -0500

From: King-Marshall @1717003 *1
To: Terminator @1412014 *1
Subject: the type

Regarding: the type
Request Reply: Appreciated

-------------=============[ Here are your words ]=============-------------
∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜. Rorrim whispered this to Knight Prowler...
∩┐╜ Re: Joining the sub
∩┐╜
∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ Quick question for everyone... I need a program to format 3.5 floppies
∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ the DMF format. Anyone have it for FREQ or is it small enough to send t
∩┐╜ what type is this?
∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜.∩┐╜∩┐╜ Out of the stillness, Terminator said this...
The type Microsoft uses to prevent pirating thier disks :)

Terminator
-------------=============[ This is my response ]=============-------------

No, not that one...... the one that uses the 2.2 meg format. The 1.7 meg
format is readily available.
King-Marshall and The Cat in the Hat [VSB]

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Windows Stuff

Sat, 08 Jun 1996 21:11:19 -0500

From: Doogie @1517005 *1
To: Michael W. Morin @1207009 *1
Subject: Windows Stuff

Re: Windows Stuff

> I have been running Win95 for some time now and can't find much of anything
> like screensavers, or utilities for WIn95. Does anyone know of any software
> out there like an update or something that I may purchase.
> Could you please respond Via Email please.

If you have Internet access, then try the site

http://windows95.com/ ALTERNATE ADDRESS: http://www.windows95.com/

the type

Tue, 04 Jun 1996 17:07:29 -0500

From: Ron Wahl @1304020 *1
To: Terminator @1412014 *1
Subject: the type

Re: the type

> ∩┐╜∩┐╜. Regarding : what is .∩┐╜∩┐╜
> ∩┐╜∩┐╜. Reply Requested? No need for a reply. .∩┐╜∩┐╜
>
> ∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜. Rorrim whispered this to Knight Prowler...
> ∩┐╜ Re: Joining the sub
> ∩┐╜
> ∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ Quick question for everyone... I need a program to format 3.5 floppies
> ∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ the DMF format. Anyone have it for FREQ or is it small enough to send t
> ∩┐╜ what type is this?
> ∩┐╜ 0

I have several programs that can supposedly do this though I have not used
them.
DCF52.ZIP DISK COPY FAST V5.2 114K
COPYQ321.ZIP COPYQM V3.21 182K
FF23.ZIP FREE FORM DISK FORMATTER 82K
HCF13.ZIP HCFORMAT V13 28K

The top two are the newer ones of the four I would try one of those first.
You can freq them from fido 1:2620/13 or 304-934-7021 or 934-5095 28.8
from Virtual 1304020
whichever you like.

test

Mon, 03 Jun 1996 11:22:04 -0500

From: Rorrim @1206002 *1
To: RiverWind @1402001 *1
Subject: test

∩┐╜ Reason For Being: test
∩┐╜ Requested A Reply: No, I Don't Believe So...
∩┐╜ DarkQuote v2.0

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∩┐╜ > > testing vbbs win95 disc, ami getting through?
∩┐╜ What's REALLY weird is that I never wrote that message!!

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a painful case of the clear light
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MY FRIEND

Sun, 02 Jun 1996 17:49:52 -0500

From: SysOp @1412014 *1
To: Rorrim @1206002 *1
Subject: MY FRIEND

Re: MY FRIEND

> > I have 32 meg of ram on my system and before i start running a damn
> > thing I only have .5 MEG left!!! Can someone please tell me why as this
> > never happened under os/2...
> > SysOp ---- Op-Center
> Welcome to the world of WINDOW PAIN where you PRAY more than you PLAY

My free CD of Win NT 4.0 Beta 2 came and I'm now happy. It accually
uses resources and mem better than 95!!! Also using Linux now as well...

SysOp ---- Op-Center

MY FRIEND

Tue, 28 May 1996 18:42:04 -0500

From: Bynar @1306002 *1
To: Rorrim @1206002 *1
Subject: MY FRIEND

Re: MY FRIEND

> > I have 32 meg of ram on my system and before i start running a damn
> > thing I only have .5 MEG left!!! Can someone please tell me why as this
> > never happened under os/2...
> > SysOp ---- Op-Center

In win95, there's a disk cache which can increase and decrease to match what
programs you're running, etc. So if you're low on free RAM, it can turn down
the disk cache to get more mem for programs, etc. This is likely what's
causing this problem - your disk cache is probably getting quite big. Look in
System Monitor under the Disk Cache column, and see how big it is. Don't
worry, this is how it's supposed to be..

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Windows Stuff

Sun, 02 Jun 1996 07:21:03 -0500

From: Michael W. Morin @1207009 *1
To: All @ *0
Subject: Windows Stuff

I have been running Win95 for some time now and can't find much of anything
like screensavers, or utilities for WIn95. Does anyone know of any software
out there like an update or something that I may purchase.

Could you please respond Via Email please.

start up crap...

Fri, 31 May 1996 20:58:52 -0500

From: Richey Rococco @1616006 *1
To: All @ *1
Subject: start up crap...

Every time I startt up WIN95, I get the My Computer thinger of my C: hardrive
in the task bar. There's nuthin in the STARTUP referring to it... and I've
nosed around in the WIN and SYSTEM INI files... I cant see anything
referring to it. It never used to do that... just one day decided that I
should have my C: drive in the task bar on start-up I guess....

Any ideas of where this might be coming from?

I}
I\ICHEY

the type

Sun, 26 May 1996 11:40:31 -0500

From: Terminator @1412014 *1
To: Rorrim @1206002 *1
Subject: the type

∩┐╜∩┐╜. Regarding : what is .∩┐╜∩┐╜
∩┐╜∩┐╜. Reply Requested? No need for a reply. .∩┐╜∩┐╜

∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜. Rorrim whispered this to Knight Prowler...
∩┐╜ Re: Joining the sub
∩┐╜
∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ Quick question for everyone... I need a program to format 3.5 floppies fo
∩┐╜ > ∩┐╜ the DMF format. Anyone have it for FREQ or is it small enough to send thr
∩┐╜ what type is this?
∩┐╜ 0
∩┐╜ 0Via: 1909025*1 1714005*1 1614017*1 2*1 1412014*1
∩┐╜∩┐╜∩┐╜.∩┐╜∩┐╜ Out of the stillness, Terminator said this...

The type Microsoft uses to prevent pirating thier disks :)

Terminator

HELLO

Sat, 25 May 1996 21:46:31 -0500

From: RiverWind @1402001 *1
To: Lynalla @1512001 *97
Subject: HELLO

Re: HELLO

> Dude, thou art tres sick! Do a Fave...
> DON'T CHANGE!!!
> Gave me a heckuva laff. Like the style.
> Lynalla

Thanks :)

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