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Ahhh, the classic Truth By Blatant Assertion technique. Too bad it's
so demonstrably false. Take a look at Great Britain sometime for a
nice history on drug criminalization. The evidence there shows that
during periods of time when drugs (such as heroin) were illegal, crime
went up and people did die from bad drugs. During times when drugs
were legalized, those trends were reversed.
Now this is a great example of an ironclad proof. Gosh, I'm convinced.
( :-} for the humor impaired). First, assert something for which you
have no evidence, then dodge requests for proof by claiming to know
what this group was intended for. As to research, if you'd done any
at all, you'd realize that there is plenty of reason to believe that
legalizing drugs will have many benefits to society. There are some
plausible arguments against it, too, but they aren't enough to convince
me that criminalization of drugs is the answer. I'm willing to be
convinced I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt the likes of you can do it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
...Dale Cook "Any town having more churches than bars has a serious
social problem." ---Edward Abbey
The opinions are mine only (i.e., they are NOT my employer's) | 13 | trimmed_train |
10,906 |
I use PlugIn, an enhancement to Program Manager. It allows (1) for sure, I
don't know on (2). Anyway, give it a try. I like it a lot and registered it
right away It can be found at ftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.84] in
/pub/pc/win3/util/plugin13.zip
-Bruce | 18 | trimmed_train |
9,184 | Software that comes together with the VideoBlaster
is designed to work together with the SoundBlaster
(from the same manufacturer).
Since I do not own a SoundBlaster: is there a possibility
to use the PC Speaker driver to play audio files for
the VideoBlaster (.AVI = audio video interleave files) ?
I think what I should have is a device driver for
the Media Player that controls the PC Speaker Driver
instead of the SoundBlaster card (something like MCISPKR.DRV).
Has anybody heard of such a driver?
Or am I on the wrong track?
Any information on this appreciated!
(Please send e-mail, since I don't watch this group regularly.)
| 18 | trimmed_train |
5,057 | Hello,
I just canceled my support of the Cable Regime and I would like to at
least pick up the 3 networks and NBC. :) I do not have tons of
money nor even a few pounds so what I am looking for is the best solution
for reception for under 100 dollars. I have seen modules that you plug
into your wall outlet that "supposedly" make your entire house an
antenna. I have to admit, even with my limited knowledge of wavelength
and aerial reception, this seems dubious in its claims for "excellent
reception" at best. I'll try anything, though, if it WORKS. I am in
a non-mountainous area, approximately 50 miles from the transmitting stations
which are pretty large (Montgomery Alabama pop. 200,000) and Colombus Goergia,
pop. 100,000+. Any recommendations of products, brand-names, prices and
company info (catalog ordering numbers, addresses etc.)? Thank you in
advance. | 11 | trimmed_train |
7,601 |
> The defenition of the Underdog is a team that has no talent and comes
>out of nowhere to contend. The '69 Mets and '89 Orioles are prime examples,
>not the Cubs.
Sorry, but it is *virtually* impossible to win a division with "no talent"
over 162 games.
Well, with players, certainly. However, it is quite possible to win
it all with no managerial talent. Cf. Blue Jays, 1992.
David
| 2 | trimmed_train |
6,280 |
Ruotsaleinen was a more than competent NHL'er...his choice of where
to play when did not bear on his hockey playing ability.
He was crucial to the Oilers Stanley Cup victory in 1990, the one
without Gretzky, because he made an Oiler power play which was
lethargic that year until he arrived slide into overdrive. The
Oilers missed him more the following year than Kurri, and I think
the Oilers would have make the finals if Ruotsaleinen has stayed
around the following season, and would have beaten Pittsburgh
with Ruotsaleinen and a healthy Messier...and delayed Pittsburgh's
dynasty by a season. | 17 | trimmed_train |
1,019 |
"Manufacturing Consent," a film about the media. You alternative movie source
may have this; or to book it in your local alternative theatre, contact:
FILMS TRANSIT * INTERNATIONAL SALES
Jan Rofekamp
402 Notre Dame E.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2Y 1C8
Tel (514) 844-3358 * Fax (514) 844-7298
Telex 5560074 Filmtransmtl
(US readers: call Zeitgeist Films at 212 274 1989.)
-s | 8 | trimmed_train |
10,030 | From the "JPL Universe"
April 23, 1993
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking tours Lab | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,677 |
Somewhere (ftp.cica.indiana.edu or SIMTEL20 mirror) there is a program
called winlogo.zip that does the trick. It works great. I believe the
reason why you can't change the files you mentioned is that the logo is
actually imbeded into the windows executable (Somebody please
correct/expand on this)
-Eric | 18 | trimmed_train |
5,065 |
I'll probably get flamed for this, but when I was a kid we would go to
my uncles cabin on Middle Bass Island on Lake Erie. We always came home
with a nasty case of jiggers (large red bumps where the buggers had
burrowed into the skin). My mother would paint the bumps with clear
finger nail polish. This was repeated daily for about a week or so. The
application of the polish is supposed to suffocate them as it seals of
the skin. All I can say is it worked for us. One word of caution
though. Putting finger nail polish on a jigger bite stings like hell.
(If I do get flamed for this just put jam in my pockets and call me
toast.:)
| 19 | trimmed_train |
1,546 |
Here's a document that I wrote some time back. It's slightly
out-of-date, now that DOS 6 has been released, but much of it is still
useful.
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
===============================================================================
$Id: adaptec.txt 1.8 1993/01/25 00:55:08 darrylo Rel darrylo $
Hints and Tips for the Adaptec 1540/1542 SCSI adapter
This document contains hints and tips for getting the Adaptec
1540/1542 SCSI adapter to work with various hardware and software
packages. They are based upon my experiences with an Adaptec 1542A
controller, and will, hopefully, help others. However, note that I
cannot guarantee that the following will really help you (it works for
me), and the information in this document could possibly cause you to
lose some or all of your files on your hard disk.
IMPORTANT! BACK UP THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE
TRYING ANYTHING BASED UPON INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.
Copyright 1993, by Darryl Okahata. This document may be freely
copied for personal use only, and may not be reprinted in a for-profit
publication without the consent of the author. Please note that I have
no connection with Adaptec other than as a customer.
Topics covered in this document:
* Windows 3.1 enhanced mode
* Floppy-controller-based tape backup devices
* Sound cards
* Miscellaneous info
Please note that parts of this document contain technical, and
sometimes terse, descriptions of problems.
For reference:
Adaptec technical support: (800) 959-7274
Adaptec BBS (2400/9600): (408) 945-7727
Please send comments, corrections, etc. via email to me:
CompuServe: 75206,3074
Internet: [email protected]
***** Windows 3.1 enhanced mode:
The Windows 3.1 install program should automatically configure DOS
and Windows for use with the Adaptec 1542. However, just in case
something went wrong, I'm going to describe some of the changes needed
to get Windows 3.1 working with the 1542. Also, you may have noticed
that installing Windows 3.1 makes your PC run much slower, even when
you're not running Windows; methods of speeding it up are discussed in
the section called, "Windows 3.1 runs slowly".
* MSDOS configuration:
The Windows install program adds the SmartDrive disk cache to your
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If you follow the instructions,
you'll notice that you'll need to use double-buffering with SmartDrive
(this is the default setup). You'll also notice that your system runs
much, much slower -- in both Windows *AND* MSDOS. See the section
called, "Windows 3.1 runs slowly", for some ways of speeding your system
up.
* Windows configuration:
To get the Adaptec 1542 to work with Windows, make sure that the
"[388Enh]" section of the SYSTEM.INI file contains the entry:
VirtualHDIRQ=Off
I believe that the Windows install program automatically adds this entry
to SYSTEM.INI, but I'm not sure. If this doesn't work for you, you
might want to try adding some more lines:
VirtualHDIRQ=Off
SystemROMBreakPoint=false
EMMExclude=A000-CFFF
(You probably don't need the above lines, though.) The
"SystemROMBreakPoint" entry is used to enable support for memory
managers like QEMM/386MAX (only needed if you use such programs).
* Windows 3.1 runs slowly:
Once you do get Windows 3.1 running with the 1542, chances are that
your system is running much slower than before. If it's not, it's
probably because:
1. You happen to be using ASPI4DOS.SYS version 3.1 in your
CONFIG.SYS file. Congratulations -- this appears to be a
winning solution.
2. You are very lucky. Whether your luck will hold out remains to
be seen ....
If your system is running much slower than before, this is almost
definitely caused by Smartdrive with double-buffering. According to the
Windows documentation, and the Microsoft technical note #Q81808
("SMARTDrive Double Buffering Required with ASPI4DOS.SYS"), you must use
Smartdrive with double-buffering enabled. While this works, it really
slows down your PC; I once estimated that this slowed my PC down by a
factor of 5 (FIVE). As I consider this unacceptable, I looked for other
solutions.
Unfortunately, you cannot just disable double-buffering. If you
do, Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode will not work, and you might even
destroy the contents of your hard disk by trying to run Windows 3.1.
What you can do is one of the following:
1. Use other drivers that provide double-buffering. It is my
opinion that the unbelievable slowness in Smartdrive is caused
either by horribly inefficient double-buffering, or by a bug in
Smartdrive.
2. Use a driver that provides "VDS" services ("VDS" stands for
"Virtual DMA Services"). This is a standard, which is supported
by Windows 3.1, that allows bus-mastering disk controllers (like
the 1542) to work with Windows.
After trashing my hard disk countless times, I found the following
solutions, none of which require using Smartdrive (note, however, that I
am now getting occasional parity errors, which are probably *NOT* caused
by these solutions, but might be -- see below). While the following
does not require Smartdrive, using some kind of disk cache utility is
strongly recommended, as this makes Windows run much, much faster:
1. If you do not have the ASPI4DOS.SYS driver, or you do not need ASPI
functions (for controlling a CDROM, tape drive, more than two
physical hard disks, etc.), you can add the SCSIHA.SYS driver to your
CONFIG.SYS file, e.g.:
DRIVER=c:\SCSIHA.SYS /V386
(Windows needs the "/V386" option.) This driver MUST be loaded into
LOW memory (it cannot be loaded into high memory), and it occupies
about 16-20K. As of November 1992, the SCSIHA.SYS driver could be
obtained from the Adaptec BBS at (408)-945-7727 (hopefully, it's
still there).
2. If you need ASPI functions and have the ASPI4DOS.SYS driver, version
3.0 or 3.0a, you can use both the ASPI4DOS.SYS and SCSIHA.SYS drivers
in your CONFIG.SYS file, e.g.:
DRIVER=c:\ASPI4DOS.SYS
DRIVER=c:\SCSIHA.SYS /V386
Amazingly enough, the SCSIHA.SYS driver can also be loaded high
(assuming you have DOS 5.0); I would have thought that this would
crash my system, but it doesn't. I asked Adaptec's technical support
about this, and they said that loading SCSIHA.SYS high should be fine
as long as ASPI4DOS.SYS is loaded LOW.
On my system, NOT using SCSIHA.SYS with ASPI4DOS 3.0a would
occasionally cause Windows 3.1 to crash upon restarting or exiting
Windows, with the additional result of a corrupted disk (some of my
C:\WINDOWS\*.GRP files would be corrupted). For me, these crashes
usually occurred while making a different program from PROGMAN.EXE
the default Windows shell, and vice-versa. This is the reason
SCSIHA.SYS may be necessary.
I have absolutely no idea if SCSIHA.SYS is necessary with versions of
ASPI4DOS earlier than 3.0.
Note that many people can use ASPI4DOS 3.0 or 3.0a without
SCSIHA.SYS; they do not seem to have any problems at all. I consider
these people lucky. Others, like me, have had all sorts of problems.
3. In my opinion, the best, but not necessarily the easiest, solution is
to upgrade to ASPI4DOS 3.1. The SCSIHA.SYS driver is no longer
needed. Unfortunately, while you could get previous ASPI4DOS
upgrades from the Adaptec BBS, the ASPI4DOS 3.1 driver is not
available from the Adaptec BBS. As far as I know, there are only
three ways to get a copy:
* You can buy the new (as of November 1992) Adaptec EZ SCSI driver
kit, which supposedly includes ASPI4DOS 3.1 as well as other
drivers, such as CDROM drivers. I believe the list price is
around $75.
* If you already have a copy of an older version of ASPI4DOS, you
can supposedly contact Adaptec to upgrade it to EZ SCSI for
around $30.
* A copy of ASPI4DOS 3.1 is included in Central Point PC Tools 8.0
for MSDOS. Note that the documentation and driver are stored in
different directories. Note further that only ASPI4DOS is
included; the CDROM drivers and drivers to support more than two
hard disks are not included. This is where I obtained my copy
of ASPI4DOS 3.1.
Note, however, that I am now getting occasional parity errors with
Windows. In all probability, defective hardware in my PC is causing
this, as I upgraded my motherboard just after I found the above
solutions. However, because these parity errors occur only during disk
accesses, there is a very small, but definite, possibility that the
parity errors are driver-related (for example, changing the bus on/off
timing for certain disk transfers might cause this). I've run various
memory tests for hours at a time, and these tests have found no
problems. This problem is probably caused by memory with marginal
timing requirements, which cause parity errors during disk transfers
(this is why the memory tests didn't find any problems -- the problems
show up only under disk I/O). However, I'm mentioning this just in case
it isn't a hardware problem.
***** Floppy-controller-based tape backup devices:
There are two possible problems with using the Adaptec 1542 with a
floppy-controller-based tape backup device, such as the Colorado Memory
Systems Jumbo 250:
1. Tape backups/restores can take a very long time. The tape drive
constantly starts, stops, starts, stops, etc.
2. Tape operations may be erratic, or encounter too many tape errors.
(This problem might be caused by defective hardware on my 1542.
However, I've heard of other people having similar problems, and so
I'm mentioning this just in case it is not a hardware problem on my
1542.)
* Tape backups/restores take a long time:
If you have a floppy-controller-based tape backup device, you may
have to adjust the Adaptec 1540/1542 "bus on/off timing" for best
results when using the tape drive. Normally, while doing a tape backup
or restore, the tape drive motor should be continuously running, with
only an occasional pause. However, the default bus timing on the
Adaptec 1540/1542 may cause the tape drive motor to start and stop,
start and stop, every few seconds. This causes needless wear to the
tape and tape drive (however, note that a dirty tape head or a defective
tape drive can also cause this -- make sure your tape heads are clean).
This also causes the tape backup or restore to take much, much longer
than necessary.
The problem here is that these tape backups use the floppy DMA to
transfer data in memory to/from the tape drive, and the Adaptec uses DMA
to transfer data in memory to/from the hard disk. The floppy DMA needs
to feed data to the tape drive at a certain rate; if the tape drive is
not fed data quickly enough by the floppy DMA, the tape drive stops,
rewinds a bit, and restarts (once enough data is eventually fed to it).
The default bus timing on the Adaptec (which is really DMA timing) is
"too large". For example, when a backup is done, data has to be
transferred from a hard disk to memory, and then from memory to the
tape. Because the default timing on the Adaptec "hogs" the memory too
much (too much time is spent transferring data from a hard disk to
memory), not enough time is spent transferring data from memory to the
tape drive. As a result, the tape drive constantly starts and stops,
because data is not fed to it quickly enough.
The solution is to change the Adaptec's bus on/off timing. The
default factory setting is 11 microseconds on, and 5 microseconds off.
The "bus on" timing needs to be lowered to 2-4 microseconds. This can
be done in one of two ways:
* If you have ASPI4DOS, you can use the "/n" option. For example, I use
a "bus on" timing of 4 microseconds, which means that I use the
following line in my CONFIG.SYS file:
DEVICE=c:\aspi4dos.sys /n4
Note that there is NO space between the "/n" and the "4".
* If you don't have ASPI4DOS, your only recourse is to try to find a
program called "SETSCSI.EXE", which is very difficult to find. The
reason is that Adaptec, for reasons of their own, does not seem to
want this widely distributed. I once asked someone who worked for
Adaptec, and they asked me to not upload it anywhere. If you have
anonymous ftp access to the Internet, you could try using archie to
hunt down a copy; I believe that there are a couple of sites that have
it. If you do find a copy, you run it like so:
setscsi -n:4
This adjusts the "bus on" timing to 4 microseconds. Running
SETSCSI.EXE without any arguments resets the bus timing back to the
factory defaults.
Note that it seems that you cannot use SETSCSI.EXE if you use
ASPI4DOS; SETSCSI.EXE crashed my system if ASPI4DOS was loaded. I
could use SETSCSI.EXE with SCSIHA.SYS, however.
Do not lower the "bus on" timing below 2 microseconds, or increase it
above 11 microseconds. If you lower it too low, the hard disk
throughput will suddenly drop; your system will feel slower. For me, 4
microseconds works fine. This value may work fine for you, or you may
have to adjust it downwards a little.
Once you've lowered the "bus on" timing, tape backups and restores
should run faster.
Also, do not experiment with the bus on/off times (with the other
options that I have intentionally not described), unless you know what
you are doing. Bad combinations can cause parity errors and worse, by
starving memory refresh.
A program called BUSTIFIX.EXE exists on the Adaptec BBS. Unless
this has been upgraded since I last checked (which has been a while),
this is a self-extracting archive containing a batch file and a couple
of other files. This batch file was supposed to allow one to set the
bus on/off times for the 1540/1542 and others. However, when I tried
running this program with my 1542A, my system crashed. At the time, I
was running SCSIHA.SYS, and I didn't check to see if there was a
conflict with it. Maybe this old program works only with the 1542B,
although the docs say that it works with the 1542A?
* Erratic tape operations or too many tape errors:
This "problem" may or may not exist. Although it existed on my
system, a hardware problem just on my particular 1542 could cause it.
However, I've heard of other people having similar problems, and so I'm
mentioning this just in case it isn't a hardware problem just on my
1542.
Symptoms of this "problem", which persists even after cleaning the
tape head:
1. Backing up to tape encounters "unusable sector detected" errors,
resulting in an aborted tape backup.
2. Tape backup works, but the tape compare fails.
3. The tape drive starts, stops, starts, stops, etc. much too often.
Unlike the above-mentioned problem ("Tape backups/restores take a
long time"), where the tape drive starts and stops every few seconds,
this kind of starting/stopping occurs every few 10-20 seconds or so.
4. Fastback Plus 3.1 does not find/see any tape backup devices. Other
programs, like Central Point Backup and the CMS Jumbo software
(assuming that you have a CMS Jumbo 250 tape drive) can find/see the
tape drive, but Fastback Plus 3.1 cannot.
5. Too many tape read errors.
Although I do not know what is causing this problem, I discovered
that using a different floppy controller solves it. A few months ago, I
upgraded my motherboard, which contained an integrated floppy
controller. As I already had a floppy controller on the 1542, I
initially disabled the motherboard floppy controller. After a while, I
decided to try disabling the 1542 floppy controller and using the one on
the motherboard. When I did this, the tape drive (a CMS Jumbo 250)
reliability increased dramatically, and Fastback Plus 3.1 was suddenly
able to find and use the tape drive.
I don't know if this was caused by a hardware problem on my 1542.
On the one hand, the floppy drives worked great when they were attached
to the 1542, which seems to say that there was nothing wrong with the
1542. On the other hand, the tape drive didn't work well attached to
the 1542 floppy controller, but it did work when attached to a different
controller; this could be an indication of a hardware problem on my
1542. I did change floppy drive cables, and so it is conceivable that
the problem was in the cables. I don't know what the cause really is;
however, if you're having similar problems, you might want to consider
trying a new floppy controller.
***** Sound cards:
Many popular sound cards can play or record digitized sound, and
this is typically done using DMA. Like the tape drive DMA, the
Adaptec's DMA can conflict with the sound card DMA. Unlike that of the
tape DMA, this "conflict" usually manifests itself as a parity error
(your system crashes with a parity error message). What happens is
that, data is being transferred so quickly by the sound card and the
Adaptec, memory refresh cannot occur quickly enough, which causes a
parity error. Usually, getting a parity error means that there is a
hardware problem with your system; in this case, however, the parity
error is not a symptom of bad hardware.
I've found that such parity errors typically occur while recording
digitized sound, and the chances of such errors increase as you increase
the recording fidelity (e.g., higher sampling rate, recording in stereo,
recording using 16-bits instead of 8, etc.).
Like the tape drive solution, the solution here is to lower the
Adaptec's "bus on" timing. See the section on tape drives for
information on how this is done. Note, however, that this may or may
not solve the problem; it may only reduce the probability of a parity
error. The software used to record digitized sound can greatly affect
this problem (i.e., some software is inefficient). Disk caches, the
speed of your hard disk, and the amount of disk fragmentation can also
affect this.
***** Miscellaneous info:
This section contains miscellaneous hints, tips, and rumors. Much
of it is merely information that I've heard or read about, and have not
verified. I believe that the following information is correct, but I'm
not sure. Use it at your own risk.
* With QEMM 6.00, 6.01, and 6.02, you need to specify the "DB="
parameter (e.g., "DB=2"), unless you are using the ASPI4DOS driver.
If you don't, QEMM will crash/hang at bootup. Although the QEMM
manual mentions this, the install program does not seem to detect that
a 1542 is present and automatically add this option to the QEMM
command line (at least, this occurred with the QEMM 6.00 install
program -- I haven't tested any other version). Earlier versions of
QEMM probably need this parameter, but I'm not sure (I've never used a
version earlier than 6.00).
If you use ASPI4DOS, you do not need to give QEMM the "DB=" parameter.
* Some or all versions of the 1542 do not support hard disks over one
gigabyte in size. To support hard disks with capacities over 1GB, you
need to get a new ROM BIOS from Adaptec. I'm not sure if this is
still true of the latest 1542Bs being sold by Adaptec.
* To connect a CDROM drive to the 1542, you need a SCSI CDROM drive and
some drivers. Note that some CDROM drives have proprietary interfaces
(non-SCSI); these drives cannot be used with the 1542. You have three
choices for CDROM drivers (I have no idea how well the following
solutions work, or even if they work -- the following is secondhand
information):
1. You can buy Adaptec's EZ SCSI driver package, which lists for
something like $75. If you already have older Adaptec drivers,
you can supposedly upgrade to EZ SCSI for around $30. Contact
Adaptec for details. The EZ SCSI package supposedly contains
everything that you need.
2. You can buy the CorelSCSI! driver package, which is made by the
same people that make CorelDRAW! This package contains CDROM
drivers, SCSI tape drivers, WORM drivers, etc. I do not know
the list price, but I've seen this package sold for around
$80-$90. Note that CorelSCSI! does not come with the ASPI4DOS
driver, which is needed. If you do not already have ASPI4DOS,
you may be better off getting Adaptec's EZ SCSI instead.
3. [This method is obsolete, as the following drivers have been
obsoleted by Adaptec's EZ SCSI kit, but I'm mentioning it in
case someone already has these drivers.] You can use the
drivers in the Adaptec ASW-1410 kit (ASPI4DOS) and the ASW-410
kit (ASPI CDROM drivers). You will have to get a copy of
MSCDEX.EXE (a high-level CDROM driver), if it is not included in
the ASW-410 kit, but this is available from several bulletin
boards.
* To use a SCSI tape drive with the 1542, you need software that knows
how to talk to a SCSI tape drive. Software that I've heard about are
(again, like the above section on CDROM drives, I have no idea how
well the following solutions work, or even if they work -- the
following is secondhand information):
1. Central Point PC Tools 8.0 for MSDOS supposedly supports a large
number of SCSI tape drives. It comes with SCSI drivers
(ASPI4DOS 3.1) as well as Central Point Backup.
2. The CorelSCSI! driver package contains a SCSI tape backup
program (see the above section on CDROM drives for more
details). However, note that CorelSCSI! does not come with, but
requires, ASPI4DOS.
* I've seen advertisements that sell the 1542 in three configurations:
1. 1542 SCSI controller with hard disk ROM BIOS.
2. 1542 SCSI controller w/BIOS and Adaptec ASPI drivers.
3. 1542 SCSI controller w/BIOS, Adaptec ASPI drivers, and
CorelSCSI! drivers/programs.
I imagine that Adaptec now sells the 1542 in a fourth configuration:
4. 1542 SCSI controller w/BIOS and EZ SCSI drivers (including ASPI
drivers).
* Those people who use Unix might be interested in a version of GNU tar
for MSDOS that talks to a SCSI tape drive via the ASPI4DOS driver (you
need this driver before you can use this program). I've never used
this version of GNU tar, but I've heard that it works (I don't know
how well, though). If you have anonymous ftp access to the Internet,
a copy can be found on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and mirror sites:
PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>
ASPIBIN.ZIP 67841 920131 Gnu Tar for SCSI tape drives, Adaptec 154xx
ASPIPAT.ZIP 21206 920131 Patches for ASPIBIN relative to Gnu Tar 1.10
ASPISRC.ZIP 221370 920131 Src for Gnu Tar for SCSI tape, Adaptec ctrlr
I have no idea if a copy can be found on Compuserve; UNIXFORUM might
have it, if any forum does.
* As far as MSDOS is concerned, the 1542A and the 1542B controllers are
the same; with MSDOS, the 1542A should work as well as the 1542B.
However, the hardware for these two boards is not 100% identical, and
there is at least one (NON-MSDOS) program that initially did not work
with a 1542A, but did work with a 1542B (BSD386 -- a 386 version of
BSD Unix).
* In case anyone's curious, here's an edited copy of my CONFIG.SYS file:
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
BREAK=ON
STACKS=10,256
DEVICE=c:\sys\dev\aspi4dos.sys /d /n4
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS on RAM ROM DMA=32 ST:M X=F800-FFFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=c:\sys\dev\nnansi.sys
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
shell = c:\dos\command.com /p
Note that I'm using QEMM and ASPI4DOS 3.1. If I were using ASPI4DOS
3.0 or 3.0a, I'd probably have to use a CONFIG.SYS that looked like:
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
BREAK=ON
STACKS=10,256
DEVICE=c:\sys\dev\aspi4dos.sys /d /n4
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS on RAM ROM DMA=32 ST:M X=F800-FFFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=c:\sys\dev\scsiha.sys /V386
DEVICEHIGH=c:\sys\dev\nnansi.sys
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
shell = c:\dos\command.com /p
If I weren't using ASPI4DOS, I'd probably use something that looked
like:
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
BREAK=ON
STACKS=10,256
DEVICE=c:\sys\dev\scsiha.sys /V386
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS on RAM ROM DB=32 DMA=32 ST:M X=F800-FFFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=c:\sys\dev\nnansi.sys
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
shell = c:\dos\command.com /p
However, if I used a floppy-controller-based tape drive, or if I
planned to record high-quality sound from a sound card, I would still
need some way of changing the Adaptec's bus on/off times. The first
two versions of CONFIG.SYS take care of this, but this last version
doesn't.
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1,999 |
If babies are not supposed to be baptised then why doesn't the Bible
ever say so. It never comes right and says "Only people that know
right from wrong or who are taught can be baptised."
What Christ did say was :
"I solemly assure you, NO ONE can enter God's kingdom without
being born of water and Spirit ... Do not be surprised that I
tell you you must ALL be begotten from above."
Could this be because everyone is born with original sin?
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7,975 |
Yes, but as has been mentioned many times before, the Islanders play at
the talent level of their opponent. Since Hartford is pitiful, the
Islanders played pitiful. Since Pittsburgh is great, the Isles will most
likely play great. This is most likely due to inexperience and very poor
shooting. To Greg: yes, I have noticed that the Islanders couldn't hit
the broad side of a barn with the puck if they were two feet in front of
it. Does anyone have shooting percentages? I don't know if that would
help, since they often miss the net completely, but it might shed some
light on the subject.
And, my playoff pool is running!!! Exact rules to be posted tomorrow, but
don't hesitate to send in picks!!!
--
Keith Keller LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!!
[email protected] IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!! | 17 | trimmed_train |
10,351 | Hi fellow netters,
does anybody have any info on Tseng Labs ET4000 VLB card:
price, speed, compatibility with existing and up-comming softwares,
performance compared to others cards ( is it an S3 based card ?).... | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,376 |
You can dream whatever you wish. We have demands from the Armenians.
With the Government of x-Soviet Armenia, we would sit down, go over
all our outstanding issues, whether it's land or reparations or
recognition, whatever it is. We'd like to sit down and ask for it.
By all means, lands and properties were taken away from us and they
should be returned to the rightful owners, the Turkish and Kurdish
people, who were there 3,000 years, long before the Armenians ever
showed up in that area. Entire population of the region was subjected
to genocide beyond belief; genocide which was planned to exterminate
the whole Turkish people of the region to the last man, woman and child.
Armenians tortured and massacred millions of defenseless civilians. To
assemble innocent civilians in the mosques and burn them in the buildings
was one of their methods. Even today the traveler in that region is seldom
free from the evidence of these Armenian crimes.
If you have the stomach, I would strongly recommend the following
references on the Armenian genocide of the Muslims. Many more of them
are also available in the 'Erzurum and Van Turkish Genocide Museums.'
1. Neside Kerem Demir, "Bir Sehid Anasina Tarihin Soyledikleri:
Turkiye'nin Ermeni Meselesi," Hulbe Basim ve Yayin T.A.S.,
Ankara, 1982.
2. Veysel Eroglu, "Ermeni Mezalimi," Sebil Yayinevi, Istanbul, 1978.
3. A. Alper Gazigiray, "Osmanlilardan Gunumuze Kadar Vesikalarla Ermeni
Teroru'nun Kaynaklari," Gozen Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1982.
4. Dr. Kirzioglu M. Fahrettin, "Kars Ili ve Cevresinde Ermeni Mezalimi,"
Kardes Matbaasi, Ankara, 1970.
But more than that.
A Final Goodbye in Azerbaijan:
[Photo by Associated Press]: "At a cemetery in Agdam, Azerbaijan, family
members and friends grieved during the burial of victims killed in the
fighting in Nagorno-Karabagh. Chingiz Iskandarov, right, hugged the
coffin containing the remains of his brother, one of the victims. A copy
of Koran lay atop the coffin."
The New York Times, 3/6/92
Final Embrace :
[Photo by Associated Press]: "Chingiz Iskenderov, right, weeps over
coffin holding the remains of his brother as other relatives grieve
at an Azarbaijani cemetery yesterday amid burial of victims killed
in fighting in Nagorno-Karabagh."
The Washington Post, 3/6/92
Nagorno-Karabagh Victims Buried in Azerbaijani Town :
"Refugees Claim Hundreds died in Armenian Attack...Of seven bodies seen
here today, two were children and three were women, one shot through
the chest at what appeared to be close range. Another 120 refugees
being treated at Agdam's hospital include many with multiple stab
wounds."
Thomas Goltz
The Washington Post, 2/28/92
Serdar Argic | 6 | trimmed_train |
7,355 |
How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin???
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8,913 | the blood of the lamb.
This will be a hard task, because most cultures used most animals
for blood sacrifices. It has to be something related to our current
post-modernism state. Hmm, what about used computers?
Cheers,
Kent | 15 | trimmed_train |
1,589 | Don't knock Vaughn for being a spring training .400 hitter
but a .250 regular season hitter.
Around 30 games played isn't an indication of how good any
hitter is, and the quality of pitching is way down.
Ryan Robbins
Penobscot Hall
University of Maine | 2 | trimmed_train |
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3,563 | By Dave Luecking Of The Post-Dispatch Staff
At 9:11 Thursday night, the scoreboard watchers at The Arena began to cheer.
Their cheer quickly turned into a roar, and finally, the sellout crowd of
17,816 rose as one to rock the old barn at 5700 Oakland Avenue in a salute to
the playoff-bound Blues.
The scoreboard had just flashed the news from Detroit -- Red Wings 5, Stars 3.
With the North Stars' loss, the Blues officially clinched fourth place and the
final playoff spot in the Norris Division. Good thing, because the Blues quit
playing.
They held a 5-1 lead over Tampa Bay when the Detroit-Minnesota final appeared
with 3 minutes 52 remaining in the second period. They promptly went to sleep
and barely held on for a 6-5 victory that nearly slipped away at the buzzer.
Tampa's Bob Beers tipped in a pass from Shawn Chambers, but officiating
supervisor John D'Amico and video goal judge Rich Schweigler ruled that the
shot had gone into the net after time had expired.
``I'm glad I didn't see it go in at the end," Blues coach Bob Berry said.
If the goal had counted, he'd have been more upset than he was by the Blues'
disappearance in the final 24 minutes. Holding on for the victory and making
the playoffs tempered Berry's anger.
``It wasn't pretty at the end," he said. ``We played 36, 37 great minutes, as
good as we played all year. It slipped away at the end. It shouldn't have, but
it did."
Still, the Blues won, prompting another ovation from the crowd at game's end.
Despite their shoddy effort in the third period and all the turmoil this
season, the Blues still made the playoffs. They'll meet the Chicago Blackhawks
in a best-of-seven Norris Division semifinal, beginning at noon Sunday at
Chicago Stadium.
The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 37-36-11 for 85 points,
their fourth consecutive plus-.500 season. Minnesota finished three points
behind in fifth place, with a record of 36-38- 10 for 82 points. Tampa Bay,
which played spoiler last week by tying the Blues 2-2 at Tampa, ended its
first season with a record of 23-54-7 for 53 points.
The poor finish cast an unnecessary shadow over what should have been a joyous
Blues locker room. Instead, the mood was one of relief and some disappointment.
``It's a shame we let down," said Kevin Miller, one of three Blues to score
two goals. Brendan Shanahan and Bob Bassen were the others.
``There was no need for a letdown. If we'd have kept working, it would have
ended 6-2 and everyone would be happy."
Instead, a lot of players were happy just to make the playoffs.
``We won, and that's all that matters," said Brett Hull, scoreless and minus-3
for the night. ``Once we got up 4-0, it was really tough to play."
Some players didn't have a problem.
``Just because the score was announced, our line didn't quit," said Rich
Sutter, who played with Bassen and Miller. ``We still had a game to play. You
can't allow five goals like we did, that's not right.
``It was disappointing to see what was going on."
Bassen was almost frantic on the bench because of the Blues' effort. Somehow,
he missed the announcement of Minnesota's loss.
``I didn't know it was final," he said. ``I was kind of looking around on the
bench. I didn't realize it was a final for some reason. We're in the playoffs,
and that's great, but it's a little disappointing to play like we did at the
end."
The letdown was precisely the reason that Berry had instructed the scoreboard
operators to keep the Minnesota-Detroit score off of the board. The score
showed 0-0 until it first popped up with Detroit leading 4-2 in the third
period. The Blues already led 4-0 at the time.
``I told them I didn't want to see the score, I didn't want to know the score,"
Berry said. ``I felt we had to win the game, and that's the approach we took."
If Minnesota took a lead, Berry feared, the pressure of having to win might
bother the Blues. If Detroit led, he worried, the Blues might quit.
Until the announcement, the Blues played splendidly. Shanahan got the crowd
going at 10:44 of the first period, scoring his 50th of the season. Then,
Miller and Bassen took charge late in the period.
With the teams playing four on four, Miller broke in on left wing, deked
defenseman Roman Hamrlik and beat former Blues goalie Pat Jablonski with the
rebound of his own shot with 21.6 seconds remaining in the period.
Then, just 10.5 seconds later, Bassen rifled a long slap shot past Jablonski
after defenseman Rick Zombo intercepted a Tampa pass in the neutral zone.
Bassen made it 4-0 just 14 seconds into the second period, scoring on the
rebound of Bret Hedican's shot. The goal gave him his first two-goal game of
the season and reminded him of a special friend.
Last year, Bassen befriended young Oliver Mulvihill, who died of a rare form
of cancer at age 6 on Feb. 23.
``I was thinking of my buddy Oliver," Bassen said. ``He's in heaven now, and
I know he was watching. I know he's happy."
Miller increased the Blues lead to 5-0 on a break-away goal set up by Zombo
at 11:09. Then, Steve Maltais broke Curtis Joseph's shutout just 18 seconds
later, making it 5-1.
Less than a minute after the North Stars' final was announced, Tim Bergland
scored and cut the lead to 5-2. But Shanahan scored his 51st, converting a pass
from Nelson Emerson with 21.3 seconds remaining in the second period.
Then, it was all Lightning. Adam Creighton scored 40 seconds into the third
period, prompting Berry to rest the overworked Joseph. Guy Hebert allowed goals
to Shawn Chambers and Danton Cole in a span of 1:21 midway through the third
period.
The goals by Chambers and Cole made Shanahan's second goal stand up as the
winner. ``We were in there," Shanahan said. ``The game was over. We were in." | 17 | trimmed_train |
3,699 | Just a question.
As a provider of a public BBS service - aren't you bound by law to gurantee
intelligble access to the data of the users on the BBS, if police comes
with sufficent authorisation ? I guessed this would be a basic condition
for such systems. (I did run a bbs some time ago, but that was in Switzerland)
The US doesn't yet have many laws covering BBSs - they're not common carriers,
they're not phone companies, they're just private machines or services
operated by businesses. There's no obligation to keep records.
As Perry Metzger points out, if the police come with a search warrant,
you have to let them see what the warrant demands, if it exists,
and they generally can confiscate the equipment as "evidence"
(which is not Constitutionally valid, but we're only beginning to
develop court cases supporting us). A court MAY be able to compel
you to tell them information you know, such as the encryption password
for the disk - there aren't any definitive cases yet, since it's a new
situation, and there probably aren't laws specifically covering it.
But the court can't force you to *know* the keys, and there are no
laws preventing you from allowing your users to have their own keys
for their own files without giving them to you.
Even in areas that do have established law, there is uncertainty.
There was a guy in Idaho a few years ago who had his business records
subpoenaed as evidence for taxes or some other business-restriction law,
so he gave the court the records. Which were in Hebrew.
The US doesn't have laws forcing you to keep your records in English,
and these were the originals of the records. HE didn't speak Hebrew,
and neither did anybody in the court organization. Don't think they
were able to do much about it.
It might be illegal for your BBS to deny access to potential customers
based on race, religion, national origin, gender, or sexual preference;
it probably hasn't been tested in court, but it seems like a plausible
extension of anti-discrimination laws affecting other businesses.
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3,542 |
Here's my own top ten response to Mr. Ipser's list
10. It's about time we have a President that might actually stand up to the
military. Our men and women in uniform must learn that the world does not
revolve around them, and that one of the things they're out there defending
is our right to be critical of them, even denounce them.
9. Let me explain something to you. Environmental policy and industrial
policy MUST go hand in hand. Our nation, and indeed, our planet cannot
afford to continue ignoring this as was done over the last twelve years.
Our industrial/environmental position has been downright SHAMEFUL! We
must have active government support of the key industries such as,
telecommunications, microelectronics, medical, biotech, and environmental
tech. Meanwhile weed out old, inneficient, high-polution, industries
that are better left to other nations. This will make us richer, help
produce new jobs, and help the environment. To give credit where credit
is due, I heard a lot of this in a speech by Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
tonite. In addition, it's time we get really, really serious about
issues like overpopulation, globabl warming, and ozone depletion. The
planet on which we live should be our utmost priority!
8. It just so happens that that it takes money to make this country work,
to provide the services that people need, and to help solve the problems
that need to be solved. Granted, some things can probably be done more
efficiently for less money, and should be. But some things are going to
cost more money and I'm sick and tired of hearing everyone whining about
taxes all the time. You want to live in my country, you pay your fair
share!
7. I can't believe what hypocrites people are when they ask people to give
up their lives for their country and then complain about taxes. If you're
willing to send me off to die for some stupid obsession with fighting an
enemy which at best doesn't affect us and at worst really should be our
friend, then you have no right to tell me you shouldn't pay taxes!
6. Hey, I think the beaded curtains add a lovely 60's-esque touch!
5. Look, Canada, Europe, and Japan manage to provide health care for their
citizens (and, yes, basic health IS a human right which people are
entitled to). If these nations aren't capitalist enough for you, then
I guess we've found something better than capitalism! There is nothing
sacred about the capitalist system, and if something, be it socialism
or anything else, works better, then I say let capitalism die.
4. Make love, not War!
3. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to be a male and a feminist
at the same time. To discriminate against or to deny equal opportunity
to a MAJORITY of the population is just plain wrong, and trying to force
them into some sort of tradition role is even worse. Women certainly
have as much to offer this world as men, and the day that gender
discrimination is finally broken it going to make all the revolutions of
the past few centuries seem like reform bills. I look forward to it.
2. See number 10.
1. HEY MAN, ACADAMIA RULES!!
-Amar Chaudhary
Peace, Land, at Matzoh!
"AC in DC in 2008!"
None of the opinions here necessary reflect the opinions of Yale University or
anyone or anything associated with it, except for me, of course :) | 13 | trimmed_train |
11,249 | Hi everybody,
Can anyone name an anonymous ftp-site where I can find the sources
of the PBM-PLUS package (portable bit/gray/pixel map).
I would like to compile and run it on a Sun Sparcstation. | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,886 |
Seconded. I cycle to work each day, and if we could just get
those damned cars and their cretinous drivers off the road, it
would be a lot more fun. | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,157 | 17 | trimmed_train |
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8,565 | When sw is delivered you will often (always?) get 360 k
diskettes if you opt for the 5 1/4 inch format. How big a %-tage
of existing PC/XT/AT/PS2's have these low capacity drives as
their only diskette station?
(o o)
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2,745 | Your posting provoked me into checking my save file for memorable
posts. The first I captured was by Ken Arromdee on 19 Feb 1990, on the
subject "Re: atheist too?". That was article #473 here; your question
was article #53766, which is an average of about 48 articles a day for
the last three years. As others have noted, the current posting rate is
such that my kill file is depressing large...... Among the posting I
saved in the early days were articles from the following notables:
An interesting bunch.... I wonder where #2 is? | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,692 | ^^^^^^^^
Gee, you really make me confused. What is radiator? Where is it located?
What does it look like? Will it release any radiation (since it sounds
like radia-tion genera-tor) when you punch holes? | 4 | trimmed_train |
2,828 |
Maybe because baseball is the only business where those who are
responsible for the fiscal aspects of the game preach gloom and doom.
These allegedly intelligent people seem to predict bad times, losing
money, bankruptcies at an alarming rate, and there's going to be an
increased degradation of the product they produce. Could you imagine
IBM, with all their problems, promoting themselves the way Major League
Baseball does? Their stock would plummet to unthinkable depths (not
that they are too far from it now :-). What would happen at GM? Where
would GM be if they admitted to cutting corners and producing an
inferior product because of alleged labor problems? I think it shows a
lack of confidence for the people who run the game.
Forget it. Word has it three divisions with a wild card is just about
a done deal. It has to be decided soon since negotiations with the
networks also have to begin soon. | 2 | trimmed_train |
7,308 | Detroit is a very disciplined team. There's a lot of Europeans
in Detroit which would make the game fast, so Toronto would have
to slow the game down, which means drawing penalties, as a last
resort anyway. Toronto will be a good team as soon as they get
more good players. Toronto is just an average team, Detroit isn't
Ballard screwed Toronto when he was owner. Everyone knows that.
and it's going to take time for Toronto to become a real force.
I expect Gilmour to be burnt out next year. He can't pull the
whole team forever. | 17 | trimmed_train |
1,149 | 17 | trimmed_train |
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5,459 | In case you missed it on the news....the first 16 Haitians
of many that tested positive for HIV and were being held on a
base in Cuba have been flown to the U.S.
Further a U.S. judge has ruled that they must receive
medical treatment or be returned to a place where they could
receive same.
So guess what folks, we taxpayers get to pick up the tab
(just as you might have expected) for people who have never
contributed a dime to the U.S. society. | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,149 | In response to: [email protected] (David Whitten):
And you responded:
Of course. The feast WAS the Seder, and the accounts of it are very clear
on this point.
The difference is the connection between the bread and wine and the body
and blood of god. This is an old association of the Tammuz/Osiris/Mithras
line, and not really related to Judaism. In any case, I didn't really
intend to argue the point. I saw a possible association and pointed it
out, but I haven't the foggiest notion what really happened.
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4,202 |
The same place single men do, wallet in back pocket, comb in other
back pocket, keys in front pocket, knive in other from pocket, pen
in shirt pocket, or front pants pocket. Or do married men start
carrying around a bunch of stuff to keep there women happy? | 4 | trimmed_train |
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1. Comments & News from the Editor
OCR / Scanner News ................................................... 1
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - MMWR
[16 April 1993] Emerging Infectious Diseases ......................... 3
Outbreak of E. coli Infections from Hamburgers ....................... 5
Use of Smokeless Tobacoo Among Adults ................................ 10
Gonorrhea ............................................................ 14
Impact of Adult Safety-Belt Use on Children less than 11 years Age ... 17
Publication of CDC Surveillance Summaries ............................ 21
3. Clinical Research News
High Tech Assisted Reproductive Technologies ......................... 24
4. Articles
Low Levels Airborne Particles Linked to Serious Asthma Attacks ....... 29
NIH Consensus Development Conference on Melanoma ..................... 31
National Cancer Insitute Designated Cancer Centers ................... 32
5. General Announcments
UCI Medical Education Software Repository ............................ 40
6. AIDS News Summaries
AIDS Daily Summary April 12 to April 15, 1993 ........................ 41
7. AIDS/HIV Articles
First HIV Vaccine Trial Begins in HIV-Infected Children .............. 47
New Evidence that the HIV Can Cause Disease Independently ............ 50
Clinical Consultation Telephone Service for AIDS ..................... 52
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I would like to continue to thank everyone who has sent in a donation for the
Mednews OCR/Scanner Fund. We have reached our goal! A Hewlett Packard
Scanjet IIp was purchased this week.
Thank you to the following individuals whose contributions I just received:
John Sorenson
Carol Sigelman
Carla Moore
Barbara Moose
Judith Schrier
Again, thank you to all who gave!
I have been using Wordscan Plus for the past couple of weeks and would like to
review the product. Wordscan Plus is a product of Calera Recognition Systems.
It runs under Windows 3.1 and supports that Accufont Technology of the Hewlett
Packard Scanners.
When initially bringing up the software, it lets you select several options;
(1) text / graphics (2) input source ie scanner, fax file, disk file (3)
automatic versus manual decomposition of the scanned image.
I like manual decomposition since the software then lets me select which
parts of the document I would like scanned, and in what order.
Once an image is scanned, you can bring up the Pop-Up image verification. The
software gives you two "errors" at this point. Blue which are words that were
converted reliability, but do not match anything in the built-in dictionary.
Yellow shade, which are words that Wordscan Plus doesn't think it converted
correctly at all. I have found that the software should give itself more
credit. It is usually correct, instead of wrong. If a word is shaded blue,
you can add it to your personal dictionary. The only problem is the personal
dictionary will only handle about 200 words. I find this to be very limited,
considering how many medical terms are not in a normal dictionary.
After a document is converted, you can save it in a multitude of word
processor formats. Also any images that were captured can be stored in a
seperate TIFF or PCX file format.
I was extremely impressed on the percent accuracy for fax files. I use
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an Intel Satisfaxtion card, which stores incoming faxs in a PCX/DCX format.
While most of my faxes were received in "standard" mode (200x100 dpi), the
accuracy of Wordscan Plus was excellent.
Overall, a very impressive product. The only fault I could find is the
limitations of the size of the user dictionary. 200 specialized words is just
too small.
If anyone has any specific questions, please do not hesitate to send me email.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(14) DATE: Apr 16, 1993
Introduction
Despite predictions earlier this century that infectious diseases would
soon be eliminated as a public health problem (1), infectious diseases remain
the major cause of death worldwide and a leading cause of illness and death in
the United States. Since the early 1970s, the U.S. public health system has
been challenged by a myriad of newly identified pathogens and syndromes (e.g.,
Escherichia coli O157:H7, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus,
Legionnaires disease, Lyme disease, and toxic shock syndrome). The incidences
of many diseases widely presumed to be under control, such as cholera,
malaria, and tuberculosis (TB), have increased in many areas. Furthermore,
control and prevention of infectious diseases are undermined by drug
resistance in conditions such as gonorrhea, malaria, pneumococcal disease,
salmonellosis, shigellosis, TB, and staphylococcal infections (2). Emerging
infections place a disproportionate burden on immunocompromised persons, those
in institutional settings (e.g., hospitals and child day care centers), and
minority and underserved populations. The substantial economic burden of
emerging infections on the U.S. health-care system could be reduced by more
effective surveillance systems and targeted control and prevention programs
(3).
This issue of MMWR introduces a new series, "Emerging Infectious
Diseases." Future articles will address these diseases, as well as
surveillance, control, and prevention efforts by health-care providers and
public health officials. This first article updates the ongoing investigation
of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in the western United States (4).
References
1. Burnet M. Natural history of infectious disease. Cambridge, England:
Cambridge University Press, 1963.
2. Kunin CM. Resistance to antimicrobial drugs -- a worldwide calamity. Ann
Intern Med 1993;118:557-61.
3. Lederberg J, Shope RE, Oaks SC Jr, eds. Emerging infections: microbial
threats to health in the United States. Washington, DC: National Academy
Press, 1992.
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4. CDC. Preliminary report: foodborne outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7
infections from hamburgers --western United States, 1993. MMWR 1993;42:85-6.
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Update: Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7
Infections from Hamburgers -- Western United States,
1992-1993
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(14) DATE: Apr 16, 1993
From November 15, 1992, through February 28, 1993, more than 500
laboratory-confirmed infections with E. coli O157:H7 and four associated
deaths occurred in four states -- Washington, Idaho, California, and Nevada.
This report summarizes the findings from an ongoing investigation (1) that
identified a multistate outbreak resulting from consumption of hamburgers from
one restaurant chain. Washington
On January 13, 1993, a physician reported to the Washington Department of
Health a cluster of children with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and an
increase in emergency room visits for bloody diarrhea. During January 16-17, a
case-control study comparing 16 of the first cases of bloody diarrhea or
postdiarrheal HUS identified with age- and neighborhood-matched controls
implicated eating at chain A restaurants during the week before symptom onset
(matched odds ratio OR=undefined; lower confidence limit=3.5). On January
18, a multistate recall of unused hamburger patties from chain A restaurants
was initiated.
As a result of publicity and case-finding efforts, during January-
February 1993, 602 patients with bloody diarrhea or HUS were reported to the
state health department. A total of 477 persons had illnesses meeting the case
definition of culture-confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infection or postdiarrheal HUS
(Figure 1). Of the 477 persons, 52 (11%) had close contact with a person with
confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infection during the week preceding onset of
symptoms. Of the remaining 425 persons, 372 (88%) reported eating in a chain A
restaurant during the 9 days preceding onset of symptoms. Of the 338 patients
who recalled what they ate in a chain A restaurant, 312 (92%) reported eating
a regular-sized hamburger patty. Onsets of illness peaked from January 17
through January 20. Of the 477 casepatients, 144 (30%) were hospitalized; 30
developed HUS, and three died. The median age of patients was 7.5 years
(range: 0-74 years). Idaho
Following the outbreak report from Washington, the Division of Health,
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, identified 14 persons with culture-
confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infection, with illness onset dates from December
11, 1992, through February 16, 1993 (Figure 2A). Four persons were
hospitalized; one developed HUS. During the week preceding illness onset, 13
(93%) had eaten at a chain A restaurant. California
In late December, the San Diego County Department of Health Services was
notified of a child with E. coli O157:H7 infection who subsequently died.
Active surveillance and record review then identified eight other persons with
E. coli O157:H7 infections or HUS from mid-November through mid-January 1993.
Four of the nine reportedly had recently eaten at a chain A restaurant and
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four at a chain B restaurant in San Diego. After the Washington outbreak was
reported, reviews of medical records at five hospitals revealed an overall 27%
increase in visits or admissions for diarrhea during December 1992 and January
1993 compared with the same period 1 year earlier. A case was defined as
postdiarrheal HUS, bloody diarrhea that was culture negative or not cultured,
or any diarrheal illness in which stool culture yielded E. coli O157:H7, with
onset from November 15, 1992, through January 31, 1993.
Illnesses of 34 patients met the case definition (Figure 2B). The
outbreak strain was identified in stool specimens of six patients. Fourteen
persons were hospitalized, seven developed HUS, and one child died. The median
age of case-patients was 10 years (range: 1-58 years). A case-control study of
the first 25 case-patients identified and age- and sex-matched community
controls implicated eating at a chain A restaurant in San Diego (matched
OR=13; 95% confidence interval CI=1.7-99). A study comparing case-patients
who ate at chain A restaurants with well meal companions implicated regular-
sized hamburger patties (matched OR=undefined; lower confidence limit=1.3).
Chain B was not statistically associated with illness. Nevada
On January 22, after receiving a report of a child with HUS who had eaten
at a local chain A restaurant, the Clark County (Las Vegas) Health District
issued a press release requesting that persons with recent bloody diarrhea
contact the health department. A case was defined as postdiarrheal HUS, bloody
diarrhea that was culture negative or not cultured, or any diarrheal illness
with a stool culture yielding the Washington strain of E. coli O157:H7, with
onset from December 1, 1992, through February 7, 1993. Because local
laboratories were not using sorbitol MacConkey (SMAC) medium to screen stools
for E. coli O157:H7, this organism was not identified in any patient. After
SMAC medium was distributed, the outbreak strain was detected in the stool of
one patient 38 days after illness onset.
Of 58 persons whose illnesses met the case definition (Figure 2C), nine
were hospitalized; three developed HUS. The median age was 30.5 years (range:
0-83 years). Analysis of the first 21 patients identified and age- and sex-
matched community controls implicated eating at a chain A restaurant during
the week preceding illness onset (matched OR=undefined; lower confidence
limit=4.9). A case-control study using well meal companions of case-patients
also implicated eating hamburgers at chain A (matched OR=6.0; 95% CI=0.7-
49.8). Other Investigation Findings
During the outbreak, chain A restaurants in Washington linked with cases
primarily were serving regular-sized hamburger patties produced on November
19, 1992; some of the same meat was used in "jumbo" patties produced on
November 20, 1992. The outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 was isolated from 11
lots of patties produced on those two dates; these lots had been distributed
to restaurants in all states where illness occurred. Approximately 272,672
(20%) of the implicated patties were recovered by the recall.
A meat traceback by a CDC team identified five slaughter plants in the
United States and one in Canada as the likely sources of carcasses used in the
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contaminated lots of meat and identified potential control points for reducing
the likelihood of contamination. The animals slaughtered in domestic slaughter
plants were traced to farms and auctions in six western states. No one
slaughter plant or farm was identified as the source.
Further investigation of cases related to secondary transmission in
families and child day care settings is ongoing.
Reported by: M Davis, DVM, C Osaki, MSPH, Seattle-King County Dept of Public
Health; D Gordon, MS, MW Hinds, MD, Snohomish Health District, Everett; K
Mottram, C Winegar, MPH, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept; ED Avner, MD, PI
Tarr, MD, Dept of Pediatrics, D Jardine, MD, Depts of Anesthesiology and
Pediatrics, Univ of Washington School of Medicine and Children's Hospital and
Medical Center, Seattle; M Goldoft, MD, B Bartleson, MPH; J Lewis, JM
Kobayashi, MD, State Epidemiologist, Washington Dept of Health. G Billman, MD,
J Bradley, MD, Children's Hospital, San Diego; S Hunt, P Tanner, RES, M
Ginsberg, MD, San Diego County Dept of Health Svcs; L Barrett, DVM, SB Werner,
MD, GW Rutherford, III, MD, State Epidemiologist, California Dept of Health
Svcs. RW Jue, Central District Health Dept, Boise; H Root, Southwest District
Health Dept, Caldwell; D Brothers, MA, RL Chehey, MS, RH Hudson, PhD, Div of
Health, Idaho State Public Health Laboratory, FR Dixon, MD, State
Epidemiologist, Div of Health, Idaho Dept of Health and Welfare. DJ Maxson,
Environmental Epidemiology Program, L Empey, PA, O Ravenholt, MD, VH Ueckart,
DVM, Clark County Health District, Las Vegas; A DiSalvo, MD, Nevada State
Public Health Laboratory; DS Kwalick, MD, R Salcido, MPH, D Brus, DVM, State
Epidemiologist, Div of Health, Nevada State Dept of Human Resources. Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration. Food
Safety Inspection Svc, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Svc, US Dept of
Agriculture. Div of Field Epidemiology, Epidemiology Program Office; Enteric
Diseases Br, Div of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for
Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Editorial Note: E. coli O157:H7 is a pathogenic gram-negative bacterium first
identified as a cause of illness in 1982 during an outbreak of severe bloody
diarrhea traced to contaminated hamburgers (2). This pathogen has since
emerged as an important cause of both bloody diarrhea and HUS, the most common
cause of acute renal failure in children. Outbreak investigations have linked
most cases with the consumption of undercooked ground beef, although other
food vehicles, including roast beef, raw milk, and apple cider, also have been
implicated (3). Preliminary data from a CDC 2-year, nationwide, multicenter
study revealed that when stools were routinely cultured for E. coli O157:H7
that organism was isolated more frequently than Shigella in four of 10
participating hospitals and was isolated from 7.8% of all bloody stools, a
higher rate than for any other pathogen.
Infection with E. coli O157:H7 often is not recognized because most
clinical laboratories do not routinely culture stools for this organism on
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SMAC medium, and many clinicians are unaware of the spectrum of illnesses
associated with infection (4). The usual clinical manifestations are diarrhea
(often bloody) and abdominal cramps; fever is infrequent. Younger age groups
and the elderly are at highest risk for clinical manifestations and
complications. Illness usually resolves after 6-8 days, but 2%-7% of patients
develop HUS, which is characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia,
renal failure, and a death rate of 3%-5%.
This report illustrates the difficulties in recognizing community
outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 in the absence of routine surveillance. Despite
the magnitude of this outbreak, the problem may not have been recognized in
three states if the epidemiologic link had not been established in Washington
(1). Clinical laboratories should routinely culture stool specimens from
persons with bloody diarrhea or HUS for E. coli O157:H7 using SMAC agar (5).
When infections with E. coli O157:H7 are identified, they should be reported
to local health departments for further evaluation and, if necessary, public
health action to prevent further cases.
E. coli O157:H7 lives in the intestines of healthy cattle, and can
contaminate meat during slaughter. CDC is collaborating with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service to identify
critical control points in processing as a component of a program to reduce
the likelihood of pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7 entering the meat supply.
Because slaughtering practices can result in contamination of raw meat with
pathogens, and because the process of grinding beef may transfer pathogens
from the surface of the meat to the interior, ground beef is likely to be
internally contaminated. The optimal food protection practice is to cook
ground beef thoroughly until the interior is no longer pink, and the juices
are clear. In this outbreak, undercooking of hamburger patties likely played
an important role. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued interim
recommendations to increase the internal temperature for cooked hamburgers to
155 F (86.1 C) (FDA, personal communication, 1993).
Regulatory actions stimulated by the outbreak described in this report
and the recovery of thousands of contaminated patties before they could be
consumed emphasize the value of rapid public health investigations of
outbreaks. The public health impact and increasing frequency of isolation of
this pathogen underscore the need for improved surveillance for infections
caused by E. coli O157:H7 and for HUS to better define the epidemiology of E.
coli O157:H7.
References
1. CDC. Preliminary report: foodborne outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7
infections from hamburgers --western United States, 1993. MMWR 1993;42:85-6.
2. Riley LW, Remis RS, Helgerson SD, et al. Hemorrhagic colitis associated
with a rare Escherichia coli serotype. N Engl J Med 1983;308:681-5.
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3. Griffin PM, Tauxe RV. The epidemiology of infections caused by Escherichia
coli O157:H7, other enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and the associated hemolytic
uremic syndrome. Epidemiol Rev 1991;13:60-98.
4. Griffin PM, Ostroff SM, Tauxe RV, et al. Illnesses associated with
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections: a broad clinical spectrum. Ann Intern Med
1988;109:705-12.
5. March SB, Ratnam S. Latex agglutination test
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Use of Smokeless Tobacco Among Adults -- United States,
1991
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(14) DATE: Apr 16, 1993
Consumption of moist snuff and other smokeless tobacco products in the
United States almost tripled from 1972 through 1991 (1). Long-term use of
smokeless tobacco is associated with nicotine addiction and increased risk of
oral cancer (2) -- the incidence of which could increase if young persons who
currently use smokeless tobacco continue to use these products frequently (1).
To monitor trends in the prevalence of use of smokeless tobacco products,
CDC's 1991 National Health Interview Survey-Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention supplement (NHIS-HPDP) collected information on snuff and chewing
tobacco use and smoking from a representative sample of the U.S. civilian,
noninstitutionalized population aged greater than or equal to 18 years. This
report summarizes findings from this survey.
The 1991 NHIS-HPDP supplement asked "Have you used snuff at least 20
times in your entire life?" and "Do you use snuff now?" Similar questions were
asked about chewing tobacco use and cigarette smoking. Current users of
smokeless tobacco were defined as those who reported snuff or chewing tobacco
use at least 20 times and who reported using snuff or chewing tobacco at the
time of the interview; former users were defined as those who reported having
used snuff or chewing tobacco at least 20 times and not using either at the
time of the interview. Ever users of smokeless tobacco included current and
former users. Current smokers were defined as those who reported smoking at
least 100 cigarettes and who were currently smoking and former smokers as
those who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes and who were not
smoking now. Ever smokers included current and former smokers. Data on
smokeless tobacco use were available for 43,732 persons aged greater than or
equal to 18 years and were adjusted for nonresponse and weighted to provide
national estimates. Confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by using
standard errors generated by the Software for Survey Data Analysis (SUDAAN)
(3).
In 1991, an estimated 5.3 million (2.9%) U.S. adults were current users
of smokeless tobacco, including 4.8 million (5.6%) men and 533,000 (0.6%)
women. For all categories of comparison, the prevalence of smokeless tobacco
use was substantially higher among men. For men, the prevalence of use was
highest among those aged 18-24 years (Table 1); for women, the prevalence was
highest among those aged greater than or equal to 75 years. The prevalence of
smokeless tobacco use among men was highest among American Indians/Alaskan
Natives and whites; the prevalence among women was highest among American
Indians/Alaskan Natives and blacks. Among both men and women, prevalence of
smokeless tobacco use declined with increasing education. Prevalence was
substantially higher among residents of the southern United States and in
rural areas. Although the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use was higher among
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men and women below the poverty level, * this difference was significant only
for women (p less than 0.05) (Table 1).
Among men, the prevalence of current use of snuff was highest among those
aged 18-44 years but varied considerably by age; the prevalence of use of
chewing tobacco was more evenly distributed by age group (Table 2). Although
women rarely used smokeless tobacco, the prevalence of snuff use was highest
among those aged greater than or equal to 75 years.
An estimated 7.9 million (4.4% 95% CI=4.1-4.6) adults reported being
former smokeless tobacco users. Among ever users, the proportion who were
former smokeless tobacco users was 59.9% (95% CI=57.7-62.1). Among persons
aged 18-24 years, the proportion of former users was lower among snuff users
(56.2% 95% CI=49.4-63.0) than among chewing tobacco users (70.4% 95%
CI=64.2-76.6). Among persons aged 45-64 years, the proportion of former users
was similar for snuff (68.9% 95% CI=63.1-74.7) and chewing tobacco (73.5%
95% CI=68.9-78.1).
Among current users of smokeless tobacco, 22.9% (95% CI=19.9-26.0)
currently smoked, 33.3% (95% CI=30.0-36.5) formerly smoked, and 43.8% (95%
CI=39.9-47.7) never smoked. In comparison, among current smokers, 2.6% (95%
CI=2.3-3.0) were current users of smokeless tobacco.
Daily use of smokeless tobacco was more common among snuff users (67.3%
95% CI=63.2-71.4) than among chewing tobacco users (45.1% 95% CI=40.6-
49.6).
Reported by: Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion; Div of Health Interview Statistics, National
Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
Editorial Note: The findings in this report indicate that the use of smokeless
tobacco was highest among young males. Adolescent and young adult males, in
particular, are the target of marketing strategies by tobacco companies that
link smokeless tobacco with athletic performance and virility. Use of oral
snuff has risen markedly among professional baseball players, encouraging this
behavior among adolescent and young adult males and increasing their risk for
nicotine addiction, oral cancer, and other mouth disorders (4).
Differences in the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use among
racial/ethnic groups may be influenced by differences in educational levels
and socioeconomic status as well as social and cultural phenomena that require
further explanation. For example, targeted marketing practices may play a role
in maintaining or increasing prevalence among some groups, and affecting the
differential initiation of smokeless tobacco use by young persons (5,6).
In this report, one concern is that nearly one fourth of current
smokeless tobacco users also smoke cigarettes. In the 1991 NHIS-HPDP, the
prevalence of cigarette smoking was higher among former smokeless tobacco
users than among current and never smokeless tobacco users. In a previous
study among college students, 18% of current smokeless tobacco users smoked
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occasionally (7). In addition, approximately 7% of adults who formerly smoked
reported substituting other tobacco products for cigarettes in an effort to
stop smoking (8). Health-care providers should recognize the potential health
implications of concurrent smokeless tobacco and cigarette use.
The national health objectives for the year 2000 have established special
population target groups for the reduction of the prevalence of smokeless
tobacco use, including males aged 12-24 years (to no more than 4% by the year
2000 objective 3.9) and American Indian/Alaskan Native youth (to no more
than 10% by the year 2000 objective 3.9a) (9). Strategies to lower the
prevalence of smokeless tobacco use include continued monitoring of smokeless
tobacco use, integrating smoking and smokeless tobacco-control efforts,
enforcing laws that restrict minors' access to tobacco, making excise taxes
commensurate with those on cigarettes, encouraging health-care providers to
routinely provide cessation advice and follow-up, providing school-based
prevention and cessation interventions, and adopting policies that prohibit
tobacco use on school property and at school-sponsored events (5).
References
1. Office of Evaluations and Inspections. Spit tobacco and youth. Washington,
DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
General, 1992; DHHS publication no. (OEI-06)92-00500.
2. National Institutes of Health. The health consequences of using smokeless
tobacco: a report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General. Bethesda,
Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
1986; DHHS publication no. (NIH)86-2874.
3. Shah BV. Software for Survey Data Analysis (SUDAAN) version 5.30 Software
documentation. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: Research Triangle
Institute, 1989.
4. Connolly GN, Orleans CT, Blum A. Snuffing tobacco out of sport. Am J Public
Health 1992;82:351-3.
5. National Cancer Institute. Smokeless tobacco or health: an international
perspective. Bethesda, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services,
Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1992; DHHS publication
no. (NIH)92-3461.
6. Foreyt JP, Jackson AS, Squires WG, Hartung GH, Murray TD, Gotto AM.
Psychological profile of college students who use smokeless tobacco. Addict
Behav 1993;18:107-16.
7. Glover ED, Laflin M, Edwards SW. Age of initiation and switching patterns
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between smokeless tobacco and cigarettes among college students in the United
States. Am J Public Health 1989;79:207-8.
8. CDC. Tobacco use in 1986: methods and tabulations from Adult Use of Tobacco
Survey. Rockville, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services,
Public Health Service, CDC, 1990; DHHS publication no. (OM)90-2004.
9. Public Health Service. Healthy people 2000: national health promotion and
disease prevention objectives. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and
Human Services, Public Health Service, 1991; DHHS publication no. (PHS)91-
50213.
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Geez, Dal must have slipped something into Ted's drink sometime. Comparing
Prince to Pagnozzi offensively is laughable. Prince has never hit well in
the minors and he's now 27 years old, I think. Pagnozzi was not a bad hitter
in the minors. (I'll bring in the numbers tomorrow assuming I don't have
another brain cramp and forget.) He had a very good year at Louisville
before coming up to the majors. As I recall, the hype on Pagnozzi coming up
in the organization was good hit, decent fielding. When he got to the
majors and didn't hit as well as expected (not as much playing time?), he
became Exhibit 312 in Nichols' Law of Catcher Defense and got the reputation
as an outstanding defensive catcher. It's not clear he ever learned to
hit. His four years with more than 100 AB--
Born 31 July 1962
Year AB BA SLG OBA
1988 195 .282 .320 .328
1990 220 .277 .373 .321
1991 459 .264 .351 .317
1992 485 .249 .359 .290
No power, less-than-league-average walks, peak year when he turned 28,
now declining. If Ted is going to invoke Pagnozzi as a model for Prince,
given that Prince has underperformed Pagnozzi in the minors, it's not
a rosy picture.
BTW, I'm still unhappy with moving Zeile, who had the same reputation
coming up in the Cardinal organization as Pagnozzi, except that he was
a much, much better hitter, to 3rd where he could be an average hitter
and a below average fielder instead of a well-above average hitter
as an average (or below average) fielding catcher.
Harold | 2 | trimmed_train |
3,628 | I hope this is the correct newsgroup for this.
What is the scoop on Methanol and its future as an alternative fuel for
vehicles ? How does it compare to ethanol ?
There was some news about health risks involved. Anybody know about
that. How does the US Clean Air act impact the use of Methanol by the
year 1995 ?
I think its Methyl Tertiary butyl ether which the future industries will
use as a substitute for conventional fuels.
There is company Methanex which produces 12% of the world's supply of
Methanol. Does anybody know about it ?
Please reply by e-mail as I do not read these newsgroups.
Thanks in advance. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,257 | Hi,
Could some kind soul post me the max power/voltage/current ratings of
2SC1096 and 2SA634 transistors, their conductance types and pinouts.
They are used in the sweep portion of a TV set.
Thanks in advance, | 11 | trimmed_train |
11,158 | AT&T also puts out two new products for windows, Model numbers elude me now,
a 15 bit video board with framegrabber and a 16bit with same. Yesterday I
was looking at a product at a local Software ETC store. Media Vision makes
a 15bit (32,768 color) frame capture board that is stand alone and doesnot
use the feature connector on your existing video card. It claims upto 30 fps
live capture as well as single frame from either composite NTSC or s-video
in and out. | 1 | trimmed_train |
3,706 |
little.
I know what you mean! I glow everytime Ronnie's out on the ice.
In fact, one of the neatest things about seeing the Pens in person
is that I can key in on him instead of watching what I'd probably
be seeing on tv. He does so many subtle things behind the play.
He said in an interview recently that when he was a kid his dad
stressed the importance of playing two-way hockey; that you have to
learn how to play defense as well as offense and he obviously took
that advice to heart. He was a breath of fresh air when he arrived
in Pittsburgh to the team whose forwards, for the most part, couldn't
and wouldn't play a lick of defense.
It's really difficult to assess what the key trades were that brought
all of this success to the Pens. You mention Rick Tocchet and he has
certainly helped, and even ol' Kjell has been steady. But looking at
this team you could almost take any one of them out of the line-up
permanently and replace them with an extremely mediocre player and it
wouldn't matter.
If I had to pick the top three acquisitions in recent years they would
be 1) Tom Barrasso; 2) Ron Francis; 3) Larry Murphy. (I'd love to put
Francis first but I do think the only thing that could really damage
the Pens right now would be to lose Barrasso.) | 17 | trimmed_train |
3,474 | I am a newbie to the net, and I am trying to get some information for a paper
I am working on to get back into college. If anyone can send me data on
Solar coronal holes and recurrant aurora for the past thirty years it would be
a big help. Or, if you have information on more esoteric things like Telluric
current, surge bafflers power companies use, or other effects sporatic aurora
have on the Earth's magnetic field, I'd be eternally gratefull. Please send
anything interesting to me at
Marty Crandall-Grela
Van Vleck Observatory
Wesleyan University
Middletown,Ct 06487
or e-mail it to me at [email protected]
Thank-you in advance, Marty
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5,686 | Upgraded my friend's 486DX/33 and have the chip for sale, 486DX/33 Intel
CPU chip, first US$265+shipping will get the chip. or you can make the
offer if you don't like the price... Thanks.
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9,658 | I have an Intel SatisFAXtion Modem/100 INTERNAL for sale.
It runs at 2400 baud data mode and up to 9600 baud as a Class 1 fax modem.
It transmits up to 9600 baud (V.29) and receives up to 4800 baud (V.27 ter.)
The modem has all original manuals and comes with software, icluding
Intel's SatisFAXtion and FAXability, as well as Crosstalk Communicator
I have used this modem less than an hour. It came with my computer and I
already had another one.
I would like to ask $50 for this modem, but will entertain all serious offers.
Please email to [email protected] | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,861 | I think it was Lewis who said that in a wedding, it's the principals
that marry each other; the church and the state are present merely as
witnesses.
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Rob Steele In coming to understand anything
MIT Lincoln Laboratory we are rejecting the facts as they
244 Wood St., M-203 are for us in favour of the facts
Lexington, MA 02173 as they are.
617/981-2575 C.S. Lewis | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,458 |
RB>
RB> No, that's praying on the young. Preying on the young comes
RB> later, when the bright eyed little altar boy finds out what the
RB> priest really wears under that chasible.
The same thing Scotsmen where under there kilt.
I'll never forget the day when I was about tweleve and accidently
walked in on a roomfull of priests sitting around in their underware
drinking beer and watching football.
Kind of changed my opinion a bit. They didn't seem so menacing after
that.
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6,236 | Yes, the Phobos mission did return some useful data including images of Phobos
itself. The best I've seen had a surface resolution of about 40 meters. By
the way, the new book entitled "Mars" (Kieffer et al, 1992, University of
Arizona Press) has a great chapter on spacecraft exploration of the planet.
The chapter is co-authored by V.I. Moroz of the Space Research Institute in
Moscow, and includes details never before published in the West. Don't
know of any ftp sites with images though. | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,386 |
Correction: The *FBI* *says* that two of the nine who escaped said the fire
was deliberately set by cult members. Since the press was kept miles away,
we have absolutely no independent verification of any of the government's
claims in this matter.
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9,484 |
Sometimes I have a problem with doctor's prescribing medicine like
this. I of course don't know the exact situation, and
anti-depressants may work, but it isn't helping the ringing at all, is it?
Mine started about three years back. Turns out I have tinnitus
bilateral (translation: ringing in both ears, basically ;). If this
is what it is, she'll probably get used to it. It would keep me up
and drive me nuts too, but nowadays, I have to plug both my ears with
my fingers to check to see if they are ringing. Usually they are, but
you get so used to it, it just gets tuned out. Yes, this is what I've
read about it... not just from my own personal experience.
Millions have it, according to my physician. You just learn to cope
with it (like I mentioned earlier) by ignoring it. It eventually
becomes unconscious.
The doc also said it could be caused by diet (ie: too much caffeine)
and stress, but I haven't changed my lifestyle much, and it just comes
and goes (it is always there somewhat, but now I rarely notice it when
it really "kicks in").
Also, it doesn't necessarily mean there is any hearing loss, either
caused by it or causing it. I had an ENT (ear/nose/throat) exam, and
passed. In fact, my hearing is quite good considering I don't take as
good of care of my hearing as I should.
Her reaction is normal. If it is tinnitus, chances are good she'll
begin to not even notice it.
This info is taken mostly from a few "experts", my own experience, and
some readings (sorry, it was a few years back and don't have any
specifics handy). | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,168 | I have attached a copy of an announcement I picked up during my trip to
Moscow last week. I have several friends at the Moscow Aviation
Institute who have asked me to post this announcement. (I have done
some editing, but the contents is unchanged from the original
announcement.)
For those of you not familiar with the Moscow Aviation Institute, it is
the leading Russian school of higher education dedicated to the training
of aircraft and spacecraft designers. It specializes in airframe
design, powerplant design, control systems, and power systems.
Virtually all of the major former Soviet airframe designers (Tupolev,
Su, Iluchine, Migoyan, etc.) were schooled at MAI.
I had the opportunity to tour the two museums that are maintained at
MAI. The aircraft include Mig23, Su 27, Yak 38, the cockpit of an
F-111(!), among others. It was a fascinating and eye opening
experience, expecially given the fact that the museum was, until a year
or so ago, closed to virtually everyone. I also had the opportunity to
see some of the experiments being conducted with plasma drive engines
for future space craft use.
If you have any questions about the Institute, or the program, I would
be glad to try and answer them. The institute, and most of it's faculty
have e-mail addresses. However, it takes about a day or so for the
receiver to get the message. They are still a bit antiquated - but they
are rapidly changing!
Steve Emmett
[email protected]
ps please send any questions you have for me via e-mail. George Mason
university has about a 2 week (!) delay in news feed delivery.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SCHOOL
The aviation school "Poljot" (meaning Flight) is organized by the the
Moscow Aviation Institute, the prominent Russian Center of airspace
education and the foreign trade firm Poljot, well known in various
parts of the world for their quartz and mechanical wrist watches.
The course of studies will last only 50 days, but during this time
you will have the unique opportunity:
- to listen to intensive courses on the main aviation
disciplines, the history and theory of techniques, and design of
airplanes;
- to visit and get acquainted with the world known Russian
aviation firms - TU, MiG, Yak, Il and Su;
- to meet and have discussions with famous aviation
scientists, engineers and pilots;
- to visit the most interesting museums of unique aviation
techniques which were closed for many years to the public;
- to see the International Airspace Show which will take
place in Moscow from 31 August through 3 September 1993;
- to visit famous art museums, historical and architectural
monuments, theatres and concert halls;
- to take part in sport competitions and have a great time
with new friends.
The Director of the school is Mr. Oleg Samelovich, a well known
Russian scientist, professor, general designer and the Chief of the
Airplanes Design Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute. Mr.
Samelovich is one of the designers of the the Su-24, Su-25, and Su-27
The lectures are given in English, using a multi-media concept. The
students are provided with all the necessary text books and
literature. After the full course of studies are completed, the
student will receive a special certificate of graduation.
The cost of studies, including hotel, meals, excursions, theatres,
etc is $3500.
To apply for admission, send your application to:
109147 Moscow Marksistskaja 34
Foreign Trade Firm "Poljot"
274 00 13 (phone)
274 00 22 (FAX)
411989 POLEX SU (telex)
In your application, include your full name, address, date and place
of birth. In addition, include complete passport information, as well
as a description of your education.
Upon receipt of this information, "Poljot" will immediately forward
to you an official invitation for obtaining a Russian entrance visa
as well as details on payment.
Should you require additional information, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
(signed) O. Samelovich
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Steve Emmett [email protected] | 10 | trimmed_train |
6,849 |
Naw, the owners of WordPerfect are Mormons, and by Tony Rose's
and Robert Weiss' standards, Mormons aren't Christians. :-) | 15 | trimmed_train |
10,356 | }>Look, if you can figure out a reliable means of keeping guns away from
}>bad people, while not interfering with good people, I think we'd all be
}>for it. The problem is, the methods we're using now don't do the trick.
}
}Don't manufacture them. Don't sell them. Don't import them.
Japan did this. It required near-total isolation from the rest of the world
for 2 centuries.
}Some guns will get through, but far fewer, and far less people will
}die because of them. Hunting weapons could be allowed, of course, as
}long as they are big, and bulky, and require reloading after a few
}shots (how many times can you shoot at the same animal, anyways One
}assumes they are moving!)
Hunting weapons are great for extortionist sharpshooters. "Send me money or
else I'll pick you off from 2 miles away."
Tim Starr - Renaissance Now!
Assistant Editor: Freedom Network News, the newsletter of ISIL,
The International Society for Individual Liberty,
1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 864-0952; FAX: (415) 864-7506; [email protected] | 9 | trimmed_train |
11,285 |
Sorry Len, this is exactly how he suffered from being rushed to the bigs.
Being overweight and having no work ethic, leading to being injury prone with
nothing to loose, might have been corrected in Richmond. (Did you intend a
smiley after your comment?)
This brings back the long suffering memories of pre-chop Braves fans who
kept being promised the Bob Horner - Dale Murphy back to back power slam. Who
could stop that? Guess we'll never know.
P.S. - Rocky fans (are there any yet?) Is Dale getting any playing time out
there? I plan to be at the game on June 28th, they'll have to play him then.
| 2 | trimmed_train |
8,420 |
I don't know if some lemons are out there, but from personal experience
My brother's has been trouble free. Not one single repair, only
regular maintainance. The only work he had done on it was a result
of his stupidity... he stopped suddenly in the middle of a left turn
on a busy intersection, and was rear-ended. He has a 1989 Plymouth
Sundance. I would recomend it, but I would also like to say that if
you can wait about six months, ChryCo is coming out with a new car
called the Neon, that is built in the same way as the LH's where.
Good luck with your desiscion.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
8,141 | I recently bought an apparantly complete Expansion Chassis by Mountain
Computer Inc. It consists of a box with 8 Apple ][+ compatible slots,
powersupply brick, interface card and ribbon cable to attach it to the computer
to be expanded. There was also included a small card with empty sockets on top
and pins on the bottom that looks like it would plug into the ][+ motherboard
somewhere after pulling a chip. There's an empty socket also on the interface
card and a short 16-pin DIP jumper like the ones used with ][+ language cards.
This technological marvel came with no docs and I haven't a clue as how to hook
this thing up. If anyone has docs and/or users disk of any sort for this I
could really use copies of them or at least some help.
I need to know:
o How to orient the ribbon cable between the card and the chassis.
o How to attach the short cable from the motherboard to the card
and if the small card is used.
o The purposes of the various jumper-pins on the card (it has more
of those than my CMS SCSI card!)
| 11 | trimmed_train |
6,799 | [...]
I am not an expert. My understanding is the watts output of the power
supply must exceed the sum of the hard disk watts requirement.
Typically, a 200W power supply is sufficient to power a PC.
Hope this help.
Lau Hon-Wah | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,577 | Dear friend,
The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
computer architecture for more information about RISC. | 18 | trimmed_train |
7,047 | Hmmm...intersting (and long) message, but TWICE? Well, I don't care for
libertarianism, but that is a philisophical disagreement, not a tactical
one. Reform of existing laws would be an awfully good idea. You wouldn't
believe some of the outrageous things the guardians of our two party
system do to shut out dissent.
============================================================================
David Matthew Deane ([email protected]) | 13 | trimmed_train |
9,493 | I was wondering if anyone out there has had the same problem I am having with
my Gateway 2000 486-33DX VL-Bus system with ATI Graphics Ultra Pro LB.
When I have my computer in any resolution other than 800x600, everything is
fine, but whenever I use it in 800x600 (Windows, AutoCAD, GIFs) the screen
gets about 1 1/2 inches shorter. At the very top and very bottom of the screen
there is about a 3/4" bar of black. The screen isn't cut off, it just squeezes
everything into the smaller space and messes up the aspect ratio. While I can
manually change the V-Size on the back, this is a pain in the ass, and it just
shouldn't happen anyway. I've called Gateway numerous times and they haven't
been able to help me at all. Two different times they sent me a new card, and
both times the new card didn't work at all in my computer. They even tried
to bill me for the first card because they didn't get it back in a couple of
days, when they TOLD me over the phone that they would wait more than 2 weeks
before billing my card. But their customer support is a different story...
So, if anyone has had this same problem, please let me know if you know what
to do. Hell, let me know if you don't have a solution, just so I know I'm
not the only one with this problem. Thanks in advance.
Jude M. Greer
[email protected] | 3 | trimmed_train |
10,808 | Heres the life of St. MAria Goretti, posted with kind permission of
the editor of the Australian Catholic Magazine "Morning Star".
Hope you like it.
Put up with anything to prevent sin St. Maria Goretti
Maria was born on October 16th 1890 to Luigi and Assunta Goretti,
the eldest daughter in the family of seven. She was a cheerful
girl, always imitating her parents. She had but one disire, but
one wish: to receive our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
The date was finally set for little Maria to receive our Lord on
the feast of Corpus Christi. For Maria, time seemed like an eter-
nity as she slowly neared the great day. When it finally
arrived, Fr. Jerome( the priest who was to celebrate the Mass and
give the children their First Holy Communion) delivered a sermon
on the immense love of Jesus Christ for them and the great love
we should have in return for Him. He then warmly urged them to
die rather than commit a mortal sin.
Maria humbly approached the Altar of God and received the Holy
Eucharist. Her only sadness was the thought of her father's
absence, who died some time beforehand. As for the rest of the
day, Maria remained under the spell of the divine visit; that is
until
-4-
her thoughts changed to when she could go next to Holy Communion.
Thus ended the happiest day of Maria's life.
Over the next twelve months, Maria had changed from a giggling
little girl into a quiet young lady with responsibilities. As her
mother went out into the fields in place of her husband, Maria
took on the ironing, cooking, washing and other motherly duties.
She was doing this not only for her own family, but also for the
Serenellis, a father and son who lived with the Goretti's, owning
a share in the farm. Although Maria was poorer than all the other
children, she by far surpassed them in virtue. In all thi ngs she
did the Holy Will of God.
During the month of June, Alessandro Serenelli(the son) twice
made advances upon Maria when he chanced to be alone with her. On
both occasions Maria managed to struggle free of Alessandro's
strong grip, but on the second, he threatened to kill her if she
even uttered a word to her mother. From this day on, Maria lived
in terror, fearing lest Alessandro attack again.
On July 5th 1902, Alessandro left work in the fields to "get a
handkerchief," as he claimed. He went to the storeroom beneath
the house where Maria, who was outside on the landing with the
baby, could hear him fumbling about in with tools. She wondered
what he was doing. It was later learned that he was sharpening a
91/2" blade. He went to the house and called for Maria. She told
him she wouldn't go to him unless she knew why she was needed. He
stormed out to the landing and dragged her up to her room. Mar ia
instantly realized what he was up to. "No, No, No! Do not touch
me! It is a sin, you will go to Hell!" At this point Alessandro
held the knife over Maria's chest, who was now on the floor.
"Will you or will you not?" Maria gathered all her energy. "No I
will not, Alessandro, no!" She had chosen her martyrdom over
sin, God over Satan. Overcome with rage, Alessandro plunged the
knife into Maria's breast fourteen times. Finally he came to
his senses and thought Maria was dead. Frantically he threw the
knife behind a closet and locked himself in his room. The crying
of the baby Teresa on the landing brought the attention to
Assunta and the father of Alessandro. As the baby was unattended
and was in danger of falling off, they ran to the house to find
Maria, who, covered in blood, was dragging herself to the door.
When asked what happened she said Alessandro stabbed her. "He
wanted to make me do wrong and I would not."
The ambulance arrived, then the police who took Alessandro away.
As the ambulance carried Maria to the hospital, a large crowd
followed on foot. The doctors at the hospital held no hope for
poor little Maria. The same Fr. Jerome who gave Maria her First
Communion
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came to administer the last rites and to give her Holy Viaticum.
He asked Maria if she would forgive her murderer. "Yes. For the
love of Jesus I forgive him. I wish for him to one day join me
in Paradise. May God forgive him, for I alread y have." Maria
died at about three o'clock.
Alessandro was tried and found guilty of Maria's death but
because of his age he was sentenced to only thirty years in
prison. After eight years of being a violent prisoner and show-
ing no regret for his crime, he saw in a dream, in the midst of
a field of flowers, Maria holding out a bunch of white lilies to
him. Soon later he wrote to the local bishop, begging God's par-
don for the grave sin he had committed. He later gave testimony
in Maria's beatification in 1947. Less than three years later,
on Ju ne 24th 1950, Maria was canonised. Assunta Goretti was the
first mother ever to be present at her daughter's canonisation.
May St. Maria Goretti help us to be pure and grant us the
strength to die rather than commit a mortal sin.
Saint Maria Goretti, pray for us.
by Brendan Arthur
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10,348 | [reply to [email protected] (MD)]
Infantile spasms have been well understood for quite some time now. You
are seeing a pediatric neurologist, aren't you? If not, I strongly
recommend it. There is a new anticonvulsant about to be released called
felbamate which may be particularly helpful for infantile spasms. As
for learning more about seizures, ask your doctor or his nurse about a
local support group. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,361 |
Christian: washed in the blood of the lamb.
Mithraist: washed in the blood of the bull.
If anyone in .netland is in the process of devising a new religion,
do not use the lamb or the bull, because they have already been
reserved. Please choose another animal, preferably one not
on the Endangered Species List. | 15 | trimmed_train |
1,803 | Are there any TIFF to anything programs out there for the IBM?
Our scanner works into TIFF, and I can view it on CSHOW 8.1, but
all of my other programs read errors. Are there any basic Tiff to
JPEG, GIF, PCX, BMP, etc...?
Thanks for the time...Email or post acceptable.
Joshuaf | 1 | trimmed_train |
11,080 | My company has developed an application for the Mac that emulates a chart
recorder - virtual pen traces scroll smoothly across the screen. As we
tested the application on a number of computers we discovered some
surprising performance differences across products. The scroll performance
of the IIsi and LCII was better than the IIfx. This led us to investigate
Color Quickdraw performance across the Apple line.
The results:
The fastest QuickDraw color performing computer Apple makes is the
(drumroll please) LCIII. And the Color Classic ranks right up there with
the Quadra line. The Centris line pales in comparison.
Does anybody know the differences in these computers that explains the
disparity in graphics/processor performance?
| 14 | trimmed_train |
4,904 |
If this doesn't beat all I ever heard! The above certainly says a
mouthful about the mindset of Ted Frank, and also of statists
everywhere. | 13 | trimmed_train |
2,960 |
Yeah, Simon's no rat-bastard, he's the Head Attack Puppy :-)
| 13 | trimmed_train |
3,163 | Hi netters,
I have the following vacation packages for sale:
1> Bahamas Vacation.
2 round trip tickets to freeport, Grand Bahamas.
Double occupancy, hotel accomodation.
at $ 27 per person per night.
2> Orlando Florida +
Las Vegas +
Reno/ Lake Tahoe Vacation
One round trip airline ticket.
(from major US airports to the 3 of the above mentioned
destinations)
Hotel Accomodation for 1 or 2 people.
(for 3 days/ 2 Nights). | 5 | trimmed_train |
9,679 |
This chip would take 25ns to return valid data after being issued an address.
Refresh time (none for SRAM, as you pointed out) is a different parameter,
and is not generally referred to except by motherboard designers.
| 3 | trimmed_train |
9,217 | [email protected] (David Coons):
> > The rules say baseball is a game between two teams of nine
> > players each. Let's keep it that way.
[email protected] (David Marc Nieporent):
> Not any more the rules don't say that. So that's a pretty dumb
> argument.
REALLY??? My little mind be boggled! I don't have a 1993 Rule Book
yet, so David, would you please post the new wording of Rule 1.01 -- I
am MIGHTILY curious! Much thanks. | 2 | trimmed_train |
4,935 |
If you only do read/print then there is no reason for the joystick stuff
not to take 90% of the time even if it is efficient.
The truth is that int 15H joystick reading IS slow. I read it directly
from the hardware port. Note that doing so exposes you to intermittent
disturbance from interrupts, so you may want to read (say) twice in a
row and keep the lower results. Don't just turn interrupts off, it may
prove detrimental to the health of any high speed comms and other
devices.
Here is an example of how to do this:
/* ------------------------------ joy.c ------------------------------------- */
/* An example of how to read PC joystick port by polling the hardware port
* directly.
* Uses inp()/outp() for byte port access.
* Will timeout when 'int count=0' counts up to zero.
* This sample reads one port (A is presented and B is in the comments).
* You can read both at once by merging the two, but it will time out
* when either joystick is not connected.
*
* There is no need to optimize this routine since it runs for as long as
* the joystick circuitry needs.
*
* Written by Eyal Lebedinsky ([email protected]).
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>
extern int readjoy (int *x, int *y, int *b1, int *b2);
#define JOYPORT 0x201
#define XJOY 0x01 /* for joystick B use 0x04 */
#define YJOY 0x02 /* for joystick B use 0x08 */
#define XYMASK (XJOY|YJOY)
#define BUT1 0x10 /* for joystick B use 0x40 */
#define BUT2 0x20 /* for joystick B use 0x80 */
int /* returns 0 if ok */
readjoy (int *x, int *y, int *b1, int *b2)
{
register int count;
register char temp, joy;
temp = (char)XYMASK;
count = 0;
outp (JOYPORT, 0); /* set trigger */
do {
temp ^= (joy = (char)inp (JOYPORT));
if (temp & XJOY)
*x = count;
if (temp & YJOY)
*y = count;
} while (++count && ((temp = joy) & XYMASK));
*b1 = !(joy & BUT1);
*b2 = !(joy & BUT2);
return (!count);
}
/* This main() is for demonstration.
*/
int
main ()
{
int rc, x, y, b1, b2; | 3 | trimmed_train |
8,595 |
^^^
How long does he have to take in fixing it? Does he have to use new
parts when he repairs it or can he substitute used parts without your
knowledge? Can he charge you for repairs that should be under warranty
but he claims are due to improper maintenance on your part?
When it comes to local dealers:
- Have fun getting consistently good support. Most of their "techs" are
re-treaded salesmen, not trained technicians, with a high turnover rate.
- Have fun getting in-warranty work done quickly and courteously.
- Have fun getting out-of-warranty work done cheaply, or even done
period, unless you are on a paid service contract.
Having been both a service technician, and a service manager, at a
ComputerLand franchise and another retail computer place, I know what
I'm talking about.
I also know the "local service" scam that retail computer dealers like
to push when they're selling. It's that same old song that car dealers
having been singing for years -- "Buy from me and you'll get good
service. We always treat our customers right! Buy from my competition
and you'll be sorry if you need service."
Experienced mail order buyers know that there are some mail order
companies that give excellent service, including overnight replacement parts,
on-site calls, etc. There are probably some local dealers that can give you
good service, too. But if you think all local dealers give consistenly good
service, you are wrong. I have many anectdotes to prove my point,
but I'm sure there are others on the net can do a better job than I can. | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,774 | Hi netters!
I often have troubles with my PC and would like to fix it by myself. Is
there any book that show you how to fix your own PC (hardware, monitor,
printer problems..etc). Of course, no book would tell you the exact
problem with your PC, but at least it will give a general idea what
might be wrong. Thanks so lot for your help.
| 3 | trimmed_train |
7,691 | [deletions]
People with advanced science degrees use state of the art equipment
and spend millions of dollars to simulate tornadoes. But tornadoes
do not require intelligence to exist.
Not only that, the equipment needed is not really 'state of the art.'
To study the *products*, yes, but not to generate them.
Oh, I will. :->
Sincerely, | 8 | trimmed_train |
2,689 |
W/r/t performance, converter lockup is purely irrelevant. The lockup only
occurs at light throttle settings and serves only to improve MPG. Mind you,
a converter clutch does a lovely job of improving MPG, but the additional
mechanical advantage of the converter gives you more acceleration (vs. locked
converter clutch) than its inherent losses take away.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
8,048 | [ Article crossposted from hp.windows ]
[ Author was Andy DeFaria ]
[ Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:08:38 GMT ]
For some reason the following code causes my X application to beep whenever I
intercept a keystroke and change it's meaning. The intent of this code it to
allow "date" fields the following special keys:
[Tt]: Insert today's date
[+=]: Bump day up by one
[-_]: Bump day down by one
I hardcoded some dates for this example. Perhaps I shouldn't be using an
XmText field for this.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// For some reason the following code beeps whenever any of the special keys
// of [Tt+=-_] are hit. Why? The idea of this code is to interpret these
// keys having the special meaning implied by the code. I would like to get
// rid of the beeping but, as far as I can tell, I'm not doing the beep and
// am at a lose as to understanding who and why the beeping is occuring.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
#include <Xm/RowColumn.h>
#include <Xm/MainW.h>
#include <Xm/Text.h>
Widget toplevel;
Widget mainWindow;
Widget mainPane;
Widget dateField;
XtAppContext application;
void markToday (Widget date) {
char *todaysDate = "04/19/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, todaysDate, NULL);
} // markToday
void markTomorrow (Widget date) {
char *tomorrowsDate = "04/20/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, tomorrowsDate, NULL);
} // markTomorrow
void markYesterday (Widget date) {
char *yesterdaysDate = "04/18/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, yesterdaysDate, NULL);
} // markYesterday
void datekeys (Widget /* callingWidget */,
Widget date,
XmTextVerifyPtr callbackData) {
// Capture the keys [Tt-_+=] can change their behaviour. If found
// set "doit" to false so X won't interpret the keystroke.
switch (callbackData->text->ptr [0]) {
case 't': case 'T':
markToday (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
case '-': case '_':
markYesterday (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
case '+': case '=':
markTomorrow (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
default:
return;
} // switch
} // datekeys
void main (Cardinal argc, char *argv []) {
// Initialize Xt
toplevel = XtVaAppInitialize (&application, "Application", NULL, 0,
&argc, argv, NULL, NULL);
// Create the toolface
mainWindow = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("mainWindow", xmMainWindowWidgetClass, toplevel, NULL);
// Create a mainWindow
mainPane = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("mainPane", xmRowColumnWidgetClass, mainWindow, NULL);
// Create a small text area
dateField = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("dateField", xmTextWidgetClass, mainPane,
XmNtopAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM,
XmNrightAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM,
XmNcolumns, 8,
NULL);
// Set modifyVerifyCallback to the datekeys callback
XtAddCallback (dateField, XmNmodifyVerifyCallback,
(XtCallbackProc) datekeys, (XtPointer) dateField);
// Realize the toplevel
XtRealizeWidget (toplevel);
// Go into the XtMainLoop
XtAppMainLoop (application);
} // main
_______________________________________________________________________________
I swear by my life and the love of it that I will | Andrew DeFaria
never live for the sake of another man nor ask | Hewlett Packard
another man to live for mine. | California Language Labs
John Galt | [email protected]
_______________________________________________________________________________
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819 | :
:
: 1. Make a new Newsgroup called talk.politics.guns.PARANOID or
: talk.politics.guns.THEY'R.HERE.TO.TAKE.ME.AWAY
:
: 2. Move all postings about waco and burn to (guess where)..
:
: 3. Stop posting #### on this newsgroup
;
: We are all SO glad you're trying to save us from the evil
: goverment, but would you mail this #### in regular mail to
: let's say 1000 people ????
:
:
: Thomas Parsli
And everybody who talked about the evil arising in Europe was labeled
reactionary in the late 1930's... after all, we could negotiate with Hitler and
trust him to keep his end of the bargain... at least that's what Stalin and
Chamberlin thought... I guess they forgot to teach you about your country being
overrun by the Germans in WWII, 'eh Thomas? And I'm sorry you consider outrage
at government excesses to be ####... Everytime the Israelis conduct a mass
operation against a terrorist group that is actively killing their citizens and
soldiers, the world gets indignant, but it's ok for the US to assault it's own
citizens who were a religous minority and accused of sexual deviation and
hoarding weapons... I find it real ironic this happened the same day Al Gore
arrived in Poland to recognize the sacrifices made in the Warsaw Ghetto where
the same 'justifications' were raised for an armed assault by black-clad troops
with armor support...
| 9 | trimmed_train |
7,103 | Hi there,
Does anyone know why Apple has an ambiguous message for
C650 regarding fpu? In all Mac price lists I've seen, every C650
has the message "fpu: optional". I know from what we've discussed in this
newsgroup that all C650 have the fpu built in except the 4/80
configuration. Why would they be so unclear about this issue in their
price list?
I'm planning to buy the C650 8/230/cd pretty soon, but I'm now getting
confused with whether it comes with fpu or not.
Why say "optional" if it's built in?
Please, anybody help me understand this game.
Regards, | 14 | trimmed_train |
3,970 | 1993 World Championships in Germany:
====================================
Group A standings (Munich) Group B standings (Dortmund)
-------------------------- ----------------------------
GP W T L GF-GA +/- P GP W T L GF-GA +/- P
Canada 2 2 0 0 6-1 +5 4 Czech republic 2 1 1 0 6-1 +5 3
Russia 2 1 1 0 6-4 +2 3 Finland 2 1 1 0 3-1 +2 3
Italy 2 1 1 0 3-2 +1 3 Germany 2 1 0 1 6-5 +1 2
Sweden 2 1 0 1 2-4 -2 2 USA 2 0 2 0 2-2 0 2
-------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Austria 2 0 0 2 2-5 -3 0 France 1 0 0 1 0-2 -2 0
Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0-3 -3 0 Norway 1 0 0 1 0-6 -6 0
April 18: Italy - Russia 2-2 Norway - Germany 0-6
Sweden - Austria 1-0 USA - Czech republic 1-1
April 19: Canada - Switzerland 2-0
Russia - Austria 4-2 Finland - France 2-0
April 20: Sweden - Canada 1-4 Czech republic - Germany 5-0
Switzerland - Italy 0-1 Finland - USA 1-1
April 21: Germany - France 15:30
Italy - Sweden Czech republic - Norway 20:00
April 22: Switzerland - Russia USA - France 15:30
Austria - Canada Norway - Finland 20:00
April 23: Switzerland - Austria Germany - Finland 20:00
April 24: Russia - Sweden Czech republic - France 15:30
Canada - Italy USA - Norway 20:00
April 25: Sweden - Switzerland Finland- Czech republic 15:30
Russia - Canada Germany - USA 20:00
April 26: Austria - Italy France - Norway 20:00
PLAYOFFS:
=========
April 27: Quarterfinals
A #2 - B #3 15:30
A #3 - B #2 20:00
April 28: Quarterfinals
A #1 - B #4 15:30
A #4 - B #1 20:00
April 29: Relegation
A #5 - B #6 15:30
A #6 - B #5 20:00
April 30: Semifinals
A #1/B #4 - A #3/B #2 15:30
A #4/B #1 - A #2/B #3 20:00
May 1: Relegation 14:30
Bronze medal game 19:00
May 2: FINAL 15:00
| 17 | trimmed_train |
6,344 | > And the same goes for other cultural practices. The festival
> of Easter may possibly have some historical association with
> some pagan festival, but *today* there are, as far as I know,
> no Christians who *intend* to honor any kind of "pagan
> goddess" by celebrating Easter. | 0 | trimmed_train |
3,668 | : Yes, I know it sounds crazy. Call it an urge. Call it what you want.
: Just don't ask why :-)
: Anyway, I'd like to build a UV flashlight, cheaply. "flashlight" means
: it should be reasonably portable, but could have a power pack if
: necessary.
: My main question is the bulb: where can I get UV bulbs? Do they
: need a lot of power? etc., etc.
: I'm not too concerned with whether it's long-wave or short-wave
: (but hey, if anyone has a cheap source of bulbs, I'll take both).
Check out a medical supply catalog, the thing you are looking for
is called a woods lamp (so you can check for woods sign, certain skin
conditions flourecse (sp) under UV light) They come in disposable
penlight like types and larger ac powered types. It is also used in eye
examinations, a flourescent dye is introduced to the surface of the eye,
then UV is shined on it, shows up scratches and abrasions very clearly
that would otherwise be very difficult to detect. (for the completest the
dye is called flouescien, and in normal light appears orangish, and leaves
a mild burning sensation to the eye for 10-15 minutes, until the tears
flush it all out.
Have fun. | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,309 | I am using a 8507 IBM monitor (19" greysale) with a Trident (1MB) card.
The screen looks great (Windows) at 640x480 but total shit at 1024x768.
There are lots of lines and the image is sorta blurry.
Is there anything I can do. Do you think it is the monitor? I know
that it is Interlaced at that res but still.
thanks for the help | 3 | trimmed_train |
783 | Responding to the moderator:
Yes, I agree. What I'm trying to point out is that, in matters of faith
(i.e. tenets which are not logically persuasive), one may be convinced
of the truth of certain things through, for instance, personal
revelation. And its certainly fine to share that revelation or those
beliefs with others. And I don't think that its arrogant, persay, to
accepts matters of pure faith as truth for oneself. Where I think the
conflict arises is in assuming that, where disagreements on beliefs
arise, all others *must* have been given the same truth, and that God
must reveal His truth to everyone in such a way that all would
honestly agree. I think this can lead to the conclusion that anyone
who disagrees with you are being sinful or dishonest; that they are
rejecting something they *know* to be truth because it is inconvenient
for them, or because they wish to spurn God.
I would say that this is equivalent to assuming that *all* truths one
holds are universal and absolute. And the problem I see with this is
that it negates the individuality of humans and their relationships with
God. This does not mean there is no absolute truth; just that some areas
of doctrinal disagreement may be areas where God has not established or
revealed that truth.
--
comments, criticism welcome...
-Ken
[email protected] | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,445 | : As a new BMW owner I was thinking about signing up for the MOA, but
: right now it is beginning to look suspiciously like throwing money
: down a rathole.
i concur with this.
the politics and bickering going on has
ruined BMWMOA to me. because of the
politics and fighting, i'm i'm going to
let my current membership lapse when it's
up for renewal.
-- hesh | 12 | trimmed_train |
1,721 |
Yes, but... the minimization of gates is important in part
because of TIMING considerations. A TTL gate has the basic structure
of AND/OR/INVERT, and an inversion of a sum of a product is just
exactly ONE gate delay. The reason to find a minimal sum of products
is that this matches a hardware optimization.
A positive-OR gate (such as the 9-gate solution uses) has
TWO gate delays (and there's another gate delay in the second term)
so that the second solution, while simpler in logic symbols, can
be expected to be something less than optimal in the real world.
ECL is similar to TTL, in that it can support an OR/AND
gate with the minimum delay (unlike TTL, you get both true and
inverse outputs for 'free' when using ECL).
PALs are basically large programmable AND/OR/INVERT
gates (with your choice of internal connections between the
various sections, and perhaps some latches), so a minimum sum
of products ALSO is a way to shoehorn a logic design into
a few PALs. It's not comparably easy to design with a minimization
of logic gates, but some software packages claim to allow you to
do so, and will take just about any mess of gates (as a nodelist
with 74xxx series logic ICs) and produce a description of
a logic cell array to do the same job. Xilinx's XACT software
does this by treating each logic block as a macro, and expanding
it all out, then simplifying. | 11 | trimmed_train |
6,981 | I am trying to get my system to work with a Tandberg 3600 + Future
Domain TMC-1660 + Seagate ST-21M MFM controller.
The system boots up if the Tandberg is disconnected from the system,
and of course no SCSI devices found (I have no other SCSI devices).
The system boots up if the Seagate MFM controller is removed from the
system. The Future Domain card reports finding the Tandberg 3660 on
the SCSI bus. The system then of course stops booting because my MFM
hard disks can't be found.
The system hangs if all three (Tandberg, Future Domain TMC-1660 &
Seagate MFM controller) are in the system.
Looks like there is some conflict between the Seagate and Future
Domain card. But the funny thing is that it only hangs if the Tandberg
is connected.
I have checked that there are no conflict in BIOS addresses, IRQ & I/O
port. Have I missed anything?
I am lost here. Any suggestions are most welcomed. Thanks in advance.
Delman.
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4,734 |
Walt Weiss tripled just barely inside the right field line and into the
corner, driving in Santiago and Conine. These were the first two
RBIs. The third came later when Weiss was knocked in.
| 2 | trimmed_train |
7,748 | Hello,
Can anyone out there tell me if it is possible to put ordinary standard
SIMM RAM chips (70 ns) in a COMPAQ PROLINEA 4/50 or do COMPAQ require
special COMPAQ RAM chips.
Please (also) email me.
Thanks in advance.
Jesper
--
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jesper honig spring, [email protected] | IF ANIMALS BELIEVED IN GOD
university of copenhagen, denmark | THE DEVIL WOULD BE A MAN | 3 | trimmed_train |
3,294 | [...]
How ironic. | 10 | trimmed_train |
142 |
Version 2.03 drivers are current. | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,154 | I have a few reprints left of chapters from my book "Visions of the
Future". These include reprints of 3 chapters probably of interest to
readers of this forum, including:
1. Current Techniques and Development of Computer Art, by Franz Szabo
2. Forging a Career as a Sculptor from a Career as Computer Programmer,
by Stewart Dickson
3. Fractals and Genetics in the Future by H. Joel Jeffrey
I'd be happy to send out free reprints to researchers for scholarly
purposes, until the reprints run out.
Just send me your name and address. | 1 | trimmed_train |
6,680 | --
PAOLO,MARC ANTHONY
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!gt4661a
Internet: [email protected]
| 5 | trimmed_train |
10,598 |
There's an article in Motorcycling a couple of months back specifically on
women's attire for serious and not-so-serious riding. They do mention who
makes stuff specific for women's dimensions, and what also works OK enough as
well. Bates will make custom jackets and leathers for a reasonable charge.
-- | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,524 |
: I also have a DX2/66 and a Maxtor 212. I have a local bus IDE controller (generic) and I get
: 985 KB/s. I tried swapping my local bus IDE controller for an ISA IDE controller and my
: transfer rate went to 830 KB/s. The specs for this drive show a maximum platter to controller
: transfer rate of 2.83 MB/s. I dont know how to get there from here. The local bus interface
: got me a little, but certainly not as much as I had hoped. I am also looking for a way to
What is the deal with the IDE transfer rates? Is anybody getting throughput
anywhere close to the platter->controller rate? I haven't seen anything
even close to the 5MB/sec limit of the IDE interface. These drives are 1:1
(non-interleaved), aren't they?
Here are the rates I get:
1) sequential read (MSDOS C program that uses bios calls to read 64-sector
blocks sequentially from outside (first) track inward)
8mhz bus 10mhz bus
-------- ---------
MAXTOR LXT340: 860KB/sec 976KB/sec
QUANTUM LPS240: 862KB/sec 887KB/sec
2) disk buffer read (same C program, but re-reads the same block repeatedly
so in effect is reading the RAM buffer on the drive)
8mhz bus 10mhz bus
-------- ---------
MAXTOR LXT340: 1046KB/sec 1212KB/sec
QUANTUM LPS240: 1015KB/sec 1276KB/sec
3) CORETEST V2.7 transfer rate (seems to agree with (2) above)
8mhz bus 10mhz bus
-------- ---------
MAXTOR LXT340: 1051KB/sec 1224KB/sec
QUANTUM LPS240: 1026KB/sec 1298KB/sec
I managed to get hold of the QUANTUM LPS240AT product manual and it goes
into excrutiating detail describing how the bits get from the platter,
through the controller, and out the IDE interface. Nowhere do I see
anything like "after the bits are whipped of the platter at high speed
they sit around in a buffer to thaw before they are sent to the host"
(even though I SWEAR that's whats happening ;->). Here are some relevent
quotes from the manual:
"Data is transferred from the disk to the read buffer at a rate of
3.75 MB/s maximum, 1.87MB/s minimum." (My calculations show 3121KB/sec
maximum and 1578KB/sec minimum... disk spins at 4306 RPM with 87
sectors per track on the outside and 44 on the inside)
"Single burst errors of up to 24 bits within one sector can be corrected
'on-the-fly', in real time as they occur, allowing a high degree of
data integrity with no impact to the drive's performance." (I take
this to mean error correction isn't the bottleneck)
"For page-mode operations, the data-transfer rate to and from the buffer
RAM is up to 10.0 MB/s. This high transfer rate allows the AT Interface
IC to communicate over the AT bus at a data-transfer rate of 5.0 MB/s,
while the DCS simultaneously controls disk-to-RAM transfers"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So the thing can even do it's cache pre-fetch WHILE it's sending the
requested sector (it has 3 64KB read buffers for pre-fetching, I guess
you could call that a cache :-|).
So when I do a sequential read on the outer tracks, WHY am I getting a
measly 862KB/sec when I should be getting around 3MB/sec???
Any of you hard-disk engineers out there know?
| 3 | trimmed_train |
3,103 | I prefer a manual to an automatic as it should be. I believe that automatics
should only be manufactured for people with physical disabilities who otherwise
would not be able to drive. Automatic transmissions allow drivers to be lazy.
More time is available to fiddle with the radio or to look at the scenery
instead of concentrating on the road. The manual transmission keeps the drive
always doing something, granted it isn't a large movement. Plus, driving should
be FUN! Driving a manual is fun, driving an automatic is a chore.
In the case of shift speed, automatics can be made to shift far faster
that any human could move a stick. If I was racing, I'd want and automatic. For
normal driving go with the manual.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
874 | I have 2 foot switches for sale. They're great for guitar
amps, and keyboards. Each is about 1" in diameter with a 6' (or so)
cable. I'd like $15 for both, but make me an offer, who knows...
-Jason | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,587 |
Pardon me for being a little confused, but at the beginning of your second
paragraph, you say, "God has one set of rules for all his people," yet at the
end of the same paragraph you declare, "please do not combine the ceremonial
and moral laws in one." Not only do I not understand where in the Bible you
find the declaration that there are 2 laws (ceremonial and moral), but I am
also unclear on whether you think it is bad to have 2 sets of laws in the first
place. If it's bad to have 2 sets of laws, how can there be a ceremonial law
that is different from the moral law (and vice versa)?
I would also be interested in your comments on the passage in I Cor. 10:1-16,
where Paul teaches different rules for covering you head while praying
depending on whether you are a man or a woman. Do you think the apostles can
prescribe different sets of rules for men and women? If so, then why not for
Jews and Gentiles? Also, why did Paul, who was so opposed to circumcising
Gentiles, voluntarily circumcise Timothy? | 0 | trimmed_train |
4,605 | --
[email protected]
James Miller | 5 | trimmed_train |
2,230 |
Almost one third of the world's population claim to be Christian. But
any similarity between their beliefs and lifestyle to the first century
model is purely coincidental. At Luke 18:8 it states, "...nevertheless,
when the son of man returns, will he really find the faith on the earth?"
| 15 | trimmed_train |
9,763 | Forty-two is six times nine.
| 1 | trimmed_train |
2,625 |
No, just a little anger. Normally I don't rip people's lips off, except
when my candida has overcolonized and I become: "Fungus Man"! :^)
Jon
--
Charter Member --->>> INFJ Club. | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,056 | =
=> Now here is a new one: vomiting. My guess is that MSG becomes the number one
=> suspect of any problem. In this case. it might be just food poisoning. But
=> if you heard things about MSG, you may think it must be it.
=
=----------
=
=Yeah, it might, if you only read the part you quoted. You somehow left
=out the part about "we all ate the same thing." Changes things a bit, eh?
Perhaps. Now, just what leads you to believe that it was MSG and not some
other ingredient in the food that made you ill?
=These people aren't condemning Chinese food, Mr. Chen - just one of its
=(optional) ingredients. Try not to take it so personally.
And you're condemning one particular ingredient without any evidence that
that's the ingredient to which you reacted.
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Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: [email protected] | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL | 19 | trimmed_train |
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