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±± ±± ±± ±± ±± by Craig S. Stevenson, SYSOP
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±± ±± ±± ±± The Bertha BBS
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From: The Bertha BBS
(218)-924-2060
Public Node 1 - U.S. Robotics Dual-Standard, V.32bis,
HST, MNP-5, V.42bis
18,500+ Files Available (Over 870 Megabytes of storage)
Specializing in: DESQview, Windows, Novell, LANtastic,
Utilities, RBBS-PC, and Christianity
Home of TIPS!
FREE - First Call Limited Access!
(Upload/Download Byte Ratios Apply)
Date: July 1, 1992
What is TIPS? TIPS is a collection of ASCII files containing solutions or
work-arounds to various hardware and software problems. I have
spent two years developing TIPS, and they are being expanded
and updated on a continual basis.
Distribution: This file may be uploaded to any Bulletin Board System and
distributed freely. Although individual TIPS are not to be
distributed in any way, this file is free to the general
public.
Note: This file does not contain any TIPS. It simply contains
a listing of the TIPS available on The Bertha BBS. Each
TIP is located in a separate file on The Bertha BBS,
allowing users to search for keywords and download only
the TIPS they need. These TIPS may NOT be copied or
distributed in any form. They are intended for the sole
use of subscribers to The Bertha BBS. Non-subscribers
may purchase individual TIPS files for a modest fee.
TIPS are available exclusively from The Bertha BBS!
Disclaimer: Use the TIPS at your own risk! I have tried to be accurate in
my diagnosis of problems and their solutions. However, it is
impossible to know everything about your machine. These tips
worked on my machines, they may not work on yours due to some
unforeseen differences. Neither I, nor The Bertha BBS will be
held responsible for damages done by anything you do to your
machine.
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TIPS -n- Stuff, from the author of TIPS, is a quarterly publication
filled with software reviews, in-depth technical articles, and TIPS!
Here's a sample of what's in the 28-page premiere issue!
* QEMM 6.0 and Stealth * How to use QEMM's Stealth Technology on a
Zenith 25MHZ 386 Computer with a Z-549 VGA Video Card
* TIPS Collection #1 * 8 Fantastic TIPS on Windows, Hard Drives,
Printers, Memory Problems, Environment Space Patches, and More!
* Ten Software Reviews and a Preview of DESQview/X!
TIPS -n- Stuff is $23.95/year or $7.50/issue
TIPS -n- Stuff is free to subscribers of The Bertha BBS ($60.00/yr)
To Subscribe, Call: (218) 924-2050 or The Bertha BBS: (218) 924-2060
Or Send a Check or Money Order To: TIPS -n- Stuff
108 Second Avenue West
Bertha, MN 56437-0297
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The following is a list of the hardware used to develop TIPS:
DTC 5280 MFM Disk Controller
DTC 6280 ESDI Disk Controller
DTC 7280 MFM Disk Controller
DTC 7287 RLL Disk Controller
DTK 386-25 Computer (Cached)
Hayes V.42 Modem
IBM Color Printer
IBM Proprinter II
IBM Proprinter XL24
Imprimis 94205-51 Hard Drive
IRWIN IR-445A Tape Backup
LANtastic AE-2 Ethernet Card
LANtastic Voice Card
Maxtor XT-4170E Hard Drive
Maxtor XT-4380E Hard Drive
Microscience HH-1050 Hard Drive
Microscience HH-1090 Hard Drive
NEC Multisync 3D Monitor
NEC P6300 Printer
Panasonic KX-P4455 Postscript Laser Printer
Panasonic KX-P1123 Printer
Panasonic KX-P1124 Printer
Roland DXY-1200 Plotter
Seagate ST-225 Hard Drive
Seagate ST-238 Hard Drive
Seagate ST-251 Hard Drive
Seagate ST-4182E Hard Drive
Seiko Smart Label Printer
Seiko Smart Label Printer Plus
Summasketch MM-1201 Tablet
Toshiba XM-3201B CD-ROM
U.S. Robotics Courier Dual-Standard Modem
U.S. Robotics Courier HST 14400 Modem
Video Seven VRAM 512 Video Card
Zenith Z159-8
Zenith Z286-8
Zenith Z286-12
Zenith Z386-16
Zenith 386-12 Turbosport
Zenith Z386-25
Zenith ZCM-1390 Monitor
Zenith ZCM-1490 Monitor
Zenith ZCM-1492 Monitor
The following is a list of the software used to develop TIPS:
ADCACHE Version 1.20
Ami Pro 1.1B, 2.0
Automenu 4.5, 4.7
CardX 8.3 - 11.0
Check-It
DacEasy Accounting 4.0 - 4.2
DacEasy Payroll 4.0 - 4.2
DESQview 2.25 - 2.42
DESQview/X 1.02
Disk Technician Advanced 6.03
Disk Technician Gold
Doorway 2.05 - 2.21
DR DOS 6.0
DSZ
Flash News 3.0
GEM Artline 1.0
Generic CADD Level 3, CADD 5.0, CADD 6.0
Info Spotter 2.50
LANtastic NOS 3.0, 4.0 Ethernet
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 1.0a, 1.1
Lotus 1-2-3 Version 2.2, 3.1
Manifest 1.00 - 1.12
MS-DOS 3.3, 4.0, 5.0
New Print Shop
New Print Shop Companion
Novell Advanced Netware 2.15, 2.2
OS/2 1.3, 2.0
PCTools Deluxe 5.5 - 7.1
PFS: Professional Write 2.1, 2.21
Publish-It! 1.1 - 2.0
QEMM 4.23 - 6.02
Qmodem 4.1b - 5.0
QuickBASIC 4.5
QuikMenu 1.06, 1.07
QuikMenu III
RBBS-PC 17.3 - 17.4
Reconfig 3.1
Screen Debut 1.41
SHEZ 5.7 - 7.1
SHROOM 1.9C
Smart Label Printer Software
Smart Label Printer Plus Software
Smart Label Printer Plus Software for Windows
Stacker 2.0
Stowaway 1.50 - 1.85
Super PC-Kwik 3.53 - 4.13
TAME 2.41 - 2.61
TeleDisk 2.14
THEDRAW 3.30 - 4.50
Update 2.3
UPDN 6.6C, 6.6D
Visual Basic 1.0
Windows 3.0, 3.1
X00.SYS Version 1.22 - 1.24
ZDOS 3.3+, 4.01, 5.0
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ÛÛÛÛ²²²²±±±±°°°° TIPS -n- Stuff °°°°±±±±²²²²ÛÛÛÛ
TIPS -n- Stuff, from the author of TIPS, is a quarterly publication
filled with software reviews, in-depth technical articles, and TIPS!
Here's a sample of what's in the 28-page premiere issue!
* QEMM 6.0 and Stealth * How to use QEMM's Stealth Technology on a
Zenith 25MHZ 386 Computer with a Z-549 VGA Video Card
* TIPS Collection #1 * 8 Fantastic TIPS on Windows, Hard Drives,
Printers, Memory Problems, Environment Space Patches, and More!
* Ten Software Reviews and a Preview of DESQview/X!
TIPS -n- Stuff is $23.95/year or $7.50/issue
TIPS -n- Stuff is free to subscribers of The Bertha BBS ($60.00/yr)
To Subscribe, Call: (218) 924-2050 or The Bertha BBS: (218) 924-2060
Or Send a Check or Money Order To: TIPS -n- Stuff
108 Second Avenue West
Bertha, MN 56437-0297
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* = New or Updated Information Since Last TIPS Release
* TIPS-080.ASC 3976 06-10-92 TIPS - (WINDOWS, SCREEN BLANKER)
Windows 3.1 screen blanker does not work correctly in combination with
DOS applications.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-079.ASC 4945 06-10-92 TIPS - (DOS, OUT OF ENVIRONMENT SPACE)
Error message "Out of environment space" appears when attempting to run
a program.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-078.ASC 6097 06-10-92 TIPS - (DOS SHELL, INSUFFICIENT MEMORY)
When shelled to DOS from within an application, attempting to execute
another program fails due to insufficient memory.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-077.ASC 4983 06-10-92 TIPS - (HARD DRIVE, PARTITION, DISK SPACE)
There is not as much disk space available as there should be when using
large hard drive partitions. How should a large hard drive be
partitioned to make optimal use of available space?
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-076.ASC 3509 06-10-92 TIPS - (TRANSFER RATES, MEMORY MANAGERS)
Hard drive transfer rates are extremely slow when using a memory manager,
such as QEMM, 386MAX, or EMM386.SYS. This problem occurs frequently on
20MHZ 386 machines using ESDI hard drives.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-075.ASC 2558 06-09-92 TIPS - (PANASONIC KX-P4455, BLACK-FILL)
Solid black areas are not uniformly dense when using a Panasonic KX-P4455
Laser Printer. The black areas are lighter in the center than at the edges.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-074.ASC 2850 06-09-92 TIPS - (IBM PROPRINTER, BROKEN PLATEN KNOB)
The platen knob on IBM Proprinter series dot-matrix printers breaks
during normal usage.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-060.ASC 3954 06-09-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, PERFORMANCE)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, there is a noticeable performance
impact as additional windows are opened.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-052.ASC 2652 06-01-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, HARD DISK TRANSFER RATES)
Hard-drive transfer rates are much slower within DESQview than when running
outside of DESQview.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-048.ASC 5060 06-01-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SUPER PC-KWIK, WINDOW SZ)
When using Super PC-Kwik 4.0 under DESQview, the maximum window size is
substantially reduced.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-018.ASC 5428 06-01-92 TIPS - (U.S. ROBOTICS, CONNECTION PROBLEMS)
When using a U.S. Robotics Dual Standard or HST modem on RBBS-PC, some
Bulletin Board callers have trouble getting connected, while others are
disconnected in the middle of their session.
[Updated: June, 1992]
* TIPS-005.ASC 3164 06-01-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SYSTEM HANGS)
System hangs occur repeatedly when using DESQview. These hangs will happen
intermittently and without warning.
[Updated: June, 1992]
TIPS-073.ASC 2849 05-27-92 TIPS - (SMART LABEL PRINTER PLUS, QUIKMENU)
Smart Label Printer Plus software does not work correctly when used in
the TSR window of QuikMenu.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-072.ASC 4120 05-27-92 TIPS - (INTERRUPTS, CD-ROM, SCSI)
Not enough interrupts are available to add additional hardware devices. One
of the existing devices is a CD-ROM drive using a Future Domain SCSI card.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-071.ASC 3427 05-27-92 TIPS - (LOTUS, 1-2-3, PRINTING, NOVELL)
Printing Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3.1 documents over a Novell network using HP
LaserJet II emulation produces missing characters on the printout or no
printout at all.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-070.ASC 3855 05-27-92 TIPS - (WINDOWS, SWAPPING, SUPER PC-KWIK)
Windows 3.x runs very slowly, and displays the message "Swapping" when
switching between tasks.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-069.ASC 4311 05-27-92 TIPS - (MEMORY, PARITY FAILURE)
Computer reports "+++ ERROR: Memory parity failure! +++". Replacing the
bank of memory containing the error address reported by the register dump
does not solve the problem.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-068.ASC 4275 05-25-92 TIPS - (WINDOWS, NOVELL, ETHERNET, FAULT)
Windows 3.1 reports a General Protection Fault or other error message
when some applications are executed. File corruption may also occur. These
problems occur on a Novell Ethernet system.
[Updated: May, 1992]
TIPS-067.ASC 2972 05-25-92 TIPS - (IRWIN, 445A, ACTIVITY LIGHT)
The activity light on an Irwin 445A tape backup unit comes on intermittently
when the unit is not being accessed.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-066.ASC 2437 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SECOND NODE)
The second node of RBBS will not come up when running under DESQview.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-065.ASC 2407 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PC TOOLS DELUXE, SCRIPTS)
DESQview scripts do not work correctly with PC Tools Deluxe.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-064.ASC 2548 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, THEDRAW, MARK/TRANSFER)
DESQview's Mark/Transfer feature garbles characters when they are transfered
into THEDRAW.
[Updated: June, 1991]
TIPS-063.ASC 2925 05-25-92 TIPS - (SEAGATE, ST-251, NOISY, HARD DRIVE)
Seagate ST251-1 hard disk drive is extremely noisy and produces an annoying
squeal.
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-062.ASC 3342 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, DIR FILES, FMS, CORRUPT)
When using RBBS-PC, .DIR files become corrupted after they have been edited.
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-061.ASC 5199 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, CACHE, SUPER PC-KWIK)
How should cache performance be optimized when running RBBS-PC?
[Updated: May, 1991]
TIPS-059.ASC 2945 05-25-92 TIPS - (LANTASTIC, SERVER PERFORMANCE)
Performance on a LANtastic network server seems slow when accessing
files.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-058.ASC 3736 05-25-92 TIPS - (NETWORK, CONCURRENT ACCESS)
How can two network users be prevented from accessing a non-network
application at the same time?
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-057.ASC 2893 05-25-92 TIPS - (LANTASTIC, DSZ, BBS, SERIAL ERRORS)
When running a Bulletin Board System on a LANtastic network, DSZ may
abort uploads.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-056.ASC 2834 05-25-92 TIPS - (LANTASTIC, AE-2, ETHERNET, HANGS)
Loading LANtastic network drivers can cause the system to hang.
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-055.ASC 2434 05-25-92 TIPS - (LANTASTIC, NETWORK PERFORMANCE)
How should LANtastic network performance be optimized?
[Updated: April, 1991]
TIPS-054.ASC 2388 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, LANTASTIC, EXCEPTION 13)
Exception 13 errors occur when running DESQview under LANtastic. [Updated:
March, 1991]
TIPS-053.ASC 2789 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SLOW VIDEO) Video
performance of RBBS seems slow under DESQview.
[Updated: March, 1991]
TIPS-051.ASC 4462 05-25-92 TIPS - (DOORWAY, X00, GARBAGE CHARACTERS)
When using Doorway, characters typed during a screen update will produce
garbage on the screen.
[Updated: March, 1991]
TIPS-050.ASC 2852 05-25-92 TIPS - (ZIP FILES, TRANSFER RATES)
Why do some ZIP files transfer faster than others?
[Updated: February, 1991]
TIPS-049.ASC 2816 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SUPER PC-KWIK, BLEEDING)
When using Super PC-Kwik v4.0 under DESQview, bleed-through problems occur.
[Updated: February, 1991]
TIPS-047.ASC 4611 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, FMS, CD-ROM, ERRORS)
When using RBBS-PC, a Bad Record # error message will occur with the Fast
File Search.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-046.ASC 4084 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, X00.SYS, PERFORMANCE)
How should X00.SYS be set up to work properly?
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-045.ASC 2846 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, DISK CACHE)
Caching programs do not seem to work properly with DESQview.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-044.ASC 2671 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PRINTSCREEN, HANGS)
When using DESQview 2.26, pressing the [PRINT SCREEN] key will cause a
computer hang.
[Updated: January, 1991]
TIPS-043.ASC 3169 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION)
When using high speed communications within DESQview, the system may
hang.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-042.ASC 2755 05-25-92 TIPS - (WINDOWS, DISK MANAGER, HANGS) Windows
3.0 will not run when using Disk Manager.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-041.ASC 7296 05-25-92 TIPS - (QEMM, DESQVIEW, CD-ROM, HANGS)
When using DESQview and a CD-ROM Drive, the system will hang after accessing
the CD-ROM.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-040.ASC 5459 05-25-92 TIPS - (QEMM, IDE, DRIVE X NOT READY)
When using QEMM, the error message "Drive x Not Ready" occurs during
intensive disk access in an application.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-039.ASC 4404 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PCTOOLS DELUXE 6, HANGS)
When using PCTools Deluxe Version 6 under DESQview, the system will hang
while deleting files.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-038.ASC 4440 05-25-92 TIPS - (IBM, 5182, COLOR PRINTER, GARBLED)
Garbled characters result when using an IBM 5182 color printer.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-037.ASC 3263 05-25-92 TIPS - (PARALLEL PORTS, LPT, MULTIPLE)
When attempting to run two parallel printers on one computer, both printers
respond to data from the LPT1 port.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-036.ASC 2766 05-25-92 TIPS - (DOORWAY, PCSHELL, DISPLAY PROBLEMS)
When using PC Shell under Doorway, characters will not display properly.
The screen becomes jumbled, and is virtually unreadable.
[Updated: December, 1990]
TIPS-035.ASC 3436 05-25-92 TIPS - (DOORWAY, REMOTE EXECUTION)
When using Doorway, some programs, such as SHEZ, THEDRAW, UPDN, and
FLASH, refuse to run remotely.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-034.ASC 2782 05-25-92 TIPS - (IRWIN, 445A, TAPE BACKUP, DTC)
Problems may occur when interfacing the Irwin 445A tape backup unit with
some DTC/Zenith cards.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-033.ASC 7855 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, WINDOW SIZE)
When using DESQview on a Zenith computer, there is not enough free memory to
run several applications.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-032.ASC 3050 05-25-92 TIPS - (ZENITH, QEMM, VIDEO, Z-549, Z-449)
Video seems slow after installing QEMM 5.0 on Zenith machines equipped with
a Z-549 or Z-449 video card.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-031.ASC 3541 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, ZMODEM, X00.SYS, ERRORS)
When using RBBS-PC, Zmodem may give error messages during uploads/downloads.
X00.SYS does not seem to handle Zmodem transfers as well as it does Xmodem
or Ymodem transfers.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-030.ASC 2691 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, QEMM, SYSTEM HANGS)
When using DESQview and QEMM 5.0, intermittent problems, such as system
hangs, will occur.
[Updated: November, 1990]
TIPS-029.ASC 2709 05-25-92 TIPS - (QEMM, EGA/VGA, HIGH RAM)
When using QEMM and an EGA/VGA color monitor, there is insufficient high RAM
to load applications high.
TIPS-028.ASC 6375 05-25-92 TIPS - (RECONFIG, AUTOMENU, WRITE-CACHING)
Write-caching does not work correctly with Reconfig or Automenu. Reconfig
does not save changes made to the configuration files, and sometimes
corruption can occur.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-027.ASC 3074 05-25-92 TIPS - (COMMUNICATIONS, LOST CHARACTERS) When
calling a Bulletin Board System, random characters may be lost. [Updated:
October, 1990]
TIPS-026.ASC 2877 05-25-92 TIPS - (QMODEM, RANDOM ANSI CODES)
When using Qmodem 4.2, ANSI codes will appear randomly on the screen.
Sometimes, this can be caused by pressing keys in rapid succession while
receiving a screen update.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-025.ASC 2548 05-25-92 TIPS - (QMODEM, DIALING PROBLEMS)
Qmodem 4.2 or 4.2A will not dial the phone automatically, although manual
dialing works fine. This was not a problem with 4.1b.
[Updated: October, 1990]
TIPS-024.ASC 3359 05-25-92 TIPS - (V.42BIS, U.S. ROBOTICS, MODEM)
When using a U.S. Robotics V.42bis modem to connect to another V.42bis
modem, the two modems do not connect properly.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-023.ASC 3226 05-25-92 TIPS - (RECONFIG, WRITE-CACHING)
When using Reconfig in combination with a cache, the new configuration files
are not updated properly.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-022.ASC 3472 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, PCTOOLS, SUPER PC-KWIK)
When running DESQview and Super PC-Kwik, a system hang may occur after
writing data to the floppy drive.
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-021.ASC 4064 05-25-92 TIPS - (RBBS-PC, DESQVIEW, SHARE)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, the RBBS-PC software will halt with an
error message such as, "press any key to return to system".
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-020.ASC 6174 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, CACHING, SUPER PC-KWIK) How
should caching be set up under DESQview? Is it different than under DOS?
[Updated: September, 1990]
TIPS-019.ASC 2946 05-25-92 TIPS - (MNP-5, MODEMS, GARBAGE CHARACTERS)
When calling a Bulletin Board System, garbage characters will appear on the
screen, even though an MNP-5 modem is being used.
[Updated: August, 1990]
TIPS-017.ASC 2763 05-25-92 TIPS - (DSZ, ZMODEM, IRQS, PORTS) DSZ/Zmodem
refuses to recognize a serial port, causing the program to abort execution.
[Updated: August, 1990]
TIPS-016.ASC 3141 05-25-92 TIPS - (HARD/FLOPPY DRIVES, IBM, ZENITH)
After installing a new hard or floppy drive, the unit doesn't work. Floppy
drives may refuse to read disks, and hard drives may act they are not hooked
up. Drive select jumpers appear to be fine.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-015.ASC 2287 05-25-92 TIPS - (ZENITH, TURBOSPORT, PERFORMANCE) When
using a Zenith Turbosport, access to the hard drive seems slow. [Updated:
July, 1990]
TIPS-014.ASC 4850 05-25-92 TIPS - (ZENITH, KEYBOARD, ERROR MESSAGE) The
error message "Error, keyboard not responding or not connected"
occurs on a Zenith computer when doing a cold boot. This problem is
intermittent, and may occur with Zenith or clone keyboards.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-013.ASC 3073 05-25-92 TIPS - (PCTOOLS, ZENITH, ADCACHE, DTC)
When running PC Shell 6.0 on a Zenith computer, the error message "Unable To
Read Sector" occurs. The disk verifies fine with Diskfix or other
utilities.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-012.ASC 2412 05-25-92 TIPS - (QEMM, ZENITH, SYSTEM HANGS)
When using QEMM 5.0, a warm boot on a Zenith machine will cause a system
hang.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-011.ASC 5509 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, PERFORMANCE) When
running two or more nodes of RBBS-PC under DESQview, BBS performance seems
very slow, especially during file access and screen updates. [Updated:
July, 1990]
TIPS-010.ASC 3001 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, COMMUNICATIONS)
When running RBBS-PC under DESQview, opening another window causes
interference with callers that are performing an upload or download. 16550
UARTS are being used instead of 8250 or 16450 UARTS.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-009.ASC 2812 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, SYSTEM HANGS, CORRUPTION)
When running DESQview, system hangs and file corruption occur
intermittently. Problems cannot usually be reproduced.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-008.ASC 2898 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, HIGH RAM)
When using DESQview and a Zenith computer with a Zenith/DTC Hard/Floppy
controller, larger windows and more high RAM are needed.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-007.ASC 3559 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, ZENITH, WINDOW SIZES) When
using DESQview and Zenith DOS, there is insufficient memory to open the size
windows that are needed to run specific applications.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-006.ASC 2534 05-25-92 TIPS - (DESQVIEW, COMMUNICATIONS, SLOWDOWN)
Communications programs operating in the foreground cause other DESQview
windows to grind to a halt.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-004.ASC 2848 05-25-92 TIPS - (DOORWAY, DESQVIEW, RBBS-PC, SCREEN)
When using Doorway to drop to DOS from RBBS-PC, applications such as PC
Shell display half of the screen as black. This problem only occurs when
running two or more nodes of RBBS-PC under DESQview.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-003.ASC 3358 05-25-92 TIPS - (HST, MODEM, SLOW DOWNLOAD SPEEDS)
When downloading files from a Bulletin Board System that uses a U.S.
Robotics HST modem, transfer rates only run between 900 and 1100 cps. On
other boards, transfer rates as high as 1700 cps can be attained. [Updated:
July, 1990]
TIPS-002.ASC 3547 05-25-92 TIPS - (MNP-5, MODEM, SLOW DOWNLOAD SPEEDS)
When using a 2400 baud MNP-5 modem, and downloading ZIP files from a
Bulletin Board System, transfer rates of 280 cps are possible from some
boards, while only 250 cps can be achieved on others.
[Updated: July, 1990]
TIPS-001.ASC 3313 05-25-92 TIPS - (MNP-5, MODEM, U.S. ROBOTICS)
Connection problems occur using an MNP-5 modem, when calling a Bulletin
Board System that uses a U.S. Robotics high-speed modem. Sometimes a 2400
baud connection can be achieved, but at other times, the connection speed is
only 1200 baud.
[Updated: May, 1992]

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