,----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Arachne MISCELLANEOUS Message Board | | | | [ For miscellaneous messages - I check these posts about once per day ] | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------+--- | ============================================================================ | | 1) Sun, Jan 01, 2006 - 12:00:34 am | | gregy> | New board... | | ============================================================================ | | 2) Sun, Jan 01, 2006 - 12:08:32 am | | Reset00> | new year... | | ============================================================================ | | 3) Sun, Jan 01, 2006 - 12:16:50 am | | gregy> | Last 11 messages: | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 230) Mon, Dec 26, 2005 - 7:01:48 pm | | | | glennmcc> | | Jake, | | | | The CisNet server experienced another glitch in the matrix. | | | | All posts to AQCCC between 3am and 6pm yesterday have 'vaporized'. :(( | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 231) Mon, Dec 26, 2005 - 7:31:11 pm | | | | gregy> | | well, then...they must not have been of "earthshaking importance" or I'm | | sure the Good Lord would have preserved them..... | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 232) Mon, Dec 26, 2005 - 7:43:08 pm | | | | glennmcc> | | Good point. | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 233) Tue, Dec 27, 2005 - 12:37:25 am | | | | gregy> | | really...???...but...but...it was only a frivolous statement.... | | ...how did it ever make it into the "good point" column.... | | ... | | ... | | ... | | ... | | (I can't help it...I'm just in an unserious mood, tonight......)] | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 234) Tue, Dec 27, 2005 - 8:43:25 pm | | URL | | | | gregy> | | | | http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2005/12/disinformation-operations/ | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 235) Wed, Dec 28, 2005 - 7:00:43 pm | | URL | | | | gregy> | | | | http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=1&issu | | | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 236) Wed, Dec 28, 2005 - 7:39:46 pm | | | | gregy> | | It's Bush's fault...he didn't sign the Kyoto Treaty.....!!!!!! | | | | http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,2763,1674492,00.html?gusrc=rss | | | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 237) Wed, Dec 28, 2005 - 7:40:17 pm | | URL | | | | gregy> | | oops.... | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 238) Sat, Dec 31, 2005 - 5:58:51 pm | | | | gregy> | | This board will be archived about midnight, my time... | | | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 239) Sat, Dec 31, 2005 - 6:15:10 pm | | | | Jake> | | Just time to nip in a Happy New Year from somewhere where it's already | | arrived. As per the American tradition you probably want more than one, | | so "Happy New Years"! | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | 240) Sat, Dec 31, 2005 - 6:35:40 pm | | | | gregy> | | well, old chap, I left you one on your board, and one on AVA...but, it's | | still only about 8:30pm, here...couple more hours to go.... | | | | | | ========================================================================== | | | | ============================================================================ | | 4) Sun, Jan 01, 2006 - 12:17:48 am | | gregy> | Greetings...!!!!! Reset00.......Bruno..I trust you had a Merry | Christmas...??? | ... | And I hope you have a Happy and Prosperous New Year...... | | | ============================================================================ | | 5) Sun, Jan 01, 2006 - 8:48:54 am | | glennmcc> | HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !!! | | ============================================================================ | | 6) Mon, Jan 02, 2006 - 10:29:59 pm | URL | | gregy> | Ahhh...our tax dollars, pre- and post-Katrina, at work for us, in | Louisiana....... | | http://2theadvocate.com/stories/123105/new_remodeling001.shtml | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 7) Tue, Jan 03, 2006 - 3:46:30 pm | | glennmcc> | You didn't REALLY expect any better from a democrat... now did you ?!?! | | ============================================================================ | | 8) Wed, Jan 04, 2006 - 5:07:32 am | | gregy> | well...now...perhaps not.......I've gotta keep reminding myself | that, at heart, I'm a "Montana Democrat"....for years and years.... | ..it's just....well....just...just....that I'm standing all alone, here, | while them other'n have disappeared over the faaaarrrr left horizon | ..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 9) Wed, Jan 04, 2006 - 5:48:25 am | URL | | gregy> | Now, why doesn't this surprise me....???? or disturb me, very much..?? | | | http://news.zdnet.com/2102-1009_22-6016140.html?tag=printthis | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 10) Wed, Jan 04, 2006 - 6:01:03 am | URL | | gregy> | And...surprise..!!! surprise...!!!....now, how could this possibly | happen...???...........and...I wonder if the MainLeftStreamMedia | will follow up....??? or, more likely, try to bury it..... | ... | http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/3/115231.shtml?s=et | | | | ============================================================================ | | 11) Thu, Jan 05, 2006 - 8:33:10 am | URL | | gregy> | Tsk..Tsk..Tsk....that naughty MainLeftStreamMedia.... | | http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/5/101649.shtml | | | | ============================================================================ | | 12) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 6:58:51 am | URL | | gregy> | Oh..!!!...zounds...!!! and gadzooks...!!! | ...is nothing free from sham and fraud...?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? | | http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006000704,00.html | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 13) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 5:22:18 pm | URL | | Jake> | | | ============================================================================ | | 14) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 7:18:56 pm | | gregy> | Thanks, Jake....I can't listen since I'm not set up for streaming audio | ....just an ole DOSosaur.... | ... | ..but..I read the blurb, and I suspect "manipulating climage change | research"....was the typical liberal attack-segment.....you know... | ..claim "glob-waam" enough times, preferably at the hysterical top of | you voice, and it'll happen...or...at least....most of the people will | be brainwashed into believing it.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 15) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 8:51:57 pm | | gregy> | tele....our #arachne Founder, Mark Willis seems to have disappeared.. | ...so..the chan reg expired..... | ... | I reregistered it...and now we need to OP you.....give me your | REGISTERED nickname and I'll SOP you next time I'm on there... | .. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 16) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 10:43:12 pm | URL | | gregy> | well, well, well....what HAVE we here...???? | | http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/550kmbzd.a | | ... | ... | ..this's gotta be all "BUSH's FAULT..!!!!!".... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 17) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 11:51:18 pm | | gregy> | yupper....just as I thought....if IS...all BUSH's FAULT..!!!! | | http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a5S3M4D4J6mA&refer=hom | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 18) Fri, Jan 06, 2006 - 11:52:04 pm | URL | | gregy> | oops...no URL.... | | http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a5S3M4D4J6mA&refer=hom | | | | ============================================================================ | | 19) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 12:13:25 am | URL | | gregy> | annnnd...'round and 'round we go.... | | http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/561rocjb.a | | | | ============================================================================ | | 20) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 12:20:54 am | URL | | gregy> | ..aaannnnd...here we come out....upsidedown...!!!! | | http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/569wwiwx.a | | | | ============================================================================ | | 21) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 2:40:10 am | | Jake> | I've got the Beeb's prog saved and can convert to MP3, which would be | 12 or 15 MB. | | | ============================================================================ | | 22) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 3:04:12 am | | gregy> | yes...that would be nice, if I currently had a box set up with soundcard | and speakers.... | ... | As I said...DOSosaur..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 23) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 4:46:43 am | URL | | gregy> | ah, yes...that ole debil Global Warming, again....and it's all because | Bush didn't sign the Kyoto treaty.... | ... | http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006 | | | | ============================================================================ | | 24) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 4:51:47 am | | Jake> | I could convert it to WAV | | I could send it on CD | | I could send it on cassette tape | | I could transcribe it (not any time soon) | | | | | Or you could remove your selective vision blinkers | | | ============================================================================ | | 25) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 4:58:20 am | | Jake> | You accuse people of jumping on the global warming bandwagon, yet | you are doing exactly the same (from the other side) in pointing | to the article in Post 23. | | Give me peer review amonst scientists over politicians' shenanigans, | any day. | | ============================================================================ | | 26) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 5:58:40 am | | gregy> | but..but...Jake...are we talking about the same post..23..?? I mean, | 13ft of snow, all at a whack, and the period of the REAL snow time | hasn't even started, yet... | .... | I mean...it's OBVIOUSLY, gotta be "global-warming"....right...?? | ... | ..and we ALL know that that's Bush's fault... | ... | ..and..."peer review"....he he...I think you might want to go check | on that so-called "peer review"....might be you'll find that they're | all citing the same faulty data-extrapolations and fudgery.... | ... | BTW...you DID know, didn't you, that that "hockey-stick" on which the | whole thing is premised, has been totally discredited, now, BY REAL | PEER-REVIEWED journals, because the "hockey-stick" graph was primarily | based upon tree-ring data FROM ONE TREE in Canada....??? | .. | Oh, you didn't...??? | ... | Well, you might want to go do a couple googles just to keep up to date.. | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 27) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 6:21:48 am | URL | | Jake> | The "obvious" isn't always "right" (though the review doesn't | tell you enough about the book). | | If you dismiss peer review, what d'you replace it with? Right/left | factions? (If not political meddling, then Nazi science/Soviet science?) | Pop culture? ("the sky's falling"). The economic imperative? Religion?(whose | | | ============================================================================ | | 28) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 7:34:09 am | | gregy> | Jake...I apologize for the snotty tone of my previous post....I do NOT | back down from the content, but I abhor its style, and denigratory | tone.... | ... | I am sorry... | | | ============================================================================ | | 29) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 7:45:59 am | | gregy> | No...the point I made, and now reiterate, is that all the peer review | in the world is falacious if it's based upon fraudulent data, as it the | whole global-warming argument. If you study the pro arguments, you will | see that they all include the "hockey-stick" graph as a crucial prop to | their arguments. This is in spite of the fact (this is not subjective, | it is a statement of "THIS is opposed to THAT") that there is a great | deal of contrary data, beginning with the historical data concerning | the "medieval warming period" and the "little ice age"...and the temp | data from the satelites. | ...couple this together with the fact that many of the premier | proponents of "global-warming" were (in the late 60s/early 70s) pushing | the "global winter" hysteria. | ...couple this together with the fact that "their" premise that mankind | is capable of vastly influencing the earth's climate, just by increasing | the so-called "greenhouse" gases, said premise has very great arguments | and data refuting it. | ...again...peer review is only valid if it is based upon valid data | and correct framework of thoughts/ideas. | ... | I've taken this opportunity to reply calmly.......with respect | for your own intelligence,...but...BUT (youknewthiswascoming) without | any real expectation that it is going to "change your mind".... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 30) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 7:53:43 am | | gregy> | I give you an analogy and example from history. Soviet "science" was | for many years permeated by the false, scientifically discredited idea | that "acquired characteristics" were inheritable. There was GREAT peer | review (and emphasis upon such) in the Soviet Empire, where scientists | were publishing/arguing (under extensive peer review) that such was | really "scientific principle"...but...which, since the collapse of | sovietism, has been acknowledged by previously "peer reviewed" | proponents of that falacy, to have been a falacy...and one which was | forced down their throats by "peer review".....so....again...peer | review is only valid, when the reviewers are not solely parroting the | current "church scientism" fad-dogma.....which is what "global-warming" | is... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 31) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 8:21:58 am | URL | | gregy> | hmmmm... | | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180896,00.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 32) Sat, Jan 07, 2006 - 4:38:22 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | Most of the info I have here at (URL) is from the US government. | (NASA no-less) | | All of it refutes the claims of Global Warming. | | Some of it points to a slight 'Global cooling'. | | Have you ever heard mension of this stuff in the 'main stream media' ? | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/global_warming/ | | ============================================================================ | | 33) Sun, Jan 08, 2006 - 3:27:38 am | | gregy> | No, of course not... "glob-waam" is a typical liberal "chicken-little" | operation whereby they hope to panic, herd the ordinary people into | giving them unlimited control of their lives. | ... | And, the so-called "mainstreammedia" is really the "MainLeftStreamMedia" | ...they're ALL, universally libs....(this does NOT include the more | moderate media channels such as Fox)...thank GOD..!!! we've got the | Inet...or, even I would be abmismally ignorant, for want of any way to | gain the information. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 34) Sun, Jan 08, 2006 - 3:33:31 am | | gregy> | BTW...those pages are important reference material, so, please keep them | ... | ... | BTW2...mind you, I do NOT claim that the climate is NOT warming, just | that this is part of a long-term trend and is NOT caused by humankind. | .. | I mean...we ARE still (I hope) coming out of that bottom-cycle called | the "Little Ice Age"...and we have not, yet, returned back to the | climate level that we historically had during the "Medieval Warming | Period"....so...maybe we won't quite reach that level, but...I think | there is still some more warming to come. BUT..BUT...not caused by | humankind (NOR do I claim mankind has NO effect on climate, just that | our effect is miniscule compared to natural causes, which we apparently | do not understand much about, thanks to the sidetrack the glob-waam | bunch have shuffled us off on).... | | | ============================================================================ | | 35) Sun, Jan 08, 2006 - 6:52:47 am | URL | | gregy> | Yep...I said this all along...and now the "scietismists" are finally | agreeing with me.....cats came from SoutheastAsia, and I've owned some | of the original breed....Thai Cats.....the original ones, not those | inbred Siamese things.. | .. | and...I've got two of 'em, right now...... | | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4585766.stm | http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41189000/jpg/_41189350_tab_bbc_203.jpg | | | | ============================================================================ | | 36) Sun, Jan 08, 2006 - 7:29:03 pm | URL | | | This one is using PHP version 4.3. | | | ============================================================================ | | 37) Sun, Jan 08, 2006 - 7:29:25 pm | URL | | | http://www.hi-line.net/~gfeig/brd/misc/mindex.php/?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3 | | ============================================================================ | | 38) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 3:13:24 am | | gregy> | Gee, ...thanks, that's neato...I didn't know a person could do | that.... | ... | And, of course, it's the latest-and-greatest PHP...I mean, I constantly | rip Glenn's newest source off, and modify it for my own boards... | ... | | | ...Glenn.......:P~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | ============================================================================ | | 39) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 4:38:31 am | URL | | gregy> | yep, yep...sure is Bush's fault, alright...he didn't sign Kyoto... | ... | http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=34712006 | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 40) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 6:49:02 am | | gregy> | "W" | | ============================================================================ | | 41) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 6:49:22 am | | gregy> | W | | | ============================================================================ | | 42) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:02:29 am | | gregy> | HELP...!!!!.... Can someone please answer the question(s) in | my next two posts....please....???? | | | | ============================================================================ | | 43) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:03:00 am | URL | | gregy> | http://arachne.virtualave.net/apub/jshtml.zip | NOTE - in this .ZIP is 10POLL.HTM and README, plus 19 cuts. | NOTE - 10poll.htm is the page where I found this javascript. | | The 11cut-19cut files are parts clipped out of the 10poll.htm page, | at the spot shown by the | comment block(s) in the HTML source. | | Each time the WND server issues the page, it gives different values | for the javascript to display as "characters" to be typed into the | box provided. They do this to frustrate "Bots" voting in their | Daily Polls. | | What I need to know is: | 1. What are the "characters" represented by the "(&)#x58" type of | designations...??? | 2. Where do I find definitions for what these "(&)#x58" type codes will | display as characters (i.e. will "X" display a "K" or "L" or what.??) | | e.g. here are some of the codes............vvvvvvv....... | document.write('(&)#x58;'); | document.write('(&)#x5A;'); | document.write('(&)#x56;'); | ...........................................^^^^^^^....... | | NOTE - see my next post for list of numbers and what they display, | or don't display, in NetscapeCommunicator 4.08b, with Javascript ON. | | ============================================================================ | | 44) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:03:44 am | | gregy> | -------------------- | 11cut - | (&)#x58 = ?? | (&)#x5A = ?? | (&)#x56 = ?? | -------------------- | 12cut - | (&)#x69 = E | (&)#x47 = ?? | (&)#x67 = C | -------------------- | 13cut - | R = R | T = T | (&)#x4F = ?? | -------------------- | 14cut - | (&)#x71 = G | (&)#x73 = I | (&)#x69 = E | -------------------- | 15cut - | (&)#x56 = ?? | X = X | (&)#x54 = ?? | -------------------- | 16cut - | (&)#x54 = ?? | U = U | (&)#x52 = ?? | -------------------- | 17cut - | (&)#x69 = E | (&)#x46 = ?? | (&)#x66 = B | -------------------- | 18cut - | (&)#x59 = ?? | (&)#x41 = ?? | (&)#x57 = ?? | -------------------- | 19cut - | (&)#x69 = E | (&)#x47 = ?? | (&)#x66 = B | | ============================================================================ | | 45) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 9:04:00 am | URL | | gregy> | yep...gotta be Bush's fault.... | dogone economy...just won't STAY down....keeps on improving... | | http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/nrof_comment/darda2006 | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 46) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 10:18:38 am | URL | | gregy> | ahhh, yes...does anyone remember when......???? | | http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/OPINION/601090314/1 | | | | ============================================================================ | | 47) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 10:34:54 am | URL | | Jake> | Re: 39 | | You doggone done it again! There's no mention of Bush, Kyoto, global warming | global cooling. It's just news about weather, and the weather's always news | to us Brits. | | I've not D/L-ed the file, but check the link for entities. The x should | be replaced with a 0 or 1 and a numeric entity shouldn't contain 3 digits | and no alphabetic characters between the &# and ; | | ============================================================================ | | 48) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 11:05:07 am | | gregy> | ah...I apologize for #39, and for all the others.......I retract | them all....they were "humor"....not "factual reporting".....however | ...but...but (youknewthiswascoming)...the articles stand by themselves | .... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 49) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 11:09:58 am | | gregy> | yes, yes, yes, yes, YESSSSSS...!!! That's IT..!!!... You've done me | a fine favor...Jake...that's eggs ACKery what I wanted.....!!!!! | ... | Saved the page....and now I just gotta condense it for handy reference | ... | Again, thanks, much....and...BTW....a second apology for "stuffing | your board" with that stuff that wouldn't display..... | ... | | ============================================================================ | | 50) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 11:15:06 am | | gregy> | ah..Jake...no...the "x" should NOT be replaced with "0"...the "0" is | for "decimal" numbers....the "x" indicates "hexidecimal" numbers, and | in those, it is quite legal to have, for example, O as a number. | ... | What your link shows is everything in decimal, but, javascript and lots | of other things (including HTML) allow using the "x" to designate | hexidecimal.... | ... | Now, all I have to do is "dec-hex" convert those decimal numbers in | the link you gave me, and voila..!!! I'll have the numbers that I | need.... | thanks...thanks...thanks.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 51) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:22:13 pm | | > | Who knows? | | | ============================================================================ | | 52) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:22:44 pm | | | hehe, sorry. | | ============================================================================ | | 53) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:24:56 pm | | > | The Shadow knows. | But I don't, ;-) | | No, I'm not being bad, I promise. O:) | | ============================================================================ | | 54) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:27:23 pm | | > | test | | | ============================================================================ | | 55) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:28:17 pm | | > | test 2 | | ============================================================================ | | 56) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:28:55 pm | | > | test 3 | | ============================================================================ | | 57) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:29:53 pm | | > | cool, display of high ascii characters. | ;-) | | | | ============================================================================ | | 58) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:31:07 pm | | > | one more | | ============================================================================ | | 59) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:31:59 pm | | > | Don't panic!!! | | ============================================================================ | | 60) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:51:27 pm | | glennmcc> | Arachne does not disply them. She does not understand | &#xnn for HEX digits... just &#nnn for DEC digits | | | ============================================================================ | | 61) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:53:21 pm | | glennmcc_> | W | | ============================================================================ | | 62) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:53:50 pm | | glennmcc_> | W | | ============================================================================ | | 63) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:54:14 pm | | glennmcc_W> | W | | | ============================================================================ | | 64) Mon, Jan 09, 2006 - 7:55:23 pm | | glennmcc_W> | Ah ha... there's the format she recognizes... W == W | | ============================================================================ | | 65) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 3:07:02 am | | Jake> | That's what I would expect, ever since seeing Opera3.6 unable to handle | an entity without the leading zero. | | Now, who's using hex there? Maybe I just need to look and it's all around | though in small amounts. An unseen terror? | | ============================================================================ | | 66) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:12:14 am | | gregy> | Jake...STOP THAT..!!! remember, humor, NOT ALLOWED...!!! | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 67) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:14:19 am | | gregy> | Seriously, thanks, again Jake...and thanks Glenn...I was wrong...that | "x" is NOT for designating "hexidecimal numbers"....it was an error on | the part of that webpage's writer... | ... | Today's (same) webpage had the numbers without the "x"..... | ... | So,...I'm learning (slowly, slowly).... | ... | oops...sorry...humor not allowed.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 68) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:34:38 am | | gregy> | ...don't apologize..."sorry" isn't accepted in here.... | (or required)... | ... | go ahead and be "bad"...you're welcome.... | ... | ..as long as you don't "bread the board"...and, if you do, .....on week | on bread-and-water is your sentence..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 69) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:35:52 am | | gregy> | oops...."break the board"....even....:((( .... (can't type fur 2cents, | tonight).... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 70) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:08:07 pm | | glennmcc> | I was wron with my post over on Jake's board. | | Jake was right with his reply. | | Don't delete the 'X' ...... replace it witha leading '0' | | HTML entities are intended to be 3 or 4 digits... not just 2. | | In addition... they need a trailing ';' | | So the correct format for those is not W but rather 9 | | ============================================================================ | | 71) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:09:45 pm | | glennmcc9> | I placed a 9 at the end of my nick for this post like so. | | glennmcc9 | | Let's see what we get. | | ============================================================================ | | 72) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:11:01 pm | | glennmcc9> | There we go. | Arachne diplays the number 9 and converted it to the number 9 for this post. | | | ============================================================================ | | 73) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:13:00 pm | | glennmcc> | F6 to view the SRC of this page and clipped this........ | | 71) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:09:45 pm glennmcc9> | 72) Tue, Jan 10, 2006 - 4:11:01 pm glennmcc9> | | ('9' removed for this post) | | ============================================================================ | | 74) Wed, Jan 11, 2006 - 3:55:23 am | | gregy> | heyyy...!!! You guys are really great (I doan wanna say "genius" | 'cause I don't wanna burst your heads)... | ... | Thanks for investigating and explaining that so very well... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 75) Thu, Jan 12, 2006 - 4:50:02 am | URL | | gregy> | Without comment..... | | http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/12/wplants12.x | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 76) Thu, Jan 12, 2006 - 11:22:30 am | URL | | Jake> | Yeah, listen out for GW calling for the felling of those farty firs... | | ============================================================================ | | 77) Thu, Jan 12, 2006 - 1:04:33 pm | | gregy> | felling...??? nah, too inefficient....get out the torches, burn 'em | all...says I..... | .... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 78) Thu, Jan 12, 2006 - 3:04:53 pm | URL | | Jake> | Ah, but then misguided Greens will spray fire-retardant on the trees, | and you northeners will get chased by homo-Polar bears escaping the | melting icecap... | | | ============================================================================ | | 79) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:44:47 am | | gregy> | What...!?!?!?!?!?...PolarBears in addition to the Grizzlies....???? | ... | ...zounds..!!!...this calls for drastic action....!!!!! | ... | (Now, just WHERE did I stash my supply of "drastic action"...drat it!! | ...misplacing my "drastic action" calls for drastic action..!!!...now, | hmmm...hmmm...)...... | | | ============================================================================ | | 80) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:50:02 am | | gregy> | Ah, yes...but it says that that stuff effects their "motor skills and | brain functions" also....so.... | ..Bring 'em on..!!!! | .. | They'll be easy to outfox and outdodge...... | | | ============================================================================ | | 81) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:50:32 am | | gregy> | test | This is testing a llllloooooonnnnnngggggg line of text pasted into the texta | | | ============================================================================ | | 82) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:54:37 am | | gregy> | Hmmm...Glenn, that Post 81 was all one line, when I pasted it in. But, | this board script forced a wordwrap between the "into the" and | "textarea"..... | ... | That IS the desired action that I would want this board-script to do... | ...but....I've noticed sometimes, over on your AQC, and on my PRJ | board, that that doesn't always come about...I mean, that sometimes | someone (using, I'd guess, a Mz$loth product) gets a waaayyyy long line | into the board (as l.d. did, yesterday, on my PRJboard) and that action | should not be possible.... | ... | Any comments or suggestions....??? | | | ============================================================================ | | 83) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 1:37:54 am | | gregy> | yep...those extra-long lines certainly do mess things up. Here they | don't screw it all up, 'cause my ISP's servers seem to handle them, in | the database-file on the server, in a graceful manner, but over on AVA | PRJboard, it messes with the "refreshability" of the page....and may | interfere with the "Get ALL messages" functions, ultimately... | ... | I would say, that if I had my druthers, I'd prefer the forced wordwrap, | but...that has it's caveats, also... | ... | As I said, over on the PRJboard, this requires a little pondering.. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 84) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 4:55:01 am | URL | | gregy> | ah, this lousy economy...it's soooo awful...and it's all | "you-know-who's" fault..... | | http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/HermanCain/2006/01/13/182214.html | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 85) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 6:57:31 am | | gregy> | | The Pope is visiting Washington, D.C., | and President Bush takes him out for | an afternoon on the Potomac, sailing on | the Presidential yacht, the Sequoia. | They're admiring the sights when, | all of a sudden, the Pope's hat | (zucchetto) blows off his head and | out into the water. Secret Service | guys start to launch a boat, but | president Bush waves them off, saying, | "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. | Don't worry." Bush then steps off the yacht | onto the surface of the water and walks | out to the Holy Father's little | hat, bends over picks it up, then | walks back to the yacht and climbs | aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope | amid stunned silence. The next | morning, the headlines in the | New York Times, Boston Globe, | Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post, | Boston Herald, Buffalo News, | Houston Chronicle, Milwaukee | Sentinel-Journal, Minneapolis | Tribune, Denver Post, Albuquerque | Journal, Los Angeles Times and | San Francisco Chronicle all proclaim: | "Bush Can't Swim!" | | ============================================================================ | | 86) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 7:27:01 am | URL | | gregy> | yep...it appears these sneaky things has "snuk up on us".... | | http://news.ft.com/cms/s/08423a00-83da-11da-9017-0000779e2340.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 87) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 7:37:53 am | URL | | gregy> | | | http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2006/01/11/jumping-to-conclusion | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 88) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 9:43:52 am | URL | | gregy> | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181513,00.html | | | ============================================================================ | | 89) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 10:27:58 am | URL | | gregy> | Doggone...!!! These blasted greenhouse gas emitters just keep popping | up all over, like mushrooms.. | | http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=1295&srch= | | | | ============================================================================ | | 90) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:00:21 pm | | glennmcc> | gregy, | | Nope... this PHP did not 'wordwrap' post 81 | | The browser does that, not this PHP code. | | This is your line in the SRC of this page | | I will 'force' it go lllloooonnnnggg by placuing a line below it that | does not contain any spaces. | | This is testing a llllloooooonnnnnngggggg line of text pasted into the texta | ____________________________________________________________________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 91) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:09:40 pm | | glennmcc> | This page will now remain wiiiiidddeeee until post 90 is off-screen. | | 'force' that by choosing to show only one message to see what I mean. | | In addition... I altered the 'line wrap' code in Arachne a couple of | years ago so that she no longer wraps long URLs. | | --- in html.c --- | | // if(in==' ' && !nbsp|| in=='/') //wrap also long unix pathnames ! | if(in==' ' && !nbsp)//!!glennmcc: Apr 06, 2003---do not wrap long pathna | _______________________^--moved_')'_to_here_and_commented-out_the_tiny_bit_o | | Oops, now you'll have to wait till this one is off screen. | | ============================================================================ | | 92) Fri, Jan 13, 2006 - 12:11:53 pm | | glennmcc> | Long URLs and long pathnames will only get wrapped if they contain a space a | | ============================================================================ | | 93) Sun, Jan 15, 2006 - 6:17:14 am | URL | | Jake> | Uh-oh, Blair's at it now . | | PRJboard? Passive Resistance to Java(Script)?? | | | ============================================================================ | | 94) Mon, Jan 16, 2006 - 10:31:22 am | | gregy> | Glenn....yes, I thought so....but...hey...I hadda ask.... | ... | And, I think you're right about leaving the wordwrap (or lack thereof) | to the browser... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 95) Mon, Jan 16, 2006 - 11:14:30 am | URL | | gregy> | he he he.....my reply is, "Well ole Mummar, ole boy, we'll just hafta | import replacements for all you 'popping people' and repopulate your | country with OUR people."...... | | http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/16/03949.shtml | | | | ============================================================================ | | 96) Mon, Jan 16, 2006 - 1:17:29 pm | URL | | gregy> | | http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/2005/08/jungle-law_10.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 97) Thu, Jan 19, 2006 - 4:32:57 pm | URL | | Reset00> | I have placed a short list of all of the uninstallable Arachne Apm on the | following page: | | http://telusplanet.net/public/bjlcasto/apx.htm | | On the same page there is a Neopaint.apm for testing (... well APX/apm). | | | ============================================================================ | | 98) Thu, Jan 19, 2006 - 6:10:11 pm | | gregy> | Thanks, Bruno...I'll go look....and I will email you about your AMPTool | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 99) Thu, Jan 19, 2006 - 6:11:07 pm | URL | | gregy> | | http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/19/060119141837.r0tg2976.html | http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/19/D8F7TLHO0.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 100) Thu, Jan 19, 2006 - 8:03:25 pm | URL | | gregy> | | http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19659 | | | ============================================================================ | | 101) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 2:01:54 pm | | gregy> | neato...Just installed my BTC 16x-10x-40x CD-R/W drive in this box, and | it seems to be working....gotta give it more of a workout, but it looks | okay... | ... | Now, if it checks thru some tests, then all I hafta do is install that | CDRoast an try to get it working and, maybe, can start burning some | CD-ROM disks..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 102) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 4:50:58 pm | | glennmcc> | rem --- c:\dao\HDD2IDE.BAT --- | @echo off | c: | cd \cdrom\doscdrst | if "%1%"=="" goto err | if "%2%"=="" goto err | if "%3%"=="" goto err | if not direxist h:\!hd2cd md h:\!hd2cd | echo %3>h:\!hd2cd\%1.txt | if exist h:\!hd2cd\%1.iso goto write | makeiso.exe @h:\!hd2cd\%1.txt h:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /volume=%1 /recurse /hidden / | goto write | :err | echo hdd2cd (to be burned to cd) | echo volume_name is also .txt file in h:\!hd2cd containing: | echo drive:\path\file_name(s) | echo c:\ (drive c: all files in all directories) | echo f:\1zip\ (drive f: all files in \1zip\ {includes sub dirs under \1zip\) | echo examples | echo hdd2cd.bat my_1st_cd test c:\ | echo hdd2cd.bat drive_f real f:\ | echo hdd2cd.bat pictures real g:\graphics\pictures\ | goto end | :write | | :loadide | rem P4 IDE CDRW | ddl.com c:\cdrom\doscdrst\ASPI.SYS | | :burnit | | if "%2"=="test" goto test | if "%2"=="real" goto real | goto err | :test | file2cd h:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /speed=4 /beep /test /noconfirm | goto end | :real | file2cd h:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /speed=4 /beep /eject /noconfirm | goto end | | --- command line swiches for makeiso.exe --- | | MAKEISO.EXE - Version 3.8A (December 1999) | Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Golden Hawk Technology | | Usage: MAKEISO [/BATCH] [/JOLIET] [/NOCONFIR | [/NODOS] [/NOVERSION] [/RAW] [/RECURSE] [/ARCHIVE] [/HIDDEN] | [/SYSTEM] [/VOLUME=label] | pathname - Directory pathname or file which contains list of pathnames | imagefile - ISO9660 image file (optional) | isofile - Output ISO9660 image filename | /BATCH - Disable all messages and confirmation prompts | /JOLIET - Enable long filename support (Joliet) | /NOCONFIRM - Disable all confirmation prompts | /NODOS - Disable DOS filename compatibility | /NOVERSION - Disable filename version numbers | /RAW - Generate raw data sectors | /RECURSE - Recurse all subdirectories | /ARCHIVE - Include "archive" files only | /HIDDEN - Include "hidden" files | /SYSTEM - Include "system" files | /VOLUME - Volume label (maximum 32 characters) | e.g. MAKEISO C:\DIR1\DIR2\ TEST.ISO | e.g. MAKEISO @DIRLIST.TXT TEST.ISO /RECURSE /VOLUME=MY_FILES | | | --- command line swiches for file2cd.exe --- | | FILE2CD.EXE - Version 3.8A (December 1999) | Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Golden Hawk Technology | | Usage: FILE2CD imagefile [/ID=ha:id:lun] [/BATCH] [/BEEP] [/COPIES=n] | [/EJECT] [/NOCONFIRM] [/NOFINALIZE] [/POSTGAP] [/SESSION] | [/SPEED=n] [/TEST] | imagefile - Image data filename | /ID - SCSI ID of CD recorder (default is first found) | /BATCH - Disable all messages and confirmation prompts | /BEEP - Issue an audible 'beep' when recording has finished | /COPIES=n - Number of discs to be recorded (default is 1) | /EJECT - Eject CD when recording has finished | /NOCONFIRM - Disable all confirmation prompts | /NOFINALIZE - Disable session/disc finalization | /POSTGAP - Enable writing of track postgap | /SESSION - Open new session after finalizing current session | /SPEED=n - Recording speed (default is 2x) | /TEST - Enable test recording mode | | :end | rem unload driver | ddu.com SCSIMGR$ | rem __________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 103) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 5:27:15 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...I don't wanna get all sloppy and sentimental, here, by calling | you "you sweety-pie" or sumsuch....but.. | .. | I hafta say that you are a very nice man....!!!! | ... | I hope that's conservative enough.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 104) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 5:29:31 pm | | gregy> | ummm...I "P"-ed it and saved...and it reads pretty straighforward..but | (youknewthiswascoming)...can I ask, what is that last line: | | rem_________________ | | for...????? | | | ============================================================================ | | 105) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 5:30:55 pm | URL | | gregy> | Oh, and this is verrrryyy interesting... | | http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_1_marriage_gap.html | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 106) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 6:09:11 pm | | glennmcc> | rem_________________ == 'end of file' that's all there is, there ain't no mo | | | ============================================================================ | | 107) Sat, Jan 21, 2006 - 7:00:06 pm | | gregy> | well...I KNEW that....but...(youknewthiswascoming)....I thought you | might be throwing something "trickey" in there....I mean, I couldn't | see any real functionality to it, and I kinda thought you wouldn't | waste a line for nuthin..... | ... | he he...thanks...I've still gotta run that drive thru it's "plain old | CD-ROM reading" paces... | | | ============================================================================ | | 108) Sun, Jan 22, 2006 - 6:52:13 pm | | gregy> | Glenn....that CDRoast page, at freeweb.hu has a new 4.5Mbyte Beta 3 | download available... | .. | I downloaded the copy of Beta 2, that you uploaded, right after you | gave the links to it....but...(youknewthiswascoming) I lost it...the | durn thing is somewhere on my disks...but...now that I'm finally gonna | use it, have my CD R/W drive installed, etc, the thing is hiding from | me..... | ... | So, I downloaded the Beta 2 from freeweb.hu, again, and also downloaded | that new Beta 3....it says it's a GUI... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 109) Sun, Jan 22, 2006 - 9:06:33 pm | | glennmcc> | Just now tried B3 | | IMO, the GUI sucks. :( | | I'll stick with CLI thank you. ;-) | | ============================================================================ | | 110) Mon, Jan 23, 2006 - 4:42:22 pm | | gregy> | I haven't gotten it perused, yet....just tonight getting that new CD-R | drive operational.. | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 111) Mon, Jan 23, 2006 - 4:45:30 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...Jake...et al....NOTE NOTE NOTE....Pete (Geminga) over on the | AVA just poked me in the eye with the suggestion that we need to do a | (free) registration of .APM as a recognized MIME-type, such registration | to be done with IANA... | ... | I just googled and went to IANA's site, and briefly scanned for MIME | RFCs and registration....have to peruse it more... | .. | But, what is your take on registering some of our Arachne-specific | MIME-types with IANA.....??? | | | | ============================================================================ | | 112) Mon, Jan 23, 2006 - 5:12:17 pm | | glennmcc> | It's not needed. | | AMPs are only intended to be downloaded and auto installed from those | sites which we have listed in 'security.cfg' in the arachne_main dir. | | It is only those sites which need to then be sending the correct mime | spec of "application/x-arachne-package" | | My site does, as do all other sites listed in the copy of security.cfg | included in my release package. | | ============================================================================ | | 113) Mon, Jan 23, 2006 - 5:14:40 pm | | glennmcc> | --- security.cfg --- | ; List of trusted URLs: APM.EXE -uXXX or -vXXX will search this list. | ; Valid for Arachne packages (file/.apm, application/x-arachne-package) | ; and for NetDOS executables (application/x-netdos-exe,-com, or -bat) | ; | ; Trusted URL must start with one of strings listed here. | ; Don't be afraid, tag can't be used to hack this ;-) | ; | file: | http://browser.arachne.cz/apm/ | http://home.arachne.cz/apm/ | http://home.arachne.cz/netdos/ | http://www.multimediaware.com/qv/ | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/apm/ | ; | ____________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 114) Mon, Jan 23, 2006 - 5:18:10 pm | | glennmcc> | Anyone who wants to add the correct mime tyoe to their site need only | include the appropriate line in .htaccess located in the 'root' dir of | their web site. (that's how I did it on my site) | | --- .htaccess --- | AddType image/x-zbitmap zbm | AddType application/x-arachne-package apm | AddType image/bmp bmp | AddType audio/x-vorbis ogg | _________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 115) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 3:37:40 pm | URL | | Reset00> | Fixed Xapm.apm the Arachne APX package installer | to install even though unarj.exe is not in the DOS path. | | | ============================================================================ | | 116) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 6:11:14 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...I got it....and if we added another site (such as AVA) we would | have to add that site to our "security.cfg" and set the .htaccess | file in our root...I'll check that out....see if this site has that, | and if AVAroot has that. | | | ============================================================================ | | 117) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 6:22:05 pm | | gregy> | Now...all you CD-RW hardware gurus...I ran into a weird problem. | My new CDRW drive is a BTCbrand Model BCE 1610IM (16xW, 10xRW, 40xRead) | I go to the BTC site and they have new rom-flash software, and they have | the necessary CD-ROM-drivers for various-speed CD-ROM drives, which | their FAQ says to use for the CD-RW when in DOS, etc, etc. | ... | So, I download the likeliest drivers, unzip them, get some weird pkunzip | warnings, but the zip unpacks. And, the driver TEXT files look okay, | so the unzip worked for them, and the INSTALL.EXE works flawlessly, | so I assume the pkunzip warnings were just "weird"...and don't mean that | the CDROM.SYS device driver was messed up in the unzip. | ... | So, I install all, and make sure the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS got | correctly written, etc, etc, | | | | ============================================================================ | | 118) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 6:31:48 pm | | gregy> | So, I reboot....and...the CONFIG.SYS hangs on the device driver install. | I mean, sometimes these CD-ROM drivers are a little slow, but they all | finish within a couple minutes. | ... | So, I try all the different drivers, and they all act the same way. | ... | So, I get a "wild idea" and rem the BTC device driver, and add the | DEVICE load for my old 16x Opti MAVRICK16C CD-ROM drive that I have in | my old 486....get it all set, reboot, and.....voila...!!!!...I've got | my new 16x10x40x BTC CD-RW drive...pops right up as Drive Q: (where I | told MSCDEX to load it) and accesses the CD I've got in the drive... | ...and everything in kosher....and....even without loading that CD-RW | driver HIGH, I've still got 132K free, after I dialup (I'm here with | the drive installed, right now)....and....and... | ... | The only puzzling thing is....why don't the BTC drivers work...??? When | the Opti drive driver works....???? | ... | I mean, most IDE CD-ROM drives should be pretty generic, by now...so it | doesn't surprise me that the Opti-driver works on this drive...what | puzzles me is why the BTC driver doesn't... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 119) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 6:39:17 pm | | gregy> | Would someone please download the following four drivers (they're about | 70Kbytes, each) and unzip them and see if they, too, get weird pkunzip | warnings when they unzip...?? | | And, if they do NOT get weird pkunzip warnings, would you please | rename just the CDROM.SYS drivers to 10.SYS, 16.SYS, 40.SYS, EF.SYS | ...then zip them into a single package and email attach them to me | hi-line.net#gfeig...that is gfeig at hi-line.net ...??? | ... | I'd appreciate the assist.. | .. | | | http://www.btc.com.tw/drivers/zip/cdrom/10x/10x.zip | http://www.btc.com.tw/drivers/zip/cdrom/16x/16x.zip | http://www.btc.com.tw/drivers/zip/cdrom/40x/40x28.zip | http://www.btc.com.tw/drivers/zip/cdrom/ef/efx29.zip | | ============================================================================ | | 120) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 7:59:06 pm | | glennmcc> | Gregy, | | No need to load any drivers ahead of time for burning. | | You'll only need those other dirvers (which you already have working I see), | when you need to read a CD. | | The .BAT that I posted | loads the needed driver, | burns the CD, | unloads the driver. | | | ============================================================================ | | 121) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:28:31 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...I see...or rather, I don't see....what driver is your .BAT going | to load...?? | ... | Is there some kind of generic CD-drive driver, that that bat loads..?? | ... | ...and...from what you say, above, it would seem that before I run that | .BAT...I'd better make sure that I have the "CD-reading" driver unloaded | ...is that correct...??? | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 122) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:29:28 pm | URL | | gregy> | | | http://www.aim.org/guest_column/4312_0_6_0_C/ | | | | ============================================================================ | | 123) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:35:38 pm | | glennmcc> | | | :loadide | rem P4 IDE CDRW | ddl.com c:\cdrom\doscdrst\ASPI.SYS | | | | :end | rem unload driver | ddu.com SCSIMGR$ | rem __________________ | | The original GoldenHawk's 16bit DAO16 supports only | SCSI devices. DOSCDROAST Beta 2 is based on | 16bit GoldenHAwk DAO freeware parts, and supports | IDE/ATAPI devices trough an (included) device driver | file ASPI.SYS from OAK Technology. It's a "SCSI | transport over IDE" redirector for 16bit DOS systems | and provides a SCSI-like ASPI interface for | IDE/ATAPI cdrom devices. (The mechanism is the | following: the ASPI.SYS file is a SCSI adapter card | emulator which reports existing IDE/ATAPI cdrom | drives as SCSI drives. However, the IDE/ATAPI | cdroms are generally SCSI-based devices with simple | IDE connector, and understands the SCSI command sets!) | | | | ============================================================================ | | 124) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:37:15 pm | | glennmcc> | ddl.com == Device Driver Loader | | ddu.com == Device Driver Unloader | | ============================================================================ | | 125) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:38:53 pm | | glennmcc> | DDL V1.03 (c) Copyright P.Frost 1991 | To load a device driver from command-line | | DDL [] | ________________________ | | DDU V1.03 (c) Copyright P.Frost 1991 | To unload a device driver installed by DDL | | DDU or | DDU : | | ============================================================================ | | 126) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 9:41:00 pm | | glennmcc> | And yes.... | | Unload the drivers for CD reading before running the BAT for CD burning. | | | ============================================================================ | | 127) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 10:00:59 pm | | gregy> | I think I'm getting a teeny bit more of a glimmer.......I would | not have had to make sure of my drive/drivers, before trying out that | burner, then...?? It appears that way.... | .. | ...but...(youknewthiswascoming)..since these are "brand new" refurbs, | which I had/have no way of telling if they're working without first | getting them to work as CD-ROM readers....then, since that was so, I | really needed to check them out, first, just so that if/when a burn | fails, I'm not automatically blaming the hardware... | .. | so....I need to fully clip out that .bat you posted in here (I converted | it to text and saved it...but didn't fully clean it up)...and...now that | I'm sure this new CD-RW is mechanically/electrically/electronically | sound...I should be able to run that burner with minimum confusion and | disaster.........hey..!!!...it might even work the first time out | of the bag.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 128) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 10:05:32 pm | | gregy> | I'm bushed...I've had a fairly long day...and I've been churning away | at this CD-RW problem all afternoon and evening....I'm going to hit the | hay...and try to get an early start on this.. | .. | BTW...I've bought Fujifilm CD-R 700Mbyte discs that claim they're good | for up to x48.....so....should they be adequate for "practice coasters" | ...???.... | ... | What I'll do, is burn my small, 10Mbyte, C:\ DOS boot drive to one, | and then my other partitions (on this P133 box)...then when everything | is working smoothly, I'll install a second 16x10x40x drive in my old | 486, and begin cleaning that all off. | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 129) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 10:08:16 pm | | gregy> | QUESTION: I'm going to be burning .ISO images...and they will be less | than the full capacity of the CDdisc....this shouldn't effect the burn, | should it....??? | .. | And, after I've burned, I should be able to immediately pop the CDdisc | into a CD-ROM drive and read all the files on it...???...I mean, just | as with an ordinary commercial-purchased CDdisc.....???? | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 130) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 10:47:26 pm | | glennmcc> | By George.... I think he's got it !!!! | | ============================================================================ | | 131) Tue, Jan 24, 2006 - 11:03:56 pm | | gregy> | By George....sheesh...!!!....kinda a strain, though..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 132) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 6:37:47 pm | | Jake> | Does CD-Roast have data verification? | | With my limited amount of burning I've prolly had three disks not quite | pukka. Maybe 3 or 4 files unreadable. | | | ============================================================================ | | 133) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 7:54:53 pm | | glennmcc> | I don't think it does. | | BRB | _____ | | ============================================================================ | | 134) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 7:55:51 pm | | glennmcc> | Looking back at post #102 at the command line options, there's nothing | there about verification. | | ============================================================================ | | 135) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 8:09:36 pm | | glennmcc> | Hmm, | Simply turning on the DOS verify option might do the trick. | | verify off | pkzip -ex -rP l:\test1.zip c:\*.exe | | 53sec to complete. | | verify on | pkzip -ex -rP l:\test2.zip c:\*.exe | | 1 min 19sec to complete. | | | ============================================================================ | | 136) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 8:32:19 pm | | gregy> | ahhh...I am inching slowly sideways toward a solution..... | ... | 1a. I found out what the "weird pkunzip warnings" were caused by... | ..HINT - in an empty directory (except for the XXXXXX.ZIP file)...do | NOT type "pkunzip *.* ".....he he he..."*.zip" is required...and | ...yes...I KNOW all you guys already KNEW that obvious thing... | | 1. I have IBM BootManager on all my boxes, so I can boot either OpDOS | or MSDOS....and I had an idea that my CDROM.SYS hang-on-install might | be due to the same thing that makes my CTRL-ALT-DEL hang in OpDOS701 | on this P133 box - the DRDOS EMM386 MemoryManager....so I booted to | MSDOS622 and...voila...!!!...instantaneous, smooth BTCCDROM.SYS loading | ...so...that solves that problem....however, now I've gotta import the | EMM386/HIMEM from MSDOS into my OpDOS setups....but...after I do it | once, I should be able to put this type install on all my boxes...just | using the MSDOS memory managers...yes...Glenn, I know that you know that | I have bought QEMM-full..but...most people don't/can't have it, so I | feel impelled to work with "what's on hand" so that JeeDaNewUser can | successfully adapt my solutions to their own Arachne/DOS installations. | | 2. I can get the CDRoast ASPI.SYS to install, but the tools claim that | they find "no valid recordable device"...I'm checking that further.. | SEE post(s) below.. | | | ============================================================================ | | 137) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 8:42:29 pm | | gregy> | 1. I've modified your HDD2IDE.BAT to reflect my own Drive:\Directory | setup... | 2. I've worked down thru the .BAT placing "pause Pause ONE, TWO, ETC" | statements where needed, and found: | a.) the ddl.com/ddu.com-pair are named ADDEV.COM/DELDEV.COM in the Beta2 | release. | b.) MAKEISO.EXE is nowhere to be found in Beta2 or Beta3, but I do find | the MAKE9660.EXE which I renamed to MAKEISO.EXE and got some response, | but it gives "missing or invalid argument" error...I'm still checking | that. | c.) NOTE - I do NOT, ever, install any tool/program packages to my C:\ | boot drive. My name is gregy, not Mz$loth.......so your DIRs | all had to be changed to reflect that... | d.) HDD2IDE.BAT now seems to run thru properly, creats the proper DIRs, | ends up in the proper directory for running, etc. | | | ============================================================================ | | 138) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 8:59:58 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | re:" a.) the ddl.com/ddu.com-pair are named ADDEV.COM/DELDEV.COM in the Beta | release." | | OH no they're not. | | I don't use addev/deldev | | I use ddl/ddu | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/download/cdload.zip | | | | ============================================================================ | | 139) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 9:00:10 pm | | gregy> | The Beta3 GUI I found to be useful. Why...?? Once I got familiar with | it, in spite of its glitches and peculiarities which tend to slow use | of it down, in spite of all this...I find: | 1. It DOES mostly lay all the options/actions out in a fairly lucid | manner. I mean, even I could understand it once I became somewhat | familiar with it. | | 2. It has exACTly the Option/Function that I want. That "HDD Backup" | that let's you "click-a-Drive" and write the whole thing to disc without | the .ISO intermediate stage. THAT's what I want to do...however, though | the ASPI.SYS screen-registers that it installs, when I "click-a-drive" | it goes thru its preliminary paces and aborts with "could not find any | valid recorder".....and returns to the GUI... | ..I believe this is indicating that my BTC-recorder functions/firmware | are not-standardly registering with ASPI.SYS.... | | 3. This was the case in the MSDOS-boot, which gave me the most advance | toward a solution. | | 4. BTW...using the GUI, I found that it was absolutely necessary to | setup in the OPTIONS menu, before trying to use any of the other menus | | 5. After ASPI.SYS onscreen-registers as installed (and, in the GUI, | after setting up in OPTIONS) the OPEN/CLOSE tools/functions work | perfectly......In fact, I might give it a try, later tonight, | using that ASPI.SYS for "reader-driver" just to see what comes of that | ... | | 6. But (youknewthiswascoming) currently I'm stopped/blocked from using | the tools by that "did not detect a valid recorder device" error... | ...the recorder portion of the drive is not, yet, being recognized... | | 7. I'm mulling/pondering...and, I might very well, in the end, risk | sacrificing a drive by doing an "Upgrade FlashROM" on one of these | drives, just to see what comes out of it....I mean, at least I'll | (probably) still have the CDReader capability after an "UpFLASH" | | | ============================================================================ | | 140) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 9:03:16 pm | | gregy> | Well, thanks...I got them....I'll use them...however, just renaming the | ADDEV/DELDEV pair to DDL/DDU seemed to work okay, with your HDD2IDE.BAT | ... | Now, you wouldn't happen to have a spare MAKEISO.EXE in your back pocket | would you....??? | | | | ============================================================================ | | 141) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 9:08:33 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | Just now uploaded everything you might need. ;-) | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/download/cdburner.zip | | | | ============================================================================ | | 142) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 9:24:49 pm | | gregy> | And...where might I find "SHSU-CDN.SYS" cdrom driver....??? Is it even | necessary, or might it be useful...??? | ... | And, yes, I have always known that CD-ROMs were all SCSI (actually they | were SASI) drives and some had ATAPI-electronics overlaid on them.. | ..FWIW...the first CD-ROM is had was a "New Style (popout tray instead | of CDcarrier)" 1X BSR-6800 (BSR was making most of the CD-ROM drives | in those days) external, with a ControllerCard inserted in an 8-bit | slot in my XT........I bought it from DAK, it was the "newest" | technology at that time (mid 80s)...and I had the XT in use until early | 90s, along with a new AT, and my old Epson Geneva CP/M Laptop.... | ... | The BSR-6800 worked real great on both the XT and the AT, especially | nice under OS/2 2.0 and 2.1 which had specific driver just for that | drive...which was a hummer....but...hey...1X was superceded by 2X, and | the rest is history..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 143) Wed, Jan 25, 2006 - 9:37:33 pm | | gregy> | Thanks...just got it...I'll unzip and peruse it.... | .. | I need to say, that you're being very helpful, here...you usually are, | but...I consider this "above and beyond the call"..... | .. | If we can get my stuff CDrecording, etc, we will have some valuable | hints and insights for helping the rest of the Arachne community get | these things working... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 144) Thu, Jan 26, 2006 - 4:38:02 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | No, no... 'above and beyond' would be sending you all of this. | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/my-stuff/cdromdir.txt | (dir listing of everything in c:\cdrom\ ) | | 17megs of stuff that zips-up into a 7meg ZIP file. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 145) Thu, Jan 26, 2006 - 7:13:42 pm | | gregy> | | No, no, no....don't even wanna see that much stuff..... | | ... | I'm checking/playing/testing... | .. | One thing I'm experimenting with is using the MSDOS HIMEM/EMM386 with | OpDOS701, to see if I can eliminate that CD-Driver hanging... | ... | Also, I'm experimenting with loading just the ASPI.SYS for a "generic" | all-around CD-ROM driver (strictly for reading CDs)...I've got to | tweak the ARGs for it, though....before it will load correctly. | .. | I've got some more questions about that package you posted for my | download.... | .. | I hope you'll have patience and be gracious enough to answer them...?? | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 146) Thu, Jan 26, 2006 - 7:47:19 pm | | glennmcc> | Nope, no can do. | | ASPI.SYS is strictly for writing ... not for reading. | | For reading.... | | --- cdload.bat --- | | @echo off | ddl.com c:\cdrom\ltnide.sys /D:CDR-IDE /DMA | C:\CDROM\NWCDEX.EXE /D:CDR-IDE /L:Q /M:20 /V | _____________________________________________ | | ============================================================================ | | 147) Thu, Jan 26, 2006 - 9:02:15 pm | URL | | gregy> | Doggone..!!! Where's Global Warming when you need it...???...!!! | | http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1695049,00.html | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 148) Thu, Jan 26, 2006 - 9:05:03 pm | | gregy> | Well, I haven't gotten to that "load ASPI.SYS for reading" part yet.. | ..but...when I was playing with the downloaded packages (especially | Beta3)...ASPI.SYS loaded okay, and, once it was loaded, it could control | the OPEN/CLOSE of the tray....so...I figured maybe it would also be | usable for "general purpose" use, i.e. reading as well as recording.. | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 149) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 3:27:21 pm | | glennmcc> | So..... did ya' burn one yet ? | | ============================================================================ | | 150) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 9:44:30 pm | | gregy> | It took me a while to get to where I could try.... | ... | Remember, your X:\dir\dir yada yada is NOT the same as my yada yada | .......so I had to go around changing the drives:directories, | etc. | ... | But, then, once I got it straightened out, it: | ran HDD2IDE.BAT correctly down to "MAKEISO.EXE" where it correctly | wrote the .ISO and iso.TXT to directory !HDD2IDE... | .. | Then, it ran correctly thru the "ddl ASPI.SYS line, and I could see | that driver loading/loaded, | .. | Then, it tried to write, and came back with the "could not detect any | valid recordable drive" error (or close to that)... | .. | ...and aborted. | .. | So, I fiddled, and played... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 151) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 9:55:14 pm | | gregy> | And, I figured I'd check out the actual drive working under ASPI.SYS | (as a reader-only)...which you said last night wasn't possible, BUT.. | ..but..(youknewthiswascoming)...you, yourself have that CDLOAD.BAT in | the \CDROM\ directory, which (with suitable drive:directory tweaking) | does the job, just nicely....so... | .. | ...I conclude that I've been guilty of another miscommunication, and | didn't give you the correct understanding of what I was gonna try to | do...otherwise you would have immediately pointed me to the CDLOAD.BAT | ... | Because, (with suitable tweaking, as I said) that CDLOAD.BAT does a | pretty swift and capable load of ASPI/whatever/MSCDEXequivalent drivers | ...assigns Drive Q: to it, and I'm here, right now, with the dumb (but | working) thing loaded and readable (ALT-F2) and working finest kind | .... | ... | Oh, one thing to NOTE !!!! - my RAMdisk is always loaded (in | AUTOEXEC.BAT), as Drive R:....I found that I MUST run the CDLOAD.BAT | before launching XMSDSK to give me my Arachne RAMdisk Drive R:.... | ... | I don't know what would happen if my Arachne RAMdisk was assigned as | Drive M:....maybe I'll check that, someday().....but...right now.. | I'm just glad to be able to make these ASPI/etc drivers work the way | I knew that they MUST be able to work. | .. | Now, the next thing to do, is to fiddle some more to see why these | CDRoast drivers cannot/willnot detect the "writer" portion of my | CD-RW drives.....they sure detect and run the "reader" portion of | said drives just fine.... | | | ============================================================================ | | 152) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 10:04:00 pm | | gregy> | Oh, BTW...that "cannot detect any valid recordable device" error, from | the end of the HDD2IDE.BAT was the same error (or similar error) that | I reported to you yesterday, after I'd fiddled with the downloaded | Beta2 and Beta3 packages... | ... | Now...this is NOT your opportunity to say, "Aha!!...your drive isn't | a CD-RW, or is a VERRRY non-standard CD-RW drive."... | .. | Actually, my experience with driving the drive using my Optic Systems | MAVERICK 16 CD-ROM driver, plus this, now, experience of having that | CDLOAD.BAT load the "reader" driver functions of the drive swiftly | right up...working fine....proves the exact opposite....these BTC | drives are so industry-generic as to be able to do that... | ..therefore... | It is unlikely that BTC has made them so NON-standard as far as their | "recorder" drive functions go. | ... | I'm sure you agree....and can see why I'm pretty certain that some more | tweaking will enable the recorder functions, also.. | | | ============================================================================ | | 153) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 10:09:13 pm | | gregy> | Also...these are the 16x10x40x BCE 1610IM drives.... | .. | They are a little old...not obsolete, mind you, but maybe slightly old. | .. | But...I have the newest BTC 52x drives, and I'm going to mount one of | them in the 486 and try to get the "recorder functions working, there | ... | Because ultimately, it's the 486 where I need to offload all the stuff | from my HDDs...and that will take CDdiscs.... | .. | If worst comes to worst, I'll have to build a new box, and jerk the | drives from the 486, and insert them into the new box, and try to burn | there... | .. | Oh, BTW2...just for general info....what Brand/ModelNumber/etc IDE | CD-RW drive are you successfully using your personalized CDRoast (I | mean, your HDD2IDE.BAT system) on.....???? | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 154) Fri, Jan 27, 2006 - 10:46:08 pm | | gregy> | back...with further status on checking/tweaking/troubleshooting:... | ... | I haven't been loading these CDROM.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE drivers HIGH, | because, when I'm initially working on something, I don't want to throw | any additional potential garbage into the stew...but... | ... | Now, I've loaded my MAVERICK 16 and MSCDEX drivers HIGH, and they loaded | just fine... | ... | and, I'm now back here with my CD-ROM drivers all loaded and the disk | I have in for test purposes is fully readable in Arachne, right now, | and...I've got my standard 177+KbytesFREE back ...so... | ... | ..and...I think I'll just leave that CD-ROM loaded all the time...'cause | the silly thing is one of those "intelligent" devices.......and | it powers-down after about 30-seconds of no access, so I think I'm not | putting extra miles on it by just letting it load every time I boot. | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 155) Sat, Jan 28, 2006 - 12:38:55 pm | | gregy> | well...my ISP's techs have repaired the server. Seems to be working | more-or-less normally, now... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 156) Sat, Jan 28, 2006 - 12:43:34 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...lastnight I installed/implemented my QEMM on both boots on this | computer - OpenDOS701 and MSDOS622...they're both running using the | QEMM, and it is (as we both know) superior...however...I need to get a | peek at your settings, just to be sure that I have pretty similar for | when I'm trying to get this CDRoast working....so.. | Please zip your: | AUTOEXEC.BAT | CONFIG.SYS | X:\QEMM\DOS-UP.DAT | ...into .... | QEMM.ZIP (or somesuch) | ..and.. | either post it for me to download, or email-attach it to me... | .. | Thanks... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 157) Sat, Jan 28, 2006 - 2:14:41 pm | URL | | gregy> | hmmmmmm.....interesting.... | | http://www.nplusonemag.com/dating.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 158) Sat, Jan 28, 2006 - 7:04:47 pm | | glennmcc> | --- config.sys --- | rem OPENDOS 7.01 | DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS sh:n ram r:1 ST:M ur=1m:256m X=C100-C1FF X=C300-C | device=c:\qemm\dos-up.sys @c:\qemm\dos-up.dat | DOS=HIGH,UMB | SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P | BREAK=ON | BUFFERS=30 | FILES=50 | FCBS=4,4 | LASTDRIVE=S | HISTORY=ON,256,ON | __________________ | | --- autoexec.bat --- | :OpenDOSBEG | @echo off | PROMPT $d $b $t$_[OPENDOS 7.01] $P$G | SET PATH=\;C:\1BATCH;C:\1COMMON;C:\;C:\OPENDOS;C:\1ZIP;C:\QEMM;c:\borlandc\b | SET TEMP=C:\TEMP | IF NOT DIREXIST %TEMP% MD %TEMP% | SET OPENDOSCFG=C:\OPENDOS | | e:\ctmouse\ctmouse.exe /R22 | | c:\opendos\nwcache.exe 7670 1024 /lend=on /delay=on /mux /e | | call c:\1batch\loadlne.bat | | :OpenDOSEND | ____________________ | | ============================================================================ | | 159) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 12:06:07 am | | gregy> | Thank you....would you also please post your DOS-UP.DAT in your QEMM | directory...??? | .. | What I'm trying to do, here, is get my system as close as I can to yours | so that I've eliminated most of the possible difference-glitches when | I start trying to CDburn, again.. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 160) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 12:37:58 am | | gregy> | Slight UPDATE - I worked all night, Friday, and got both of my Boot | Drives set up with QEMM...Now I can pretty quickly boot into either | MSDOS622 or OpDOS701 (this is using the IBM Boot Manager)...the QEMM | "Quick Boot" is really sumpin..... | .. | The reason I wanted your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and DOS-UP.DAT was | because QEMM optimized the two different DOSes slightly differently, | and I want to more fully standardize them so they are clones. | .. | This afternoon/evening, I went thru a bunch of 72-pin SIMMs that I had | bought quite a while ago, and ran them all thru this P133 to see what | they were, and if they were any good.. | .. | All of them checked out, and I found....some Kingston SIMMS that were: | 32Mbyte FPM...and 16Mbyte EDO....so....right now, this P133 is running | on Bank0, 2x16MbyteEDO == 32MbyteEDO...plus Bank1, 2x32MbyteFPM == | 64MbyteFPM....total RAM is now 96Mbyte....which is better than the 48 | Mbyte I was running..... | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 161) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 12:44:31 am | | gregy> | Now..one curious thing....when it runs CONFIG.SYS (in either OpDOS701 | or in MSDOS622) and QEMM loads, QEMM's load-message says there is only | 66112K available for QEMM's use...but...the whole 96Mbyte shows up in | the P.O.S.T.....so | .. | Is there any quick reason you can see for QEMM saying that.....??? | | | ============================================================================ | | 162) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 12:47:48 am | | gregy> | Ah...yes....I think I see why....when I do "mem" in MSDOS, it shows | only EMSmemory in-use/available..... | ... | So....I'll have to fiddle to get QEMM to drop that EMS junk, and use | only XMS... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 163) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 2:05:54 pm | | gregy> | BTW...I have only one QEMM install, being used for both OperatingSystems | ...and both MSDOS622 and OpDOS701 show that same "66112K available for | QEMM use" message, when QEMM loads from the CONFIG.SYS... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 164) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 2:13:58 pm | | gregy> | he he he....that QEMM "Quick Reboot" sure works like a flash....!!! | ... | I just paused and waited for my StatusBar Clock to hit :00 and then, | did: | ALT-H (and wait for hangup to complete) | CTRL-ALT-DEL (got the "Quick Reboot" message for a couple seconds) | "beep..!!!" up popped the IBM BootManager, | DOWNArrow (to switch to MSDOS622) then | ..ran through the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT... | ..typed AR | then ALT-D (at the dialup page) | ..and was back online in a different OperatingSystem... | ... | All in 41 seconds..... | .. | That QEMM could sure "grow" on a fella..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 165) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:17:38 pm | | glennmcc> | -- dos-up.dat --- | DOSDATA=2 | FILES=2 | WKBUFFER=3 | DRDATA=3 | LASTDRIV=3 | _________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 166) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:20:47 pm | | glennmcc> | As to making all 96megs available to Qemm ... | | On the qemm386.sys line, | | ur=1m:96m | | ============================================================================ | | 167) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:22:41 pm | | glennmcc> | You betcha' it grow on a fella ;-) | | ============================================================================ | | 168) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:26:12 pm | | glennmcc> | Oh yeah also on the qemm386.sys line.... | | It's best not to use those same 'excludes' as are in my line. | | Remove all of the "X=...." sections and the run optimize.exe to get the | correct excludes for your system. | | And they will most likely be different between MsDOS and OpenDos. | | | ============================================================================ | | 169) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:28:56 pm | | glennmcc> | So start with this line and then run optimize.exe | | DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS ur=1m:96m | | (only 'option' to-start-with is your 96meg memory size) | | | ============================================================================ | | 170) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 3:56:03 pm | | gregy> | Thaaannnkkk you..!!!....That gives me a little info for comparison | purposes... | .. | Duly "p"ed and clipped and saved... | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 171) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 4:00:07 pm | | gregy> | "grow on a fella"...yes...but...I've stated before, and I still stick | to my principle, that one(some) of the older Arachne Users has to be | using "stock" components. Because most users are NOT going to be able | to get QEMM....so.... | ... | After I get a "standardized" set of BootFiles using QEMM, I'm going to | get up a statdardized set of BootFiles using the MSDOS MemoryManager | programs, and roll them all into a downloadable package, that generic | newUsers can d/l, unzip, and use right-out-of-the-box....with Arachne, | on most any kind of equipment.. | .. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 172) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 4:10:26 pm | | gregy> | Re:....optimize....yeah...I already figured out that that initial run | that QEMM does is only a preliminary "ballpark" optimization...that it | should be run a couple times, on both OSes (saving dos-up.dat settings | each time), and tweaking the BootFiles, too....ultimately, I should end | up with almost identical CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT BootFiles, and almost | identical DOS-UP.DAT files...whereupon, I can slightly compromize and | go to one almost identical set, with almost the same performance specs | for both OperatingSystems.... | .. | I already did that, cheap and dirty before I asked for your BootFiles. | .. | I balanced between the two sets of files, so that OpDOS went from 180+ | FREE to 179+FREE, and MSDOS went from 185+FREE to 183+FREE....and they | have common DOS-UP.DAT...and pretty similar BootFiles.. | .. | But, for sure, the primary purpose, here (let's NOT forget the | alligators, shall we...???) is to get my setup as close to yours, as | possible (to eliminate onforseen factors) and then try CDRoasting until | we can actually get my equipment to burn.. | .. | OH...!!!! | BTW....please give me the Manufacturer/Model Number of the IDE CDdrive | you are burning with. | .. | I don't think it'll be necessary for me to actually go out an buy one | "just like yours"...but...if it comes down to that, then that's what'll | have to be done... | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 173) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 4:35:03 pm | | glennmcc> | Creative CD-RW 4224 | | Check the 'list of supported hardware' to see if your burner is in there. | | BRB | | ============================================================================ | | 174) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 4:43:51 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/list.txt | | | ============================================================================ | | 175) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 4:47:33 pm | | glennmcc> | F7 search for 'BTC' and 'BCE' show just this one line. | | "BCE 621E", PHILIPS_CDD3600 BTC BCE-621E | | | ============================================================================ | | 176) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 7:28:39 pm | | gregy> | well...that BCE 621E is a "branded" unit that isn't listed on the BTC | site (which DOES have their latest CD-RW sold under "their" namebrand.. | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 177) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 7:49:35 pm | | gregy> | Well, I'll get my setup as close to yours as possible, then: | 1. try the burn. | 2. try flashing the firmware and try the burn. | 3. put the 52x CD-RW drive in and try the burn. | 4. try flashing the 52x firmware and try the burn. | 5. try the BCE 1610IM CD-RW in the 486 box, then the 52x unit. | 6. punt and go out on the net and buy one of those Creatives, or sumat | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 178) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 8:35:44 pm | | gregy> | hmmmm...#1, above, maybe should have been "Find out more information".. | ... | .. | I went to the GoldenHawk site, and schmoozed around and their "Devices" | page was VERRRRRRYYYY interesting. Under their "Supported Devices" | is found a whole host of BTC BCE Models....including the 5232IM that I | have three brand-new ones.... | .. | But...wouldn't you know it...he he....the 1610IM is NOT listed there, | so, apparently that model is a varient-abortion that doesn't conform | to the "standardized" interface that most of the rest of the drives in | the whole world, do..... | ... | So, FIRST thing I'm gonna do, is dig my new 5232IM drives out, and | install one of them, and THEN try to burn.....I may be overly optimistic | but, I say there's a better than even chance it'll burn fine... | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 179) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 9:00:58 pm | | glennmcc> | Lemme see your current itteration of the BAT for burning. | (along with your config.sys and autoexec.bat for OpenDos) | | I betcha we can get this sucker figgered-out. | | ============================================================================ | | 180) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 9:48:59 pm | | gregy> | rem --- d:\dao\HDD2IDE.BAT --- | @echo off | d: | cd \cdrom\doscdrst | if "%1%"=="" goto err | if "%2%"=="" goto err | if "%3%"=="" goto err | if not direxist e:\!hd2cd md e:\!hd2cd | echo %3>e:\!hd2cd\%1.txt | if exist e:\!hd2cd\%1.iso goto write | pause Pause ONE | makeiso.exe @e:\!hd2cd\%1.txt e:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /volume=%1 /recurse /hidden / | goto write | :err | echo hdd2cd (to be burned to cd) | echo volume_name is also .txt file in e:\!hd2cd containing: | echo drive:\path\file_name(s) | echo d:\ (drive d: all files in all directories) | echo f:\1zip\ (drive f: all files in \1zip\ {includes sub dirs under \1zip\) | echo examples | echo hdd2cd.bat my_1st_cd test d:\ | echo hdd2cd.bat drive_f real f:\ | echo hdd2cd.bat pictures real g:\graphics\pictures\ | goto end | :write | | :loadide | rem P4 IDE CDRW | pause Pause TWO | ddl.com d:\cdrom\doscdrst\ASPI.SYS | pause Pause THREE | :burnit | | if "%2"=="test" goto test | if "%2"=="real" goto real | goto err | :test | file2cd e:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /speed=4 /beep /test /noconfirm | goto end | :real | file2cd e:\!hd2cd\%1.iso /speed=4 /beep /eject /noconfirm | goto end | | --- command line swiches for makeiso.exe --- | | MAKEISO.EXE - Version 3.8A (December 1999) | Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Golden Hawk Technology | | Usage: MAKEISO [/BATCH] [/JOLIET] | [/NOCONFIRM] | [/NODOS] [/NOVERSION] [/RAW] [/RECURSE] [/ARCHIVE] | [/HIDDEN] | [/SYSTEM] [/VOLUME=label] | pathname - Directory pathname or file which contains list ofpathnames | imagefile - ISO9660 image file (optional) | isofile - Output ISO9660 image filename | /BATCH - Disable all messages and confirmation prompts | /JOLIET - Enable long filename support (Joliet) | /NOCONFIRM - Disable all confirmation prompts | /NODOS - Disable DOS filename compatibility | /NOVERSION - Disable filename version numbers | /RAW - Generate raw data sectors | /RECURSE - Recurse all subdirectories | /ARCHIVE - Include "archive" files only | /HIDDEN - Include "hidden" files | /SYSTEM - Include "system" files | /VOLUME - Volume label (maximum 32 characters) | e.g. MAKEISO C:\DIR1\DIR2\ TEST.ISO | e.g. MAKEISO @DIRLIST.TXT TEST.ISO /RECURSE /VOLUME=MY_FILES | | ===================CUT for SIZE to POST ==================== | | | ============================================================================ | | 181) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 9:49:33 pm | | gregy> | | --- command line swiches for makeiso.exe --- | | MAKEISO.EXE - Version 3.8A (December 1999) | Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Golden Hawk Technology | | Usage: MAKEISO [/BATCH] [/JOLIET] | [/NOCONFIRM] | [/NODOS] [/NOVERSION] [/RAW] [/RECURSE] [/ARCHIVE] | [/HIDDEN] | [/SYSTEM] [/VOLUME=label] | pathname - Directory pathname or file which contains list ofpathnames | imagefile - ISO9660 image file (optional) | isofile - Output ISO9660 image filename | /BATCH - Disable all messages and confirmation prompts | /JOLIET - Enable long filename support (Joliet) | /NOCONFIRM - Disable all confirmation prompts | /NODOS - Disable DOS filename compatibility | /NOVERSION - Disable filename version numbers | /RAW - Generate raw data sectors | /RECURSE - Recurse all subdirectories | /ARCHIVE - Include "archive" files only | /HIDDEN - Include "hidden" files | /SYSTEM - Include "system" files | /VOLUME - Volume label (maximum 32 characters) | e.g. MAKEISO C:\DIR1\DIR2\ TEST.ISO | e.g. MAKEISO @DIRLIST.TXT TEST.ISO /RECURSE /VOLUME=MY_FILES | | | --- command line swiches for file2cd.exe --- | | FILE2CD.EXE - Version 3.8A (December 1999) | Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Golden Hawk Technology | | Usage: FILE2CD imagefile [/ID=ha:id:lun] [/BATCH] [/BEEP] | [/COPIES=n] | [/EJECT] [/NOCONFIRM] [/NOFINALIZE] [/POSTGAP] [/SESSION] | [/SPEED=n] [/TEST] | imagefile - Image data filename | /ID - SCSI ID of CD recorder (default is first found) | /BATCH - Disable all messages and confirmation prompts | /BEEP - Issue an audible 'beep' when recording has finished | /COPIES=n - Number of discs to be recorded (default is 1) | /EJECT - Eject CD when recording has finished | /NOCONFIRM - Disable all confirmation prompts | /NOFINALIZE - Disable session/disc finalization | /POSTGAP - Enable writing of track postgap | /SESSION - Open new session after finalizing current session | /SPEED=n - Recording speed (default is 2x) | /TEST - Enable test recording mode | | :end | rem unload driver | ddu.com SCSIMGR$ | rem __________________ | | ============================================================================ | | 182) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 9:50:46 pm | | gregy> | I'll post the AUTOEXEC.BATs AND CONFIG.SYSes tomorrow night, after I | consolidate your "templates" into them.... | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 183) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 9:53:32 pm | | gregy> | Oh, and remember, this HDD2IDE.BAT performed flawlessly, right up to | the point of "burn it"...when it tried and came back with that "ASPI | could not detect any valid recorder device"... | .. | ...and...remember that this BCE1610IM drive is NOT listed in the CDRoast | list or on Golden Hawk Technologies sites....whereas a host of other | BTC drives (including the latest model, which I have) are listed.. | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 184) Mon, Jan 30, 2006 - 10:14:46 pm | | gregy> | Okay...I got my proper 96Mbytes, now, in QEMM's signon message, on both | msDOS and OpDOS systems.. | ... | It still looks like QEMM is primarily using EMS, instead of XMS....am | I correct here...??? | .. | If I am correct, is there anything to do to change that to XMS....?? | ... | Or, doesn't it really matter...??? | | | ============================================================================ | | 185) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 3:49:25 pm | | glennmcc> | To eliminate EMS, add this to the qemm386.sys line in config.sys | | EMS:N | | BRB | | ============================================================================ | | 186) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 4:16:46 pm | | glennmcc> | | + Quarterdeck +------------------------------------------------------- | +- MANIFEST -+ | Overview Pages Handles Timings Benchmark | | | +------------------------------------------------------- | | System | | | | | -------------- | | | | First Meg | | | | | -------------- | | | | | - Expanded -| | | QEMM version 7.50 | | | -------------- | | EMS Version 4.0 and EEMS 3.2 | | | Extended | | | Page Frame DC00 | | | -------------- | | Mappable Pages 43 | | | DOS | | | | | | -------------- | | ------------------------------------------- | | Adapters | | | | | -------------- | | | | QEMM | | | | | | -------------- | | Total Available | | | Hints | | | Expanded Memory 261248K 260560K | | | -------------- | | EMS Handles 64 62 | | | | | Real Alternate Maps 32 32 | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------- | | | | | |F1=Help F2=Print| | | +-----Esc=Exit----+ +------------------------------------------------------- | ____________________________________________________________________________ | | | ============================================================================ | | 187) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 4:17:05 pm | | glennmcc> | | + Quarterdeck +------------------------------------------------------- | +- MANIFEST -+ | Overview | | | +------------------------------------------------------- | | System | | | | | -------------- | | | | First Meg | | | | | -------------- | | | | - Expanded -| | | | | -------------- | | | | Extended | | | | | -------------- | | | | DOS | | | | | -------------- | | | | Adapters | | |   None! | | -------------- | | | | QEMM | | | | | -------------- | | | | Hints | | | | | -------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |F1=Help F2=Print| | | +-----Esc=Exit----+ +------------------------------------------------------- | ____________________________________________________________________________ | | ============================================================================ | | 188) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 4:19:08 pm | | glennmcc> | When this line of the bat executes... | | ddl.com d:\cdrom\doscdrst\ASPI.SYS | pause Pause THREE | | Does everything go OK and the ASPI driver is loaded ? | | | ============================================================================ | | 189) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 4:22:37 pm | | glennmcc> | I have 2 IDE drives (CD-RW and DVD-ROM), so this is the message I get. | | OAK ASPI for ATAPI version 1.10 (c) OAK Technology, 1996 | | Transfer Mode : Programmed I/O | Number of drives : 2 | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 190) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 4:28:27 pm | | glennmcc> | If you load it manually at the DOS command prompt, | you should get that message. | | | Now unload it manually with command line... | | ddu.com scsimgr$ | | This is what you should get... | | WARNING unloading this device will restore the interrupt vectors | to their state prior to loading the device. This may disable any | TSRs subsequently loaded. Do you wish to continue ? (Y/N) | | | If however this is what you get... | | Device not found | | The driver did not load correctly after-all. | | ============================================================================ | | 191) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 8:28:22 pm | | gregy> | okay..."p"ed, clipped and saved that.....I will: | 1. Get that EMS/XMS thing straight | 2. Give the Burn a try, as you suggest, and report the results.. | ... | Note - I got busy, otherwhere, today, so I've just now gotten on the | computer, and I've a number of things to do, then I need to get some | sleep...so...I might not get to testing around on this until tomorrow.. | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 192) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 9:15:08 pm | | glennmcc> | Sleep ???? | | gawd... what a waste of time _that_ is. | | Sleep keeps us away from our computers. | | | | | ============================================================================ | | 193) Tue, Jan 31, 2006 - 11:35:46 pm | | gregy> | yeah..."So much to do...so little time to do it"...... | | | ============================================================================ | | 194) Tue, Feb 07, 2006 - 9:04:03 am | URL | | Reset00> | New type of Arachne external packages .APX have been repeatedly tested | on four different computers and work well. | | VC.apx - an external Volkov Commander APM package and | NPT32.apx - external Neopaint Arachne APM package | | Both of these could be installed anywhere once and then run | from any Arachne install | - VC and Neopaint only one click away from any of your Arachne installs. | | XAPM.apm the APX package installer/driver repeatedly tested well on the four | | Not happy that packages could now be installed anywhere once and | then run from any Arachne install I've also created | | ApxDesk the Arachne Desktop to accomodate these packages. | | It will create a link to itself on the home.htm page (removable) and | allow startup of these .APX packages from any Arachne simply by | running the deskinit.asf script that will load a mini version of XAPM.apm | and the info necessary for Arachne to find the files and the desktop itself. | | http://telusplanet.net/public/bjlcasto/apx.htm | Please send feedback. | | ============================================================================ | | 195) Tue, Feb 07, 2006 - 9:05:11 am | URL | | Reset00> | gregy, | the message was posted for the benefit of others who read the board. | thanks. | | | ============================================================================ | | 196) Tue, Feb 14, 2006 - 3:31:17 am | | gregy> | Reset00...thanks for posting that.....I must confess that I haven't yet | given those packages a workout. | ... | I got sidetracked, outside, by the moderating weather...... | .. | It's snowing, again, and I'm more-or-less back inside for about a week | .... | | | ============================================================================ | | 197) Tue, Feb 14, 2006 - 7:01:48 am | | Jake> | What did you get done, outside? | | ============================================================================ | | 198) Tue, Feb 14, 2006 - 11:08:20 pm | | gregy> | well...snow got shoveled.... | ... | Seriously...I had/still have storage sorting/rearranging/cataloging... | ...and throwing.... | ... | Plus, had to cut some wood and some panels for a couple small projects | I have going....nothing that wouldn't wait for spring...but...hey..!!! | ..when spring comes (tentatively) in January/February...why should I | resist it.....????....... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 199) Sun, Feb 19, 2006 - 8:18:35 am | URL | | gregy> | Hmmmmm....I think the last sentence of the third paragraph says it all | ..... | | http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4449021 | | | ============================================================================ | | 200) Sun, Feb 19, 2006 - 8:25:09 am | URL | | gregy> | And...something else... | | http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2006/02/19/columns/columns01.txt | | | | ============================================================================ | | 201) Tue, Feb 21, 2006 - 8:58:49 pm | | ray> | Howdy. | | I forgot the URL of this board, but Glenn refreshed me, said I could | find Gregy hanging out here. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 202) Wed, Feb 22, 2006 - 12:27:38 pm | URL | | gregy> | Oh, yes...!!! whenever I am, that is...hanging, I mean.... | ... | and...hmmmmm....again..... | | http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=2&issue= | | | | ============================================================================ | | 203) Wed, Feb 22, 2006 - 4:02:30 pm | URL | | gregy> | Only 31%....???? | ... | http://www.Frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21398 | | | | ============================================================================ | | 204) Fri, Feb 24, 2006 - 7:28:21 pm | | ray> | You play the market Gregy? | Not me, I can't stand the smell of the place. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 205) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 8:51:57 am | | gregy> | Ray...nope...don't have the money to "play the market"....but....I don't | have any ideological biase against it....I actually worked as an | Account Executive in a Brokerage Office for about 8+months....aka... | worked in a "bucketshop"...... | ... | No, what that link in 202 is to is an article that has nothing to do | with the "market"....maybe you need to "mark and paste" the link into | your URLwindow....since clicking the blue URL seems to mis-direct to | their homepage, occasionally.. | | | ============================================================================ | | 206) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 2:38:50 pm | | glennmcc> | You get the intended article if you go-back to here and then hit the | link again. | | Ya' gots ta give dem dier cookies back or dey won't let ya' read da article. | | ibdCheck=sCheck=yes; path=/; domain=www.investors.com | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | ibdCookie=firstLogin=; path=/; domain=www.investors.com | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | ASPSESSIONIDQQRSBQCC=BCEFICKCMALODHPMBEBDJILC; path=/; domain=www.investors. | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | IBDHBO=IFT=1; expires=Sun, 26-Feb-2006 08:00:00 GMT; domain=investors.com; p | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | ASPSESSIONIDSQRTBBRT=LDFDGDGCMJKELGKMCIDAEAFO; path=/; domain=www.investors. | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | ASPSESSIONIDSCBADSRC=OIJPMDFCGAHECPDLPLLMOFEL; path=/; domain=www.investors. | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | | | ============================================================================ | | 207) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:27:36 pm | | gregy> | hi..Glenn....yep....... | ... | And...I got my new .ACFs/.CFGs installed on my existing (this) install, | which is a mish-mash of 1.85 and 1.87....and the thing seems to be | working....so....next do it with the new 1.89 install, then... | .. | Oh, BTW....with all the extras in my CFGs/ACFs I got the "more than | 256 lines in arachne.cfg" error upon initial fireup....so...a judicious | use of the DEL-key in those new files fixed that... | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 208) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:41:47 pm | | gregy> | well....so far....1.89 is working.... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 209) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:44:33 pm | | glennmcc> | Waith all that "extra stuff" you have in your arachne.cfg......... | | You'll be glad to hear that I'll be increaseing that line-limit to 512 | | ============================================================================ | | 210) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:46:00 pm | | gregy> | .....he he...I already spotted your post on one of the other | boards... | ... | and...so far, the mail(s) all work, and all my "personalized" pages | are in there and working... | ... | ...so...it's about time to overlay that 1.90...... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 211) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:47:15 pm | | gregy> | I've never been able to figure out why Michael had the .CFG with that | 256-line limit, anyway.... | ... | ????? | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 212) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:52:54 pm | | gregy> | well...that was quick...just a core-swap....however....NOTE - with the | 1.89 core, I had 190+KbytesFREE, now with the 1.90 core, I have only | ....brace yourself for this... | ... | ...189568...........bummer..... | ... | now go check if the mails, etc still work.... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 213) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 4:56:46 pm | | gregy> | yep...mails still work, and other things, too.. | .. | 1.90beta...is under test | | | | ============================================================================ | | 214) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 5:24:55 pm | | glennmcc> | Whatcha mean 'beta' ??? | | That's not beta... it's 100% STABLE !!!! | | ============================================================================ | | 215) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 5:29:01 pm | | gregy> | it's BETA..!!!...until I cruise with it for at LEAST a week....\!!!! | ... | ...and...THEN...it's still on probation until I say it can come in out | of the cold..... | .. | (poor, poor 190...it's been sub-zero, here, for the past week....but.. | hey....it's warming up this weekend..........)... | | | ============================================================================ | | 216) Sat, Feb 25, 2006 - 6:08:49 pm | | gregy> | ...but...I'll probably feed it some nice hot cocoa, since it's beginning | to look like it's a "keeper"...... | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 217) Sun, Feb 26, 2006 - 4:35:12 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...I have had a couple of "lockups" using the rss functions... | ..these appear to be specific to some sites...but...I can't nail it | down any closer than that....I'll continue to check it out and gather | more data on it.....it is a lockup "before" actually clicking the rss | link....I mean, while moving the mouse over to an rss feed link I want | to click....suddenly, the mouse disappears and .... NOTHING...no | recovery possible...just C-A-D..... | ... | It happened once on the Washington Post RSS feeds page....but...other | than those 2-3 times, the new RSSfunctionality seems to work fine... | .. | Oh, one other thing....I can't seem to get our RSSfunctionality to grab | the Washington Times RSSfeeds.....the links they use end in ".rss" | whereas other RSSlinks mostly end in ".xml"..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 218) Sun, Feb 26, 2006 - 4:37:38 pm | | gregy> | Also, Glenn....QUESTION....this version 1.90 we're playing with, now... | ...I understood you to say that you and Michael had an agreement that | you would use the odd numbers and leave the even numbers for his use, if | he should ever want them.....have you two dropped that agreement...??? | ...or...is the 1.90number only a temporary number for preliminary test | purposes, and this version will ultimately be issued as v.1.91....??? | | | ============================================================================ | | 219) Sun, Feb 26, 2006 - 7:17:55 pm | | glennmcc> | Keep me informed on thos lock-ups. | | Got a URL to thw Wa Post RSS feeds ? | | | Joe has been in contact with Michael and he says... | | "no need to use only odd numbers" | | So... we gonna use 'em all from now on. :) | | | | ============================================================================ | | 220) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 2:11:43 pm | | gregy> | well...I was just being snoopy/curious.....I kinda figured it was some | such.....but....hey..!!!...I'll take 'em with any number on 'em... | ... | ..Re: RSS lockups...as I said...I'm not sure what it was..but..I think | it happened when just moving the mouse over the "hover" links....I'll | check it further.... | ... | ...and...also, try to fugure out why the WashingtonTimes uses "file.rss" | type links, instead of the more usual "file.xml" type links....and try | to see if there's a way to use those .RSS-files with our setup... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 221) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 2:16:47 pm | | gregy> | Oh, and...I've pretty well got the "commonCFGs" thing worked out...and | ..the "commonAUTOEXECandCONFIG.SYS"(for both OpDOSandMSDOS - using the | QEMM) about finalized....and...I've resurrected my PRN2FILE and checked | it out (and fixed the non-operating "HDD LED" on this box, so I can | varify-at-a-glance that the PRN2FILE is activated with CTRL-P)...so.. | I'm about ready to go back to troubleshooting that CDrecord problem.. | .. | ...so...you offered to help...and I'll surely take you up on that.... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 222) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 5:25:25 pm | | glennmcc> | So-far I have found these 4 content-type specs being use. | | application/rdf+xml RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | application/rss+xml RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | application/xml RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | text/xml RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | | | When you link to a file and the "don't know how to handle" | message comes-up.... | | Add that content-type to the list in mime.cfg | | I just added this one last evening due to a link I found at the | Washington Post site. | | application/rdf+xml RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | | | ============================================================================ | | 223) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 5:27:21 pm | | glennmcc> | But if they send it as 'text/plain' .... we're screwed :( | | | | ============================================================================ | | 224) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 5:30:25 pm | | glennmcc> | Unless of-course you do this temporarily.... | | text/plain RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | | Put that line at the top of mime.cfg and it will be used instead of this | one that's further down in mime.cfg | | text/plain TXT | | After doing what you need to do with the .RSS being send as text/plain | comment-out that line like so....... | | ;text/plain RSS>HTM|@call rss2htm.bat $1 $2 | | Remove the ';' the next time you get another .RSS sent as text/plain | | ============================================================================ | | 225) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 7:08:35 pm | | gregy> | hmmm...do I understand that I can just "permanently" add those new rss | types to mime.cfg....??? all, except for that last "txt" one...??? | ... | I mean, it seems like that is what you are saying.... | .... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 226) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 7:17:45 pm | | gregy> | Oh, and BTW, I almost forgot.... | ... | I'm using your mime.cfg that you included with that 190-0220.zip...and | ...as far as I can see,....that is the "full-type" mime.cfg, as opposed | to the "lite-type" mime.cfg normally included in the standard new | distro package.....is that correct....?? | ... | I mean, your mime seems to have all that "extra-FULL" stuff uncommented | and in full operation.....am I correct....??? | .. | If I am correct....that I need to confess.... | ... | Way back when...when you were first beginning to issue new versions, I | was one of the influences that caused you to 1st) issue two versions | (FULL and LITE), then 2nd) to just issue the LITE, with instructions to | uncomment anything "extra" that we wanted to implement. | .... | I now find (after sorta pondering this for the past 5-6 months, and now | using your mimefull.cfg) that I was mistaken....I now think the full | type mime.cfg should be the default one issued with new versions...and | maybe the lite type mime.cfg should be included as "mimelite.cfg" so | users can choose between them.....but...it makes more sense now, to | just issue the default mime.cfg as the full-type.... | ... | comments...??? questions....??? (I mean, this isn't arbitrary change, | but I have some serious arguments/reasons that have caused me to change | my mind)... | | | ============================================================================ | | 227) Mon, Feb 27, 2006 - 7:26:24 pm | | gregy> | oh, and also....any specific place to paste-in these new rss-mime-types | ...??? or just anywhere they land, will do...???..... | | | ============================================================================ | | 228) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 12:15:23 am | | glennmcc> | re: ... just "permanently" add those new rss ... | | Yep... put 'em in there... leave 'em in there. | | | ============================================================================ | | 229) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 12:17:18 am | | glennmcc> | re: mime.cfg ... 'lite' vs 'full' | | | The one I had in that zipp _should_ have bee n the 'lite' version. | | If all of this stuff is commented-out like so, with the ';' at the start | of the line....... she be lite. ;-) | | ;audio/mpeg MP3|@d:\\audio\\mpxplay1.479\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 | ;audio/x-mpeg MP3|@d:\\audio\\mpxplay1.479\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 | ;audio/mpeg3 MP3|@d:\\audio\\mpxplay1.479\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 | ;audio/x-mpeg3 MP3|@d:\\audio\\mpxplay1.479\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 | ;audio/mpeg MP3|call C:\\1batch\\aramulti.bat $1 | ;audio/x-mpeg MP3|call C:\\1batch\\aramulti.bat $1 | ;audio/mpeg3 MP3|call C:\\1batch\\aramulti.bat $1 | ;audio/x-mpeg3 MP3|call C:\\1batch\\aramulti.bat $1 | ;audio/midi MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1 | ;audio/x-midi MID|d:\\audio\\cndmidi\\cndmidi.exe $1 | ;audio/s3m S3M|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp16\\cp.EXE $1 | ;audio/x-s3m S3M|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp16\\cp.EXE $1 | ;audio/mod MOD|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp16\\cp.EXE $1 | ;audio/x-mod MOD|@d:\\audio\\mod\\cp16\\cp.EXE $1 | ;application/x-arachne-package APM|$eacopy.exe $d e:\\arachne\\apm\\ $1 | ;file/printprn.dgi |[100]TYPE _*.txt>PRN\ntype formfeed>prn | ;file/printbmp.dgi |[100]g:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.bmp / | ;file/printjpg.dgi |[100]g:\\graphics\\printgfd\\printgfd.exe _4prt.jpg / | ;file/.mp3 |@d:\\audio\\DOSAMP\\DOSAMP.EXE $1 -downsample | ;file/.mp3 |@d:\\audio\\mpxplay1.479\\mpxplay.exe -m $1 | | | ============================================================================ | | 230) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 12:21:14 am | | glennmcc> | As to where in mime.cfg to put the new lines.......... | | _Always_ place new at the top. | | That's because........ | | -- clipped from post #224 --- | | Put that line at the top of mime.cfg and it will be used instead of this | one that's further down in mime.cfg | ___________________________________________ | | Since the 1st line found is the one that will be used.... | | At the TOP she be best place. :) | | ============================================================================ | | 231) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:22:23 am | | gregy> | okay...checked and that audio stuff is commented out....so it's LITE... | ... | ...but...per my pondering/thought/question.....should we issue the LITE | or FULL mime.cfg...??? I mean, what harm can it do to have all that | stuff uncommented....??? If something isn't loaded, that MIME.CFG tries | to access, it'll only give an ERROR, and then go merrily on its way.. | won't it...??? | | | | ============================================================================ | | 232) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:26:44 am | | gregy> | ALSO...pursuant to - DNSvariables in ARACHNE.CFG: | | ;NameServer %DNS1 | ;AltNameServer %DNS2 | | Shouldn't those two variables be surrounded by "%" signs...??? | ...like so: | | ;NameServer %DNS1% | ;AltNameServer %DNS2% | | ..or is only one, leading, "%" needed.....??? | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 233) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 3:51:23 pm | | glennmcc> | Yep.... only a leading % ... no trailing | | I could have made it just like | IP_Address %myip% | | But that would have take 3 or 4 more lines of code. | | Ray did not like my 'leading % only' implementation | so his implementation _does_ include the trailing % | | As to lite vs full mime.cfg | | Lite is the way to go becuase with some of that stuff, if a user does | not have the 'companion program' that's needed... loop...loop...loop... | as core.exe looks for the converted file, does not find it, tries to do | the conversion again, still does not find the converted file, tries | again... and again.... and again.... | | Here are some examples. | | ;file/.pdf >TXT|@c:\\xpdfdos\\pdftotex.exe -q $1 $2 | | If you don't have pdftotex.exe | (or you have it but it's not in c:\xpdfdos\), | | Arachne will re-download the PDF file when it does not find the txt file | that was supposed to be coming from pdftotex.exe | | ;text/enriched RTF>HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 | ;text/richtext RTF>HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 | ;application/rtf RTF>HTM|@call rtf2htm.bat $1 $2 | | --- rtf2htm.bat --- | copy %1 temprtf.rtf | c:\1common\martha.com temprtf.rtf | copy temprtf.htm %1htm | del temprtf.* | ___________________ | | | rtf2htm.bat _is_ included in my relaes package. | | | However... martha.com is not. | | Same situation... if you don't have c:\1common\martha.com | Arachnew re-downloads the RTF file when the HTM file is not found. | | | ;file/.doc >TXT|c:\\antiword\\antiword.exe $1>$2 | ;application/msword >TXT|c:\\antiword\\antiword.exe $1>$2 | | Same again.... the .DOC is re-downloaded over and over again | if you don't have c:\antiword\antiword.exe | | | ;image/x-xbitmap >GIF|g:\\graphics\\nview\\nconvert.exe -out gif $1 $2 | | And again... the .XBM gets re-downloaded over and over again. | | | Now we see why "lite it is, lite it must stay". | | ============================================================================ | | 234) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 6:21:03 pm | | gregy> | yes...I understand...thanks for the lucidity.... | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 235) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 6:37:37 pm | | gregy> | Glenn...this 190c seems to be pretty stable....I haven't yet had a | lockup that I think it caused....however...I'm intermittantly getting | a lockup from passing (just passing, not clicking) the mouse over the | links on the Washington Post RSSfeeds page....I'm still checking it out | ... | Be aware....this is that P133 box, and I think I previously mentioned | that I suspected a somewhat non-standard INT13 handling by this AWARD | BIOS (it's old...1995) and PacificRim...so...that's very possible.. | ...I'm going to try that FIXINT13 that I noticed in the QEMM 8.0 docs | ... | I'll let you know what I find out....also....the WashingtonTimes RSS | links all give me a black background, and don't display html....I need | to check that deeper....I suspect they may be delivering text/plain.. | but...I'll hafta try that before I can give more info... | | | ============================================================================ | | 236) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 7:12:14 pm | | glennmcc> | re:" Washington Post RSSfeeds page...." | | You got a URL of the page in question ? | | ============================================================================ | | 237) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 7:37:08 pm | URL | | gregy> | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html | | | | ============================================================================ | | 238) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 7:48:09 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | That's wierd.... I just found it and came here to ask if this is the URL | | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html | | ============================================================================ | | 239) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 7:52:12 pm | | glennmcc> | --- my current history.lst --- | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/ | http://www.hi-line.net/~gfeig/brd/misc/mindex.php#end | http://www.hi-line.net/~gfeig/brd/misc/mindex.php | file:c:\html\MYPAGES\hotlist1.htm | file:c:\html\MYPAGES\hotlist0.htm | file:\arachne\hotlist.htm | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html | http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/Search?keywords=rss%20feeds | http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/search99.pl | http://www.washintonpost.com/ | file:c:\html\MYPAGES\hotlist1.htm | file:c:\html\MYPAGES\hotlist0.htm | file:\arachne\hotlist.htm | file://inbox.dgi | | | ============================================================================ | | 240) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 8:56:06 pm | | glennmcc> | That page is so seriously messed-up... it ain't neve gonna work. | | Alt+V ...... Result: Failed validation, 93 errors | | | ============================================================================ | | 241) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:02:53 pm | | gregy> | Re: 238....hmmm..you know what THEY say about "small minds......."... | ... | ... | ..and...I didn't post my HISTORY.LST...I just edited it down to that | URL.........and...I'll bet you googled for the link, too....right..?? | ... | .... | ...and...of course it's a messed up page....waddaya expect..?? I mean, | after all, it's the WashComPost...isn't it...??? | ... | | | | ============================================================================ | | 242) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:33:40 pm | | glennmcc> | Uh oh... you caught me... yep, google was the 1st stop. | | ============================================================================ | | 243) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:39:59 pm | URL | | glennmcc> | Test this one please to see if it causes any problems. | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/wp_rss-1.htm | | | ============================================================================ | | 244) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 9:54:11 pm | | glennmcc> | No need to bother testing. | | It has now crashed my system 4 times in a row. :(( | | ============================================================================ | | 245) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 11:02:02 pm | | glennmcc> | Found the problem... it's my fault. :( | | | This is what's doing it. | | | //!!glennmcc: Mar 05, 2005 | //default to a contrast from both link color & background color | else | if(sheet->hoverR!=textR) //!!glennmcc: added Mar 23, 2005 | { | sheet->hoverR=(sheet->backR + sheet->linkR +100) / 2; | sheet->hoverG=(sheet->backG + sheet->linkG +100) / 2; | sheet->hoverB=(sheet->backB + sheet->linkB +100) / 2; | } | //!!glennmcc: end | | http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/190-0301.zip | | ============================================================================ | | 246) Tue, Feb 28, 2006 - 11:33:07 pm | | glennmcc> | That was not it after-all. | | v1.83 has that but v1.812 does not have the problem at the WP RSS page. | | It begins with v1.85 | | So it's one of these changes made for v1.85 | | Mar 06-14, 2005 | Ray and I fixed a few more glitches with CSS link hover | when used within a framed page. | | Mar 23, 2005 | Fixed yet another glitch with CSS link hover. | | | | ============================================================================ | | 247) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 10:52:05 am | | gregy> | hmmm....I read you that you think the problem with that CSShover is way | back around 1.85...?? Do you still want me/us to download that new | 190-0301.zip.....??? | ... | Or should we hold off.....??? | ... | I'm still trying to run 0228 thru its paces.... | ... | | | ============================================================================ | | 248) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 11:45:47 am | | gregy> | When I try the following setting in my ARACHNE.CFG, it doesn't pick up | the actual value stored in the environment, instead "D" dialup page | shows only %DNS1 and %DNS2 in the two Nameserver Windows... | ... | NameServer %DNS1 | AltNameServer %DNS2 | ... | Any hints...??? suggestions...??? | | | ============================================================================ | | 249) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 11:50:39 am | | gregy> | Second problem...when I ALT-E out of Arachne, and SET something=01, | when I exit back into Arachne, then ALT-E again, the "something=01" is | gone... | ... | I know why this happens (new environment is given to the new COMMAND.COM | when I ALT-E, which goes away when I exit back into Arachne).... | ... | But, IP-UP.BAT runs, somehow, and it's values go into the Main Arachne | environment for the main COMMAND.COM.....how do I get my DNS.BAT to | run the same way that Arachne runs its IP-UP.BAT....???? So my DNS1 | and DNS2 values will be persistent....???? | | | | ============================================================================ | | 250) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 2:14:34 pm | | gregy> | ah...I found out how to do that......I need to dump Arachne first | then run DNS.BAT, then relaunch Arachne....and all will be well | .. | | | ============================================================================ | | 251) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 2:16:56 pm | | glennmcc> | You will need to exit Arachne completely instead of shelling-out | with Atl+E to be able to get the values to stay in the ENV | | As to the display on the dialer page. | | Yes, it will show just %DNS1 and %DNS2 in those boxes. | | The dialer page reads arachne.cfg to get those values for displaying there. | | It is only atcpip.c that reads the ENV variables for using them to | contact the DNSs | | | | ============================================================================ | | 252) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 2:17:26 pm | | glennmcc> | | Hi gregy ;-) | | | | ============================================================================ | | 253) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 2:18:54 pm | | glennmcc> | Yep... you are right to 'hold-off' on grabbing 190-0301.zip | | Since it did not fix the linkhover bug.... don't bother with it. | | ============================================================================ | | 254) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 2:39:41 pm | | gregy> | okay...Glenn.......... | ... | I'll hold off on the 0301.... | .. | Re:...getting the %DNS1/2 procedure to work, I'll fiddle and get it | down pat...then we have it in our inventory.... | .. | ...and...the way I'm set up...I can "ESC" out of Arachne (and this DOES | dump it completely) and get back in without anything more than a single | letter .BAT....("i")....it's pretty quick and surgical... | | | ============================================================================ | | 255) Wed, Mar 01, 2006 - 3:00:24 pm | | gregy> | okay...more checking on that %DNS1/2 thingee..... | GIVEN: This is the complete 190-package you gave to us, plus the new | insight, etc, that you've given since. Overlaid on 1.89. | ... | The DNS1= and DNS2= values are set in the main/permanent environment, | and I repeatedly check them with the SETcommand.....and see the proper | values are there. | .. | With "D" dialpage up, it shows %DNS1 and %DNS2 in the two nameserver | boxes. | ... | ALT-D gets everything going, and it dials and negotiates with my ISP's | server, right thru to the end, then it tries to load the packet driver, | whereupon it aborts with "Cannot Initialize PPP" error page.... | ... | A quick shellout and SETcommand shows the DNS1/2 values are still | correct in the environment... | ... | So, what's happening...??? It looks to me like CORE(? or sumpin) isn't | using the %DNS ARACHNE.CFG variables to grab the values which I can SEE | are firmly/correctly stored in the semi-permanent environment of the | main COMMAND.CO