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                                     Obsah

1.  Novinky  ................................................................  1
    OS/2 WINS BYTE Magazine's 1993 Award of Excellence  .....................  1
2.  Hry  ....................................................................  3
    The "Official SPISPOPD FAQ"  ............................................  3
3.  St  ................................................................... 15
    Kter sov systmy jsou dostupn pro OS/2 2.1?  ....................... 15
4.  Hardware  ............................................................... 16
    Seagate ST 1090A, Swift AT, nastaven a parametry  ...................... 16
    FUJITSU Model M2614S/SA/SB Nastaven  ................................... 17
5.  Software  ............................................................... 19
    The Hack Report, September 1993  ........................................ 19
6.  OS/2  ................................................................... 24
    MultiMedia demo '94  .................................................... 24
    MOUIZE.CMD, nastaven velikosti ukazovtka myi  ........................ 26
    Jak dobe je OS/2 2.1 DOS a Windows kompatibiln?  ...................... 27
    Co je to CDS, jak zjistm kter mam a kde je zskm?  ................... 30
    Jak OPRAVDU zruit soubor kdy je UNDELETE aktivn  ..................... 31
    Chicago nebo OS/2?  ..................................................... 32
7.  DOS (Dumb Operating System)  ............................................ 33
    MWAV.EXE Cannot Clean FORMS Virus But MSAV.EXE Can  ..................... 33
8.  SHAREWARE  .............................................................. 34
    SHAREWARE soubory  ...................................................... 34
9.  Inzerce  ................................................................ 37
    < CODA Xpress ada >  ......................... 37
    CODA PRAHA hled zamstnance  ........................................... 41
10. Peteno kdesi...  ...................................................... 43
   Zeptejte se odborniku  .................................................. 43
   INGRAM MICRO a OS/2  .................................................... 45
11. Legrace a legrcky  ..................................................... 46
   M U R P H O L O G I E  .................................................. 46
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                                    Novinky
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OS/2 WINS BYTE MAGAZINE'S 1993 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

February 16, 1994



IBM's award-winning 32-bit PC operating system, has snapped up BYTE
Magazine's "1993 Award of Excellence," bringing the total industry
awards to 24 since Version 2 was shipped in March 1992.

OS/2 2.1 was the only software/operating system recognized as one of the
three "top vote-getters," sharing the honors with the IBM/Apple/Motorola
PowerPC 601(b) and Intel's Pentium(b) processor.

BYTE Magazine's 1993 Editorial Awards, which comprise Awards of
Excellence, Merit and Distinction, recognize breakthrough products that
set the standards for innovation and price/performance.  According to
BYTE, of the many computer-related products and technologies that
debuted in 1993, only 71 earned the prestigious awards and, of those,
only 16 are honored with Awards of Excellence.

Jon Udell, BYTE's senior technical editor-at-large, lauded IBM's OS/2.
"Running OS/2 2.1 on an 8 MB machine that hasn't a prayer of running
Windows NT, I find that it delivers many of the same benefits: robust
multithreading and multitasking, a comprehensive 32-bit API, an
advanced file system, and support for Windows 3.1 software," Udell
said.  "Software developers have known for years that OS/2 is a far
more productive environment than DOS plus Windows.  With the polish and
maturity of version 2.1, more and more users are discovering the same
advantage."

To date, OS/2 has garnered a total of 24 U.S. and international industry
awards, including:

o "1992 Software Product of the Year," InfoWorld (March 1993)
o "Most Valuable Product," PC/Computing (November 1992 and 1993)
o "Best Desktop  Operating System," PC Magazine, London (December 1993)
o "Best Operating System/Software," Ingram Micro's Best Seller's List
   (December 1993)
o "Best Operating System," Houston Chronicle (December 1993)
o "Best Chinese Information Product of 1993," Chinese Micro-Computer
   Extended Foundation, Taiwan (December 1993)

"OS/2's popularity has exploded in recent months and is gaining
industry-wide recognition as a powerful, stable and reliable 32-bit
operating system," said Wally Casey, director of marketing for IBM's
Personal Software Products division.  "These awards prove that OS/2
lives up to its promises --  not only to corporate users, but to home
and small business computer users."

BYTE is a world-leading multiplatform computing authority, providing
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 2                   10 Dub 1994


Early Product Adopters with in-depth coverage of leading products and
emerging technologies.  A McGraw-Hill TechNet publication, BYTE reaches
more than 1 million readers each month.

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DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 3                   10 Dub 1994


================================================================================
                                      Hry
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                        T H E  " O F F I C I A L "
              *-S-*-*-P-*-*-I-*-*-S-*-*-P-*-*-O-*-*-P-*-*-D-*
                                   F A Q
                             Pre-Release v1.0
            Written by: Seth Cohn (seth@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu)
                 Apologies to (among others): Hank Leukart
          "The second EVER FAQ release BEFORE the game release!"
"SPISPOPD, where the sanest place to be is the pumpkin patch 'round back..."

             "SPISPOPD will be to Doom what Doom was to Pong."
                 -- an anonymous representative from ego.
     -----------------------------------------------------------------

----------
DISCLAIMER
----------

    This FAQ is to aid in informing the public about the upcoming game:
SPISPOPD, by ego Software.  In no way should this promote your killing
yourself, eating pumpkin pie, or squashing squash in any other fashion.
Additionally, Seth Cohn claims NO responsibility regarding ANY illegal
activity concerning this FAQ, or indirectly related to this FAQ.  The
information contained in this FAQ only reflects ego Software indirectly,
and questioning ego Software regarding any information in this FAQ is not
recommended.

---------------------
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
---------------------

    All specific names included herein are trademarks and are so
acknowledged: ego Software, SPISPOPD, Id Software, Doom, Apogee, Wolfenstein
3-D, Creative Labs, Waveblaster, SoundBlaster, Gravis, Gravis UltraSound
(GUS), Gravis Gamepad, Forte, Roland, Roland Sound Canvas, Pro Audio Spectrum,
IBM, Microsoft, MS-DOS, Logitech, Cyberman, Atari, Jaguar, Spam, Spam, Spam,
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, and
Spam.
Any trademarks not mentioned here are still hypothetically
acknowledged.

----------------
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
----------------

This article is Copyright 1993 by Seth Cohn.  All rights reserved.
You are granted the following rights:

I.  To make copies of this work in original form, so long as
      (a) the copies are exact and complete;
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      in their entirety;
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      (c) the copies give obvious credit to the author, Seth Cohn;
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      (e) Seth recieves big $$$$$
II. To distribute this work, or copies made under the provisions
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      within computer software (prior explicit permission maybe
      obtained from Seth Cohn);
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    You may not distribute this work by any non-electronic media,
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write to the author at "seth@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu" on the Internet.

---------
CONTENTS:
---------

[1] Introduction
    [1-1] About the "Official" SPISPOPD FAQ
    [1-2] Getting the "Official" SPISPOPD FAQ
    [1-3] Adding to the FAQ
    [1-4] Acknowledgments
    [1-5] Accurate Information and Game Feature Removal
[2] What is SPISPOPD?
[3] Who is creating SPISPOPD?
[4] When is the release date of SPISPOPD?
[5] Where can I get SPISPOPD and related software?
    [5-1] Where can I get SPISPOPD?
    [5-2] Where can I get SPISPOPD hints?
    [5-3] Where can I get SPISPOPD screen shots?
    [5-4] Where can I get a working demo of SPISPOPD?
[6] SPISPOPD Marketing
    [6-1] How will SPISPOPD be marketed?
    [6-2] How much will SPISPOPD cost?
[7] What will I need to run SPISPOPD?
    [7-1] What is REQUIRED to run SPISPOPD?
    [7-2] What soundcards will SPISPOPD support?
        [7-2-1] Will SPISPOPD support the Gravis UltraSound?
    [7-3] What game controllers will SPISPOPD support?
        [7-3-1] Will SPISPOPD support the Logitech Cyberman?
[8] What makes SPISPOPD different from Wolfenstein 3-D or Doom?
[9] How will multi player action work in SPISPOPD?
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    [9-1] What will the multi-player gameplay be like?
        [9-1-1] How will players communicate?
        [9-1-2] Can players exchange supplies?
        [9-1-3] What happens when a player dies?
    [9-2] What exactly is "DeathMatch" mode?
    [9-3] How will SPISPOPD work with networks?
    [9-4] How will SPISPOPD work with modems?
    [9-5] Can I play SPISPOPD over the Internet?
[10] What will SPISPOPD's music be like?
[11] How can I contact ego Software?
[12] Hints and Cheats
[13] Conclusion
[14] Revision History

---------
-FAQS-
---------

[1] Introduction
    [1-1] About the "Official" SPISPOPD FAQ

This is it.

    [1-2] Getting the "Official" SPISPOPD FAQ

You got it.

    [1-3] Adding to the FAQ

Mail me at seth@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu with addtions

    [1-4] Acknowledgments

Thanks to:
benrg@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ben Aaron Rudiak-Gould)
greanias@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert J. Greanias)
jiml@up.edu (Jim Little)
dkennett@malibu.sfu.ca (Daniel Kennett)
jepler@herbie.unl.edu (Jeff Epler)
btran@ohgpu.hydro.on.ca (Bill Tran)
ccl42409@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles C. Lembke)
3ke6pollmann@vms.csd.mu.edu (Mike Pollmann)
dpapp@gsb011.cs.ualberta.ca (Papp Denis Richard)
vhold@netcom.com (Marty Price)
blask@gpx01.d39.lilly.com
etxfln@eoh1c05 (Fredric Lonngren)
jmiller@terra.colostate.edu (Jeff Miller)
leeuwen@rullf2.LeidenUniv.nl (Reinoud van Leeuwen)
hutha@vms.csd.mu.edu
jas13@po.CWRU.Edu (James A. Schulak)
ebingha@eis.calstate.edu (Eli S Bingham)
jwcumm@cs.wm.edu (John W. Cummings)
n9146070@honeydew.cc.wwu.edu (Jacob C Kesinger)
dixon@csc.mc.edu (Joseph Dixon)
null@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen)
ak75@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (Arbi  Khodadadi)
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msa0136@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson)
jeremy.reimer@iflex.wimsey.com
 cjc7@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu (Cheng-Jih  Chen)
spock@okway.okstate.edu (Commander Spock)
msa0136@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson)
diane@micom.com (Diane Winters)
ad904@Freenet.carleton.ca (William Lachance)
bergius@karhu.Helsinki.FI (K H Petteri Bergius)
dkrowlan@vela.acs.oakland.edu (dkrowlan)
sh666@selway.umt.edu (Scott Hensley)
 ibarnett@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Ian Barnett)
shanks@saifr00.ateng.az.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks)
tbc4@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu (Tae-hyun B. Chung)
tozz@cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe)
robj@netcom.com (Rob Jellinghaus)
"Adam K. Rixey" <ar2w+@andrew.cmu.edu>

and especially (for not suing me ;)
Jay Wilbur <jayw@idcube.idsoftware.com>


       [1-5] Accurate Information

Accurate? Heheheh. Right.


[2] What is SPISPOPD?

It stands for Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris

Features include:

16.7 million color palette on a 256k vga card using palette translation
Full surround sound using THX technology with native GUS, Soundblaster,
    and speaker sound.
3 player support over null modem or standard modem (300 baud to 28.8k)
Intelligent computer players using Turing AI logic
Moving walls, ceiling and chair you sit in (chair not included but plans are)
Gravis Gamepad support (Using 2 gamepads for 2 player action!)
God mode is real neat: All game factors including gravity can be changed!


[3] Who is creating SPISPOPD?

ego Software.

In fact, ego has stated that it will self-publish its
subsequent games, including _Garroting Innocent Gourds Artistically Near
The Illinois Capitol After Critically Reviewing Orwellian Novels Yesterday
Morning_ and the rumored _UG_.)


"SPISPOPD is not made by Apogee, and it's not made by Id.  It is made by Ego,
the software company for the future.  I wish you people would get it through
your thick heads that Apogee and Id have nothing to do with it.  We here at
Ego are the only true software gods."
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Joe Special, Ego Mouthpiece

[4] When is the release date of SPISPOPD?

Feb. 29th 1994

SPISPOPD is gonna be released Feb 29! I just got email about it and
basically, the unfortunate setback was solved (the proper application of
a flame thrower can work wonders...) and things are back on track again!

(Arbi  Khodadadi) writes:
As one of the posts in this group stated, SPISPOD is being delayed till
Dec 30 1994. I'm sorry to say I have confirmed this. Yesterday I got E-mail
from one of the developers and it went like this:
>:>As you know, the most revolutionary aspect of SPSPOPD is its extensive use
>:>of digitized actors. As you surly know, we decided to go all out and hire
>:>Jean Claud Van Damme for the digitized scenes. Well, we were shooting one
>:>of the scenes for the infamous Level 42 Pumpkin stage. It seems Jean Claud
>:>kicked one of the stunt pumpkins really hard, and it went blind in the
>:>right eye. Now it's suing him for damages. The lengthy litigation is what
>:>is interferring with our finishing the game.


As I've already pointed out, THIS Rumor is untrue.  Arbi,
your mail must be slow, since yesterday I got email stating
that the proper application of a flame thrower has put the
game back on track.  What I didn't say - and since you've given away
details, I will too.. DO you really think that any company who could
think of a game like SPISPOPD would really let a little ole suing pumpkin
stop them?  NAH! They had the flame thrower around, and decided that it's
Pumpkin Cooking Time!  Course, Jean Claude was hurt, but hey, they'd
already finished 90% of his scenes....


[5] Where can I get SPISPOPD and related software?

    [5-1] Where can I get SPISPOPD?

Betas are floating around all over.
Look for file: SPISPOPD.ARJ, SPISPOPD.A01, SPISPOPD.A02, SPISPOPD.A03
each is 1.44 megs.

The beta crashes on anything less then a double CPU 486 running Windows 4
and 32meg ram for right now, since it's using a lot of overhead and buggy
code.

ego has admitted that the current beta is buggy, but since they want as much
good PR as possible, they will allow people to grab this for the next 2 days
only.  After that, the beta is illegal.  Grab it now!
I understand that Compu$erve has even made it a half price download for the
next 2 days.



    [5-2] Where can I get SPISPOPD hints?

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Right Here.  Section 12.

    [5-3] Where can I get SPISPOPD screen shots?

Sorry, anyone who has taken screen shots ends up blind.  They also for some
reason grow hair on their palms.

    [5-4] Where can I get a working demo of SPISPOPD?

NO demo.  Sorry.  Beta only.  VHS on demand.

[6] SPISPOPD Marketing

    [6-1] How will SPISPOPD be marketed?

Using Capitalism.  Communism is dead. Duh.

    [6-2] How much will SPISPOPD cost?

For $66.66, you will receive the entire 112,749 levels,
a pumpkin aroma scratch 'n sniff booklet, holographic
manual, and a large packet of "Big Max" pumpkin seeds.

Send your money immediately, and receive a surprise!

[7] What will I need to run SPISPOPD?

    [7-1] What is REQUIRED to run SPISPOPD?

It is the butt kicking-est game ever invented, runs on any machine
(from a C64 through a Cray 2) and allows an infinite number of simultaneous
players.

With it's open architecture and infinitely flexible I/O,
ANYONE can play SPISPOPD, from the HP-41 owner to those
tapping into the awesome power of Cheyenne Mountain's
system.

"Course, that's the TI-85 calculator port, so I can't comment on anything
else (but I hear the abacus version is way cool)." - Beta tester

Final PC specs call for it to run on a 8086 with at least 10 meg harddrive
and EGA graphics.

You need a joystick to play it, and it is a big plus if you have a good
sound card, because the sound track is AWESOME!

    [7-2] What soundcards will SPISPOPD support?

Anything that hooks up to a speaker!

    [7-2-1] Will SPISPOPD support the Gravis UltraSound?

Sure!

    [7-3] What game controllers will SPISPOPD support?
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Joystick, mouse, gamepad, and anything else they can find to play with.

    [7-3-1] Will SPISPOPD support the Logitech Cyberman?

Yes, and ego is already taking that to the next level.  Logitech's new
Man will hopefully be released about the same time as SPISPOPD.  Using
complicated cloning technology, you are able to have, in your very own
home, a real live human being that connects to any standard mouse port.
SPISPOPD will send signals to your Man, instructing him to pummel in the
very part of your body that your computerized counterpart takes damage.
You can customize the Man to perfectly fit your own pain threshold, so
he may just nudge you gently or he can even be set to kill you should
you lose the game.  Given the open nature of both SPISPOPD and Man,
expect several add-ons, such as weapons you can attach to the Man that
he will use against you, and perhaps even multiple Men connected to the
same port to attack you from all directions.  Rumours are that
Logitech's genetic engineering department is planning on creating
hell-hounds, demons, robots, and other nasties to better match varius
gaming implementations.


[8] What makes SPISPOPD different from Wolfenstein 3-D or Doom?

It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
users can modify the ray-traced animation to look like polygon filled
graphics.

"I heard that instead of having actual ray-traced pumpkins, they're going to
rewrite the engine to use polygons due to size considerations (and besides,
life-like ray-traced pumpkins would add nothing to the game)" - Beta Tester


The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
The dogs seems to move like real dogs
The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.

"The dogs don't really move at all. They are on invisible 4-way tracks
that move the static dogs.
 Due to memory considerations, it is now a kilowatt laser.
 Sorry. Pumpkins now just ooze down into a gooey, puddled mess." Beta Tester

"The realistic weather mode is amazing.  My doctor says it's only a mild case
of frostbite.  I should be back at it in a couple days." - Beta Tester


"I heard that the REEEALLLLYYY cooooool guys at ego put in female characters
not so long ago. However they are still being criticized due to the fact
that there aren't characters that represent every single racial/religeous
group. In addition, ego has been slamed by a feminist group because the
female character's body is too "perfect" " - Beta tester

">Pumpkin carving with chainsaw: out. Apparently it took just too much
>                                    rendering to allow incidental carving
>                                    marks to appear on pumpkins.
It's BACK! They figured out that Pumpkins can be modelled using 1/3 less
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data by using fractals. So it's BACK!

>pumpkin shell jail: OUT! That's right. It was one of the best features too!
>                         You will no longer be able to lock your
>                         player-friends in a pumpkin shell and keep them
>                         very well. (Oh well).
Still out, but my source says that the public outcry might make a
difference.  So if you want Shell Jail, email anyone who you think
has some say!

>Capture the Pumpkin: OUT! It was decided that this could be done by one
>                          of the many whizzbang programmers out there as
>                          an SPISPOPD add-on.
True, but I hear that this will be an open system, so adding it back is
almost trivial.  So will getting 20 players at once over the net via
STMP... " - Beta Tester


16.7 million shades means the best oranges are all there!

"I used to like the awesome speech done by Patrick Stewart as
the evil exploding pumpkin boss on level 42.  "Aiiiiiiii!"  Wow.  But
as I understand it, they decided to pull the speech out in gamma
version.  Not only that, they are going to sell Speech Pack separately
for $12.99.  Ugh.  Time to write a hate letter." - Beta tester

"Of course, the best part about SPISPOPD is its open nature.  Everyone on
the Net has participated equally in writing the code, composing the music,
and drawing the graphics.  Anyone can add any feature at will.  And the
general public knows as much about the specs and file formats as ego does."

"Just a thought, but considering the open nature of the game, SPISPOPD
will give a new meaning to the term 'pumpkin patch'" - Beta tester


"I love it! Why? Because other games, like XWing, Wolf3D, DOT, etc., can be
used as addon modules, giving you lots of great new levels to explore and
pumpkins to terminate.
I also like that guy in the pumpkin patch who keeps drooling on his foot."

"To make the game virtual reality, it will come with these
easy-to-use tools and instructions for playing the
game in VIRTUAL REALITY.  Basically you've got to buy a CyberMan 2000
(less than $2000 dont worry), take your monitor and strap it on to
your face.  Just like being there!  Though if you don't use it properly you
may fall to the ground." - Beta tester


"It uses a _new_ form of fractal compressed
computing to speed up processor time so it can perform Real-time
molecular level ray-tracing for all objects." Beta Tester

"I've heard that it will have gourand shading for all objects, as
well as support for two cyberman units to operate simultaneously.
Also, I'd like to see an OS/2 specific version - I feel this would only
increase playability, especially on the CD-ROM version.
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 11                  10 Dub 1994


Finally, as far as add-on modules go, you can import your cities from
SimCity 2000, your Hero from Champions, and your Mech from Mechwarrior II
- see, support for SPISPOPD is what is delaying all the above titles,
but they aren't admitting to it so as not to get hopes up TOO high."

But this developer, who shall remain anonymous, went on to say:

>:>After rewriting the graphics engine four times over for size and speed, we
>:>found some features unfeasible for ANY system. The most apparent is that
>:>the game no longer supports photo cds. When you throw pumpkins into the
>:>walls, they won't show photo cd pictures anymore.

How is the plotline?  Incredible!  With SPISPOPD, you get great squash
squashing action AND a plot worthy of a bestseller novel unto itself...  Not
to give anything away, but the hunchbacked pumpkin grower you meet after
chapter 3 turns out to be more than meets the eye ;)  (I talked to the design
team, and they mentioned that the multiple plot threads grow exponentially as
you play the game, and that the imbedded AI actually creates a plot as
you play, depicting it on the screen for the player to experience!!!  And at
the final chapter all the plotlines get wrapped up in one awesome pumpkin'
stomping finale!!!

Official weapon's list for SPISPOPD:

1.) Hoe
2.) Shovel
3.) Chainsaw
4.) Cap gun
5.) BFH 9000


[9] How will multi player action work in SPISPOPD?

    [9-1] What will the multi-player gameplay be like?

        [9-1-1] How will players communicate?

Sign Language.

        [9-1-2] Can players exchange supplies?

No. One man's meat is another man's poison.

        [9-1-3] What happens when a player dies?

Well, if they have been a good player, they go to Valhalla.  If not, the
great pumpkin eats them.

    [9-2] What exactly is "DeathMatch" mode?

I don't have any idea.

    [9-3] How will SPISPOPD work with networks?

Well.

DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 12                  10 Dub 1994


    [9-4] How will SPISPOPD work with modems?

Well.

    [9-5] Can I play SPISPOPD over the Internet?

Yes, but it's Buggy.
There is a bug in the US Internet SPISPOD Server. When you are playing on
this server you'll have to aim your lasergun slighltly LEFT of the mirror
above the last monster (the one you'll meet when you wear the jet pack).

The only way I finished it was to turn off the VR-helmet and use my
intuition. (luckily I could already dream this level).

May the force be with you! (wait until level 67, there you REALLY can't do
without it!)


[10] What will SPISPOPD's music be like?

You will also be able to program the general midi support to be
simple beeps and chirps from the PC speaker.
As a side note, the promised Real-Life-Sound, for that extra "you are THERE"
effect as pumpkin innards splatter your coveralls, was taken out because
"it would be REALLY neat, but it's just not practical because, er, well,
ummm, yknow.."

[11] How can I contact ego Software?

They hate email.  Try posting, and I'm sure they send you an answer.

[12] Hints
Hint for good play: Run a clean system with Windows 4 running in real mode.
Use a good set of speakers for sound, and wired up the chair as directed
in the instruction.  WAY cool!

HEY!! Don't forget to mention the secret pumpkin level where
it warps you from Level one (Entering the pumpkin patch) to level
1001 where you fight the evil Mr. Jack Pumpkin (provided
you find the experimental XYZ-11235 Mega Gourd Crusher (and
optional can opener))

How do you get past the pumpkin demon at the end of level 3? I've tried
using the grenade launcher, but with no effect. How can a pumpkin carry
and use two chain guns, anyway?
   Use a match and light the fuse on the dynamite.


Here is a hint, on the fourth level, when that horrible giant pumkin
comes at you, dodge to left, head towards the stairs.  The pumpkin
should be following you by now.  Quickly run up the stairs and hide in
the alcove off to the left at the top.  The pumpkin will run right past
you, and well its STOMPIN-TIME!!!!

Latest Rumor I heard: Level 10038 - The Borg!

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Help with level 43
I was just wondering if anyone has made it past this level.  I have
gotten most of the keys, and the orbs but I just can't seem to make
the '?' talk to me.  Any replies greatly appreciated.
   To get past this level, you must remove something _very personal_ from
the gnome...

This game sux!  All k001 d00dz around the school played
the pirated copy with me, and they all finished it in one hour!  What
a crappy game, ego!
   WRONG!  You missed the secret elevator on level 1!

Anyway, can someone tell me what the fifth word on page 15
of the manual is?  I need to know it in order to get to the endgame
screen.
    Does the word piracy mean anything to you?  How about the word lavender?
    Could anyone tell me the correct spelling of pnuemonia?
    Thanks in advance.

Well of course the boss on the finale level was the absolute best part,
tho' I had to have 2 new 4M simms FedExed overnight so I could finish
it, and even so I had to reboot my system 17 times before I could get
past the evil gramma guarding the elevator and the explosions at the end
blew out both my speakers...wow what a cool game!


[13] Conclusion - Quotes!

"SPISPOPD: The game to end all games.  No, seriously."
                    -- an anonymous ego rep.

"Uhh..no, we're not actually publishing SPISPOPD, but we may use the engine
in a future title of our own." -- an anonymous Apogee rep.

SPISPOPD Rules!  The best way to kill pumpkins short of pumpkin pie! - Seth

Really quick, make-a-buck cheesewhiz!- Diane Winters

Can I vote for SPISPOPD as best game of '94 yet? Rob Jellinghaus

SPISPOPD - it's not just a game, it's what you do for a life! (DOOM owner)

All in all though, it was a fantasic game. I've never seen the color orange
so pure.... so pure. - Bob Tausworthe

"With SPISPOPD, you can have your pumpkin pie, and eat it too!!
My head is spinning from motion sickness and my arms feel worn out,
as if I had actually BEEN there smashing endless hordes of lifeless gourds!!!"
               ---Commander Spock

"I saw the stuff in c.s.i.p.g.a but did not dive into it.  I have
enough trouble keeping up with the legit questions about DOOM and
getting home to my wife and kids at a reasonable hour."
                     ------ Jay Wilbur, id Software


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[14] Revision History

Perfect the first time.


Any other questions??

Can we like, buy nuclear missiles in thegame, then like ride them through
the dungeon - maybe pick up Elvis along the way.  Then kinda have him
kidnapped by aliens from Fruloz, but we catch up to them, and feel bored
and so we hack up Elvis with our ChainSaw.  Then we see another player
COOL.  So we can, like shoot our friends, and throw pieces of Elvis
at him.  Then the nuclear missile hits something and blows up and we see
these cool graphics and then we get to play again?  Can we do this?

Yes.



Extra EXTRA! - Easter Ernie!
I understand the Apogee rep already
is waiting with baited breath to use the engine for Easter Ernie.
Also, an anonymous source has confirmed that Easter Ernie will be out in late
May 94 and right after that Birthday Bert in late June 94.

"I heard the beta for Easter Ernie wil be available during Lent. Is this true?
 Will this game be as hard-boiled as they are saying? Will I be able to choose
 if I am a bunny or a chicken? Will it have a chair? Help! I'm going to crack
 if I don't get some info on EE. Release date, screen shots, anything!
 There must be a good egg out there who can give me some news!?"

"If Cosmo had a twin brother seperated at birth, it would have to be
Birthday Bert! He is the biggest dork of all time and the savior of
Birthday's everywhere! Barney(licensed from PBS) has been kidnapped,
along with all his birthday gear! Can you save him? Play BirthDay Bert and
find out!"

SSSS PPPP IIII SSSS PPPP OOOO PPPP DDD  | Official SPISPOPD FAQ Author
S    P  P  II  S    P  P O  O P  P D  D | Seth Cohn
SSSS PPPP  II  SSSS PPPP O  O PPPP D  D | seth@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
   S P     II     S P    O  O P    D  D | FAQ 1.1 coming soon! SPISPOPD Feb 29!
SSSS P    IIII SSSS P    OOOO P    DDD  | Easter Ernie May 94! WAY Cool!


--
Seth Cohn -     Warning - I use CAPS to emphasize, not to yell   |If you read
email preferred         - I consider spelling errors and grammar |RUOW, Honk!
Net Junkie since 89       to be secondary to the meaning itself  |Orange Rainbow
[Space for rent]        - I take unpopular positions & get flamed|Spirits R #1!

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================================================================================
                                      St
================================================================================


Kter sov systmy jsou dostupn pro OS/2 2.1?

Mimo klasick DOS a Windows produkty, OS/2 specifick TCP/IP podpora je
dostupn od IBM (800-IBM-CALL), Essex Systems (58-750-6200 i FAX
508-750-4699), FTP Software (mail na info@ftp.com), Wollongong
(415-962-7100 i FAX 415-969-5547) a dalch. (freeware SLIP
implementace, PMNOS je dostupn na mnoha BBS. The NetWare Workstation Kit
2.01 pro OS/2 je dostupn od Novell (800-873-2831) a IBM za mal poplatek,
jakou soust Novell NetWare 3.12 anebo bez placen z mnoha BBS. NetWare 4.0
Server (vetn vech NLM) je mon spoutt spolen s OS/2 2.1 a tm se
OS/2 2.1 stv jedinm operanm systmem schopnch spoutt nevyhraen
NetWare 4.0 server a client monosti. Sestava program pro umonn OS/2
2.1 spoutt NetWare 4.0 je dostupn z IBM Direct (800-IBM-2-YOU), Part.No.
53G5730.  IBM t nabz NetWare a LAN Server 3.0 (Basic a Advanced) s LAN
Requester programem. Microsoft prodv LAN Manager (soust OS/2 1.3).
OS/2 2.1 LAN Manager Requester, part.no. 96F8359 je dostupn od IBM,
Microsoft nabz podobn Requester s LAN Manager 2.1a (a pozdj). DEC
prodv PatchWorks (Verze 2.0b a pozdj) pro OS/2.  Banyan Vines 5.5
(a pozdji) zahrnuj OS/2 2.x requester.

OS/2 NDIS MAC adie pro vtinu sovch adapter jsou dostupn z ady
BBS stejn tak jako z vax.ftp.com skr Internet anonymn ftp. adie pro
3Com apdaptry jsou dostupn skrz fpt.3com.com, na 3Com BBS a z CompuServe.

Peer-to-peer st jsou pod OS/2 2.1 nejlpe realizovateln pomoc buto
TCP/IP nebo APPN produkt, jako IBM TCP/IP i Communications Manager/2.
TCP/IP (s NFS) je dostupn pro prakticky vechny platformy, ili je to
celkem dobr alternativa pro rznorod prosted. Artisoft pracuje na
OS/2 verzi Lantastic. Lantastic 5.0 je mon spoutt pod OS/2 2.1 DOS
lohou a pracujc jako clinet nebo server (vetn pstupu k HPFS dlouhm
jmnm pro DOS klienty). IBM bude pravdpodobn mt vlastn nabdku v blzk
budoucnosti (alternativa peer-to-peer podpory v LAN Server 3.0). Tato podpora
me spolupracovat s Microsoft Windows for Workgroups.

Infoworld oznail OS/2 za nejlep PC operan systm pro st a rznorod
prosted. S IBM's Network Transport Services/2 jako zklad, rzn sov
protokoly mohou sdlet t sov adaptr pod OS/2. OS/2 je ekvivalentn
adept pro sovho klienta, server is peer.

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DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 16                  10 Dub 1994


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


  ST-1090A (94354-090) Swift AT (IDE)
   \
    O   5
    O   G                                          Ŀ  Some have
    O   G       AT (IDE) Cable                       these pins
    O  12  1........................   o o o o o(o o)   6 off
   /       ........................    o o o o o(o o)   7 off
  
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7
      ON                 OFF                    
  1   Slave              Master                
  2   5 Heads            7/9 Heads            
  3   Slave installed    Slave not inst.     
  4   7 byte ECC         4 byte ECC         
  5   Factory test       Normal Oper.      
  6/7 Some PWA's have these pins, factory use  


  ST-1090A
  94354-90 Swift

  UNFORMATTED CAPACITY (MB) ________________90
  FORMATTED CAPACITY (29 SECTORS) (MB) _____79
  ACTUATOR TYPE ____________________________VOICE COIL
  TRACKS ___________________________________5,360
  CYLINDERS ________________________________1,072
  HEADS ____________________________________5
  DISCS ____________________________________3
  MEDIA TYPE _______________________________THIN FILM
  RECORDING METHOD _________________________RLL
  TRANSFER RATE (mbytes/sec) _______________1
  INTERFACE ________________________________AT BUS
  TPI (TRACKS PER INCH) ____________________1,350
  BPI (BITS PER INCH) ______________________22,638
  AVERAGE ACCESS (ms) ______________________15
  SINGLE TRACK SEEK (ms) ___________________4
  MTBF (power-on hours) ____________________150,000
  POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _2.5
  +12V TYPICAL (amps) __0.7
  +5V START-UP (amps) __0.75
  +5V TYPICAL (amps) ___0.4
  TYPICAL (watts) ______11
  MAXIMUM (watts) ______33.75
  BUFFERED STEP PULSE RATE (micro sec) _____6-200
  WRITE PRECOMP (cyl) ______________________N/A (1073)
  REDUCED WRITE CURRENT (cyl) ______________N/A (1073)
  LANDING ZONE (cyl) _______________________AUTO PARK
  IBM AT DRIVE TYPE ________________________*

  * MAY REQUIRE FORMATTING AND PARTITIONING SOFTWARE.  ALSO, CHECK TO
  SEE IF YOUR CMOS SETUP HAS A "CUSTOM" OR "USER DEFINABLE" DRIVE TYPE
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 17                  10 Dub 1994


  AVAILABLE. (see below)

  Possible translation:   335 cyl, 16 heads, 29 sectors = 79,585,280
  Possible translation:   653 cyl, 14 heads, 17 sectors = 79,571,968
  Possible translation:   854 cyl,  7 heads, 26 sectors = 79,579,136

  PHYSICAL/LOGICAL equivalent to NATIVE/TRANSLATION

  !WARNING! - Already low-level formatted at the factory.

  Since a User-definable or Custom translation geometry may
  be used, it is imperative that the values be written down
  and kept with your permanent records for retrieval in the
  event of CMOS battery failure.


  Swift Remote LED Option

  Front View of Drive Without the Plastic Bezel

                      Ŀ
                       A  B     B = Anode
                      Ĵ    D = Cathode
                       C  D 
  ...PWA...


   Default jumper at C-D for LED mounted on drive PWA
   To use remote LED, remove jumper and extend B (Anode)
  and D (Cathode).
   Swift LED kit 75912397 allows connection to a remote LED
   Swift LED kit 95913369 has an LED for attachment to the
  system front bezel or a 5.25-inch frame kit

  Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product
  offerings or specifications. (6/26/90)

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                                    FUJITSU
                              MODEL M2614S/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    
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                                            2 ͵             C    
                                          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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================================================================================
                                    Software
================================================================================


                        Hack Report, September 1993

  Mike Wenthold (1:271/47) found a program under the filename GS2000 which
  contained the VCL 3 [Con] Virus.  The archive contains the following
  files:

               Length    Date     Time    CRC      Filename
              ======== ========= ====== ======== ============
                  1984 22-Dec-91 01:40p 3527B16B GS2000.COM
                   543 22-Dec-91 01:58p DB83A2C0 GSUNP.DOC
              ======== ========= ====== ======== ============
                  2527                           2 files.

  The compression method (on this ZIP archive) was not included in his
  data.  According to Dave Lartique (1:3800/22) and Chris Gramer
  (1:271/47), the program is an "unprotect" for MicroProse's game Gunship
  2000.  This appears to be another isolated incident of an infected
  legitimate file.


  William Gordon (1:369/104) reports BEV105, a file that claims to be a
  "Beverly Hills 90210 Adventure Game."  This file contains 8 files, but
  two seem to be the real culprits:  DORINFO.DIR and INSTALL.COM.  The
  installation renames the DORINFO.DIR file to IDCKILL.EXE and invokes it.
  This program asks for some sort of wildcard according to William, then
  proceeds to delete everything on your drive that matches that wildcard.
  However, it doesn't stop there:  it continues on and deletes all .bat,
  .fon, .com, .zip, .sys, .ice, .ans, .arj, and .exe files.  William also
  says the file "comes with the following virii:  Bootkill and Genesis."

  A copy of this file was sent to Mr. White and Mr. Logan, who were able to
  confirm the behaviour that William reported.  For the complete results of
  their test, see the file BEV105.RES in the FILETSTS.LZH archive, included
  in the archive version of The Hack Report.


  Another report from Bill concerns a file he located called TAXTIP93.
  This archive contains a file called TAXTIP93.DAT, which the executable
  file, TAXTIPS.EXE, renames to MOUSE.COM and tries to copy to your DOS and
  WINDOWS directory.  The new MOUSE.COM is infected with the ADA virus.


  Brian Chan (Internet, chanav@sfu.ca) found a file called PASSPRO, which
  was described with a very short line ("'Password,' or some other short
  word," according to Brian).  The archive contained these files:

                               PASS    .PA1
                               PASS    .PA2
                               PASS    .PA3
                               PASSWORD.COM

DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 20                  10 Dub 1994


  Brian looked inside the .com file, which he says looks like a compiled
  batch file, and found these strings/commands:

      Please Wait While Loading;
      It may take in between 30seconds to 5 minutes
      To unshrink nessessary files
      Please Turn off Screen, and wait for the beep.
      If You do not, your screen might not function
      the way it should.
      Turn Off Screen now, and press the space bar.

      /C REN pass.pa1 pa.exe
      pass.pa2 /C DEL c:\*.*
      pass.pa2 /C DEL c:\dos\*.*
      /C REN pa.exe pass.pa1
      pass.pa3 FORMAT
      c:
      /C CLS

  As you can see, PASS.PA1 gets renamed to PA.EXE - the file, compressed
  with PKLite, is actually Microsoft's MS-DOS ATTRIB.EXE program.  PASS.PA2
  contains the single letter 'Y', and PASS.PA3 contains the single word
  'Yes'.  From the looks of things, this turns out to be a multipartite
  Trojan that attempts to format (what else?) your hard drive.


  Another multipartite Trojan was spotted by James Frazee (1:343/58), under
  the filename ADD_IT.  It contains these files:

                  Name of File    Size  Date
                  ADD_IT.ARJ     40888 02-11-93
                  =======================================
                  ADDIT1   DAT     34283 07-20-91   2:13a
                  ADD_IT   ANS       646 02-11-93   8:31p
                  ADDIT2   DAT     20634 04-09-91   5:00a
                  ADDIT    DOC       177 02-11-93   7:28p
                  ADDIT    COM      1391 02-11-93   8:14p
                  ADDIT3   DAT       138 02-11-93   8:13p
                  THEDRAW  PCK       650 02-11-93   8:31p

  When run, ADDIT.COM merges the three .DAT files into an .EXE file.  The
  end result was that the program deleted all of the files in the directory
  in which it was run.


  John Balkunas (1:107/639) forwards information on GIFCHECK.  He reports
  that Lance Merlen (1:107/614) received an upload of this file, which,
  when checked with McAfee's ViruScan v100, reported over 5 viruses in the
  files in the archive.  No internal archive data was provided, so it is
  hard to say whether or not this is an isolated incident.


  Zack Jones (1:151/173) reports a file called GAGS which was seen in the
  San Antonio area.  The file, described as "Some Christmas practical
  jokes," was analyzed by Bill Dirks (1:385/17) and confirmed as a Trojan.
  The program grabs control of several interrupt vectors, including the
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 21                  10 Dub 1994


  critical error handler.  The only way to stop it once it starts is to hit
  the reset button or power down.

  When invoked, it displays a countdown from 8 to 0, which corresponds to
  drives H through A, in that order.  For each found drive, it overwrites
  the first 255 sectors with random data from a block of memory.  To add
  insult to injury, if drives B and A are empty, you are prompted to insert
  disks (so that they can be trashed as well).

  After this, the Trojan displays the message, including something like,
  "the disk was trashed but it's only a joke and they are only kidding."
  It then prompts you to reboot, which is rather hard to do unless you have
  a bootable "panic disk" floppy on hand - you certainly won't be able to
  boot from your HD.

  Bill says that if your HD is smaller than 60 megs, you're better off
  trying to recover your disk from scratch.  Between 60-120 megs, you have
  a better chance of recovery via disk utilities:  over 120 megs, you
  should be able to accomplish a complete recovery if you're careful and
  you know what you're doing.

  Bill posted the following scan string that can be used to detect this
  Trojan - if your scanner can use external strings, be sure to read the
  instructions carefully before trying to add this:

               9A46027205B003B9FF00BA0000CD26

  If your scanner requires a name for the string, Bill suggests using
  "AlamoXmasTrojan."


  This Trojan report comes from an article in MacWeek magazine, Volume 7,
  Number 2, issued January 11, 1993.  The article, posted in the FidoNet
  VIRUS_INFO echo by Robert Cummings, states that a program called CPro
  1.41.sea, claiming to be a new version of Compact Pro (a Macintosh
  shareware compression utility), will reformat any floppy in drive 1 and
  tries to reformat the user's start-up hard drive when launched.

  The file can be identified by a 312K sound resource file called "log
  jingle," which is digitized sound from the Ren and Stimpy cartoons.


  Other previously reported Trojans:

  Filename  Claimed use/Actual activity/Reporter(s)
  ========  ==============================================================
  AANSI100  Claims to add Auto-ANSI detect to Telegard BBSs - contains
            something called the "Malhavoc Trojan," which displays a verse
            from a Toronto band and attacks files/sectors on drives C:
            through F:.  Reported by HW Todd Clayton and by George Goode
            (1:229/15).

  ANSISCR   VGA BBS ad - contains a self-extracting archive of the Yankee
            Doodle and AntiChrist viruses.  Can trash hard drives as well
            through Trojan behaviour.  Reported by Bill Dirks (1:385/17),
            and under the filename RUNME by Stephen Furness (1:163/273).
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 22                  10 Dub 1994


  AVENGER   Advertised as an "amazing game that supports all kind of sound
            cards...."  Contains 2 internal password-protected .ZIP format
            files, AVENGER2.DAT and AVENGER3.DAT, which are expanded by
            the program to the files RUNTIME1.COM (N1 virus) and
            RUNTIME2.COM (Anthrax virus).  From Reinhardt Mueller, via
            HW Bill Lambdin.

  BATMAN    No claim reported - searches your DOS path and tries to "delete
            the executable file that loads WildCat BBSs."  Reported by
            James Powell (Intelec PC-Security Conf.), via HW Bill Lambdin.

  CHROME    Possible isolated incident - contains a file, FGDS.COM, which
            contains text that says "Skism Rythem Stack Virus-808."
            Reported by Richard Meyers and forwarded by Larry Dingethal
            (1:273/231).

  DBSOUND   Possible isolated incident - claimed update of the Drum
            Blaster .MOD file player.  Deletes all files in the current
            directory and all of its subdirectories.  From "Khamsin #1
            @9168*1", forwarded by HW Ken Whiton and HW Bill Dennison,
            from Ken Green of the CentraLink BBS.

  DRSLEEP   Reported as a "cheap virii (sic)", but actually appears to be
            a Trojan:  deletes your COMMAND.COM file when run.  Reported
            by Matt Hargett (1:2430/1532).

  GRAFIX    Possible isolated incident - contains the file WAIT.COM, which
            is a renamed copy of DELDIR.COM, a directory remover and file
            deletion tool.  Reported by Andreas Reinicke (2:284/402).

  LOGIM613  Possible isolated incident - one internal file, MOUSE.COM,
            reports as being infected with the VCL virus when checked with
            McAfee's ViruScan v95.  Reported by Mike Wenthold (1:271/47).

  MUVBACK   Claimed keyboard utility - actual ANSI bomb that remaps the D
            key of your keyboard to invoke DEBUG and create a couple of
            Trojans from script files.  Reported by Bill Dirks.

  OPTIBBS   Aimed at RemoteAccess BBS systems - archives your USERS.BBS
            list and places it in your download directory.  Reported by
            HW Nemrod Kedem.

  QOUTES    Not a misspelling - claimed Christmas quotation generator.
            Overwrites the first 128 cylinders of your first HD, requiring
            a low level format to overcome the damage (IDE drives may need
            to go back to the factory).  Reported by Gary Marden
            (2:258/27).

  QSCAN20   Claimed small virus scanner - when run, identifies itself as
            "being a stealth bomber" and attacks your hard drive's FAT.
            Reported by Art Mason (1:229/15).

  RA111TO2  Claims to upgrade RemoteAccess 1.11 to 2.0 - acts similarly to
            the OPTIBBS file reported above.  Reported by Peter Janssens
            (2:512/1).

DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 23                  10 Dub 1994


  RAFIX     "Fixes little bugs" in RemoteAccess - program contains the
            string "COMMAND /C FORMAT C:" internally.  Reported by Sylvain
            Simard (1:242/158).

  RAMANAGE  Claimed USERS.BBS manager for RemoteAccess - yet another
            file that makes an archive of this file (MIX1.ARJ or WISE.ARJ)
            and places it in a download directory.  Reported by Peter
            Janssens.

            NOTE - Peter Hoek (2:281/506.15) reports a program that does
            the same thing, but uses the archive name RUNNING.ARJ to
            hold the USERS.BBS file.  No name of the Trojan was supplied.

  REAPER    ANSI bomb - remaps the keyboard to force file deletion and
            hard disk formatting - also generates insults.  Reported by
            Victor Padron (1:3609/14), via Rich Veraa (1:135/907).

  REDFOX    Batch file which deletes all DOS and system files.  Reported
            by Mike Wenthold.

  ROLEX     Possible isolated incident of an infection by the Keypress
            [Key] virus.  Reported by David Gibbs, via Michael Toth
            (1:115/220).

  SCOMP     Advertised as a compression utility.  Passes scans unless you
            check data files - loads a file called SCOMP.DAT to create
            CASPER.COM, which is apparently the Casper virus.  Reported by
            Terry Goodman (U'NI Net virus conference), via HW Bill Lambdin.

  SBBSFIX   Tries to format drive C: - contains two files, SBBSFIX.EXE and
            COM_P.OVL.  Reported by Clayton Mattatall (1:247/400).

  SPEED     Claims to "check your PC speed" - actually deletes all files
            on drive C:, including directories.  Reported by HW Nemrod
            Kedem.

  TDRAW460  A "modified" copy of a legitimate release of TheDraw v4.60 -
            the archive had a ZIP Comment which contained an ANSI bomb, and
            an internal file called UFO!.COM would reformat your hard drive
            unconditionally.  Reported by Matt Glosson, via Michael Toth
            (1:115/439.7).

  XYPHR2    No claim - contains the Power Pump companion virus (documented
            in the 1992 Full Archive of this report).  Reported by Mark
            Histed (1:268/332).

  YPCBR101  A copy of this file, uploaded to Simtel-20 and the oak mirror
            on archie.au, contained an infection of the Dark Avenger
            virus in the file YAPCBR.EXE.  Was supposed to be re-released
            as a clean archive.  Reported by John Miezitis (Internet,
            John.Miezitis@cc.utas.edu.au).

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                                      OS/2
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REPRINT From:
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.announce
From: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Hawaii


MULTIMEDIA DEMO '94
April 15, 1994
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Room 2716, 27th Floor, One IBM Plaza (330 North Wabash), Chicago


Multimedia has finally arrived thanks to OS/2's multimedia extensions
(MMPM/2).  Byte Magazine twice rated MMPM/2 as the best multimedia
technology on the market.

Let us show you how OS/2's advanced multimedia technology can benefit
your:
        -- business communications;
        -- education and training;
        -- commercial application development;
        -- home and hobby.

At Multimedia Demo '94, you'll see IBM's highly acclaimed Ultimedia
Tools Series, described by PC Magazine as better than anything avail-
able for Windows.  The Ultimedia Tools Series includes Builder/2,
Workplace/2, Perfect Image/2, Manager/2, and Video IN.  These low cost
products are designed to work in concert to let you create attention
grabbing multimedia presentations quickly and easily.

We'll also feature the newest independently produced multimedia titles
for OS/2 (everything from games, to multimedia screen savers, to edu-
cational packages).  Curious about what others are doing with multi-
media?  Come see the latest, and get prompt answers to your questions.

Multimedia Demo '94 AGENDA
(All times are approximate.)
      9 a.m. -  9:20     Introduction to MMPM/2
      9:20   - 10:10     IBM Ultimedia Tools Series
     10:10   - 10:30     The Future of Multimedia
     10:30   - 10:40     Break
     10:40   - 11:20     The Best of the Independent MMPM/2 Apps
     11:20   - 11:50     Educating with MMPM/2
     11:50   - 12:00     Raffle and Prizes

To reserve a place at this free event, please call (800) 756-4426,
Dept.  2030, and tell the operator you want to visit Multimedia Demo'94
on April 15.  Everyone who attends will be entered in a raffle for OS/2
multimedia products and other prizes.  Refreshments will be served.  If
you would like more information on Multimedia Demo '94, please call
(312) 245-4003.  For more information, or to order any of the IBM Ulti-
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 25                  10 Dub 1994


media Tools, phone (800)3-IBM-OS2.

Part of the IBM Personal Software Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Downtown OS/2 User Group

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/* MOUSIZE.CMD Set VGA pointers to small             */
/* REXX Command program; must be run from OS/2       */
/* prompt.  Reboot after running.                    */
/*                                                   */
/*       This program will decrease the size of the  */
/*       cursor.  To force a large size pointer,     */
/*       replace the "2" in the program with a "1".  */
/*       To let the system select the size of the    */
/*       pointer, replace the "2" in the program     */
/*       with a "0".                                 */
/*                                                   */
call RxFuncAdd "SysIni", "RexxUtil", "SysIni"
call SysIni "USER", "PM_IBMVGA", "CURSOR_SIZE", "2",
say Result
exit

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Jak dobe je OS/2 2.1 DOS a Windows kompatibiln?

OS/2 1.x se sten pokusilo napravit reputaci patn DOS kompatibility,
ale protoe je poznamenno kompatibilitou s 80286, nebylo schopn provozu
vce jak jedn DOS aplikace v tme ase.

Situace se dramaticky zmnila s OS/2 2.0 a verze 2.1 dodv dal zlepen.
Preemptivn vcelohov podpora DOA a Windows (ve standartnm i rozenm
reimu) provozuje aplikave v separtnch a chrnnch ulohch bez vlivu mezi
sebou.

OS/2 2.1 poskituje kompletn DOS emulaci ekvivalentn na DOS 5.0.  Operan
systm me poskytnou kad DOS aplikaci a 32MB EMS 4.0 (expanded pam)
16MB XMS 2.0 (extended pam) a eventueln 512MB DMPI 0.95 (DOS Protected
Mode Interface Extended pam), ve toto ze zsoby fyzick nebo virtuln
pamti (pokud nemte dostatek RAM pamti v systmu kolik aplikace potebuje).
Tyto limity jsou doplnny monost a 730K voln konvenn pamti pro kadou
DOS aplikaci a to dokonce po nahrn myovho a sovch adi. Stejn jako
v DOS 5.0, DOS programy a adie zazen je mon nahrt do horn pamti.
Nen nutn pouvat 386 pamov manaer jako QEMM, tyto schopnosti jsou
poskytovno OS/2 2.1 pmo.

DOS emulace povoluje konkrtn nastaven sady adi zazen - kad DOS
aplikace sdli systmov CONFIG.SYS a k tomu vlastn ekvivalent CONFIG.SYS
Mimoto, je zde systmov globln AUTOEXEC.BAT, nicmn, kad DOS loha
me pout vlastn a rozdln AUTOEXEC.BAT. Mnoho nastaven DOS lohy je
mon mnit pro jemnj nastaven a nastaven vkonnosti DOS/Windows
aplikace. Vtina z populrn DOS a Windows aplikaci na disku bude
automaticky zahrnuta a zaloena v OS/2 systmu pi instalaci OS/2 2.1 nebo
kdykoliv pozdji sputnm MIGRATE programu.

Dodaten, OS/2 2.1 je schopen boot vce specifickch verz DOSu v oddlench
lohch jako pomoc pi spoutn rznch sloitch aplikac (jako napklad
DOS st, MSCDEX, CD-ROM adi atd...). Napklad je tedy mon pouvat
najednou DOS 3.3, DOS 4.0, DOS 5.0, emulovan DOS, a Desqview pracujc
na vrchu DOSu v separtnch lohch, a ji v okn nebo v cel obrazovce,
toto vechno s rozdlnmi adii disk, TSR programy, rozdlnm prostedm
atd. DOS boot soubory mohou bt uloeny na pevnm disku. Tyto procedory jsou
popsny on-line v Command Reference (pod heslem VMDISK), Master Help Index a
v Installation Guide (Dodatek E).

Standartn grafick reimy jsou dostupn a do rozliejn Desktopu. SuperVGA
podpora je zarhnuta v DOS oknech, stejn tak jako je mon vybrat fonty
pro textov reimy. Cut/paste mezi jednotlivmi okny je pln podporovno
(z/do ostatnch DOS, OS/2, a Windows aplikac), vetn grafickho cut/paste.
Teoreticky, OS/2 2.1 me spoutt a 240 simultnnch DOS/Windows loh,
praktick limit zvis na prostedcch systmy.

OS/2 2.1 ve skutenosti pracuje s jakoukoliv DOS aplikac, vetn notoricky
znmch jako Microsoft Flight Simulator, Wing Commander, Mapple, MatLab a
ostatn. Ty, kter nen schopen spolehliv zpracovat spadaj do nsledujcch
kategori:

1. Programy pouitvajc Virtual Control Program Interface (VCPI) pamov
rozen nebo ostatn rozen s poadavekem pmho pstupu k 80386
dccm registrm. Tyto aplikace jsou ale t nekompatibiln s Windows a
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vtina autor je ji opravila na DPMI kompatibilitu.

2. Aplikace ktere se sna pmo pistupovat k fyzickm sektorm na OS/2
spraovvanch pevnch discch. Takovto programy pedstavuje napklad
UnErase v Norton Utilities. Natst OS/2 2.1 m zabudovanou vlastn
UnDelete schopnost s podstatn robustnjm provedenm ne Nortonsk pstup.

3. asov citliv DOS aplikace. Nkter DOS programy, kter generuj
digitalizovan zvuk skrz intern PC reproduktur mohou mt naruen zvuk.
Vysok rychlost a kolekce dat v relnm ase me bt problmem. Tyto problmy
ale mohou asto bt napraveny nebo odstranny pomoc OS/2 2.1 DOS nastaven.

4. Nkter z DOS ladcch program. DOS aplikace pracujc pod OS/2 2.1
nemohou pistupovat k ladcm registrm DR0 a DR7 z DOS lohy. T, DOS
ladc programy nebudou schopn nastavit hardwarov ladc body a veker
ten/zpis do ladcch registr v virtulnm 8086 reimu budou ignorovny.

DOS zaloen Cache software nen poadovno, protoe OS/2 zahrnuje vlastn
zabudovan a nastaviteln efektivn diskov cache program. T je mon
nastavit cache pro CD-ROM.

DOS programy pracujc pod OS/2 2.1 jsou extrmn rychl. Jedna DOS aplikace
(bez jinch otevench aplikac) pracujc pod celoobrazovkovm OS/2 2.1
typicky doshne 95-97% vkonnosti prce pod pirozenm samotnm DOS systmem.
Pokud DOS aplikace pouv pstup na DISK, me doshnout i nkolikansobku
vkonu oproti DOS pirozenmu prosted.

Pokud je nutn pouvat prav DOS, OS/2 2.1 zahrnuje program nazvan Boot
Manager.  Boot Manager me poskytovat menu vech operanch systmu
dostupnch na systmu a podle vbru nastartuje poadovan nebo nastartuje
standartn po uplynut ekac doby. The OS/2 DualBoot metoda (pepnut mezi
DOS a OS/2 pouze na jednom disku) je stle pouiteln. OS/2 2.1 ani nemus
bt instalovn na disku C, me bt instalovn na ostatn oblasti disku,
vetn monosti instalace od tzv. Extended Partitions logickch disk.

Kompatibilita s Windows, populrnm rozenm DOSu je poskytovna pomoc
Win-OS/2, prosted zaloenm na Microsoft's Windows zdrojovm kdu. Pracuje
v Windows 3.x rozenm a standartnm reimu pod OS/2 2.1 buto v celoobra-
zovkovm reimu nebo jako soust ("seamless") Desktop prosted OS/2.
Seamless je dostupn ve vtin VGA, SVGA, 8514A a XGA rozlien pro OS/2
2.1 v okamiku prodeje. Dal grafick karty podporuj Seamless tak jak
jejich vrobci dohotovuj potebn adie.

Nkolik konverznch program me pevst Windows ikony pro pouit v
OS/2 Icon Editoru v OS/2 specifickch programech. Konverze nen nutn
pokud maj icony bt pouity ve Windows programech pracujcch v OS/2.

OS/2 2.1 pmo podporuje vechny monosti rozenho reimu s vyjmkou jedn:
podpora pro Windows virtual drivers (VxD).  Pouze dv aplikace jsou takto
doteny:  MathCAD 4.0 a Microsoft Visual C++.  Sluby poskutovan WINMEM32.DLL
jsou podporovny.

Windows aplikace jsou dobe integrovny do celkovho OS/2 Workplace Shell
prosted s DDE a Clipboard spoojenm a OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
je podporovni mezi Windows aplikacemi. Adobe Type Manager a TrueType for
Win-OS/2 je soust OS/2 2.1. Windows obrazovkov adie a tiskov adie
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 29                  10 Dub 1994


pracujc i pod WIN-OS/2. Znm Windows aplikace jako Word, Norton Desktop,
ToolBook a After Dark pracuj perfektn pod Win-OS/2. Dokonce aplikace
zvisl na Windows Multimedia Extensions (dodvan jako st Win-OS/2)
pracuj bez problm. Veker Windows progrmky jsou soust dodvky
WIN-OS/2.

Win-OS/2 se li od Microsoft Windows v povolen bhu vce jak jednoho
Windows desktopu a me preemptivn (nikoli kooperativn) spoutt Windows
aplikace v separtn a chrnnch lohch. T DOS a OS/2 aplikace je mon
spoutt zevnit WIN-OS/2 Program Manager programu.

Nkter z Windows aplikaci potebuj urit nastaven WIN.INI.  Pokud takovto
Windows aplikace byla instalovna pod DOS verz Windows, WIN-OS/2 me mt
problm v nalezen soubor i konfigurace. Peinstalace takovto Windows
aplikace pod WIN-OS/2 zpravidla e problm. Pi instalaci OS/2 2.1 je
rovn mon provst migraci existujc instalace DOS Windows do WIN-OS/2
prosted a t je mon sdlet DOS Windows instalaci s WIN-OS/2 instalac
a veker zmny pevdt automaticky mezi.

Krtce, OS/2 2.1 je veobecn povaovn za nejvce DOS a Windows
kompatibiln mezi novou skupinou 32-bitovch operanch systmu (NT vetn).
Je tak veobecn uznvn jako lep DOS multilohov program ne DesqView.

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Co je to CDS, jak zjistm kter mam a kde je zskm?

CSD jsou Corrective Service Diskettes, neboli opravy chyb (Service Paks),
periodicky poskytovan IBM.  OS/2 CSD slo me bt zskno s pouitm
SYSLEVEL pkazu z OS/2 z OS/2 pkazov dky. CSD jsou kumulativn
tj., pouze posledn CSD je potebn pro uveden systmu na nejposlednj
rove. Nicmn CSD jsou aplikovateln pouze podle velkho sla verze.
Napklad, UPGRADE se postar o zmnu OS/2 2.0 na verzi 2.1. Zrove si
je nutn uvdomit e kad nrodn vydn pouv vlastn CSD.

CSD mohou bt objednny skrz 800-3-IBM-OS2.  Uivatel s IBM zkaznickm
slem (vtinou velc zkaznky) mohou pouy 800-237-5511 i objednvat
skrz IBMLink.  Mimo USA je nutn se zeptat autorizovanch IBM dealer i
reprezentant na CSD. CSD mohou t bt zskny z IBM PC BBS (919-517-00001),
CompuServe (FIND OS/2), nebo z mnoha ostatnch BBS.

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Jak OPRAVDU zruit soubor kdy je UNDELETE aktivn

Pokud je UNDELETE aktivn a chcete skuten zruit soubor bez nutnosti
jeho zahrnut do UNDELETE, je mon pout /F parametr s DEL pkazem.
Pouit tohoto parametru potla pesun souboru do adrese urenho DELDIR
promnnou. Soubor je vtinou smazn rychleji, ale nen jej mon zskat
zpt. /N paramtr me jet potlait dotaz "Are you sure?".

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Chicago nebo OS/2?

Pi ten Microsoft argumentac ve vci OS/2 a Chicago se nelze ubrnit
jednomu uritmu dojmu. Microsoft si buto neuvdomuje co k, nebo naopak
pln uznv fakt e na OS/2 prost zatm nem. Kde se tato argumentace
objevuje? Logicky z nsledujc konstrukce:


Microsoft pouv formulaci e "Chicago" je vyvjeno jako "pt" generace
operancho systmu. Tato formulace automaticky vyvolv fakt e Microsoft
vlastn sdluje e souasn OS (Dos/Win) nen to prav. Zrove Microsoft
nkolikrt nechal proklouznout formulace, e Chicago bude pravdpodobn
akevivalentn OS/2, asem. Pokud se spoj tyto dv eventuality, jedin
logick vsledek je - podit si OS/2 te je tot jako rok ekat na
slavn Chicago. A k tomu jet me pistoupit dal fakt, podt
si OS/2 te znamen mt za rok potencionlnho ekn dal z
verz OS/2 oproti nov verzi Chicago. Kter z nich asi bude
vlastn lep? Logicky z toho plyne e OS/2, protoe u
te je OS/2 tot co Chicago m bt. Kde bude tedy
OS/2 za rok? Inu rozhodn nkde tam, kde Chicago
m bt za dal rok. U te je oznmena verze
OS/2 2.2 a meme pouze pevn doufat e
IBM se doke udret v tempu, kter
ponaje OS/2 2.0 nasadilo. Tj.
vydvn novch a lepch
verz OS/2 minimln
jednou za rok.

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                          DOS (Dumb Operating System)
================================================================================


ARTICLE-ID:Q94568
TITLE     :MWAV.EXE Cannot Clean FORMS Virus But MSAV.EXE Can

--------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary:

If Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows detects the FORMS virus, the following
generic message is displayed:

   The virus infecting this disk has not been analyzed by Central Point
   Software. As a result, the virus cannot be removed. See your "MS-DOS 6
   User's Guide" for information about updating Microsoft Anti-Virus so you
   can detect and remove the latest viruses.

Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows cannot clean the FORMS virus but the
MS-DOS-based version of Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV.EXE) can.

More Information:

If you do not have the MS-DOS-based version of Microsoft Anti-Virus
installed, run SETUP /E to install the optional utilities. For more
information on SETUP /E, see page 4 of the "MS-DOS 6 User's Guide."

Additional reference words: 6.00 form forms

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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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OS220PUB.INF    390     OS/2 INF PUBLICATIONS BOOKS

                        OS/2 2.x related publications in INF format.

LNZLRN.TXT      390     NOVELL LANANALYZER INFO

                        Information about Novell LANanalyzer for Netware and
                        about LANanalyzer.

TRSH12.ZIP      390     OS/2 GAME 2.x TRASHMAN PM

                        OS/2 PM game, 32bit.

PKW10N.ARJ      391     DOS PKLITE ARCHIVE

                        PkLite Workbench 1.0, Wrap around shell for PKLITE,
                        PKLITE.EXE is included. Documentation is DUTCH.

GCCDLL.ZIP      391     GNU GCC DLL OS/2

                        OS/2 file for GNU/GCC, file DLLC.DLL

MEMSZ200.ZIP    391     OS/2 MEMORY SOURCE PM

                        OS/2 system resources and memory availability
                        monitoring utility. Source is included.

BITUUDEC.ARJ    392     UUDECODE SOURCE C

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                        Modified version of uudecode written in IBM C or
                        MSC v.2.

NGM139.EXE      392     NOVELL NGM PATCH UPDATE FIX

                        Update of NGMSNADS 1.0 revA to 1.0 revB for 20USERS
                        edition.

MLABEX.ZIP      392     OS/2 MIDI

                        MidiLab/2 for OS/2, MIDI.

VOL12N10.ZIP    392     PC MAGAZINE FILES OS/2 DOS WINDOWS

                        PC Magazine Volume 12 number 10 files. OS/2 geometric
                        line ends and joins, INPUT data in batch files,
                        OS/2 path operations, MessageBoxes in Pascal for
                        Windows, WINCMD, command language interpreter
                        enhanced for windowing, file access, clipboard
                        access and multimedia.

EMMFIX.ZIP      393     CLIPPER 5.01 EMM FIX

                        Contains fix for Clipper 5.01 fixing problems with
                        EMM386 used with NOFRAME option.

IMGARC11.ZIP    393     OS/2 IMAGE ARCHIVE JPEG GRAPHICS CONVERSION

                        OS/2 PM based JPEG conversion/viewwing utility.

NEWS593.ZIP     393     LAN LANTSATIC ARTISOFT NEWS INFO

                        ArtiSoft Press Releases and other news information
                        files.

DUPE400.ARJ     394     DUPER DISK DOS

                        DiskDupe 4.00, very good disk duplication utility
                        able to create disk images with compression and
                        other. 4.00 version HAS registration screen and
                        it's maybe better to stay with some older version.
                        4.0 is NOT compatible in file format with olders!

MAXLOG20.LZH    394     BBS MAXIMUS LOG FILE OS/2 DOS

                        Log file trimming utility for Maximus for DOS and
                        OS/2

FF148.ZIP       394     FILE FIND OS/2

                        File Find utility for OS/2 2.0, cmd/line program
                        32bit.

VOL12N09.ZIP    394     PC MAGAZINE FILES WINDOWS DOS C OS/2

                        PC Magazine Volume 12 Number 9 files. Windows
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 36                  10 Dub 1994


                        programming in Basic, test of memory configurations
                        as preventing viruses via batch file, xBase browsing,
                        calendar functions in C, OS/2 outline fonts. Windows
                        help files.

SRC14.ARJ       395     SOURCE PRINTING

                        Source code printing program, highlights keywords and
                        block, autoprint include files, supports many printers.
                        Many languages,

TOFLOP50.ARJ    395     BBS FLOPPY DOOR BETA

                        Door system for requesting floppy disk mailing from
                        files which are in BBS. Beta version. Makes floppies,
                        calculates prices and more.

README.UTI      395     LINUX README

                        Linux Readme file.

BOOT2X.ZIP      395     OS/2 BOOT DISKETTE DISK PARTITION

                        Creating OS/2 v2 boot diskette based on existing
                        OS/2 system. Utility made by IBM allowing sever
                        versions of BOOT diskettes. Able also to make
                        PARTITIONS which are bootable! Including VERY
                        small OS/2 partitions running full PM (6MB)

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                                    Inzerce
================================================================================


                           ͻ
                            CODA Xpress ada 
                           ͼ

Nov ada vysoce vkonnch a spolehlivch pota urench pro grafick
pracovn stanice, pracovn stanice s poadavkem velkho vkonu, servery
vech druh st nebo zklad multiuivatelskch systm je zaloena na
technice firmy Intel s maximln monou dslednost. Xpress ada m vhled
do budoucna v podob roziovn vkonnosti stvajcho maxima (EISA, Dual
Pentium ) a na Quad Pentium , PCI 133MBPs, EISA/PCI kombinace a
nsledovnky Pentium procesoru (P6,P54C), dual asi. CODA Xpress ada je
doporuena pro kadho kdo hled vkon, spolehlivost, kvalitu a piku
modern techniky a nekonc vvoj novch monost. Mimo standartn
klasick "kancelsk" proveden je Xpress ada rozena i o prmyslov
pouitelnou Xpress RACK verzi urenou pro mont do stojan RACK a pouit
v prmyslovm prosted pi zachovn vech ostatnch vykonnostch a
kvalitativnch vlastnost..

Xpress ada je sloena z:

     CODA Xpress Desktop
     CODA Xpress/LX Deskside Server
     CODA Xpress/MX Deskside Superserver
     CODA Xpress RACK

Vkonnost model je jednodue uriteln typem pouitho procesorovho
modulu.  Procesorov moduly jsou libovoln vymniteln bez jakhokoliv
nutnho zsahu do ostatnch st potae a jejich vmna je otzkou
nkolika minut. Procesorov moduly se dodvaj v rozsahu i486SX25 a Dual
Pentium  a jsou doplnn cache pamti od 128 do 256KB. iCOMP vkonnost
tchto modul je mon shrnout takto:

          i486 SX/25     100
          i486 DX/33     136
          i486 DX2/66    297
          i486 DX/50     249
          Pentium  /60   510
          Pentium  /66   565
          Dual Pentium   1000

Realizace vkonnho serveru s rozshlou diskovou kapacitou je usnadnna
podporou SCSI adi s dvma nezvislmi kanly a vyhrazenm montnho
msta prv pro 3.5" pevn disky, vetn ji provedenho SCSI i napjecho
rozvodu. Xpress Kostka asi, kter bude k dispozici koncem roku 1994 bude
umoovat vmnu disku za chodu (hot swap) a dky zdvojenmu napjecmu
zdroji bude zajiovat bezporuchov chod serveru. Specieln EISA RAID adi
vybaven vlastnm RISC procesorem a dvma SCSI nezvislmi kanly umouje
budovat velk diskov pole se zabezpeenm dat prostednictvm RAID 5, 1 a
0. Dky cache pamti na tomto adii (a 64MB) je mon pln vyut vhod
SCSI-2 pstupu k SCSI zazenm.

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Standartn rychl EISA sbrnice umouje vyuit bnch ISA karet v
ppad poteby a je optimln pi pouit EISA karet. Pro sov servery
jsou pipraveny vysoce vkonn Intel EtherExpress 32 EISA Ethernet karty,
kter se stvaj soust dodvky serveru. Pro servery s velkm poadavkem
na pam je mon uspokojen a do velikosti 128MB. Budouc verze Xpress
budout pouvat PCI nebo PCI/EISA kombinaci sbrnice pro jet rychlej
zpracovn. Specieln karty pro pstup k odstavenmu serveru (vetn
vzdlenho pstupu pomoc modem) umouj kontrolu a drbu serveru pi
jeho odstaven a t konstantn sledovn vech st a innost serveru.

Xpress srie je zrove doplnna o adu ochran potae i program na nm
bcch. Veker prvky pro manipulaci s potaem (vypina, pepnn
rychlost, RESET tlatko, disketov jednotka) jsou uzamykateln, BIOS je
doplnn o heslo zabraujc vstupu a zmn daj, klvesnice, my a disketu
je mon po uritm ase automaticky uzamknout. Xpress srie me startovat
bez ppojen klvesnice a dky LCD displeji u MX proveden i bez pipojen
obrazovky (vechny stejn informace o startu potae jsou sdlovny
prostednictvm LCD, vetn ppadnch pesnch diagnostickch informac).
Xpress Phoenix BIOS je doplnn o EISA konfiguran program s vynikajc
ovladatelnost a pehlednost. Sada testovacch program dopluje
konfiguran program pro ppady problm nastaven prvk potae.

Pipravovan vylepen zahrnuj procesorov moduly IntelDX4  s a 512KB
cache pamti, Quad Processing moduly zaloen na P54C procesorech s cache
pamt a 1MB a rychlost 100/90MHz, rozen intern Xpress sbrnice na
64/128bitovou sbrnici s rychlost a 267MB/s, optimalizaci BIOS programu
pro urit operan systmy.  Rychlost tchto Xpress proveden je potom
srovnateln se SPARC i IBM POWER pracovnmi stanicemi.

Xpress ada je vyvjena a provozovna s SCO UNIX, OS/2, Windows NT,
NextStep, Novell NetWare a ostatnmi operanmi systmy.


CODA Xpress Desktop


Xpress Desktop proveden, ideln pro vkonn pracovn stanice, zkladn
deska poskytuje 6 vkonnch EISA slot, standartn vybaven 4MB RAM (max
128MB, 72pin SIMM). Dodatench 256MB je mon osadit pomoc Xpress
pamov karty. 5 pozic pro umstn disk v podob dvou internch 3.5",
jedn 3.5" vnj a dvou 5.25" vnjch pozic. Napjec zdroj do 215W.
Zkladn deska obsahuje akcelerovanou SVGA kartu s vysokm rozlienm,
diskov a disketov IDE adi, 2 seriov a 1 paraleln port, PS/2
klvesnicov konektor a konektor pro pipojen myi. Flash BIOS umouje
kdykoliv v budoucnu nahrt novou verzi BIOSu. Procesor je dodvn na
vyjmateln kart a umouje libovolnou zmnu mezi i486 SX/25 a Pentium
/66 s pamt Cache od 128 do 256KB na te kart. Rozmry asi 44cm x 16cm
x 44cm ( x v x d). Pevn disk je mon pmo pipojit na integrovan IDE,
3.5" disketa je dodvna jako standartn soust.


CODA Xpress/LX Deskside Server


Proveden stedn velk ve, uren pro vkonn servery i
multiuivatelsk systmy. Zkladn deska poskytuje 8 vkonnch EISA slot,
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standartn vybaven 8MB RAM (max. 128MB, 72pin SIMM). Dodatench 256MB je
mon obsadit pomoc Xpress pamov karty. 7 pozic pro umstn disk v
podob 4 internch 3.5" a t 5.25" vnjch pozic. Napjec zdroj 230W.
Zkladn deska je doplnna druhm chladcm ventiltorem (zenm teplotou)
s nzkou hlunost. Zkladn deska obsahuje akcelerovanou SVGA kartu s
vysokm rozlienm, diskov a disketov IDE adi, 2 seriov a 1 paraleln
port, PS/2 klvesnicov konektor a konektor pro pipojen myi.  Flash BIOS
umouje kdykoliv v budoucnu nahrt novou verzi BIOSu. Procesor je dodvn
na vyjmateln kart a umouje libovolnou zmnu mezi i486 SX/25 a Pentium
/66 s pamt Cache od 128 do 256KB na te kart. Rozmry asi jsou 52cm x
22cm x 58.5cm (v x  x d). Pevn disk je mon pipojit na integrovan IDE
adi, disketov jednotka 3.5" je standartn soust systmu.


CODA Xpress/MX Deskside SuperServer


Proveden velk ve, uren pro Super servery i multiuivatelsk systmy.
Zkladn deska poskytuje 8 vkonnch EISA slot, standartn vybaven 8MB
RAM (max. 128MB, 72pin SIMM). Dodatench 256MB je mon obsadit pomoc
Xpress pamov karty.  8 pozic pro umstn disk v podob specielnch
slot s kolejnikami, vyvedenm napjenm a SCSI rozvodem. Rovn  ti
5.25" vnj pozice. Napjen a do 384W.  Zkladn deska je doplnna
druhm chladcm ventiltorem (zenm teplotou) s nzkou hlunost pro
chlazen procesorov desky. Zkladn deska obsahuje akcelerovanou SVGA
kartu s vysokm rozlienm, diskov a disketov IDE adi, 2 seriov a 1
paraleln port, PS/2 klvesnicov konektor a konektor pro pipojen myi.
Flash BIOS umouje kdykoliv v budoucnu nahrt novou verzi BIOSu. Na
zkladn desce je integrovn Adaptec 7770 SCSI adi podporujc dv
nezvisl SCSI sbrnice. Ob sbrnice jsou rozvedeny do 8mi montnch
pozic. Procesor je dodvn na vyjmateln kart a umouje libovolnou zmnu
mezi i486 SX/25 a Pentium  /66 s pamt Cache od 128 do 256KB na te
kart. Specialitou je podpora procesorov karty Dual Pentium  /66 s 256KB
cache pamt a iCOMP indexem v hodnot 1000 (10 vce ne i486 SX/25).
Rozmry asi 61cm x 22cm x 59cm (v x  x d). asi je vybaveno LCD displejem
indikujcm kompletn start potae, typ procesoru a provozn stav. 3.5"
disketa je soust standartn dodvky. asi je kompletn zamykateln
pomoc dvou kl, jeden na elo kde je mon zakrt veker ovldc prvky
(RESET, POWER, TURBO) a druh pro bok kde zamezuje pstupu k soustem
serveru.


CODA Xpress Rack


Proveden pro mont do 19ti palcovho RETMA stojanu, ureno pro pouit v
prmyslovm prosted a jako dc potae. Zkladn deska poskytuje 8
(t 6) vkonnch EISA slot, standartn vybaven 8MB RAM (max. 128MB,
72pin SIMM).  Dodatench 256MB je mon obsadit pomoc Xpress pamov
karty. Napjen a do 396W. Zkladn deska je doplnna dvma chladcmi
ventiltory s filtry proti prachu a neistotm. Zkladn deska obsahuje
akcelerovanou SVGA kartu s vysokm rozlienm, diskov a disketov IDE
adi, 2 seriov a 1 paraleln port, PS/2 klvesnicov konektor a konektor
pro pipojen myi. Flash BIOS umouje kdykoliv v budoucnu nahrt novou
verzi BIOSu. Procesor je dodvn na vyjmateln kart a umouje libovolnou
zmnu mezi i486 SX/25 a Pentium  /66 s pamt Cache od 128 do 256KB na
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 40                  10 Dub 1994


te kart.


CODA Xpress zkladn deska


Zkladn deska (bez procesoru) osazen 6ti nebo 8mi EISA bus master sloty,
maximum 128MB SIMM (72pin) pamti, dodatench 256MB pamti prostednictvm
karty, integrovan grafick karta (WD90C31) 1280x1024x16, 1024x768x256 72Hz
NI a 800x600 True Color 32K. 8mi slotov proveden obsahuje zabudovan SCSI
Adaptec 7770 dvou kanlov adi. Zkladn deska t obsahuje 2 seriov, 1
paraleln, 1 my a 1 klvesnicov port (PS/2). Flash BIOS 256KB umouje
snadnou vmnu za novj verzi. K tto zkladn desce je NUTN vdy
doplnit procesorov desky! Desky nen mon montovat do libovolnho asi!


CODA Xpress procesorov moduly


Procesorov moduly pro Xpress zkladn desku se dodvaj v tchto
provedench:

     i486SX/225, i486DX/33 s volitelnm 128KB cache modulem, osazen
     Overdrive  soketem pro DX2 a OverDrive procesory.

     i486 DX2/50, i486DX2/66 se standartn 128KB cache, osazen Overdrive
     soketem (DX2/50 kon, bude pouze DX50)

     i486DX50, osazen standartn 256KB cache.

     Pentium  /66MHz, 256KB cache

     Dual Pentium  /66Mhz, 256KB WriteBack L2 cache, uren pouze pro
     Xpress/MX Deskside. Podporuje asymetrick zpracovn pro Novell NetWare
     SFT III a SYMETRICK zpracovn pro SCO UNIX, MS Windows NT, Solaris,
     USL SVR4 MP, Univel a IBM OS/2 2.1


CODA Xpress ECC pamov modul


Specieln pamov karta pro Xpress adu obsahuje Error Checking and
Correcting Memory (ECC, pam kontrolujc a opravujc chyby), 384MB
maximum, standartn SIMM (72pin) a 128bitovou architekturu. Uren pro
Pentium  CPU moduly z ady Xpress ale je kompatibiln zptn s i486 moduly.
Dosahuje rychlost a 290MB zpis, 190MB ten s Xtended Xpress adou.


CODA Xpress "Kostka"


Specieln asi uren pro Xpress adu, velikost 57cm x 43cm x 57cm (d x  x
v) umouje mont diskovho pole 10ti 3.5" disk s monost HOT SWAP, 4
extern disky (3x5.25, 1x3.5), 500W napjec zdroj s monost ZDVOJEN a
pstup k Xpress zkladn desce z vrchn sti asi.  KONEC 1994 CODA

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Xpress RAID4


EISA SCSI adi uren specieln pro pouit v ad Xpress server nabz
monost implementace RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Discs) rovn 0,
1 a 5. adi obsahuje dva SCSI nezvisl kanly a podporuje a 14 SCSI
zazen do 10MB/s rychlosti penosu. Je osazen Intel i960 RISC 32ti
bitovm procesorem a standartn 4MB cache pamti (lze t 16 a 64MB).
Podporuje i bn SCSI zazen jako CD ROM, pskov jednotky, optick
disky. Programov vybaven pro RAID umouje automatick obnoven dat za
chodu celho systmu, HOT SPARE vmnu disk a Flash BIOS na kart pouit
umouje vmnu za novj verze.  Dodvny jsou adie pro SCO Unix 3.2
v4, NetWare 3.11 a 4.0, Windows NT, IBM OS/2, DOS a Banyan st.

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                               Peteno kdesi...
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Uvazujeme u nasi firmy koupit prenosnou inkoustovou tiskarnu. Lepe
receno - ja se to snazim prosadit. Tudiz shanim informace.

Zpocatku jsem uvazoval o Canon BJ 10 - osvedceny typ, ma ho nekolik
znamych a jsou celkem spokojeni. Pak jsem ale nekde zahlid Hewlett
Packard DJ310 a zalibila se mi - muze fungovat jako bezna stolni, ale da
se z podavace snadno vyndat a je pak pomerne skladna. Navic umi tisknou
taky barevne. Rozhodujici pro nas jsou ovsem naklady na tisk, t.j.
hlavne moznost "recyklace" cartridge - doplneni inkoustem. Reknete si co
jednodussiho - zeptej se. Tak jsem se zeptal:

Nejdriv jsem obvolal asi 4-5 firem v Praze, ktere inzerovaly prodej HP.
Z tohoto snazeni vysla v podstate jedina pouzitelna informace, a totiz
ze DJ310 momentalne nejsou a "kdovikdybudou". Pravdepodobne priciny jsou
tyto:

- jsou poruchove a vyrobce je stahuje
- jsou tak dobre, ze jsou vyprodany
- fabrika nestaci vyrabet
- kdosi jich malo objednal.

Mimo toto jsem se dozvedel uz jenom, ze

- cartridge do HP nejdou doplnovat
- HP je lepsi nez Canon, nebot ma lepsi technologii tisku (inkjet misto
  bubblejet)
- cartridge do HP se bezne doplnuji
- tiskarny HP vyrabi Canon.

O neco pozdeji jsem navstivil obchod AAA. Prijemne jsme s prodavacem
poklabosili, DJ310 mi predvedl v chodu a dozvedel jsem se ze:

- pouzivaji se do nich obycejne (jako do DJ5x0) High Capacity cartridge
- HP zadne jine nez Normal (stary typ) a High Capacity cartridge
  nevyrabi
- cartridge jdou az 10x doplnovat
- pri koupi DJ310 je v zakladni sestave High Capacity cartridge

OK, vse se zdalo byti jasne.

Dalsi nedeli byla nahodou pocitacova vystava, kde jsem narazil na
stanek firmy BBB ktera prodava inkousty a cartridge skoro do vsech
inkoustovych tiskaren. Prodavajici mi rekl ze

- do DJ310 nejde pouzit High Capacity cartridge, pouze specialni
  HP51633A - je mensi a nejde doplnovat (je uzavrena schvalne aby
  nevytekla v letadle)
- ty co doplnovat jdou (t.j. do HP DJ 5x0) je radno doplnovat tak
  maximalne 6x. Tim padem pak - pri zakoupeni jejich inkoustu - vyjde
  vytisteni bezne stranky (bez papiru) asi na 10-20 hal.

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Pak jsem se zastavil ve firme CCC. Prodavaci jsem nejdriv musel ukazat
kde tu tiskarnu ve vitrine maji a ze k ni davaji docasne navic gratis
barevnou napln (to tam sice meli napsano, ale radsi se byl jeste preptat
vzadu). Pak mi potvrdil, ze se do ni dava High Cap. cartridge a ze se da
doplnovat - dokonce mi ukazal nekolik Refill setu ktere prodavaji.
Doplnovat se daji ovsem maximalne 2x - proto taky ze je v te sade vzdy 1
cartridge + jenom 1 az 2 dalsi naplne - to da preci rozum, ze.

Nedavno tady v centru otevreli novy obchod DDD. Tam sice HP nevedou,
jen Canon, ale zase jsem se dozvedel, ze cartridge do Canon Bublejet
doplnovat vubec nejdou (muj kamarad tak cini pomerne uspesne) a jedna
vytistena stranka vyjde v prepoctu na 4,50 Kc (nejspis tiskne prevazne
fotky nocni oblohy). Taky mi bylo receno, ze kvalita tisku Cannon je
lepsi nez HP protoze ma lepsi technologii tisku a ze Canon vyrabi i
mechaniky tiskaren Hewlett Packard...

Pak jsem zavolal do 2 pobocek jedne velke pocitacove firmy EEE v Praze.
Tam mi byli schopni rict akorat ze DJ310 zrovna nemaji.

Az ve treti pobocce teto firmy jsem narazil na cloveka ktery s touto
tiskarnou mel zkusenosti a konecne mi vysvetlil, jak to doopravdy je:

  Existuji 2 typy tiskaren HP 310:  HP DJ310 Portable a HP DJ310. Driv
  se delaly typy s oznacenim Portable - do nich sla dat pouze specialni
  cartridge (mensi, s polovicni kapacitou). Ted je novy typ - pouze s
  oznacenim DJ310. Lisi se prakticky jenom tim, ze se do nich dava
  normalni High Capacity cartridge jako do stolnich typu 5x0 ktera se
  bezne da doplnovat. On to driv taky nevedel, az nekomu prodal tu Portable
  s tvrzenim ze muze pouzit H.C.C. a ten dotycny s tim prisel zpatky ze ne -
  a ten prodavac mel zrovna na stole tu novou tiskarnu u ktere to slo.

Jasny jak facka...

Po nekolika dnech jsem shodou okolnosti narazil na telefonni cislo
zastoupeni HP v NL. Tak jsem tam zavolal a prijemny zensky hlas mi vysvetlil,
ze 310 existuje pouze jedna a v zadnem pripade do ni nelze pouzit High
Capacity cartridge - pouze specialni HP51633A, ktera ma polovicni napln.
H.C.C. se tam proste fyzicky nevejde. A doplnovani v zadnem pripade
nedoporucuji.

Bum...

Tak jsem zavolal do ustredi EEE ve meste B. Tam si me asi 5 minut
predavali z linky na linku, az asi paty clovek v poradi, zrejme technik,
mi sdelil, ze do tiskaren HP DJ310 se dava specialni cartridge s asi
polovicni kapacitou a H.C.C. pouzit nejde. Strucne jsem mu nastinil co
mi rekl prodavac v jejich pobocce o dvou typech DJ310. V tu chvili si
vzpomnel a prohlasil ze mam uplnou pravdu, ze presne tak to je - ze mu
to akorat hned nedoslo. HP DJ 310 jsou dve a do nove jde pouzit H.C.C.
Zeptal jsem se uz jenom jestli je to stoprocentni, ze dosavadni
informace jsem mel ponekud rozporne. "Je to na 100% tak." odvetil.

Tak jsem si jeste zjistil telefon na zastoupeni HP v CZ. Jakasi divcina
vzdy moje dotazy pretlumocila vedle stojicimu a zrejme zkusenejsimu
kolegovi, ten ji vysvetlil podstatu problemu a ona mi to potom zase
prevypravela do telefonu. Dozvedel jsem se az na drobne odchylky totez
DA(m)N NEWS 2-07                   Str. 45                  10 Dub 1994


jako u zastoupeni HP v NL.

Dosly mi nervy a penize na telefon.

                NEVITE NEKDO JAK JE TO DOOPRAVDY ???????

=====

P.S.
Toto je skutecne ciste pribeh ze zivota a nikoliv basnicka licence.
Jenom jsem vynechal asi 3 dalsi navstivene obchody kvuli zkraceni deje.
Ted mam chripku (proto se tady taky tak vykecavam), ale az se uzdravim,
chci jeste jednou navstivit AAA, at mi tu tiskarnu otevrou...

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 December 15, 1993

 AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 1993 -- OS/2* 2.1, IBM's award-winning 32-bit PC
 operating system, ranks number one on microcomputer distributor Ingram
 Micro's December 'Best Sellers List," according to published figures in
 Computer Retail Week (Dec. 6), an industry publication covering the
 computer retail marketplace.  The diskette version of OS/2 2.1 outsold
 Microsoft Windows** 3.1, which came in second, in the "operating systems &
 languages" category.

      In addition, in an aggressive run up the CD-ROM software charts, OS/2
 2.1 vaulted to number two, surpassing holiday favorites such as "Scary
 Poems for Rotten Kids," "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," and "Dune."

 "IBM's OS/2 2.1 has been a strong and consistent seller as evidenced by
 its increase in sales," said Amy Hoffman, senior director of Ingram
 Micro's technical products division.  "Based on the volume we've seen, its
 move to the top of our 'Best-Sellers List' illustrates how popular it's
 become with our customers."

 "This is terrific news," said Wally Casey, director of marketing for IBM's
 Personal Software Products division.  "We knew that OS/2's popularity had
 exploded in recent months and its rise to the top of Ingram's
 'Best-Sellers List' reinforces the fact that OS/2 is the operating system
 of choice for many of today's computer users.  We're getting great
 feedback from many satisfied customers -- not only the corporate users,
 but home and small business computer users -- who love the power,
 performance and reliability of OS/2."


 Ingram Micro Inc., headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's
 largest wholesale distributor of microcomputer products.  The company's
 inventory includes 18,000 products from more than 750 of the world's
 leading hardware and software companies.  It sells to 70,000 reseller
 customers in 75 countries.  Ingram Micro also operates major export
 offices in Santa Ana, Brussels and Singapore.

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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!


                    Murphologie k byrokracii


Soperv zkon:
     Jakkoli byrokratick mainrie  reorganizovan s clem zv-
it  efektivnost   je  vzpt  po   reorganizaci  k  nerozeznn
od vchoz instituce.

Princip byrokracie:
     Nad byrokraci me zvtzit zase jedin byrokracie.

Pt Parkinsonv zkon:
     Existuje-li njak zpsob,  jak oddlit dleit rozhodnut,
pak dobr  byrokracie, a veejn, i  soukrom, tento zpsob na-
jde.

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DA(M)NNEWS, elektronick obasnk


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zveejnn materily zstvaj majetkem autora. Ppadn petisky i 
pouit zveejnnch materil je mon pouze po zskn souhlasu autora.  
Petisky a pouit vech materil oznaench .DD. je explicitn povoleno 
pokud nepjde o komern vyuit i komern prosted.

en DA(M)NNEWS je bezplatn a jednotliv slo m stanovenu pevnou cenu 
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