THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: April 22, 1993 12:11 PM Thursday; Rod Welch

Visited KH to optimize RAM; restore printing config; training on linking.

1...Summary/Objective
........Original Config.sys
........New Version
.....................DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS /int15=128 /M:1
........Original Autoexec.bat
........New Version
2...SDS Reports Hanging System
3...Solution
.....Disk Maintenance

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1...Tried this and it is still failing. Need to test with debug.

CONTACTS 
0201 - Kwan Henmi Arch & Planng           415 626 6766
020101 - Mr. Denis Henmi; Principal

SUBJECTS
Installation, SDS Program
Eliminate Quicken from Windows

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - This was eliminated by removing from win.ini the load command for the
050602 - quicken program.  It was approximately the 2nd or 3rd line in win.ini.
050603 -
050604 - Not sure how helpful it was to apply the ideas at ref SDS 6 line
050605 - 050804.  I did delete following:
050606 -
050607 -                  c: windows quicken.grp
050608 -
050609 -
050610 - Also removed the entry for Quicken in:
050611 -
050612 -                  c: windows progman.ini
050613 -
050614 - Possibly all of these are necessary to remove from Windows a call to
050615 - an application.
050616 -
050617 -
050618 -
050619 -
0507 -

SUBJECTS
Installation, SDS Program
Screen Delayed in Reports, under Windows
Optimize Memory, Config.sys, etc.

0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Implemented ideas developed from discussions with Microsoft this
070702 - morning to eliminate problem of delayed screens.  While at Denis'
070703 - office I was only successful in eliminating the screen failure in
070704 - calling File List functions.  Later in the afternoon, I discovered the
070705 - full solution.
070706 -
070707 - Since this work required changing config.sys, I changed config.sys and
070708 - autoexec.bat to improve memory management by about 20%. SDS should run
070709 - better in this environment.
070710 -
070711 -    Before changes we had about 504 K free in Windows; running directly
070712 -    under DOS we had about 517K available.
070713 -
070714 -    After the changes shown below, the system reports 628K free in
070715 -    Windows, and 638K running directly under DOS.  This increases RAM
070716 -    by about 117K, or 20%.
070717 -
070718 -
0708 -
0709 -
0710 - Progress
0711 -
071101 - Implemented ideas developed at ref SDS 6 line 081008, to avoid problem
071102 - of screen not refreshing itself in Windows, after calling SDS File
071103 - List feature (F1 F3), which has been a continuing problem, ref SDS 5
071104 - line 050715.  Made following changes:
071105 -
071106 -        Original Config.sys
071107 -
071108 -        DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
071109 -        DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
071110 -        DOS=HIGH
071111 -        FILES=30
071112 -        buffers=17
071113 -        STACKS=9,256
071114 -
071115 -
071116 -        New Version
071117 -
071118 -        DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS /M:1
071119 -        DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE X=CC00-CFFF NOEMS I=E000-EFFF
071120 -        DOS=HIGH,UMB
071121 -        BUFFERS=10
071122 -        FILES=30
071123 -        STACKS=0,0
071124 -        FCBS=1
071125 -        SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P
071126 -
071127 -            Note:  adding "/m:1" eliminated the problem of delayed
071128 -            screens experienced when doing SDS file list functions
071129 -            under Windows; but did not eliminate delayed screens doing
071130 -            SDS reports under Windows.
071131 -
071132 -            Further research showed the solution to the full problem
071133 -            seems to require following additional param:
071134 -
071135 -                     DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS /int15=128 /M:1
071136 -                                                 ----------
071137 -
071138 -        Original Autoexec.bat
071139 -
071140 -        C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
071141 -        @ECHO OFF
071142 -        PROMPT $p$g
071143 -        set mouse=C:\DOS
071144 -        C:\DOS\mouse
071145 -        path c:\dos;c:\windows;c:\123w;c:\sd\01
071146 -        PATH=%PATH%;C:\NETLINE
071147 -        NetLine DEN COM1 COM2 /D=C /T=10 /LPT1=MKT
071148 -        NLMenu /k=1 /G
071149 -        SET TEMP=C:\DOS
071150 -        lh c:\dos\print.exe /d:lpt1
071151 -        win
071152 -
071153 -        New Version
071154 -
071155 -        @echo off
071156 -        lh C:\DOS\MOUSE
071157 -        C:\Windows\SMARTDRV.EXE 2048 2048
071158 -        PROMPT $p$g
071159 -    **  SET TEMP=C:\DOS
071160 -        SET MOUSE=C:\DOS
071161 -        SET COMSPEC=C:\00\01\COMMAND.COM
071162 -        path C:\SD\01;c:\dos;c:\windows;c:\123w
071163 -        PATH=%PATH%;C:\NETLINE
071164 -        lh NetLine DEN COM1 COM2 /D=C /T=10 /LPT1=MKT
071165 -        lh NLMenu /k=1 /G
071166 -        SET TEMP=C:\DOS
071167 -        LH C:\DOS\PRINT.EXE /D:LPT1
071168 -        WIN
071169 -
071170 -    **  I do not recommend using DOS as "TEMP" directory, since there
071171 -        is the potential for cross linked files between permanent stuff
071172 -        and "temporary" stuff.  Since Denis has evidently been using
071173 -        this configuration successfully for sometime, I did not change
071174 -        it today.  It does not directly impact the objective to improve
071175 -        memory management and eliminate the screen refresh delay.
071176 -
071177 -  ..
071178 - SDS Reports Hanging System
071179 -
071180 - After making the above changes, we tried several File List operations,
071181 - and found the screen immediately showed the file lists. I thought this
071182 - ended this problem.  Later we were doing SDS reports on Subjects, and
071183 - the report output screens failed to appear.  We had to minimize them
071184 - then maximize them, to make them visible.
071185 -
071186 -
071187 - Solution
071188 -
071189 - Further research seems to show an answer in another record today.
071190 - ref SDS 6 M3SG
071191 -
071192 -
071193 -
071194 -
0712 -
0713 -
0714 - 1724 called Denis
0715 -
071501 - Asked if had time to try a possible solution, per above.  He wants to
071502 - do it tomorrow.
071503 -
071504 -
071505 -
071506 -
0716 -
0717 -

SUBJECTS
Installation, SDS Program
Billing System
Applications

0906 - Summary/Objective
0907 -
090701 - Test and configure billing system, per, ref SDS 2 line 050621.
090702 -
090703 -     This is still pending, did not have time to complete evaluation.
090704 -
090705 -
090706 -
0908 -

SUBJECTS
Installation, SDS Program
Subject Index

1005 - Summary/Objective
1006 -
100601 - Transfer Project name from Master to Current list.
100602 -
100603 -     Tried this and it is still failing.  Need to test with debug.
100604 -
100605 -
100606 -
100607 -
1007 -

SUBJECTS
Installation, SDS Program
Transfer Records Between CPUs

1205 - Summary/Objective
1206 -
120601 - This worked going from my machine to Denis's, but initially there was
120602 - a big mess when we tried to transfer from Denis' computer to a disk.
120603 -
120604 -     Had to clean this up with chkdsk /f.  Got most of it, but not
120605 -     all.  The main problem may simply be that he needs to do
120606 -     maintenance on his disk periodically.
120607 -
120608 -     Disk Maintenance
120609 -
120610 -     Should set this up for him, if it is not already there.
120611 -
120612 -
120613 - I think the problems experienced yesterday, ref SDS 5 line 061207,
120614 - arose from inadequate memory, which is solved today, per above.
120615 -
120616 -
120617 -
120618 -
1207 -

SUBJECTS
Printing, Printer Setup
Letterhead for Correspondence
Letter/correspondence PCL formats

1606 - Summary/Objective
1607 -
160701 - Think I completed setting this up today.
160702 -
160703 - Reminded Denis he needs to load the special SDS line draw fonts,
160704 - specified in flist.
160705 -
160706 -
160707 -
1608 -
1609 -
1610 - 0450431
1611 -
161101 - Line 82 - tried making left margin 30.
161102 -
161103 -    Actually, it appears to me the left margin is already set to 30,
161104 -    so I don't understand why it is necessary to change anything.
161105 -
161106 -    In fact I did not change anything.  The SDS default works
161107 -    perfectly, in aligning the left margin of text with KH's
161108 -    letterhead design.
161109 -
161110 -
1612 -
1613 -
1614 - 0501
1615 -
161501 - Line 47 - made subject offset to dot 665
161502 -
161503 -           made ref 1st offset to dot 590; 2nd dot is 665.
161504 -
161505 -
161506 -   File 0501 shows the default horizontal dot position for Subject is
161507 -   585.  The horizontal position for Ref is 510 for item designator
161508 -   (e.g. "a.", "b.", etc.), and 585 for the field contents.
161509 -
161510 -   The only change I made to the above standard SDS configuration, was
161511 -   to increase the horizontal dot position for Subject and Ref, to 665,
161512 -   or by 80 dots.
161513 -
161514 -   The fact that a single left margin parameter can be consistent with
161515 -   horizontal position parameters that differ by 80 dots, suggests a
161516 -   difference between the design of the printers.  KH has an HP
161517 -   Laserjet, we have a Panasonic KX P4450.  They appear to interpret a
161518 -   common command language slightly different.
161519 -
161520 -
161521 -
161522 -
161523 -
1616 -
1617 -
1618 - Fonts & Flist
1619 -
161901 - Discovered there is no
161902 -
161903 -                   c: sd 02
161904 -
161905 -     ... directory on Denis' computer, so none of the SDS fonts are
161906 -     loaded.  This may be another manisfestation of prior hardware
161907 -     difficulties, ref SDS 1 line 090601 and ref SDS 2 line 060603.
161908 -
161909 -     I need to put the line draw fonts in the font directory.
161910 -
161911 -
161912 - Advised Denis he needs to run
161913 -
161914 -
161915 -                     C>lf
161916 -
161917 -
161918 -     ...to load SDS line draw fonts, if the printer has been turned
161919 -     off.
161920 -
161921 -
1620 -
1621 -
1622 -

SUBJECTS
Training SDS Records
Linking, Citations

1805 - Summary/Objective
1806 -
180601 - Now that have been able to load my records onto Denis' computer with
180602 - Transfer, per above, we did some exercises where he was able to link
180603 - my records of visits to his office to his records of the same event,
180604 - so he could access the record, without having to enter the entire
180605 - thing himself, per
180606 -
180607 -
1807 -
1808 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"