CONTACTS 
0202 - IP Micro                             916 635 0126                                                                                                                  O-00000182 0101
020201 - Mr. Bert H. Brendle; President                                                                                                                                   O-00000182 0101

SUBJECTS
Software Installation
586 Upgrade, 990429
Monitor, Viewsonic G773, SN DJ91650252
Video Configuration, EMC Monitor Not Recognized
Video Adapter Built-in on PC100 Motherboard

1407 -    ..
1408 - Summary/Objective
1409 -
140901 - Follow up ref SDS 33 0000, ref SDS 31 0000.
140902 -
140903 - Sent Patti a letter, ref DIT 1, with instructions on how to zip and
140904 - send the game files Bob wants.  Called Jim Brendle at IP Micro and he
140905 - advised there is a CD with video drives we need.  I found this in the
140906 - stuff Kath delivered.  Notified Jim about need to swap out the power
140907 - supply because this one is vibrating.
140908 -
140909 -
140910 -
140911 -
1410 -
1411 - Progress
1412 -
141201 -  ..
141202 - Viewsonic Monitor - Configure and Test
141203 -
141204 - Follow up ref SDS 33 4784, ref SDS 31 9030.
141205 -
141206 - Need video adapter and drivers for Viewsonic G773 monitor.
141207 -
141208 - Need to know the motherboard and processor.
141209 -
141210 -
141211 -
141212 -  ..
1413 -
1414 -
1415 - 1033 called Jim Brendle
1416 -
141601 - PC Chips manufactures the motherboard.
141602 -
141603 - He said there is a CD with software drivers for the onboard video
141604 - adapter, per below. ref SDS 0 7933
141605 -
141606 - Since the CD ROM drive is broke, per work on 990815, ref SDS 33 5877,
141607 - I copied the PC100 CD to the hard drive on CPU11.  Wanted to transfer
141608 - that stuff to Kath's computer via the network card, but it is not
141609 - working, so had to use direct cable connection.
141610 -
141611 - This took nearly 3 hours.
141612 -
141613 -
1417 -
1418 -
1419 - 1038 called Bob
1420 -
142001 - He will deliver the CD ROM drive tomorrow.
142002 -
142003 -
1421 -
1422 -
1423 - 1723
1424 -
142401 -  ..
142402 - Configure video from Viewsonic Setup on Hard Drive
142403 -
142404 - Follow up ref SDS 33 4784.
142405 -
142406 - There is a readme file on the PC100 CD, that says nothing.
142407 -
142408 - My first effort was to try and update the video adapter, which was set
142409 - to VGA.  This eventually, worked, so it was not necessary to buy a
142410 - video adapter as considered on 990815. ref SDS 33 4784
142411 -
142412 -     [On 990818 installed Viewsonic CD. ref SDS 34 9077]
142413 -
142414 - This is done from the Device Manager menu, which is opened by right
142415 - clicking on the My Computer application on the Desktop.
142416 -
142417 - In the Device Manager, double click on "Display Adapter."
142418 -
142419 - There is a Tab for "Driver" and in that menu there is an action
142420 - button to "Update" the driver.
142421 -
142422 - My initial effort was to select...
142423 -
142424 -               i:\pc100\vga\M590\M590AGP\WIN98\
142425 -
142426 - Clicking OK, then lets W98 find the ".inf" file it wants to updated
142427 - the display adapter driver.
142428 -
142429 - So this worked, and resulted in providing SVGA support needed to get
142430 - 256 colors, so the games will run.
142431 -
142432 - I explored the directories on PC100 further, and finally found the
142433 - following path...
142434 -
142435 -                    i: pc100
142436 -                        VGA
142437 -                          6326 AGP 8M
142438 -                            WIN98
142439 -
142440 -                                SIS6326M.INF     17K 981215
142441 -
142442 - This is a newer driver than the one installed by the first procedure,
142443 - so I ran...
142444 -
142445 -
142446 -               i:\pc100\vga\6326 AGP 8M\WIN98\setup.exe
142447 -
142448 -
142449 - This installed SIS multimedia v 1.24c
142450 -
142451 -     ...includes...
142452 -
142453 -                   SVGA drivers
142454 -                   Direct Draw
142455 -                   Utilities
142456 -                   Directx
142457 -
142458 -     Directx supports games.
142459 -
142460 - We wound up with the newest version of the video driver...
142461 -
142462 -                     SIS6326M.VXD     26K 981201
142463 -
142464 - So, hopefully the games will now run, and there is other multi-media
142465 - support.
142466 -
142467 -     [On 990817 Bob tested the game programs. ref SDS 34 1800]
142468 -
142469 -
142470 -
142471 -
142472 -
1425 -

SUBJECTS
Monitor
SVGA High Res Setting

1505 -
150501 -  ..
150502 - Display/Video Resolution 1024 x 768
150503 -
150504 - To take advantage of the Viewsonic 17" screen size and to permit
150505 - flexibility in opening multiple applications, I set the screen area
150506 - to 1024 x 768 pixels.  This at the high end, but not the highest end
150507 - of the scale.
150508 -
150509 -     [On 990817 reviewed with Bob. ref SDS 34 9555]
150510 - ..
150511 - The procedure is as follows...
150512 -
150513 -    1.  Find an open area on the desktop, and click the right mouse
150514 -        button to open a menu for configuring the monitor display
150515 -        resolution.
150516 -
150517 -    2.  Select "Properties" at the bottom of the menu.
150518 -
150519 -    3.  In the Display Properties menu select the "Settings" tab at
150520 -        the top of the menu.
150521 -
150522 -    4.  The "Screen Area" section of the Settings menu, there is a
150523 -        larege "arrow" looking element.  You slide this left or right
150524 -        to increase or reduce the resolution.
150525 -
150526 -        Reducing the resolution increases the size of the print, so it
150527 -        is easier to see, but this reduces flexibility to open multiple
150528 -        windows efficiently, which is the purpose of getting a bigger
150529 -        monitor.
150530 -
150531 -        For example 800 x 600 may be better for Kath and Bob than 1024
150532 -        x 768, because everything looks bigger.
150533 -
150534 -            [Below, I set the print for menus to a larger font, so
150535 -            these are easier to see, even with the high resolution
150536 -            display setting. ref SDS 0 8966]
150537 -
150538 -        After selecting the screen resolution, click Apply and you can
150539 -        evaluate the effect of the change you made.
150540 -
150541 -        Then click OK to close the menu.
150542 -
150543 -
150544 -
150545 -
1506 -

SUBJECTS
Monitor
SVGA High Res Setting
Desktop Icon, Menu Text Size

1606 -
160601 -  ..
160602 - Menu and Icon Size Increased to Improve Visibility
160603 -
160604 - I increased the size of icons and menu text, so these are easier to
160605 - see in a high resolution screen, 1024 x 758 pixels, per explanation
160606 - above. ref SDS 0 2244
160607 -
160608 - This is done in the "Appearance" tab of the Display menu, opened with
160609 - instructions above. ref SDS 0 0245
160610 -
160611 - Modified....
160612 -
160613 -             Item
160614 -
160615 -                  Icon  set size to 36 and font to 10.
160616 -
160617 -                  Menu  set size to 27 and font to 12.
160618 -
160619 -                  Message box set font to 12
160620 -
160621 -                  Palette Title set font to 10
160622 -
160623 - These changes make the high resolution mode easier to see, and
160624 - maintain utility of high resolution mode.
160625 -
160626 -    [On 990818 reviewed with Bob. ref SDS 34 9788]
160627 -
160628 -
160629 -
1607 -

SUBJECTS
Vibration in Power Supply
Vibration Possibly in Power Supply

1805 -
180501 -  ..
180502 - Vibration Suddenly Occurred - May be Power Supply
180503 -
180504 - Follow up ref SDS 33 2750.
180505 -
180506 - Vibration encountered on 990815 continues this morning.
180507 -
180508 - It seems to be the power supply, but I am not sure.
180509 -
180510 - When I called Jim this morning, per above, I explained he needs to
180511 - examin the system and probably replace the power supply.
180512 -
180513 - Jim agreed this needs to be reviewed.
180514 -
180515 - Bob and Kathleen can take it into IP Micro later this week.
180516 -
180517 - It also seems that when the CD ROM Drive tries to run, the vibration
180518 - increases.
180519 -
180520 -    [On 990817 discovered that screws are missing from hard drive and
180521 -    floppy disk drive. ref SDS 34 8955]
180522 -
180523 -
180524 -
180525 -
180526 -
1806 -

SUBJECTS
PC100 Drivers for PC Chips Motherboard

1904 -
190401 -  ..
190402 - PC Chips Motherboard, PC 100 Drivers
190403 -
190404 - Processor is the AMD K6 333 Mhz.
190405 -
190406 - In telecon above, Jim said motherboard is manufactured by...
190407 -
190408 -                      PC Chips
190409 -
190410 - Jim said there is a CD that is part of the materials Bob delivered on
190411 - 990801, ref SDS 24 0001, which is for configuring the motherboard, per
190412 - discussion above. ref SDS 0 4408
190413 -
190414 - I looked and found what seems like a blank CD, turns out to be a CD
190415 - for the PC Chips motherboard.
190416 -
190417 - The CD is labeled as follows...
190418 -
190419 -
190420 -                    PC100
190421 -                    Video Inside
190422 -
190423 -                    CD V1.5
190424 -
190425 -                    6326 AGP 8M
190426 -                    6326 PCI 4M
190427 -                    590/717/30/747 AGP Drivers
190428 -                    IDE Drivers
190429 -                    Sound Drivers
190430 -                    PC Cillin 98 (OEM)
190431 -                    AMI Desktop Client Manager
190432 -
190433 -
190434 - Per above, I put this CD on the hard drive in...
190435 -
190436 -                 i: pc100
190437 -
190438 - This required nearly 600MB and the only thing I think we have used it
190439 - to support is the video system, i.e., to get a single driver, for the
190440 - Viewsonic monitor, per record above. ref SDS 0 9755
190441 -
190442 - This is not an efficient use of hard drive space.
190443 -
190444 -     [On 990818 reomoved this from the hard drive. ref SDS 34 6952]
190445 -
190446 - The Cannon printer configuration CD also has 680 MB, and likely only
190447 - provides a single driver for the onboard printer adapter.
190448 -
190449 -
190450 -
190451 -
190452 -
190453 -
1905 -

SUBJECTS
Games Kath's Original hard Drive

2004 -
200401 -  ..
200402 - Games Set Up in Menu under Start
200403 -
200404 - Follow up ref SDS 33 5487.
200405 -
200406 - Have not heard from Patti on my letter, ref DIP 1, sent on 990815
200407 - asking about the games CD.
200408 -
200409 - Called and left message for Patti at work...
200410 -
200411 -                   949 757 7770 Ext 305
200412 -
200413 - She was away from her desk.
200414 -
200415 - Left message for Patti to call back.
200416 -
200417 -
200418 -  ..
2005 -
2006 -
2007 - 1034 Patti called back
2008 -
200801 - She thinks there was a Mahjong game icon, or somthing like that, on
200802 - the desktop.
200803 -
200804 - She asked me to sent her the pkzip program, and she will try to send
200805 - the games to us over the Internet.
200806 -
200807 - Submitted ref DIT 1 to Patti transmitting z.exe and zu.exe, with link
200808 - to instructions below.
200809 -
200810 -      [Below, Patty responds. ref SDS 0 6642]
200811 -
200812 -  ..
200813 - Work Plan to Help Patti
200814 -
200815 -
200816 -     1.  Send pkzip and pkunzip to Patti via email
200817 -
200818 -         I will send these programs attached to an email, and using the
200819 -         program names I use, since they are easier to apply.
200820 -
200821 -         z.exe                    =  pkzip.exe
200822 -         zu.exe                   =  pkunzip.exe
200823 -
200824 -     2.  Patti can download these files attached to my email
200825 -
200826 -         Copy them into your W98 directory.  On most systems this is...
200827 -
200828 -              C:\windows
200829 -
200830 -         Another place to put them would be...
200831 -
200832 -              C:\windows\command
200833 -
200834 -         Both of these directories are in the default path W98 sets up
200835 -         when it boots normally, so you use the commands from anywhere
200836 -         on the system.
200837 -
200838 -         If you are unsure about your path, just type at the DOS
200839 -         prompt...
200840 -
200841 -              C>path
200842 -
200843 -         You will get a message showing the current assigned path,
200844 -         separated by semicolons.  You can use any of the directories
200845 -         listed to store the z.exe and zu.exe files.
200846 -
200847 -     2.  Patti can use xcopy32 to transfer files from the game CD to
200848 -         her hard drive.
200849 -
200850 -         Open a DOS prompt from a different directory from RW that has
200851 -         the game files.
200852 -
200853 -             [Comment--- You should keep a couple of temporary
200854 -             directories that are generaly empty or have throw away
200855 -             temporary stuff for doing these type of tasks.  I use
200856 -
200857 -                               C:\09
200858 -                               C:\10
200859 -
200860 -             When you do something like the task today that generates a
200861 -             lot of temporary stuff, it is easy to distinguish new work
200862 -             product that can be deleted after the task is completed,
200863 -             from permanent files that are needed to run other things.]
200864 -
200865 -         At DOS prompt enter...
200866 -
200867 -              C>xcopy32 d:\*.* c:\RW\ /s    [Enter}
200868 -
200869 -         This will transfer all of the files from the game CD to her
200870 -         hard drive in the directory "rw".
200871 -
200872 -     3.  Zip the game program files in the directory rw into a single
200873 -         file "gm.zip," as follows...
200874 -
200875 -         Open a DOS prompt in different directory from "rw" where the
200876 -         games are stored.
200877 -
200878 -              [Comment --- you can get a list of pkzip commands by
200879 -              typing just "z" at the DOS prompt and pressing Enter.
200880 -              I am providing the command string for this operation in
200881 -              the next few lines.]
200882 -
200883 -         At the DOS prompt enter...
200884 -
200885 -              C>z -P -a -r gm c:\rw\*.*    [Enter}
200886 -
200887 -         Notice the target filename "gm.zip" is entered in the command
200888 -         string as simply "gm" and not gm.zip.
200889 -
200890 -         When you hit enter, you will see a lot of files scroll on the
200891 -         screen, as the program compresses each one into a single file.
200892 -
200893 -         Should only a few seconds, maybe 20 seconds at the most.
200894 -
200895 -         When the prompt returns, enter...
200896 -
200897 -              C>dir \rw    [Enter]
200898 -
200899 -         You should see a file...
200900 -
200901 -              C:\RW\GM.ZIP
200902 -
200903 -     4.  Send Rod an email and attach the file...
200904 -
200905 -              C:\RW\GM.ZIP
200906 -
200907 -     5.  Remove the temporary rw directory and the zip file.
200908 -
200909 -
200910 -  ..
2010 -
2011 -
2012 - 1041
2013 -
201301 - Received letter from Patty, ref DRT 1, saying she got my letter, sent
201302 - earlier today, ref DIT 1 0700, per above. ref SDS 0 4278,
201303 -
201304 - Patty suggests a simplified procedure for sending the CD for the
201305 - Mahjong game. ref DRT 1 7740
201306 -
201307 - She had a "brainstorm" to zip the directory on her hard drive, rather
201308 - than send the CD code.
201309 -
201310 - She also mentions that Amy is frustrated because she cannot open
201311 - attachments in email. ref DRT 1 4620
201312 -
201313 -  ..
201314 -
201315 - Sent response, ref DIT 2, to explain games installed by Windows cannot
201316 - be transferred to another computer, we need the code on the CD. If it
201317 - is a DOS application, she can send her directory, since that is how we
201318 - installed the games on Kathleen's computer on 990811. ref SDS 31 8977
201319 -
201320 - I suggested that to simply this effort, she send the CD to Kathleen
201321 - and we will install it and send it back.
201322 -
201323 -      [On 990818 Patty is sending the CD to Kath. ref SDS 34 9752]
201324 -
201325 -
201326 -
2014 -