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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: os2 windows/full screen
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 11:05:19 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <18utqhINNo4t@agate.berkeley.edu> shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy) writes:
> Is there any particular reason that one cannot shrink or full screen
> a os2 full screen or a os2 window?
> 
> When one opens a dos window, one can full screen it by alt-home and vice
> versa.  This also applies to the dos full screen mode.
> 
> Why doesn't it work with the os/2 windows/full screens?  Or is it done
> w/ another key combination?
> 
> david shy
> shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu
> 

A good question.....I can guess and say that because the DOS session is
virtualised it is easier to perform this translation, while the OS/2 sessions
are not virtualised and so this cannot be done - easily. 
 
I don't know of any way to do it........
 
Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: 3 button/accelerated mouse drivers
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 17:38:22 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.053014.16816@muddcs.claremont.edu> ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Dulay) writes:
>Do mouse drivers for OS/2 exist which allow the use of all three buttons
>on a mouse or allow for mouse speed acceleration?  Are any in the works?
>
>Daniel Dulay

I dunno about the 3 button part, but I think the mouse is already accelerated.
--
Dan Stephenson                                           das9674@usl.edu
" BERLIN WALL FALLS.  3 BORDER GUARDS LOSE JOBS.  CLINTON BLAMES BUSH! "
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Dulay)
Subject: How do I fix foreign char under win-os2?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 02:00:14 GMT

How do I fix the fonts for winos2 to get the German characters to look
right?  I know that someone has posted the solution before, but I lost
it.  Would someone please mail the solution to me @
ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu
Thank you.

Daniel Dulay


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: POSIX/U... for OS/2
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 12:19:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.160651.504@tamsun.tamu.edu> pzs3761@tamsun.tamu.edu (Pete Sierant) writes:
>In article <ww9JqB2w164w@uuisis.isis.org> evanc@uuisis.isis.org (Evan Champion) writes:
>
>[...]
>
>>Another thing that I would like to see is a new HPFS driver that is more 
>>like Unix, lets you use "/" and "\" when changing directories and is case 
>>sensitive.  The case sensitivity is partially there, with the file system 
>>being able to record the case but not being sensitive to the case entered.  
>
>Not to revive an old thread, but there are those (like me), who would
>rather kiss Dan Quayle on the lips than deal with case sensitivity.

I personally prefer the behavior of HPFS regarding file name case
sensitivity, however the purpose of providing case sensitivity in this
case has naught to do with user preference, but unix compatability.
Some unix programs will depend upon a case sensitive file system, and
will cause trouble when porting to OS/2 and HPFS.
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
From: t9014201@phillip.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:55:11 GMT
Organization: RMIT (Bundoora Campus)

In article <harris.715888758@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>, harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris) writes:
> pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
> 
>>Why does one need to set the IRQ to 5?  I think mine is set on 7
>>which is the default (I think).
> There is nothing special about IRQ 5... it just CAN'T be IRQ 7 if you expect to
> print.  OS/2 expects LPT1 to be at IRQ7.
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>      Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
>  System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
> (My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
-- 

I just bought a SoundBlaster clone.  A "ThunderBoard".
Ive set it to IRQ5 (and IRQ7 and 2, during my experimentation), but for some
reason it will only run SOME SB programs.
Under raw DOS everything works fine, but a testing program that came with 
the card can't seem to use DMA 1 under OS/2.
It's all rather puzzling.

Is there any common cards (modems? IDE cards?) that use DMA 1?
Could it be a Port address problem?  Mine is set to 220h....

I don't want to have to reconfigue my system and create a DOS partition just
to muck around with sounds, but I'm heading that way...


--
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                                     Greg McPherson * T9014201@phillip.edu.au
From: gouvea@zariski.harvard.edu (Fernando Gouvea)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Text file printing program
Date: 6 Sep 92 18:58:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep6.145802.15417
Distribution: world
Organization: Colby College Dept. of Math/CS


I was looking for a simple program to format and print text files, and
didn't really have any success at ftp-os2. Is there something there? (I'm
thinking of something analogous to Norton's "lp" utility.)

-- 
============================================================================
Fernando Q. Gouvea				fqgouvea@colby.edu
Dept. of Math/CS				(207)-872-3278
Colby College					Mudd 407
From: sphilips@bach.udel.edu (Santosh S Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SIS Chipset on a 486 33Mhz mboard & incompatibilities?
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:37:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Delaware

I was planning on buying a mb locally. It is a 486 33Mhz 256kCache
with a SIS Chipset.  I wanted to know if anyone was running OS2 on this
Chipset and if there was anything that I ought to be aware of.

Thanks in advance,
Santosh

-- 
=============================================================================
= Santosh Philips                                                           =
= e-mail: sphilips@brahms.udel.edu                                          =
=         GKL01169@udelvm.udel.edu                                          =
From: ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Dulay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 3 button/accelerated mouse drivers
Date: 13 Sep 92 05:30:14 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711

Do mouse drivers for OS/2 exist which allow the use of all three buttons
on a mouse or allow for mouse speed acceleration?  Are any in the works?

Daniel Dulay
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wtw@pitt.WPI.EDU (William T Warner)
Subject: Re: Communication Problems in OS2 (CRW)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 03:44:39 GMT

In article <185uhaINN674@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> louis@arapaho.ucsc.edu writes:
>In article <1992Sep3.161406.1389@njitgw.njit.edu>, crw3551@hertz.njit.edu (Christopher R. Wingert  AI) writes:
>|> I was wondering if there is anyone out there that could help me with
>|> a problem that I am having with communications.  Here goes ....
>|> I am trying to run file transfer in the background ( @9600...38400 )
>|> is a DOS Window using Qmodem.  ...

>Now the for-sure relavant part:  Any DOS telecom program is going to be active
>all the time, hogging the CPU because it watches the com port.  OS/2 com
>programs do not have this problem, and only take up as much CPU as they need
>(almost none when not transferring).  I recently switched to TE/2, a shareware
>OS/2 Comm program.  I'm generally happy with it, although it does have some
>display problems at times.  It'll run either windowed, or full screen.  I have
>no problem transferring things @ 9600 w/ data compression (-> 38400 like yours)
>and doing other things in the foreground.  I can transfer @14400 w/ data
>compression (-> 5????) without any problems, as long as I don't do anything
>disk intensive, i.e. compiling is out :(  When I do do something disk
>intensive, the transfer develops errors.  As long as I stop with the disk, it
>usually is able to recover and continue.
>
>So, my basic recommendation is to switch to an OS/2 telecom program.
>


I agree that using an OS/2 program, such as TE/2, is the best
way to go.

Also, if you use a serial port that has a 16550 chip rather than
the more common 16450 or 8250, you'll be able to do 14400bps file
transfers in the background PLUS do disk-intensive operations (like
compiles) in the foreground.

The 16550 is well worth it for anyone using high-speed serial port
file transfers.

Bill Warner
wtw@wpi.wpi.edu
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Tape Drive Thru Parallel Port Troubles
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 00:24:57 GMT

In article <16781@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> freund@sakura.cs.ucdavis.edu (Jason Freund) writes:
>   Before installing OS/2, I backed up my HD with a Micro Solutions
>   Backpack tape drive, which operates thru the parallel port.  Then I
>   installed DOS 5 in a FAT partition, and OS/2 in an HPFS logical
>   drive.  Now I'd like to restore my backed-up files onto the HPFS
>   drive.  But when I try to run the Micro Solutions backup software   
>   (v 1.03.03), under OS/2, I get an "Unable to generate printer
>   interrupt error."  Then the program freezes.
>   Solutions, suggestions welcome.  (Wise thoughts also accepted, but
>   please stay on topic.  No weirdos. :)

Try REM'ming out the BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS (?) line in your CONFIG.SYS,
then rebooting.  It might -- just might -- do the trick.  Un-REM it to
restore proper printing operation, of course.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: Re: Problem with serial communication
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:28:56 GMT

Some followup information on this problem [which is still unsolved]:


In article <1992Sep10.235511.6831@cis.ohio-state.edu> grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>
>I'm having trouble doing serial communication in OS/2 2.0.  I've tried
>TE2 and PMCOMM with similar results (that is, very bad ones), so I
>must have a setup problem or some such.
>
>
>Details:  	Toshiba 3300SL 80386SL/25 with 8meg.
>
>
>I have the computer running OS/2 connected to a 9600 baud serial line
>(via a null modem cable) on the SUN in my office.  DOS communication
>(w/o OS/2) works great, even at 38400 baud.  Under the OS/2
>communication programs listed above, all I get is garbage.
>Communication parameters on both ends are 9600,N,8,1.  I've tried
>setting IDSR, ODSR, OCTS to OFF as described in the file 'atcom.txt'
>on ftp-os2 but the problem remains unchanged.  I've tried doing Zmodem
>transfers using the DOS program DSZ under a DOS session in OS/2 with
>the result being *extremely* slow transfer, w/ CRC errors on virtually
>every packet.
>
>I wasn't running anything else when I tried any of the above programs.
>
>
>I installed the new COM drivers to see if this would help, but the
>problem is unchanged.  Ideally I'd like to hop back to 38400, but I
>thought 9600 baud was a good test case.
>


Brain dump:

IBM is stumped (at least for now).   

More details:

OS/2 communication programs:
----------------------------

OS/2 C-kermit, as it turns out, works a bit but dies with a SYS3175
access violation when file transfers are attempted.

The "garbage" described above under TE2 and PMCOMM turns out to have a
more interesting flavor: some characters are sent and received ok,
some aren't.  The 'translation' that appears to be in effect is always
consistent.

TE2 generates traps (0) when ALT-X is used to exit.   I gave IBM the trap
stuff today.

DOS communication programs under OS/2:
--------------------------------------
MS-KERMIT dies a horrible death sometimes when I try to use it.



Something is definitely weird; I've got to have this serial
communication line if I'm going to use OS/2.      Ideas?
-- 
Golden Richard III             OSU Dept. of Computer and Information Science
grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Where's ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:51:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: nmt.1992Sep14.145155.7458
Organization: New Mexico Tech

Say, anyone know where ftp-os2.nmsu.edu is this morning?

-Jr



-- 
Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: CBURMAN@finabo.abo.fi ()
Subject: Re: DeskJet Gone Mad
Organization: The Clam of Reason Ltd.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:09:00 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

In <1992Sep15.112021.953@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> des@frogland writes:
> CBURMAN@finabo.abo.fi wrote:
>
> : Things are all right again EXCEPT that my DeskJet 500 doesn't work 'as 
> : advertised'. It prints the first page, and then starts to feed out empty 
> : sheets as many as I put in the tray. Only way to stop it, is to reset the 
> : printer.
> 
> i had this problem ... someone suggested here that i checkk the setting
> of the deskjet paper size selector DIP switch. when i set this to the
> correct value it solved the problem for me.

I played with the DIP switches last time I installed the bugger 
(frustration beginning to show here, I think), but didn't notice any 
changes for the better. But I'll try again tonight. Thanks 
for reminding me.

I'm beginning to think that brownout caused some hardware problems.

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> david shepherd: des@inmos.co.uk or des@inmos.com    tel: 0454-616616 x 625
>                 inmos ltd, 1000 aztec west, almondsbury, bristol, bs12 4sq
>                 1992: celebrate the quincentenary of columbus getting lost


Chris Burman, cburman@abo.fi
From: bokkie@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How to use the Calender??
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:06:35 +0200
Organization: University of Cape Town

How do I use the Calender and Daily Planner?
For both of these I seem to need a 'Planner File'
or something of the kind.  However, nowhere in
the on-line help can I find out more about this.
When I select File from the Calender object, the
only option is Open, there is no Create option,
and if I type in a file name to Open, then it
says the file does not exist.  So how do I make
a Planner File?

Thanks for any help,
Frank.
(mail to bokkie@uctvax.uct.ac.za)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: css0860@rigel.tamu.edu (CSS)
Subject: How can I use Dual monitors!!!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: css0860@zeus.tamu.edu
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 20:32:00 GMT

I have an STB WIND/X VGA Card (S3 and supposedly VESA compat) and
a monochrome/herc/printer card.  I would really love to have both of
thse running but don't know how.  Help???

sigh
-steve


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
Subject: Re: communications and DOS settings problems
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 05:39:31 GMT
Keywords: OS2

sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:

>In article <BuFwyH.526@news.cso.uiuc.edu> nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
>>computer: 386-33, local clone with American Megatrends motherboard.
>>modem   : Compudyne 2400 internal modem.
>>COM's   : Mouse driver says, mouse installed on COM1. 2nd serial port empty.
>>	  modem set to use COM4.

>Why?  Try resetting your modem to COM2 -- it isn't kosher to leave
>"holes" in the COM port assignments.

I should have stated this before. I have to use COM4 because another program
I need to use (to access this university's NOVANET system; I do not know if
any one is familiar with this, or if it is just specific to this university-
but anyway I have to access it with this certain communications program)
will not allow me to use COM2 for some reason. So I have to set the modem to
COM4 and tell this program to use COM4. Anyway, I tried COM2 with the
comm program that does not print anything on the screen under OS2, and it was
the same thing-it still did not print anything on the screen. 

Nish Patel nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gjm@cray.com (Gordon Miller)
Subject: Re: Just what IS Alt-F1 (was Re: Multiple Desktops....)
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:43:33 CDT

In article <pwtnr9m.xtifr@netcom.com> xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) writes:
>In <jdecarlo.240.716128041@mitre.org> jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo) writes:
>
>>And this is exactly what IBM recommends in the applicable Red Book.  They 
>>recommend that the first line of CONFIG.SYS be an XCOPY of the *.ini files 
>>into the INSTALL directory.  Then they recommend that STARTUP.CMD copy 
>>the .INI files into .1, .2, and .3 versions so you have several versions 
>>back, in case the most recent one is corrupted.
>
>As an alternative, this idea came up in a discussion on a local BBS. 
>(Note that I haven't tested this yet, but I cannot think of any reason
>it wouldn't work...)
>
>Add to your CONFIG.SYS:
>
>CALL=C:\BIN\ZOO.EXE uh+ C:\INIBAK.ZOO C:\OS2\OS2.INI C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
>
>This will save the INI files *if* they have changed, and will keep older
>versions (Zoo allows you to have several versions of a file in an
>archive).  Of course, this means that you must have a copy of zoo, but I
>suspect that most people reading this do.
>
>Just thought I'd pass this idea along.  Comments and criticism are welcome.
>-- 
>Chris Waters    | the insane don't | NOBODY for President!
>xtifr@netcom.COM| need disclaimers | Because Nobody's perfect!!


Here is another suggestion that was posted some time ago.

Add the following two commands to your CONFIG.SYS:

    CALL=C:\...\zoo.exe unP+q ini.zoo C:\*.SYS C:\*.BAT C:\*.INI C:\OS2\*.INI
    CALL=C:\...\zoo.exe glAq=8 ini.zoo

Although more cryptic, it will probably be a lot faster.

The first line adds a compressed version of the SYS, BAT, and INI files to the 
archive ini.zoo, only if the files have changed since last backup.  The 
second line tells zoo to keep eight versions of each file.  Change it as you see
fit. 

Also, these commands only store the 8 most recent *versions* of each file.
They will simply pass over any files that haven't been changed - saving that
much more time on every boot. 


Cheers,
  Gordon Miller
From: lipp@cs.arizona.edu (Jon M. Lipp)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: os2 installation problem
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:20:04 GMT

I am having trouble installing OS/2 on my 486/33.  This
is what happens:  After getting past disk 6 (with 5 1/4
diskettes) it tells me to reboot, but when it reboots to go
into the graphical installation step, it simply spews
out random characters and beeps and doesn't stop.

Here are some specs:
Conner IDE hard drive
no-name 486/33 with AMI bios dated 7/7/91
8 mb RAM
no-name Tseng ET4000 video card

I've spoken with IBM several times, first they said put the
video card into an 8-bit slot and disable auto-sensing, which 
I did with no success.  Then I called them back and they then 
decided the problem was *not* with the video card.  They said they'd
call me back, which they did, then saying they were sending out
fixes for the video card.  Hmm!  I would appreciate any help
with this problem.

Jon Lipp (lipp@cs.arizona.edu)
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Enhanced Editor
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:49:14 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Sep15.023223.10539@cis.ohio-state.edu> grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>>Anyone know if the Enhanced Editor is generally buggy?  I just had it
>>crash with an access violation during a drag operation.
>On a related note, why does the "Enhanced" editor ask THREE times what
>file I'd like to print to when I select "print file" from the File
>menu?   My default printer is a postscript print-to-file device.

No idea -- I've had this problem, too -- but try EPM 5.51, which is
available via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com.  It might
have some problems fixed.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Installing OS/2
Keywords: OS/2, install
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:28:16 GMT

In article <BuL0yq.1FH@unx.sas.com> sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust) writes:
>I have a friend who wants to install OS/2 2.0 on his existing DOS 5.0
>system.  He currently has the hard disk partitioned into a 32 Meg.
>drive C and a much larger drive D on which he had all his applications
>(and data was kept on drive C making for easy backups).  He also has
>DOS on C.
>Question he posed me which I do not know: In the OS/2 books it talks of
>using about 40 Meg with 30 or so for the system and the rest for a
>permanent swap file - can he split the OS/2 apps, system, and swap files
>onto different drives during install so he will not have to totally
>backup, repartition, install, and restore his files to make it all fit
>on C?

Er, not quite.  You could choose a trimmed down OS/2 installation to
get OS/2 into C, then manually UNPACK the applets to Drive D.
Tedious, but it would work.  (Also point the swappath to D --
controlled in CONFIG.SYS.)

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc