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From: eru@tnso04.tele.nokia.fi (Erkki Ruohtula)
Subject: How to run DOS programs from OS/2 cmd file without windows?
Organization: /user1/u2/eru/.organization
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:21:57 GMT

I would like to write a command file for OS/2 2.0 that runs
non-interactively a mixture of OS/2 and MS-DOS non-interactive
applications. I have found about "command /c dosprog", but it seems
to insist on creating a new window for the DOS process, and
I/O redirections do not work as expected.

In other words, I would like OS/2 to execute a command file
(or REXX program) that looks somewhat like this:

osprog x y z
if errorlevel 1 goto end
command /c dosprog1 /foo y
if errorlevel 1 goto end
command /c dosprog2 z
:end

without windows flashing all over the place. The exit codes should
work as expected, and the stdout and stderr output from the
whole show should be redirectable to a single log file. How?

(this is probably a newbie question, but neither experiments, sessions
with the online help, or reading the F.A.Qs posted here helped.)

--
Erkki Ruohtula     / Nokia Telecommunications Oy
eru@tele.nokia.fi / P.O. Box 33 SF-02601 Espoo, Finland
(My private opinions, of course.)
From: toy@soho.crd.ge.com (Raymond L. Toy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: GTAK and Future Domain together, and tapes
Date: 13 Oct 92 16:37:34 GMT
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

I recently downloaded gtak to see what it can do.  It looks like a
good package for backing up your harddisk, especially if you are
familiar with Unix tar.  It also seems to have gotten rid of the
requirement of ASPI.  

However,  I don't have an adaptec controller.  Instead it's a
Future Domain 16xx.  Does gtak work with the 16xx?

If the answer is yes, can anyone recommend an inexpensive (ha!)
SCSI tape drive.  I understand Wangtek and Tandberg tape drives work
well.  Any others?

Thanks!

Ray

Ray -----> toy@soho.crd.ge.com
Toy
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Jim Gerlach - Cancer Research Labs)
Subject: Re: EADATA.SF ---can I defragment it?
Organization: Queen's University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:49:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.143155.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> roger@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:

>	My c: drive is FAT-type. The EADATA.SF file in the root directory 
>is badly fragmented. Since the file has the read-only, hidden and system 
>attributes, defragmentation software ignores it.  
>	Can I safely defragment this file (after removing the above-
>mentioned attributes) or does OS/2 expect to find information on extended 
>attributes at specific disk clusters?
>
>Roger C. Green,	Faculty of Medicine                      Phone: (709)737-6884
>Memorial University , St. John's, Newfoundland.          FAX  : (709)737-7010

I sure hope so since I just did that very thing yesterday :-) I booted DOS 
DOS 5.0 (OS/2 2.0 is installed on an HPFS logical partition), used Norton 
DiskEditor to rename EA DATA.SF -> EAXDATA.SF (just to be safe) and removed 
the System and Hidden bits, ran Norton SpeedDisk (6.01), and then restored 
the name and the System and Hidden bits. 

No problems so far.

Cheers,
Jim
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From: nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Nan Zou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Os/2 and second drives
Date: 13 Oct 1992 21:38:10 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>shane@cs.UAlberta.CA (Ruman Shane James) writes:

>>      I'm considering buying another hard drive to satiate software's space 
>>apetite and remember reading that Os/2 didn't pacticularily like second drives
>>, has there been any problems with using Os/2 on a system with two drives.  
[...]
>No problem.  (I'm assuming, for simplicity, that you are adding a
>second hard drive to the existing controller.)

I'm also considering adding a 2nd HD, can I put the Boot Manager on the
second HD, since I don't want to repartition the first one (83MB FAT).

-- Nan
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Drives, Adapters and Software
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:13:02 GMT

In article <ie9NsB8w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> joec@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (joseph cossette) writes:
>bobo@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Bob O'Donnell) writes:
>
>> I am investigating purchasing a CD-ROM drive.  I have read the various
[...deleted...]
>> 
>> Next, once one selects a SCSI adapter that works with the appropriate driver
>> how does one know which CD-ROM drives work with that adapter.  Will ALL
>> "SCSI" CD-ROM drives work with all the SCSI adapters made by the three 
>> companies (that work with the appropriate drivers)?
>> 
>I just received information from IBM today that states that "current 
>CD-ROM drives supported by OS/2 2.0 include all IBM CD-ROM drives, 
>Toshiba model 3301T, TXM3301 and 3301B, Sony model CDU541, and NEC CDR84 
>when attached to IBM, Future Domain or Adaptec SCSI controllers."


Hmm, that still doesn't clear things up for me.  Is a CD-ROM driver necessary
for the use of a CD-ROM device under OS/2, in addition to the SCSI driver?
And is this CD-ROM driver specific to each CD-ROM drive?  Or is it generic
to all SCSI CD-ROM drives?

What I would really like to know isn't which drive is "sanctioned" to be used
under OS/2, but whether OS/2 has generic support for SCSI CD-ROM drives.

Thanks.



William


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike Percy)
Subject: Re: Shutdown without a mouse
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:07:58 GMT

olson@husc9.Harvard.EDU (Charles Olson) writes:

>In article <marc.2.719167227@unb.ca>, marc@unb.ca (Marc Levesque) writes:
>|> Does anybody know how to get the desktop pull down without using the mouse?

>Yes, and it's really silly:

>alt-shift-TAB (or is it alt-ctrl-TAB? Try both)
>ctrl-\
>shift-F10

>Dunno why it's such a tangled sequence.  Does your mouse not work? (niether
>does mine, and it's pissing me off). 
 
It may seem tangled, but it's not really when you think about it.  Keep
in mind the object-oriented flavor of WPS.  Any selected object on the
desktop throws up its pop-up menu when you hit shift-f10, so to bring up
the desktop's pop-up, we need to make the desktop (background) the
selected object.  We can do that: ctrl-esc to bring up the Window List,
the selecting OS/2 2.0 Desktop, giving the dekstop manager the focus
(the alt-shit-tab or whatever is a "shortcut"(?) for this operation).
But if there are any selected objects on the desktop, then shift-f10
would give us that pop-up rather than the one we want.  The solution:
de-select all selected objects.  The keystroke for this is ctrl-\ (and
ctrl-/ selects all).  So the sequence is simple: give the desktop
manager the focus, select the desktop (by deslecting all other objects
ctrl-\), raise its pop-up (shift-f10).


Mike Percy             | grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu  | I don't know about
Sr. Systems Analyst    | mspercy@clemson.clemson.edu | your brain, but mine
Info. Sys. Development | mspercy@clemson.BITNET      | is really...bossy.
Clemson University     | (803) 656-3780              | (Laurie Anderson)
From: garyng@gnct.com (garyng)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 performance tips?
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 09:37:45 HKG-8
Organization: Global Network Communication Technology Co.

sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes:

> This isn't much of a performance tip, more of a testimonial...
> 
> I have a 386-16. It has 10 megs of memory.  It runs OS/2 like a dream. 
> I don't understand all you people with the fastest PC's on the market
> complaining about how slow it is.  What's up with this?  Maybe if you
> have 4 megs of RAM on your system it would make that big of a
> difference, but I seriously doubt it.
> 

I have a 486-33 and 16 megs of memory(running OS2) but it makes me feel that 
it is slower that another 386-33 with 8 megs of memory running 3.1. It is 
actually faster and smoother than 3.1 but I believe the display system needs
more work .

-gary
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Canada DAP number
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:07:09 GMT
Organization: Acadia University


	
	The canadian number to join DAP is 416-946-3786.  This will connect
you with Ken Fadelle and you can order the CD ROM from him....


-- 

-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
        James Robie Skinner        |     Jodrey School of Computer Science        James.Skinner@dragon.acadiau.ca  |  Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli)
Subject: Re: Information about video drivers for OS/2 2.0...
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:12:48 GMT

In article <1b74o0INNcjf@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.161500.29370@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
>>Here is some info. I got from an IBM'er:
>>(Albert Shan is his name)
>>
>>Tseng ET4000 drivers will be in the Service Pack, they will be 32-bit,
>>256 colour drivers for VGA, SVGA, and 1024X768.
>
>
>Trident??
>>
>>32-bit XGA-2 drivers for all of XGA-2's resolution's/color combinations
>>will be released in a couple of weeks, maybe with the Service Pack.
>
>No Trident??
>>
>>32-bit 256-color drivers for ATI, CIrrus, Western Digital, & Paradise
>>cards will be available before 1993.
>
>
>Still no Trident?
>>
>>32-bit 8514/A drivers will be available before 1993.
>>
>ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>No Trident! The current Trident drivers are so lame!
>>
>>ALL of the above drivers are being written by IBM!
Agreed.  At first, I was happy that my video card was one of the few
that happened to be supported.  Now I am irritated that my video card is
the one with slow, buggy drivers that don't implement all the features
they should (eg VGA graphics in a window).   Recommendations on an
upgrade?
-- 
Marc Fraioli
mfraioli@grebyn.com	        	(So I'm a minimalist...)
From: gumby@cs.mcgill.ca (Phil PRANNO)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.x would loose its battle against Windows NT if...
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:43:29 GMT
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada

In article <1992Oct8.041819.6393@news.Hawaii.Edu> lkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Linus Kan) writes:
>
>o NT sells for below $199
>o NT tailored to Intel x86 platform and sells for below $99

Tailoring NT for INTEL would defeat the purpose of even having it.
The latest Computing Canada had an article in it that predicts that
by 1995 most people (>50 %) will be using Windows 4.x (hah!) and
that NT will only be used by around 10% and OS/2 2.x 23%.

>
>I'll probably switch to NT and get a better desktop manager

Microsoft will have an object-oriented interface sometime in 1995.  The
WPS will be a mighty fast beast by then.  The WPS is CUA 91 compliant.
This means that there is RESEARCH and lots of it behind the entire
concept.  Microsoft will probably just hack something together to
respond (I'm sure they had no intention of even having one before
the WPS).

>(eg. a future 32-bit Norton Desktop).
>
>:) lkan
> 


-- 
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 gumby@cs.mcgill.ca *  infinitely small and dense point may lead to a NEW "BIG
 McGill University  *  BANG".  Should a new universe emerge, the validity of 
   -> GO OS/2 <-    *  these statements cannot be assured.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: victor.ng@rose.com (victor ng)
Subject: Viruses under OS/2
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:47:16 GMT
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.70)


Date Entered: 10-09-92 17:41
>From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
>Subject: Re: Viruses under OS/2
>Message-ID: <1992Oct8.125846.19205@ugle.unit.no>

>Don't be too sure however, I got a mail from someone who claimed that the
>stoned virus destroyed his disk when he was running os/2 only.  There is
>probably a bug in the disk handling system that made this possible.

Well stone killed MY hard drive, so viruses can destroy HPFS drives.

Vic
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: clemens@faui8a.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Clemens Beckstein)
Subject: Re: Epsilon subprocess after Kwikinf hangs system
Organization: Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:13:40 GMT

shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) writes:

>System: PS/2 Model 95, 486/33, 32mb
>Software: OS/2 2.0, Epsilon 5.0, Kwikinf 1.00

>I start Kwikinf, which installs a keyboard monitor and launches VIEW
>with an appropriate manual based on the word under the cursor. I then
>start a subprocess from Epsilon (either ^X^M, which starts a shell in an
>edit buffer, or ^XM, which executes an nmake command). The keyboard goes
>dead. The mouse cursor will move, but window update stops. I have to
>Ctrl-Alt-Del to escape. Once, when re-booting, Epsilon was able to
>report error 121 on its status line just before the WPS vanished. The
>lockup occurs both with Epsilon in full-screen and windowed.

>Ken

I had problems with Epsilon V6.0 (not 5.0 as you) starting a PM application
from a concurrent process buffer.  Version 6.02 solved this problem.

Besides: I wrote some OS/2 specific stuff in Epsilon's extension language
EEL.  Especially some mouse support (started a port from a DOS version
of this mouse support).  Anybody interested?

- Clemens
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lmp8913@venus.tamu.edu (PRESTON, LISA M)
Subject: Re: OS2 BETA - dos emulation not as good?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:02:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct09.121954.9528@stiatl.salestech.com>, iam@stiatl.salestech.com (Ian Mercado) writes...
>Geez...why don't you do IBM and the rest of us OS/2 lovers a favor and
>REPORT THE DAMN THING!!
> 
>Argh...
> 
>Ian


	HOW???

	We don't have Compuserve access, and our report that we E-mailed
to their tech-support address was met with "we are not supporting 
the Beta version" as their reply.

	The  E-mail address of anyone at IBM interested in a bug report
would be appreciated.

lISA 

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tokarj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Joyce Tokar)
Subject: FRECOM fax96 1-Liner
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Summary: Yet Another Faxboard Question
Keywords: faxboard, fax96
Organization: Tartan, Inc.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:00:51 GMT

I have been unable to transmit faxes using the above faxboard running
a full screen DOS session under OS/2 2.0.  (I don't know about
receiving).  Has anyone used this board successfully under OS/2?

Thanks,
Joyce L. Tokar
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Subject: Re: IBM is Horrible
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 13:18:11 GMT

In article <67464@cup.portal.com> Tazzie@cup.portal.com (Jon S Novak) writes:
>
>Now for those who say 'well you just spoke to someone who didn't know'
>IBM is supposed to be the industry leader.  They are supposed to have
>all these high standards for their employees.  So if this person is just
>an example, what can you say about the company in general?  Forget about them.

Hmm.... I recall calling Microsoft once about the trouble I was having
configuring QuickBasic to work on our Novell network (something about
the setup files).  The person I talked to had no clue about using
QuickBasic on a network.








-- 
Pierre von Kaenel	| Skidmore College	     | pvonk@skidmore.edu
Math & CS Dept.		| Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391

[.... old sig has been retired.  New sig isn't ready yet. ]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Re: CYRIX 387-33: DOES IT WORK THE OS/2???
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:37:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.104707.1@woods.ulowell.edu> adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>I've been running OS/2 just fine for the last few months in my 386-40 so
>I went out to purchase a 387 to enhance performance.  I was finally sold on
>a CYRIX 387-33mhz (The salesman told me the chip would work find in my 40mhz

Take it back!!  There are 387-40 coprocessors out there.  I have an IIT,
and I have had no problems with OS/2.
You'll just have problems with the mismatched speeds.


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gong@dutw34.tudelft.nl (GONG Sunrong)
Subject: How to change font for printing to PS printer?
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:12:19 GMT

I am trying to print the OS/2 command reference .inf file to a 
Postscript printer and would like to have the hardcopy in Times
Roman font. How can I do that? I could only get printout in 
Courier font. Also, is this possibleto have pages numbered?

thanks in advance for your help. 

-gong
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald Jones)
Subject: XGA-2 Information...PART 2!
Originator: rjones@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Supersedes: <1992Oct11.003357.21668@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 17:39:34 GMT

The education price (NEP) for the MCA xga-2 is $270. If you have a FAX you
can get  price info from IBM FAX info service. 1-800-426-4329.

IBM does not provide info on the ISA version (except to tell you to call
Radius).

To get info on the XGA-2 ask for document 1547.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: push/pop WPS windows
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:26:31 GMT

In article <gershon.718657880@husc10> gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
>Is there a way to "push" (move to bottom of stack) and "pop" (move
>to the top of the stack) a window in the WPS?  If not, why not?
>The window list is a good substitute, but not the same thing.

There's a utility (or two) at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu which will change the
ALT-ESC ordering, if that's what you mean.  Unfortunately, I've
forgotten the name(s), but feel free to poke around there (look in
/pub/os2/00Index for a list with descriptions).

-- 
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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: mrice@mozart.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mark W. Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 2 screens
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:00:28 GMT
Organization: Your Organization Here

In article <1992Oct13.153332.27515@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
|> In article <718882684snx@bsluho.atr.bso.nl> luho@bsluho.atr.bso.nl (Lucas Hofman) writes:
|> 
|> 8514/VGA/EGA/CGA and Monochrome
|> 8514/XGA and VGA
|> -- 
|> David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing

I've heard you cannot use hercules.  Can the monochrome card have hercules
logic (knowing that you won't use it)?

If not, where can you find a monochrome only card?  All the ones I know
have hercules graphics.

-- 
-----
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From: mmtl@hobson.cc.flinders.edu.au (T.Lampre)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Please explain '.inf' files! What are they?
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:47:28 GMT
Organization: Flinders University

In article <ZHJHsB3w164w@geloser.login.qc.ca> rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte) writes:
>HIya folks...
>
....

>Is there a way to CREATE yourself these .inf fornmat files???
>

Yes, but you need IPFC.EXE from the developers toolkit.
From: me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Boot Disk
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:08:05 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Is it possible to boot OS/2 off a single 1.2MB floppy FOR HPFS?

I can make a boot disk for FAT, but there isn't enough space
for HPFS.IFS

se20boot.exe doesn't work - it runs out of disk space.

Thanks,
	Paul.
From: luho@bsluho.atr.bso.nl (Lucas Hofman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 2 screens
Date: 12 Oct 92 09:38:04 GMT
Organization: BSO/AT Rotterdam

Does anybody know if it is possible to use two screens under the PM at the
same time under OS2/2.0?

If so, do they behave as one big screen, for example, is it possible to drag
a window from one screen to the other? Or do you have to allocate input 
devices to one screen and is the other output only?


Thanks for any leads,

Lucas Hofman                    tel. 010-4521222
luho@bsluho.atr.bso.nl          fax. 010-4520382
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Backup-Programm for OS/2?!
Date: 16 Oct 1992 05:14:25 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

873clifton@gw.wmich.edu writes:


>OBackup sounds interesting, however the newest version I could locate was 1.25.
>This version is dated '89-'91 and doesn't work (just froze the cmd window I
>was using). Also no mention was made of HPFS, etc. Does anyone know where I
>can find v3.40 for evaluation on the nets?


Obackup was in the /pub/uploads/sharebbs/batch???  directory of hobbes
but seems to have been moved when I looked today.  Hopefully it will
reappear soon in the /pub/os2/new directory.  

Perhaps the sysop of hobbes could let us know.

-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help! Adaptec 1542B not recognized by OS/2.
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:50:53 GMT
Reply-To: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Distribution: na
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501

I just installed an Adpatec 1542B SCSI and NEC 74 CD-ROM.  Following previous
posts I set up my config.sys thusly:

IFS=CDFS.IFS
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD
DEVICE=\OS2\CDROM.SYS /N:4
DEVICE=\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS

On boot, I get a message: "SCSI-DD not found", and then CDROM.SYS says it 
isn't loading.

I *think* the problem may be due to the jumper settings on the Adaptec: I had
to change the I/O address from the default 330 to 334 because of a conflict
with my MIDI board (I also had to disable the Adaptec BIOS because it expects
the default I/O address).  

I installed it under DOS just fine.  But, the DOS Driver that Adaptec supplies
has a switch that you can specify the I/O address with.  I can't find anything
that documents a switch for OS/2.  Is there one?  Is there anything that I'm
missing here or any other suggestions?  (BTW, I've edited CDROM.SYS to include
the string "NEC     ".  But I don't think it's even getting that far since
it looks to me like it can't find the SCSI board).

Thanks for any help,

-edg-
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