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From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
Subject: Re: DOS Settings for Win-OS2 and win3.0 Terminal
Reply-To: grumpy@jpradley.UUCP (Jeff Markel)
Organization: Unix in NYC
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 12:12:08 GMT

In article <tadr.713407412@lore> tadr@doe.carleton.ca (Tom A. D. Riley) writes:
>I'm starting to use TE/2 and plan to register it as soon as
>I can figure out the man pages for sz on my unix host. 
>
>(Any one care to volunteer the majical incantation to ivoke
>a zmodem transfer using sz?)
>
>In the mean time I'm using kermit and the windows 3.0 terminal
>applet. The problem is that I don't recieve any characters back
>from the modem unless the mouse is moving. Sounds to me like 
>the vcom.sys driver is not passing the interupts on to the
>VDM inwhich winos2 is running. 
>
>Most likely I've got innapropriate dos settings hence the title
>of the post. If anyone recognizes such an error please point it 
>out to me.
>
>Less likely, but much more interesting is the possiblity that this
>is yet another symptom of the touchy com3 port disease. (I have to 
>touch my com3 port with com16450.sys then reboot with vcom.sys, a
>problem others have posted)
>
>I am willing to spend quite a bit of time on this so please respond
>if you are having similar problems or want to try out a possible 
>solution or repeatable symptom on a different machine with the same
>disease.
>
>I filled out an IBM problem report on this but it did not include 
>an internet email address (that I could find). So the file sits on
>my machine. Any suggestions?
>
>Tom Riley   

Tom - the "incantation" for sz on Unix is simple:
	sz <filename>

As to mouse/modem interaction - it sounds like your mouse and your modem are
using the same IRQ - It's a serial mouse, right?  Try moving either the
mouse or the modem to another com port.

                        Jeff Markel

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From: bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Rumors Confirmed?  OS/2 Article from Computer Reseller
Date: 18 Aug 1992 10:47:45 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

  I spotted an interesting article on the future of OS/2 in a
recent (August 3) Computer Reseller News.  It's too long and
probably illegal to quote the whole article here, but here's
the general gist:

  IBM plans to make OS/2 scalable for client/server support.
The changes, according to John Soyring, director of IBM's
software development programs, include using the MACH 3
kernel for reduced memory usage and "seamless ties to 
it's AIX brand of UNIX".  Whatever seamless ties are.
  POSIX compliance to allow OS/2 to run on mutiple platforms,
mutiple processor support, and TCP/IP protocols are built-in.
  All this could be available as soon as next year.
  The MACH 3 kernel will also be used in IBM's AIX UNIX, 
"allowing the systems to be tightly integrated and letting
users of both systems share a single database, which is 
currently under development."

  Ok, OS/2 - Windows NT flamers, have at it :)

-- 
  Bruce White(bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
  "I live like I type - Fast, and with a lot of mistakes"
From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 video drivers for Diamond Stealth
Date: 21 Aug 92 12:13:36 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <BtAGM7.7Go@chinet.chi.il.us>, orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) writes:
> In article edb1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (edward.benyukhis) writes:
> 
>>Can anyone provide me with some assistance on locating OS/2 video
>>drivers that will allow me to exploit full capability of the
>>Dimond Stealth graphics board.  It seems that after installation
>>I have been running at 640 x 480 VGA mode and I do not know how
>>to go to a higher resolution mode or if higher resolution mode
>>is at all available.  Drivers for Stealth board are preferred.
> 
> 	Do not look forward for any drivers for it.  I talked with
>  Diamond yesterday ( Wed. 19th of august ) about problems with the
>  stealth and the speedstar.  Their Tech Support line is telling 
>  customers if they have problems, to return it to the dealer!!!!
> 
> 	I asked about Win3.1 drivers that work.  "Sorry".  I asked about
>  OS/2 drivers. "Sorry".  Its funny and sad....

That really sucks.  At least I know not to purchase another Diamond
product again.  However, in their defense, they do have Win3.1 
drivers.  I received my diskette from them about a week before
I threw out Win3.1 in favor of OS/2.  As far as I could tell, the
3.1 drivers worked just fine on my Speedstar HiColor board.

Chris

> 
>  ================================== 
>          Paul J. Giovacchini        | Experience is that marvelous thing that 
>       ( orac@chinet.chi.il.us )     | enables you to recognize a mistake when
>        In the year XXVII A.S.       | you make it again.  -F. P. Jones
>  ===================================
From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: higher resolutions for Win-OS2
Date: 18 Aug 92 04:20:19 GMT
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany

I finally succeeded i installing OS2 on my Gateway 486sx25 with ATI Ultra.
I am using the Ultra drivers from OS2 1.3 in 800x600, and all seems to 
be working fine.
But I would just like to know a few things.
How can I increase the resolution of WIN-OS2 and Windoze apps run under OS2?
Even though the OS2 desktop is in 800x600, the Windows stuff runs in VGA.
Or at least that's what it looks like.  I was able to run Windows within
windows on the desktop (is that what is meant by "Seamless Windows"?),
but it looked like VGA.  Maybe I am just spoiled because I ran Win3.1 in
1024x768, so 800x600 looks too big and low res.  Is that the case?
Thanks,
Peter V.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
From: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson)
Subject: NCSA telnet CPU usage
Originator: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:51:37 GMT

	When I run NCSA telnet under a DOS full screen window my Pulse meter
suggests that I am hogging the CPU, even when it is in the background doing
nothing.  Likewise with epsilon for DOS.

	Is there a setting that I should change to tell these programs not
to keep polling for something?

Bill Pearson

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Cache parameter
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 23:53:54 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

I upgarded my system to 20 meg and tried to set the HPFS cache to 8
meg. The system responded by telling me that was too much and that it
would use the maximum allocation. What is the size of the maximum
allocation?
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
---
Given Civil Seizure, from the DEA's point of view, winning the War on
Drugs would be killing the Goose that lays golden eggs.

The War on Drugs is a full-employment program for psycho/socio-paths.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: HOW to INSTALL Fonts??
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:11:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.064054.18544@usl.edu> das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
:Hi there.
:
:I downloaded a font yesterday, and danged if I cannot figure how
:to install it so OS/2 System Editor 'sees' it!

First of all, make sure the fonts you want to install are regular adobe
fonts compatible with OS/2 ATM. You should put the files ( *.afm, *.pfm
*.pfb) into one directory, like a temp directory.

Then, click on the FONT PALETTE object. There will be 8 fonts in each
FONT PALETTE. Click once on a font already on the palette and then click
on the "Edit Font..." box. Another window will come up, click on the
"Add..." box in that window. It should be self explanatory from there.

If you want to add your Adobe fonts to WIN-OS/2. Just start a WIN-OS/2
session and click on the ATM icon. 

I hope this helps.
-- 
   | Don Smith     (yahweh)      |  Its a Satanic drug thing....     |
   |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu     |    ....you wouldn't understand.   |
   |djs6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu   |                                   |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Subject: Disk Compression for OS/2 Released!!
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 20:31:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Here's something I grabbed off of Fidonet:

---------------------------cut here-----------------------
August 10, 1992
Proportional Software Corporation today announced the DCF/2
Disk Compression Facility for IBM's'@ OS/2@ Version 2.0.
  In response to the needs of IBM OS/2 users, Proportional
Software has introduced the first dynamic disk compression
technology for OS/2 Version 2.0. The DCF/2, or Disk
Compression Facility/2 allows users to increase their local
physical disk storage without affecting applications software
or system behaviour.
  On-the-fly disk compression using the DCF/2 results in 35%
to 70% additional disk space, depending on the types of
information on the disk and the level of compression selected.
The Proportional Software DCF/2 uses native OS/2 file
structures to compress standard file information into less
physical space -- resulting in making a hard disk appear
bigger than it really is!
  According to Fred Schmidt, Sales Vice President at
Proportional, the typical OS/2 user requires over 50 MB of
physical disk space for the OS/2 operating system, it's
swapfile, and basic utilities. Even though OS/2 includes both
a complete DOS and Windows environment, this still means that
there is a real crunch for space when a user upgrades from a
DOS or Windows environment. The DCF/2 offers a quick, easy,
and simple solution to this problem.
  Proportional Software is introducing the DCF/2 at $99.95
through December 31, 1992. The U. S. list price is $129.95.
We have a special price of $64.98 (50% of list for IBM
employees(for personal use, only) if they fax the order with a
copy of their IBM badge.
  Contact Herb Smith at 1-800-666-4672 or by
FAX at 1-800-955-4672, for further information.
  Also, please mention my name when you call,  thank you.
                Robert Eidswick.

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
 * Origin: The Antenna Farm BBS - Austin, TX (1:382/40)
-------------------------cut here-----------------------

I don't know anything about this apart from what's in the
message.  Standard disclaimer applies.  

Srikanth
Organization: European Academic Research Network (EARN)
Date: Friday, 14 Aug 1992 15:42:02 GMT
From: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: RE: Stem Variables as Arguments

Like VM NETNEWS code, a good way to define your GLOBAL variables
is to have the 'g.' stem for them, like:

g.userid = 'something'
g.node = 'something'

then in all your procedures (that need something global) you can
just say

procedure expose g.

very elegant!  Intrepret 'Procedure expose' vars  is very ugly!
-turgut
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: OS/2 patches
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:32:22 GMT

> > >In article <1992Aug20.001811.1002@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith) writes:
> > >
> > >At the OS/2 seminar I attended at IBM this evening, the presenter stresses
> > >that if your system isn't broken - DON'T FIX IT. The only exception was the
> > >kernel patch, which everyone using OS/2 should apply (the June 17th patch,
> > >that is). 
> 
> I have been trying to use OS2YOU to run my work OS/2 PC from home. With the
> new comms drivers, i couldn't get a working connection. With the COMMGA
> drivers, I had no trouble.

It seems that the new drivers are better for DOS, but don't work for
OS/2 programs!  Fortunately, I am using DOS programs.  But it seems
that IBMs patches have all created new problems.

I wish they would get it together!  It would seem that they are
missing really blatant bugs!  Also, it is a real problem that people
are putting patches under the same name...the original COM patch was
called COMMGA.  The new one should have a new name like COMMGA01.
Otherwise, it is impossible to tell whether you are downloading a new
driver or an old!

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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: I've seen NT......and I'll take OS/2 2.0 thanks!
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:59:07 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

I've not figured out how to do the following two things from 32-bit
code; perhaps you can enlighten me:

1) do port i/o to/from my analog i/o card from C Set/2

2) read data without echo from the keyboard from C Set/2 (getch() is
not found by the linker when I use that function.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
---
Given Civil Seizure, from the DEA's point of view, winning the War on
Drugs would be killing the Goose that lays golden eggs.

The Drug War is a government-sponsored, taxpayer-financed,
full-employment program for psycho/socio-paths, wannabees and
gonnabees.
From: wjb5106@rigel.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DOS and HPFS
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:45:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Aug18.065952.12344@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes...
>pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet wrote:
>> If I format my hard drive as one large partition, and use HPFS, does that
>> mean that I cannot use a DOS prompt anymore, since DOS will only recognize
>> FAT?  How about DOS in a Window?
>> Or is the OS2 prompt *completely* DOS compatible?
> 
>Running a DOS window from OS/2 will give you access to your HPFS
>partition with no problems. Usually almost everything you would want to
>do in a DOS window you can do in an OS/2 window anyway.
> 
>The only time you can't access the HPFS drive is if you boot DOS from a
>floppy (or another HDD) or if you boot a specific DOS version into a VDM
>through a DOS image.
> 

This is not entirely correct.  HPFS partitions can be made available to
specific DOS versions booted into VDMs under OS/2.  All you need to do
is add the fsfilter.sys driver to the config.sys file for the floppy
(and put fsfilter.sys on the floppy, of course).

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ekl@fics.uucp
Subject: Re: ATM and german characters
Organization: Kvam data as
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:20:39 GMT
Keywords: ATM OS/2 german

In article <eckartwe.714303612@unknown> eckartwe@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Martin Eckart-Weissbaecker) writes:
>Hi,
>I'm using OS/2 2.0 (GA) German with the ATM feature,
>but ATM does not handle correct the special german
>characters (i.e. ae oe ss so called Umlaute and 
>scharfes S), the distance between the characters is to
>small, the next charcater will be printed over the
>previous!
>Does anyone have the same problem?
>Is there a fix?
>Any help will be wellcome,
>thank you in advance,
>
>Martin
>

Guenter Stueck of Germany provided this soulution (which works):

- Delete all previously installed fonts within ATM
- Erase the directories \psfonts and \psfonts\pfm
- Edit *.INF on the font disk, *except* symb.inf. Replace all
  occurences of "Pi true" with "Pi false"
- Start ATM and reinstall the fonts.

Here you go!

Eirik

PS: This is a *big* pain for us non-us (no pun intended...) folks,
as we really need these characters. How about including this into
the FAQ? Tim?
From: slg1202@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Why can't I communicate???????
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:21:40 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I just got OS/2 2.0 and am trying to be impressed with the advanced
(superior) multitasking.

Well, I load up Telix or Telemate in a DOS window and try to download
something through my modem and I get a ton of errors.
Effective throughput drops to 200cps (should be about 1600cps for v32bis)

I reboot DOS and finish the file transfer at 1600cps under "wimpy" DOS 5.0.

Am I doing something wrong???

It seems that OS/2 is not fast enough and is missing some IRQ's from COM2.

BTW... my hardware is as follows:
	486/33, 64k cache, 8meg RAM, 213 Meg HD, ZyXEL EXTERNAL 32bis modem
	connected on com2.

Thanks...
Steve Lee
slg1202@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bgraham@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Brooks Graham )
Subject: Re: OS/2 hard drive: SCSI or IDE?
Organization: Washington State University!
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:36:45 GMT

>>So, what does low-level formatting of a voice-coil drive mean?
>
>Same as before.  You still need some markers to locate the tracks and
>sectors.  Those voice-coils need to read some references.  They are
>NOT permanent!  The magnetic image of the track-sector reference marks
>(including the prologue/epologue signatures) fade with time.  They are
>only written by a low-level format procedure.
>
>Voice-voil drives don't have problems with tracks "drifting" across
>the platter, but they can have problems with the track markers fading.
>
>It isn't usually necessary, but is sometimes is.  Note also, that
>low-level formatting re-initializes the partition table.  This is
>necessary if you're de-installing Unix, for example.

Be aware, however that the standard 'low-level' formatting of a 
voice-coil drive does _not_ rewrite the servo tracks.  This is an 
analog signal that requires specialized harware to write.

Brooks Graham
bgraham@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu

>--
From: cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: More on the C: and D: business
Keywords: dos partitions
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:07:05 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson


All of you smart folks who have howled at other folks about how they
should read the FAQ and installation manuals, try this one on for size.

Let's suppose that for some reason neither DOS nor OS/2 seem to
listen to my user-defined drive CMOS type 48 that defines my
200 MB drive, and instead want to format the disk for 75MB (?!).
Let's suppose that I hadn't noticed this until real recently
because UNIX (yes, I want it to coexist with them) formats all
200 MB like its supposed to without comment. Let's further
suppose that UNIX can only create simpleton DOS partitions, and
that DOS and OS/2 turn the partition table into spaghetti if I try
to use them to change things (since they think the drive is 75MB?).

Suppose I create a couple of 30 meg partitions for DOS from UNIX.
Format them with DOS 5, they are my drive C: and D:, and then
install OS/2 dual boot on C:.  Everything is spiffy, except when
I run OS/2 I notice that D: does not exist!  Remind me again,
if DOS can access it, why can't OS/2?  I can't believe there is
anything physically preventing this clever "better DOS than DOS"
from reading that plain FAT partition as D: the way DOS does.

Note that while I can't create/delete partitions with DOS or
OS/2 fdisk without nuking things, I am able to change the
active partition without turning things to jello.

Comments from the peanut gallery are welcome.  If someone can tell me
how to format all 200MB (CMOS sez 1631 cyls, 15 heads, 17 spt) of the
drive for OS/2, I'll stop whining about not being able to access a
second 30MB DOS partition!

Clint Jeffery, U of Arizona - cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu
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From: ccusekh@prism.gatech.EDU (Kevin Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: need Adaptec phone number(s)
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:45:01 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: na
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I need the phone number(s) for Adaptec.  Thanks. 
-- 
Kevin A. Hodge                |   "I'll show you a life of the mind!"
Engineering Psychology        |            Madman Mundt
Georgia Tech                  |
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 13:00:45 +02
From: Wim Van Holder <FDBAQ03@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject:    S3 Drivers - A Question

Having bought my S3 card in late May, I'm still waiting for the announcement
of OS/2 2.0 drivers for my Orchid F1280. And I'm not the only one |

Now, before I start thinking of getting rid of my Orchid and buying an ATI
Graphics Ultra, I would like to know if the Orchid will provide the same
accelleration facilities to OS/2 as it does to Windows, once the drivers
will be there (in September as I read recently) ? Forgive me if this is
obvious, I'm not an expert on this. This reason why I'm in doubt is that in
a recent posting of someone who contacted Orchid, they said the Fahrenheit
was designed to speed up Windows and wondered why one would buy it with
the intention to run OS/2. In another posting it was suggested that Orchid
was awaiting the release of the 32 bit engine.

Wim Van Holder,
Systems Engineer at K.U. Leuven - Dept. TEW.
From: md3z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Denovich)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Can't extract proii4.zoo
Date: 19 Aug 92 05:43:08 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have tried 10 times and still can't extract proii4.zoo from hobbes.

Anyone else have an idea....

Mark Denovich
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 09:48:52 EDT
From: H. Choe <HXC6@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SYS02025, SYS02027: What are they?

I took out my faithful ESDI controller and HD, and tried to install
OS/2 on SCSI HD (with Adaptec 1542B).  First, I installed MS-DOS5.0
and got no problem.  Next, I inserted the OS/2 INSTALLATION diskette
and reboot the system, I got the following message:
                    OS/2!! SYS02025
                    OS/2!! SYS02027
and stuck.  What do these message mean?  Thanks.