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From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Win-OS/2 performance tweaks
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:13:44 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Aug30.174627.3153@nmt.edu>, jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:
>> thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>Hello netters,
>>
>>I am running OS/2 on a 386sx-25 with 6 megs of RAM.  The time to
>>start the Win-OS/2 desktop for me is 28 seconds.  After some tweaking
>>(thank you Mr. Sipples), it is now 19 seconds.  Out of curiosity,
>>I fired up Windows 3.1 (from DOS 5) on a 386dx-25 with 4 megs of
>>RAM.  It took 22 seconds!  I couldn't believe it.  For all you
>>OS/2 nonbelievers out there--tweak your OS/2!  I did and now my
>>Win-OS/2 loads faster than Windows 3.1 on a better machine.  (I
>>don't think the RAM difference makes a difference.)
>>
> So, tell us, What are these "tweaks." I'm an OS/2 believer and
> I would like to know how to make it better.
> 

O.K.  Sorry this took so long.  I left the paper with all of these
tweaks at work.  I got most of this from Mr. Sipples, from an 
earlier post he made.  

To tweak your Win-OS/2, set the following DOS settings of your
Win-OS/2 program object:

DOS Full Screen enabled
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT:  3
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT:  0
VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION:  OFF
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT:  64
VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION:  ON
IDLE_SENSITIVITY:  100
IDLE_SECONDS:  10
HW_ROM_TO_RAM:  ON
DOS_UMB:  ON
VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP (if available):  OFF

I would like to propose that a "How to Optimize OS/2" document
be posted to this list regularly.  It could be included in the
FAQ also, I guess.  I would be glad to be the keeper of such a
document, but my knowledge on optimizing OS/2 is not extensive.
With enough contributions though, I think I could put together
a very helpful document.  What does everyone think about this?

I for one, and sick and tired of hearing of people bagging on
OS/2's performance.  With the appropriate tweaking, OS/2 can
fly.  Maybe if a separate document is posted to the usenet that
specifically deals with optimizing OS/2, more people will get
more out of their OS/2.

Please contribute your ideas...

> -Jr
> -- 
> Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
> OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: OS/2 Advocacy
Date: 31 Aug 92 05:20:29 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug29.042538.24418@midway.uchicago.edu> soh3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>Hey, I would rather want a freely resizable os/2 window.  The full screen
>app running inside it must be able to resize as the window itself is
>resized.  Just as in X Windows.

It'd be nice, but remember that these sessions need to be compatible
with older apps.  This includes OS/2 1.0 apps, which make a large
number of assumptions about the system.

It'd be simpler to create a new session type than to update the
existing sessions.  This can be done with applications.


-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "I don't even represent myself
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
 ((|,)
  ~|~  Hi! I am a .signature virus, copy me into your .signature file.
From: glen@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Glen Robinson)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 23:10:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Hasta la Vista, OS/2
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy

>   CS>        How many people have had Windows CRASH and TRASH?? Sorry, that

>   [hand down]

>   Although Windows 3.0 and 3.1 often UAEd/GPFed on my system, I never  had
>   the type of hardware wipeouts I've  seen with OS/2. Of course, I  didn't
>   have HPFS under Windows, either.

Now, everybody who really believes that they never crash and trash -
run norton's ndd -q c: d: etc. from autoexec.bat.  You might be surprised.

Glen - R
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: NT vs OS/2 features (was Re: Misinformation about os2-dos HW access)
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:20:15 GMT

dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
: In article <1992Sep01.181607.4094@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
: 
: >>>     Strangely enough, FAT is faster than HPFS under Windows NT at
: >>>the moment.
: >>
: >>Now, that's **weird**.  You guys aren't running the 1.3 version of
: >>HPFS are ya?  =)
: >
: >     I think the current caching schemes are optimized for FAT.
: 
: They would be.  If you only have one caching scheme, you want to
: optimize it for the worst file system you have.  This way they will
: see the most improvement (and they need it more).  The others already
: have a "leg up" so don't need as much help.
: 
: It's better to use a separate caching scheme for each file system, the
: way OS/2 does.  This is why you have a /CACHE= parameter in the
: HPFS.IFS driver, and a DISKCACHE parameter separately for FAT volumes.

That's not the contention in the [NT vs OS/2 features list by Brian
Sturgill]. Actually, I thought the HPFS cache is for all the file
systems and the FAT cache is meant for floppys. 

Actually, I believe that it is more fault tolerent to have a single
cache scheme. This can be done efficiently by having a single file
buffer cache for ALL block devices (as in UNIX) plus individual file
system info caching separately for each of the file systems supported.

I wouldn't be suprised if OS/2 (with exception of floppys - which are
vastly different from hard disk devices) did it this way.

: -- 
:    |)  David Charlap           "TELEPHONE, n.  An Invention of the devil which
:   /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   abrogates some of the advantages of making a
:  ((|,)                          disagreeable person keep his distance."
:   ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

jin meng
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2:250 comp.os.os2.misc:28456 comp.os.os2.programmer:4501 comp.os.os2.apps:5608 comp.os.os2.advocacy:4648
From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???
Date: 28 Aug 92 02:56:10 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>p.p.s. I phoned Microsoft yesterday afternoon to ask about Windows NT,
>       and asked for a copy of their white paper on it. Guess what arrived
>       in this morning's post?? Only one guess allowed!

I'm sorry to hear about your problems with AmiPro. I have no solutions other
than to advise writing or calling Lotus.

As to waiting for NT, without being insulting, why would you think NT will
have any more or less problems than OS/2? They're cut from the same
cloth, so to speak. And surely, one will be as trouble prone as the
other, particularly in the initial versions.

Software specifications are not adequate to judge a finished product by
(and pardon the awkward sentence <g>).

TomK@cup.portal.com
Tom Krotchko
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2:283 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:12086
From: gunthar@milton.u.washington.edu (Johannes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Why not OS/2 ???? Hmmmmmm
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:21:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Aug31.232140.631
Organization: U of Washington

Hey I don't understand why more people don't want to get there hands on OS/2
so maybe right now you don't think you want it right now. 
but how does 20 dollars sound 
to get yourself a copy.  Here is the idea...

I got mine for $17.26 maybe you can too...

Go to your local used book store and pick up a used copy of say OS/2 1.0
Then call up for your upgrade...You are a fool if you get the $149.00
new user package now.  Sorry if I offend.  Upgrade from earlier versions ends
early October so act fast.  Even if you just put it on your bookshelf till 
you get enough Ram you still won't find as good of a multitasking environment
for under 20 dollars. 	I think that the number once you desire the upgrade is
1-800-3-IBM-OS2  so get happy...

                                          Johannes

		                                    
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.apps
From: tdukes@eng.auburn.edu (Todd J Dukes)
Subject: Re: Re: Files Requested
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:50:42 GMT

In article <65016@cup.portal.com> TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
>>The OS/2 version of QEdit is not shareware. I just bought a copy
>>myself and I love it. It is exactally the same as QEdit for DOS 2.15
>>except that it uses virtual memory so you can edit much larger files.
>>I don't think that you have to go through SemWare, you can probably
>>get it through the Programmer's Shop, or Programmer's Paradise, etc.
>>Retail is $79.00, there is a 50% discount for students (with proof of
>>course). Here the address right off my invoice:
>
>Kedit for OS/2 (much enhanced version of XEDIT for VM/CMS) is available
>for about $130.
>
>The new version of Brief from Borland is available for OS/2, special
>introductory price of $99.
>
>TomK@cup.portal.com
>Tom Krotchko


I got a flyer from Borland about Breif and was interested in seeing what
could make an editor worth a list price of ~$300. 

The box that appeared on the Borland flyer looked smaller than the
Solution Systems box at my local software store.

I have already ordered Breif from Borland, but I was wondering
if anybody had already received Breif from Borland and whether or
not the package contained everything that was in Solution System's
release of the same package.

Todd
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.os2.misc
From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Subject: Re: A Suggestion to IBM Management (sorta long)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:22:41 CDT

In article <0wl-8Y@engin.umich.edu> spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu (D. Robert Spexet II) writes:
>
>It is my opinion that OS/2 was in fact designed for this purpose.  It is
>now time for IBM to start promoting this purpose and rationale to its
>customers.
>
>D. Robert Spexet II, N0OKR   Internet:  spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu
>Department of Mathematics    BITnet:    user68xr@umichum.bitnet
>The University of Michigan   UUCP:      uunet!mailrus!math.lsa.umich.edu!spexet
>Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Robert:

I agree with you so very much.  I could almost (but don't) cry.

I wrote a letter to John Akers (3.5 pages with 38 pages of supporting
documentation).  Basically, it talks about OS/2 Marketing and Advertising.

One of its suggestions was to increase IBM developed OS/2 application 
advertisign. These applications can show off the abilities OS/2 have in 
important areas like multitasking, workplace shell, SOM, threading, support, 
etc.

People look for more than one example or voice.  By giving a voice to IBM's
really outstanding OS/2 applications (e.g. TCP/IP for OS/2 1.2.1) it gives
backing to OS/2.

Isn't this what you are discussing?

A personal moto : Don't like <.....> be a stealth product!

Bert.
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2:301 comp.os.os2.misc:28994
From: SBACIR2@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Create a directory(object) from DRIVES?
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:19:24 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2
Organization: University of Florida, NERDC

In article <1992Aug29.054301.5152@usl.edu>
das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
 
>In article <exujlg.132.0@exu.ericsson.se> exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier) writes:
>>Don't laugh - I've got an OS/2 2.0 user (actually, our applications
>>programming manager) here at work who is new to OS/2.  He asked me
>>how he could create new directories from within the Drives folder in
>>the WPS.
>Have you tried dragging a folder template to the Drive icon?  I think that
>works.  But lack of a 'create directory _is_ atrocious.
 
Try: Open drive in tree view.. Right Mouse button click on any folder...Select
"Create Another"...Select "Folder"...continue on...  Much easier to do from
command line...
 
d.GAP  // also wizard@gap.ir.sbac.edu |voice:904-336-3510/FAX:904-338-7822
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: gunthar@milton.u.washington.edu (Johnna nnnnnnnnnnes)
Subject: Re: Why not OS/2 ???? Hmmmmmm
Organization: U of Washington
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 02:47:48 GMT

:
> >>Hey I don't understand why more people don't want to get there hands on OS/2
> >>so maybe right now you don't think you want it right now. 
> 
> Their hands....

Gosh I'm sorry I'll stop posting due to my wretched mistakes.
 
> >>but how does 20 dollars sound to get yourself a copy.
>  Huh? $20, how, what?

Pay attention and stop correcting spelling mistakes and you may learn something
You may have to cross into the dreaded U.S.A. to pick up a used copy of OS/2
at a decent price.  Since things in Canada seem to quite overpriced.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr,   John with one h, one n, one o, and one j
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
From: branham@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (Tom Branham, Biophysics Grad. Brandeis)
Subject: Re: Create a directory(object) from DRIVES?
Reply-To: branham@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 02:24:45 GMT

You could also use the templates to create new directories :)
Simply drag a folder template over to where you wish a new folder.
May be slower or faster for you, but take a look just so ya know
(You'll find it in the help files.......)                 
                                       ......Tom Branham
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)
Subject: --> DeskJet Owners READ THIS <--
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Summary: Getting printer drivers for HP DeskJet family of printers.
Keywords: printer drivers
Organization: Self employed, eh.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 22:51:59 GMT

I just got off the phone with HP's customer support (DeskJet division)
after being told by IBM that IBM was NOT working on printer drivers
for the DeskJet and IBM didn't know what HP was doing.  Well, so far
HP isn't working on drivers for the DeskJet family of printers either.

The hold up seems to be negotiation over whether these DeskJet drivers
will be solely owned by HP or a shared development between IBM and HP.
HP's reps say they are still in "open negotiation" with IBM over
whether or not DeskJet drivers will *ever* be created.  IBM is blaming
HP for the hold up and HP, naturally, is blaming IBM.

Anyway, HP is trying to get a list of DeskJet owners that want to see
OS/2 drivers developed to show IBM that the need is there and is
big enough to pressure these negotiations to close and development to
start.  According to HP's customer support (DeskJet division) at (208)
323-2551, if you are an HP DeskJet family of printers owner you should
write to:

Hewlett Packard
Vancouver Division
(DeskJet Family of Printers)
18110 SE 34th Street
Camus, WA  98607

and vocally request that DeskJet family of printer drivers be created
for OS/2.  According to customer support, only your letters will cause
these drivers to get out of negotiation and into development.

So if you want to see these drivers then take a moment and write HP!

(Hmmm, now if only this would work for my Diamond video card ... :-(
-- 
Diane Barlow Close
	close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com 
	I'm at lunch today.  :-)
From: car@btr.BTR.COM (Carlos Rimola-Sarti  car@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Source for NDIS Driver
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:22:39 GMT
Organization: Connective Strategies, Inc. (CSI).  Mountain View, California

Does anyone know of where I may be able to find sample source for an
OS/2 NDIS device driver?  Preferably written in C but I will take anything.

+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Carlos Rimola-Sarti                   |         email: rimola@csisdn.com  |
| Connective Strategies Inc.            |                      car@btr.com  |
| ISDN PRI Connectivity Group           |         phone:      415-903-2585  |
+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
From: dll@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Don Loflin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: tar, NFS with IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 - problems
Keywords: TAR, TCPIP, OS2
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:03:05 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

>>>This whole backup-problem in our setup (our Unix-machines have all the
>>>needed devices) could very well leed us to use another's product which
>>>allows us to use the Unix-world for backup-purposes.
>>
>
>We do our backups by mounting the OS/2 drives on a SCO UNIX machine
>and running TAR under UNIX.  We found that we had to reduce the buffer
>sizes to 1024 bytes before it would work.  We didn't need to go as low
>as 512 bytes.  It's not quick though.  We are hoping to use an OS/2
>TAR with IBM TCP/IP's rexec or rsh as a better method for the backups.

If you are looking for a TAR to use with the TCP/IP rexec or rsh, get
the version of Gnu TAR included with the GTAK100.ZOO stuff.  It supports
long filenames, extended attributes, and comes with a COMPRESS, which it
can pipe its output through.

The "Other" version of GNU TAR may or may not support EAs, but it does
support long filenames, I believe.


____________
 Don Loflin
 Computation Center, 
 Univ. of Texas at Austin
 loflin@emx.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: IBM TCPIP Softcopy-3 Manuals
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:17:14 GMT

In article <bwiersema.25@bss2.umd.edu> bwiersema@bss2.umd.edu (Brian Wiersema) writes:
>>>Does anyone know how to unpack - decode - unscramble the documentation that
>>>comes with the TCP software labeled SOFTCOPY-3 MANUALS?
>>They are in Book Manager format which can be read using the Book
>>Manager/2 product from IBM.
>Pretty slick.  You have to buy another product in order to read the manuals 
>for the product you already bought.  I wonder what new product you need to 
>buy to read the Book Manager/2 manuals?
>Seriously, is there any ftp-able PD software that can read these files?

Well, not quite.  Book Manager format is an IBM standard, and it is
not entirely unreasonable that purchasers of IBM's TCP/IP will be
connecting to IBM RS/6000s, AS/400s, and 370 mainframes, all of which
come with Book Manager software, I believe.  Further, the softcopy
manuals are identical to the printed manuals you get with the product,
so it isn't as if you can't read them.

IBM faced a choice when releasing the softcopy manuals: (a) don't
release them at all (which would have been perfectly valid, since the
printed manuals contain exactly the same information); (b) release
them in INF format (in which case all those customers with every other
kind of host -- RS/6000, AS/400, and 370 mainframe -- couldn't read
them using the host); (c) release them in Book Manager format; (d)
release both formats (which would have increased the cost due to disk
space).  They opted for (c).  I present their logic, but I leave it up
to the reader to decide whether it was the proper decision.

Why, then, did IBM opt not to use Book Manager format in OS/2 (instead
of VIEW's INF format)?  I can't answer that question because I have
not evaluated both products side-by-side.

But, to answer your question, no, not that I am aware of.  IBM
apparently has an internal utility which will convert Book Manager
format to INF format (which is the help file format used by OS/2's
VIEW utility), but it has not been released externally.  It may be as
part of the employee written software program.

-- 
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").
Chicago, 60637          | Hey GOP: The Economy, Stupid!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin)
Subject: Re: NewsReader For OS/2 2.0 ?
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 15:28:50 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In  <1992Sep1.103635.15282@newsroom.bsc.no>  vu@bsc.no (Nguyen Vu) writes:
> Is there any Newsreader which is ftp'able for OS/2 2.0 (TCP/IP 1.2.1) ?
> Please E-mail me! vu@scanne.bsc.no

You already have one, it comes with the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP package, although it 
is "sample code".  Look in the \tcpip\samples directory for rn.exe.  

That said, we are currently working on an enhanced news reader which we hope 
to make available in the not too distant future.  

-- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: spexet@engin.umich.edu (Dennis Robert Spexet)
Subject: SLIP troubles with TCP/IP
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 17:03:29 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

I'm having troubles in getting the SLIP functions on TCP/IP 1.2.1 to work
on my machine.  I went and installed the base package and configured it,
creating a TCPSTART.CMD file.

When I run this TCPSTART.CMD file, it calls up another script (SETUP.CMD),
which fires up a program called SLIO.EXE, and runs a waiting program
(SLIOWAIT.EXE).

Unfortunately for me, the SLIO.EXE program doesn't continue running like
it should.  As soon as it is started, at ends with a "result on DOSOPEN=110"
message.  The calling scripts then fail with an abnormal end.

Does anyone here know what that error message means?  And, more importantly,
does anybody know how to fix it?

Thank you kindly,

-Dennis


-- 
D. Robert Spexet II, N0OKR   Internet:  spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu
Department of Mathematics    BITnet:    user68xr@umichum.bitnet
The University of Michigan   UUCP:      uunet!mailrus!math.lsa.umich.edu!spexet
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109