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From: chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: superVGA  (and misc top-blowing)
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:58:36 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

In article <1992Aug13.151742.18779@cam-orl.co.uk> thg@cam-orl.co.uk (Tim Glauert) writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.080540.17580@actrix.gen.nz>, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>|> You said it was shame that you had to buy the hardware to run an OS. I assume
>|> you have a 486/50 with 16megs of RAM and a 200 meg hard drive sitting around
>|> for NT.
>
>As far as the *facts* are concerned, this is just plain wrong! You can run the
>unoptimised NT SDK in less than this. The final release will be leaner on both
>memory and disc.
>
>As far as my opinions go, I reckon that you need at least the hardware you
>describe above to run OS/2 2.0 properly. I certainly didn't run it for long on
>my 8Meg 486/33, it was too slow compared to 3.1.
>

I run it on a 25mhz 386 with 8 megs memory.  It runs better than win 3.1
by a long shot.


>|> Or you can run OS/2 2.0 on a 386sx/20MHz with 6 megs of RAM.
>
>No thank you! It was a DOG on a 386/25 with cache and 8 megs.

I disagree.  It runs alot faster than Win 3.1 does on my 386/25 with 8
megs.  For example, if I have more than ONE app running on win 3.1
things start to go to a crawl.  For instance, try xcopying stuff
from a floppy to the HD, formmatting a floppy, copying stuff from
one subdir to another (stuff = like 100k+) and then try to do something
simultaneously in Windows.  All of a sudden, it takes windows a LONG
time to complete one of the tasks.  OS/2 doesnt suffer any noticeable
slowdowns.  If OS/2 is a dog on my machine, then Windows is a pig, or
better yet, a COW.  Your observation doesn't hold.  I bet NT will be
even worse when it comes to speed, but I will have to wait for the
final version to see.  
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2:231 comp.os.os2.misc:27213
From: sulli_t@pyramid.unr.edu (Tim Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Adding a new modem
Summary: Anything special necessary?
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:27:47 GMT
Reply-To: sulli_t@pyramid.unr.edu (Tim Sullivan)
Followup-To: comp.os.os2
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno  Department of Computer Science

Okay, all you OS/2 experts.  I'm going to add an internal modem to my
Gateway '486.  My OS/2 is configured as "dual boot", and the modem is
slated to be set up on IRQ5, COM3.  

Anything unusual or special that I need to do for the OS/2 part of the
system?

Thanks,

	Tim Sullivan (sulli_t@cs.unr.edu)
From: gt0297a@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Drury)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: os/2 server?
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:50:11 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <1992Aug13.183913.6508@cognet.ucla.edu> dwells@cognet.ucla.edu (David Wells) writes:


>I am setting up a file server/gateway system, and am wondering if an
>os/2 system would be competitive.  Currently, a Sun SS2 is my primary
>candidate.  I've tested a Novell NFS server, and it's performance was
>good (400+ NFSops for a 486/33 EISA w/ 1 SCSI, 2 disks and 2
>Ethernets), but the Novell s/w costs more than an SS2 server!!!

using tcpip 1.2.1:
i use my 386-40 heavily at work and it functions as an ftp server,
a telnet server, and an nfs server with no noticable degradation
in performance.  (telnet is a little slow if the machine is real
busy).

>Given a 486/50 with (all bus master EISA) 2 SCSI controllers and 4
>ethernets running os/2, what level of NFS and gateway performance
>should I expect?  For security reasons, I'd like to be able to
>restrict, say, NFS packets from going to one of the ethernets, while
>allowing telnet packets to do so.  Can os/2 do such packet filtering?
>If so, then how much impact would this have on the system's NFS
>performance?

i think you would need the programmers toolkit and source code to 
modify the program to do this filtering.

>A different preformance question is how much does system throughput
>degrade when an os/2 system is under heavy load.  Similarly, how much
>does adding more RAM improve this?

i have seen no noticable performance increase when os/2 is run on a 
faster machine, but add more ram and the performance increase is
incredible, my 8M 386-40 runs ok and about as quick as a 486-33 with
8M but put 16M in the 486 and it flies.  the swap file is the 
bottleneck with os/2.

>Another consideration is stability.  How stable is os/2?  Will it run
>under heavy loads for a week?  a month? (in our environment, a sun
>needs to be rebooted monthly)

i have to reboot about twice a month - but thats when i'm experimenting
with the system, you also have to reboot when you change config.sys to
have the changes take effect.  if you change a tcpip data file then
you may have to close and re-run the tcpip daemon that uses it.

>thanks,
>David

-tim drury
tdrury@calsun.gatech.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: at018@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dale Houston)
Subject: Re: Keyboard focus with X server.
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 17:01:14 GMT


I have had the same problem. Mostly when I have 'xterm' or some kind of 'motif'
window running alongside some kind of sun/openlook window. The sun windows tend 
to hog the keyboard and you need to minimize/hide them.


dale
dhouston@bio.ri.ccf.org
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dale houston
(dhouston@bio.ri.ccf.org)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU (Peter C. Tam)
Subject: Re: Help with DOS Version of Lan Manager URGENTLY Sought
Organization: Research Libraries Group, Inc.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:38:09 GMT

  Is there a Virtual NETBIOS to FTP Packet Driver Interface convertor 
available, so that user can run NCSA/CUTCP ftp/telnet/lpr.... 
services concurrently with OS2 ethernet drivers ???? Thanks !!!!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: kitchens@morpheus.austin.ibm.com (Otto K.)
Subject: MS LANMAN Requester for OS/2 2.0
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 17:05:17 GMT
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

Awhile back a post mentioned the availability of a beta driver for a
LANMAN requester for OS/2 2.0.  Does anyone have any idea when the
requester will ship?

TIA,
otto
From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: Telnet
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:11:51 GMT
Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY

In article <13456@chalmers.se> d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) writes:

>Yes, I understand that you can't do PM programs with it.  But CAN you do
>ANY text mode program, even if it does NOT use stdin/stdout, but rather use
>the logical or physical display buffer?

Yes - the IBM Telnet server works by establishing itself as a VIO monitor (an
OS/2 capability) for the full-screen session.  That means that it gets to
intercept all calls made to the session at the VIO level and translate them
into terminal sequences.

This includes things like VioShowBuf which an application that directly uses
the virtual buffer has to do at some point to display information on the
screen normally.  When the emulator sees this, it will ship the specified
contents of the buffer to the remote telnet client.  Unfortunately, this is
not the most efficient way to work since the server can't tell just what
within the region actually changed (well, it could, but that would require it
keep it's own copy of the virtual screen), so it just sends the whole region.
Thus, such programs may be a bit slower to run over telnet than programs that
just issue normal VIO calls directly.

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From: chan@holo.iitsg.nrc.ca (Les Chan)
Subject: Re: Installing LaMail's EPM eats ressources
Reply-To: chan@holo.iitsg.nrc.ca (Les Chan)
Organization: NRC
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 14:43:25 GMT


In article <1992Aug14.184322.31551@watson.ibm.com>, Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com> writes:

|>Multiple copies are not required; as I mentioned, you can delete the (5.50)
|>EPM.EXE and *.ex in \os2\apps, and ETK*550.DLL in \os2\apps\dll, and only
|>use the 5.51 version.


Do you really mean to delete \os2\app\*.ex or \os2\apps\epm*.ex?
What are these .ex files and what do they do?


Les
From: is-ts@umd5.umd.edu (Student Consultant)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Telnet/FTP and Novell together?
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:24:28 GMT
Organization: CSC Consulting Lab

Hello all.  I need to be able to have various Telnet connections open at
the same time, along with occassional FTP sessions.  A FTP server is not
necessary.  I also need to be able to connect to our Novell fileserver.
I know the Novell Requester is needed for this, but it doesn't work in
DOS boxes correctly (I am running 4dos...they don't like each other).  Two
questions:

	i)  When are 4dos and the Netware Requester supposed to be able
		to work with each other...is someone working on fixing
		this?
	ii) What package do I need in order to do telnet/ftp etc from
		my OS/2 machine...side by side with Novell access (once
		it starts working correctly that is...)

Thanks for all the info.

BTW - I have heard a few things about IBM's TCP/IP package...is this what
I need, and how does it work with OS/2 v2.0?  Where can I get more info?

Al Dhir
adhir@cygnus.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: dak@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Korzekwa)
Subject: Re: More problems with PMX.
Organization: Los Alamos National Lab, Group MST-6
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 03:48:19 GMT

For those of you with PMX problems:

IBM has CSD's available for TCPIP 1.21 and PMX that fixed the problems
for me.  I was having lots of trouble with xterms locking up etc.

Call IBM customer support, and be patient with the level 1 people.  The
level 2 folks are familiar with the problem.  If you need details on 
the csd levels etc, email me.

Dave Korzekwa
Los Alamos National Laboratory
dak@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov
From: ching@angelo.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Where to get TCP/IP
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:24:36 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA


How does one get TCP/IP for OS/2? Can I order by phone or FAX?
If yes, what's the phone number? Thanks for any pointers.

Mike Ching
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: DISKLESS WORKSTATIONS
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:08:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug15.031044.237@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
>Is there any way I can operate with OS/2 booting and running off the network? 
>ie have OS/2 on a diskless workstation.

In a word, yes, provided you have the right LAN adapter (with
bootstrap code).  The scheme works particularly well with IBM Token
Ring (hint, hint :-)), but it should work OK with other adapters.

It is called "Remote IPL" in IBM-speak.  My suggestion: "Contact your
IBM representative for details."  You can also learn about other
interesting features like remote installation, remote installation of
CSDs, and other network-friendly features in OS/2 2.0.  The IBM office
here in Chicago holds free seminars on these and other topics; perhaps
you are fortunate enough to have a similar resource nearby.

>Given the above, can I junk the windows and dos support?

You always can.  Simply put PROTECTONLY=YES in your CONFIG.SYS.

>I read - sometime before - that OS/2 is used to run a network of ATMs (can't
>remember which bank). Do they do it this way?

Not quite.  NCR uses OS/2 1.3 as the operating system in its automatic
teller machines.  The operating system is evidently stripped down --
no Presentation Manager -- but boots directly from the ATM (possibly
with some sort of solid state "disk" -- I'm speculating a bit here).
ATM network links are often slow, so it really wouldn't make sense (in
terms of both speed and cost) to boot the ATM from a bank's central
computer.

Incidently, that's Automatic Teller Machine, not Adobe Type Manager,
in the paragraph above.

>I am investigating if I can use OS/2 as the OS for a computational server node.
>ie I put together a bunch of single board computers ([34]86 AT or EISA of course)
>with networking cards with one of the single board computers acting as the file
>server.

Hmmm...  An interesting application.

It is certainly doable, although this isn't exactly the proper forum
to discuss this implementation in any detail.  It also depends on how
"elegant" you want this box to be.  :-)

I should point out that QNX might fit the bill here, but it all
depends on what applications you want to run.  So you have some other
options, too.

My suggestion would be to make friends with an IBM representative, sit
down, and have a nice, long, frank talk.

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From: add@philabs.philips.com (Aninda V. Dasgupta)
Subject: Netware on OS/2
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:21:09 GMT

I have an Ethernet connecting three 386 based
PCs that talk Netware to each other.  I want to hook up
my PS/2 (running OS/2) to this Ethernet and have it talk
Netware to the PCs. Additionally I want the PS/2 to talk
TCP/IP to a Sun box on the same Ethernet. 

I have two questions :
1) Can I use my Netware for DOS on the OS/2 machine ?
   Or do I have to buy Netware for OS/2 ?

2) Do I have to buy two separate Ethernet adapters for my
   PS/2, one to talk Netware to the PCs and one to talk TCP/IP
   to the Sun ?  Or can Netware and TCP/IP run on the same 
   Ethernet adapter ?  It might be important to note that
   I don't want to buy Netware for my Sun.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
-- 
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Ph : (914) 945-6071    Fax : (914) 945-6552
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: usdta004@mmm.serc.3m.com (Timothy S. Shea)
Subject: Token Ring to Ethernet bridge (TCP/IP) 
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 13:56:43 GMT

About a month ago I throw out a question about TCP/IP routing with OS/2
2.0 and TCP/IP 1.2.1.  I ran out of time to play around with it then but
now I have been given the time to get it up and running.  I understand
how everything works in theory but I have not found any practical
examples of how to get this thing to work.

I have a PS/2 with a Token Ring card (example addr of 150.40.8.40) and
an Ethernet card (example addr of 150.40.9.1).  I have a machine on the
Token Ring (example addr of 150.40.8.41) that I wish to be able to talk
to the hosts and routers on the Ethernet.  What settings do I look for
on the PS/2 (the potential router)?  and how do I configure ROUTE on the
Token Ring client?

IBMLink told me to call up my SE's which told me to send a note to
IBMLink...

thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: X server
From: Lawrence W Downes <LD11PHYF@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 16:11:05 EDT
Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service

Has anyone seen (or heard) of any X servers for OS/2?
 
Thanks
Larry Downes
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
Subject: Re: DISKLESS WORKSTATIONS
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:30:17 GMT

eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:


>Is there any way I can operate with OS/2 booting and running off the network? 
>ie have OS/2 on a diskless workstation.

Yes, it is called "Remote IPL" and it is a feature of OS/2 Lan Server.
______________________________________________________________________________
     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)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: DISKLESS WORKSTATIONS
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:05:25 GMT

eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
: Come to think of it. Would I be better off using OS/2 1.3 instead?

umm.. forget I said this... ;-).

jin meng
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
Subject: Re: Telnet
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:59:24 GMT
	<1992Aug19.041326.17733@ans.net> <1992Aug20.002105.3103@alf.pec.co.nz>
Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY

In article <1992Aug20.002105.3103@alf.pec.co.nz> paula@alf.pec.co.nz (Paul Andrew) writes:

>>>OK, so the impression I have got from the answers are that the telnet
>>>daemon really can execute any (almost) text session.  So let me change
>>>the question.  Would there be any interest in a solution that allows you
>>>to execute any (almost) text _DOS_ application from the telnet daemon?
>>I'd go for it.  I don't think it would be possible under 1.3 (when this
>>stuff was initially designed), but if it could be pulled off under 2.0
>>(especially if it supported interaction with the DOS sessions) I think it
>>would be great.
>
>Hasn't this already been done?  OS2YOU is an excellent program which
>even allows password protection and multiple users.  You can run DOS
>apps and switch between OS/2 windows.  Still can't see PM apps though.
>Also I haven't been able to get the /pipe/ connect method to work over
>the network properly.

Well, yes, as long as I (a) want to dedicate my serial port both on the
machine I am dialing into and the machine I am dialing from to OS2YOU, and
(b) as long as I have a phone line and modem on the machine I am dialing
into.

For me, both of those points is a problem.  Everything I do is related to
IP networking, so that's how all the machines I ever use (of which the
majority are not OS/2 machines) are networked - so I always establish a SLIP
link from my home machine to work.  I normally have several active sessions
to completely different machines all running over that one link, so giving
it up just to get connected to one OS/2 machine isn't a nice choice.

Also, all of the OS/2 machines at work are already running TCP/IP and are on
the office ethernet.  With my SLIP connection I can telnet to any of them
without requiring separate phone lines and modems.  Adding OS2YOU's additional
remote use capability (task switching, DOS sessions, etc..) but allowing the
IP channel to be used for the communication is the best of both worlds
(hopefully, and IMHO).

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From: esmith@hobbes.psych.purdue.edu (Eliot R. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: trouble installing tcp/ip 1.2.1
Summary: C000005 error after install/configure
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:46:57 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

I recently wanted to add TCP/IP version 1.2.1 to my OS/2 2.0 system
(Gateway 2000 486DX2/50, 8 MB, SMC = WD Ethercard Plus Elite 16 network
card).  The installation and configuration seemed to go smoothly, but
on rebooting I get a series of messages from the device drivers loaded
in CONFIG.SYS and then a blank screen and c000005 in the upper left corner.

I know the machine, OS/2, and card work OK because have been running
PC-NFS in a VDM to access the network.  

Anybody have any ideas on what could cause this and what sorts of things
I should check for?  I've poked around but find nothing obviously wrong,
e.g., in the entries in the PROTOCOL.INI file.

Thanks in advance -- Eliot Smith

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: Rerouting of the remote printer features in IBM TCPIP 1.2.1
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:13:59 GMT

digiuser@robert.byu.edu (Robert Perkins) writes:
: I got TCP/IP up and running.  In a word:  ***BEAUTIFUL!*** I've never been able  
: to do so much with the PC!
: 
: I want to be able to print directly to the remote printer.  Is there a way to  
: reroute LPT1 so that it calls the LPR program whenever data is written to it?

you can try LPRMON. I have not tried it myself but it's supposed to work
with the OS/2 print manager.

eg. Install HP LaserJetwith the print manager to print on lpt1.
    Set LPRMON to intercept lpt1.
    make sure that LPR is setup properly (ie LPR_PRINTER and LPR_SERVER
        environment variables)
    LPRMON will now intercept all print jobs to the lpt1 and call LPR to
    send the job to the remote printer.

now for my question.

Can I use a UNIX (or WinQVT) lpd as my print server? Or must it be an OS/2
lpd?

jin meng
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: X server
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:33:20 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <92232.161105LD11PHYF@MIAMIU.BITNET> Lawrence W Downes <LD11PHYF@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>Has anyone seen (or heard) of any X servers for OS/2?

It is available as an optional add-on to IBM's TCP/IP for OS/2.

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From: mjw@eng.ufl.edu (Mike Wohlgemuth)
Subject: TCPIP 1.2.1 Sendmail
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Florida
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 12:43:18 GMT

I would like to use OS/2 2.0 as a gatetway between our local PC
network's mail and SMTP.  All the parts I need seem to be there
except that sendmail only seems to operate in deamon mode.  I
don't have the doc's yet, so I might be missing something obvious,
but how do I take a random text file & stuff it in the outgoing 
queue?

Thanks,
Mike
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking,comp.os.os2.misc