HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jimmink@sif.research.ptt.nl (Jimmink R.)
Subject: Re: Bug Found in SVGA.EXE
Organization: PTT Research
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:10:39 GMT

pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:

>Be aware that there is a bug in the SVGA.EXE program supplied with the
>SP (and maybe with the orginal disks too). This has been verified by a
>number of users. The problem is that the SVGA program does not
>correctly identify certain video cards (notably Diamond Speed Star
>Plus ET4000 based cards). The work-around is to boot up under real DOS
>and run SVGA there. The PMI file thus created will be correct and
>should be used in place of the one created by SVGA.EXE when run under
>full screen OS/2 DOS sessions.

>Paul
I tried to run SVGA.EXE and it did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! It just comes back
with a line saying Use: SVGA ON | OFF or something like that.
I use an OAK 67 SVGA card with 512Kb, and I think OS/2 doesn't recognize
the OAK card as an SVGA card.

So I'm stuck at 'normal' VGA resolutions.

--Ronald.
























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From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: com3; how to get it to work?
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:33:54 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61442.student.cwru.edu

In article <62216@mimsy.umd.edu> rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff) writes:
>From: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
>Subject: com3; how to get it to work?
>Date: 20 Nov 92 15:29:22 GMT
>I believe that this is in the faq, but I can't find a copy at watson.
>A while ago, I had a problem and had to use the alt-F1 trick to get
>OS/2 to reboot.  I restored everything, but I forgot to add in the 
>line to my config.sys file get OS/2 to recognize com3.  Could
>someone tell me what needs to be typed in?

Yep. From the faq: [pasted in directly from it]

(21)    Can I use COM3 and COM4 in OS/2?

COM3 and COM4 are supported on most PS/2s without any additional effort.
On (E)ISA machines, some additions are required to CONFIG.SYS.  Using a
text editor, include "(port number, base address, interrupt number)"
parameters next to the COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS filenames.  One example:
        DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS (3,3E8,5) (4,2E8,2)
        DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS (3,3E8,5) (4,2E8,2)
Parameters for COM1 and COM2 need not be included (unless they are
somehow nonstandard).  OS/2 must end up with sequentially numbered
logical COM ports.  For example, if (physical) port two is not installed
but port three or port four is installed start numbering using (2,...)
in the DEVICE lines.  If these efforts fail, try IBM's patched COM
drivers (available from sources listed in Question 8).

Note that AT bus COM ports cannot be used at the same time if they share
interrupts because of bus design limitations (cf. "Under the Hood: How
Interrupts Work," Byte, February, 1992).  PolyCom, a replacement driver
available from sources listed in Question 8, supports up to eight ports
with the right hardware.

Oh, and BTW: [quoted from Tim Sipple's .sig]

The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST 2.0g is avail.
from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all
/faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")



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From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Moving/Dragging Icons - Icon not displayed as it is moved
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:05:38 GMT
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates

I have noticed recently that when I move icons around on the desktop and
in folders, that I am moving blind.  This did not used to be true, and I
have no idea what I did to break it.

I seem to remember some settings somewhere that sounded like it affected
this, but I cannot find it.  Can anyone help?

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From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Crashproof? NOT!
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:48:17 -0600

Mike:

Suggestion on getting free online IBM support -> Join the OS/2 Developer
Assistance Program (Commerical).  I don't know about the Worldwide
version if IBMLink is free.

Additionally, I just got a note from the DAP saying that LNK7 assigned
OS/2 DAP members can get to the IBM OS/2 BBS.  They didn't say there was
a charge.  I have yet to try it, though.

Bert.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: Kernel Roulette
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:27:46 GMT

I've never had any of the problems yoou describe.
My suggestion is to byte the bullet (sorry for the pun) and

BUY MORE MEMORY.

With my 16mg I have never had any problems related to swapper
or running out of memory in any other context.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Guidry)
Subject: Random Problems and some Qs
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:44:36 GMT

Problem 1:

I have installed the SP and finally have 1024x768x256 on my Diamiond
Speedstar...  I am very pleased with the results except (there is always
and except...) the screen has a slight flicker near the bottom of all
windows.  Is there any way to clear this up?


Problem 2:

I created an indestructible folder by <ALT>dragging a folder template from
the templates folder.  This folder is non-nukeable.  I first tried
shredding it... the little DO-NOT sign pops up.  Then I tried checking the
options for the folder (by right-clicking on the folder) and fouind that
"Delete" wasn't one of the options.

What do I have to do to destroy this folder?

Question 1:

How can I add drag-and-drop functionality to a program object?  Such as, I
have a document that I want to open in Word Perfect.  I want to just grab
the file and drag it onto the WP program object and have WP start up with
the file as an argument.

Question 2:

Can I also add drag-and-drop-and-query functionality in order to have
something like an UNZIP.EXE program object and drag a zip file onto the
unzip object and have the system query for the working directory (the place
it will hopefully unzip the zipfile into).  I know I can eliminate the drag
and drop portion of this by making .zip a special extension.
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From: stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: HELP!!!  My mouse is dissapeared in WinOS2.....
Date: 15 Nov 92 17:28:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: nmt.1992Nov15.172835.15288
Organization: New Mexico Tech

>Well, guess what, I lost the  control of my mouse. All of the
>applications are running and you can use it with keyboard (not quite
>handy, isn't it?).
>
>If I switch back to dekstop I get the mouse back but not if I get back to 
>WinOS2. Any idee what is happening? The only way to get my mouse back
>is to kill WinOS2 and start it all over again.
>

I've got the same problem though, not as severe. When I run win-os2, my
mouse flickers like a strobe light. It's annoying, but, I can deal with it.
I've tried messing with XGA_TRAP, VIDEO_EMULATION, and, SWITCH_NOT., but
If I do the wrong combination of those (i.e. there *defaults*), my vio
sessions are corrupted once again. So, I've learned to live with it, and
have attributed it to the 8514/a drivers (running on ATI Gr. Ultra).
I guess we'll have to wait....

-Jr

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From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Win-OS/2 won't work in background?
Date: 15 Nov 92 15:34:10 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

I started a Win-OS/2 full-screen session by using the object in the
command prompts folder and installed AmiPro from there. I tweaked the
setting for the Win-OS/2 full-screen object according to the FAQ and I
also followed instructions about disabling the Win-OS/2 Print Manager.
AmiPro works as advertised (beautifully!) when I am in my Win-OS/2
session. But ...

... if I start printing and then switch back to the WPS, the Win-OS/2
session stops sending output to the printer. If I switch back to the
full-screen Win-OS/2 session, AmiPro resumes where it left off.

The full-screen Win-OS/2 object _is_ set for DOS background operations.
The session is set to minimize to the Minimized Window View (where,
indeed, the icon shows up when I have shifted back to the WPS). AmiPro
is configured to print in the background (and will do so within the
full-screen Win-OS/2 session).

I don't want or need to run Win-OS/2 seamlessly. I do need to run a
couple of Windows programs together in the same full-screen session,
since I use a keyboard layout manager together with AmiPro to provide
foreign language support. All I'm missing is a way to keep that one
Win-OS/2 session working once it has been minimzed to the MWV and I'm
back to looking at the WPS. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rwigle4@mach1.wlu.ca (randy wigle F)
Subject: Sound from supported CD-ROM Drives
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:39:09 GMT

I've read the faq20g and know (think?) that supported drives like
my lovely CDR-84 will support audio when a new CD-ROM.SYS comes along.

My Question: Are we talking days, years, ??? 

(It's hard to program without Stevie-Ray Vaughan!)

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ltlowe@bnr.ca (Todd Lowe)
Subject: Re: STB Wind/X Driver
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:23:16 GMT

Timothy F. Sipples (sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov17.080049.18323@kth.se> json@treankare.met.kth.se (Anders Jacobsson) writes:
: >Hi, does anyone know anything about a driver for STB Wind/X
: >accelarator card, it has an S3 accelarator chip. My computer
: >works OK right know but a specific driver would be usefull.
: 
: You could try the beta Orchid S3 driver.  It is available via
: anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  The filename is f10x8 (roughly
: speaking), now located in /pub/uploads (although it could be moved).
: 

I tried these drivers  with the Wind/X card the other day and had absolutely
no luck getting them to work. 

At one point I had an error message telling me the drivers didn't recognize
the card.  I suspect this indicates some Orchid specific code.

-Todd

ltlowe@bnr.ca
From: johnr@ee.uts.edu.au (John Reekie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How to change settings of very folder (P.S.)
Date: 19 Nov 92 03:50:03 GMT
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
NNTP-Posting-Host: rossi.ee.uts.edu.au

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I do have the CSD installed.
Works great!

J
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:22:44 EST
From: Jerry Bryan <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Monthly planner problem - SPP problem ?
 <1992Nov14.140148.12415@edsi.plexus.COM>

It may have something to do with 12 hour clocks vs. 24 hour clocks.

I am in the minority, but I prefer the 24 hour clock system, where
for example I go home at 1700 rather than at 5:00 P.M.

Back when I was running the LA version, my calendar applets were running
fine, using 24 hour clock mode.  When I switched to GA, things weren't
quite right. The times sorted wrong, and the applets seemed not to
to take 24 hour style times.  I finally realized I needed to change
to 24 hour time in the overall OS/2 Setup (I kept looking for such
an option inside the applets).  Once I changed the option in OS/2,
things worked fine in the applets.

However, I don't know where this leaves you if you prefer the
12 hour style time.  In any case, do be aware that your overall
OS/2 setup options can affect the functioning of the applets.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: imp@macbeth.Berkeley.EDU (Imp)
Subject: Can you run an HP scanner on LPT2?
Summary: Having trouble scanning documents through LPT2
Keywords: Printer ports, lpt, scan
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:25:40 GMT

We installed OS/2 a little while back, and tried to scan under it
using Publishers Paintbrush in a full-screen DOS session.  However,
the scanner driver was unable to load, apparently because it wasn't
able to access lpt2, the port the scanner was using.  When we called
HP, they said no additional drivers were neccesary, and it should work
the way I ran it.  I've had troble before dealing with printer ports
and com ports under OS/2...is there some trick I need to know in
order to use the scanner?

Thanks a lot for any help you can give.

 email: imp@macbeth.Berkeley.EDU   Disclaimer: This is all just a dream.  Chill.
From: swkgb@nuscc.nus.sg (George David Bishg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Trap 000d when running SAS 6.04
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:02:25 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Yesterday I decided to take the plunge and install the latest Service
Pak.  The Service Pak installed fine except that now when I try to run
SAS 6.04 (DOS vesion) the machine comes to a full stop telling me that I
have a Trap 000d error.  Before I installed the SP I had no trouble
running SAS.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Any suggestions would
be greatly appreciated.

George Bishop
Dept. of Social Work and Psychology
National University of Singapore
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: tell me i'm wrong (braindead design in os2)
From: cwilder@eis.calstate.edu (Charlotte Wilder)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:03:38 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

tommy@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Mike Thompson,332,54714,2734927) writes:
> From article <1egn4dINNklu@agate.berkeley.edu>, by ucbked@athena (Earl H. Kinmonth):
> > i have just started reading about os2 and have bought a copy to play
> > with.  so far i've noticed three things that bother me:
> > 
> > a) file names are always shown in upper case.  is os2 case insensitive?
> [deleted]
> 
> First, OS/2 is bright enough to be case retentative, but not case sensitive.
> Numerous utilities will give you upper or lower case output.  If you want
> a modern OS, at least dump the FAT system from DOS and use HPFS.  Then you
> get upper/lower without the $#&%##$ confusion of foo, FOO, Foo, FoO that
> accompanies UNIX.

Uh, is it just me, or does the fact that an operating system which has
case retentive filenames but is not case sensitive to those same filenames
bother you as well?  This isn't just OS/2, but Windows NT as well.  My
opinion is that this is incredibly stupid.  Why would anyone want to bother
naming a file "Foo" instead of "fOO" if the operating system can't
differentiate between the two?  If the difference in those filenames confuses
you, I suggest you go back to the all too secure and primitive world of
MS/LOSS.

And another thing... OS/2 seems to me like a 32bit MS/PC DOS... almost
identicle except for the fact that OS/2 has built in multitasking abilities.
Isn't that kinda stupid?  Shouldn't we be trying to get away from the
droll of MS/DOS and try to get into a more modular, usable, and yet powerful
operating system?  Windows NT attempts to breach some of the real borders
of DOS, but isn't that great, yet.

Personally, I think I'll wait until the fanciful release of OS/2 v3.0,
when IBM gets a REAL kernel into there, Mach.  Hopefully they won't
disable case sensitivity to filenames as a "feature".  If you want those
kinds of features, get a Mac.








Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jpole@world.std.com (Jamie C Pole)
Subject: OS/2 Comm Programs?
Keywords: OS/2 COMM
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 19:38:34 GMT

  Hiya all...

  Does anyone know of any good shareware (NOT begware or crippleware) PM
comm programs?  I use TE/2 right now, but it is text mode only...  Thanks
a lot...




						Jamie



jpole@world.std.com
From: vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu (David A. Vohwinkel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 256 colors in background???
Date: 19 Nov 92 20:16:46 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <1992Nov19.181442.27125@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <Bxs1yy.H5H@ucunix.san.uc.edu> balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales) writes:
>>I'm using the new Tseng 256 color drivers (1024x768), and can't get the
>>background to display in 256 colors.  Is there something specia that I
>>must do?  I've also noticed that Windows programs which play with the
>>palette mess things up in the background, even when those programs aren't
>>in the foreground or running anymore.  Thanks for any help...
>
>Try the "BGA" screen backgrounds, available via anonymous ftp from
>ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  If those work, you've got 256 colors.
>
>


Does anyone know a program that converts from .Gif to BGA in 256 colors???

					Dave V
From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Subject: Re: How do you install the high res ET4000 drivers in the SP?????!!!dir
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:25:33 GMT

In article <hatton.721963522@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
>ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf) writes:
>>>Type dspinstl at a command prompt, and then follow directions. All you will
>>>need are the 2 driver diskettes.
>
>>Does the ET-4000 do seamless windows?  Just curious.  I am planning to get
>>a ET-4000 and am curious!  THANKS!
>
>Yes, the Service Pack ET4000 drivers are 32-bit, and support 
>640, 800, and 1024 with 256 colours, and also come with
>drivers for Full Screen and Windowed ("Seamless") WinOS2 sessions.
>
>-- 
>Tom Hatton
>hatton@cgl.ucsf.edu
>(415)-476-7986

Does it come with drivers for 640, 800 and 1024 by 16 colors, too?

Just in case it is too slow with 256 colors I would like an alternative
to fall back on.

Thanks again!

- Eric

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: OS2 Bug: problems with COM1/2/3/4 when using COM1(mouse)
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:09:36 GMT

In article <fkgq=d+@lynx.unm.edu> rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau) writes:
>In article <b#dq3pm@lynx.unm.edu> rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau) writes:
>>
>> I figured out the problem I was having with my computer and the
>>new Service Pack that I installed.

 [ . . . ]

> Well, I received a call back from IBM to say that IBM now acknowledges
>that there is a problem with the new video drivers; others have problems
>with the drivers and with serial ports; and IBM has an APAR on the
>problem and are working on it.
>My problem report got tacked onto the APAR as an interested party and
>that if they should ever get it fixed, they will be letting me know
>and others who have been tacked on.
>Nice to know that after working with IBM for about a week on the problem
>and finally figuring out what the problem was, they decided to let me
>know they already knew about it and I was right.

Having just got back into the country last Friday after a three-week
trip, I eagerly ftp'd the SP from ftp-os2 and installed it.  

However, the ET-4000 drivers seem to be incredibly sloooow in scrolling
of text in OS/2 and DOS windows.  Further, when running PageMaker
seamless, the color palette seems to get messed up.  

The text scrolling was sooooo slow, that I actually went back to the
stock 640x480 driver.  

Since I missed about three weeks' worth of discussion, I'm hoping that
these problems have already been noticed and reported.  (Perhaps there's
even a fix been discovered?)

Also, I got the impression that IBM was going to release the source for
these drivers.  Is this correct, and are they available yet?  (It would
be nice if someone could modify them for 16-color;  I need the
resolution much more than I need 256 colors...)


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Subject: win-os2/ATI mouse problems sort of fixed!!!
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:47:08 GMT

For those of you running the ATI Graphics Ultra and the SPP 8514/a drivers
from IBM, I bet you've noticed you mouse either gone, or flickering in
win-os2 sessions.....

Well, set the IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100, and it will help the situation out.
My mouse was not gone, but flickering. Doing the above, made it flicker 
less, but the mouse will still disappear every so often.

I've heard that there is an actual APAR # for this bug....

Cheers,

-Jr

ps. Hmm, I bet if we map the APAR # for this problem to the code on
a touch-tone phone, that it would spell 'WRITE-REAL-DRIVERS-FOR-ATI-CARD'
:)



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