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From: ADUNSMUI@TOROLAB6.VNET.IBM.COM (Al Dunsmuir)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 22:26:08 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 1.x -> 2.0 upgrade... Only IBM??
Organization: IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0

In <20365@plains.NoDak.edu> Paul Broe writes:
>People buying old versions of OS/2 may want to be careful:
>
>I just got off the phone to IBM about upgrading my copy of OS/2
>1.0 (Compaq labeled version) and was told that the upgrade only applied
>to IBM labeled versions. If this is wrong, let me know quick so I get the
>order in before the deadline.
>
>Please send any replies to me through e-mail so I don't miss them.
>
>Thanks,
>--
>----
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>Internet: broe@plains.nodak.edu
>UUCP: uunet!plains!prototype!k9!doctor (My Amiga 2500/20)    AmigaUUCP 1.16D
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>
Paul,

  The upgrade rules depend on the country.  In the USA, my understanding is
that non-IBM OS/2s don't get free upgrades, but are eligible for the DOS
upgrade price.  Try the 1-800 number again, and if you have further problems
(such as they won't accept it at all), send me EMAIL and I'll see what I can
do from this side.

Al Dunsmuir                       Internet: adunsmui@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com
CODE Development II + TEAM OS/2      Voice: (416) 448-3315
IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA

OS/2 V2: Why settle for anything less?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Little problems with OS/2 2.0
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:43:55 GMT

In article <9D7sqB1w165w@turbo.atl.ga.us> greg@turbo.atl.ga.us writes:
>I just installed OS/2 2.0 on a friend's Gateway 486/33 and I'm having a
>few problems with it:
>1) - 123 for Windows no longer works. When I try to run it, it gives an
>error message 'cannot find 123w.ini' and then exits. Do I need to copy
>this file somewhere to get it to work?

Try reinstalling 1-2-3 for Windows under Win-OS/2.

Incidently, Lotus has a version of 1-2-3 for OS/2.  I don't know how
it compares with the Windows version, but I like it.

They will also be releasing a 32-bit version for OS/2 2.0 in the very
near future.

>2) - I would like to import the Windows program manager groups into the
>OS/2 desktop. I thought you could do this during the installation, but
>it did not work.

It does, but only if you import Windows 3.0 program manager groups
(and only then to the Win-OS/2 Program Manager desktop, not to the WPS
desktop -- Migrate handles that).

>3) - How is ATM accessed? I didn't find an icon for it anywhere.

Please see the OS/2 FAQ List for details on that question.

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From: juan@noyles.pha.pa.us (Juan J. E. T. Noyles)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: POSIX/U... for OS/2
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 22:01:44 GMT
Organization: The Noyles OS/2 Platform

pzs3761@tamsun.tamu.edu writes in article <1992Sep4.160651.504@tamsun.tamu.edu>:
> 
> In article <ww9JqB2w164w@uuisis.isis.org> evanc@uuisis.isis.org (Evan Champion) writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >Another thing that I would like to see is a new HPFS driver that is more 
> >like Unix, lets you use "/" and "\" when changing directories and is case 
> >sensitive.  The case sensitivity is partially there, with the file system 
> >sensitive. 

Not everyone wants or needs case sensitivity.  I think most people would like to be able to
have things recorded with their proper case, but don't want to have to remember it when
typing it in.  Besides, what's the difference between Filename and FileName?  If you want
multi-generational filing, that's a different story altogether.  I think IBM did a good thing by
providing the ability to record the case and not constraining us to it.

> >Another thing, why are there spaces allowed in filenames?

Why not?

> 
> Not to revive an old thread, but there are those (like me), who would
> rather kiss Dan Quayle on the lips than deal with case sensitivity.

Hear, Hear!

> As for the other bits you mention, get 4OS2, a shareware replacement for
> CMD.EXE. It allows "\" and "/", has file name completion to make spaces
> easy to deal with, history window, aliases so you can type mv, ls, and cat
> instead of move, dir and copy. It's probably somewhere on Hobbes.

Maybe we should try to persuade IBM to include 4os2 instead of CMD!!!

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From: peterf@vnet.ibm.com (Peter Forsberg)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 16:00:19 SWE
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Can't reset file attributes on EA DATA.SF
Reply-To: peterf@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Corporation
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <19920912.041112.66@almaden.ibm.com>

In <19920912.041112.66@almaden.ibm.com> I write:
>In <BuFnKy.C7A@andy.bgsu.edu> jeremy zawodny writes:
>>I have read about defraging my drive (FAT system) and the process involved
>>when OS/2 is installed.  I have tried to clear the RSH attributes of my
>>EA DATA.SF files, but it doesn't work.  I have tried Xtree Pro, Norton
>>Utilites, and PC Tools.
>>(...)
>
>The trick is to use OS/2 |||
>Try the following command (standing in the root of your FAT drive):
>
>   attrib -h -r -s "EA DATA . SF"
>
>It does the trick. Don't forget the ""s, they're important here.

Sorry, but I just discovered that the -h and -s parameters to ATTRIB are
only valid for OS/2 2.x, _not_ for OS/2 1.3. Under 1.3 you can use the
File Manager to do this. Open your FAT drive's root directory, select
Viev->Include... and mark all file flags. Then mark the EA DATA . SF
file, select File->Change flags... and check the flags as you like.
Possibly you can use the WPS "file manager" under 2.0 in a similar way
too, but I haven't verified that.

Peter
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Woes
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:21:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.035320.11605@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>Problem #1: Using a Western Digital SVGA card and using 1024X768X16,
>my monitor falls out of sync when I enter a full-screen OS/2 session.
>"SVGA STATUS" flashes for a brief while and says that my video card has
>a Tseng chipset (My card is a Paradise with WD chips and 1MB VRAM).
>Any ideas?

Try applying the BVHSVGA and all similar video patches to your OS/2
system -- it just might do the trick.  These patches are available via
anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

>Problem #2: I cannot get my 2400 baud modem to work in OS/2. I have the
>port on the modem set to COM2- the program hangs and then (as usual)
>when I reboot, I get the swapper-chkdsk nonsense. I have used about
>three or four programs and all hung up the system, not just the session.
>My mouse is set to COM3. I have nothing else on any COM ports.

Your mouse cannot be set to COM3.  It should be on COM1 or COM2.

Try applying the COMMGA patches, available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

>Problem #3: Is there any wat to start an OS/2 program minimized? The     
>notebook does not allow any changes to the settings for OS/2 programs.

It should.  If you have OS/2 windowed you should be able to select
Open Minimized.

Note that this setting won't work if you've tried the SHIFT-maximize
trick described in the FAQ List.

>Problem #4: Any problems with high speed modems on OS/2? I'm getting a 
>14,400 baud modem soon and I think I should prepare.

Not particularly, except that you should expect to use OS/2
communications software instead of DOS communications software.  The
OS/2 communications software is much more efficient, and, hence,
handles high speed communications much better.

Look for TE/2, PMComm, Kermit, and other examples available via
anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
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From: kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: WIN-OS/2 Drivers do not configure (even with fix)
Summary: Win-OS/2 Drivers will not setup (with fix)
Keywords: NEC P5200 Win-OS/2 Setup.exe Printer drivers
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:17:58 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

I was sorely disappointed OS/2 2.0 did not come with drivers for my
printer, the NEC Pinwriter P5200.  I tried many different Epson (
compatible by my manual's standards), but none of them worked.  I then
(accidentally) ran across the "Win-OS/2 printer drivers", which included
my printer.  I installed my driver, selected the lpt2.os2 port (my printer
is on lpt2), and selected setup.  I got "nec24pin.drv is not a valid
driver" error or something similar to that.  I tried another Win-OS/2
driver at random and got the same error.  I assumed it was a bug in OS/2.
Today, I got the addprn.zip fix off software.watson.ibm.com, which
addresses exactally my problem.  However, it did not fix a thing.  I
looked in my \os2\mdos\winos2 directory and the control.exe is the
new version's date, so I assume it installed correctly.  If I understand
OS/2's help index correctly, OS/2 can use the Win-OS/2 driver through
the IBM Null driver.  I REALLY want to get my printer working, so any
help would be appreciated.  

Jeff "Kaz" Kaczmarek
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rgpxs360@glen-ellyn.iit.edu (Peter Stein)
Subject: Re: SCSI Controllers
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:08:43 GMT

In article <QefGd2m00WB90y4JFe@andrew.cmu.edu> Daniel McKeel <dm76+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Hello
>    Other than the two controllers listed in the readme file on disk,are
>there any other SCSI controllers that will work.Is a DTC scsi controller
>any good.It comes with a driver for OS/2 1.3.but no 2.0 drivers.Any one
>know?
>
>Dan
>

I recently upgraded my 386-33 ISA system with a Micropolis SCSI-2 drive
and Promise DC-2040 caching controller. Everything has been working
great right out of the box. I did post a query on comp.periphs.scsi
regarding the transfer rate (1773 Kb/s) I was seeing for my SCSI 
configuration (1 Meg on the DC-2040). I was assured by several sources
(one of which went over the calculations with me) that this number is
on target.

Promise claims no support for OS/2 if the DC-2040 is the secondary 
controller. This is moot for me since I use it as the primary. A big
plus is tolerance for coresidence. With the DC-2040 I'm able to use
my Ultrastor 12F as the secondary controller in perfect harmony. 
Other caching controllers such as PSI's EasyCache are not so tolerant.
Another draw is the DC-2040's price: ~$258. Most other controllers
which cache up to 16Mb cost about $200 more. These other controllers
allow some fine tuning for performance which may not be relevant
anyway since the primary limiting factors are the physical hard drive
performance and the constraint of the ISA bus.


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: Little problems with OS/2 2.0
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:52:39 GMT

In article <9D7sqB1w165w@turbo.atl.ga.us> greg@turbo.atl.ga.us writes:
>I just installed OS/2 2.0 on a friend's Gateway 486/33 and I'm having a
>few problems with it:
>
>3) - How is ATM accessed? I didn't find an icon for it anywhere.

This IS an icon in full-screen WinOS2.

For OS/2, though, click on the Font Pallete object, then 'edit object, etc.
and click 'add'.  It';;ask for the path to the fonts.  See?
Piece o' cake!

>
>Thanks greatly!
>
>Greg
>
>
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>greg@turbo.atl.ga.us                    |
>{gatech|rutgers}!emory!turbo!greg       |


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Subject: ati drivers
Reply-To: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 11 Sep 92 11:58:16 EST

In message <1992Sep6.124058.840#ccsvax.sfasu.edu>,
z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:

ZK>The Tech support person say if ATI was started working on Drivers, but He did
ZK>say that they were also waiting on a Device Driver Kit from IBM.
ZK>This sounds like a lame excuse to me. To write a Driver, all you need is
ZK>an assembler, C compiler, linker, and the 1.x libraries. There is enough info
ZK>already out there.

Actually, I don't think that's quite correct. If you want to support the
new pallette features,  as well as  having a seamless  Windows interface
(which is the major reason to write 2.0 specific drivers at the moment),
you will need a 2.0 specific DDK, as these features didn't exist in 1.x.
At least, that's what I've been  given to understand; I'm sure that  the
net will correct me if I am wrong here.

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From: bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Unix Windows (uw)
Keywords: Unix Windows (uw)
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:29:43 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
>>Is there a version of the uw server for System V UNIX?

>I dunno about the DOS version, but the Windows version needs BSD.

  That's funny.  Iv'e been using the UWWin for some time now with
our system V unix system on campus.  I don't know where the sys
admins got the UW server from.  It was already installed, so I
didn't have to mess with compiling my own.
-- 
  Bruce White(bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
  "I live like I type - Fast, and with a lot of mistakes"
From: emartine@digi.lonestar.org (Edgar Martinez Martinez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: New generic 800x600x16 PM driver
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:58:18 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

In article <19920911.080109.368@almaden.ibm.com> <joe2@vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
>   Some good news... I have  made an OS/2 2.0 800x600x16 generic
>display driver. It is supposed to support all adapters that are
>supported by SVGA.EXE. I have tested this driver on both an ATI
>and a Paradise adapter. I know somebody who will test it on
>a Trident card. So right now I am looking for owners of:

 So when will see these drivers out on hobbes? anytime soon? I've been
waiting for something like this ever since I began using OS/2. Good job!!



Edgar Martinez                UTArlington Co-op program (Great!)
emartine@digi.lonestar.org    DSC Communications Corp.  Plano, TX
b645zju@utarlg.uta.edu        University of Texas at Arlington
"My bathroom fan goes out straight into my living room"
From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: This is a test
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:46:00 -0600

Everyone / Anyone:

The Minnesota OS/2 End-user Group is looking at using a new BBS.
Actually we are looking at joining with the Warehouse BBS.  This is my
looking around attempt.

The Warehouse offers Usenet, Fidonet, local mail, and Rimenet
connections for OS/2 conferences.  I am posting this message to see if I
can post and read from here instead of my work account.

BTW, I cleaned up the OS/2 Monthly Magazine location list.  How does one
put it on the ftp sites?  I'll get things put I have yet to leave
something.

Thanks in advance.

Bert Moshier
President MN OS/2 End-user Group


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wjb5106@zeus.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Subject: Re: SYS2237 ? NPX ?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:57:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.221159.12260@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, tmottone@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Teemu Mottonen) writes...
>I was recently playing with WOWII (a modplayer for DOS). Suddenly
>the program crashed and I got this error message: "SYS2237: DosKrnl:
>A NPX instruction was attempted but no NPX is present."
>What does this mean ? What's a NPX ?
> 

Try the help command (help 2237):


SYS2237: DosKrnl: A NPX instruction was attempted, but no NPX is present.
EXPLANATION: You have an application attempting to use the numeric
coprocessor, but no coprocessor is present on this system.
ACTION: Install a numeric coprocessor and retry the application.

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University
From: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: os/2 win3.1 support
Date: 6 Sep 92 16:56:23 EST
Reply-To: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Si0 Tb90020 wrote on 09-04-92 regarding OS/2 WIN3.1 SUPPORT:

ST>I still find that Win 3.1 is buggy. I have been thrown out o Win 3.1 
ST>on numerous occations, and have had chrashes quite often. I really hate 
ST>it.

As with OS/2 different people seem to be having different experiences with 
Windows 3.1.  I have had one crash at home since installing Windows 3.1 
(the fault was later traced to buggy ATI Ultra drivers combined with a 
strange BETA I was testing) and two at the office (complete network 
crashes in both cases).  I run a reasonably vanilla system and bad things 
don't seem to happen to me (g).

Roj

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From: bataller@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Erik Bataller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DOS and OS/2 windows from a menu item
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:36:02 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

Hi Y'all,
	I have recently been playing with OS/2 and am having some problems
with, it seems, my path.  I have added two items to my workplace menu which
is shown with a click of the right mouse button on the desktop, a DOS Window
and an OS/2 window.  I used the find and locate options under 
settings/menu/create.  I choose the Icons/objects for the respective windows
in the Command Prompts folders.  In order to be able to make this choice
in the first place it is necessary that I have Command Prompts open:

This is what I do:
	I open the Commands Prompt folder.
	On the menu I choose settings.  
	Then Create.  
	Then Find.  
	Then Locate.
		I choose Command Prompts.

	Then Find on this folder.
		It gives me the various Command Prompt objects.

	I choose the one I went and select OK.
	I close the window and it is on Menu at the bottom.

All seems great.  However, upon selection I get a bunch of error menus and 
then the command prompt.  everything seems to work and my environment even 
appears OK.  The error messages consist of:
	Invalid command...
	Can't find command.com where specified???

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

Erik

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: freeman@eagle (Jay Freeman)
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Vantage related problems.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Organization: Sangamon State University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:43:48 GMT

Use the utilities that came with the card and set the mouse up to use IRQ 5.
This will free up your serial ports. Unless you have 2 parallel ports, IRQ 5
is free.

Jay
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
Subject: ?'s about HyperAccess/5
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 22:36:41 GMT

Hello.  I have a couple of questions about HA/5.

Is their an upgrade available for users of the DOS version to go to the
OS/2 version?

Does he have any type of educational discount for either the DOS only
or DOS & OS/2 package?

Is it possible to just get the OS/2 package?

Thank you.
From: shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: directory???
Date: 6 Sep 1992 05:17:10 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu

I just reinstalled OS/2 about 10 min. ago.  (just added an extra
8 megs of memory and wanted to start off with a fresh and clean
HD)  After I installed all the patches, I noticed that there is a
directory called "OS!2_2.0_D".  I am not sure whether I saw this
directory before I installed the kernal patch.  Can I delete this?
There appear to be some other directories/files in this particular
directory.  I renamed it to something else and the computer 
immediately hung after getting out of the OS2-full-screen session.
Yet, when I did a cold-boot, everything started up fine and there
were no error messages or anything.  Does anyone know what is 
the point of this directory?  (reason i ask is because the "0_D"
part sort of resembles "OLD")

Another question I have on my mind is the question of optimizing
or defragmentizing the HD with utilities such as Pctools or 
equivalent.  I know that this cannot be done with the HPFS.  But
if I am using the FAT setup, can I optimize the HD while I'm
in a stand-alone Dos 5.0 session without messing up the extended
attributes that are suppose to exist even under the FAT?

Oh, almost forgot, although this has nothing to do with OS/2, I'm
sure someone out there has added one of those fans which are
suppose to cool the CPU.  My question is, do those fans blow
air toward the cpu or do they suck air from the cpu?  

Thus far, I am quite please with the OS, although the startup
appear to be quite slow (compared with Win 3.1, [please
don't start a discussion on what I just said....]); however,
everythingelse seems to work a lot faster.  (before the additional
memory, I was still in the 4 meg world...))

Well, hopefully someone will have some answers to my questions.

David Shy
shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc